ECACHL scores 3/16 - Q 4 v. SLU 0 (final)

Quinniapiac 4 - SLU 0 (3rd period)

1st 5:09 Q Malcolm (sp?) (unassisted) into the first Q up 1-0 on the skating saints.

2nd ~ 8:00 Q Wong (Cashman)
2nd 19:25 Q (Nelson?) (Unassisted) possibly kicked in by a Saints player

3rd 15:55 Q (Nelson)

I'll try to keep the updates for the first game.
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BTW, Wisconsing Lady Badgers 2 v. SLU Skating Lady Saints 0 in the 3rd I believe.

Potential SLU goal under review.

No goal. The Q on their 3rd PP now.

End 1. 1-0 Q.

UNH/UMass starting on NESN. It'd be nice to have a tv package...

Any word on what the crowd size is?

I had to cancel going because of the storm and road conditions betw NJ and Albany. Have to think crowd is reduced as weather will be worse later.

Q on the PP and it's 2-0. Sounds like a church.

Wong (Cashman) just scored to make it 2-0 Q. About midway through the 2nd.

And QU going on another PP.

6 PP for Q.

SLU announcers are quite impressed that the Bobcats took 2 from Cornell, at Lynah. Apparently, the SLU goalie is keeping them in the game.

Interesting how where you stand depends on where you sit. You know how last week Cornell played very well for periods of the second game? Well, the Q broadcast team informs me that Q took their foot off the pedal during those periods.

Everybody (including us) sees the game as completely within the power of their team, as if the other team was just marble to be sculpted.

UMass scored from a crazy angle late in the period to make it 1-1 at the end of one.

SLU kicks it in... to their own net. 3-0 deer ticks.

Wow. I thought SLU would win this one comfortably, but it appears to be Q's day (and maybe year). Really astonishing how quickly Q has ascended in the league. Will be interesting to see if it is an aberation or if they are here to stay.

scoop85
Will be interesting to see if it is an aberation or if they are here to stay.

Well they have all the advantages in the world right now. Low academic standards, scholarships, state of the art building...

Looking pretty dismal for the SLUts. Anyone know how they tend to fare in the 3rd period? Any big comebacks in their bag-of-tricks this year?

Presuming the Q holds on, does the ECAC root for Tech to lose two to help get SLU in the tourney? Can SLU beat DC and still get in? I haven't played out all the scenarios.

I think there was a scenario where we get 3 in with SLU beating Clarkson in the consolation.

Q just got goal number 4, about 3:02 left in the game.

USCHO's Jayson Moy works through many scenarios in his Bracketology 2 article. Here's one -

"Here's a situation where a three-way tie results in two teams being put out of the number-one seeded band.

"CCHA: Notre Dame defeats Michigan for the title and Lake Superior wins the third-place game.

"ECACHL: Quinnipiac defeats Clarkson for the title and St. Lawrence wins the third-place game.

"Hockey East: Boston University defeats Massachusetts.

"WCHA: North Dakota defeats Michigan Tech for the title and Minnesota takes third place.

"Atlantic Hockey: Connecticut defeats Sacred Heart.

"Clarkson winds up winning the three-way tiebreaker for fourth place with New Hampshire and Boston University."

Looks like SLU has pulled the goalie with 3:00 to go. Gotta agree. Stopping goals is no longer of much relevance

QU moves on with what looks like a pretty convincing win.

Must have gotten ugly at the end - SLU took a 2-minute roughing call at 18:49, followed by a 5-minute major for slashing at 19:14.

scoop85
Wow. I thought SLU would win this one comfortably, but it appears to be Q's day (and maybe year). Really astonishing how quickly Q has ascended in the league. Will be interesting to see if it is an aberation or if they are here to stay.

It's not astonishing to me at all. Having read about the way they built up their program I expected them to be good pretty soon. They were never likelyto be another Union Dutchmen.

Good for the ECAC. Bad for us this year...

I guess it proves no dominance in ECAC this year.
I'm rooting for Clarkson in night game. Get #1 seed in Roch..

KeithK

scoop85
Wow. I thought SLU would win this one comfortably, but it appears to be Q's day (and maybe year). Really astonishing how quickly Q has ascended in the league. Will be interesting to see if it is an aberation or if they are here to stay.

It's not astonishing to me at all. Having read about the way they built up their program I expected them to be good pretty soon. They were never likelyto be another Union Dutchmen.

Good for the ECAC. Bad for us this year...

I'm not astonished that they've become good "pretty soon." I'm just surprised that they're one win from a league championship in year two.

scoop85

KeithK

scoop85
Wow. I thought SLU would win this one comfortably, but it appears to be Q's day (and maybe year). Really astonishing how quickly Q has ascended in the league. Will be interesting to see if it is an aberation or if they are here to stay.

It's not astonishing to me at all. Having read about the way they built up their program I expected them to be good pretty soon. They were never likelyto be another Union Dutchmen.

Good for the ECAC. Bad for us this year...

I'm not astonished that they've become good "pretty soon." I'm just surprised that they're one win from a league championship in year two.

I guess this really confirms the conference made a good choice in QU. Shocking outcome regardless though.

There was one result found in the thread about You are the Committee where ALL 4 ECAC teams got in. It involves Q 1st, D 2nd, SLU 3rd, and Clark 4th.