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

[Chris '03]

Also, Miami has decided to fire its assistant coaches and also some of its players.

Brent Brekke!

Brekke is reportedly the new coach at Alaska. Would a road trip be exempt from Ivy game limit?

[Trotsky]

Also, Miami has decided to fire its assistant coaches and also some of its players.

Brent Brekke!

Brekke is reportedly the new coach at Alaska. Would a road trip be exempt from Ivy game limit?

I'd go, mos def.  And not just because I have a friend up there (although that helps).

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Also, Miami has decided to fire its assistant coaches and also some of its players.

Brent Brekke!

Brekke is reportedly the new coach at Alaska. Would a road trip be exempt from Ivy game limit?

Time for a home and home series!

[Beeeej]

Also, Miami has decided to fire its assistant coaches and also some of its players.

Brent Brekke!

Brekke is reportedly the new coach at Alaska. Would a road trip be exempt from Ivy game limit?

More recent reports are that he turned it down. CHN's story is still live at the original link, but is "unpublished" from the main site.

[jts15]

espn 104.5 in Albany is running a commercial for tomorrow's local show with Roger Wyland that they will speak with Rick Bennett about the prospect of him joining the NY Rangers.  I will post what they have to say if I happen to listen to it but I probably won't be able to.

[ursusminor]

espn 104.5 in Albany is running a commercial for tomorrow's local show with Roger Wyland that they will speak with Rick Bennett about the prospect of him joining the NY Rangers.  I will post what they have to say if I happen to listen to it but I probably won't be able to.

The second most despicable person in the western hemisphere? The Rangers wouldn't stoop that low, would they?

[marty]

espn 104.5 in Albany is running a commercial for tomorrow's local show with Roger Wyland that they will speak with Rick Bennett about the prospect of him joining the NY Rangers.  I will post what they have to say if I happen to listen to it but I probably won't be able to.

You can listen to the stream here.

[marty]

espn 104.5 in Albany is running a commercial for tomorrow's local show with Roger Wyland that they will speak with Rick Bennett about the prospect of him joining the NY Rangers.  I will post what they have to say if I happen to listen to it but I probably won't be able to.

You can listen to the stream here.

Bad news. The big jerk didn't even get a call from the Rangers per interview.  We're stuck with his oafish blathering in the ECAC.

[Trotsky]

espn 104.5 in Albany is running a commercial for tomorrow's local show with Roger Wyland that they will speak with Rick Bennett about the prospect of him joining the NY Rangers.  I will post what they have to say if I happen to listen to it but I probably won't be able to.

You can listen to the stream here.

Bad news. The big jerk didn't even get a call from the Rangers per interview.  We're stuck with his oafish blathering in the ECAC.

As long as Pecknold is with us Bennett is still not the worst.

[Jim Hyla]

Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format

"The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will be eliminated."

[Al DeFlorio]

Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format

"The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will be eliminated."

Smart move. Maybe the ECAC will take note.

[BearLover]

Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format

"The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will be eliminated."

Smart move. Maybe the ECAC will take note.

Why smart? Shouldn't we have some sort of real reward for the top four finishers (a bye)? Under this proposed new system, the only reward is an easier pairing.

[Beeeej]

Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format

"The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will be eliminated."

Smart move. Maybe the ECAC will take note.

Why smart? Shouldn't we have some sort of real reward for the top four finishers (a bye)? Under this proposed new system, the only reward is an easier pairing.

Why, just because that's how it's been since the ECAC tourney went from 10 teams to 12 in 2003? Home ice and an easier pairing is already pretty fantastic, and even the bye isn't a guarantee of anything - witness 2004, #2 Cornell gets a bye then promptly donkeys off a best-of-three against #9 Clarkson just a year after making the Frozen Four. And while it's not as shocking an upset, in 2007 #4 Cornell also gets a bye then drops two straight at home to #5 Quinnipiac.

[Trotsky]

I wish we'd go back to 8.  Hitherto I assumed it would never happen because C.R.E.A.M. but given this maybe it's possible.

There's been greater mobility in the conference which refutes the rationale for playoff expansion: that perennial second-division teams never get a chance to host the playoffs.

Top 4 finishes since 2006:

9 Cor
8 Uni
6 Hvd
6 Yal
5 Cgt
5 SLU
4 Qpc
3 Clk
3 Drt
2 Prn
1 RPI
0 Brn

[BearLover]

Hockey East ADs Vote to Change Playoff Format

"The league's athletic directors, meeting at the annual Coaches' Convention in Naples, Fla., voted this week to eliminate the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, meaning that the top eight teams in the regular-season standings will qualify for the tournament and the bottom three teams will be eliminated."

Smart move. Maybe the ECAC will take note.

Why smart? Shouldn't we have some sort of real reward for the top four finishers (a bye)? Under this proposed new system, the only reward is an easier pairing.

Why, just because that's how it's been since the ECAC tourney went from 10 teams to 12 in 2003? Home ice and an easier pairing is already pretty fantastic, and even the bye isn't a guarantee of anything - witness 2004, #2 Cornell gets a bye then promptly donkeys off a best-of-three against #9 Clarkson just a year after making the Frozen Four. And while it's not as shocking an upset, in 2007 #4 Cornell also gets a bye then drops two straight at home to #5 Quinnipiac.

Not because it's how things have been, but because it rewards teams who finish highly in the conference. It's strange to eliminate four teams from the playoffs, thereby increasing the important of the regular season for those at the bottom of the standings, while decreasing the importance for those at the top. Selfishly, this would also hurt Cornell.

Re: byes not being a guarantee of anything, that's true (as it should be), but those two instances you cited are the only two from the 12 times Cornell has earned a bye in the current playoff format that it did not win the quarterfinals.