Women's Team 2016-17

[RichH]

The way the pairwise stands now, Cornell stands a good chance of getting into the NCAA tourney but the scenarios are strange. Using the pairwise calculator (http://www.bcinterruption.com/boston-college-womens-hockey/2016/10/30/13465322/2016-2017-ncaa-womens-hockey-pairwise-rankings-calculator), we see that the biggest source of uncertainty for Cornell is whether or not BC wins Hockey East;

The finals--Northeastern vs BC-- is tied at 1 at the end of regulation.

BC wins in OT. Takes a little sting off Cornell's loss.

[imafrshmn]

BC wins, so Cornell should get in. Big question is whether we get matched up against Clarkson again or perhaps Minnesota-Duluth.

[RichH]

Hard fought game, Clarkson makes their 1st period goal stand up. That Cornell team seemed completely spent in the 3rd, as they couldn't seem to set up any offensive zone pressure as the clock wound down.  Tough loss, but hopefully their season isn't over.

Clarkson wins their first ECAC title, to go along with their...NCAA championship from a few years ago.

[Jim Hyla]

BC wins, so Cornell should get in. Big question is whether we get matched up against Clarkson again or perhaps Minnesota-Duluth.

They pick 8 teams and here's the PWR before today's results.

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Women's National Collegiate PairWise Rankings

Rank Team       PWR W-L-T Win % Win % Rank RPI RPI Rank
1 Wisconsin 35 30-2-4 .8889 2 .6608* 2
2 Minnesota-Duluth34 25-5-5 .7857 7 .6178* 3
3 Clarkson 33 28-4-5 .8243 3 .6169* 4
4 St. Lawrence 32 26-5-4 .8000 4 .6050* 5
5 Boston College 31 26-5-5 .7917 6 .6025* 6
6 Minnesota 30 25-7-5 .7432 8 .5975* 7
7 Cornell        29 20-7-5 .7031 9 .5775* 8
8 Robert Morris 28 24-4-6 .7941 5 .5590* 9

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-women/#ixzz4aUNUY6a8

These 8 should get bids, as 9 & 10 are PU & NE, and the 8 include the conf champs.

They seed 4 and put 4 more in by geographic criteria. They want to not have air travel.

So W & UMD in west, Clarkson & I'd guess BC in east.

The remaining 4 are difficult as there's only 1 more western team, Minny.

So I'm guessing they send RMU to the West #1 seed.

CU and SLU in east. Which goes to Clarkson and which to BC? I'd like to see final PWR, but based on us beating SLU, they might send us to BC and SLU to Clarkson.

But I'm pretty sure we'll stay east.

We'll see at 9 tonight.

[mattj711]

BC wins, so Cornell should get in. Big question is whether we get matched up against Clarkson again or perhaps Minnesota-Duluth.

They pick 8 teams and here's the PWR before today's results.

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Women's National Collegiate PairWise Rankings

Rank Team       PWR W-L-T Win % Win % Rank RPI RPI Rank
1 Wisconsin 35 30-2-4 .8889 2 .6608* 2
2 Minnesota-Duluth34 25-5-5 .7857 7 .6178* 3
3 Clarkson 33 28-4-5 .8243 3 .6169* 4
4 St. Lawrence 32 26-5-4 .8000 4 .6050* 5
5 Boston College 31 26-5-5 .7917 6 .6025* 6
6 Minnesota 30 25-7-5 .7432 8 .5975* 7
7 Cornell        29 20-7-5 .7031 9 .5775* 8
8 Robert Morris 28 24-4-6 .7941 5 .5590* 9

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-women/#ixzz4aUNUY6a8

These 8 should get bids, as 9 & 10 are PU & NE, and the 8 include the conf champs.

They seed 4 and put 4 more in by geographic criteria. They want to not have air travel.

So W & UMD in west, Clarkson & I'd guess BC in east.

The remaining 4 are difficult as there's only 1 more western team, Minny.

So I'm guessing they send RMU to the West #1 seed.

CU and SLU in east. Which goes to Clarkson and which to BC? I'd like to see final PWR, but based on us beating SLU, they might send us to BC and SLU to Clarkson.

But I'm pretty sure we'll stay east.

We'll see at 9 tonight.

With the BC's win today, they should pass SLU in the standings. So Cornell will most likely end up at Clarkson and SLU should head to BC. SLU is far enough ahead of Cornell in the standings that it would be highly unlikely that SLU will be sent to Clarkson.

[daredevilcu]

Final PWR is:

1 Wisconsin
2 Clarkson
3 Minnesota-Duluth
4 Boston College
5 St. Lawrence
6 Minnesota
7 Cornell
8 Robert Morris

With it being so straightforward to keep perfect bracket integrity, it would be a pretty ridiculous thing to send Cornell to Boston. Pretty nakedly shrewd "save a bus trip expense" decision if it goes that way.

#8 Robert Morris @ #1 Wisconsin
#7 Cornell @ #2 Clarkson
#6 Minnesota @ #3 Minnesota-Duluth
#5 St. Lawrence @ #4 Boston College

If it goes any other way, the selection committee is being dumb.

EDIT:

Watched the selection show. Official bracket is:


#8 Robert Morris @ #1 Wisconsin
#5 St. Lawrence @ #4 Boston College

#6 Minnesota @ #3 Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA semifinal rematch)
#7 Cornell @ #2 Clarkson (ECAC final rematch)

[Chris '03]

Back to Clarkson.  Saturday @ 3.

[daredevilcu]

http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/cornell/20170703_Suspension

Wow.

[mattj711]

http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/cornell/20170703_Suspension

Wow.

Wow is right. I didn't see what exactly she did to draw the penalty at the time. I would like to see that play in front of Cornell's empty net again.

[daredevilcu]

I would too. I don't recall thinking anything heinous.

[andyw2100]

Crazy thought, but could this be the powers that be at the ECAC wanting to try to tip the scales a bit to make it more likely that the "stronger" team moves on to the next round?

I was watching the game and also thought it didn't look like much of anything at the time.

[daredevilcu]

Spoke with some friends who were at the game, and they thought it was pretty bad. Apparently it was a cross check to stop a Clarkson player who was about to score on the empty net or something. Again, I don't recall thinking it was anything crazy, certainly not suspension-worthy, but I would really like to see the hit again.

[mattj711]

Crazy thought, but could this be the powers that be at the ECAC wanting to try to tip the scales a bit to make it more likely that the "stronger" team moves on to the next round?

I was watching the game and also thought it didn't look like much of anything at the time.

My mind went there too.

[andyw2100]

Spoke with some friends who were at the game, and they thought it was pretty bad. Apparently it was a cross check to stop a Clarkson player who was about to score on the empty net or something. Again, I don't recall thinking it was anything crazy, certainly not suspension-worthy, but I would really like to see the hit again.

As I recall, both players were kind of tussling at the side of the empty net. It wasn't as if the Clarkson player was stopped, and the Cornell player took a run at her. It also wasn't one player being pulled down from behind, heading for a sure goal with an empty net.

I remember thinking at the time that it was a stupid penalty to take, as it did not seem clear to me that it was preventing a sure goal.

[marty]

Video.