ECAC Playoffs

[lynah80]

Upadated 3/8/09

Current Bracket:
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Yale (32)  
Brown (10)

Cornell (29)  
RPI (13)

Princeton (28)
Union (20)  

St. Lawrence (26)  
Quinnipiac (21)

Home team is on top.  Best of three, 3/13-3/15
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Original post:


There are a lot of predictions out tonight about this week's games:

http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/schott/2009/mar/05/ecac-hockey-tournament-predictions-volume-1/

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,16794/ThisWeekinECACHockeyMarch52009.html

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/preview.php?cd=10

The votes are:

Harvard 3 Brown 0
Colgate 3 Quinnipiac 0
Union 2 Clarkson 1
Dartmouth 3 RPI 0

The unanimous pick of #10 Colgate over #7 Quinnipiac is interesting.  

I think Clarkson has been playing better hockey than Union lately, but they don't always play well away from Cheel.  

If anyone finds more predictions, I can add them to this post.

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INCH has a playoff summary here, but no predictions:

http://insidecollegehockey.com/inch/2009/03/05/ecac-hockey-first-round-playoff-preview/

[daredevilcu]

I can't say I'm shocked at these picks.  Ken Schott rarely picks against Union or RPI unless faced with a pretty obvious situation like RPIs, very much a homer in the past so I'll write that Union pick off and consider it a 1-1 tie

I'm surprised that Colgate is a unanimous pick, but I also expect them to win.  Also not surprised that the Clarkson-Union game is a split, nearly everyone picked it to go three games, and when that happens, well, one bounce might determine the whole thing.

[ebilmes]

I agree with the consensus picks, except I don't see Union beating Clarkson. From what I saw up in Potsdam, the Golden Knights can play at a much higher level than the Dutchmen. A Clarkson series win with a Colgate upset gives us a crack at the Golden Knights.

[Drew]

[quote ebilmes]I agree with the consensus picks, except I don't see Union beating Clarkson. From what I saw up in Potsdam, the Golden Knights can play at a much higher level than the Dutchmen. A Clarkson series win with a Colgate upset gives us a crack at the Golden Knights.[/quote]
Unfortunatley, we (Clarkson) do not play well at Union. I was at the game on Saturday and it was one of the hardest hitting college games I have seen in a while. It will be a war.
But would we play you?  It seems I ask the same question every year, do they re-seed?  If they do re-seed, why do they have the winner of Union/Clarkson playing Yale in the brackets?
I too, would love a shot at you guys.

[Trotsky]

[quote lynah80]The unanimous pick of #10 Colgate over #7 Quinnipiac is interesting.[/quote]

The Skating Deer Ticks have been in the toilet lately, and Colgate played their second half about as well as we did.  I also can't shake the feeling that 'Gate is better than its record, given what they did against Cornell.

[lynah80]

The ECAC does reseed.  If Harvard, Dartmouth, Colgate and Clarkson win in the first round, the bracket would be:

Yale (32)
Colgate (17)

Cornell (29)
Clarkson (20)

Princeton (28)
Dartmouth (24)

St. Lawrence (26)
Harvard (24)

The Harvard-Dartmouth tie breaker is head to head record (1-0-1) in favor of Harvard.

[CowbellGuy]

[quote Trotsky]The Skating Fighting Deer Ticks have been in the toilet lately...[/quote]
FYP

[Trotsky]

[quote CowbellGuy][quote Trotsky]The Skating Fighting Skating Deer Ticks have been in the toilet lately...[/quote]
FYP[/quote]

Fixed it back.  The Fighting Deer Ticks are Quinnipiac's teams in the non-hockey sports;  c.f. St. Lawrence.

Note that the women's team is the Skating Doe Ticks.

[jtwcornell91]

Just trying to get my 50 kuna's worth...

[Josh '99]

[quote Trotsky]Note that the women's team is the Skating Doe Ticks.[/quote]No it's not.  

A)  "Deer" is gender-neutral, so there's no reason you'd change it to "Doe."
B)  In any case, you're changing the gender of the wrong thing.  What you'd need would be the female form of "Tick".

[Trotsky]

A.  Joke.
b.  See A.

[Josh '99]

[quote Trotsky]A.  Joke.
b.  See A.[/quote]Welcome to ELynah.  We like nipticking here, maybe you've noticed.  :-P

[Beeeej]

[quote Josh '99][quote Trotsky]A.  Joke.
b.  See A.[/quote]Welcome to ELynah.  We like nipticking here; maybe you've noticed.  :-P[/quote]

FYP.

[Trotsky]

[quote Beeeej][quote Josh '99][quote Trotsky]A.  Joke.
b.  See A.[/quote]Welcome to ELynah.  We like nipticking here; maybe you've noticed.  :-P[/quote]

FYP.[/quote]

Typical.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Trotsky][quote Beeeej][quote Josh '99][quote Trotsky]A.  Joke.
b.  See A.[/quote]Welcome to ELynah.  We like nipticking here; maybe you've noticed.  :-P[/quote]

FYP.[/quote]

Typical.[/quote]

Jerk. ::rolleyes::