ECAC 2013-14

[Trotsky]

A general thread for the conference in honor of the start of the (NC) season tonight.

[Trotsky]

RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

[ursusminor]

RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period. ::cry::

[Jim Hyla]

RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period. ::cry::

So, I read the Troy Record article.  Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

[billhoward]

Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC  did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

[Weder]

Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC  did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

[Trotsky]

Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC  did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

Haven't been to Agganis, but the old order was: Matthews > Walter Brown > Bright > ... > Conte

[Al DeFlorio]

Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC  did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

Haven't been to Agganis, but the old order was: Matthews > Walter Brown > Bright > ... > Conte

Matthews is a good old traditional rink but, like any rink or stadium (e.g., Fenway Park) built 100 or so years ago, some of us don't fit in the seats.::worry::

[ursusminor]

RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period. ::cry::

So, I read the Troy Record article.  Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

I just listened on WRPI since it wasn't streamed, so this is really the announcers' viewpoints as interpreted by me. It was the defense, not Kasdorf, and can be more blamed on the forwards not doing their defensive job than the defensemen. Also IMHO (which of course is quite biased), BC benefited from having the previous day off while RPI had a game.

[ursusminor]

there doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this, but does JMH intend to post his totally meaningless, early-year charts this year? It's always fun watching it slowly combine into a completely connected chart.

[billhoward]

Attendance at BC for the RPI game was 3195. Conte Forum (hockey) capacity 7884, 8606 when Steve Donahue's basketball team plays. BC  did have no classes Columbus Day Monday. But still: 4500 empty seats. Plenty of room for recruits to sit and not be crowded.

Conte has to be the worst of the Boston-area rinks, right? Matthews is the best.

Haven't been to Agganis, but the old order was: Matthews > Walter Brown > Bright > ... > Conte

Matthews is a good old traditional rink but, like any rink or stadium (e.g., Fenway Park) built 100 or so years ago, some of us don't fit in the seats.::worry::

Size matters, too. When you've got 8,000 seats, that's impressive. (So's 4,000 empty seats.) Albert Speer's architecture always had big to its credit.

[Josh '99]

there doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this, but does JMH intend to post his totally meaningless, early-year charts this year? It's always fun watching it slowly combine into a completely connected chart.

I appreciate the undeserved credit, but you're thinking of JTW.

[RichH]

RPI gave up 7 goals on 23 shots to BC today.

That game officially ended at about 6 minutes into the second period. ::cry::

So, I read the Troy Record article.  Did anybody see enough of the game to say whether it was all bad defense versus goaltending?

I just listened on WRPI since it wasn't streamed, so this is really the announcers' viewpoints as interpreted by me. It was the defense, not Kasdorf, and can be more blamed on the forwards not doing their defensive job than the defensemen. Also IMHO (which of course is quite biased), BC benefited from having the previous day off while RPI had a game.

This GIF says a lot.



Sure, Gaudreau's stick-handling make it look flashy, but I see a lot of flat feet on defense.

[RatushnyFan]

Size matters, too.

To this point, Cornell is the tallest team and the second heaviest team.

[ursusminor]

there doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this, but does JMH intend to post his totally meaningless, early-year charts this year? It's always fun watching it slowly combine into a completely connected chart.

I appreciate the undeserved credit, but you're thinking of JTW.

Oops!