ECAC Playoff Possibilities Stuff

Jim Hyla · February 07, 2016, 02:10:58 PM

Okay John, isn't it time for this? We can either solve for::banana:: or ::bang::.

And 2 hoorays to the first person who can find a way for us to finish 1, 11 or 12, if possible.

Johnny 5 · February 07, 2016, 09:21:43 PM

I'm afraid to be too optimistic.

::pain::

Give My Regards · February 07, 2016, 11:30:55 PM

Quote from: Jim HylaAnd 2 hoorays to the first person who can find a way for us to finish 1, 11 or 12, if possible.

Aw for cryin' out loud... talk about waving a pork chop in front of a Doberman...

Well, here goes. The Big Red finishes first if they win out, Quinnipiac loses out, Harvard and Yale both lose at least two other times besides their games with Cornell, St Lawrence loses at least once, and Clarkson loses or ties at least once.

Here is one way all that can happen:

Friday 2/12:
Clarkson over Princeton
Yale over Colgate
Cornell over Brown
RPI over Harvard
St. Lawrence over Quinnipiac
Dartmouth over Union

Saturday 2/13:
Clarkson over Quinnipiac
Cornell over Yale
RPI over Dartmouth
Harvard over Union
St. Lawrence over Princeton

Friday 2/19:
Clarkson over Brown
Dartmouth over Colgate
Cornell over Harvard
RPI over Quinnipiac
Union over Princeton
St. Lawrence over Yale

Saturday 2/20:
St. Lawrence over Brown
Cornell over Dartmouth
Harvard over Colgate
RPI over Princeton
Union over Quinnipiac
Clarkson over Yale

Friday 2/26:
Clarkson over Harvard
RPI over Colgate
Cornell over Union
Yale over Princeton
Brown over Quinnipiac
Dartmouth over St. Lawrence

Saturday 2/27:
Dartmouth over Clarkson
Union over Colgate
Cornell over RPI
Princeton over Brown
Yale over Quinnipiac
St. Lawrence over Harvard

Final standings would be:


1  Cornell        13-6-3   29
2  St. Lawrence   13-7-2   28
3  RPI            11-5-6   28
4  Quinnipiac     12-6-4   28 
5  Clarkson       12-7-3   27
6  Yale           12-7-3   27
7  Dartmouth      13-9-0   26
8  Harvard        11-8-3   25
9  Union           6-11-5  17
10 Colgate         4-16-2  10
11 Princeton       4-16-2  10
12 Brown           3-16-3   9

Give My Regards · February 07, 2016, 11:35:08 PM

Part 2:

Cornell finishes last if they lose all their remaining games, Brown wins out, Princeton wins all their games except the one against Brown, Union wins at least four games, and Clarkson wins or ties at least once.

Here is one way all that can happen:

Friday 2/12:
Princeton over Clarkson
Colgate over Yale
Brown over Cornell
Harvard over RPI
Quinnipiac over St. Lawrence
Union over Dartmouth

Saturday 2/13:
Quinnipiac over Clarkson
Yale over Cornell
RPI over Dartmouth
Union over Harvard
Princeton over St. Lawrence

Friday 2/19:
Brown over Clarkson
Colgate over Dartmouth
Harvard over Cornell
Quinnipiac over RPI
Princeton over Union
St. Lawrence over Yale

Saturday 2/20:
Brown over St. Lawrence
Dartmouth over Cornell
Colgate over Harvard
Princeton over RPI
Quinnipiac over Union
Clarkson over Yale

Friday 2/26:
Harvard over Clarkson
Colgate over RPI
Union over Cornell
Princeton over Yale
Brown over Quinnipiac
Dartmouth over St. Lawrence

Saturday 2/27:
Dartmouth over Clarkson
Union over Colgate
RPI over Cornell
Brown over Princeton
Quinnipiac over Yale
St. Lawrence over Harvard

Final standings would be:


1  Quinnipiac     16-2-4   36
2  Harvard        12-7-3   27
3  Yale           11-8-3   25
4  Dartmouth      12-10-0  24
5  St. Lawrence   10-10-2  22
6  RPI             8-8-6   22
7  Clarkson        8-11-3  19
8  Union           7-10-5  19
9  Colgate         8-12-2  18
10 Princeton       8-12-2  18
11 Brown           7-12-3  17
12 Cornell         7-12-3  17

Tiebreaker goes all the way to record against top 8, but Cornell winds up last.

Jim Hyla · February 08, 2016, 07:03:53 AM

Quote from: Give My RegardsAw for cryin' out loud... talk about waving a pork chop in front of a Doberman...

Well, here goes. The Big Red finishes first if they win out, Quinnipiac loses out, Harvard and Yale both lose at least two other times besides their games with Cornell, St Lawrence loses at least once, and Clarkson loses or ties at least once.

Final standings would be:
1  Cornell        13-6-3   29
2  St. Lawrence   13-7-2   28
3  RPI            11-5-6   28
4  Quinnipiac     12-6-4   28 
5  Clarkson       12-7-3   27
6  Yale           12-7-3   27
7  Dartmouth      13-9-0   26
8  Harvard        11-8-3   25
9  Union           6-11-5  17
10 Colgate         4-16-2  10
11 Princeton       4-16-2  10
12 Brown           3-16-3   9
Part 2:

Cornell finishes last if they lose all their remaining games, Brown wins out, Princeton wins all their games except the one against Brown, Union wins at least four games, and Clarkson wins or ties at least once.

Final standings would be:
1  Quinnipiac     16-2-4   36
2  Harvard        12-7-3   27
3  Yale           11-8-3   25
4  Dartmouth      12-10-0  24
5  St. Lawrence   10-10-2  22
6  RPI             8-8-6   22
7  Clarkson        8-11-3  19
8  Union           7-10-5  19
9  Colgate         8-12-2  18
10 Princeton       8-12-2  18
11 Brown           7-12-3  17
12 Cornell         7-12-3  17
Tiebreaker goes all the way to record against top 8, but Cornell winds up last.

You win::banana::::banana::, but I do like part 1 the best.::doh::

upprdeck · February 08, 2016, 11:36:33 AM

cornell winning out whether they get to the top is fine it likely puts them in the tourney

jtwcornell91 · February 19, 2016, 08:19:26 AM

Sorry for the delay, folks. The last 5 months have been a bit busy for those of us in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, so I haven't been able to keep up with my usual hockey geek activities. The stuff is up at

http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2016/ecac.cgimain
http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/2016/ecac.nutshell

and it might even work...

marty · February 19, 2016, 08:52:28 AM

Quote from: jtwcornell91Sorry for the delay, folks. The last 5 months have been a bit busy for those of us in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, so I haven't been able to keep up with my usual hockey geek activities. The stuff is up at

http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2016/ecac.cgimain
http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/2016/ecac.nutshell

and it might even work...

Yippee!::banana::::popcorn::::drunk::

Thank you!!

upprdeck · February 19, 2016, 09:42:07 AM

dang we have showed no promosing signs in 2 months,

but a sweep this weekend with just Yale and Quin doig their job
and we tie Dart and RPI, and pass Clarkson for a 3 way tie for 5th going into the last weekend only 2 out of 4th.

this back to back clark/STl losses just being ties and we would be sitting ok..

Trotsky · February 19, 2016, 10:43:49 AM

Quote from: jtwcornell91Sorry for the delay, folks. The last 5 months have been a bit busy for those of us in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, so I haven't been able to keep up with my usual hockey geek activities. The stuff is up at

http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2016/ecac.cgimain
http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/2016/ecac.nutshell

and it might even work...

Um. You discovered gravity waves. I think we can trust you with the playoff script. :-P

Congratufuckinglations by the way.

Trotsky · February 19, 2016, 10:50:20 AM

A sweep of our last 4 games coupled with every other game won by the team with the best Pct gets us here:

38 Qpc
31 Yal
28 SLU
27 Hvd
------
26 Cor
24 Drt
24 RPI
21 Clk
------
17 Uni
10 Cgt
10 Prn
08 Brn

Our best bet to steal the bye is for that plus Harvard to lose at Clarkson, which gives us this:

38 Qpc
31 Yal
28 SLU
26 Cor
------
25 Hvd
24 Drt
24 RPI
23 Clk
------
17 Uni
10 Cgt
10 Prn
08 Brn

See? Easy! ::whistle::

Note that each scenario sets up a QF against Harvard.

andyw2100 · February 19, 2016, 04:25:34 PM

Quote from: TrotskyA sweep of our last 4 games...

This is why I love eLynah. It's full of people as ridiculously optimistic about Cornell hockey as I am.

We've won one game in our last ten, (a 1-0 win against the team currently in last place in the league), yet Trotsky can start a post with "A sweep of our last 4 games...", and I'm right there with him!

Roy 82 · February 19, 2016, 05:45:27 PM

Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: jtwcornell91Sorry for the delay, folks. The last 5 months have been a bit busy for those of us in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, so I haven't been able to keep up with my usual hockey geek activities. The stuff is up at

http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/tbrw.cgi?2016/ecac.cgimain
http://www.elynah.com/tbrw/2016/ecac.nutshell

and it might even work...

Um. You discovered gravity waves. I think we can trust you with the playoff script. :-P

Congratufuckinglations by the way.

Cool. But let's get to the important stuff: Is he also qualified to state whether or not an opposing goalie is a black hole or just sucks?

Iceberg · February 19, 2016, 08:58:11 PM

It seems like Dartmouth and Brown are well on their way to victories. QU trying to avoid a 2nd-straight loss but that game in Troy still has plenty of time left.

andyw2100 · February 20, 2016, 11:55:59 PM

I expect there are a multitude of other ways for us to wind up in fourth with a first-round bye, but one way easily visible by looking at the standings and the games left to be played is:

1) We sweep
2) St Lawrence gets swept by Dartmouth and Harvard
3) Clarkson beats Dartmouth

The above would result in Cornell being in fourth as the only team with 25 points. We'd be a point ahead of Dartmouth, at least a point ahead of RPI (2 points ahead if they tied Colgate on Friday night, and 3 if they lost to Colgate) and 2 points ahead of St Lawrence.