Cornell 1 vs. Merrimack 0 1/7/17

[Iceberg]

The first game of 2017 and last out-of-conference game of the regular season. Merrimack has not looked very good recently but they are still playing at home.

[Beeeej]

Streaming, by the way, if you want to pony up the $9.95.

https://www.merrimackathletics.tv/amember/signup.php

[Trotsky]

As of 6:30 there are still waves of stupid emanating from WHCU.

[Trotsky]

Ah.  There's Jason now.  :-)

[Trotsky]

Tim Vanini is doing color beside Jason.  I wonder if he lives in the Andover area.

[ACM]

Tim Vanini is doing color beside Jason.  I wonder if he lives in the Andover area.

He doesn't. He lives in Buffalo. No idea what he's doing in Andover.

[Trotsky]

The streak continues, as Cornell records a shutout in the 22nd consecutive season under Schafer.  Our last 4 shutouts have all been 1-0.

[scoop85]

With the results so far tonight we're back up to 15 in PWR.  Miami beat St. Cloud tonight; it looks like they may be turning things around and if they keep winning it sure will help us out.

[RichH]

With the results so far tonight we're back up to 15 in PWR.  Miami beat St. Cloud tonight; it looks like they may be turning things around and if they keep winning it sure will help us out.

SLU sitting in 14th leading us down to the 5th decimal place in RPI. 12th pretty much a breath away.

[ugarte]

With the results so far tonight we're back up to 15 in PWR.  Miami beat St. Cloud tonight; it looks like they may be turning things around and if they keep winning it sure will help us out.

SLU sitting in 14th leading us down to the 5th decimal place in RPI. 12th pretty much a breath away.

wow just imagine if we'd BEATEN CC!

*throws chair through window*

[marty]

With the results so far tonight we're back up to 15 in PWR.  Miami beat St. Cloud tonight; it looks like they may be turning things around and if they keep winning it sure will help us out.

SLU sitting in 14th leading us down to the 5th decimal place in RPI. 12th pretty much a breath away.

wow just imagine if we'd BEATEN CC!

*throws chair through window*

CC after tying #1 Duluth last night held them off in the third tonight to preserve a 2-1 win. So yeah.

[abmarks]

With the results so far tonight we're back up to 15 in PWR.  Miami beat St. Cloud tonight; it looks like they may be turning things around and if they keep winning it sure will help us out.

SLU sitting in 14th leading us down to the 5th decimal place in RPI. 12th pretty much a breath away.

wow just imagine if we'd BEATEN CC!

*throws chair through window*

We'd be 10th in pwr

[underskill]

Who cares? It's early January

[marty]

Who cares? It's early January

One loss made a difference last year.

[BearLover]

Who cares? It's early January

One loss made a difference last year.

And two years before that too.  

But honestly, our last six games have been against bad teams.  On average, we barely outplayed them.  For us to have gone 5-1 over that stretch is lucky, not unlucky.  And that's what has made 2014, 2016, and quite possibly this year too, feel strange: though we barely missed, no one really thought we were actually good.  Above average, sure, but not so good that we "deserved" to make the NCAAs.  And those years--like this year--we weren't even close to the best teams in our own conference.  

I think it should be pretty clear by now that an improved ECAC has not helped Cornell at all, at least so far.  Not in national success, not in in-conference success (obviously), not in recruiting, not in attendance.