Opponents and Others 2023-24

[chimpfood]

Hell of a game going between Denver and BU. I'll be cheering for whoever wins this in the final.

[Trotsky]

That overtime was amazing.

[arugula]

Was rooting for BU shockingly.  Eastern bias. We beat them. Caron was an Ivy Leaguer.  If BC gets through have to root for them-Malone.

[Al DeFlorio]

Was rooting for BU shockingly.  Eastern bias. We beat them. Caron was an Ivy Leaguer.  If BC gets through have to root for them-Malone.

Agree on all points.

[dbilmes]

You have to give Denver credit for winning three straight 2-1 games, two in OT, especially since until the NCAAs began they hadn't won a game all season when they scored less than three goals.

[Robb]

Was rooting for BU shockingly.  Eastern bias. We beat them. Caron was an Ivy Leaguer.  If BC gets through have to root for them-Malone.

Also 5<9.

Keeps Cornell in the running to get to 10 first.  

[The Rancor]

I completely forgot this game was on.

[chimpfood]

Schafer just got a shoutout on the BC Michigan broadcast.

[Trotsky]

Keeps Cornell in the running to get to 10 first.  

This. ::cheer::

[Robb]

Keeps Cornell in the running to get to 10 first.  

This. ::cheer::

Fuck.  First to 11, then.

At least we gave the champs a better game tbh an the runner up.

[chimpfood]

Pretty crazy that going into the frozen four it was the four highest scoring teams in the country but the games had an average of 3 goals total. Goes to show how hockey in the playoffs is much more defense oriented, and that being the way Schafer has us play all season helps us come playoff time.

[Trotsky]

Keeps Cornell in the running to get to 10 first.  

This. ::cheer::

Fuck.  First to 11, then.

At least we gave the champs a better game tbh an the runner up.

We finish 5th, I'm ok with that.  Next year we take the cheese.

I didn't even last 3 minutes trying to be impartial.  I hate BC.

[RichH]

Keeps Cornell in the running to get to 10 first.  

This. ::cheer::

Fuck.  First to 11, then.

At least we gave the champs a better game tbh a the runner up.

Denver has lost one NCAA tournament game since the pandemic-affected seasons.

[abmarks]

Keeps Cornell in the running to get to 10 first.  

This. ::cheer::

Damn... Nice run by Michigan, winning in 51,52,53,55,56.

Scoured the list to see who bumped them off in 54. Shocked to see it was  RPI!

[Troyfan]

This puts a loss and a win we had in a different light: the loss to Denver and the win over BU.  

I didn't see BC doing anything against DU better than we did. They had a great pp chance and a few other solid ones but they weren't better at getting through center ice or forechecking or controlling the puck than we were.  Our play against DU was that of a team that is DU's near equal.

I didn't see the BU win, but a lot of folk seemed to think it was lucky.  Maybe not so much.  Maybe that game played out the way it did because the way the two teams caused it to, complementing styles that inevitably result in one team looking better but not really being better.

Announcers are always going to get excited about teams that are flashy, score a lot, are fast, etc.  Their comments serve as a least common denominator, accessible to anyone, to keep the guy with the remote from switching to golf or WFF.

The teams that are patient, opportunistic, play good defense are a harder sell.

As the announcer alluded, DU played a lot like Cornell (even against Cornell they did), only a bit better than us.