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Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Swampy css228 Trotsky css228 Yeah pretty much to sum up my thoughts, we should only make a move that makes our competition and national profile stronger (random example pulled out of thin air - if the Ivies were to defect and join Hockey East).I know it was just a random example, but some of the younger fans may not know Hockey East was formed to get away from the Ivies and our academic-based resby css228 - Hockey
Re: ECAC Inferiority - 13 years ago
Swampy Ben billhoward Let's work on getting the Ivies eligible for the Division 1-A-Something football playoffs, too. The Ivy presidents discriminate against football in a way that doesn't cause them any trouble with any federal affirmative action / equal opportunities commission. Right now that benefits Harvard but in a couple years, maybe us, too. Related to this: why is it that the Ivy champioby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Trotsky css228 Yeah pretty much to sum up my thoughts, we should only make a move that makes our competition and national profile stronger (random example pulled out of thin air - if the Ivies were to defect and join Hockey East).I know it was just a random example, but some of the younger fans may not know Hockey East was formed to get away from the Ivies and our academic-based restrictions. Thby css228 - Hockey
Re: ECAC Inferiority - 13 years ago
Jim Hyla css228 I think the only Ivy that is really interested in extending the OOC schedule is Cornell though. I don't see why the other schools would insist on it. However it'd be great if we could schedule the UAH's and AHA teams of the world for that first weekend and put the UNH's in the weekend before finals,I'm not sure that the athletic departments of the schools don't want it. It seems aby css228 - Hockey
Re: ECAC Inferiority - 13 years ago
I think the only Ivy that is really interested in extending the OOC schedule is Cornell though. I don't see why the other schools would insist on it. However it'd be great if we could schedule the UAH's and AHA teams of the world for that first weekend and put the UNH's in the weekend before finals,by css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Yeah pretty much to sum up my thoughts, we should only make a move that makes our competition and national profile stronger (random example pulled out of thin air - if the Ivies were to defect and join Hockey East). An Ivy League just hurts Cornell in the long run. It's not a good idea.by css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Aaron M. Griffin Ryan Kennedy covered this topic a couple of days ago for The Hockey News in his blog. I stated in a much earlier posts opinions that are similar to his. He ends the article with stating: Ryan Kennedy The question now is whether hockey would ever consider starting an Ivy League conference - only Columbia and Pennsylvania are missing right now. That would crush the ECAC, but wby css228 - Hockey
Re: NCAA Tourney: Stream URLs - 13 years ago
Now why can't Cornell streaming be this good? I don't think we have ESPN's budget for online streaming. Especially since its tied into specific ISPsby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - 6 after two - 13 years ago
Ben css228 ajh258 I'm disappointed that we have such low standards. No wonder student attendance has been declining. As a current student I can tell you the exact reason why student attendance has been declining. I know tons of people who'd love to have season tickets and just can't afford to shell out $260 dollars. As a result the a lot of the people who replaced them are people who thought &quoby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
ursusminor I don't think that this has been posted on this thread yet. Battista said he has already begun negotiations with several teams throughout D-I hockey to fill not only the 14 non-conference games in 2013, but the entire 2012 independent season. Those schools include Connecticut, Holy Cross, Army, Air Force, RIT, Alabama-Huntsville, Princeton and Cornell. So they're taking UAH's place I aby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
billhoward css228Notre Dame is less likely to join HE then the Big Ten. HE isn't going to want to expand their travel distance that much Boston to South Bend is 900 miles. That's not a bus trip.] TrotskyIf your point is the odds of both are zero, fine, but I'd point out ND isn't going to the Big Ten because Notre Dame football isn't going to the Big Ten because an independent Notre Dame footballby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale, Cornell & EZAC in Sports Illustrated 3/28/11 - 13 years ago
dbilmes css228 Yeah not a good weekend for Cornell to say the least. It was a terrible weekend. Our wrestling team finished second in the nation, our women's hockey team lost in the Frozen Four and our men's hockey team advanced to the ECAC championship game, where it was trounced. Too bad our lacrosse team had to spoil everything by winning a road game against an undefeated Yale team. For an Ivby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
billhoward Nice. Thoughtful. UAH may be what the Air Force calls collateral damage. Every time college hockey or lacrosse expands, it makes it tougher for Cornell to be prominent on the national stage. Cornell hockey a generation ago didn't have to worry about getting past a Miami, Notre Dame, or Ohio State in hockey. Or past Notre Dame in lacrosse last spring. (Did anyone see that ND laxby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale, Cornell & EZAC in Sports Illustrated 3/28/11 - 13 years ago
Yeah not a good weekend for Cornell to say the least.by css228 - Hockey
Re: Title-games Record - 13 years ago
French Rage css228 DisplacedCornellian Trotsky kaelistus Have we really been to the championship game 10 times in 16 (?) years? That's just absolutely amazing.Yepper. During Schafer's tenure: 10 (5-5) Cornell 7 (3-4) Harvard 5 (2-3) Clarkson 3 (2-1) St. Lawrence 2 (2-0) Princeton 2 (2-0) Yale 1 (0-1) Quinnipiac 1 (0-1) RPI 1 (0-1) Union 0 Brown, Colgate, Dartmouth Schafer's statsby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - 6 after two - 13 years ago
Kyle Rose ftyuv I'd just like to say that I think there's a middle ground. There are teams for whom a championship is often a (reasonable) hope, a frozen four is a reasonable reach/goal, a win in the tourney is the bar, and not making the tourney is a disappointment. There are teams for whom making the tournament would be great, and a frozen four would be the highlight of the program. Can't Coby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - 6 after two - 13 years ago
ajh258 I'm disappointed that we have such low standards. No wonder student attendance has been declining. As a current student I can tell you the exact reason why student attendance has been declining. I know tons of people who'd love to have season tickets and just can't afford to shell out $260 dollars. As a result the a lot of the people who replaced them are people who thought "it mightby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
ajh258 Chris '03 ajh258 Schafer has had many years to figure these problems out and we still do not have a sustained NCAA tourney presence. You say that as if that's some sort of standard for being a decent team. Consider tourney appearances since 2002 (the last 10 tournaments): ... 44 teams made it to the tournament. Six did so more frequently than Cornell. Not every team can be Michigaby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
Rita Thank you Chris for compiling this list. I was trying to recall how many national championships Michigan has won in the past decade or so. I thought it was a big fat zero. Glad to know I still have some memory cells that still function . Almost every year, Cornell is in a position to win the ECACs and/or have a PWR ranking that puts them in position to be in the NC$$ tournament. Givenby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
Swampy css228 ajh258 Well, can we recruit the players we need? From what I understand, the big talented players that fits our system are mostly going out west to schools like UND, and we cannot compete on that level due to a lot of factors that have already been discussed multiple times on eLynah. Keith Allain's recruiting and execution strategy definitely fits well for the Ivies because mostby css228 - Hockey
Re: Title-games Record - 13 years ago
DisplacedCornellian Trotsky kaelistus Have we really been to the championship game 10 times in 16 (?) years? That's just absolutely amazing.Yepper. During Schafer's tenure: 10 (5-5) Cornell 7 (3-4) Harvard 5 (2-3) Clarkson 3 (2-1) St. Lawrence 2 (2-0) Princeton 2 (2-0) Yale 1 (0-1) Quinnipiac 1 (0-1) RPI 1 (0-1) Union 0 Brown, Colgate, Dartmouth Schafer's stats are inflated. He'by css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
billhoward css228 Trotsky billhowardMaybe the ECAC should do something to raise its profile like move the tournament to a famous city with lots of night life.I would definitely go if they held it in Paris. What about an NYC tournament?. Nice if it could happen. Local basketball tournaments might conflict if it's one week, and if it's the next week, that would shut MSG out of hosting an NCAA firby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Trotsky css228 Trotsky billhowardMaybe the ECAC should do something to raise its profile like move the tournament to a famous city with lots of night life.I would definitely go if they held it in Paris. What about an NYC tournament?If I had to settle, sure. I'm still waiting for our game in Vladivostok. UND seems willing to travel. I'm sure they'd obligeby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Trotsky billhowardMaybe the ECAC should do something to raise its profile like move the tournament to a famous city with lots of night life.I would definitely go if they held it in Paris. What about an NYC tournament?by css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
Tom Lento Trotsky JDeafvThe systems put in place by the coaches and the player talent is intricately linked and the Cornell/Yale coaching staffs put in place systems that suit their teams. Cornell does not play a tape-to-tape transition game through the neutral zone. Cornell uses tips and quick dump-ins through the neutral zone to get the puck deep below the goal line, executes puck retrievalby css228 - Hockey
Re: Big Ten Hockey Conference - 13 years ago
Jim Hyla I'm surprised that with all the posting on this, no one is saying anything about the actual announcement. It's on both CHN and USCHO. This is also interesting. I think we were all preoccupied with the fallout from Saturday, but I would like to reprepose the old ECAC adjusted for modern times if HE finds the BTHC is hurting them too much. I would do a lot to see BU in Lynah during my tby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
Trotsky css228As I read recently we didnt get a lot of the players we wanted in this class.Where did you read that? I'm not challenging you, I'm curious. The only thing I have read indicating we didn't get certain players was that a couple guys appear to have used us as a bargaining chip to get Major Junior deals. A quote from the CHN article on the Devin twins. I think Schafer said this, "by css228 - Hockey
Re: Atlantic City-ECAC hockey attendance fiasco - 13 years ago
provgame79 I'm new to this forum but an alum and longtime fan. The AC attendance left me puzzled and was really depressing after a week of watching full-house hoops games. The players deserved better. I'm from Philly and so it was easy for me to get there, as it was for my Philly and NY classmates who met us there -- but looking at this thread, people make it seem like AC is near Atlanta. I rby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
ebilmes Just watched that clip of "The Shift" for the first time in a while. Notice how much the Cornell players were hustling to pucks along the boards. Last night, especially in the defensive end, this kind of effort was not present. Some times, all it would have taken was one D-man hustling to a puck, then two sharp passes, and we'd be back in the neutral zone. Instead, it was Yalby css228 - Hockey
Re: Cu - 0 Yale - ECAC finals (postgame) - 13 years ago
ajh258 Well, can we recruit the players we need? From what I understand, the big talented players that fits our system are mostly going out west to schools like UND, and we cannot compete on that level due to a lot of factors that have already been discussed multiple times on eLynah. Keith Allain's recruiting and execution strategy definitely fits well for the Ivies because most of their playeby css228 - Hockey