2019-02-22: RPI 3 Cornell 2 (ot)

[Dafatone]

I have no doubt that the 3 Laws will reassert themselves as a regression to the mean of the universe, but we haven't been living up to them lately.

4 first place finishes since 2002 and a shot at another this year.

1-4 in ECAC finals since 2005, and 1-3 in ECAC SF since 2012.  Those numbers are Clarksonian.

F: 011.101.101.00110.100

SF: 1111.101100000.11010.00111.0111101.110010

Not to increase the pressure or anything, but if Cornell doesn't pick up an ECAC championship this season, it will guarantee at least a ten-year stretch between tournament titles, matching the one from 1986-1996.  During that other stretch, two head coaches got canned.

Mitigating circumstance would be that during the current drought, the Big Red will have gone to at least three NCAA tournaments, and during the other stretch they went to one.

Seems very unlikely. Our sophomore class is the best in recent memory. Next year's frosh class is deliberately large, so we can't be decimated by injuries as we have been this year. Pro defections at high-level scholly schools, have made teams like ours are extremely competitive. At least the next 2 years look very promising for the Red. This year too, if we get healthy and composed again.

I'm very excited for the future, but I do worry what our blue line will look like with Smith, Nuttle, and McCrea graduating.

[ursusminor]

I would be happy if it were RPI, but I suspect that it's Cornell. BTW, your "Kepler's 3 Laws" seem to be valid again this year.

I have no doubt that the 3 Laws will reassert themselves as a regression to the mean of the universe, but we haven't been living up to them lately.

4 first place finishes since 2002 and a shot at another this year.

1-4 in ECAC finals since 2005, and 1-3 in ECAC SF since 2012.  Those numbers are Clarksonian.

F: 011.101.101.00110.100

SF: 1111.101100000.11010.00111.0111101.110010

I should have put "this year" in bold. Certainly the third law has not been valid in many years. Betting RPI to lose had been a good bet until this year.

[Beeeej]

This team really needs Donaldson. He does things no one else who has played for Cornell in the past ten years is even capable of. Not even Riley was this fast and tenacious. If Donaldson is healthy enough for the playoffs and we get Andreev back, we can beat anybody. Though our sixth defenseman is a glaring weak link.

Donaldson All Cleared Despite Scare

https://cornellsun.com/2019/02/27/mens-hockey-notebook-donaldson-all-clear-despite-scare-andreev-on-track-for-playoffs/

[Jim Hyla]

This team really needs Donaldson. He does things no one else who has played for Cornell in the past ten years is even capable of. Not even Riley was this fast and tenacious. If Donaldson is healthy enough for the playoffs and we get Andreev back, we can beat anybody. Though our sixth defenseman is a glaring weak link.

Donaldson All Cleared Despite Scare

https://cornellsun.com/2019/02/27/mens-hockey-notebook-donaldson-all-clear-despite-scare-andreev-on-track-for-playoffs/

Very glad I was wrong.

[upprdeck]

There are 4-5 key players who really need those days off from a bye.

[Trotsky]

There are 4-5 key players who really need those days off from a bye.

Which means pretty much everyone does, since those things ripple.