I'm not an expert on the team. I follow them casually. This is a rebuilding year for RMU hockey. The last few years were easily the best for the program. They won their conference tournament in 2013-14 and went to the NCAA tournament. They lost to Minnesota in the first round but played pretty well for a first time NCAA tournament participant. They've won their regular season title a couple times and made nice runs in the conference tournament. RMU's conference, Atlantic Hockey is a mid-tier conference compared to conferences of the big Northeast and Midwest schools, but their teams hold their own. RMU lost a number of their big time players to graduation. Most of them are playing minor league hockey for NHL farm teams. For a program of RMU's size and stature, they are pretty well respected. The Three Rivers Classic they host at PPG Paints in the winter, brings in teams that have played in the NCAA tournament. Boston College, Miami of Ohio, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Penn State have played in that tournament. Except for Boston College, RMU has beaten all the teams I mentioned at least once over the years. They've earned some respect from bigger more prominent national programs.
