Opponent and other news and results 2025-2026

[marty]

St Lawrence on steroids again up 3-0.

[dbilmes]

Colgate leads Dartmouth, 4-1, despite being outshoot 23-9 through first two periods.

[ugarte]

Colgate leads Dartmouth, 4-1, despite being outshoot 23-9 through first two periods.

you gotta laff

[Iceberg]

Colgate leads Dartmouth, 4-1, despite being outshoot 23-9 through first two periods.

you gotta laff

It's impressive how bad of a team Dartmouth is on the road. They're lucky they had all those home games the prior to the holiday

[marty]

Conn just went up on Q with 2:27 left in the CtIce Championship.

SNY TV

And added an empty net.

[scoop85]

Colgate leads Dartmouth, 4-1, despite being outshoot 23-9 through first two periods.

you gotta laff

It's impressive how bad of a team Dartmouth is on the road. They're lucky they had all those home games the prior to the holiday

They likely had a hangover tonight from last night's loss. Even so, the badly outshot Colgate, so probably bad goaltending tonight helped do them in

[marty]

Conn just went up on Q with 2:27 left in the CtIce Championship.

SNY TV

And added an empty net.

This has moved us to 9 in NPI one place above Q at 10.

[stereax]

Colgate leads Dartmouth, 4-1, despite being outshoot 23-9 through first two periods.

you gotta laff

It's impressive how bad of a team Dartmouth is on the road. They're lucky they had all those home games the prior to the holiday

What is it??? Is last change THAT important to them? Are they the Canes of the ECAC?

[pjd8]

Colgate leads Dartmouth, 4-1, despite being outshoot 23-9 through first two periods.

you gotta laff

It's impressive how bad of a team Dartmouth is on the road. They're lucky they had all those home games the prior to the holiday

What is it??? Is last change THAT important to them? Are they the Canes of the ECAC?

I don't think it's about being on the road. I think it's probably the holiday slump combined with the teams they happen to be playing on the road. Their road games in Dec-Jan:

UNH - one goal loss
Princeton - one goal loss
Quinnipiac - one goal + ENG loss
Cornell - one goal loss
Colgate - three goal loss

The only real upset is Colgate, comparable to our Clarkson loss. The rest are them hanging close to comparable teams and coming up a little short. Like we did with UMass, Dartmouth and BU. I think it's more about how the scheduling worked out this year. Or maybe they're having underlying issues with something like injuries that we don't really know about.

Or....maybe teams have been taking them more seriously and are figuring out how to beat them. Like avoiding spending time in the neutral zone.

[BearLover]

Two enjoyable cases of schadenfreude:

1. BU fans on the USCHO forum apoplectic about their team being on the outside of the NCAA despite having the most talent in the entire country (19 draft picks + midseason addition of soon-to-be top 5 pick). All sorts of comments like "you can't win with a team of underclassmen." I guess they forget they made the frozen four the past three years with the same recruiting strategy?

2. Clarkson fans on their forum, the Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, at a loss for why their team has been so mediocre this season. Normally I wouldn't hate on Clarkson but their fans universally wanted to run Casey out of town. (Also I still hold a grudge for how they stole the 2019 ECAC title from us in the worst officiated game I've ever seen.) Casey was replaced with J.F. Houle and for awhile it appeared Clarkson got the better of that exchange, going from a middle-of-the-road team to second in the conference and making the ECAC championship game last season, while Cornell struggled mightily through Casey's first year. But then Cornell beat Clarkson in the ECAC final, and since then Cornell has been up, while Clarkson has been down. The Clarkson fans found all sorts of "issues" to complain about w/r/t Casey, such as his supposed emphasis on dump-and-chase, his inability to motivate players, his failure to develop players, etc.

[ugarte]

Two enjoyable cases of schadenfreude:

1. BU fans on the USCHO forum apoplectic about their team being on the outside of the NCAA despite having the most talent in the entire country (19 draft picks + midseason addition of soon-to-be top 5 pick). All sorts of comments like "you can't win with a team of underclassmen." I guess they forget they made the frozen four the past three years with the same recruiting strategy?

2. Clarkson fans on their forum, the Clarkson Hockey Roundtable, at a loss for why their team has been so mediocre this season. Normally I wouldn't hate on Clarkson but their fans universally wanted to run Casey out of town. (Also I still hold a grudge for how they stole the 2019 ECAC title from us in the worst officiated game I've ever seen.) Casey was replaced with J.F. Houle and for awhile it appeared Clarkson got the better of that exchange, going from a middle-of-the-road team to second in the conference and making the ECAC championship game last season, while Cornell struggled mightily through Casey's first year. But then Cornell beat Clarkson in the ECAC final, and since then Cornell has been up, while Clarkson has been down. The Clarkson fans found all sorts of "issues" to complain about w/r/t Casey, such as his supposed emphasis on dump-and-chase, his inability to motivate players, his inability to develop players, etc.

This is a PSA for everyone with respect to BL. He very clearly comes by his anxiety about the present and future of the team honestly. While he sometimes bangs a similar drum a little too insistently let s/he who is without sin cast that first stone. His assessment of Dartmouth has panned out. His notes on the precarious position we are in w/r/t an at-large bid in a weak conference aren't without merit. I am always happy to make fun of his worst instincts but in general eLF needs to chill out with the reflexive defensiveness to his analysis.

[stereax]

Two enjoyable cases of schadenfreude:

1. BU fans on the USCHO forum apoplectic about their team being on the outside of the NCAA despite having the most talent in the entire country (19 draft picks + midseason addition of soon-to-be top 5 pick). All sorts of comments like "you can't win with a team of underclassmen." I guess they forget they made the frozen four the past three years with the same recruiting strategy?

(for context, this is BU friend in our Devils server.)
Maybe they can win the HEA playoffs and get in anyway, but man that team is underperforming severely. Fun for me, because I get to read the weekly crashout, but I kinda feel bad.

[andyw2100]

...but in general eLF needs to chill out with the reflexive defensiveness to his analysis.

I agree.

And I'll add that I honestly think BearLover has, as of late, been making an effort to significantly improve the signal to noise ratio here. I have often found his/her posts insightful, and appreciate the effort he/she makes to share them.

[pjd8]

(for context, this is BU friend in our Devils server.)
Maybe they can win the HEA playoffs and get in anyway, but man that team is underperforming severely. Fun for me, because I get to read the weekly crashout, but I kinda feel bad.

I never feel bad when BU or BC have a merely above average year. It's good for them to be reminded that they are a bunch of humans like every other D1 team.

[stereax]

(for context, this is BU friend in our Devils server.)
Maybe they can win the HEA playoffs and get in anyway, but man that team is underperforming severely. Fun for me, because I get to read the weekly crashout, but I kinda feel bad.

I never feel bad when BU or BC have a merely above average year. It's good for them to be reminded that they are a bunch of humans like every other D1 team.

Ehhh, you're right about that. It is deeply funny. Unfortunately, I installed way too much empathy hahaha.