Dan Nicholls Named ECAC Rookie of the Week

redhair34 · November 19, 2007, 06:04:55 PM

http://www.ecachockey.com/men/2007-08/weekly_releases/20071911_MPOWs

Congrats Dan.

Three weeks, three roll players.

evilnaturedrobot · November 19, 2007, 06:12:36 PM

well, I doubt that there's anyone on this forum that wouldn't classify Nicholls as a 'role player.' Still, he looks like a pretty mean role payer at the least, and it's great to see him get the honor.

This doesn't take away the sting of losing to harvard, but it's nice to know that a lot of the guys on USCHO are probably tearing their hair out, seeing as they seem to more concerned with winning recruiting rankings than winning hockey games.

KeithK · November 19, 2007, 06:56:23 PM

[quote redhair34]Three weeks, three roll players.[/quote]
Call us butter 'cuz we're on a roll.

Josh '99 · November 19, 2007, 07:11:02 PM

[quote redhair34]Three weeks, three roll players.[/quote]

This community has NO idea when to let something go, does it? Come on, people, it was a typo. It wasn't THAT funny.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think we should point out to bothman every instance of our crappy recruiting class scoring goals and winning awards, but the typo? I think it's time to let it die.

redhair34 · November 19, 2007, 07:11:57 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote redhair34]Three weeks, three roll players.[/quote]

This community has NO idea when to let something go, does it? Come on, people, it was a typo. It wasn't THAT funny.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think we should point out to bothman every instance of our crappy recruiting class scoring goals and winning awards, but the typo? I think it's time to let it die.[/quote]

Jerk.

nr53 · November 19, 2007, 07:48:57 PM

According to the pdf release, Nicholls' first two goals helped snap a 3-game losing streak! Wait what? Someone had a very mean imagination or just mixed up breaking a winning streak with a losing streak. The night before.

Edit: oh and we only got 1 point last weekend too according to another one of their articles...

RichH · November 19, 2007, 07:50:32 PM

[quote Josh '99][quote redhair34]Three weeks, three roll players.[/quote]

This community has NO idea when to let something go, does it? Come on, people, it was a typo. It wasn't THAT funny.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think we should point out to bothman every instance of our crappy recruiting class scoring goals and winning awards, but the typo? I think it's time to let it die.[/quote]

Actually, I read it to be "(Honor) Roll" players. But maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, I agree...let it die before someone signs bothman up to porn spam. Sports teams are famous for having "bulletin board material" but some fans' bulletin boards are freaking huge.

wait...I mean...

typical. ::rolleyes::

billhoward · November 19, 2007, 08:37:48 PM

[quote nr53]According to the pdf release, Nicholls' first two goals helped snap a 3-game losing streak! Wait what? Someone had a very mean imagination or just mixed up breaking a winning streak with a losing streak. The night before.

Edit: oh and we only got 1 point last weekend too according to another one of their articles...[/quote]

Can't blame this on the Daily Sun.

Trotsky · November 19, 2007, 09:23:14 PM

[quote redhair34]Three weeks, three roll players.[/quote]Not beyond possibility that Patrick Kennedy could make that list sometime this year.

billhoward · November 20, 2007, 06:53:57 AM

Be nicer if some of the freshmen were named ECAC player of the week.

Jeff Hopkins '82 · November 20, 2007, 08:04:42 AM

[quote billhoward]Be nicer if some of the freshmen were named ECAC player of the week.[/quote]

Not gonna happen. Too much desire to spread the wealth. If you make a freshman "POTW", how can you make a different freshman "FOTW?"

Oh wait. I'm being logical. Never mind. ::rolleyes::

Trotsky · November 20, 2007, 10:58:12 AM

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Not gonna happen. Too much desire to spread the wealth. If you make a freshman "POTW", how can you make a different freshman "FOTW?"

Oh wait. I'm being logical. Never mind. ::rolleyes::[/quote]It's worse than that. The ECAC has name a freshman goalie (Gustafson) POTW, and then different players GOTW and FOTW. If you can figure out how that makes sense, let me know.

DeltaOne81 · November 20, 2007, 10:58:49 AM

[quote Josh '99][quote redhair34]Three weeks, three roll players.[/quote]

This community has NO idea when to let something go, does it? Come on, people, it was a typo. It wasn't THAT funny.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think we should point out to bothman every instance of our crappy recruiting class scoring goals and winning awards, but the typo? I think it's time to let it die.[/quote]

I think you just guaranteed it lives in perpetuity.

ugarte · November 20, 2007, 11:19:42 AM

[quote Trotsky][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Not gonna happen. Too much desire to spread the wealth. If you make a freshman "POTW", how can you make a different freshman "FOTW?"

Oh wait. I'm being logical. Never mind. ::rolleyes::[/quote]It's worse than that. The ECAC has name a freshman goalie (Gustafson) POTW, and then different players GOTW and FOTW. If you can figure out how that makes sense, let me know.[/quote]
Do they ever make the same player POTW and something else? If not, why don't we call it a "policy" and stop pretending that the conference doesn't realize that there is something logically inconsistent about how they give out the awards.

It sure looks like the awards are an opportunity for the conference to commend three players, so if someone who fits the criteria for a narrow award wins a more general award, someone else is given the nod for the subcategory. "Goalie of The Week Who Wasn't Also Named Player of The Week That Week" looks shitty on a plaque.

Killer · November 20, 2007, 11:44:50 AM

[quote Trotsky][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Not gonna happen. Too much desire to spread the wealth. If you make a freshman "POTW", how can you make a different freshman "FOTW?"

Oh wait. I'm being logical. Never mind. ::rolleyes::[/quote]It's worse than that. The ECAC has name a freshman goalie (Gustafson) POTW, and then different players GOTW and FOTW. If you can figure out how that makes sense, let me know.[/quote]

Maybe it's like the Tour de France. You have 3 main jerseys worn each day (leaving out Youth and Most Combative): Yellow for the Tour leader; Green for the Points leader; Polka Dot for King of the Mountains. You can qualify for more than one, but if you do, you wear Yellow over either of the others, and Green over Polka Dot. So, it's possible that the guy in the polka dots is actually the 3rd best climber, but he leads all the others who aren't in Yellow or Green. Ergo, GOTW could have been the 2nd best goalie that week, but he was the best among all those who weren't POTW. (Of course he knows he wasn't really GOTW)