Bracket Predictions

[Germ]

Playing Northeastern at a neutral site (in the "west")is all we could have asked for based on our performance.  Wouldn't want to deal with UNH at their house.  We found a way to get by OSU and CC in '05 and '06 so I'm hoping we can find that "first round magic" once again.

In fact, when was the last time we got purged in the first round?  We made it through to the quarters in '02, '03, '05, and '06.  I know we also beat Miami in '97 to advance (or was that '96?).  Maybe one of those two years we didn't make it.  I know Denver beat us in '86 put there were only 12 teams that year and we DID at least split that series 1-1.

I like our chances on Saturday.  Sunday is a different story.....

[Beeeej]

[quote Germ]In fact, when was the last time we got purged in the first round?  We made it through to the quarters in '02, '03, '05, and '06.  I know we also beat Miami in '97 to advance (or was that '96?).  Maybe one of those two years we didn't make it.  I know Denver beat us in '86 put there were only 12 teams that year and we DID at least split that series 1-1.[/quote]

There were also only twelve teams through 2002, when we made it past Quinnipiac to lose to UNH in the quarters, but as you note, it had long since become single elimination (in 1992, I think).

We beat Miami in 1997 to advance (to lose to North Dakota in the quarters); the last time we were knocked out in the first round was 1996, when we lost to Lake Superior State in their last gasp on the national scene (they lost to Vermont in the quarters the next day).

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Germ]In fact, when was the last time we got purged in the first round?  We made it through to the quarters in '02, '03, '05, and '06.  I know we also beat Miami in '97 to advance (or was that '96?).  Maybe one of those two years we didn't make it.  I know Denver beat us in '86 put there were only 12 teams that year and we DID at least split that series 1-1.
[/quote]This is why we have TBRW.

[ugarte]

[quote Beeeej] the last time we were knocked out in the first round was 1996, when we barely lost to Lake Superior State in their last gasp on the national scene (they lost to Vermont in the quarters the next day).[/quote]
FYP. Goddamn, that was an exciting game.

[RatushnyFan]

That was a really good LSSU team.  Pushed Michigan to the brink in the CCHA championship game.  I was at Michigan in grad school that year and saw them play a few times.  I was very impressed with Sean Tallaire (30+ goal scorer) and their goalie was John Grahame who went on to play for the Bruins and Lightning.  I wish I could have seen that game against LSSU but I had to go to Munn to watch Mike Legg do that lacrosse goal thingy.::banana::

[Scersk '97]

[quote ugarte][quote Beeeej] the last time we were knocked out in the first round was 1996, when we barely lost to Lake Superior State in their last gasp on the national scene (they lost to Vermont in the quarters the next day).[/quote]
FYP. Goddamn, that was an exciting game.[/quote]
I still haven't gotten that ringing sound out of my head.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Scersk '97][quote ugarte][quote Beeeej] the last time we were knocked out in the first round was 1996, when we barely lost to Lake Superior State in their last gasp on the national scene (they lost to Vermont in the quarters the next day).[/quote]
FYP. Goddamn, that was an exciting game.[/quote]
I still haven't gotten that ringing sound out of my head.[/quote]

I was waiting for someone to mention that.

What is PC Drouin up to these days, anyway?

[upperdeck]

the killer call was the one earlier in the game were Cornell has a goal disallowed for goalie interference on the goal scorer.  as replays showed just a terrible call, but no replay back in thoe days to fix a refs mistake.

[CowbellGuy]

[quote jtwcornell91]What is PC Drouin up to these days, anyway?[/quote]
I only know this because it came up recently in Dunbar's and I was shocked that he was still playing, but after a couple years in Europe, he's still bouncing around the minors, playing for the Fort Wayne Komets in the IHL. 28 goals, 56 assists this year, to boot.

[RatushnyFan]

You mean you don't religiously check on Cornell alumni on hockeydb.com?

Boston 96-97

There are important stats that you need to know, like PC was the only player on Boston in '96-'97 with a positive +/-.  ;-)

These are important tidbits to impress the ladies at cocktail parties.  Oh yeah, works like a charm.