2012 RS

Well, second place hasn't seemed such a downer since 1991, but...

hey, it is second place. Cornell has finished in the top two 7 times in the last 11 years; in the prior 24 years they did it only 3 times (all second place finishes).

This was the 2nd-closest full 22-game ECAC season since the Great Divorce (the closest being 1995). Colgate's 23 points ties for the lowest total for a #4, while Harvard's 25 points is the lowest for a #3 in 10 years.

Union wins their second consecutive ECAC RS title. Believe it or not, only five schools have won more.

Princeton finished with their fewest points in 7 years; Quinnipiac is a point short of their most ever. Colgate's 12-point improvement over last season (despite closing the season with 4 straight losses) is the biggest improvement in league since UVM in 2005.

Cornell and Harvard finish in the top 4 together for the first time since 2006.

If you're into tormenting yourself over Might Have Beens, Cornell was 2-2-2 .500 against the bottom three teams, and 10-2-4 .750 otherwise.

All I can say is that this team has been one period away from being special

It/s a massive downer, no way around that.
No way to be positive about this... until they win the ecac , that is...

Trotsky
If you're into tormenting yourself over Might Have Beens, Cornell was 2-2-2 .500 against the bottom three teams, and 10-2-4 .750 otherwise.

My sense was that this team played at the level of the competition.
Here's hoping they make it out of Ithaca in two weeks.

This weekend was the season in a nutshell: Play well and challenge the better competion, then blow a lead and tie or lose to a grossly inferior team.

Ah well. A week to get healthy, then hopefully on to AC.

LGR!

Redscore
It/s a massive downer, no way around that.
No way to be positive about this... until they win the ecac , that is...

The way to be positive: the "regular season championship" doesn't matter except for playoff seeding. It isn't a thing. Nobody in the NHL celebrates winning the President's Trophy either.

Since Union now does get to claim a trophy for the 2012 RS, this might put in perspective the amount of hardware amassed by ECAC members.

Trotsky
Since Union now does get to claim a trophy for the 2012 RS, this might put in perspective the amount of hardware amassed by ECAC members.

Heh. BU still 4th. If you were to count all their NCAA trophies, they'd be tied for 2nd, and could conceivably rack those up as quickly as the rest of the field does ECAC titles and remain there forever....

Robb

Trotsky
Since Union now does get to claim a trophy for the 2012 RS, this might put in perspective the amount of hardware amassed by ECAC members.

Heh. BU still 4th. If you were to count all their NCAA trophies, they'd be tied for 2nd, and could conceivably rack those up as quickly as the rest of the field does ECAC titles and remain there forever....

Hey, BU is still tied for first in trips to the Frozen Four while an ECAC member, 27 years after leaving the conference.

The Red are certainly capable of winning the ECAC. They're also capable of losing in the first round. LGR!

BearLover
The Red are certainly capable of winning the ECAC. They're also capable of losing in the first round. LGR!

However the bye eliminated that last possibility.