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Quote from: Iceberg on March 09, 2026, 04:25:33 PM

Quote from: Chris '03 on March 09, 2026, 02:19:27 PM

Quote from: Trotsky on March 09, 2026, 02:10:51 PMGames like a Harvard home playoff series are what turns raw recruits into Lynah Faithful Lifers.

I was mortally infected because of the 1986 ECAC playoff run.

A full and fully engaged crowd is how the hockey fan culture is created and perpetuated.  All those memories the keeeds are making with their friends, with Cornell hockey as the lynch pin.

This guy was public enemy number one for the 2000 playoff series.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/2/3/the-v-spot-cornell-sucks-pthis/

How do I know that was written in 2000? The reference to the Rock at the height of his popularity in the WWF (thank goodness for Youtube) and the last paragraph, which would never get past the editor in any publication today, I'm sure

I liked his follow-up article better.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/2/7/the-v-spot-killer-cornell-pif/

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Quote from: The Rancor"ref beats his wife" is one long gone, and good riddance. Sadly, 3 blind mice is gone, with the addition of the fourth official. Long Diiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee always bothered me, but I've lived with it.

Combining that cheer with the other distasteful "the ref f*cks sheep" into "the ref beats his sheep" did amuse me.

On at least one occasion, that morphed back into "the ref f*cks his wife," which made me chuckle.

Quote from: dag14Umm, hockey schedule updates anyone?

Didn't notice January 14 @ BU on the list...that could be fun.

Tough start to the year though.  4 out of the first 6 games at UMD, QU and Clarkson has the potential to be ROUGH.

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Quote from: upprdeckYou would think that the IVY league would have its act together and not have people pay to watch their teams games on the ivy network and then have to pay a full fee again to watch it on some other schools network..   I'm not against paying twice but it shouldn't be a full fee as though we weren't already paying for games.. The leagues could work out some arrangement if just a little thought was put into it.

As is always my first question when someone posts a complaint like this one here on eLF:

Have you asked ILDN and/or NCHC if they can discuss making such arrangements? I know it's shocking, but when extra work is involved, service providers often respond only to actual evidence of demand.

I reached out to ILDN since the streaming services for both leagues are on the neulion platform.  The response was that the services are completely separate and unrelated and no partial credits or refunds can be given.  It was worth a shot.

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Quote from: KGR11I did some data analysis based on what BearLover's saying. I found the ECAC'S OOC winning % for each year for Schafer's tenure (Source: CHN) and plotted it against the number of Cornell NCAA Tournament games (TBRW). There is a negative correlation: A 10% increase in ECAC OOC% means a 0.33 decrease in the number of NCAA tournament games Cornell plays (Rsquared value=0.04).

This comparison leaves a lot to be desired since there's only 4 discreet values for the number of NCAA tournament games. To make up for this, I also plotted OOC vs. Cornell's RPI rank as reported in TBRW (only available for years 2017,2014,2013,2003-2010). There was still a negative correlation: for a 10% increase in ECAC OOC%, our RPI ranking dropped 6.6 spots (Rsquared value=0.22).

Rsquared values aren't necessarily great and I'm not fully capturing Bearlover's argument (I didn't take into account a lag between ECAC OOC performance and Cornell's results), but there is a correlation during Schafer's time that a weak ECAC OOC is good for Cornell.

Couldn't this be interpreted as saying that Cornell's performance is a constant, and when the ECAC is improved, Cornell looks relatively worse?

Wouldn't that be the same as saying the rising tide doesn't lift all ships/yachts, since Cornell's, um, schooner, didn't uhh...elevate?

Natyshak Award, Career Improvement: McCarron

MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty: Bauld

Gage Award, Supporting Role: Rauter

Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort: Vanderlaan

Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion: Weidner

Oates Award, Most Respected Opponent: Donato

Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman: Kaldis

Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player: McCarron

Quote from: BearLoverSelection committee's prioritizing profits over merit pits us against the fourth- rather than eighth-best team in the country.

fifth rather than sixth in the rankings that they actually use to make the selections, but don't let that spoil your righteous indignation.

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I just answered "How can we improve the hockey experience?" with "Replace the head coach."

My suggestion was "Bring back Mark Mazzoleni."

Career Improvement: MacDonald, Hilbrich, Dias, Bardreau, Willcox
Transcendent Beauty: Ryan, Bardreau, Willcox, P. McCarron, Tschantz
Supporting: Dias, Anderson, Kubiak, Bliss
Scrappiness: Buckles, Bardreau, Freschi, Knisley, Dias
Leadership: J. McCarron, Ryan. Bardreau, MacDonald
Opponent: Vesey (Hvd), Ciampini (Uni), O'Gara (Yal)
MVF: Bliss, Stewart, Wedman
MVP: Ryan, Gillam, Bardreau, Hilbrich

1-1 tie...not a bad result against a quick team that has played quite a bit more hockey than the Red at this point.

What happened to Ryan?  Didn't seem like he was out there at all during the 3rd period or during overtime.::uhoh::

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Quote from: Chris '03According to John Buccigross, Gillam is only the third NCAA goalie to score a goal, ever. Video on sportscenter.

I'd be willing to bet he's the first NCAA player ever to lead his team in both goals against average and goals scored per game at the same time.

It's the system.

Murray signs with the Canadiens.  http://sports.yahoo.com/news/canadiens-sign-murray-one-deal-155123579--nhl.html

Quote from: ursusminorIf he goes, just don't steal our coach again. :-}

Given his astonishing levels of success at RPI so far...I don't think you have to worry about that:-P

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Quote from: kaelistusHave 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's a system coach.

Quote from: RatushnyFanWhat did Dougie do to draw 17 PIM from Steve Ott?  Atta boy!

Looks like a tough night on paper for Greening (-3), I didn't see the game though.

Ott was upset about this hit by Murray, so he decided he wanted to try to fight Douglas.  Ott really is a punk.