ECAC 2015-16

[KeithK]

There's been so much attention to the ECAC's performance at the top of PWR that it may be neglected that we have no "bottom feeder" teams, at least so far.

Typically even in years where there have been two or three top ranked ECAC teams, we have also had teams in the mid to lower 50s.  Not this year.  The worst PWR for an ECAC team today is 42.  Compare the worst PWR by conference:

AH (60, 59, 55, 54, 52, 50)
Big Ten (58, 48)
WCHA (57, 51, 47, 44)
NCHC (56)
HE (53, 46, 45, 43)
Indy (49)
ECAC (42)

I think one follows from the other.  If a concference has a lot of highly ranked teams then the SoS affect raises the ranking of the bottom teams.  We saw this consistently with the WCHA back in the day.

That said, I look at the ECAC standings and I don't see any teams that are obviously horrible. Brown has the worst overall record and they looked pretty good when we played them (and are #14 in SoS according to KRACH).  Clarkson is winless in conference but they too looked good for a bunch of Saturday's game and have 7 wins out of conference.  I think the ECAC really is much better from top to bottom.

[Iceberg]

There are a ton of ECAC/HE matchups this weekend with important pairwise implications. BU visits Yale and QU (the former game on ESPN3) while SLU and Vermont have a home-and-home. Even the Dartmouth/UNH and Union/Massachusetts games have some significance.

[Trotsky]

Go ECAC.

[marty]

There are a ton of ECAC/HE matchups this weekend with important pairwise implications. BU visits Yale and QU (the former game on ESPN3) while SLU and Vermont have a home-and-home. Even the Dartmouth/UNH and Union/Merrimack games have some significance.

In theory one can watch the QPAC home games for free on the net.  I've tried to watch the end of two games after watching Cornell and have found I can't get in. If interested you should tune in before the virtual rink is sold out.

[Al DeFlorio]

There are a ton of ECAC/HE matchups this weekend with important pairwise implications. BU visits Yale and QU (the former game on ESPN3) while SLU and Vermont have a home-and-home. Even the Dartmouth/UNH and Union/Massachusetts games have some significance.

1-0 BU mid-2nd

Yale ties at 1 and goes on 5-minute man-up with one minute left in 2nd

[Iceberg]

1-1 now but Yale gets a 5-minute power play after a BU player gets a misconduct for boarding.

Edit: 2-1 Yale now. This game has radically changed in complexion.

[Al DeFlorio]

1-1 now but Yale gets a 5-minute power play after a BU player gets a misconduct for boarding.

Edit: 2-1 Yale now. The game has radically changed in complexion.

Yale scores within seconds, 2-1

[Al DeFlorio]

Yale and Union up 3-1 in the third. RPI up 4-0.  Princeton, Dartmouth, and SLU all losing by cumulative 13-2 score, all in the third.

UMass ties Union at 3 mid-third; UHN with 5 goals on 14 shots against Dartmouth.

BU makes it 3-2 on a pp. 2:42 left

Princeton scores 3 quick ones in 3:17 to make it 4-3 PSU

Yale holds on 3-2

Union survives a major with 4 minutes left in regulation and wins 4-3 with 9 seconds left OT

Princeton and SLU lose and Dartmouth trails 5-2 with 12 minutes left after giving up 4 goals on first 6 UHN shots.

[Iceberg]

3rd-period BU seemed destined to tie the game. That team will be on a mission tommorow

[Al DeFlorio]

3rd-period BU seemed destined to tie the game. That team will be on a mission tommorow

Might be tired, too, against a fresh Q.

[Jim Hyla]

Yale and Union up 3-1 in the third. RPI up 4-0.  Princeton, Dartmouth, and SLU all losing by cumulative 13-2 score, all in the third.

UMass ties Union at 3 mid-third; UHN with 5 goals on 14 shots against Dartmouth.

BU makes it 3-2 on a pp. 2:42 left

Princeton scores 3 quick ones in 3:17 to make it 4-3 PSU

Yale holds on 3-2

Union survives a major with 4 minutes left in regulation and wins 4-3 with 9 seconds left OT

Princeton and SLU lose and Dartmouth trails 5-2 with 12 minutes left after giving up 4 goals on first 6 UHN shots.

Interestingly they had an extra attacker as well.

[Jim Hyla]

There are a ton of ECAC/HE matchups this weekend with important pairwise implications. BU visits Yale and QU (the former game on ESPN3) while SLU and Vermont have a home-and-home. Even the Dartmouth/UNH and Union/Merrimack games have some significance.

In theory one can watch the QPAC home games for free on the net.  I've tried to watch the end of two games after watching Cornell and have found I can't get in. If interested you should tune in before the virtual rink is sold out.

BU-Q is on SNY.

[marty]

There are a ton of ECAC/HE matchups this weekend with important pairwise implications. BU visits Yale and QU (the former game on ESPN3) while SLU and Vermont have a home-and-home. Even the Dartmouth/UNH and Union/Merrimack games have some significance.

In theory one can watch the QPAC home games for free on the net.  I've tried to watch the end of two games after watching Cornell and have found I can't get in. If interested you should tune in before the virtual rink is sold out.

BU-Q is on SNY.

Thank you.

[Al DeFlorio]

2-1 BU early 2nd

[Iceberg]

Believe or not, there is a league game this weekend, albeit on Sunday when Union heads up Route 7 to play Vermont in Burlington.