Polls 10/3/05

[jy3]

anyone seen sucks OOS?
while we were pointing out important matchups for pwr...
Harvard (@BC, @UNH, @UND x2, BU, BC/NE)

[Ack]

Who's butt did they kiss?

[sockralex]

[Q]Ack Wrote:

 Who's butt did they kiss?[/q]

Maybe they are putting that endowment to work.

[DeltaOne81]

Chances are UND won't return the trip (I could be wrong and would like if I was, but I figure not). Hence, Cornell wouldn't do it. The rest are pretty much local rivals for them (UNH is arguable, but they certainly travel to Boston enough anyway).

[Robb]

You left out another game vs. BU (they have one at home, and another in the first round of the beanpot).  So they have exactly one home OOC game - that would never be acceptable to Schafer, regardless of return trips in later years.  I agree with him - this should be about hockey, not money, and we've been a legit top-10 team for the last 4-5 years (stupid Clarkson series notwithstanding :-( ).  Other teams have to reciprocate, period.

[French Rage]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

 OSU: at CC (2), at BG, BG
BC: at Mich, at BG, at NU
UND: vs. Miami, vs. MSU, NU (2), at NH (2)
CC: Union, Maine, OSU (2), NotreDame, Air Force
Mich: Q (2), BC, Merrimack, MSU
[/q]

What happened to UND's usual opening schedule of Canisus, Canisus, Canisus, and Canisus?

[Trotsky]

The part of Canisius will be played by Northeastern.

[Tub(a)]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 [Q2]KeithK Wrote:

 OSU: at CC (2), at BG, BG
BC: at Mich, at BG, at NU
UND: vs. Miami, vs. MSU, NU (2), at NH (2)
CC: Union, Maine, OSU (2), NotreDame, Air Force
Mich: Q (2), BC, Merrimack, MSU
[/Q]
What happened to UND's usual opening schedule of Canisus, Canisus, Canisus, and Canisus?[/q]

I don't know, but go MSU!!

[Josh '99]

[Q]jy3 Wrote:

 anyone seen sucks OOS?
while we were pointing out important matchups for pwr...
Harvard (@BC, @UNH, @UND x2, BU, BC/NE)[/q]

Oh man, they're gonna get SMOKED.

[Jordan 04]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

 [Q2]jy3 Wrote:

 anyone seen sucks OOS?
while we were pointing out important matchups for pwr...
Harvard (@BC, @UNH, @UND x2, BU, BC/NE)[/Q]
Oh man, they're gonna get SMOKED.[/q]

Well no kidding.  They play in the EZAC.

[MNetravali]

This is very good news, and not that unexpected.  While I certainly agree this ranking has no bearing on our end result, the respect is well deserved by our team.  Sure it draws the attention of our opponents, but it also catches the eyes of recruits.  Hopefully all of this will continue to build in the upcoming years.  I remember when Mark Mazzoleni came to Harvard 8 years ago he commented that he thought Harvard could be the "Michigan" of the ECAC.  Good vision, but wrong team.

As for the upcoming season, we have a great oppotunity to return to the FF.  Barring major injuries,  I still think our league opponents are a notch below us this year and I still think the early games against MSU will be the key to our seeding.    

As for Harvard's OOC schedule, they have the potential to go .500 against those teams.  As nice as it would be if they beat those teams from our standpoint, it might be too much to ask from the third best hockey school and second best academic school in Boston. :-P

This is going to be fun to watch.  Wish I had tix.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

 [Q2]jy3 Wrote:

 anyone seen sucks OOS?
while we were pointing out important matchups for pwr...
Harvard (@BC, @UNH, @UND x2, BU, BC/NE)[/Q]
Oh man, they're gonna get SMOKED.[/q]

Yeah, this isn't lacrosse.  Having a strong non-conference schedule doesn't help you if you lose all of them.

[cbuckser]

North Dakota travelled to Princeton and Yale in November 2002, so I would not be surprised if North Dakota plays a game or two at Harvard next season or in 2007-08.

[$ucks]

You think that was a big F-YOU to the Donato coaching staff?

[Josh '99]

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:

 [Q2]jmh30 Wrote:

 [Q2]jy3 Wrote:

 anyone seen sucks OOS?
while we were pointing out important matchups for pwr...
Harvard (@BC, @UNH, @UND x2, BU, BC/NE)[/Q]
Oh man, they're gonna get SMOKED.[/Q]
Well no kidding.  They play in the EZAC.

[/q]They're not going to get smoked because they play in the EZAC (I could see us winning 4 or 5 games out of the 7 NC games they have).  They're going to get smoked because they graduated three of their top seven forwards, two of their top three defensemen, and the goalie who played the vast majority of their minutes for the last four years.  They've still got some talent in Pelle and others, but that schedule is brutal.  They take four points out of those games, tops, and that's assuming they don't stink it up in the Beanpot.