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Quote from: sah67Malinski draws in for Game 3, "slightly" overshadowed by Landeskog's return.

and Malinski with an assist on the 1st goal of the game, a 4-on-4 goal by Nichushkin

Nichushkin entered the zone holding the puck, did a loop and a half, lost his defender, and scored.
Only in hockey does anybody get an assist on a goal like that.

Quote from: BearLoverIt is going to be important to be on the opposite side of the NCAA bracket from Maryland. They are 10-2 with their losses being a combined 3 goals, against a much harder schedule than Cornell's (their SOS is 1st in the country, though ours isn't too shabby at 11th).

Why?

If we are the 2nd seed and play the late game on the first round of Memorial Day weekend, aren't we at a disadvantage?

Wouldn't it be better to play them when we have equal rest?

Are you now arguing that getting to the final is its own reward?

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Quote from: RichHHonestly, it should always be Cornell-Syracuse. We played the last two years, but did they really drop us for Princeton as an annual thing?? Really?? Maybe they got annoyed because they couldn't win outside the dome.

Our annual fixtures should be Hobart and Syracuse, because and because. If Syracuse is not an annual thing anymore, then that's an indictment of Syracuse; thus, we shouldn't in turn "Syracuse" Hobart. (Not that you would suggest we should, but other posters...)

Army and Penn State are the other obvious choices for annual games, and I would be surprised if they would not feel like making those pacts.

Other than those, I'm fine with spreading outselves around a bit for our other three games. We should look into BU, since they seem to be making a real go of it. I'm fine with freezing out the South. Let the NCAAs be our out-of-conference meetings with them.

Syracuse is in the 'South' (ACC)

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Quote from: upprdeckI didnt think Lax used straight RPI type stuff like hockey does though?

Officially, no. Unofficially, kinda yes. Committee chair one year said they just started with the RPI list and then made adjustments.

This is a consequence of the official criteria being basically impossible to grok:

Primary Criteria:
Strength-of-schedule index [average RPI of top-10 opponents]
Results of the RPI:
- Record against ranked teams 1-5; 6-10; 11-15; 16-20; 21+.
- Average RPI win (average RPI of all wins).
- Average RPI loss (average RPI of all losses).
Head-to-head competition:
- Results versus common opponents.
- Significant wins and losses (wins against teams ranked higher in the RPI and losses against teams ranked lower in the RPI).
- Locations of contests.
Additionally, input is provided by the regional advisory committee for consideration by the Division I Men's Lacrosse Committee. Coaches' polls and/or any other outside polls or rankings are not used by the committee for selection purposes.

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/lacrosse/d1/men/2024-25D1MLA_PreChamps.pdf

Just curious, how do they pick the "top-10 opponents"?

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Quote from: chimpfoodHow on earth do you register on fanlax? I've tried to to make an account multiple times but the confirmation question says "Paul and Gary's last name. 4 letters." I've tried putting random stuff but it says invalid answer. I don't think I'm a robot but I cannot decipher what that means

This is hysterical!  Not making fun of chimpfood; rather the notion that Gait is a magic password.  I bet there are a lot of lax fans who wouldn't know how to spell it.... I mean, how about "Gate" if you never saw the written word?

Agreed. Amazingly myopic (and reverse-ageist) attempt at gatekeeping. Really one of the funniest lax-related things I've heard in a while.

Shouldn't that be gaitkeeping::rolleyes::

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Quote from: KenPI will be there on Saturday if they get through the first game.

I fully expect us to make it to the frozen four. This team is playing with a mission

Shhhh.

I don't believe in jinxes. I'm not that powerful. If they don't make it, it won't be because of anything I did.

True, but if we've learned nothing else here in the pages of eLynah this season is the poisonous nature of high expectations.

ok.  I will just root for Schafer to finish with a winning record in NCAA tournament games.::whistle::

Can the ECAC get two bids, that is, can Q stay in the top 13 with a loss?

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Quote from: upprdeckThe only thing that has changed from where people started the year is we are playing Quin in the Semi and not the finals

Well said.

Nail Rand in a pine box and then bring on the Final.

I disagree completely.  At the start of the year, especially after the first two wins vs. NoDak, most were not thinking that the only way into the NCAA tournament was the autobid.

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Quote from: chimpfoodPart of it might be that they don't want to do a return trip but I believe Penn/princeton got Duke/UNC for home and home weekends this year and last so it's not like they won't come to ivies. Part of it is also probably just the travel. Look at the Richmond game this year, we went south and almost lost to a much worse team.

Yeah. Going to, say, Princeton or Penn isn't as In The Middle Of Nowhere as Ithaca. That's an additional 4+ hours of driving one way.

Penn and Princeton have gone south for two years in a row. There has not yet been any reciprocity.

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Quote from: sah67Tickets for this weekend are now on sale:
https://www.bigredtix.com/section/womens-hockey-l6nf

Thanks for the shout - got both games. I'll give general updates on MinnD/SHU but I'll probably mostly watch that for the joy of puck. In my Cornell jersey, of course.

i have to ask, since i think you said you are from europe, which country sparked the joy of hockey (since i always mentally default to continental europe when i hear that but should probably be thinking scandanavia/eastern).

My mom's side of the family is entirely Polish, which is... probably the one country in eastern Europe that's bad at hockey. LOL. My dad's side is American though.

Does "American" mean from a Native American tribe, or rather that they have forgotten where they came from?

Quote from: upprdeckWe have way more ways to get information and yet we have about 10% of the information locally that we used to get,

But you pay for what you get.  People want free news and then complain when free doesnt do the stories they want to know about.

And even when free news does the story, nobody reads it.
https://www.thenorthshoreleader.com/single-post/endorsement-robert-zimmerman-for-us-congress-ny3

At 184, the ref ruled that Hale had reversed back over Foca (which is why Foca was down on the restart), but Hale did not realize it, and got penalized for locking hands which he is allowed to do in the neutral position, but not when he is on top.

Ugarte, Thanks for your excellent coverage.

I am so pissed - ESPN+ says coverage is starting at 11:00

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Quote from: George64Saturday, March 8, a Cornell sports junkie's wet dream:

MBB: 11 am
MLax: 12 noon
WIH: 3 pm
MIH: 7:30 pm
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Someone talk me out of doing the MLax-WIH-MIH triple header. Please.

the only way i would talk you out of this is to say "go to the basketball game instead of lacrosse. it is indoors."

Wrestling is Ivy championships Sunday at Princeton

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Quote from: martyCould be fun.  Bring a blanket and a couple of pillows.

Reminds me of when we'd camp out by Teagle, and later overnight in Barton Hall, to buy season hockey tickets.
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We camped overnight in Lynah at least once (1982?)