RPI, Union at Lynah - possible outcome

[billhoward]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union. Is it likely?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union. Is it likely?

Which Cornell team shows up?  The team that played the first 2 periods against St. Cloud, or the one that played the third period?

[Beeeej]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union.

Your mathematical prowess is stunning.

[profudge]

Brandon Thomas' article on this weekend in the Ithaca Journal

[RatushnyFan]

I see a 5 goal, breakout weekend for Dan Nicholls.  I'm just sayin'. And the four points, of course.  I've got a feeling.

[Trotsky]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union.

Your mathematical prowess is stunning.

Man, you are such a dick sometimes...  :-}

[Trotsky]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union. Is it likely?

No, it's not likely.

KRACH

11. RPI (12-5-3)
13. Union (13-6-3)
39. Cornell (6-8-1)

I'm hoping for 2 points.  Anything above 1 is, IMHO, cake.

[jtwcornell91]

KRACH

11. RPI (12-5-3)
13. Union (13-6-3)
39. Cornell (6-8-1)

I'm hoping for 2 points.  Anything above 1 is, IMHO, cake.

According to KRACH, neglecting the possibility of a tie we'd have a 22.6% chance of beating RPI and a 23.7% chance of beating Union, giving us a 5.37% chance of a sweep.  Of course, ties can happen, so the corresponding odds of four points would be even worse than that.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union.

Your mathematical prowess is stunning.

Man, you are such a dick sometimes...  :-}

The boys had better start winning or we'll all be at each others throats.::twak::

[Jim Hyla]

Brandon Thomas' article on this weekend in the Ithaca Journal

This is great news:

Whitney was cleared by a specialist in Boston to continue playing and undergo surgery after the season.

We thought he was lost for the season.

[Jim Hyla]

Troy-Record article.

[Trotsky]

Crowd in full voice on the TV feed, 40 minutes before game time.

[BigRedHockeyFan]

Given the way both goalies have been playing, I'm optimistic.  Minimum 2 points.

[BigRedHockeyFan]

Men's hockey pre-game: No. 10 RPI at Cornell

Posted    1/14/2011 6:30 PM EST

Bonsoir from Lynah Rink, where the Cornell men's hockey team is getting set for its first home game in six weeks. Tenth-ranked RPI is in town, fresh off a split with the visiting North Country teams last weekend. The Big Red had an even more noteworthy weekend itself, extending its streak of blown third-period leads to five straight games while rebounding for a sweep at then-No. 19 Princeton and Quinnipiac.

The way I see it, we'll learn a lot about the Big Red this weekend. A true contender would need to take care of this weekend to the tune of at least two points. Even more importantly, the team has to just plain stop tossing away late leads. Good teams don't do that, and for a team built like Cornell, it can't do that.

The big news here is that our start time -- which was originally pushed back to 7:07 to accommodate TV -- has been pushed back further to at least 7:15, because of a late injury to the Big Red's Dan Nicholls. Details are sketchy at this point, but I sensed some frenetic activity in the rink to tend to the matter. Sounds pretty scary, actually. I'll pass along details as I know them ... but they're hard to come by at the moment. Vince Mihalek is the last-minute insertion.

As far as the lineups go, Cornell is dressing the same crew it had last weekend -- save for the Nicholls situation. That means that John Esposito and Sean Whitney have not yet been cleared to play. For RPI, the lines have been shuffled a little bit since it was last in action with Marty O'Grady now off the top line and out of the lineup.

Lineups are as follows ...

No. 10 RPI (12-5-3, 4-4 ECAC Hockey)
Forwards
22 Lee - 21 Polacek - 15 Helfrich
19 Cullen - 13 Malchuk - 18 Angers-Goulet
24 Rabbani - 4 Brutlag - 14 Burgdoerfer
28 Tinordi - 12 Rogic - 17 Smith

Defensemen
8 Bergin - 7 Foss
29 Bailen - 11 Dolan
2 Koudys - 5 Kennedy

Goalies
30 York ... 32 Merriam

CORNELL (6-8-1, 4-4)
Forwards
10 Kennedy - 12 Collins - 20 Mowrey
15 Craig - 17 Kary - 11 Mihalek
9 Roeszler - 16 Miller - 22 J. Devin
18 de Swardt - 21 Axell - 8 Jillson

Defensemen
7 Birch - 2 M. Devin
6 D'Agostino - 27 Brisson
24 Gotovets - 4 Ross

Goalies
35 Garman ... 33 Iles ... 31 Kanji

In-game updates will be available sporadically on my Twitter account ... www.twitter.com/BThomasIJ.

[billhoward]

I'm thinking a four-point weekend is possible against RPI and Union.

Your mathematical prowess is stunning.

Man, you are such a dick sometimes...  :-}

Well, the way I wrote it, I left myself open.