2011 ECAC Playoff Possibilities Time

jtwcornell91 · February 06, 2011, 09:52:57 AM

The ECAC schedule makers have been less elegant than usual this year, what with late Tuesday games and Sunday games, and travel partnerships squaring off late in the season. But finally every team has played every other team, and it's ECAC Playoff Possibilities Time!

Here are this year's goodies:

(slack.net and its alias fly.net seem to be having DNS issues, so I'm linking directly to the IP address.)

Please PM or email if you find any errors or problems.

ajh258 · February 06, 2011, 11:32:58 AM

Thanks for the site! I'm going to waste a few hours playing around with this instead of doing my homework! ::crazy::

Rita · February 17, 2011, 09:46:32 PM

bump. With the weekend coming this should be closer to the top. :-)

BigRedHockeyFan · February 19, 2011, 09:36:26 PM

If Cornell comes up with 2 points next weekend, they will need cooperation from either RPI (tie or loss) or Dartmouth (two ties or a loss) to remain in the top 4 of the ECAC. Princeton could complicate things if they run the table, but they will have to beat both Yale and Union.

Jim Hyla · February 19, 2011, 11:14:33 PM

Quote from: BigRedHockeyFanIf Cornell comes up with 2 points next weekend, they will need cooperation from either RPI (tie or loss) or Dartmouth (two ties or a loss) to remain in the top 4 of the ECAC. Princeton could complicate things if they run the table, but they will have to beat both Yale and Union.

Yeah, our best chance if we only get 2 points, would seem to be PU losing to Yale and Union and beating RPI. We can't count on Dartmouth losing at home. But it would be nice if our fellow NYers could help.

Jeff Hopkins '82 · February 20, 2011, 08:31:46 AM

FWIW, if RPI only picks up 3 points, we make top 4. OTOH, if Dartmouth only gets 3, we still have the possibility of finishing 5th.

jtwcornell91 · February 20, 2011, 09:42:49 AM

I await Bill Fenwick's analysis. ;-)

BigRedHockeyFan · February 20, 2011, 01:32:33 PM

Yale 1, Princeton 3, 1st period

jkahn · February 20, 2011, 01:45:01 PM

Quote from: BigRedHockeyFanYale 1, Princeton 3, 1st period

now 3-3 end of 1st.
Princeton scored the first 3, then Yale with 3 straight. The first two Yale goals both shorthanded.

Rita · February 20, 2011, 02:05:53 PM

Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: BigRedHockeyFanYale 1, Princeton 3, 1st period
now 3-3 end of 1st.
Princeton scored the first 3, then Yale with 3 straight. The first two Yale goals both shorthanded.

Yale almost got SHG #3 but the puck didn't have enough "oopmh" to get across the goal line.

This does not bode well for us and our inept PP.

Princeton just scores to make it 4-3. Crap. 14:52 left in the 2nd.

Rita · February 20, 2011, 02:31:02 PM

Quote from: Rita
Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: BigRedHockeyFanYale 1, Princeton 3, 1st period
now 3-3 end of 1st.
Princeton scored the first 3, then Yale with 3 straight. The first two Yale goals both shorthanded.

Yale almost got SHG #3 but the puck didn't have enough "oopmh" to get across the goal line.

This does not bode well for us and our inept PP.

Princeton just scores to make it 4-3. Crap. 14:52 left in the 2nd.

4 - 4 at the end of 2 periods.

Rita · February 20, 2011, 03:20:58 PM

Late 3rd period goal from Yale leads to a 5-4 Bulldog victory over the Tigers and keeps Princeton 2 points behind us heading into the weekend.

jkahn · February 20, 2011, 03:21:15 PM

Yale wins 5-4, helps Cornell's top 4 chances.

BigRedHockeyFan · February 20, 2011, 03:35:25 PM

Princeton was leading 3-0 during the first period. I think that on a good night, Cornell could beat Yale. It's too bad that the game is in New Haven, where Yale is 14-0. On the road, they are 8-5.

billhoward · February 20, 2011, 08:10:42 PM

Cornell's playoff possibilities fall into two groups.

Bad. Finish 5th or 6th, have to play the bye week (tradtionally a Cornell bye week), at home, probably win, then go on the road and play a winnable series to advance to Atlantic City.

Less bad. Finish 3rd or 4th, get the bye, play a winnable series at home, probably win, go to Atlantic City, face death by firing squad or by hanging, depending on whether we draw Union or Yale. Right now everyone's going to say that based on getting 9 shots at Union, we're better off facing Yale. We'll know a week from now if that's so. Maybe Iles has a career night next Saturday and a miracle happens. Or someone leaves the door to the Yale swimming pool unlocked and more Yale players get hurt.

All kinds of things could happen such as our messing up in the first round (not unthinkable) or Yale and/or Union flopping in the first round (unlikely for one, impossible for both).

Our chances for the NCAAs boil down to: Have to win the ECACs.