Hahvahd 3 @ Cornell 1 Postgame

[fink]

If you can't win on senior night, against your archrival, with a first round bye on the line...

[TimV]

We couldn't win one game against ANY of the teams above us... Excluding empty net goals, we lost 7 of eight games against these teams by one goal.  The exception, at Clarkson we lost 3-1 before the ENG.  Average goals scored in those eight games:  1.35.  Reg ECAC games only.

We just don't have any offense.::help::

[TimV]

Brown at least has 2 wins against the top 4 teams.

Looks like we get Dartmouth.

[Scersk '97]

Then you have to play the first round in the playoffs.

Big deal.  Things didn't go our way, and Harvard got the better of us this year.  If you take a look at our points vs. the league by position, we "took care of business" against the teams beneath us and lost to those above.  I fully expect us to do the same next week against a Dartmouth team that, frankly, we manhandled this year.  If we win there, it's on to Union, against a team that, well, just lost to Brown.  And couldn't handle Dartmouth.

As someone said over in the game thread, it's not the worst thing in the world for this team to play a couple more games--gives them a couple of more games to light a fire and get moving.

[TimV]

Well, I hardly believe the Goal Princess will come and give us scorers, but it sure would be sweet to eliminate Union on their ice.

[Scersk '97]

Pairings:

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Dartmouth at Cornell
Brown     at Quinnipiac
RPI       at Yale
SLU       at Colgate

I'll take Cornell (obviously), Quinnipiac, RPI, and SLU, for no good reason other than it sets up:

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RPI        at Clarkson
SLU        at Princeton
Quinnipiac at Harvard
Cornell    at Union

And I'd really like to see Princeton out of the playoffs, which would set up (with a Cornell win):

SLU vs. Clarkson
Cornell vs. Harvard

A true classic.

[evilnaturedrobot]

well, Harvard stacked 4 men on their blueline and took advantage of two mistakes.  Certainly a taste of our own medicine.

[lynah80]

nm

[Iwilldunkonyou]

Worst game of hockey I have ever seen. If we win in the first round we get to play Union at Union.. YIPEEEEE!!! Guess what, they swept us!! I cant wait to lose to Union (if we even get past Dartmouth) it will be the highlight of this year (losing to a team that allows more goals than it scores and is still ahead of us). Might as well turn Lynah into a parking lot.

Basketball is the new hockey

[Doug '08]

This was the worst effort I have seen from the team this year except for the @ Union game.  There is no way we win a series on the road there

[Iwilldunkonyou]

Doug 08... worst effort youve seen this year? this must be the first game youve seen in person then, must not make it out of Ithaca all that often.

[KeithK]

Go away troll.

[Doug '08]

[quote Iwilldunkonyou]Doug 08... worst effort youve seen this year? this must be the first game youve seen in person then, must not make it out of Ithaca all that often.[/quote]

Who exactly will you "dunk on"... I'm guessing you were one of the two shirtless Harvard fans in O?

[Iwilldunkonyou]

Hey at least they go to road games and those two guys were louder than the student sections, not even that stupid cowbell inspired anyone.

[billhoward]

It is the worst thing in the world to play more games because you lose the extra week to heal.

I was trying to think of a scenario where in the first round playoffs we'd do so well and there'd be upsets and we'd get to play at home in the quarterfinals ... and I cannot think of a situation which doesn't have us on the road that second weekend, assuming we win the first weekend. Sheesh.