Opponent and other news and results of interest 2024-2025

[billhoward]

I do think that [Jean-François Houle Clarkson '97] Houle is probably a better coach than Jones but he's not the whole reason that they are better.

[In unison] No, it's their system.

[marty]

Princeton up on Clarkson 3-1.

[BearLover]

Tonight Quinnipiac won its 5th clearly cup in a row. Since 2013 they have a national championship and 2 ncaa finals appearances, and they have come in first place in the ECAC 9/13 years. They've clearly surpassed Cornell at this point. People on here can cope about them having no academic standards, and that's true, but the same is true for almost every D-1 hockey school and many of the schools in the ECAC. Let's all hope for a major regression by Quinnipiac and the rest of the ECAC in the next five years. Thank you!

[Trotsky]

I think Q will continue to reload every year, at least as long as That Man is there.

They're just a feature of the natural environment at this point.  Going in to this year it was going to be us and them and, well, funny story.

Whether it takes 1 year or 4 to rebuild our way back to excellence, we'll be seeing them up there when we get there.

[pjd8]

Tonight Quinnipiac won its 5th clearly cup in a row. Since 2013 they have a national championship and 2 ncaa finals appearances, and they have come in first place in the ECAC 9/13 years. They've clearly surpassed Cornell at this point. People on here can cope about them having no academic standards, and that's true, but the same is true for almost every D-1 hockey school and many of the schools in the ECAC. Let's all hope for a major regression by Quinnipiac and the rest of the ECAC in the next five years. Thank you!

During those past five years, the Ivies have been playing by different eligibility rules. Q has four grads on their roster. Three came from Ohio State, UMass, and North Dakota. Getting players at this developmental level, with an extra year of experience, and that experience coming from highly competitive experiences, on top of having an extra year of physical development, matters.

During those same five years, Cornell was robbed of at title in 2020, and sat out 2021. We, just this year, had seniors who got to spend four straight years playing.

Is that the sole reason for the difference? I don't think so. But it's an important one.

During that time, each team has one conference tournament title. So an alternate question, if Cleary Cups define excellence, is why can't such a dominant team win the tournament more often? Something must be really wrong with their program.

[Jim Hyla]

Cornell was robbed of at title in 2020, and sat out 2021.

Thanks for bringing us back to 2020.

At the end of the year we were projected as a FF team.

I wonder how all of this negative discussion would have been if we'd won the ECACs and got to the FF?

It wasn't guaranteed, but was reasonable.

[andyw2100]

Cornell was robbed of at title in 2020, and sat out 2021.

Thanks for bringing us back to 2020.

At the end of the year we were projected as a FF team.

I wonder how all of this negative discussion would have been if we'd won the ECACs and got to the FF?

It wasn't guaranteed, but was reasonable.

I think you may actually be understating this a hair, Jim. Unless my memory is wrong (and it may well be) I think at the end of 2020 we were first in the polls and second in pairwise. If that is correct you could make the argument that we were actually projected to make the championship game!

[Jim Hyla]

Cornell was robbed of at title in 2020, and sat out 2021.

Thanks for bringing us back to 2020.

At the end of the year we were projected as a FF team.

I wonder how all of this negative discussion would have been if we'd won the ECACs and got to the FF?

It wasn't guaranteed, but was reasonable.

I think you may actually be understating this a hair, Jim. Unless my memory is wrong (and it may well be) I think at the end of 2020 we were first in the polls and second in pairwise. If that is correct you could make the argument that we were actually projected to make the championship game!

Thanks, I think you're correct, but didn't want to check it to be sure.

Indeed projected to Championship game does emphasize how good we were then.

And for some of us makes us feel better about our teams over the years.

[marty]

Smith fired at RPI

[upprdeck]

Well, he can't claim they didn't give him enough time, 7 yrs of 12-22 type records on avg

[RichH]

Hey, RPI made the playoffs every year with Smith at the helm, I don't know what more they want.

[Give My Regards]

Hey, RPI made the playoffs every year with Smith at the helm, I don't know what more they want.

Not in 2021 they didn't. ::rolleyes::

[stereax]

Smith fired at RPI

When you lose to Harvard in the playoffs in the year of our lord 2025... [knocks on wood]

[ursusminor]

Smith fired at RPI

When you lose to Harvard in the playoffs in the year of our lord 2025... [knocks on wood]

RPI alum Andrew Lord has indeed been mentioned as a possibility. He is currently coaching in Halifax (QMJHL).

[Beeeej]

Hey, RPI made the playoffs every year with Smith at the helm, I don't know what more they want.

LOL