Opponent News 19-20

adamw
We've covered all of this pretty extensively. Zero news in there. Of course, the NYT is catering to an audience that doesn't really follow it. ... If Illinois adds any time soon, I'll be surprised. There may be an announcement of a team or so soon - but it won't be a major one. Arizona State "opted not to join" because they were asking for too many things, and the WCHA basically said forget it. Not to mention it doesn't have an arena yet either.

Who do you predict adds D1 hockey in the next 5 years? And do you think the Alaska programs eventually fold?

CU2007
Who do you predict adds D1 hockey in the next 5 years? And do you think the Alaska programs eventually fold?

As I say often - it's impossible to really say, because it depends upon some big donor coming along and saying "please take my money" -- that's pretty much it. So you never know.

We will have news on this on CHN soon - there may be one ready to make the jump for sure - but still not sure.

The Alaska programs will probably fold eventually, but may try to hang on kicking and screaming for a while.

adamw

CU2007
Who do you predict adds D1 hockey in the next 5 years? And do you think the Alaska programs eventually fold?

As I say often - it's impossible to really say, because it depends upon some big donor coming along and saying "please take my money" -- that's pretty much it. So you never know...

Hey Bennett, Frank Messa called
He said U. Sucks

CU2007

adamw
We've covered all of this pretty extensively. Zero news in there. Of course, the NYT is catering to an audience that doesn't really follow it. ... If Illinois adds any time soon, I'll be surprised. There may be an announcement of a team or so soon - but it won't be a major one. Arizona State "opted not to join" because they were asking for too many things, and the WCHA basically said forget it. Not to mention it doesn't have an arena yet either.

Who do you predict adds D1 hockey in the next 5 years? And do you think the Alaska programs eventually fold?

Amazing that Alabama-Huntsville holds on. Their president Robert Altenkirch 2011-2019 was a believer in sports as a school unifier and to that end in his stop before UAH, had taken NJIT (think CCNY Tech in Newark) into D1 basketball. (How do you unify a school around the NCAA record for consecutive defeats, 51? ) Have to see if the new guy is as supportive of UAH hockey. There is now UAH women's hockey to provide Title IX balance.

billhoward

CU2007

adamw
We've covered all of this pretty extensively. Zero news in there. Of course, the NYT is catering to an audience that doesn't really follow it. ... If Illinois adds any time soon, I'll be surprised. There may be an announcement of a team or so soon - but it won't be a major one. Arizona State "opted not to join" because they were asking for too many things, and the WCHA basically said forget it. Not to mention it doesn't have an arena yet either.

Who do you predict adds D1 hockey in the next 5 years? And do you think the Alaska programs eventually fold?

Amazing that Alabama-Huntsville holds on. Their president Robert Altenkirch 2011-2019 was a believer in sports as a school unifier and to that end in his stop before UAH, had taken NJIT (think CCNY Tech in Newark) into D1 basketball. (How do you unify a school around the NCAA record for consecutive defeats, 51? ) Have to see if the new guy is as supportive of UAH hockey. There is now UAH women's hockey to provide Title IX balance.

IIRC, UAH also had white knights among the team alumni who saved the program with their own contributions.

I would't be shocked if UAA and UAF have a similar network, although the expenses are probably a lot higher.

Harvard up 3-0 on Clarkson at the end of the first period.

C'mon, you stupid Crimson, do something right for once.

Give My Regards
Harvard up 3-0 on Clarkson at the end of the first period.

C'mon, you stupid Crimson, do something right for once.

Now 4-1.

Harvard is manhandling Clarkson. Total domination through 2 periods

Cop at Lynah
Harvard is manhandling Clarkson. Total domination through 2 periods

No, BC is manhandling Northeastern. Now 7-1 after 2, but it was 7-0.

Edit: Now 9-1. Somebody's pissed about the Beanpot. Just wow.

And they made the conversion. Final 10-1.

RPI beat Q 4-0. Pretty good night in-conference.

St. Cloud just went ahead of ND in the second. 2-1, 2:18 left

ice
St. Cloud just went ahead of ND in the second. 2-1, 2:18 left

Minny State is beating UAH 9-0 so no gaining ground there.

ugarte

ice
St. Cloud just went ahead of ND in the second. 2-1, 2:18 left

Minny State is beating UAH 9-0 so no gaining ground there.

Duluth lost to Western Mich.

UND and St.Cloud now tied 2-2. Denver up 5-2 on Miami in the 2nd.

If someone had told you before tonight's games started that BC would beat Northeastern 10-1, what odds would you have needed to make a bet on another game tonight winding up even more lopsided than that?

Minnesota State over Alabama-Huntsville 10-0!

St. Cloud was down 3-2 to North Dakota. They tied it a 3-3, and there was a review resulting in a major penalty against North Dakota. St. Cloud starting on the PP now.

I'm listening here: [fightinghawks.com]

Penn State and Minny now in OT at 3-3. The Goofer Goalie has stopped 51 out of 54 PSU shots!

The game counts as a tie in the PWR, but PSU wins it in the 3 on 3.

St Cloud and North Dakota going into OT tied at 3.

Edit: No score in the first OT, so that's a tie as far as we're concerned.

Wisco 7 ASU 6

Hands down the firewagon hockey game of the year so far. Two lead changes and final goal at 18:51 of the third. Not a surprise since that’s the way both teams have been playing all year.

andyw2100

Minnesota State over Alabama-Huntsville 10-0

I think MS should have eased up at 5, especially given that Alabama needs to find a new conference.

ice

andyw2100

Minnesota State over Alabama-Huntsville 10-0

I think MS should have eased up at 5, especially given that Alabama needs to find a new conference.

Seems like that message didn't get passed to them. They're up 7-0 in the 2nd tonight.

Meanwhile, SLU is up 5-2 in the 3rd against Harvard. Talk about Jekyll and Hyde

Iceberg
Meanwhile, SLU is up 5-2 in the 3rd against Harvard. Talk about Jekyll and Hyde

Now 5-3. uhhhh...

Edit: 6-3 final.

St. Cloud beats N. Dakota 2-1. The games ends with some fisticuffs after the final whistle. ND skates off without shaking hands,

Jeff Hopkins '82
St. Cloud beats N. Dakota 2-1. The games ends with some fisticuffs after the final whistle. ND skates off without shaking hands,

20:00North Dakota#3 Matt Kiersted ROUGHING - Minor (2:00)
20:00North Dakota#3 Matt Kiersted 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)
20:00North Dakota#14 Jasper Weatherby ROUGHING - Minor (2:00)
20:00North Dakota#14 Jasper Weatherby 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#3 Jack Poehling UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - Minor (2:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#3 Jack Poehling 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#7 Nick Poehling ROUGHING - Minor (2:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#7 Nick Poehling 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)

1 point weekend for ND but they are still at the top of the Pairwise.

Mankato bullies Huntsville 10-0 and 8-0.

ice

Jeff Hopkins '82
St. Cloud beats N. Dakota 2-1. The games ends with some fisticuffs after the final whistle. ND skates off without shaking hands,

20:00North Dakota#3 Matt Kiersted ROUGHING - Minor (2:00)
20:00North Dakota#3 Matt Kiersted 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)
20:00North Dakota#14 Jasper Weatherby ROUGHING - Minor (2:00)
20:00North Dakota#14 Jasper Weatherby 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#3 Jack Poehling UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - Minor (2:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#3 Jack Poehling 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#7 Nick Poehling ROUGHING - Minor (2:00)
20:00St. Cloud State#7 Nick Poehling 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT - Misconduct (10:00)

The whole thing started when a NoDak player took a shot after the horn blew. One of the St. Cloud players took offense and jumped him at center ice.

Much ado about nothing.

Anyone short on Ipecac can tune into the Onion Senior Night ceremony on ESPN+.

Wish it had ended in a tie but Sieve Hanson let in a goal in OT. Onion season ticket holders can keep their ice fresh till the fall!

marty

Wish it had ended in a tie but Sieve Hanson let in a goal in OT.

A PP goal...

RPI is 8-3-1 in ECAC play in 2020, with 2 of those losses against us, since the new year. I'm wondering if they're getting hot come ECAC tourny time. (Perhaps not having to work on spreadsheets has unburdened them.)

andyw2100

marty

Wish it had ended in a tie but Sieve Hanson let in a goal in OT.

A PP goal...

...after making 50 saves. QU attempted over 100 shots according to the broadcast. Pretty noble effort.

French Rage
RPI is 8-3-1 in ECAC play in 2020, with 2 of those losses against us, since the new year. I'm wondering if they're getting hot come ECAC tourny time. (Perhaps not having to work on spreadsheets has unburdened them.)

OTOH, the RPI women completed a perfect ECAC season.

jtwcornell91

redice
Brent Brekke was named Head Coach of the the St Lawrence Men's Ice Hockey team today.... Congrats, Brent!!!

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So we're basically colonizing the North Country. And we've already got Don Vaughan at Colgate, although his time as a Cornell assistant was long ago.

Obviously we played against both SLU and Clarkson on the road this season, but will this weekend be the first time both men’s head coaches visiting Lynah to play *at* Cornell are both former Cornell men’s assistant coaches? Anyone know for sure?

Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

ursusminor
Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

RPI had more than a few vocal fans at Lynah two weeks ago. I noticed a linesman wannabe and his faux ref buddy from section 7 made the trip.

The fans who have kept their season tickets are enjoying a good season.

ursusminor
Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

scoop85

ursusminor
Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

As a season ticket holder since 1997, I confess that this is the first season that I've truly rooted for RPI. And to that credit Coach Smith. I like him so much more than Appert that I'm thinking I need to see an analyst. Instead I keep watching hockey.

Colgate: Hockey Secures Home Ice with Late Goal

Clarkson: Clarkson Settles for Tie at Colgate

The Colgate link has video of their goal, and the sparse crowd.

marty

scoop85

ursusminor
Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

As a season ticket holder since 1997, I confess that this is the first season that I've truly rooted for RPI. And to that credit Coach Smith. I like him so much more than Appert that I'm thinking I need to see an analyst. Instead I keep watching hockey.

He is certainly able to do more with what he has than Appert did. Players are actually improving over four years which did not seem to ever happen with Appert.

I suspect that Cornell fans will disagree, which is fine, but I think that Smith deserves the ECAC CotY award. It is an award that an RPI coach has never received although coaches for all of the other 11 schools have. BTW, how did that award get named for Tim Taylor rather than Ned Harkness?

COTY is subjective in many ways

RPI went from 7-13-2 / 10-23-3
to 12-8-1 / 16-15-2

Cornell went from 13-5-4 / 21-11-4
to 17-2-2 / 22-2-4

so RPI went up about 5 games in the league and 6-8 ish over all
cornell went up 4 games in the league 9 less losses overall

Which is harder to do, go from not very good to .500? or from pretty good to dominant?

Not sure either was expected.

I certainly agree that it is subjective. You are correct that what Cornell did is harder. The question is how much did the coach have to do with it.

Both schools benefitted from the fact that the middle eight teams in the ECAC this year are all very mediocre. That is shown by where they all sit in the PWR. RPI is still in the upper 30's.

There have been other years when I thought that an RPI coach deserved it and didn't win it (not since before Appert.)

ursusminor

marty

scoop85

ursusminor
Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

As a season ticket holder since 1997, I confess that this is the first season that I've truly rooted for RPI. And to that credit Coach Smith. I like him so much more than Appert that I'm thinking I need to see an analyst. Instead I keep watching hockey.

He is certainly able to do more with what he has than Appert did. Players are actually improving over four years which did not seem to ever happen with Appert.

I suspect that Cornell fans will disagree, which is fine, but I think that Smith deserves the ECAC CotY award. It is an award that an RPI coach has never received although coaches for all of the other 11 schools have. BTW, how did that award get named for Tim Taylor rather than Ned Harkness?

Taylor probably stepped on fewer toes than Ned... Just sayin...

RPI's ECAC record pre- and post- New Year certainly lend credence to the RPI coach making a big impact once the season got rolling.

Flunkies get statues; innovators win championships.

Trotsky
Flunkies get statues; innovators win championships.

I'm OK with Schafer never winning another COTY if we win a NC. And I bet he is too.

French Rage

Trotsky
Flunkies get statues; innovators win championships.

I'm OK with Schafer never winning another COTY if we win a NC. And I bet he is too.

Me too.

They named Cornell after the guy with the money, not the ideas.

Which is really just as well since White University would have been a little too on the nose.

Old Ez had the ideas before he had the money. His wealth didn't come from outworking the other white guys.

osorojo
Old Ez had the ideas before he had the money. His wealth didn't come from outworking the other white guys.

He had the ideas about certain inventions, most importantly how to make a machine that would dig a trench, lay telegraph cable, and cover it up and, when the cable proved too crappy to last underground, how to use glass insulators to sting telegraph wire on telegraph poles (I heard he invented them too, but I also have heard they were already using them in England). Before that and after he hooked up with that Morse guy, he worked his ass off.

OTOH, White had ideas like a school for any person & any subject, co-ed, electives, academic departments, a school "free from religious influences, free from political influences, and free from commercial influences" yes still engaged with the world (no idea lasts forever), etc., etc., etc.

upprdeck
COTY is subjective in many ways

RPI went from 7-13-2 / 10-23-3
to 12-8-1 / 16-15-2

Cornell went from 13-5-4 / 21-11-4
to 17-2-2 / 22-2-4

so RPI went up about 5 games in the league and 6-8 ish over all
cornell went up 4 games in the league 9 less losses overall

Which is harder to do, go from not very good to .500? or from pretty good to dominant?

Not sure either was expected.

I've always found it strange CotY award is interpreted as the "Most Improved Coach" award. If that same coach was in charge the prior year when the team was worse, why does that make him a a better CotY candidate when the team improves the next year than a coach whose team was great both years? I think a coach's season should be evaluated in a vacuum based on the talent the coach had access to and the injuries the coach had to to overcome. I would not consider the prior year at all.

That is not an argument for or against Schafer/Smith, just how I believe the award should be treated.

BearLover

upprdeck
COTY is subjective in many ways

RPI went from 7-13-2 / 10-23-3
to 12-8-1 / 16-15-2

Cornell went from 13-5-4 / 21-11-4
to 17-2-2 / 22-2-4

so RPI went up about 5 games in the league and 6-8 ish over all
cornell went up 4 games in the league 9 less losses overall

Which is harder to do, go from not very good to .500? or from pretty good to dominant?

Not sure either was expected.

I've always found it strange CotY award is interpreted as the "Most Improved Coach" award. If that same coach was in charge the prior year when the team was worse, why does that make him a a better CotY candidate when the team improves the next year than a coach whose team was great both years? I think a coach's season should be evaluated in a vacuum based on the talent the coach had access to and the injuries the coach had to to overcome. I would not consider the prior year at all.

That is not an argument for or against Schafer/Smith, just how I believe the award should be treated.

It Smith's favor, it does take a while to change the attitude left over from Appert. I do agree that it shouldn't be a most-improved coach award.

ursusminor

BearLover

upprdeck
COTY is subjective in many ways

RPI went from 7-13-2 / 10-23-3
to 12-8-1 / 16-15-2

Cornell went from 13-5-4 / 21-11-4
to 17-2-2 / 22-2-4

so RPI went up about 5 games in the league and 6-8 ish over all
cornell went up 4 games in the league 9 less losses overall

Which is harder to do, go from not very good to .500? or from pretty good to dominant?

Not sure either was expected.

I've always found it strange CotY award is interpreted as the "Most Improved Coach" award. If that same coach was in charge the prior year when the team was worse, why does that make him a a better CotY candidate when the team improves the next year than a coach whose team was great both years? I think a coach's season should be evaluated in a vacuum based on the talent the coach had access to and the injuries the coach had to to overcome. I would not consider the prior year at all.

That is not an argument for or against Schafer/Smith, just how I believe the award should be treated.

It Smith's favor, it does take a while to change the attitude left over from Appert. I do agree that it shouldn't be a most-improved coach award.

I think the most important measurement is finish vs. preseason poll, rather than previous year. The preseason poll takes previous year into account, sure, but if a team outperforms those preseason polls, the coach is given much more consideration. RPI was picked 10th in the media, and T9 for coaches preseason poll. Now it looks like they're going to lock down a bye...that's significant in the eyes of the voters.

That said, leading a team to the #1 spot in the national polls...that's something that's hard to maintain, and is respected.

So is it the coaches fault of the writers do a poor job of predicting?

North Dakota wins in overtime.

Trotsky
North Dakota wins in overtime.

After Western thought they won:

Disallowed OT GWG from WMU/UND. WMU #16 wasnt on a path to collide with the goalie until UND #29 made contact. WMU #16 may have been on one knee but he was in control of his movement. Under the rule, WMU #16 has to make effort to avoid goalie but idk what he's supposed to do here pic.twitter.com/woQ6rIR4Cp

— RecoveringOps (@RecoveringOps) March 1, 2020

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CU2007

adamw
We've covered all of this pretty extensively. Zero news in there. Of course, the NYT is catering to an audience that doesn't really follow it. ... If Illinois adds any time soon, I'll be surprised. There may be an announcement of a team or so soon - but it won't be a major one. Arizona State "opted not to join" because they were asking for too many things, and the WCHA basically said forget it. Not to mention it doesn't have an arena yet either.

Who do you predict adds D1 hockey in the next 5 years? And do you think the Alaska programs eventually fold?

[dailycaller.com]


“The University of Illinois will reportedly be adding a college hockey team.

According to John Buccigross, the Fighting Illini will announce plans for a division one hockey team in the coming days...”

well they could have called the interference penalty that would have helped.

WMich is sort of a bubble team, too. Rough break for them.

jeff '84
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/28/report-university-of-illinois-hockey-team-john-buccigross/


“The University of Illinois will reportedly be adding a college hockey team.

According to John Buccigross, the Fighting Illini will announce plans for a division one hockey team in the coming days...”

I wonder if this makes Iowa more likely. There's perennial speculation there and they actually have a great tradition in ACHA.

jeff '84
“The University of Illinois will reportedly be adding a college hockey team.

According to John Buccigross, the Fighting Illini will announce plans for a division one hockey team in the coming days...”

Someone has announced this at least once a month for 3 years.

One day. someone will look like a genius for being "right"

adamw

jeff '84
“The University of Illinois will reportedly be adding a college hockey team.

According to John Buccigross, the Fighting Illini will announce plans for a division one hockey team in the coming days...”

Someone has announced this at least once a month for 3 years.

One day. someone will look like a genius for being "right"

So reading between the lines, I've decoded Adam's secret message that EA Sports is releasing a college hockey video game.

RichH

adamw

jeff '84
“The University of Illinois will reportedly be adding a college hockey team.

According to John Buccigross, the Fighting Illini will announce plans for a division one hockey team in the coming days...”

Someone has announced this at least once a month for 3 years.

One day. someone will look like a genius for being "right"

So reading between the lines, I've decoded Adam's secret message that EA Sports is releasing a college hockey video game.

Well, there is a Big 10 Hockey Conference.

RPI's Coach Smith is one hell of a promoter.

#2 Minnesota State currently outshooting #57 UAA 30-6 in the second, and losing 1-0. Go Seawolves!

Robb
#2 Minnesota State currently outshooting #57 UAA 30-6 in the second, and losing 1-0. Go Seawolves!

Now 2-2, 11-49

Northern's Griffin Loughran tried to check the ref tonight?

As @wilson_marvin brought up earlier...what exactly is @GriffinLoughran doing here? Is he upset he didn't get the call on his dive so he checks the Ref for missing the "call?" I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. @mtuhky @NMUHockey @WCHA_MHockey @ChasingMacPod pic.twitter.com/wQWDAFxDFG

— Tim Braun (@TBraunTHG) March 2, 2020

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Whoa. I was expecting an accidental collision. That really, really looks intentional, but I've never seen a guy just lose his mind like that.

Loughran is Northern's best player with 40 points, so it's not like he's a goon.

Trotsky
Whoa. I was expecting an accidental collision. That really, really looks intentional, but I've never seen a guy just lose his mind like that.

As someone pointed out in the comments, he's probably just sealing off the boards and doesn't see the ref. Looks worse (and funnier) than it is.

UNH over BC in OT, 4-3.

That should help put some distance between us and BC.

andyw2100
UNH over BC in OT, 4-3.

That should help put some distance between us and BC.

Excellent.

Mankato and NoDak both winning. Mankato final shots were 53-14.

UMD winning big, I wonder if they will overtake BC. Their seniors must be up around 180 GP. (Edit: only 4 seniors, highest is 155 GP).

Princeton wins it in OT, on the PP!

UMD, repeat defending NCAA champions and back-to-back-to-back finalists, are now #4 PWR and in line for a 1-seed.

Cornell is now the only eastern school in the top 5.

1. NoDak
2. Mankato
3. Cornell
4. Minn-Duluth

5. Denver
6. BC
7. Pedo State
8. UMass

Trotsky

andyw2100
UNH over BC in OT, 4-3.

That should help put some distance between us and BC.

Excellent.

Mankato and NoDak both winning. Mankato final shots were 53-14.

UMD winning big, I wonder if they will overtake BC. Their seniors must be up around 180 GP. (Edit: only 4 seniors, highest is 155 GP).

As of 10:30, UMD moves up to 4th, Denver to 5th, BC to 6th.

Trotsky
UMD, repeat defending NCAA champions and back-to-back-to-back finalists, are now #4 PWR and in line for a 1-seed.

Cornell is now the only eastern school in the top 5.

1. NoDak
2. Mankato
3. Cornell
4. Minn-Duluth

5. Denver
6. BC
7. Pedo State
8. UMass

If it ended that way next weekend Duluth would seem destined for Loveland.

Trotsky
Whoa. I was expecting an accidental collision. That really, really looks intentional, but I've never seen a guy just lose his mind like that.

Loughran is Northern's best player with 40 points, so it's not like he's a goon.

Actually - he might not just be a goon - but he is a goon. Also leads them in PIM, and is an all-around knucklehead. He speared a guy Saturday night, and got away with only 2 minutes. They lost. Season over. Went completely down the toilet after leaving Lynah. As did Michigan State in the 2nd half. Two series of events that really didn't help Cornell at all. If those teams stayed where they were at midseason, Cornell would be No. 2 in the Pairwise.

Illinois seems have been poised to announce that they were going DI in ice hockey, with money for a new arena lined up, but the pandemic and economic uncertainty is at least postponing the formal announcement.
[www.news-gazette.com]

Alabama-Huntsville drops men's hockey and two other sports.

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Beeeej
Alabama-Huntsville drops men's hockey and two other sports.

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

That seemed inevitable unfortunately.

That's a shame.

Speculation that one or both Alaska schools could go next.

Beeeej
Alabama-Huntsville drops men's hockey and two other sports.

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Reports of the Chargers’ demise were premature. As CHN reports that they’re returning for whatever upcoming season exists after an online fundraiser was successful. Definitely a stopgap, and the axe is still hovering, but quite a reversal considering players had already started to commit elsewhere.

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

RichH

Beeeej
Alabama-Huntsville drops men's hockey and two other sports.

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Reports of the Chargers’ demise were premature. As CHN reports that they’re returning for whatever upcoming season exists after an online fundraiser was successful. Definitely a stopgap, and the axe is still hovering, but quite a reversal considering players had already started to commit elsewhere.

Huh. Well, good for them.

even makes you wonder about Browns decision to drop so many teams before really looking at all the choices

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Cop at Lynah
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One of the best opponents I've ever seen; hopefully won't continue Gaudet's cementhead ways.

Fun fact: The date of Mike Schafer's first game playing for Cornell is prior to the date of Reid Cashman's birth.

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

One of the best opponents I've ever seen, ad hopefully won't continue their cementhead ways.

Absolutely. Ton of respect for the guy. We even voted him "Most Respected Opponent" in 2007 for TBRW?.

Beeeej

Trotsky

Cop at Lynah
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

One of the best opponents I've ever seen, ad hopefully won't continue their cementhead ways.

Absolutely. Ton of respect for the guy. We even voted him "Most Respected Opponent" in 2007 for TBRW?.

I thought he might have a more successful pro career, but was a terrific college player. I think he’ll have a good run in Hanover if he can manage the tougher recruiting climate than he was used to at Q.

Dartmouth's Shane Sellar will play for RPI in the upcoming season, assuming that there is an upcoming season, as a grad transfer. He has shown up in the RPI directory. He wouldn't have been eligible at DC for the usual Ivy reason.

Edit: He must have impressed the RPI staff a couple of years ago [www.collegehockeystats.net].

Harvard is hemorrhaging players. Reilly Walsh just signed with the Devils, and their top recruit Matthew Berniers, a likely 1st round pick in the upcoming NHL draft (and son of two Cornellians FWIW) has made a late switch from Harvard to Michigan for the upcoming season. Poor Teddy!

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Harvard is hemorrhaging players. Reilly Walsh just signed with the Devils, and their top recruit Matthew Berniers, a likely 1st round pick in the upcoming NHL draft (and son of two Cornellians FWIW) has made a late switch from Harvard to Michigan for the upcoming season. Poor Teddy!

Berniers is a killer. Hahvahd sucks.

I wonder how many of these were hockey players.

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I wonder how many of these were hockey players.

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I was. One of many cutbacks we've had to make in these uncertain times.

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I was. One of many cutbacks we've had to make in these uncertain times.

They can have my Jefferson Jimplecute when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

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Mike Gilligan looks great these days!

Travis Roy, who was paralyzed when he crashed into the boards during his very first shift as a BU freshman, died today at the age of 45. He was an inspirational figure after the accident, and this is such sad news.

I was visiting Boston at the time and happened to be watching that game on TV. I think I was as stunned as the fans in the arena. What a shocking and tragic moment. But in spite of the injury, he went on to be a role model and inspiration for many. RIP, Travis.

A few articles about Travis from the Boston Globe:

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Travis Roy would be the exception about never feeling sorry for BU hockey. He WAS an inspiration.

Union's Jack Adams is transferring. Article also mentions RPI's Savory has decided to transfer as well.
[dailygazette.com]

I guess go play Juniors? where else can they go?

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I guess go play Juniors? where else can they go?

I assume there are no NCAA transfer waivers due to one’s school cancelling the season? Harvard’s big recruit who jumped to Michigan appears to have made a smart decision (from an actually playing hockey perspective anyways ). Will be interesting to see if there are any changes in recruiting trends as a result of all this.