2020 ECAC Prelim Round

Is ESPN+ carrying the games this weekend?

redice
Is ESPN+ carrying the games this weekend?

Yes.

Looks like only a couple hundred people at Colgate

Cop at Lynah
Looks like only a couple hundred people at Colgate

No one at Harvard either 2-2 early 2^nd

Some upset potential in game 1 of the best of 3 round
Union 2 @ Yale 0 06:33 2nd (I believe that's time remaining)
Princeton 2 @ Dartmouth 2 2:20 2nd
@ Colgate 1 Brown 0 5:53 2nd
St Lawrence 2 @ Harvard 2 5:22 2nd

Bad giveaway by St L late in the 2nd lets Harvard go up 3-2, and St L has to kill about 1:30 of penalty time to start the 3rd.

No one at the Union Yale game either.

Through 2:

 9 Brn 0
 8 Cgt 1

10 Uni 2
 7 Yal 0

11 Prn 2
 6 Drt 2

12 SLU 2
 5 Hvd 3

Bright empty. Embarrassing.

SLU ties it, 17 to go in regulation.

Harvard back ahead, 13 to go.

JasonN95
Bad giveaway by St L late in the 2nd lets Harvard go up 3-2, and St L has to kill about 1:30 of penalty time to start the 3rd. No one at the Union Yale game either.

And nobody there in net for Wisconsin, apparently. 8-0 Ohio State in the Big Ten QFs, midway through period 3.

Harvard again; not tonight SLU.

Princeton ties Dartmouth with 2:45 to go.

billhoward

JasonN95
Bad giveaway by St L late in the 2nd lets Harvard go up 3-2, and St L has to kill about 1:30 of penalty time to start the 3rd. No one at the Union Yale game either.

And nobody there in net for Wisconsin, apparently. 8-0 Ohio State in the Big Ten QFs, midway through period 3.

In contrast, Notre Dame @ Minnesota has been almost all Fighting Irish, but still knotted at 0-0 late in the 2nd. (Airing on FS2.)

Trotsky
Princeton ties Dartmouth with 2:45 to go.

They're into OT and Union won 3-0 at Yale. If Princeton goes on to victory tonight and tomorrow, I worry: Would the Lynah visitor section have enough seats?

Through 3:

 9 Brn 0
 8 Cgt 3

10 Uni 3
 7 Yal 0

11 Prn 3
 6 Drt 3 going to ot

12 SLU 3
 5 Hvd 5

NoDak losing to UNO in the 2nd.

Princeton wins in ot.

All final scores:

 9 Brn 0
 8 Cgt 3

10 Uni 3
 7 Yal 0

11 Prn 4
 6 Drt 3 ot

12 SLU 3
 5 Hvd 5

You've got Dartmouth winning.

Trotsky
Bright empty. Embarrassing.

Mariucci looks pretty empty tonight too.

Beeeej
You've got Dartmouth winning.

Fixed, thanks.

billhoward

Trotsky
Princeton ties Dartmouth with 2:45 to go.

They're into OT and Union won 3-0 at Yale. If Princeton goes on to victory tonight and tomorrow, I worry: Would the Lynah visitor section have enough seats?

Will they bring 2001's Supermom back?!

jkahn

Trotsky
Bright empty. Embarrassing.

Mariucci looks pretty empty tonight too.

How you see? Big Ten TV?

Trotsky

jkahn

Trotsky
Bright empty. Embarrassing.

Mariucci looks pretty empty tonight too.

How you see? Big Ten TV?

Fox Sports 2. Big Ten has Women's BBall.

Fox College Sports Atl. has the UMD - St.Cloud game. Plenty of fans there.

NoDak now down 3-1 with about 8 minutes remaining in the third.

Edit - Now 4-1, with about five minutes remaining.

Edit 2: NoDak lost 4-1.

Go, Tigers. But do it in three games so you're further worn out. 5pm Sunday faceoff, done 7:15 (unless OT), an hour to load the bus and depart, earliest they're back is 1:30 and that's if they have sandwiches on the bus. Could be 3 am.

andyw2100
NoDak now down 3-1 with about 8 minutes remaining in the third.

Edit - Now 4-1, with about five minutes remaining.

Edit 2: NoDak lost 4-1.

Highlights: [www.youtube.com]

I like how it was edited to include a lot of scoring chances and saves.

JasonN95

andyw2100
NoDak now down 3-1 with about 8 minutes remaining in the third.

Edit - Now 4-1, with about five minutes remaining.

Edit 2: NoDak lost 4-1.

Highlights: [www.youtube.com]

I like how it was edited to include a lot of scoring chances and saves.

Definitely more interesting that way.
NoDak gave up SOOO many breakaways.

Reported attendance last nite was 438 at Harvard & 700 at Yale. Our women’s games draw much larger crowds.

438?! Yikes. What do the larger sections at Lynah hold? My rough math lands me at about 300

JasonN95

andyw2100
NoDak now down 3-1 with about 8 minutes remaining in the third.

Edit - Now 4-1, with about five minutes remaining.

Edit 2: NoDak lost 4-1.

Highlights: [www.youtube.com]

I like how it was edited to include a lot of scoring chances and saves.

Large and loud crowd in Omaha.

CAS
Reported attendance last nite was 438 at Harvard & 700 at Yale. Our women’s games draw much larger crowds.

Not a fair comparison. Our women's team is much better too.

Swampy

CAS
Reported attendance last nite was 438 at Harvard & 700 at Yale. Our women’s games draw much larger crowds.

Not a fair comparison. Our women's team is much better too.

And the first round traditionally has had poor attendance. In addition, the Frozen Four is sending me a "please buy tickets so attendance doesn't suck like it did in Buffalo" messages every few days. (Seems like every few hours....) Attendance IS an issue at many sporting events.

marty

Swampy

CAS
Reported attendance last nite was 438 at Harvard & 700 at Yale. Our women’s games draw much larger crowds.

Not a fair comparison. Our women's team is much better too.

And the first round traditionally has had poor attendance. In addition, the Frozen Four is sending me a "please buy tickets so attendance doesn't suck like it did in Buffalo" messages every few days. (Seems like every few hours....) Attendance IS an issue at many sporting events.

CHN addressed this in Jan. with a very interesting article: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

CAS
Reported attendance last nite was 438 at Harvard & 700 at Yale. Our women’s games draw much larger crowds.

The Yalies are on spring break, so that partially explains the poor attendance for Friday's game.

Bright even emptier. They must be being extra careful of contagion.

Saturday so far is a repeat of Friday:

 9 Brn 1
 8 Cgt 2 (1-0)

10 Uni 1 (1-0)
 7 Yal 0 

11 Prn 2 (1-0)
 6 Drt 0

12 SLU 0
 5 Hvd 2 (1-0)

If these results continue:

11 Princeton at 1 Cornell
10 Union at 2 Clarkson
8 Colgate at 3 Quinnipiac
5 Harvard at 4 RPI

Saturday's game 2 of possibly 3. Upsets brewing. Could Cornell wind up hosting Princeton next week?

12 SLU 1        @ #5 Harvard 5    middle 2nd 
11 Princeton 3  @ #6 Dartmouth 1  late  2nd 
10 Union 1      @ #7 Yale 0       early 2nd
 9 Brown 1      @ #8 Colgate 2    late  2nd 

Princeton up 4-1 with under 15 minutes left. Looks like the Tigers will be visiting Lynah next week.

Midway through the third period:

 9 Brn 1
 8 Cgt 2 (1-0)

10 Uni 1 (1-0)
 7 Yal 2 

11 Prn 4 (1-0)
 6 Drt 1

12 SLU 1
 5 Hvd 5 (1-0)

I guess we shouldn't complain about Dartmouth being removed, right?

scoop85
Princeton up 4-1 with under 15 minutes left. Looks like the Tigers will be visiting Lynah next week.

Well, sports being what they are, Dartmouth with two quick goals and now it’s 4-3 with under 7:00 minutes left. Hold your hats.

For context, here are the seeds of our QF opponents:

Yr C-Op Result            
96 4- 5 W
97 2- 8 W
98 8- 3 W (Round of 10)
99 7- 4 L (Round of 10)
00 4- 7 W (Round of 10)
01 4- 7 W (Round of 10)
02 1-10 W (Round of 10)
03 1-11 W
04 2- 9 L
05 1- 9 W
06 3- 8 W
07 4- 5 L
08 5- 4 W
09 2-11 W
10 2- 9 W
11 4- 8 W
12 2- 9 W
13 9- 1 L
14 4- 5 W
15 N/A
16 8- 1 L
17 3- 6 W
18 1- 9 W
19 2- 7 W

vs  1: 0-2
vs  2: N/A
vs  3: 1-0
vs  4: 1-1
vs  5: 2-1
vs  6: 1-0
vs  7: 3-0
vs  8: 3-0
vs  9: 4-1
vs 10: 1-0
vs 11: 2-0
vs 12: N/A

Dartmouth coming hard now.

Princeton misses an empty net at 1:08.

Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

Brown also temporarily saved its season with an EAG. Fun stuff.

 9 Brn 2
 8 Cgt 2 (1-0)   Going to ot

10 Uni 1 (1-0)
 7 Yal 4         Final, series tied 1-1

11 Prn 4 (1-0)
 6 Drt 4         Going to ot

12 SLU 1
 5 Hvd 5 (1-0)   Late 3rd

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

I thought when the Dartmouth point main whiffed at the line and allowed that puck to get out of the zone that was going to be it.

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

Selfish

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

There's a reason they finished next to last.

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

But thank god Harvard did that in 2003!

Trotsky

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

I thought when the Dartmouth point main whiffed at the line and allowed that puck to get out of the zone that was going to be it.

I did too.

French Rage

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

But thank god Harvard did that in 2003!

Yeah, I was thinking about that. The difference, though, is there was a lot more time left. Also the Harvard player's shot was actually headed right for the goal until it hit that ice chip, turned on it's end and started rolling.

andyw2100

French Rage

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

But thank god Harvard did that in 2003!

Yeah, I was thinking about that. The difference, though, is there was a lot more time left. Also the Harvard player's shot was actually headed right for the goal until it hit that ice chip, turned on it's end and started rolling.

Longest 10 seconds of my life.

andyw2100

French Rage

andyw2100

Trotsky
Dartmouth scores with 2.3 seconds to go. 4-4.

The icing Princeton took that led to that goal was just stupid. The Princeton player chose to take a ridiculous shot at the empty net over doing something smarter with the puck that would have allowed his team to advance. Just really dumb play.

But thank god Harvard did that in 2003!

Yeah, I was thinking about that. The difference, though, is there was a lot more time left. Also the Harvard player's shot was actually headed right for the goal until it hit that ice chip, turned on it's end and started rolling.

IIRC the year we almost upset #1 Q in the QF we did it.

Dartmouth going on pp on a really stupid interference penalty away from the play.

Gate announcers are terrible homers, and Gate-Brown game looks like a scrimmage with sweaters the exact opposite of each other.

Princeton with a great kill and nearly potted an elimination shorty.

Harvard padding their stats, 7-1 final.

We've got Princeton.

All finals:

 9 Brn 2 (ot)
 8 Cgt 3 (2-0)   

10 Uni 1
 7 Yal 4 (1-1)        

11 Prn 5 (2-0)
 6 Drt 4 (ot)        

12 SLU 1
 5 Hvd 7 (2-0)   

Trotsky
All finals:

 9 Brn 2 (ot)
 8 Cgt 3 (2-0)   

10 Uni 1
 7 Yal 4 (1-1)        

11 Prn 5 (2-0)
 6 Drt 4 (ot)        

12 SLU 1
 5 Hvd 7 (2-0)   

So we're locked in with Princeton and RPI gets Sucks. Clarkson gets either Union or Gate. Quinny gets either Gate or Yale.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky
All finals:

 9 Brn 2 (ot)
 8 Cgt 3 (2-0)   

10 Uni 1
 7 Yal 4 (1-1)        

11 Prn 5 (2-0)
 6 Drt 4 (ot)        

12 SLU 1
 5 Hvd 7 (2-0)   

So we're locked in with Princeton and RPI gets Sucks. Clarkson gets either Union or Gate. Quinny gets either Gate or Yale.

I'm hoping Colgate for Q, and that the Raiders take them out.

Union at Yale, tied at 1, about to start OT in the third and decisive game.

andyw2100
Union at Yale, tied at 1, about to start OT in the third and decisive game.

Rink is basically empty

CU2007

andyw2100
Union at Yale, tied at 1, about to start OT in the third and decisive game.

Rink is basically empty

Because why, health fears, or that's Yale fans for you?

billhoward

CU2007

andyw2100
Union at Yale, tied at 1, about to start OT in the third and decisive game.

Rink is basically empty

Because why, health fears, or that's Yale fans for you?

[yalecollege.yale.edu]

billhoward

CU2007

andyw2100
Union at Yale, tied at 1, about to start OT in the third and decisive game.

Rink is basically empty

Because why, health fears, or that's Yale fans for you?

Probably a little of both

andyw2100
Union at Yale, tied at 1, about to start OT in the third and decisive game.

Will be going to a second OT in New Haven.

Yale controlled the puck in the Union end for close to two minutes while the Union goalie didn't have his stick for much of that time, and made several saves. I was surprised that none of the Union players gave the goalie their stick. Is that not a thing these days?

Union appeared to have netted the game-winner, but it was immediately waved off (presumably for goaltender interference), and after a long review the call on the ice was upheld. Shortly after play restarted Yale scored while the Union goaltender once again did not have his stick.

So Yale advances.

andyw2100
Union appeared to have netted the game-winner, but it was immediately waved off (presumably for goaltender interference), and after a long review the call on the ice was upheld. Shortly after play restarted Yale scored while the Union goaltender once again did not have his stick.

So Yale advances.

Union readies for golf croquet.

I was one of the few fans in attendance at the Yale-Union double-OT thriller. By the end of the game, there couldn't have been more than 300 fans in the building, and that's being generous. Those of us there didn't have to worry about getting infected. We were sitting in the first row near the Union bench, and for most of the game, there wasn't anyone within 20 feet of us, with the exception of the Union trainer, who was separated from us by a plastic/glass door.
Regarding the low attendance, the Yalies were on spring break. And according to CHN's data, Yale only played to about 50 percent of capacity during the regular season. I'm sure fears of the Coronavirus also contributed.
As for the game itself, Yale dominated, and could have won the game in regulation if it had converted a 2-on-1 break and a shorthanded breakaway. Union's goalie was outstanding, but got away with losing his stick for an extended stretch in the first OT, but not in the second OT. Union has zero offense. It's easy to see why they averaged less than 2 goals per game and why they only scored on 11 percent of their powerplays. Foo's line is their No. 1 line and scored their lone goal, but otherwise there was little to choose between their lines. It's hard to believe we let them score 3 goals against us when they tied us at Union. Yale has a long losing streak against Q, and I'd be surprised if they give Q much of a battle next weekend.
There were at least 3 Cornell fans at the game! I almost saw as many Cornell jerseys as Yale ones.