Cornell at Union, 2/24/18

[upprdeck]

looked to me like a complete knee takeout..  he flipped over the guy

[redliner]

I hope Cornell doesn't commit another penalty because Union power play seems unstoppable.

[abmarks]

Stewart in net.

Good. I want to know that we can rely on him in case Something Bad happens in the playoffs. Yes, PWR is important, but this is the lowest-stakes game the rest of the way.

Wouldn't last night have been the better low-stakes opportunity?

[redliner]

Yep, it's one of those games. Union is 3/3 on the power play. Only way to stop them is not to commit any penalties.

[RichH]

Stewart in net.

Good. I want to know that we can rely on him in case Something Bad happens in the playoffs. Yes, PWR is important, but this is the lowest-stakes game the rest of the way.

Wouldn't last night have been the better low-stakes opportunity?

1) A loss to Union would have a lesser impact to our RPI/PWR than a loss to RPI would. 2) Now that #1 and #2 spots are locked up, there is absolutely no risk to our ECAC playoff ranking anymore. 3) That's in the past now. My comment is about today's decision.

[A-19]

I don't get you guys. galadja wins games. you need to put the best possible team on the ice every night to win.  there are no throwaway games when you are playing for the national championship.  we have the number 1 goaltender in the country and we played our backup who hasn't seen ice time for 2 months and gave up 4 goals so far tonight

[redliner]

I thinks it's time to pull Stewart.

[redliner]

I hope this loss doesn't haunt us come ncaa tournament time. Our penalty kill completely fell apart.

[Beeeej]

Miraculously, we are still #3 in PWR, but by one ten-thousandth of a point. #4 Minnesota State is still playing, but down to Bemidji State 0-1 in the second.

[abmarks]

Stewart in net.

Good. I want to know that we can rely on him in case Something Bad happens in the playoffs. Yes, PWR is important, but this is the lowest-stakes game the rest of the way.

Wouldn't last night have been the better low-stakes opportunity?

1) A loss to Union would have a lesser impact to our RPI/PWR than a loss to RPI would.

Huh? What are you smoking?

rpi = win %  + opponents win% + opp opponents win%.   Unadulterated RPI treats all wins the same- so beating RPI & losing to Union gives us the same RPI as a combo of losing to RPI and beating Union.

Union is hovering between 17 and 22 in RPI right now.  If they finish in the top 20 of RPI, beating union gets us a quality win bonus. Beating RPI would not,

The only other factor in PWR that these games effect is common opponent comparisons and the results this weekend don't effect any of our comparisons in terms of common opponent win %.

[abmarks]

I don't get you guys. galadja wins games. you need to put the best possible team on the ice every night to win.  there are no throwaway games when you are playing for the national championship.  we have the number 1 goaltender in the country and we played our backup who hasn't seen ice time for 2 months and gave up 4 goals so far tonight

So this!

Noone has mentioned the mental/emotional side.  This is not exactly a confidence builder to take a loss tonight.

[upprdeck]

strange game.. had the better of play down the stretch but we lost so many stick battles early we were chasing most of the night.

still giving up 3PP goals when it wasnt like union really did much with it.. that last goal was just an awful play coming out of our own zone.

Stewart didnt play badly the one rebound it might not even have gotten to him.

Still we need our goal scorers to get shots off and not be silent the whole night.

a game without our goalie, our best P- D our captain and one of our quickest forwards we still scored 3.

lets hope that 2 weeks off we come out to play

[RichH]

Huh? What are you smoking?

rpi = win %  + opponents win% + opp opponents win%.   Unadulterated RPI treats all wins the same- so beating RPI & losing to Union gives us the same RPI as a combo of losing to RPI and beating Union.

Union is hovering between 17 and 22 in RPI right now.  If they finish in the top 20 of RPI, beating union gets us a quality win bonus. Beating RPI would not,

The only other factor in PWR that these games effect is common opponent comparisons and the results this weekend don't effect any of our comparisons in terms of common opponent win %.

OK, you're right on that point. Thanks for refreshing me, albeit in a combative manner; I wasn't putting much thought into it.

I'm still glad Stewart has some recent game experience heading to the post-season. You never know when we'll need him.

[Dafatone]

Personally, I think giving Galajda a day off is worth it. Rest is good.

That being said, I could be wrong.

[Cop at Lynah]

They have two weeks coming up - How much rest does he need ?