2023 ECAC Post Season

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

People scheduling life events opposite the ECACs and NC$$s.  Priorities, people.

Exactly.  As much as I travel, I never schedule overseas trips in late March / early April.

CU in LP!

[ice]

For next weekend at Lake Placid, will the ice surface be 100' x 200' or 85' x 200'?

Thank you

[marty]

For next weekend at Lake Placid, will the ice surface be 100' x 200' or 85' x 200'?

Thank you

According to one of the broadcasts (had both on last night) it is no longer Olympic size.  While Cornell never seemed to have a problem with the wide ice I'm glad they renovated the rink.

[shafer]

For next weekend at Lake Placid, will the ice surface be 100' x 200' or 85' x 200'?

Thank you

According to one of the broadcasts (had both on last night) it is no longer Olympic size.  While Cornell never seemed to have a problem with the wide ice I'm glad they renovated the rink.

I beg to differ that Cornell hasn't had much problem with the Olympic size sheet. It can't really be quantified but I think it usually undermines the key strengths of Schafer teams—ability to physically dominate play along the boards and generate offense out of the corners. Schafer has been famously vocal about his distaste for Olympic sheets. Perhaps it's cost us a few results up in Lake Placid; we'll never know.

[underskill]

2002 finals against Harvard for sure.

[Trotsky]

If USCHO is to be believed, Friday 3/17 game times are:

4:00 Colgate vs Quinnipiac
7:30 Cornell vs Harvard

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

If USCHO is to be believed, Friday 3/17 game times are:

4:00 Colgate vs Quinnipiac
7:30 Cornell vs Harvard

Probably a bit optimistic for the late game start, but otherwise, that seems about right.

[abmarks]

For next weekend at Lake Placid, will the ice surface be 100' x 200' or 85' x 200'?

Thank you

According to one of the broadcasts (had both on last night) it is no longer Olympic size.  While Cornell never seemed to have a problem with the wide ice I'm glad they renovated the rink.

I beg to differ that Cornell hasn't had much problem with the Olympic size sheet. It can't really be quantified but I think it usually undermines the key strengths of Schafer teams—ability to physically dominate play along the boards and generate offense out of the corners. Schafer has been famously vocal about his distaste for Olympic sheets. Perhaps it's cost us a few results up in Lake Placid; we'll never know.

Current team has a much different set of strengths than in the past.   We have so much skating and puck movement on offense the Olympic sheet would play to that strength.  All that extra width would give more space and paths to the goal

[upprdeck]

we made a ton of nice passes sat.. none that led to a goal though

[Trotsky]

Still, if there is one team I would not like to meet on a wide sheet it's Harvard.  Remember the 3x3 in Ithaca (shivers).  I don't need to see Coronato and Farrell with open ice.

[billhoward]

In the metaverse they may be on sale.

[billhoward]

If USCHO is to be believed, Friday 3/17 game times are:

4:00 Colgate vs Quinnipiac
7:30 Cornell vs Harvard

This is what the ECAC site says, note the precision of the state times ( https://ecachockey.com/sports/2023/1/31/2023championshipinfo.aspx ):

EVENT
2023 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship

LOCATION (SEMIFINALS & FINALS)
1980 Rink - Herb Brooks Arena
2634 Main St.
Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-1655
info@orda.org

TICKETS
Tickets for championship weekend are on sale NOW. Fans can purchase tickets online HERE.

TICKET PRICES
All-Session = $70 + $5.23 (processing fees)
Daily = $50 + $4.04 (processing fees)
Student All-Session* = $40 + $2.46 (processing fees)
Student Daily* = $20 + $1.25 (processing fees)

Group tickets are available via box office.

*Students Tickets will be available on campuses for the participating schools for the championship and at a designated student window at the Olympic Center Box Office.

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GAME SCHEDULE
Semifinal 1: Friday, March 17 - 4:02 pm - No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 5 Colgate
Semifinal 2: Friday, March 17 - 7:32 pm - No. 2 Harvard vs. No. 3 Cornell

Championship: Saturday, March 18 (7:30 pm)

[upprdeck]

not for nothing but I wonder if the team can even practice tomorrow with campus closed.  Might not be anyone around to clean the ice surface or turn on the lights.

[Trotsky]

not for nothing but I wonder if the team can even practice tomorrow with campus closed.  Might not be anyone around to clean the ice surface or turn on the lights.

In case anybody else wondered, 9-18 inches, holy shit.

[upprdeck]

yup.. snow and high winds.. gonna be a nasty day.