Cornell at Yale

[Iceberg]

Senior night at Ingalls Rink. Tickets were sold out for weeks. Obviously a significant game for both teams.

[dbilmes]

Senior night at Ingalls Rink. Tickets were sold out for weeks. Obviously a significant game for both teams.

Not as significant as it should have been if Cornell hadn't been robbed of a win last night. Yale has clinched a first-round bye, and is playing to finish third or fourth. We will finish either sixth or seventh based upon what happens tonight. Yale will be out to avenge its loss to us at Lynah back in November, and will be fired up because it's Senior Night. I'm worried we will suffer a letdown after last night and will be home next weekend no matter what the outcome.

[upprdeck]

we can still get 5th

[dbilmes]

we can still get 5th

Not according to this.
• Cornell (22 points): Win and Harvard tie/loss or tie and Harvard loss secures sixth place; seventh place and first-round home series secured (Cornell holds tiebreaker over Harvard)

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/ecac-blog/2015/02/27/ecac-hockey-seeding-scenarios-one-day-left/#ixzz3T4jLvcYT

[Iceberg]

Isn't 5th possible if Dartmouth and CU win along with both Colgate and Harvard losing?

[Jim Hyla]

Isn't 5th possible if Dartmouth and CU win along with both Colgate and Harvard losing?

We need them all to lose. Even a tie by Harvard puts us 6. But of course we need to win and that's anything but certain.

[Iceberg]

Dartmouth must get a point since they win the tiebreaker with Cornell. Of course, Colgate is winning right now so this might not matter very shortly and 6th would be the highest possible ceiling anyway.


Actually, it's in CU's best interests for Dartmouth to not be tied in points with them. That limits how high the former can finish and whether the visitors next weekend will be Brown or a capital district team.

[Jim Hyla]

Colgate wins 4-2 and gets 4. Our max is 6, if Harvard loses and we win. If Harvard beats PU, we're 7, no matter what.

[Jim Hyla]

Assuming we're 7, who do you want to play? RPI or Union?

If we get 6, we get Brown. I like that one, but I'm not sure about RPI/Union.

[Trotsky]

At least the "stolen goal" doesn't cost us a bye -- we wouldn't have gotten one anyway.

[TimV]

Gimme RPI.  History of failing in playoffs, doubt that they can go 3-1-1 on us, even this year.

[upprdeck]

one good thing is it makes it much harder to have to play dartmouth if we get that far. getting to 6th would make STL less likely in round 2 too.  both good things.

[Iceberg]

Oh look. A possible review situation.

[Johnny 5]

The only thing worse than our play tonight is the duo doing the play by play.
Adlon? Who names their daughter Adlon?!

::help::

[Larry72]

Maurice and Gwendolyn!!