ECAC Schedule

[Chris '03]

No Harvard until an ECAC final if this is correct.

https://twitter.com/mikemcmahonchn/status/1309294336107053058?s=21

[jtwcornell91]

No Harvard until an ECAC final if this is correct.

https://twitter.com/mikemcmahonchn/status/1309294336107053058?s=21

So did we just get kicked out of the ivy league, or are they not going to name a champion this year?

[Cop at Lynah]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/09/24_ECAC-Planning-2-Division-.php

[Trotsky]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/09/24_ECAC-Planning-2-Division-.php

The split divisions make travel easier, especially because many schools may still have travel restrictions for their athletic teams. For example, they may not allow overnight trips. ECAC games may be played home-and-home with one team in the pair coming and going home the same day each night.

LOL Princeton.

[French Rage]

After looking at that map some more, I'm glad we no longer hold our championship weekend at the most logical central point!

[ursusminor]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/09/24_ECAC-Planning-2-Division-.php

The split divisions make travel easier, especially because many schools may still have travel restrictions for their athletic teams. For example, they may not allow overnight trips. ECAC games may be played home-and-home with one team in the pair coming and going home the same day each night.

LOL Princeton.

0xxxx and 1xxxx Zip Code Divisions would be more appropriate.:-D

[Trotsky]

After looking at that map some more, I'm glad we no longer hold our championship weekend at the most logical central point!

Yes, but Atlantic City was too good to last.

[ursusminor]

https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/1309490872183074819

[redice]

https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/1309490872183074819

Thank God! Hopefully they come to their senses and this one ends up in the trash can!!

[scoop85]

https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/1309490872183074819

Thank God! Hopefully they come to their senses and this one ends up in the trash can!!

Well, if it's a choice between that set-up and the possibility of no season, is there really any choice?

[Dafatone]

I'm skeptical that we will have (and that we should have) a season.

The big football schools are expending a lot of resources on testing and whatnot (allegedly). Will hockey schools do the same? Some might. I figure UND and U of M, for instance, would work pretty hard to make hockey happen. But the smaller hockeh programs? Skeptical.

[scoop85]

I'm skeptical that we will have (and that we should have) a season.

The big football schools are expending a lot of resources on testing and whatnot (allegedly). Will hockey schools do the same? Some might. I figure UND and U of M, for instance, would work pretty hard to make hockey happen. But the smaller hockeh programs? Skeptical.

By the time January rolls around, there's a reasonable chance we should have widely available rapid testing across the population that should allow for a more "normal" existence on many levels, including intercollegiate sports.

[ursusminor]

https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/1309490872183074819

Thank God! Hopefully they come to their senses and this one ends up in the trash can!!

Well, if it's a choice between that set-up and the possibility of no season, is there really any choice?

Completely agree. I certainly realize that Cornell fans would rather play Harvard and the rest of the Ivies rather than Colgate and four D-III schools, but this is just meant as a one-year change which we all will have to live with if it happens. If the main goal is to minimize travel and eliminate overnight trips, this is probably the best solution. I suppose that each school could just play the entire season against their travel partner, but that would be carrying things a bit too far. ::demented::

One thing, the NY Division probably consists of schools with more alumni interest in hockey on average than the NE Division, mainly due to the fact that it is the only D-I sport at the D-III schools, and it appears to me having followed this forum for many years that it also has the greatest interest among Cornell alums.

[French Rage]

https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/1309490872183074819

Thank God! Hopefully they come to their senses and this one ends up in the trash can!!

Well, if it's a choice between that set-up and the possibility of no season, is there really any choice?

Completely agree. I certainly realize that Cornell fans would rather play Harvard and the rest of the Ivies rather than Colgate and four D-III schools, but this is just meant as a one-year change which we all will have to live with if it happens. If the main goal is to minimize travel and eliminate overnight trips, this is probably the best solution. I suppose that each school could just play the entire season against their travel partner, but that would be carrying things a bit too far. ::demented::

One thing, the NY Division probably consists of schools with more alumni interest in hockey on average than the NE Division, mainly due to the fact that it is the only D-I sport at the D-III schools, and it appears to me having followed this forum for many years that it also has the greatest interest among Cornell alums.

And honestly, while Harvard is the #1 rival, I think it's safe the say the other NY schools would be pretty close to #2-#6.  Is anyone really looking forward to the annual Princeton matchups, for example?

[ursusminor]

https://twitter.com/MikeMcMahonCHN/status/1309490872183074819

Thank God! Hopefully they come to their senses and this one ends up in the trash can!!

Well, if it's a choice between that set-up and the possibility of no season, is there really any choice?

Completely agree. I certainly realize that Cornell fans would rather play Harvard and the rest of the Ivies rather than Colgate and four D-III schools, but this is just meant as a one-year change which we all will have to live with if it happens. If the main goal is to minimize travel and eliminate overnight trips, this is probably the best solution. I suppose that each school could just play the entire season against their travel partner, but that would be carrying things a bit too far. ::demented::

One thing, the NY Division probably consists of schools with more alumni interest in hockey on average than the NE Division, mainly due to the fact that it is the only D-I sport at the D-III schools, and it appears to me having followed this forum for many years that it also has the greatest interest among Cornell alums.

And honestly, while Harvard is the #1 rival, I think it's safe the say the other NY schools would be pretty close to #2-#6.  Is anyone really looking forward to the annual Princeton matchups, for example?

When I was at RPI, Cornell was by far the biggest opponent among the Ivies. They were probably second to Clarkson as a rival with SLU third. We played Harvard and DC very rarely, and the rest weren't that good. I entered RPI in 1964, so we learned from the upperclassmen about Harkness leaving. Despite CU having a dominating team in those years, the RPI team and fans were always up for them. Witness RPI's victories while I was a grad student in December of 1968 and 1970.