ECAC Quarterfinals Cornell @ Q 03/11/16

[Johnny 5]

Never say die!!



::cheer:: "LGR!!"

[Jim Hyla]

So who is going? I need to get my candy count correct. :-D I'm recovering from some sort of virus, but if I feel good enough, I'll be there with my wife. It's nice that they made the possible Sunday game earlier. Our band will be there, but I was told that Q is on recess, so I don't know about their fans.

[RichH]

Q is on recess, so I don't know about their fans.

I've never known about their fans.::yark::

[Trotsky]

So who is going? I need to get my candy count correct. :-D I'm recovering from some sort of virus, but if I feel good enough, I'll be there with my wife. It's nice that they made the possible Sunday game earlier. Our band will be there, but I was told that Q is on recess, so I don't know about their fans.

The Q thread on USCHO wasn't anticipating good attendance.  I think they're planning on Placid.  UVM knows how that can work out.

[RichH]

So who is going? I need to get my candy count correct. :-D I'm recovering from some sort of virus, but if I feel good enough, I'll be there with my wife. It's nice that they made the possible Sunday game earlier. Our band will be there, but I was told that Q is on recess, so I don't know about their fans.

The Q thread on USCHO wasn't anticipating good attendance.  I think they're planning on Placid.  UVM knows how that can work out.

Yeah, but on-campus playoff series are rarely well-attended. From what I remember, Cheel would often have near-empty student sections because the students who attended games for free all season were suddenly required by the league to pay for tickets. I'm not sure if that's still true, but the school might pick up the students, if the league still requires it.

Let's look at the attendance figures for the ECAC and Hockey East first round games this past weekend, just because I'm curious:

Host      G1   G2   G3   Avg   Cap   %Cap   Season Avg   % playoff
UConn*      4045   4572      4309   9000   47.9%   5129      -16.0%
Cornell    3484   3888      3686   4300   85.7%   4022      -8.4%
Clarkson   2376   2878      2627   3000   87.6%   2583      +1.7%
RPI      2182   2601      2392   5217   45.8%   3143      -23.9%
Merrimack   2088   2210   2549   2282   2549   89.5%   2359      -3.2%
Dartmouth   1529   1942   1331   1601   4500   35.6%   2372      -32.5%
Boston U   1752   1917      1835   6300   29.1%   4360      -57.9%
Northeastern   1191   1330      1261   4666   27.0%   2459      -48.7%

*XL Center, Hartford (30 minutes from campus)

Observations: Three of nine rinks were more than half-full. Only two rinks had no big drop from a typical regular season weekend, but those two also happen to have the smallest capacity. Interesting that the two schools in the most populous city drew the sparsest crowds. Can't wait to see if Harvard breaks 4 figures this weekend.  And judging from photos & reports from Lynah, Cornell's attendance numbers for the opening round may have been fudged.

[upprdeck]

i dont think the students showed less than normal by all that much..   A has been empty all year, B pretty close to normal. I know the townie side was down a bit just by looking at the tickets online. the GAadmission seats took the biggest hit

[dbilmes]

So who is going? I need to get my candy count correct. :-D I'm recovering from some sort of virus, but if I feel good enough, I'll be there with my wife. It's nice that they made the possible Sunday game earlier. Our band will be there, but I was told that Q is on recess, so I don't know about their fans.

Q is not expecting many of their students to show up, since the seats they gave to the local Cornell Club were in the section where the Q students usually sit. However, most of the fans at Q games are townies, and the fact that Q is on spring break won't influence their attendance. I'm sure the games will be listed as sellouts, since almost every Q game I've gone to has been listed as a sellout, even though most of the time I have seen hundreds of fans disguised as empty seats.

[KeithK]

And judging from photos & reports from Lynah, Cornell's attendance numbers for the opening round may have been fudged.

I'm sure the games will be listed as sellouts, since almost every Q game I've gone to has been listed as a sellout, even though most of the time I have seen hundreds of fans disguised as empty seats.

"Attendance" figures are not turnstyle counts, they're tickets sold. If they seel the tix and people don't show the tickets still count.

[Chris '03]

So who is going? I need to get my candy count correct. :-D I'm recovering from some sort of virus, but if I feel good enough, I'll be there with my wife. It's nice that they made the possible Sunday game earlier. Our band will be there, but I was told that Q is on recess, so I don't know about their fans.

Q is not expecting many of their students to show up, since the seats they gave to the local Cornell Club were in the section where the Q students usually sit. However, most of the fans at Q games are townies, and the fact that Q is on spring break won't influence their attendance. I'm sure the games will be listed as sellouts, since almost every Q game I've gone to has been listed as a sellout, even though most of the time I have seen hundreds of fans disguised as empty seats.

Last time around, the Cornell fans were sold seats in the Q student section for games 1 and 2 since there were no students.  They returned for game 3 and our section was moved.

[cp20]

Looking to by my tickets which section is typical for visiting team? 111 or 115?

[Jim Hyla]

Looking to by my tickets which section is typical for visiting team? 111 or 115?

Yes and which section did they give to the local Cornell Club?

[cp20]

Looking to by my tickets which section is typical for visiting team? 111 or 115?

Yes and which section did they give to the local Cornell Club?

Shoot had to get standing room tickets missed Cornell Ticket sales. But thank you!!

[Trotsky]

Looking to by my tickets which section is typical for visiting team? 111 or 115?

Yes and which section did they give to the local Cornell Club?

Shoot had to get standing room tickets missed Cornell Ticket sales. But thank you!!

The Q thread sounds like you may have plenty of empties to move to.  I really hope Cornell has a great Traveling Faithful for this series.  Road hockey is hard and anything that cheers on the team in a hostile barn is a help.  Plus you might just get to see a Cornell performance for the ages.  Gotta beat the best to be the best.  ::cheer::

[dbilmes]

Big puff piece on Q in today's NY Times. Let's hope it jinxes them, similar to the way the Sports Illustrated jinx has worked over the years.

[RichH]

A story about the upcoming weekend for Quinnipiac and Yale: http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20160310/quinnipiac-yale-hockey-play-host-to-ecac-series

No bulletin board material, but here are some relevant quotes:

At Quinnipiac, junior forward Tim Clifton knew the down time would pay off in the long run. Especially since the Bobcats (25-2-7), ranked No. 1 in the nation, are facing Cornell (15-9-7), the unofficial No. 1 team in the country in terms of physical size, in a best-of-3 ECAC quarterfinal series at High Point Solutions Arena.

"There's no stress on the body, which should go a long way with a potential three games against the monsters of Cornell," Clifton said. "They're big bodies. A three-game series might take its toll."

...

Emotions typically run high between the teams. One of the keys for Quinnipiac will be to find a way to play its aggressive style without taking penalties.

"For us to be good, we have to have emotion, we have to play with pace and we have to play with an edge," Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said. "We just can't cross that line into penalties. We also can't go into the game and only focus on not taking penalties. That's not going to work either. We have to have an edge. That's what we're good at. We push the limit. We just have to find that line and stay right on that line."