Opponent News 18-19

[Trotsky]

What the hell happened to BC?  Did they get caught doing an Elephant Walk or something?

[Tom Lento]

What the hell happened to BC?  Did they get caught doing an Elephant Walk or something?

The "since 2016" RichH is referring to is the calendar year, not the 2015-2016 season - BC's NC record in 2016-2017 was pretty much normal given their overall record.

BC didn't win any NC games last season but they managed to finish first in Hockey East, which is supremely weird unless Hockey East as a whole was terrible last year. This year is clearly a down year for them - if they keep pace it'll be the first losing season Jerry York has suffered since his Bowling Green days.

[Trotsky]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

[BearLover]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

[Jim Hyla]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

Why is that? We certainly have had our share of injuries this year and just last night another terrible one.

[andyw2100]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

Why is that? We certainly have had our share of injuries this year and just last night another terrible one.

I think BearLover just means that the more games you play, the higher the likelihood that you wind up with injuries. And that that higher likelihood may outweigh the additional experience gained by playing more games and starting the season earlier.

Or perhaps not. I'm sure BearLover will explain.

[BearLover]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

Why is that? We certainly have had our share of injuries this year and just last night another terrible one.

Because fewer games = fewer chances for your players to get injured.

Though thinking about it more now, the games we skip occur at the beginning of the season, so that would really only help us with especially long-term injuries.

[marty]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

Why is that? We certainly have had our share of injuries this year and just last night another terrible one.

Agree with Jim.  Injuries are random (except when the result of retaliation or poor conditioning) and the degree to which someone suffers is extremely random. For example I give that poor official who died because he slipped during warmups.

[Swampy]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

Why is that? We certainly have had our share of injuries this year and just last night another terrible one.

What really sucks is that we have some important injuries that could have been prevented. Andreev's was because of a cheap shot from behind, but AFAIK the ECAC didn't do anything extra to that asshole Baughman. And, according to Schafer Haiskanen's happened because the refs waited too long to call icing.

[marty]

Minnesota State was behind late in the 3rd and yet won in OT.

[Trotsky]

If I read the Q USCHO thread correctly, their senior defenseman BU-transfer (and 3rd-leading scorer) Brandon Fortunato is lost to injury for the season.

Brutal if true. All these injuries make me think the Ivies playing fewer games overall might make up for having to start the season late.

Why is that? We certainly have had our share of injuries this year and just last night another terrible one.

Just you wait...

[scoop85]

Princeton beats Yale so we clinch the Ivies. Brom beating Q 4-1 with 3:00 left

[Scersk '97]

The Q arena is a ghost town. Beat the traffic!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Brom-Q is a final.

[Trotsky]

Excellent night of results.