Scores 3/5 (Sat.)

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]adamw Wrote: Never mind 3 ECAC teams (not since 1998), but it's never happened that three Ivy League teams made the NCAAs in the same season.  Root for Dartmouth.[/q]Disagree;-) ,I'm rooting, or routing, for Yale and CLK. I'd like nothing better, well maybe something better:-} ,than to beat that great Coach Taylor and have CLK rough up you know who.:-D

[Avash]

Not that it really matters, but the scores from the top 15 this week:

Team        (First Place)    Record  Pts   Last Week
 1 Colorado College     (12)    25-6-3  556     2          W, L (Denver)
 2 Cornell              (21)    22-4-3  553     2          idle
 3 Denver                (4)    23-8-2  523     1          L, W (Colorado Collge)       
 4 Michigan              (3)    24-7-3  488     4          W, W (Bowling Green)
 5 Boston College               20-6-6  470     5          W, T (Maine)
 6 Wisconsin*                  21-10-3  339     6          T, L (Minnesota-Duluth)
 7 New Hampshire                22-8-4  334     7          T, L (Boston University)
 8 Ohio State                   23-8-3  319     8          W, T (Miami)
 9 Minnesota                   22-12-1  274    12          W, W (Michigan Tech)
10 Boston University           20-11-3  212     9          T, W (New Hampshire)
11 Harvard                      18-8-3  186    11          idle
12 Maine                       18-10-6  171    14          L, T (Boston College)
13 Mass.-Lowell                 19-9-4  117    10          W, L (Merrimack, Providence)
14 Northern Michigan            18-9-7   91    15          W, W (Lake Superior)
15 Dartmouth                   17-10-2   55    NR          W, L, ? (Yale)

* Has won only 1 of its last 9 games.

[Pace]

[Q]Jim Hyla Wrote:

 [Q2]adamw Wrote: Never mind 3 ECAC teams (not since 1998), but it's never happened that three Ivy League teams made the NCAAs in the same season.  Root for Dartmouth.[/Q]
Disagree ,I'm rooting, or routing, for Yale and CLK. I'd like nothing better, well maybe something better ,than to beat that great Coach Taylor and have CLK rough up you know who.[/q]

Agreed. Absolutely rooting for Yale. I'd like to get a crappy team come here off a tough weekend. I'd like our guys to have as easy a time as possible and save their energy for the semis. Plus another shutout or two would be nice.

[calgARI '07]

If I could choose any team, it would be Clarkson for sure.  I'm tired of easy opponents and I don't think they're helping the team.  Clarkson would battle hard and Cornell obviously has huge incentive to bring their very best against them.  It would be far more beneficial in the long run for Cornell to play a Clarkson or Union than a Yale.

[Trotsky]

The team also has a bone to pick with Clarkson.

But one thing about Yale coming would be that then Vermont would get an easier opponent as well in their QF.  So which would you rather have?:

Cornell v Yale
Harvard v SLU
Colgate v Brown
Vermont v Clunion

or

Cornell v Clunion
Harvard v SLU
Colgate v Brown
Vermont v Dartmouth

Since there are positive/negative points for each, this is a case of reaching into the Coach's Bag O' Cliches: "we don't care who we play.  All of our league opponents are dangerous, well-coached teams.  We need to take care of our own business and not worry about watching the scoreboard, and the good Lord willing, things will work out."

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 The team also has a bone to pick with Clarkson.

But one thing about Yale coming would be that then Vermont would get an easier opponent as well in their QF.  So which would you rather have?:

Cornell v Yale
Harvard v SLU
Colgate v Brown
Vermont v Clunion

or

Cornell v Clunion
Harvard v SLU
Colgate v Brown
Vermont v Dartmouth

Since there are positive/negative points for each, this is a case of reaching into the Coach's Bag O' Cliches: "we don't care who we play.  All of our league opponents are dangerous, well-coached teams.  We need to take care of our own business and not worry about watching the scoreboard, and the good Lord willing, things will work out."[/q]
I believe the two most dangerous teams for us are Harvard and Dartmouth, in that order.  Anything that puts them out of the tournament is a good thing, IMHO.  If it affects their NCAA bid chances, I don't care a whit.  Winning in Albany is important.  Seeing Dartmouth in the NCAAs pales in comparison.

[Trotsky]

Maybe a team that knocks out Dartmouth is by definition more dangerous than Dartmouth, in the short term (hot goalie, team coming together at the right time, sold their souls to Satan, blah blah blah...).

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 Maybe a team that knocks out Dartmouth is by definition more dangerous than Dartmouth, in the short term (hot goalie, team coming together at the right time, sold their souls to Satan, blah blah blah...).[/q]
Maybe, but certainly not "by definition."  

In any case, I'd be happy to take that chance.  Little doubt in my mind that Dartmouth's "more dangerous" than Yale.

[ugarte]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 Maybe a team that knocks out Dartmouth is by definition more dangerous than Dartmouth, in the short term (hot goalie, team coming together at the right time, sold their souls to Satan, blah blah blah...).[/q]I'm not a big believer in momentum. Even if Yale beats Dartmouth tonight, I would still rather face them next weekend than keep Dartmouth hanging around as a potential opponent in Albany.

Ari - the team practices at Lynah. They play to win. Once we are in the playoffs I want cupcake city for as long as possible. Go Yale.*

*One night only.

[RichH]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

But one thing about Yale coming would be that then Vermont would get an easier opponent as well in their QF.  So which would you rather have?:

Cornell v Yale
Harvard v SLU
Colgate v Brown
Vermont v Clunion

or

Cornell v Clunion
Harvard v SLU
Colgate v Brown
Vermont v Dartmouth

[/q]

Actually, should Yale win, all teams would have different-than-expected opponents.  Vermont gets the highest seed to emerge from this weekend:

Yale win:
Cornell vs. Yale
Harvard vs. Clunion
Colgate vs. SLU
Vermont vs. Brown

Dartmouth win:
Cornell vs. Clunion
Harvard vs. SLU
Colgate vs. Brown
Vermont vs. Dartmouth

Harvard has always had trouble with Clarkson.  I believe that I read that this was the first year the Crimson have swept the Knights since the 1980s.  On the other hand, I really believe that SLU has its game together.  They made Cornell dig deep last weekend, rolled Colgate, and just laid 104 shots on Princeton this weekend.  The Saints could be poised to do what Clarkson did in 2004.

[Trotsky]

[Q]RichH Wrote:
Actually, should Yale win, all teams would have different-than-expected opponents.

You're right of course.  Brain fart.[/q]

[calgARI '07]

SLU is really coming on and I think they have a decent shot at beating Harvard and an even better shot if they play Colgate.