ECAC 2013-14

Trotsky
RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

ursusminor

Trotsky
RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period.

billhoward
Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Weder

billhoward
Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

Trotsky

Weder

billhoward
Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

Haven't been to Agganis, but the old order was: Matthews > Walter Brown > Bright > ... > Conte

Jim Hyla

ursusminor

Trotsky
RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period.

So, I read the Troy Record article. Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

Al DeFlorio

Trotsky

Weder

billhoward
Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

Haven't been to Agganis, but the old order was: Matthews > Walter Brown > Bright > ... > Conte

Matthews is a good old traditional rink but, like any rink or stadium (e.g., Fenway Park) built 100 or so years ago, some of us don't fit in the seats.

ursusminor
there doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this, but does JMH intend to post his totally meaningless, early-year charts this year? It's always fun watching it slowly combine into a completely connected chart.

ursusminor

Jim Hyla

ursusminor

Trotsky
RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period.

So, I read the Troy Record article. Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

I just listened on WRPI since it wasn't streamed, so this is really the announcers' viewpoints as interpreted by me. It was the defense, not Kasdorf, and can be more blamed on the forwards not doing their defensive job than the defensemen. Also IMHO (which of course is quite biased), BC benefited from having the previous day off while RPI had a game.

billhoward
Size matters, too.

Josh '99

ursusminor
there doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this, but does JMH intend to post his totally meaningless, early-year charts this year? It's always fun watching it slowly combine into a completely connected chart.

I appreciate the undeserved credit, but you're thinking of JTW.

RichH

ursusminor

Jim Hyla

ursusminor

Trotsky
RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period.

So, I read the Troy Record article. Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

I just listened on WRPI since it wasn't streamed, so this is really the announcers' viewpoints as interpreted by me. It was the defense, not Kasdorf, and can be more blamed on the forwards not doing their defensive job than the defensemen. Also IMHO (which of course is quite biased), BC benefited from having the previous day off while RPI had a game.

This GIF says a lot.

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Sure, Gaudreau's stick-handling make it look flashy, but I see a lot of flat feet on defense.

RichH

ursusminor

Jim Hyla

ursusminor

Trotsky
RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period.

So, I read the Troy Record article. Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

I just listened on WRPI since it wasn't streamed, so this is really the announcers' viewpoints as interpreted by me. It was the defense, not Kasdorf, and can be more blamed on the forwards not doing their defensive job than the defensemen. Also IMHO (which of course is quite biased), BC benefited from having the previous day off while RPI had a game.

This GIF says a lot.

insta.gif

Sure, Gaudreau's stick-handling make it look flashy, but I see a lot of flat feet on defense.

RatushnyFan

billhoward
Size matters, too.

To this point, Cornell is the tallest team and the second heaviest team.

marty

RatushnyFan

billhoward
Size matters, too.

To this point, Cornell is the tallest team and the second heaviest team.

Yes but who will be the tallest and heaviest in April?

Strength: The so called ‘sacred seven’, which is the six defensemen and goalie, should be the strength of the Big Red this season. Despite losing D’Agostino and Birch on defense, junior Joakim Noah leads a talented group on the blue line. Andy Iles will also return for his senior season between the pipes.

Trotsky
Quenneville leaves Q. Not sure if that will have much effect this year, but they'll need to find others to replace the offense they'll lose next year as the Jones brothers and Samuels-Thomas graduate (Peca has another year, unfortunately).

Chris '03

Trotsky
Quenneville leaves Q. Not sure if that will have much effect this year, but they'll need to find others to replace the offense they'll lose next year as the Jones brothers and Samuels-Thomas graduate (Peca has another year, unfortunately).

Doesn't Samuels-Thomas have another year too?

Trotsky

Chris '03

Trotsky
Quenneville leaves Q. Not sure if that will have much effect this year, but they'll need to find others to replace the offense they'll lose next year as the Jones brothers and Samuels-Thomas graduate (Peca has another year, unfortunately).

Doesn't Samuels-Thomas have another year too?

He's listed as a senior, but since he transferred he may. I *thought* he had transferred as a junior and this would be his fourth year of eligibility, but I could be wrong.

Josh '99

Trotsky

Chris '03

Trotsky
Quenneville leaves Q. Not sure if that will have much effect this year, but they'll need to find others to replace the offense they'll lose next year as the Jones brothers and Samuels-Thomas graduate (Peca has another year, unfortunately).

Doesn't Samuels-Thomas have another year too?

He's listed as a senior, but since he transferred he may. I *thought* he had transferred as a junior and this would be his fourth year of eligibility, but I could be wrong.

Samuels-Thomas played two full years at Bowling Green before transferring to Quinnipiac. This is his last year.

BMac
REALLY interesting. Loved this chart.

What the hell is Notre Dame feeding their kids?!

(Or do they have a gigantic 300-lb dude?)

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?). I believe Bâby was about 225 at the same height and he was definitely long and lean and could have put on 15-20 lbs. and still been unfat. Semi-related, I'm realizing I need to start watching and learning more about more recent Cornell players in order to bring my frame of reference more up to date...

A quick glance at StubHub shows tickets for the rematch of the 2013 national hockey championship between No. 9 Yale and No. 5 Quinnipiac Saturday night at TD Bank Sports Center are running from $150 to $200 for the best seats. Even general admission is going for $50. Contrast this to a few football tickets between No. 20 Louisville-UConn at Rentschler Field Friday night going for as little as $2 on StubHub and a whole bunch more are going for $5 to $12.

"I'm hearing rumors about how much they're going for online. There are some college kids who got their tickets and are making some pretty good money. I was told we hold 1,000 tickets for students for that game. They went on sale and they had 3,000 hits in four minutes and crashed the system."

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?).

If you think Anas is light at 150 — and he could be the lightest to actually play Division I this season — Pecknold says you should have seen him when he recruited him as a senior in high school. "Maybe, 140 pounds," said Pecknold, pausing. "I might be high. You better ask him. I know he wasn't highly recruited because of his size." "Senior year, high school?" Anas said. "Oh, 130 pounds. I tried not to let that faze me."

Nov. 2: "Despite what Cornell cheering section was saying my last name isn't pronounced anus. #classicmixup."

RichH

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?).

Fine, let's talk light.

If you think Anas is light at 150 — and he could be the lightest to actually play Division I this season — Pecknold says you should have seen him when he recruited him as a senior in high school. "Maybe, 140 pounds," said Pecknold, pausing. "I might be high. You better ask him. I know he wasn't highly recruited because of his size." "Senior year, high school?" Anas said. "Oh, 130 pounds. I tried not to let that faze me."

And the postscript quotes a tweet from Anas:

Nov. 2: "Despite what Cornell cheering section was saying my last name isn't pronounced anus. #classicmixup."

[www.courant.com]

RichH

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?).

Fine, let's talk light.

If you think Anas is light at 150 — and he could be the lightest to actually play Division I this season — Pecknold says you should have seen him when he recruited him as a senior in high school. "Maybe, 140 pounds," said Pecknold, pausing. "I might be high. You better ask him. I know he wasn't highly recruited because of his size." "Senior year, high school?" Anas said. "Oh, 130 pounds. I tried not to let that faze me."

And the postscript quotes a tweet from Anas:

Nov. 2: "Despite what Cornell cheering section was saying my last name isn't pronounced anus. #classicmixup."

[www.courant.com]

Josh '99

RichH

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?).

Fine, let's talk light.

If you think Anas is light at 150 — and he could be the lightest to actually play Division I this season — Pecknold says you should have seen him when he recruited him as a senior in high school. "Maybe, 140 pounds," said Pecknold, pausing. "I might be high. You better ask him. I know he wasn't highly recruited because of his size." "Senior year, high school?" Anas said. "Oh, 130 pounds. I tried not to let that faze me."

And the postscript quotes a tweet from Anas:

Nov. 2: "Despite what Cornell cheering section was saying my last name isn't pronounced anus. #classicmixup."

[www.courant.com]

Doesn't "mixup" imply that the Cornell fans thought it was pronounced that way but were wrong, rather than the more likely explanation that they just didn't care?

Kyle Rose

Josh '99

RichH

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?).

Fine, let's talk light.

If you think Anas is light at 150 — and he could be the lightest to actually play Division I this season — Pecknold says you should have seen him when he recruited him as a senior in high school. "Maybe, 140 pounds," said Pecknold, pausing. "I might be high. You better ask him. I know he wasn't highly recruited because of his size." "Senior year, high school?" Anas said. "Oh, 130 pounds. I tried not to let that faze me."

And the postscript quotes a tweet from Anas:

Nov. 2: "Despite what Cornell cheering section was saying my last name isn't pronounced anus. #classicmixup."

[www.courant.com]

Doesn't "mixup" imply that the Cornell fans thought it was pronounced that way but were wrong, rather than the more likely explanation that they just didn't care?

I think his tweet reveals that he has a sense of humor. Not every player on every opposing team is a dumbass.

Josh '99

RichH

Jerseygirl
Ehhhhhhhhhhh, I wouldn't call recruiting a 6'5"/233 goaltender wedging a fat kid in net (well, I would, if I were employing a dry sense of humor I guess?).

Fine, let's talk light.

If you think Anas is light at 150 — and he could be the lightest to actually play Division I this season — Pecknold says you should have seen him when he recruited him as a senior in high school. "Maybe, 140 pounds," said Pecknold, pausing. "I might be high. You better ask him. I know he wasn't highly recruited because of his size." "Senior year, high school?" Anas said. "Oh, 130 pounds. I tried not to let that faze me."

And the postscript quotes a tweet from Anas:

Nov. 2: "Despite what Cornell cheering section was saying my last name isn't pronounced anus. #classicmixup."

[www.courant.com]

Doesn't "mixup" imply that the Cornell fans thought it was pronounced that way but were wrong, rather than the more likely explanation that they just didn't care?

marty
RPI's Kasdorf likely out for season.

Times Union 11-7-13

Jim Hyla

marty
RPI's Kasdorf likely out for season.

Times Union 11-7-13

Come on Marty, Ken Schott reported that a day earlier.

Jim Hyla

marty
RPI's Kasdorf likely out for season.

Times Union 11-7-13

Come on Marty, Ken Schott reported that a day earlier.

Ken Shott
Kasdorf played in RPI's first two games this season, going 1-1 with a 3.49 GAA, a .786 save percentage and one shutout. The Engineers will apply a medical redshirt for Kasdorf, which will mean he still has three years of college eligibility.

marty
And if my newspaper wasn't under the forcythia I wouldn't have been a day late posting the TU article myself.

marty

Jim Hyla

marty
RPI's Kasdorf likely out for season.

Times Union 11-7-13

Come on Marty, Ken Schott reported that a day earlier.

And if my newspaper wasn't under the forcythia I wouldn't have been a day late posting the TU article myself.

Jerseygirl

marty

Jim Hyla

marty
RPI's Kasdorf likely out for season.

Times Union 11-7-13

Come on Marty, Ken Schott reported that a day earlier.

And if my newspaper wasn't under the forcythia I wouldn't have been a day late posting the TU article myself.

Forsythia isn't leafed out this time of year. No excuse.

Robb
My dad worked with John Forsyth, a descendant of the guy for whom forsythia is named (William, I think?).

Carry on.

RichH
N-I-A-G-A-R-A

Swampy
In related news, UNO swept #8 Miami over the weekend. Since we swept them during the first weekend of our season, UNO has gone 6-2, with wins over Denver, #8 Miami, #15 North Dakota, and #5 Michigan -- the two losses were to North Dakota & Michigan. Next weekend's opponent, currently unranked BU got a win & tie over those #15 Nodak characters. Possible future opponent Maine, crushed #7 BC 5-1. Princeton, currently in 10th place out of 12 in ECACHL, beat #4 Q (currently in 1st place in ECACHL). RIP split a weekend series with Merchhurst, as did St. L. with RIT.

If we take care of business against Niagara on Tuesday, this week's rankings should make the PR group at the World's Most Famous Arena happy.

nyc94

Swampy
In related news, UNO swept #8 Miami over the weekend. Since we swept them during the first weekend of our season, UNO has gone 6-2, with wins over Denver, #8 Miami, #15 North Dakota, and #5 Michigan -- the two losses were to North Dakota & Michigan. Next weekend's opponent, currently unranked BU got a win & tie over those #15 Nodak characters. Possible future opponent Maine, crushed #7 BC 5-1. Princeton, currently in 10th place out of 12 in ECACHL, beat #4 Q (currently in 1st place in ECACHL). RIP split a weekend series with Merchhurst, as did St. L. with RIT.

If we take care of business against Niagara on Tuesday, this week's rankings should make the PR group at the World's Most Famous Arena happy.

Not that I would normally be looking at Pairwise in Novemeber but the rankings are part of the CHN app. And I was surprised we weren't a little higher. Looking closer I don't even see UNO. Something isn't right. USCHO doesn't have Pairwise up but they have RPI and their numbers are much different. Edit: CHN website has different Pairwise and RPI than the app. RPI appears to match USCHO.

ajh258
It's still early and there might be changes to the calculations that might affect how this is going to pan out, but ECAC has had 5 teams in the top 16 for a few weeks already. If the conference could hold it together through the holiday weeks and not lose too many NC games, we might see 5 ECAC teams in the playoffs, which I'd guess would be the first time in a very long time.

Robb
As best I can tell, it never happened (the TBRW page I'm going by is missing some data, e.g. UVM in 1997).

ajh258
It's still early and there might be changes to the calculations that might affect how this is going to pan out, but ECAC has had 5 teams in the top 16 for a few weeks already. If the conference could hold it together through the holiday weeks and not lose too many NC games, we might see 5 ECAC teams in the playoffs, which I'd guess would be the first time in a very long time.

nyc94
I have a feeling we said this last year and it didn't go so well.

You can track interconference record here. ECAC is just slightly behind Hockey East in winning percentage.

Trotsky

nyc94
I have a feeling we said this last year and it didn't go so well.

You can track interconference record here. ECAC is just slightly behind Hockey East in winning percentage.

Gotta happen eventually.

Boy, Atlantic Hockey is awful. We need to beat NU.

Trotsky
Boy, Atlantic Hockey is awful. We need to beat NU.

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Boy, Atlantic Hockey is awful. We need to beat NU.

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Jim Hyla
Iles GOTY.

RichH

Jim Hyla
Iles GOTY.

GOTW.

Trotsky

RichH

Jim Hyla
Iles GOTY.

GOTW.

Defeatist

Trotsky

nyc94
I have a feeling we said this last year and it didn't go so well.

You can track interconference record here. ECAC is just slightly behind Hockey East in winning percentage.

Gotta happen eventually.

Boy, Atlantic Hockey is awful. We need to beat NU.

Trotsky
Good:

Dartmouth (2-6) 4 Yale (3-2-2) 1
RPI (2-3-3) 3 Quinnipiac (6-1-2) 3

Bad:

Clarkson (5-2) 5 St. Lawrence (2-3-2) 4
Union (6-1) 3 Princeton (2-7) 0

Indifferent:

Brown (2-4-1) 2 Harvard (2-6-1) 1

Dafatone
Indifferent to Harvard losing?

TimV
(Sigh) Wish we could get guys like that...

Jim Hyla



Great goal by RPI's Higgs against Q this past Friday. And great RPI TV coverage, of course.

Al DeFlorio

Jim Hyla



Great goal by RPI's Higgs against Q this past Friday. And great RPI TV coverage, of course.

Looks like against P, not Q. Gotta mind your P's and Q's, Jim.

Al DeFlorio

Jim Hyla



Great goal by RPI's Higgs against Q this past Friday. And great RPI TV coverage, of course.

Looks like against P, not Q. Gotta mind your P's and Q's, Jim.

nyc94
Union knocks off top ranked St. Cloud 4-1. St. Cloud falls from the top of the Pairwise and is replaced by Providence.

marty

nyc94
Union knocks off top ranked St. Cloud 4-1. St. Cloud falls from the top of the Pairwise and is replaced by Providence.

And Providence is led by former Union coach Nate Leaman.

nyc94

marty

nyc94
Union knocks off top ranked St. Cloud 4-1. St. Cloud falls from the top of the Pairwise and is replaced by Providence.

And Providence is led by former Union coach Nate Leaman.

That is primarily why I found it of interest. That and when was the last time Providence was at the top of anything?

Josh '99

nyc94

marty

nyc94
Union knocks off top ranked St. Cloud 4-1. St. Cloud falls from the top of the Pairwise and is replaced by Providence.

And Providence is led by former Union coach Nate Leaman.

That is primarily why I found it of interest. That and when was the last time Providence was at the top of anything?

The top of a list of largest cities in Rhode Island?

nyc94
when was the last time Providence was at the top of anything?

Trotsky

nyc94
when was the last time Providence was at the top of anything?

Not the top, but sooooooooo close...

TimV
I don't know if that game will be broadcast- before the shootout the announcers said Minnesota would be broadcast tomorrow night on the Big Ten Network. If so, that would be the consolation game - against RPI. I would have trouble rooting for that team, but it would be neat to have Minnesota be Oh-for 2014 against the ECAC.

marty
Colgate loses the lead on a PPG for the Goofers but wins the chance to advance in a shootout 2-1!!!

Stay tuned tomorrow as they take on #2 Ferris State.

nyc94
Harvard beats BU 7-4
Minnesota beats RPI 3-0

TimV
Actual Minnesota score was 6-2.

Trotsky
Harvard, who I hear tell sucks, did the conference a favor last night and tied Quinnipiac with an extra attacker goal. The Skating Deerticks actually look mortal at the moment. After starting the conference schedule 6-0-1 they have gone 0-2-2.