Cleary Cup

[nyc94]

USCHO's front page currently states that Dartmouth and Colgate "share the Cleary Cup".  Is this right?  I know Dartmouth wins the tie breaker for tournament seeding.

[Jacob '06]

Yes. The tiebreaker is only for seeding for the tournament.

[redhair34]

[quote nyc94]USCHO's front page currently states that Dartmouth and Colgate "share the Cleary Cup".  Is this right?  I know Dartmouth wins the tie breaker for tournament seeding.[/quote]

Yes this is correct.  There is no tie-breaker for the Cleary Cup.  It is possible for two teams to share it.  It's been said elsewhere that this is the second time it's happened.

[nyc94]

[quote redhair34][quote nyc94]USCHO's front page currently states that Dartmouth and Colgate "share the Cleary Cup".  Is this right?  I know Dartmouth wins the tie breaker for tournament seeding.[/quote]

Yes this is correct.  There is no tie-breaker for the Cleary Cup.  It is possible for two teams to share it.  It's been said elsewhere that this is the second time it's happened.[/quote]

All I saw was that this was the second time there was a tie at the top of the standings.  I didn't interpret that as meaning the same thing as sharing the cup.

[Al DeFlorio]

They get to spit into it on alternate days, I think.

[MARooney]

Assistant captains Liam Huculak and Kyle Wilson along with senior captain Jon Smyth accepted the Cleary Cup on behalf of their teammates after Saturday's win at Rensselaer gave the Raiders a share of the ECACHL regular-season title.

(From www.gocolgateraiders.com)

[Robb]

So Dartmouth, who wins the tiebreaker, didn't get to hold the cup the night they won it.  Hee hee.  I guess it makes me a mean person to enjoy that just a little bit.  :-D

[mjc]

I think Dartmouth has Monday and Tuesday, Colgate has Thursday and Friday and they alternate Wednesdays and weekends.

[atb9]

[quote mjc]I think Dartmouth has Monday and Tuesday, Colgate has Thursday and Friday and they alternate Wednesdays and weekends.[/quote]

Not if it goes back to Colgate with bruises. ;-) :-P

edit: added smiles...it's'mazing how many people are testy about a third place finish!  We've got a good team with injured talent!  Let's enjoy the bye and get ready for some playoff hockey!

[Josh '99]

Shared championships are stupid.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote jmh30]Shared championships are stupid.[/quote]
Any "regular-season" championship that is immediately followed by a "tournament" championship is stupid.

[schoaff]

[quote Al DeFlorio]They get to spit into it on alternate days, I think.[/quote]

I've got a table saw with a metal cutting blade they can borrow.

[Scott Kominkiewicz]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote jmh30]Shared championships are stupid.[/quote]
Any "regular-season" championship that is immediately followed by a "tournament" championship is stupid.[/quote]

Al, that wins the Funniest Thing I Read Today Cup.Thanks. (It is pretty stupid when you think about it.)

[Rosey]

[quote Scott Kominkiewicz]Al, that wins the Funniest Thing I Read Today Cup.Thanks. (It is pretty stupid when you think about it.)[/quote]
It wasn't back when both got autobids... but that hasn't been the case for a while now.

Actually, I'm too lazy to look it up: does the existence of the Cleary Cup even overlap with autobids for the regular season winner?

Kyle

[Chris \'03]

[quote krose]
Actually, I'm too lazy to look it up: does the existence of the Cleary Cup even overlap with autobids for the regular season winner?

Kyle[/quote]

No. The Cleary Cup showed up in 2002. I'm pretty sure 2000 was the last year the RS "champ" got an autobid. I remember in Placid '01 they recognized (absent thanks to Vermont) Clarkson for winning the RS but they didn't make the tourney.