Lake Placid roll call

[billhoward]

Word in LP today was that public skating on the Oval is on for (Tuesday) tomorrow, but the rest of the week is up in the air due to weather. The new refrigeration system should allow them to extend the season, and I think the urge is there to have it open during ECACs, unlike in years past when it seemed no one could be bothered.

Lake Placid wants the ECACs to be there forever. (The current contract is through 2024.) The Adirondacks is a huge protected area and not a place to site industry, so visitors count for a lot. Even a low-turnout ECAC tournament beats the usual couple hundred using the rinks for youth or adult hockey on a typical weekend. Having the speed skating oval open is a good thing. Highs this weekend look like 50, 44, 37. Sort of borderline for an outdoor rink.

The ECACs moved to Lake Placid for the 1993 tournament, left for Albany and Atlantic City for a decade (I thought attendance in AC was so bad, the ECAC was paid to cut short the Atlantic City deal), have been back in Placid since 2014. From ECAC sites and Wiki:

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[b]ECAC Hockey Tournament Finals[/b]
Boston Arena   1962-1966
Boston Garden  1967-1992
Lake Placid    1993-2002
Albany         2003-2010
Atlantic City  2011-2013
Lake Placid    2014-2024

Lake Placid is an overnight stay if you're from Ithaca, metro NYC or Boston. Alt sites the ECAC might consider, Albany and Bridgeport ('New Haven minus Yale equals Bridgeport') are possible one-day trips: Pack bags, drive up Friday, if your team wins, get online and find a room, else go home.

The ECAC offices are now in Clifton Park north of Albany, so perhaps there'll be a tug back to the Capital District. If hockey tournament attendance continues, could the Glens Falls Arena, now Cool Insuring Arena (cap. 4806) be in play? Especially if leagues favor arenas and tournaments with odd names. Beef O'Brady Bowl is about as bad as it gets.

[CUlater 89]

I'm rooting for Q so only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Never rooting for Clarkson again after 2018-19 ECAC Championship game.

Maybe it's a sign of the times, but I was upset that Coach Vaughan did not come over to shake Coach Syer's hand after the game Sunday. I believe it was also Casey Jones who just walked off Lynah without a shake this year.

Don't know why,but it certainly drops them down in my estimation.

I'll still root for Colgate and Clarkson Friday night. If they both win, probably Clarkson.

Casey gave a legit wave to the Cornell bench that night. I was in section N and saw it firsthand.

[Iceberg]

I'm rooting for Q so only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Never rooting for Clarkson again after 2018-19 ECAC Championship game.

Maybe it's a sign of the times, but I was upset that Coach Vaughan did not come over to shake Coach Syer's hand after the game Sunday. I believe it was also Casey Jones who just walked off Lynah without a shake this year.

Don't know why,but it certainly drops them down in my estimation.

I'll still root for Colgate and Clarkson Friday night. If they both win, probably Clarkson.

The coaches haven't been doing this all season because of what I assume is COVID rules.

[Jim Hyla]

I'm rooting for Q so only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Never rooting for Clarkson again after 2018-19 ECAC Championship game.

Maybe it's a sign of the times, but I was upset that Coach Vaughan did not come over to shake Coach Syer's hand after the game Sunday. I believe it was also Casey Jones who just walked off Lynah without a shake this year.

Don't know why,but it certainly drops them down in my estimation.

I'll still root for Colgate and Clarkson Friday night. If they both win, probably Clarkson.

The coaches haven't been doing this all season because of what I assume is COVID rules.

Thanks, I didn't notice it till the end of the season.::doh::

[facemadeforradio]

If hockey tournament attendance continues, could the Glens Falls Arena, now Cool Insuring Arena (cap. 4806) be in play? Especially if leagues favor arenas and tournaments with odd names. Beef O'Brady Bowl is about as bad as it gets.

Having seen this facility from the dressing room up many times on visits with the Binghamton Senators, I can't see a potential move here being viable (dependent upon what one finds most ideal as a visiting team). Aging facility (constructed around the same time as Herb Brooks Arena) that has seen some upgrades, but not sure that would be enough to warrant a move. Capacity is ideal for an ECAC tournament that seems to struggle to come close to a full house in LP unless you get Cornell/Clarkson/SLU/random 4th team in a given year...atmosphere potential at Cool Insuring Arena would be attractive, but dressing room facilities would be a huge red flag. Room for AHL visitors back in the day was spartan (and that's being kind) and I'm not sure they have four adequate spaces to host teams for the semifinals.

Not totally unbiased here but Binghamton, with an aesthetically nicer facility with similar capacity would be a pretty good fan experience. But as is the case with smaller venues, dressing room amenities fall short of the travel party requirements both in space and modern feel.

[billhoward]

Who do you want to NOT win? Would the worst of worlds be a Quinnipiac-Harvard title match?

[osorojo]

I enjoy some small satisfaction that the odds against either Quinnipiac or Harvard winning the title involve a decimal point - and lots of zeros.

[Jim Hyla]

Who do you want to NOT win? Would the worst of worlds be a Quinnipiac-Harvard title match?

Harvard wins. Q loses under all possibilities

[BearLover]

Who do you want to NOT win? Would the worst of worlds be a Quinnipiac-Harvard title match?

Harvard wins. Q loses under all possibilities

Rooting for Q or Colgate to win the ECAC. Q winning would mean only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Colgate winning would mean two make the NCAAs, but Colgate is so bad that they'd lose 7-0 to Michigan in their first round game and we wouldn't have to worry about another ECAC frozen four/national title. Those are my two cents and they're just as valuable as anyone else's!

[Jim Hyla]

Who do you want to NOT win? Would the worst of worlds be a Quinnipiac-Harvard title match?

Harvard wins. Q loses under all possibilities

Rooting for Q or Colgate to win the ECAC. Q winning would mean only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Colgate winning would mean two make the NCAAs, but Colgate is so bad that they'd lose 7-0 to Michigan in their first round game and we wouldn't have to worry about another ECAC frozen four/national title. Those are my two cents and they're just as valuable as anyone else's!

I don't know that you have to be so touchy about having an opinion on this forum.

But, nor should you not expect someone(s) to disagree with you, as I have in the past.

[BearLover]

Who do you want to NOT win? Would the worst of worlds be a Quinnipiac-Harvard title match?

Harvard wins. Q loses under all possibilities

Rooting for Q or Colgate to win the ECAC. Q winning would mean only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Colgate winning would mean two make the NCAAs, but Colgate is so bad that they'd lose 7-0 to Michigan in their first round game and we wouldn't have to worry about another ECAC frozen four/national title. Those are my two cents and they're just as valuable as anyone else's!

I don't know that you have to be so touchy about having an opinion on this forum.

But, nor should you not expect someone(s) to disagree with you, as I have in the past.

I value your opinion, by the way. You tend to be kinder about expressing disagreement than some others on here. I suspect there are other former posters who disagree with the ELynah hive mind like I do, but those posters threw in the towel and left long ago. Personally, I am too stubborn and too addicted to Cornell hockey to leave this place.

[Jim Hyla]

Who do you want to NOT win? Would the worst of worlds be a Quinnipiac-Harvard title match?

Harvard wins. Q loses under all possibilities

Rooting for Q or Colgate to win the ECAC. Q winning would mean only one ECAC team makes the NCAAs. Colgate winning would mean two make the NCAAs, but Colgate is so bad that they'd lose 7-0 to Michigan in their first round game and we wouldn't have to worry about another ECAC frozen four/national title. Those are my two cents and they're just as valuable as anyone else's!

I don't know that you have to be so touchy about having an opinion on this forum.

But, nor should you not expect someone(s) to disagree with you, as I have in the past.

I value your opinion, by the way. You tend to be kinder about expressing disagreement than some others on here. I suspect there are other former posters who disagree with the ELynah hive mind like I do, but those posters threw in the towel and left long ago. Personally, I am too stubborn and too addicted to Cornell hockey to leave this place.

Thanks, but over time it seems that you've also toned down the way you present your remarks. That makes a big difference when one is posting a negative opinion.

There's no reason to leave here if anyone can be willing to post reasonably and take criticism, which I agree, sometimes can be too personal.

[Trotsky]

I suspect there are other former posters who disagree with the ELynah hive mind like I do, but those posters threw in the towel and left long ago. Personally, I am too stubborn and too addicted to Cornell hockey to leave this place.

Remember, you need at least one friend to hammer in that last nail.

[marty]

Anyone else going to be there anyway?

I was so excited when my son's hockey program picked this weekend to do the Can/Am tournament.  Now I have a thrilling afternoon of Quinnipiac-Colgate to look forward to.  Yay.

So as of now we know there will be one eLynah member in LP?

[marty]

Anyone else going to be there anyway?

I was so excited when my son's hockey program picked this weekend to do the Can/Am tournament.  Now I have a thrilling afternoon of Quinnipiac-Colgate to look forward to.  Yay.

So as of now we know there will be one eLynah member in LP?

The Fridge isn't a poster here...