2015-16

Chuck Henderson
For those who wanted Harvard to beat Quinnipiac, one should never want them to be only a game away from winning another ECAC championship; they've now edged closer to our total.

That is true.

I love that you cited yourself. That's awesome.

Also, when googling for your article, I found this. Did you know that you made part of Tennessee law?

Trotsky

Chuck Henderson
For those who wanted Harvard to beat Quinnipiac, one should never want them to be only a game away from winning another ECAC championship; they've now edged closer to our total.

That is true.

But I'd be happy if Q never won one.

Jim Hyla

Trotsky

Chuck Henderson
For those who wanted Harvard to beat Quinnipiac, one should never want them to be only a game away from winning another ECAC championship; they've now edged closer to our total.

That is true.

But I'd be happy if Q never won one.

I'd be happy if nobody but us ever won another one.

But right now my specific loathing is for Q and UC. Plus Brown can never win because Apocalypse.

Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins. The rest are sort of "bye" years. Which has made recent history uneventful.

Legit years by decade:

80s, 5: 80, 83, 87, 88, 89
90s: 7: 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99
00s: 8: 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
10s: 2: 10, 15

We've spent a lot of time talking about whether Schafer is/should be on the hot seat -- do we think any ECAC coaches are going to leave their posts this year? Seth Appert kept getting contract extensions, and is under contract 'til 2021. Fogarty is brand new at Princeton. How warm is Whittet's seat at Brown? Casey at Clarkson? Will we see any assistant turnover?

Trotsky
Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins. The rest are sort of "bye" years. Which has made recent history uneventful.

Legit years by decade:

80s, 5: 80, 83, 87, 88, 89

Um... 86?

Give My Regards

Trotsky
Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins. The rest are sort of "bye" years. Which has made recent history uneventful.

Legit years by decade:

80s, 5: 80, 83, 87, 88, 89

Um... 86?

Hee hee. Oops.

(I'd be shocked if that's the only error.)

Trotsky
Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins. The rest are sort of "bye" years. Which has made recent history uneventful.

It's what was so unholy about 2013: no Clarkson, Cornell, Harvard, (even) SLU, or RPI. The only other year that happened was 1978, and BU was there at least.

Really, it's Clarkson, Cornell, and Harvard as the constant presences. My definition of a "legitimate" season involves at least two of these teams making semi appearances; "classic" years involve all three plus a "team to be named later."

"Classics" and "near classics" (involving RPI or SLU) since Schafer:

1996
1997 (near, RPI)
2001 (near, SLU)
2002


And the "illegitimates," since Schafer:

1999 (mitigated by the presence of RPI and SLU) (Clarkson championship)
2000 (ditto)
2007 (Clarkson championship)
2009
2010
2011
2013 (anathema)
2014
2015

(1) Interesting how Clarkson only wins when both we and Harvard are not around…
(2) 2002 was pretty much the perfect field at the perfect venue. Everything was perfect except the result.
(3) Everything has felt a bit wrong since 2006.
(4) I hadn't realized how well Donnie Vaughan has been doing at getting his team there lately.
(5) Still, one for 12 for Colgate.
(6) Union, QU, and Yale can fade back into obscurity now, as far as I'm concerned. How about now? How about now?!

Scersk '97
(2) 2002 was pretty much the perfect field at the perfect venue. Everything was perfect except the result.

Plus the ECAC didn't get rid of the PiG until the next year, when they moved to Albany.

jtwcornell91

Scersk '97
(2) 2002 was pretty much the perfect field at the perfect venue. Everything was perfect except the result.

Plus the ECAC didn't get rid of the PiG until the next year, when they moved to Albany.

Ah! I had forgotten momentarily about the abomination that was the PiG. Dartmouth is not on the accepted list of participants, and I choose to forget they were there that year.

Vesey is coming back.

Jim Hyla
Vesey is coming back.

For real good players, a 4th year after being drafted can be an advantage. Vesey can be a free agent after Aug. 15, 2016. Kevin Hayes used that to his advantage last year, signing with the Rangers although having been drafted by Chicago.

Jim Hyla
Vesey is coming back.

Jerk.

RichH

Jim Hyla
Vesey is coming back.

Jerk.

Typical.

I noticed a new recruit listed on BRP -- Yanni Kaldis, defenseman from Nanaimo. He put up 10 goals and 39 assists this year as a rookie, so he certainly has some offensive upside from the blue line.

First Nanaimo guy in awhile; we can only hope he can have some of the success of his predecessors.

I hope us being so bad this year will at least get them to decrease student season ticket prices next year.

scoop85
First Nanaimo guy in awhile; we can only hope he can have some of the success of his predecessors.

...and I hope this reopens the pipeline, at least a little.