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[TimV]

And Harvard's loss drops them to 12 and moves us to 11th in PWR. Would've been unfathomable just a few days ago that we would now be ahead of them in Pairwise

I guess there is still a lot of volatility, particularly for Ivies with only 16 games or so.

2 to 12 in two weeks is bad, but I wonder what happened to us over the end of January, early February last year?

I would expect Harvard's loss to RPI to be pretty damaging.

[marty]

RPI scored on a PP to lead 1-0 after one in the exhibition game at the TU center.  And they just won the robo-hockey game in the intermission.

[abmarks]

As of late Thursday evening we are now up to #10 in PWR

[andyw2100]

And they (RPI) just won the robo-hockey game in the intermission.

As of late Thursday evening we are now up to #10 in PWR

I had no idea a robo-hockey game would have that much of an effect on pairwise...  

[BearLover]

I am no fan of Rand Pecknold, but have to hand it to him: he's the only coach I've seen at any level ballsy enough to make the mathematically superior decision of pulling his goalie with 3 minutes left instead of the usual 1 or 1:30 remaining.

[Weder]

I am no fan of Rand Pecknold, but have to hand it to him: he's the only coach I've seen at any level ballsy enough to make the mathematically superior decision of pulling his goalie with 3 minutes left instead of the usual 1 or 1:30 remaining.

I assume you mean in a one-goal game, but Doug Derraugh is pretty aggressive about pulling the goalie when down by two. (And I feel like this is becoming more common in general.)

[LGR14]

I am no fan of Rand Pecknold, but have to hand it to him: he's the only coach I've seen at any level ballsy enough to make the mathematically superior decision of pulling his goalie with 3 minutes left instead of the usual 1 or 1:30 remaining.

Credit Patrick Roy and the 2013-14 Colorado Avalanche

[BearLover]

I am no fan of Rand Pecknold, but have to hand it to him: he's the only coach I've seen at any level ballsy enough to make the mathematically superior decision of pulling his goalie with 3 minutes left instead of the usual 1 or 1:30 remaining.

Credit Patrick Roy and the 2013-14 Colorado Avalanche

You're right!  I certainly remember now.  Here's a good article on how more teams are following suit.

[ursusminor]

I am no fan of Rand Pecknold, but have to hand it to him: he's the only coach I've seen at any level ballsy enough to make the mathematically superior decision of pulling his goalie with 3 minutes left instead of the usual 1 or 1:30 remaining.

Seth Appert does it also, although it never seems to work.

[Jim Hyla]

I am no fan of Rand Pecknold, but have to hand it to him: he's the only coach I've seen at any level ballsy enough to make the mathematically superior decision of pulling his goalie with 3 minutes left instead of the usual 1 or 1:30 remaining.

Seth Appert does it also, although it never seems to work.

But does anything seem to work for him?::burnout::

[Trotsky]

IIRC a few years ago one of the directional Michigan U's, or perhaps UNO, tried to play most or all of the third period with the G pulled in a game they were far behind.  It didn't work, although the damage wasn't too bad -- like 2 goals per side or something of that nature.

IMO you pull the goalie with as many mins left as you are behind.

[upprdeck]

part of me thinks, that the better you are at controlling power plays the more aggressive you can be at pulling the goalie,  if you can win faceoffs and not lose the puck pasing it in the zone you can take more chances.

given chances if avg Ds will get chances for a score to ice the game.  

I do wonder why teams dont get more aggressive when they get late PP and dont always pull the goalie.

[Trotsky]

I do wonder why teams dont get more aggressive when they get late PP and dont always pull the goalie.

Because the defender can ice with impunity.

[jkahn]

IIRC a few years ago one of the directional Michigan U's, or perhaps UNO, tried to play most or all of the third period with the G pulled in a game they were far behind.  It didn't work, although the damage wasn't too bad -- like 2 goals per side or something of that nature.

IMO you pull the goalie with as many mins left as you are behind.

2015 NCAA Tournament - Miami was down 6-2 to Providence and pulled the goalie with almost 13 minutes left.  Miami scored 3 times to make it 6-5 before Providence finally scored an empty-netter.

[Iceberg]

Dartmouth getting blown out by Union in Hanover. At least they have the Winter Carnival.