2015-16

[Give My Regards]

Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins.  The rest are sort of "bye" years.  Which has made recent history uneventful.

Legit years by decade:

80s, 5: 80, 83, 87, 88, 89

Um... 86?

[Trotsky]

Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins.  The rest are sort of "bye" years.  Which has made recent history uneventful.

Legit years by decade:

80s, 5: 80, 83, 87, 88, 89

Um... 86?

Hee hee.  Oops.  :-}

(I'd be shocked if that's the only error.)

[Scersk '97]

Don't share this, but I never believe the season has been "legitimate" unless Cornell, Harvard, or a North County school wins.  The rest are sort of "bye" years.  Which has made recent history uneventful.

It's what was so unholy about 2013: no Clarkson, Cornell, Harvard, (even) SLU, or RPI.  The only other year that happened was 1978, and BU was there at least.

Really, it's Clarkson, Cornell, and Harvard as the constant presences. My definition of a "legitimate" season involves at least two of these teams making semi appearances; "classic" years involve all three plus a "team to be named later."

"Classics" and "near classics" (involving RPI or SLU) since Schafer:

1996
1997 (near, RPI)
2001 (near, SLU)
2002


And the "illegitimates," since Schafer:

1999 (mitigated by the presence of RPI and SLU) (Clarkson championship)
2000 (ditto)
2007 (Clarkson championship)
2009
2010
2011
2013 (anathema)
2014
2015

(1) Interesting how Clarkson only wins when both we and Harvard are not around...
(2) 2002 was pretty much the perfect field at the perfect venue. Everything was perfect except the result.
(3) Everything has felt a bit wrong since 2006.
(4) I hadn't realized how well Donnie Vaughan has been doing at getting his team there lately.
(5) Still, one for 12 for Colgate.
(6) Union, QU, and Yale can fade back into obscurity now, as far as I'm concerned. How about now? How about now?!

[jtwcornell91]

(2) 2002 was pretty much the perfect field at the perfect venue. Everything was perfect except the result.

Plus the ECAC didn't get rid of the PiG until the next year, when they moved to Albany.

[Scersk '97]

(2) 2002 was pretty much the perfect field at the perfect venue. Everything was perfect except the result.

Plus the ECAC didn't get rid of the PiG until the next year, when they moved to Albany.

Ah! I had forgotten momentarily about the abomination that was the PiG. Dartmouth is not on the accepted list of participants, and I choose to forget they were there that year.

[Jim Hyla]

Vesey is coming back.

[jkahn]

Vesey is coming back.

For real good players, a 4th year after being drafted can be an advantage.  Vesey can be a free agent after Aug. 15, 2016.  Kevin Hayes used that to his advantage last year, signing with the Rangers although having been drafted by Chicago.

[RichH]

Vesey is coming back.

Jerk.

[Trotsky]

Vesey is coming back.

Jerk.

Typical. :-|

[scoop85]

I noticed a new recruit listed on BRP -- Yanni Kaldis, defenseman from Nanaimo.  He put up 10 goals and 39 assists this year as a rookie, so he certainly has some offensive upside from the blue line.

First Nanaimo guy in awhile; we can only hope he can have some of the success of his predecessors.

[BearLover]

I hope us being so bad this year will at least get them to decrease student season ticket prices next year.

First Nanaimo guy in awhile; we can only hope he can have some of the success of his predecessors.

...and I hope this reopens the pipeline, at least a little.