ECAC 2015-16

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Final:  Clarkson 3 - SLU(t) 1

[Iceberg]

SLU loses again after Jimmy Vesey decides to score a hat trick in the third period of that game. They are sinking fast but still have Dartmouth today.

[Jim Hyla]

SLU loses again after Jimmy Vesey decides to score a hat trick in the third period of that game. They are sinking fast but still have Dartmouth today.

And a natural hat trick, in about 5 min, at that.

[Trotsky]

SLU loses again after Jimmy Vesey decides to score a hat trick in the third period of that game. They are sinking fast but still have Dartmouth today.

And a natural hat trick, in about 5 min, at that.

C.J. Young laughs.

[Iceberg]

Speaking of Harvard, they're down 3-0 to Clarkson at home. They'll need a lot more heroics today. SLU also trailing Dartmouth but that's only 2-1 so far.

[marty]

RPI @ Qpac available with free video feed.  No score after one.

The video link is here.

http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/index.aspx?path=mhockey

Ice dancing and a 1-0 RPI lead at the second break.

[Trotsky]

Kasdorf came within 10 seconds of stealing another one last night.

[scoop85]

Kasdorf came within 10 seconds of stealing another one last night.

RPI's a team no one will want to see in the postseason, as Kasdorf is a real X factor

[Iceberg]

Clarkson going for a 8-1-2 record at home currently leading Brown 3-0 headed into the 3rd. Yale leading SLU for now in nearby Canton. Of course, we'll see both of the North Country teams next week.

[Scersk '97]

Clarkson going for a 8-1-2 record at home currently leading Brown 3-0 headed into the 3rd. Yale leading SLU for now in nearby Canton. Of course, we'll see both of the North Country teams next week.

Must win away games in the North Country are not a good thing. But there we are. 7–3 over the last ten would nearly assure 4th. (This is not '96, basically because of the QU outlier.) Yet 7-3 over the last ten is going to be a tough row to hoe. 6-4 might cut it, but you can't count on it.

Even considering recent results, I think we're better than RPI and Dartmouth. And we match up well with Quinnipiac. We need to avoid getting woefully outshot against Clarkson and then really take it to a reeling SLU. Hopefully then a stolen tie at QU without blowing it vs. Princeton. Then it's basically .500 from there out, but circle the away game at Dartmouth and the home game vs. RPI. This is all not going to be easy.

Meanwhile, Harvard has become the team I don't want to see in the postseason at all. Even though I think they got away with a lot of nasty stickwork that should have been called, we're always going to give up a couple more power plays to them than we'll get. Their power play is a thing of beauty, and that's just one facet of the game that we don't match up well with them——period.

Gillam would have to become a goalie he isn't, i.e., a goalie who likes to hold onto the puck rather than control deflections and push the action; our defensive forwards would have to get a lot quicker; and our (very young) defensive corps would need to learn to push the puck like veterans. We're just not there. If we draw them in any round, we're going to lose, like to Yale of old.

(Thankfully, they'll be a very different team next year, and we'll probably be quite a bit better.)

[Trotsky]

If we keep falling behind we're not going 7-3.

[Dafatone]

All season we've been doing a bit better than we've looked, to be honest.  Past two weekends, we've underperformed how we looked on the ice.

Lost to RPI in a game where we were clearly outplaying them and Kasdorf stood on his head.
Tied Union in a game we should have won.
Lost to Dartmouth in a game where we didn't look great, but let's be honest, Dartmouth had two fluky goals and an empty netter.
Lost to Sucks in a game where we spent a lot of time in their zone and played pretty well against a very good team.  None of our shots were on net.  Also, their PP crushed us.  But we didn't look outplayed by four goals in my opinion.

[Iceberg]

Plenty of close games tonight. With the exception of SLU leading Colgate 2-0, every other game is either tied or within one goal.

[upprdeck]

brown coughing up a 3-0 lead against RPI was too bad

[Iceberg]

5-4 now in Hanover after Dartmouth had a 4-1 lead in the 3rd. It seems that QU has woken up and there's still plenty of time left.