ECAC 2015-16

[marty]

Syphilis sighting.

Strange error concerning which teams have played only five games.  Should be Clarkson and St Lawrence. And on a sad note for him, freshman Tironese of RPI mentioned here is out with
season ending shoulder surgery.

[ursusminor]

Syphilis sighting.

Strange error concerning which teams have played only five games.  Should be Clarkson and St Lawrence. And on a sad note for him, freshman Tironese of RPI mentioned here is out with
season ending shoulder surgery.

He also had a shoulder injury which ended his season a year ago with Alberni Valley (BCHL).

[BearLover]

"Saturday's 0-0 tie between St. Lawrence and Quinnipiac was the first scoreless game in the history of the Saints' program — a span of 2,083 games dating to the 1925-26 season.

This is an incredible statistic.

[imafrshmn]

"Saturday's 0-0 tie between St. Lawrence and Quinnipiac was the first scoreless game in the history of the Saints' program — a span of 2,083 games dating to the 1925-26 season.

This is an incredible statistic.

Absolutely!

Cornell's history of 0-0 games:

01/20/23 vs. Clarkson ... Coach Nick Bawlf
03/04/89 at Clarkson (D'Alessio in goal) ... Coach Brian McCutcheon
11/30/07 vs. UMass (Scrivens) ... Coach Schafer
11/08/08 at Quinnipiac (Scrivens)
01/31/09 at Clarkson (Scrivens)
12/03/11 vs. Clarkson (Iles)
12/28/14 vs. Lake Superior State (Gillam)
11/20/15 at Yale (Gillam)

Out of 8 games... 6 in the Schafer era! 3 in the last 4 seasons! 4 against Clarkson! A 66-year gap between the first and second!

[Jim Hyla]

"Saturday's 0-0 tie between St. Lawrence and Quinnipiac was the first scoreless game in the history of the Saints' program — a span of 2,083 games dating to the 1925-26 season.

This is an incredible statistic.

Absolutely!

Cornell's history of 0-0 games:

01/20/23 vs. Clarkson ... Coach Nick Bawlf
03/04/89 at Clarkson (D'Alessio in goal) ... Coach Brian McCutcheon
11/30/07 vs. UMass (Scrivens) ... Coach Schafer
11/08/08 at Quinnipiac (Scrivens)
01/31/09 at Clarkson (Scrivens)
12/03/11 vs. Clarkson (Iles)
12/28/14 vs. Lake Superior State (Gillam)
11/20/15 at Yale (Gillam)

Out of 8 games... 6 in the Schafer era! 3 in the last 4 seasons! 4 against Clarkson! A 66-year gap between the first and second!

The 1989 game was particularly interesting. I've discussed it before, but for those that haven't heard about it, it had a very unusual ending. It was an ECAC 1/4final game at the old Walker Arena in Potsdam. At that time the 1/4final playoffs were the first team to get to 3 points. So 2 wins, or a win and a tie, does it. If the games were split, then a 10 min. mini game was played right after the second game.

We won the first game and in the third period, with the game tied 0-0, Clarkson pulled their goalie to try and win, thus setting up the mini game.

Here's the box score, courtesy of TBRW:

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March 4, 1989
ECAC Quarterfinal Potsdam, New York
Clarkson (20-13-3) 0 0 0 - 0
Cornell (16-11-1)  0 0 0 - 0

Walker Arena
Saves
Clk T Jason Poirier    59:00 39 x 39
Cor T Corrie D'Alessio 60:00 29 x 29

As you can see, he was pulled at the traditional 1 min. mark. Watching it was one of the more bizarre experiences I've had at a hockey game. I'm glad they ditched that idea for playoffs.

[redice]

I had an equally bizarre experience relating to that game.     I couldn't go to the game & cannot receive the radio broadcast at my home.   So, I took my wife to a movie in Ithaca and listened to the game on my Walkman.    As the game wore on and it became obvious that a single goal could be sending us to the next round, I began to realize that I needed to work on my self-control.     Standing up & yelling in a movie theater can excite some types.....   The 0-0 tie worked well for me!!

[ursusminor]

The minigame produced some interesting strategy. In 1987 RPI defeated Colgate in the first game. They were losing the second game. RPI coach Mike Addesa pulled his goalie on every power play in order to pepper Colgate's goalie and tire him out. The strategy worked in that although RPI lost game 2 they won the minigame.

[Iceberg]

A lot of league teams are going up against well ranked OOC opponents this weekend. Yale/Providence especially should be good

[TimV]

Brown shuts out Colgate 5-0 in the "Friendship Tournament in Belfast Ireland.  Announcers said the game was for ECAC points - don't know if that's right.  Brown now gets winner of Mass-Lowell v Northeastern for another OOC game. That Lowell-NEastern game starts shortly on NESN.

[RichH]

Brown shuts out Colgate 5-0 in the "Friendship Tournament in Belfast Ireland.  Announcers said the game was for ECAC points - don't know if that's right.  Brown now gets winner of Mass-Lowell v Northeastern for another OOC game. That Lowell-NEastern game starts shortly on NESN.

That is correct. I read in a tournament preview that Colgate gave up their home game vs Brown so this would count as a league game. Most likely because of the Ivy games limit.

[Iceberg]

Brown will play at Lynah on Feb. 12 but that'll be their only game for the weekend. That's still a long way from now though


Update: With UML coming back to win their game, tomorrow's matchup would be a golden opportunity for Brown to actually do something noteworthy.

[Trotsky]

In Belfast, Colgate has the troubles, giving up 5 goals on 9 shots in the second period in the consolation game against Northeastern.

Today could be the ECAC Waterloo, or it could be a day where the conference holds its own.  Non-conference schedule:


* Colgate about to lose very badly to Northeastern
* Clarkson should win hosting Arizona State (though they needed a comeback to win by 1 goal last night)
* Cornell anybody's guess vs BU
* Union should lose at Merrimack
* Princeton should lose at Maine
* Yale should lose at Providence though maybe we'll see them emerge
* Quinnipiac should win hosting UMass
* Dartmouth should lose at Michigan
* Brown anybody's guess vs Lowell in the Belfast final

Last night the conference was 4-2 in NC.  Tonight they could easily go 3-6 or even 2-7, with all the concomitant PWR consequences.

[Al DeFlorio]

Brown leading Lowell 5-4 late third.
Union 2-0 over Merrimack after 1st.
Colgate flattened 7-1 by Northeastern.

Bummer:  Lowell ties it with a minute left.

Q up 1-0 mid-second.
U now up 3-0 mid-second.
Brown ties Lowell in OT.  Shootout now?

[Chris '03]

Brown leading Lowell 5-4 late third.
Union 2-0 over Merrimack after 1st.
Colgate flattened 7-1 by Northeastern.

Bummer:  Lowell ties it with a minute left.

Union now up 3 on the road.

Brown/UML in as a tie.

[Al DeFlorio]

Brown leading Lowell 5-4 late third.
Union 2-0 over Merrimack after 1st.
Colgate flattened 7-1 by Northeastern.

Bummer:  Lowell ties it with a minute left.

Union now up 3 on the road.

Brown/UML in as a tie.

Three goals for Brown's top line, and they are good.