Maine UMD game thread

can somebody keep me posted, i cant seem to get the audio for some reason.

Mike K
can somebody keep me posted, i cant seem to get the audio for some reason.

1-0 Maine after one. Goal scored after 13 seconds. Shots 18-4 for UMD.

Apparently UMD has taken over the game and is now leading 3-1.

accprding to uscho, it's umd 3 maine 1, not sure if it's pd 2 or 3

Shots now 31-13, UMD. 3 min to go in 2nd.

Come March, which team is better for Cornell to see tomorrow?

If it's UMD and Cornell wins, we'll be sitting here as they play Wisconsin, NoDak, CC, and Minnesota down the stretch praying they pull the RPI over .500. If Cornell loses, we'll be hoping they stay below .500. A CU win over UMD also helps in common opponent comparisons. It'll be Cornell's only WCHA direct connection (providing a cop comparison against that whole conference) and one of only a few secondary ones (Brown played UMD, Harvard at NoDak coming up, SLU at WI in October, and a few others).

On the other hand, playing Maine provides the chance of a quality win bonus if Cornell can win and Maine can stay in the RPI t-10. It would also provide some common opponent help against HEA, which is a weaker conference than the WCHA.

Is there really any way to tell which team is the "better" opponent statistically without knowing how both will do down the stretch? It seems they both have considerable upsides if Cornell beats them. Either way a win helps and a loss can cost some valuable comparisons come selection time.

Obviously this question will be moot unless Maine wakes up, but any thoughts?

Why is Maine tanking? Do they have significant losses to the WJC?

4-1 (eng) final in estero. it's umd v cornell tomorrow for the championship.

Trotsky
Why is Maine tanking? Do they have significant losses to the WJC?

According to a post on USCHO, Matt Niskanen, a freshman defenseman, is playing for the USA Jrs.

Edit: Oops. Sorry. Niskanen plays for UMD. Guess that makes us even tomorrow night in terms of WJC "losses."

Hmmm, I wonder if their offensive is always this potent? I had been assuming all the way it would be us and Maine in the finals, although I must say UMD's domination over Maine was impressive, outshooting Maine by a 2-1 margin!

I like our chances of beating them better, however I must say I was really hoping for a shot at a quality ranked opponent in Maine. Although who knows, maybe that win will spark something. They have already beaten Minnesota, CC, and now Maine, so I hope our boys don't underestimate them because they are obviously very capable of pulling the upset.

If we win, it'd probably have been better for us to play UMD. That way we'd have a lot of 1-0 comparisons in the COP category against WCHA clubs. Of course, if we lose, the reverse is true.

DeltaOne81
If we win, it'd probably have been better for us to play UMD. That way we'd have a lot of 1-0 comparisons in the COP category against WCHA clubs. Of course, if we lose, the reverse is true.

That's what I thought too, but as it turns out Cornell amazingly already has at least one common opponent with every WCHA team. For example, losing to Union has losing Cornell the COP with CC (a team that could very well be battling Cornell for seeding down the line). CC is 1-0 (an early win over UC) and Cornell is 0-1. Tomorrow CC will become 2-1 (with two more left with UMD and split the first series) and Cornell can try to get back to 1-1. Losing tomorrow would cost Cornell that COP comparison for good (unless CC somehow gets swept by UMD and Cornell draws and beats Union in the playoffs). Sadly, it's these little things that can make or break whether Cornell gets in the tourney and where it gets seeded.

Chris '03

DeltaOne81
If we win, it'd probably have been better for us to play UMD. That way we'd have a lot of 1-0 comparisons in the COP category against WCHA clubs. Of course, if we lose, the reverse is true.

That's what I thought too, but as it turns out Cornell amazingly already has at least one common opponent with every WCHA team. For example, losing to Union has losing Cornell the COP with CC (a team that could very well be battling Cornell for seeding down the line). CC is 1-0 (an early win over UC) and Cornell is 0-1. Tomorrow CC will become 2-1 (with two more left with UMD and split the first series) and Cornell can try to get back to 1-1. Losing tomorrow would cost Cornell that COP comparison for good (unless CC somehow gets swept by UMD and Cornell draws and beats Union in the playoffs). Sadly, it's these little things that can make or break whether Cornell gets in the tourney and where it gets seeded.

One note on the CC thing - we still play Union away, so a win toight and then would make us 2-1 in the COP with CC. Nonethless, that's interesting and I didn't notice.

My general point still stands, but not as strongly. Playing UMD will have a larger effect on our COP comparisons, since we're likely to have only 3 or 4 games, if that, with each... as opposed to HE where there's a lot more interaction. Of course, if we don't win, that's a bad thing.