CU Hockey-Preseason

[css228]

Irony.  It's what's for dinner.

Then I guess it's appropriate that Grantland: The Website was created by a hack like Bill Simmons. *ducks*

This is a summary of a crushingly good commentary.

Allegedly it's a serious sports website maintained by a man whose intellectual rigorousness about sports can be measured by going to the IMDB "memorable quotes" page for a movie and trying to apply it to some random category like "interceptions made by New England Patriots, 2001-2010."

Yeah, not going to argue. Grantland's a lot of hubris and probably unnecessary, but at least the hockey coverage is decent and some of the talent (Klosterman for example) is far better than Simmons. Still one wonders if they're hampered by Simmons expectations.

[css228]

Philippe Hudon was the only (I think) guy not to dress for either exhibition game.  Any word on whether he is injured?

I believe both Mihalek and Gotovets didn't dress for either game as well.

I think I remember Gotovets playing against Carleton, but my eyes could have fooled me. He definitely didn't play against Guelph.

[pfibiger]

Philippe Hudon was the only (I think) guy not to dress for either exhibition game.  Any word on whether he is injured?

I believe both Mihalek and Gotovets didn't dress for either game as well.

I think I remember Gotovets playing against Carleton, but my eyes could have fooled me. He definitely didn't play against Guelph.

You're right:
http://www.ecachockey.com/men/2011-12/boxscores/20111022_msne.xml?view=plays

Looks like Brisson sat the 2nd game.

[Jim Hyla]

So USCHO has their ECAC predictions for this weekend up.
For the PU-Yale game, Ivy Shootout, they have this quote:

This game may not count for ECAC Hockey standings, but it will count towards the Hobey Baker Trophy for Ivy League champion.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/ecac-blog/2011/10/27/ecac-picks-oct-28-29/#ixzz1c4rvTXc2

Is that really true, the game counts in Ivy standings or does he mean Shootout Champion?

[Give My Regards]

Is that really true, the game counts in Ivy standings or does he mean Shootout Champion?

I haven't found anything that says for sure one way or the other, but I think it's highly unlikely the Ivy Shootout games will count in the Ivy standings.  These games don't count in the ECAC standings, and the four Shootout participants all have the full slate of 10 Ivy games that do count in the ECACs.  So either these four teams are going to have 12 games in the Ivy standings and Cornell and Harvard are going to have 10, or the four Shootout teams will have a couple games against each other later in the season that will count in the ECACs but not the Ivy standings.  Sounds like too much of a mess for even the Ivy League to consider dealing with.

[edit] Now the part about the game counting has been removed.

[Trotsky]

So USCHO has their ECAC predictions for this weekend up.
For the PU-Yale game, Ivy Shootout, they have this quote:

This game may not count for ECAC Hockey standings, but it will count towards the Hobey Baker Trophy for Ivy League champion.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/ecac-blog/2011/10/27/ecac-picks-oct-28-29/#ixzz1c4rvTXc2

Is that really true, the game counts in Ivy standings or does he mean Shootout Champion?

I can't find any other reference to it counting, and this is the fifth Ivy Shootout and it have never counted before.

[ajh258]

Looks like this isn't the same Yale team we saw last year. 2-2 OT against Princeton, 30-28 SOGs. http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/2011-12/boxscores/20111028_dmbz.xml

Can't wait until we get to New Haven next weekend and beat them.

[nyc94]

Looks like this isn't the same Yale team we saw last year. 2-2 OT against Princeton, 30-28 SOGs.

Yale also lost their exhibition game against Waterloo last weekend.  Yale had a 42-32 shot advantage and they started a different goalie in each period.

http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2011/10/22/exhib-vs-yale/

[Trotsky]

USCHO now has a nice scoreboard similar to one the ECAC has had for a couple years.

[ajh258]

Looks like this isn't the same Yale team we saw last year. 2-2 OT against Princeton, 30-28 SOGs.

Yale also lost their exhibition game against Waterloo last weekend.  Yale had a 42-32 shot advantage and they started a different goalie in each period.

http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2011/10/22/exhib-vs-yale/

I was aware, but Waterloo was an exhibition opener, so the outcome could've been skewed if Allain simply wanted the new guys to get some ice time. This is an actual NC game and has PWR implications. If Elis come up short again tomorrow against Dartmouth, it will confirm their relative decline.

[underskill]

Looks like this isn't the same Yale team we saw last year. 2-2 OT against Princeton, 30-28 SOGs.

Yale also lost their exhibition game against Waterloo last weekend.  Yale had a 42-32 shot advantage and they started a different goalie in each period.

http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2011/10/22/exhib-vs-yale/

I was aware, but Waterloo was an exhibition opener, so the outcome could've been skewed if Allain simply wanted the new guys to get some ice time. This is an actual NC game and has PWR implications. If Elis come up short again tomorrow against Dartmouth, it will confirm their relative decline.

A bit early to say that, they lost a lot of players, but will likely get a lot better as the year goes along and players settle into new roles.  The talent level is still there, at least for the ECAC.

[Robb]

relative decline mediocrity.

FYP.

[TimV]

Just read yor post, clicked the link, and saw Dartmouth just beat Yale 3-2.  Look out for Dartmouth.

[ajh258]

Just read yor post, clicked the link, and saw Dartmouth just beat Yale 3-2.  Look out for Dartmouth.

I think it's a mistake. The game isn't set to start until 7PM.

Edit: Hmm... now double checking on ECAC's site, it appears they have filled the Princeton-Brown stats into the Yale-Dartmouth box scores. Those numbers aren't accurate.

[Trotsky]

You should see what WRPI is doing with streaming tonight, it's amazing.

Too bad we don't have engineers who can handle this sort of thing.