Opponents and Others 2023-24

[billhoward]

Go Q.  You assholes.

Our people. BU and Hockey East are now the dark side.

[marty]

U Mass @ Sucks tied 3-3 with 3 goals scored (2-1) less than 5 minutes into the 2nd period. That is Harvard was up 2-1 after 1.

[marty]

U Mass @ Sucks tied 3-3 with 3 goals scored (2-1) less than 5 minutes into the 2nd period. That is Harvard was up 2-1 after 1.

U Mass up 6-5 with 12:22 left in the 3rd.

[Iceberg]

I'll be shocked if the ECAC isn't a two-bid league this year

[Trotsky]

It would not be "shocking," in my estimation.  Q will be an auto bid, either Cornell or Harvard could get into that 9-12 belt, and then the other of them, or somebody else, could take the cheese in Placid.

I'll be shocked if the ECAC is a four-bid league this year.

[BearLover]

I'll be shocked if the ECAC isn't a two-bid league this year

Could easily be a one-bid league this year...

[dbilmes]

Since we've got a few weeks between games, I thought I would share some details from an article (paywall) about the Michigan State hockey team which was published by The Athletic last month, and then reprinted on the front page of Sports Monday in today's NY Times. This part of the article is about Red Savage, a MSU player who was a fourth-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings and whose father had played in the NHL. Based upon this article, it sounds like MSU practices at 11 a.m. during the week, and most players have to take classes later in the day, starting at 3 p.m.

4:17 p.m.: After a 3 p.m. class, Savage has returned to Munn and is standing in his new team's new room, where his Red Wings are playing the Ottawa Senators in the NHL Global Series.

On his way out, he passes by the team's shooting room, sauna and steam room, the players' dry stalls, their video room, a bathroom fully stocked with deodorant, fridges fully stocked with two catered meals a day (breakfast and lunch), hot and cold tubs equipped with underwater cameras and treadmills, and a ping pong room.

"The Euros love ping pong," he says.

A big routine guy, Savage is normally at the rink from 9-3, off to class and then unplugged afterward with some Fortnite, cooking or football.

Later on, it talks about why he transferred to MSU from Miami.

After battling some nagging injuries, including discomfort left over from shoulder surgery, he was also drawn to reuniting with new head of athletic performance Will Morlock, who he worked with through GVN, the gym at the national program. He calls Morlock a "massive reason" he chose MSU.

"I had a ton of trust in him and just knowing that he can walk me towards what I want to be and where I want my body to be at. The support we have here on that front is ... insane. ... There's a new toy in the gym like every week," he says, talking about two new $50,000 apiece computerized and motorized weightless racks, and the iPads (with personalized plans under each player's name) and high-speed cameras attached to every station in the gym.

After reading this article, which talks about how their new coach has MSU returning to its glory days, a few things in particular stood out. First of all, it's hard to imagine most of the Cornell players not being able to take morning classes, like apparently is the case at MSU. I also don't know how many of them spend six hours at Lynah on a regular basis. Secondly, there's no way most of the ECAC schools can compete with Big Ten schools when it comes to fancy training facilities. In any case, it made for an interesting read.

[CU2007]

Since we've got a few weeks between games, I thought I would share some details from an article (paywall) about the Michigan State hockey team which was published by The Athletic last month, and then reprinted on the front page of Sports Monday in today's NY Times. This part of the article is about Red Savage, a MSU player who was a fourth-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings and whose father had played in the NHL. Based upon this article, it sounds like MSU practices at 11 a.m. during the week, and most players have to take classes later in the day, starting at 3 p.m.

4:17 p.m.: After a 3 p.m. class, Savage has returned to Munn and is standing in his new team's new room, where his Red Wings are playing the Ottawa Senators in the NHL Global Series.

On his way out, he passes by the team's shooting room, sauna and steam room, the players' dry stalls, their video room, a bathroom fully stocked with deodorant, fridges fully stocked with two catered meals a day (breakfast and lunch), hot and cold tubs equipped with underwater cameras and treadmills, and a ping pong room.

"The Euros love ping pong," he says.

A big routine guy, Savage is normally at the rink from 9-3, off to class and then unplugged afterward with some Fortnite, cooking or football.

Later on, it talks about why he transferred to MSU from Miami.

After battling some nagging injuries, including discomfort left over from shoulder surgery, he was also drawn to reuniting with new head of athletic performance Will Morlock, who he worked with through GVN, the gym at the national program. He calls Morlock a "massive reason" he chose MSU.

"I had a ton of trust in him and just knowing that he can walk me towards what I want to be and where I want my body to be at. The support we have here on that front is ... insane. ... There's a new toy in the gym like every week," he says, talking about two new $50,000 apiece computerized and motorized weightless racks, and the iPads (with personalized plans under each player's name) and high-speed cameras attached to every station in the gym.

After reading this article, which talks about how their new coach has MSU returning to its glory days, a few things in particular stood out. First of all, it's hard to imagine most of the Cornell players not being able to take morning classes, like apparently is the case at MSU. I also don't know how many of them spend six hours at Lynah on a regular basis. Secondly, there's no way most of the ECAC schools can compete with Big Ten schools when it comes to fancy training facilities. In any case, it made for an interesting read.

Nice find, thanks for sharing

[BearLover]

There are some YouTube videos with yours of college hockey facilities. For example, UMass, which provides its players 24-hour access to a rink and gym exclusive to the hockey team:
https://youtu.be/RpyhCEHQwNs?si=MsvSS5QcM5AdO1dd

Contrast with the Cornell men's team, which shares its ice with the women's team, figure skating team, club team, intramurals, and recreational skaters, and which has a couple exclusive bikes and treadmills.

[Weder]

There are some YouTube videos with yours of college hockey facilities. For example, UMass, which provides its players 24-hour access to a rink and gym exclusive to the hockey team:
https://youtu.be/RpyhCEHQwNs?si=MsvSS5QcM5AdO1dd

Contrast with the Cornell men's team, which shares its ice with the women's team, figure skating team, club team, intramurals, and recreational skaters, and which has a couple exclusive bikes and treadmills.

Didn't they add a weight room in Lynah for just the hockey teams this year? I saw a video on Instagram in which Doug Derraugh gave a quick tour. I think it's in a  former locker room. So they're at least doing what they can absent a much larger hockey facility.

[BearLover]

There are some YouTube videos with yours of college hockey facilities. For example, UMass, which provides its players 24-hour access to a rink and gym exclusive to the hockey team:
https://youtu.be/RpyhCEHQwNs?si=MsvSS5QcM5AdO1dd

Contrast with the Cornell men's team, which shares its ice with the women's team, figure skating team, club team, intramurals, and recreational skaters, and which has a couple exclusive bikes and treadmills.

Didn't they add a weight room in Lynah for just the hockey teams this year? I saw a video on Instagram in which Doug Derraugh gave a quick tour. I think it's in a  former locker room. So they're at least doing what they can absent a much larger hockey facility.

Yeah, they did. I think it's just a few machines, but at least it's something.

[chimpfood]

Finally some good help from the ECAC tonight.

[Trotsky]

Finally some good help from the ECAC tonight.

Yup:

Clarkson 5 Stonehill 1
Union 5 Vermont 4
Yale 5 Merrimack 2
Princeton 4 Sacred Heart 0
Dartmouth 4 Arizona State 4 (ot)

Cornell back up to 22 in PWR.

[ursusminor]

Finally some good help from the ECAC tonight.

RPI will rectify that this afternoon.
Actually, I doubt that the 'Tute losing at this point will hurt the Cornell much.

[Trotsky]

Finally some good help from the ECAC tonight.

RPI will rectify that this afternoon.
Actually, I doubt that the 'Tute losing at this point will hurt the Cornell much.

1-0 loss; damn fine effort by the Engineers.