ELynah Forum

Yeah, there appears to be a significant disparity between the top CIS/OUA teams and the rest of the pack. Cornell slaughtered Ottawa 8-0 two days after their 0-0 draw with UQTR. Western Ontario is another OUA program that has fared better than most of their peers. They lost 4-3 to Cornell the other year and also beat Ohio State last year. Not too shabby. While some people will say that the Canadian teams are at an advantage due to being less rusty, I say that advantage is negated by the Canadian teams invariably having to play on the road. In any case, it should be a good exhibition game in October.

UQTR is a damn good program at the CIS level. They have been dominant in the OUA and were ranked 3rd in the CIS Top 10 at the end of last season. A 66-12-4-2 regular season record over the last three years is nothing to sneeze at, even if the CIS isn't on par with NCAA Division I hockey. While Les Patriotes probably won't beat Cornell in October, they aren't a team to take lightly. Sure, a lot of you may not find a Cornell-UQTR matchup to be all that intriguing, and understandably so. But I'll be interested in seeing how one of Canadian college hockey's premier programs fares down in Ithaca.