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Quote from: chimpfood on March 03, 2026, 10:12:30 AMAre we the only place that doesn't do any goal horn or light show these days?

Brown is the only other place I can think of, but I doubt those would improve the atmosphere there anyway

Quote from: cth95 on March 02, 2026, 02:08:13 PM

Quote from: upprdeck on March 02, 2026, 11:21:28 AMhaving 1700+ SRO packed in would seem to pretty close to a fire code issue.   Are those concourses huge?

I live in Vermont and take my kids to see Cornell at Dartmouth every year (especially with no UVM in the mix).  The concourse at Thompson is huge and does wrap around the entire rink. I have never seen the seats much more than 1/2 to 2/3 full over the many years I have been going.  There are always a few people on the concourse whom I assume just prefer to watch from there.  Does Princeton draw more than Cornell?

I mentioned the tradition in my previous post and I can't find a page with good info, but there's a longstanding practice that whenever Princeton visits Dartmouth, the fans throw tennis balls onto the ice whenever the home team scores. It goes back to when people at Princeton tried to make fun of Dartmouth by throwing tennis balls whenever the visitors had a game at Baker Rink. In retaliation, people at Dartmouth reciprocated the insult and it stuck. It's the only game there that's a guaranteed sellout and certainly draws more than whenever Cornell visits

Edit: Found it. The tradition started much more recently than I had thought

https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2017-01-12/some-best-college-hockey-traditions

Union had little trouble with Brown this past weekend. I don't see them dropping the game in Schenectady

Princeton takes out UNC and Penn drops a game against Syracuse which they had a substantial lead before the OT. I don't think there's any doubt that the Ivy League won't be competitive enough this year to get a few teams into the NCAA's

Quote from: BearLover on March 01, 2026, 12:13:34 PMCan someone explain how the listed attendance for last night's game at Dartmouth is 5,195 in an arena that seats 3,500? If you watch the highlights, it looks as full as any Cornell game this season.

Who knows. But that Princeton game is the only one that Dartmouth students show up for because of the tennis ball tradition they have. And then it being senior night on top of that

Quote from: Give My Regards on February 28, 2026, 10:43:40 PM

Quote from: Iceberg on February 28, 2026, 10:02:05 PM

Quote from: Snowball on February 28, 2026, 09:46:31 PMPrinceton beats Dart in overtime

Cornell finishes 2nd as a result

Third, as Cornell and Dartmouth end up tied in the standings with the head-to-head tiebreaker going Dartmouth's way.

ECAC website is clearly not to be relied upon. I guess it also means that we could see Harvard at Lynah again if the chalk holds up next weekend.

Quote from: Snowball on February 28, 2026, 09:46:31 PMPrinceton beats Dart in overtime

Cornell finishes 2nd as a result, but since Princeton failed to win in regulation and Harvard lost, Union  sneaks up and gets the last BYE spot. Lol

Lack of discipline on both recent penalties. Completely unneccessary

Quote from: Trotsky on February 28, 2026, 08:34:00 PMClk just 3 SOG that period.

Cornell has had more sustained offensive zone time and better quality opportunities, so Clarkson hasn't been able to do as much as they did in the 1st

These two schools are also playing each other in baseball, and I actually hit the link for that game at first. Didn't realize the season started this early for the Ivys

Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 08:38:58 PMPrinceton will clinch #4 if all the scores hold.  Maybe that wasn't so embarr-- no, it still was.

Syer should be in serious contention for coach of the year if they do get a BYE. It's between him and Cashman I think but I don't think too many expected Princeton to finish where they have in the standings

St. Lawrence is crumbling on their defensive coverage now. They had been weak at covering the point or trailers much of the game but now it's beyond that

Quote from: David Harding on February 25, 2026, 07:48:15 PM

Quote from: stereax on February 25, 2026, 05:11:03 PMWeekly Casey's out again, for those who get 'em. Great insights as usual.

I was especially impressed to read that they didn't get to their hotel rooms Friday night until 2:30 am. 

Without having seen the message, maybe a major traffic delay but very hard to believe unless they left Hamden close to midnight.

Brown has very quickly hired a new head coach.

Quote from: arugula on February 21, 2026, 11:08:36 PM

Quote from: imafrshmn on February 21, 2026, 09:28:06 PMWe didn't play terribly tonight. Probably deserved better than an L.

Not sure I agree. Watching at home is usually better than being there for this sort of observation so I could be wrong but at the rink it felt like our energy was meh and we could establish little effective zone time. Lots of east west hero puck. Natural result is breakaways the other way.  way. 

Cornell didn't play terrible but didn't play great either. Too many defensive breakdowns or miscues along with a fluke goal that changed the complexion of the game. Cornell looked mostly ineffective offensively after the 1st thanks to a combination of neutral zone traps, goaltending, and posts