YUCK...WE LOST

[Dart~Ben]

I suppose so, but then I'm from Big 8 Country where even though it's U of Nebraska or U of Oklahoma they go by NU and OU (and MU, KU, and CU) and where the banners read Big 8 Champion and Big 8 Tournament Champions. So as I said, maybe it's just me.

[jtwcornell91]

Actually, I think performance in the regular season will, on the whole, mean more next year.  Even though nothing will be required to make the playoffs, all but the top four teams will have to win two playoff series (at least one of them on the road against a rested opponent) to even make it to Lake Placid, where the ECAC Championship will be decided.

[Greg Berge]

Also, we will hopefully see expansion to a 16 team NCAA field starting as early as next year.  That means the NCAA PWR Line will move from its current 10/11 position down to 13/14 -- adding perhaps 1 more ECAC team per year (in normal seasons, ECAC teams clump in the mid-teens in PWR).

[RichS]

It's not that I'm looking on the bright side...there has rarely been a dark side for Clarkson against the Big Green....until this year when the first game was a 3-3 tie.  All time, Tech is now 56-15-4 and an even more dominant 21-3-3  in the Morris years.

Its possible that this years rematch on March 2 could decide 2nd place...or third...or 4th...and if your pal Nickky stands on his head at Cheel...oooh boy!
::rolleyes::

[nshapiro]

The Ivy Title definitely meant something when it was the Ivy division of the ECAC Conference (Late 70's until the Hockey East departure).  It meant one of the top 3 seeds in the ECAC tournament that had 8 participants from a 17 team league.

And now....feeling perfectly free to use "We" for Cornell:

I dont know if we have lost to Dartmouth twice in one season since 1980, but in 1980 we lost to them THREE times...and still won the game that mattered.  We lost 2 regular season games, and the NCAA consolation game...but we won the ECAC Championship.  I guess it all worked out, because apparently Dartmouth really treasures that Ivy title, and we dont really miss it, considering the ECAC one we got that year.

[Dart~Ben]

Hey, after being the league doormat for 20 years, any title is a cherished one, Ivy or ECAC or otherwise.

[Greg Berge]

If Dartmouth can sweep this weekend and win the Ivy title, then they've earned it, having swept Cornell.  I'd love to see them trip up and share the title -- it's always nice to get another banner.

[Give My Regards]

The Ivy Title definitely meant something when it was the Ivy division of the ECAC Conference (Late 70's until the Hockey East departure). It meant one of the top 3 seeds in the ECAC tournament that had 8 participants from a 17 team league.

The winner of the ECAC's Ivy region wasn't necessarily the Ivy League title winner, although I think they differed only once.  In the 1980-81 season, Cornell was the top team in the Ivy region with a 12-9-1 record (over Yale's 11-9-1 -- boy, scheduling must have been a blast in those days) and won the home-ice seed (at #4) that went with winning the region.  However, in games played between the Ivies -- which is what determines the Ivy League title -- Yale was the top team.