Opponents News 2: Hockey's the Reason for the Season

[billhoward]

Very sad, but we can help. Rensselaer assistant coach Graham struck by car, in ICU at Albany Medical Hospital and RPI Assistant Coach Struck By Vehicle, In Intensive Care.

Here's the GoFundMe page. Looks like the community has already been generous. Hope and suspect that a goodly amount was from the hockey community. Give as generously as you can.

Guy fractures his skull, needs money for therapy to recover. Be nice if RPI medical for professors and staff covered that.

[Swampy]

Very sad, but we can help. Rensselaer assistant coach Graham struck by car, in ICU at Albany Medical Hospital and RPI Assistant Coach Struck By Vehicle, In Intensive Care.

Here's the GoFundMe page. Looks like the community has already been generous. Hope and suspect that a goodly amount was from the hockey community. Give as generously as you can.

Guy fractures his skull, needs money for therapy to recover. Be nice if RPI medical for professors and staff covered that.

One would hope/expect that RPI's medical coverage would include such things. (Even Obamacare, if we still have it.) Maybe the GoFundMe is to support his family if RPI stops paying him while he's out of commission.

[Beeeej]

Very sad, but we can help. Rensselaer assistant coach Graham struck by car, in ICU at Albany Medical Hospital and RPI Assistant Coach Struck By Vehicle, In Intensive Care.

Here's the GoFundMe page. Looks like the community has already been generous. Hope and suspect that a goodly amount was from the hockey community. Give as generously as you can.

Guy fractures his skull, needs money for therapy to recover. Be nice if RPI medical for professors and staff covered that.

One would hope/expect that RPI's medical coverage would include such things. (Even Obamacare, if we still have it.) Maybe the GoFundMe is to support his family if RPI stops paying him while he's out of commission.

And wouldn't the insurance carried by the driver of the vehicle who hit him supposedly be responsible for all these costs? I'm not saying it's not wonderful when a community pulls together, and I really hope he's going to be okay, it's just a little weird.

[RichH]

Obviously all games are important this time of year but here are a few OOC series to watch for their direct impact to Cornell in the NC$$ Tourney:

"Important" Games
WCHA -- Michigan Tech vs Minnesota State -- MSU is one of the teams vying for a #1 seed
NCHC -- Nebraska Omaha vs North Dakota -- both teams are on the bubble.  A North Dakota loss will go a long way to Cornell avoiding a trip to Sioux Falls
(Saturday Only) Big Ten -- Penn State vs Notre Dame -- At this point Penn State is a virtual lock for the tournament. Better to have them win and hurt the Irish who are vying for a #1 seed
(Saturday Only) Big Ten -- Michigan vs Ohio State -- Ohio State is one of the teams vying for a #1 seed

Other Games to watch
NCHC -- Colorado College vs Denver -- Denver still has an outside shot at #1 seed but this series has less as impact than other results
NCHC -- Miami vs St. Could State -- Miami wins will help our RPI
Hockey East -- UConn vs Boston University -- BU wins will help our RPI (but will also help MSU-Mankato)
Atlantic -- American Int'l vs Canisius -- Canisius wins will help our RPI
ECAC - Dartmouth played Denver. If they lose it will lower Denver's RPI but not impact us or Notre Dame of MSU.  Call it a silver lining to the cloud if Sucks wins.

Saturday:
Mankato lost.
North Dakota beat UNO 0:53 in OT, dammit.
Notre Dame got the winning goal vs PSU with 0:31 remaining in regulation.
OSU won 0:32 into OT.

Denver beat CC, 3-2 with two Troy Terry 3rd-period goals.
Miami beat SCSU in OT, but the winning goal came after the 5:00 mark, so it counts as a tie. (right?)
BU sweeps UConn.
Canisius lost in OT, but the winning goal came after the 5:00 mark, so it counts as a tie.

As of 11:06 pm, CHN PWR page has Notre Dame & Cornell's RPI tied to four decimal places, both at 0.5821.
At the end of the Denver win, Notre Dame is now ahead 0.5822 to 0.5821 since ND and Denver played h2h.

[margolism]

Miami wins

[Trotsky]

Miami beat SCSU in OT, but the winning goal came after the 5:00 mark, so it counts as a tie. (right?)

I didn't think so.  My understanding is RS games are a tie after 5 minutes because that's the NC$$ rule, but PS tourney games which are "played until there is a winner" are marked as whoever wins no matter how long it takes.

[RichH]

Miami beat SCSU in OT, but the winning goal came after the 5:00 mark, so it counts as a tie. (right?)

I didn't think so.  My understanding is RS games are a tie after 5 minutes because that's the NC$$ rule, but PS tourney games which are "played until there is a winner" are marked as whoever wins no matter how long it takes.

WORKS FOR ME. ::banana::

[Chris '03]

Miami beat SCSU in OT, but the winning goal came after the 5:00 mark, so it counts as a tie. (right?)

I didn't think so.  My understanding is RS games are a tie after 5 minutes because that's the NC$$ rule, but PS tourney games which are "played until there is a winner" are marked as whoever wins no matter how long it takes.

That's my understanding too more or less. Pretty sure it's more format than time. Long beanpot ot doesn't mean a pwr tie I don't think. Since there are no gimmicks.

[KenP]

Our win coupled with Mankato's loss was a huge gain for us as playoffstatus.com now shows 99% chance of a #1 seed (up from 82). Also shows an 8% chance (up from 2) of dethroning St Cloud as the #1 overall.

[marty]

Our win coupled with Mankato's loss was a huge gain for us as playoffstatus.com now shows 99% chance of a #1 seed (up from 82). Also shows an 8% chance (up from 2) of dethroning St Cloud as the #1 overall.

Discuss Argue.

[KenP]

Our win coupled with Mankato's loss was a huge gain for us as playoffstatus.com now shows 99% chance of a #1 seed (up from 82). Also shows an 8% chance (up from 2) of dethroning St Cloud as the #1 overall.

Discuss Argue.

I am more curious about what permutations create what at this point...

1.  What needs to happen to get a number one overall seed?
2.  What results today will eliminate any chance of an#2 seed?

[BearLover]

Regarding the nightmare first-round ND road game pairing: Cornell is the only Eastern team with a shot at a 1-seed, and there is only one NCHC team with a realistic shot at a one-seed. So it would seem as though, if Cornell does get a 1-seed, we should be pretty safe?

[LGR14]

If the NCAA really wanted to shake things up, they would place all of the teams into each of the regions 2-4, and then let the #1 seeds choose where they want to go.

[Dafatone]

Regarding the nightmare first-round ND road game pairing: Cornell is the only Eastern team with a shot at a 1-seed, and there is only one NCHC team with a realistic shot at a one-seed. So it would seem as though, if Cornell does get a 1-seed, we should be pretty safe?

I don't think we're out of the woodwork yet. If we finish 3rd or 4th with Denver (the one NCHC team you mention) as the 4th or 3rd team, and NoDak makes it (and doesn't move up enough to get a 3 seed), we may very well get sent west.

I'm torn, because I want the best possible draw/location and am pulling for us to stay east, but if we're in Sioux Falls, I get to go.

[BearLover]

Regarding the nightmare first-round ND road game pairing: Cornell is the only Eastern team with a shot at a 1-seed, and there is only one NCHC team with a realistic shot at a one-seed. So it would seem as though, if Cornell does get a 1-seed, we should be pretty safe?

I don't think we're out of the woodwork yet. If we finish 3rd or 4th with Denver (the one NCHC team you mention) as the 4th or 3rd team, and NoDak makes it (and doesn't move up enough to get a 3 seed), we may very well get sent west.

I'm torn, because I want the best possible draw/location and am pulling for us to stay east, but if we're in Sioux Falls, I get to go.

I meant SCSU as the one NCHC team; I think Denver is pretty unlikely at this point.