You Are The Committee

[Rita]

The WCHA tourney "finals" gets underway this afternoon with Michigan Tech v. Denver at 3 pm EDT followed by St. Cloud State v. N. Dakota at 8 pm.

[cbuckser]

The WCHA tourney "finals" gets underway this afternoon with Michigan Tech v. Denver at 3 pm EDT followed by St. Cloud State v. N. Dakota at 8 pm.

The first game could have significant ramifications to Cornell's PWR. If Michigan Tech beats Denver & Cornell goes 1-1 this weekend, Denver & Cornell will have very close RPIs. The team with the higher RPI will win the Denver-Cornell comparison. The RPIs are so close, the record of uncommon opponents this weekend would determine who gets the higher RPI & wins the comparison. This could be diff between 12 & 13 in PWR (and a 3 & 4 seed). So, Mercyhurst upsetting Air Force, for example, would help Cornell because Cornell played Mercyhurst and Denver played Air Force.

Preferably, Cornell wins the Whitelaw and these concerns over at-large-bid possibilities will become moot. But, just in case ...

[Rita]

The WCHA tourney "finals" gets underway this afternoon with Michigan Tech v. Denver at 3 pm EDT followed by St. Cloud State v. N. Dakota at 8 pm.

The first game could have significant ramifications to Cornell's PWR. If Michigan Tech beats Denver & Cornell goes 1-1 this weekend, Denver & Cornell will have very close RPIs. The team with the higher RPI will win the Denver-Cornell comparison. The RPIs are so close, the record of uncommon opponents this weekend would determine who gets the higher RPI & wins the comparison. This could be diff between 12 & 13 in PWR (and a 3 & 4 seed). So, Mercyhurst upsetting Air Force, for example, would help Cornell because Cornell played Mercyhurst and Denver played Air Force.

Preferably, Cornell wins the Whitelaw and these concerns over at-large-bid possibilities will become moot. But, just in case ...

MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link


::banana:: ::banana::
(not that I'm rooting for MTU, I'm just happy for the free audio. We are too close to the bubble for me to be rooting for underdogs in the other conferences)

[cbuckser]

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MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link

And this link will get you the Denver University broadcast:

[Rita]

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MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link

And this link will get you the Denver University broadcast:

It is 1-1 with ~ 5 minutes left in the first at the end of the 1st period.

End of two periods, still tied at 1.

[nyc94]

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MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link

And this link will get you the Denver University broadcast:

It is 1-1 with ~ 5 minutes left in the first at the end of the 1st period.

End of two periods, still tied at 1.

2-1 St. Cloud Michigan Tech with about 9 5 minutes left

[Robb]

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MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link

And this link will get you the Denver University broadcast:

It is 1-1 with ~ 5 minutes left in the first at the end of the 1st period.

End of two periods, still tied at 1.

2-1 St. Cloud with about 9 minutes left

St. Cloud?

[Rita]

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MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link

And this link will get you the Denver University broadcast:

It is 1-1 with ~ 5 minutes left in the first at the end of the 1st period.

End of two periods, still tied at 1.

2-1 St. Cloud Michigan Tech with about 9 minutes left

FYP to reflect that Denver is playing the _those other_ huskies.

[nyc94]

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MTU has free audio:
MTU audio link

And this link will get you the Denver University broadcast:

It is 1-1 with ~ 5 minutes left in the first at the end of the 1st period.

End of two periods, still tied at 1.

2-1 St. Cloud with about 9 minutes left

St. Cloud?

I know.  I scanned the score on the USCHO live blog, saw Huskies, and then went to the USCHO home page where I saw the game clock is behind and oddly that the next game has already started (which it obviously hasn't).  Brain misfired.  Wouldn't have happened if Rita had been quicker with the updates. ;-)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Denver just tied it up - ~4:30 left in the 3rd.

[Rita]

Denver just tied it up - ~4:30 left in the 3rd.

Bonus hockey from St. Paul. 3rd period ends tied at 2.

::popcorn::

[nyc94]

Denver wins.

[Rita]

One potential tourney upset avoided. Denver beats Michigan Tech 3-2 early in OT.

[ajh258]

My predictions from earlier this week are coming true!

Denver over Michigan Tech, North Dakota over St. Cloud.

[ugarte]

So... uh... I guess it was OK to play around with the Pairwise all along. Good work, people!