2019 ECAC 1R

[Trotsky]

The ECAC site has 9 video links for tonight's games.  Holy shit.

[Iceberg]

IMO the most competitive series will be Princeton/Brown. That could go either way. I don't think the other three will be all that close, although Yale has been trending downward the past few weeks

[Trotsky]

Definitely.  The other 3 series are strong home favorites IMHO, while that one's 50/50.

Friday after 1 period:

SLU 1 Drt 2
RPI 0 Yal 0
Cgt 1 Uni 1
Prn 0 Brn 0

[Trotsky]

Saturday after 2 periods:

SLU 2 Drt 3
RPI 0 Yal 1
Cgt 1 Uni 3
Prn 0 Brn 1

[Trotsky]

Finals:

RPI 1 Yal 4
Cgt 1 Uni 4
Prn 0 Brn 3

Midway through the Third period:

SLU 2 Drt 3

[scoop85]

Finals:

RPI 1 Yal 4
Cgt 1 Uni 4
Prn 0 Brn 3

Midway through the Third period:

SLU 2 Drt 3

Princeton's season has been stunningly bad; they were picked 2nd in the preaseason poll, and look likely to be done after tomorrow.

[Iceberg]

Princeton is a very unbalanced team and there was no way they were finishing that high. For them to drop as far as they did was a bit surprising, but defense and goaltending were never that team's strong points. That being said, the game was close up until about late into the 2nd period.

[Trotsky]

Final:

SLU 2 Drt 3

[dbilmes]

This could be a pretty boring first round. There might not be a single Game 3.

[BearLover]

Princeton is a very unbalanced team and there was no way they were finishing that high. For them to drop as far as they did was a bit surprising, but defense and goaltending were never that team's strong points. That being said, the game was close up until about late into the 2nd period.

Not only are they unbalanced, but ever since we played them in the ECAC tournament last year their system has felt like a peewee hockey gimmick. They hang players around center ice to create odd-man chances in transition, even if it means they're out of position should their defense not get the clear. People fell in love with them after they won a few games in the ECAC tournament last year, despite them being outplayed in the semis/finals. I felt we really should have beaten them because we were considerably better, but either we had a poor game-plan against their system or we didn't execute it effectively.

[Trotsky]

IIRC they had a good second half last year before their run.  I thought they would compete this year.

Dunno how Brown is doing it but their system looked more stable and replicable.  Just did not seem to have the talent yet.

[Iceberg]

Princeton continuing to look bad (and Brown putting on a clinic). 2-0 Brown and Forget (who played last night) back in net after the starter Ferland got pulled.

[Trotsky]

Princeton has come back to tie Brown.

Saturday scores (in/after 2nd period; @ leading all series 1-0):

SLU 2 @ Drt 2
RPI 0 @ Yal 3
Cgt 1 @ Uni 1
Prn 2 @ Brn 2

[Trotsky]

Down 5-2 with 4 minutes to go, Princeton just scored 3 extra attacker goals in 3 minutes to tie Brown 5-5.

[Trotsky]

Union and Yale advance.  Prn @ Brn and SLU @ Drt go to overtime.

If Dartmouth wins their series we play Union.  If SLU wins, we play the winner of the Princeton-Brown series.