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Quote from: adamw on February 27, 2026, 11:48:50 PM

Quote from: fastforward on February 26, 2026, 06:32:07 PMMaybe because some are not true freshman? Or whatever the term is for those who played juniors and delayed college

It's most definitely because schools were encouraged to stop using the term "freshmen" due to perceived gender bias. I'm just the messenger.

Yawn. Hes really contributing a lot for a freshperson

Quote from: Ken711 on February 27, 2026, 10:02:23 PMWith the this Yale win today, and combined with the other game results around the Ivy League, Cornell is now in sole possession of fourth place and the final spot in Ivy Tournament with two games left to play.

Would we clinch with a win against Brown tomorrow? Or is it gonna come down to the Dartmouth game? I notice 4 of the 8 Ivy teams finish their season Friday, while we finish the next day. That could be beneficial.

Quote from: stereax on February 20, 2026, 06:26:13 PMHaving another bad idea... pros and cons of swinging out to catch the Crunch at 5 pm tomorrow?

Pros:
I like hockey
Can also go to the mall afterwards for a bit (fun)
Charlotte Checkers are the AHL team of the Panthers which means I'll see prospects I know of

Cons:
If I ran the math correctly this trip is $100 give or take
Bus gets me home at midnight; gold medal game is at 8 am the next day
Probably makes it tough to watch Cornell at Princeton tomorrow
I can do this same trip in a week on Sunday to watch the Amerks, so long as the Cornell women don't go into a third game in the playoffs

I dunno. I'm thinking logically this is a no, right? But when have I ever been known for being logical...

Def not worth it. You'll be up early for gold medal game

Great write up, thanks.

Quote from: adamw on February 15, 2026, 06:56:39 PM

Quote from: BearLover on February 15, 2026, 11:29:00 AM

Quote from: Trotsky on February 15, 2026, 04:20:05 AMWeekend damage: we fall to 10th in NPI.  Survivable if we don't make a habit of it.

Frankly I thought going L / T / L against three bad teams would hurt us more.

Notably we basically went T/T/L since the NPI treats an OT loss as 40% of a win, which is much closer to a tie than a loss.

One of the issues with college hockey counting OT results differently from regulation results is that we don't have the right verbiage for these results. While most sources such as the Sun and CHN treat an OT loss as a "loss" (eg. references to our record treat it as a loss), I think it's a lot more accurate to treat it as a tie. More accurate from an NPI perspective and also for judging the team, given 3x3 OT is not representative.

Basically, if a game goes to OT, it should be referred to as a tie, unless you want to be granular and differentiate OT wins/losses from regulation wins/losses. But doing this differentiating is cumbersome and most sources don't bother.

You're right - it's a pain in the ass. But we have to treat it like a loss, because that's what goes in the team's official record, and coach's record, for example.

There are numerous places on the site where we separate out these things into distinct columns or put OT records in parentheticals.

Adam and Bearlover in agreement! Who says there's no chance for peace in the Middle East?!

Simple solution: take down the banners marking an ncaa tournament appearance. Banners are for championships and hanging a banner for simply qualifying for a tournament is, in my opinion, below the standards of our hockey programs.

Need to find a way to steal one of the Harvard / Yale matchups. We will be big Brown fans the rest of the way (except for their game against us) as their other 3 are against teams clumped with us in the middle of the standings.

Quote from: stereax on February 14, 2026, 09:36:32 PM

Quote from: BearLover on February 14, 2026, 09:33:26 PM

Quote from: stereax on February 14, 2026, 09:31:35 PMBL man sometimes you have actual insight and other times (unfortunately, most of it) it's just doomer drivel about how we suck and we'll never be good and we're terrible and this team is an embarrassment or whatever the hell and it genuinely makes me want to slit my wrists

It's just forum posting but if it's making you contemplate self-harm then I will stop, I don't want anyone to hurt themselves

Not to guilt trip you but I am barely even kidding, I'm holding on by a fuckin thread right now and that thread is remembering there are still games at Lynah this semester that I'd like to see before I fully tailspin into the abyss. That and also I'm at my parents' place right now. Which honestly is probably a solid chunk of the reason I'm in this funk in the first place, but, more importantly, I've kept this shit under wraps for about 7 years now and I'm not about to have them get involved now lmao.

Whoops, there's your daily "Stereax goes way TMI for no reason" of the thread!

I don't know you but I hope you know there are always people willing to talk.

Something seems very wrong with this team. Is anyone hurt besides Devlin?

Dartmouth tying bottom feeder Yale must have helped us out in the Ivy race

Nyet!

Quote from: Trotsky on February 04, 2026, 10:35:05 AMJoe was a dominant presence as a college player.  I hate retired numbers but I am fine with him.

I would retire 3 for Mike, were I the retiring type.  He was a fun and consequential player and is (arguably) the single greatest contributor to Cornell hockey.

All 4 of my Rushmore -- Schafer, Dryden, Ned Harkness, and Laing Kennedy -- are Canadian.  Who is the greatest American contributor to Cornell hockey?  James Lynah, from South Carolina, founded the ECAC, but while towering alumnus and namesake I don't think of him as specifically Cornell.

Maybe it's Art Mintz.  :-)

Sam Paolini because of one specific overtime goal.

Does anyone know the "last team in" by computer rankings in the current format? Or how often it has been each ranking? I assume it's something like 13,13,13,14,12,13,14,15,13 etc but was wondering what the realistic cutoff to feel safe might be.

If you didn't already, have to feel pretty good about the chances of a top 4 seed and a bye with Princeton's struggles. I know everyone is dreaming much bigger, myself included.

Great win at Harvard. Right back in the race for a spot in Ivy Madness.