Lake Placid-2024

[Scersk '97]

SLU PP goal is good after the refs deemed that a clear as day spear was actually a slash that warranted 2 minutes and not 5

Spearing in a semifinal. How QU. Brilliant.

[RichH]

dont make it easy on QUin and take penalties.  STL earned it

Brekke's boys found another gear or something, it started showing with the Colgate/Cornell series at Appleton. Impressive run, and now 2 wins vs the 'ticks.

[VIEWfromK]

I want the easiest path to the Whitelaw and the NCAA's.  That means rooting for SLU.

Despising Q is just a bonus.

I felt like Big Red matched up better with Quinnipiac than the other two teams

[dbilmes]

One thing about St. Lawrence is they have a ton of seniors on their squad. I was at Appleton for Senior Night and there were about a dozen seniors being honored before the game. That experience has to be a plus in the postseason.

[ugarte]

I want the easiest path to the Whitelaw and the NCAA's.  That means rooting for SLU.

Despising Q is just a bonus.

I felt like Big Red matched up better with Quinnipiac than the other two teams

idk Q lit us up the first time

[ugarte]

Cooper Black sounds like it should have a Pantone number.

[underskill]

Nice job by Pierre McGuire calling Lynah one of the most difficult rinks to play in!

Anyone know if Bob Morton is still alive?

[Beeeej]

Obviously Dartmouth is in the way and SLU is itself a solid team but my god we could not have asked for a better setup than this to redeem the season.

Remember Bemidji.  

Put away the red jerseys.

Oh, don't you worry. I was thinking about Bemidji as I typed. I'd be more upset about that game if it felt like we blew a game we dominated but damn if that squad didn't rip us to shreds.

I'd be more upset about that game if I hadn't met my wife that night.

[ugarte]

Obviously Dartmouth is in the way and SLU is itself a solid team but my god we could not have asked for a better setup than this to redeem the season.

Remember Bemidji.  

Put away the red jerseys.

Oh, don't you worry. I was thinking about Bemidji as I typed. I'd be more upset about that game if it felt like we blew a game we dominated but damn if that squad didn't rip us to shreds.

I'd be more upset about that game if I hadn't met my wife that night.

I guess the next question goes to her.

[BearLover]

Since I've seen them mentioned today—the comeback against Princeton in the ECAC semis and the blown opportunity against Bemidji both occurred my freshman year. Quite an introduction to Cornell hockey. At the time, I didn't realize how big of a deal the Bemidji loss was.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Visual estimate of attendance for SLU-Q is 2000-2500

Have the world-famous Q skating cheerleaders made the trip to North Country?

Yes, they did.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Obviously Dartmouth is in the way and SLU is itself a solid team but my god we could not have asked for a better setup than this to redeem the season.

Remember Bemidji.  

Put away the red jerseys.

First thing I thought of.  Will never forget getting the final score with my family of Cornell alums when we finally got some cell/data service at Phantom Ranch (bottom of the Grand Canyon).  What a kick in the nuts.

Yeah?  Try watching it in person.

[jtwcornell91]

Nice job by Pierre McGuire calling Lynah one of the most difficult rinks to play in!

Anyone know if Bob Morton is still alive?

Bob Norton was alive five years ago when he received an award from the AHCA: https://unhwildcats.com/news/2019/4/30/unh-insider-hockey-coaches-celebrate-nortons-love-of-the-game I can't find an obit for him, so I assume he's still alive (but retired).  (Wikipedia's "Bob Norton" article is about someone else and there's no disambiguation page.)

I know a lot of people found Norton annoying (constantly telling us what prep school everyone attended), but I loved his enthusiasm for college hockey, and I thought it was a shame when the NCAA broadcasting jobs were handed over to the ESPN clowns (especially Melrose and Booch).

[imafrshmn]

Even though I love ECAC Hockey and would not want to change the conference (except maybe sending Q to HE), it's kind of bothersome how small-time this league looks in the postseason compared to HE and B1G. In football we have seen the B1G and SEC schools claiming that top tier for themselves and it seems like a similar thing is evolving in hockey. HE and B1G conference final fours are very well attended, and also offer much more and better media content. I guess there's not too much that can be done realistically. Lake Placid is still probably the best host for the ECAC. I guess we should be grateful that Lynah is still relatively well attended.

Reported attendance for yesterday's semifinals were both given as 4015. If had to guess based on appearances, it was something like 2500 for SLU-Q and 2000 for CU-Dc with something like 500 watching both. With the snowstorm coming in, gonna be tough to bump up the numbers much for the final unless SLU inspired more folks to take a trip. 3000 would be a good number for today all things considered.

[RichH]

Even though I love ECAC Hockey and would not want to change the conference (except maybe sending Q to HE), it's kind of bothersome how small-time this league looks in the postseason compared to HE and B1G. In football we have seen the B1G and SEC schools claiming that top tier for themselves and it seems like a similar thing is evolving in hockey. HE and B1G conference final fours are very well attended, and also offer much more and better media content. I guess there's not too much that can be done realistically. Lake Placid is still probably the best host for the ECAC. I guess we should be grateful that Lynah is still relatively well attended.

The more I think about it, the more I'm getting perturbed that the ECAC final is a 5pm start. The ECAC moved its tournament from Boston in the 90s because we started to feel like we were being treated as an "undercard" to HEA. And now we're doing it in our own event space for what? It feels like our event is cheapened. Here's your early-bird special, consolation slot, and don't forget to tip your waitress.

This should be an event for the town, too. Seeing everyone having dinner, getting psyched for the main event. Sun goes down, spotlight is on. Now it's, "do we eat at 4pm or 9pm?" All the businesses have to adjust their shifts.

If this is the first move of the new ECAC Hockey commissioner/administration, I'm not impressed.