BU eliminates Merrimack, 5-3. Wade Megan with the empty netter with 4.4 secs left on a diving stab from just off the right boards as he chased down an iced puck.
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ECAC Roundup
Yale eliminates St. Lawrence, 3-0
Union eliminates Dartmouth, 5-2
RPI beats Brown 6-2, series tied
Quinnipiac beats Cornell 10-0, series tied
Yale eliminates St. Lawrence, 3-0
Union eliminates Dartmouth, 5-2
RPI beats Brown 6-2, series tied
Quinnipiac beats Cornell 10-0, series tied
MIami beats Michigan St 4-1, tying their CCHA series.
Notre Dame sweeps Bowling Green, 4-3.
Ohio State beats Ferris State 3-1, series tied.
Notre Dame sweeps Bowling Green, 4-3.
Ohio State beats Ferris State 3-1, series tied.
AHA Roundup
Niagara & RIT tied 1-1 with 7:40 left in OT (Niagara leads series 1-0)
USAFA & Canisius tied 1-1 after 1st period (Canisius leads series 1-0)
Holy Cross beats Mercyhurst 3-2, series tied
UConn eliminates Robert Morris, 4-3
EDIT - Niagara wins it 2-1 in OT, eliminating RIT
EDIT - USAFA takes a 2-1 lead over Canisius with 12:02 left in the 2nd.
Niagara & RIT tied 1-1 with 7:40 left in OT (Niagara leads series 1-0)
USAFA & Canisius tied 1-1 after 1st period (Canisius leads series 1-0)
Holy Cross beats Mercyhurst 3-2, series tied
UConn eliminates Robert Morris, 4-3
EDIT - Niagara wins it 2-1 in OT, eliminating RIT
EDIT - USAFA takes a 2-1 lead over Canisius with 12:02 left in the 2nd.
Yale looked terrific this weekend - scored 9 unanswered goals in two games after giving up an early score last night, defense and penalty killing were great, only complaint about the offensive is that they should have scored even more.mabrowndog said:
AHA Update
Canisius beats Air Force 4-3 in OT to sweep the series in Colorado Springs.
WCHA Roundup
Colorado College beats Denver 2-1, series tied
Nebraska-Omaha beats Minnesota St 2-1, series tied
Michigan Tech beats N. Dakota 2-1, series tied
St. Cloud sweeps AK-Anchorage, 5-1
Minnesota sweeps Benidji St, 4-3
Wisconsin sweeps MN-Duluth, 4-1
Canisius beats Air Force 4-3 in OT to sweep the series in Colorado Springs.
WCHA Roundup
Colorado College beats Denver 2-1, series tied
Nebraska-Omaha beats Minnesota St 2-1, series tied
Michigan Tech beats N. Dakota 2-1, series tied
St. Cloud sweeps AK-Anchorage, 5-1
Minnesota sweeps Benidji St, 4-3
Wisconsin sweeps MN-Duluth, 4-1
More on the TUC from today's Bracketology Blog by USCHO's Jayson Moy
Indeed.
The biggest beneficiaries of the TUC movement seem to be the entirety of the ECAC. Yale jumps to 5th in the PWR, Union maintains 15th, RPI climbs into 16th place, and Cornell is now in a 3-way tie for 18th despite getting ass-raped by QU tonight.
Also, Alaska (knocked out of the CCHA tourney last weekend by Michigan St) has climbed to 17th despite being idle the past week and seemingly without any more games to play.
Meanwhile Wisconsin & BU drop to a tie for 18th despite sweeping their series with MN-Duluth and Merrimack respectively.
What a fucked-up system.
Indeed.
The biggest beneficiaries of the TUC movement seem to be the entirety of the ECAC. Yale jumps to 5th in the PWR, Union maintains 15th, RPI climbs into 16th place, and Cornell is now in a 3-way tie for 18th despite getting ass-raped by QU tonight.
Also, Alaska (knocked out of the CCHA tourney last weekend by Michigan St) has climbed to 17th despite being idle the past week and seemingly without any more games to play.
Meanwhile Wisconsin & BU drop to a tie for 18th despite sweeping their series with MN-Duluth and Merrimack respectively.
What a fucked-up system.
Man nothing would be sweeter than having BC give Parker a swift kick in the ass to retirement next week.
kenneycb said:
One of the few highlights of the NU hockey season - knocking Jack Parker out of his last Beanpot.
Providence wins 3-2. Going to the Garden for the second straight year. They'll play UML on Friday at 5 PM.
#6 seed Mercyhurst eliminates #3 Holy Cross in Worcester, 1-0. The Lakers advance to the AHA semis vs #4 UConn in Rochester. The other game pits #7 Canisius vs top seed Niagara.
Looks like Michigan will face off against the Red Hawks next week at the Joe. Notre Dame awaits the winner of the Ferris State-Ohio State game. The Buckeyes are currently winning 3-2 with just over 9 to play.
Miami. Notre Dame. Ohio State. That would really bring out the hate.
Miami. Notre Dame. Ohio State. That would really bring out the hate.
Manzivino said:
I've been following this game since the Brown game ended. Anyone able to get a working audio feed? (Edit: Working audio here)
Brown held off an RPI comeback bid, winning 3-2 to take game 3. In the ECAC, the following teams are through to the final four:
#3 Yale
#4 Union
#7 Brown
#1 Quinnipiac/#9 Cornell are in OT for the final spot.
Quinnipiac wins on their 63rd shot. Senior forward Kevin Bui scored just his 5th goal in four seasons. Iles saved 60 but it wasn't enough for the Big Red.
The ECAC final four next weekend in Atlantic City is set. Bad news for the Bears, although they did manage two ties in their straight up meetings with Quinnipiac this year. It's also a re-match of last year's #5/#12 first round playoff match that Quinnipiac won in 3 games (although Brown probably outplayed them). Union beat and tied Yale earlier this season.
#4 Union - #3 Yale
#7 Brown - #1 Quinnipiac
The ECAC final four next weekend in Atlantic City is set. Bad news for the Bears, although they did manage two ties in their straight up meetings with Quinnipiac this year. It's also a re-match of last year's #5/#12 first round playoff match that Quinnipiac won in 3 games (although Brown probably outplayed them). Union beat and tied Yale earlier this season.
#4 Union - #3 Yale
#7 Brown - #1 Quinnipiac
ForceAtHome said:
Losing to Cornell after last night's blowout win and frustration-induced brawl would have made for a tough pill to swallow for QU and their fans. They'd obviously have still made the field and would likely have remained the top overall seed, but what a momentum drain that would've been.
Meanwhile in the WCHA, 8-seed Colorado College has ousted 5-seed (and PWR #11) Denver 4-3. All the other favored seeds have advanced, with #3 North Dakota shutting out #10 Michigan Tech 6-0 and #6 Minnesota State beating #7 Nebraska-Omaha 3-1.
The bracket has #1 Minnesota & #2 St. Cloud State getting byes past Thursday's second-round games in St. Paul. On Friday the Gophers will face the winner of UND-MN St, while the Huskies will meet the winner of CC vs Wisconsin. The championship will be Saturday at 8 pm EDT.
The latest PWR shows a 6-way tie for the 16th spot. Current order of preference would be Wisconsin over Providence and BU, then three teams with no further games to build on (RPI, Cornell, Alaska). BU and PC catch a huge break with Colorado College's upset of Denver tonight in the WCHA. The Tigers (#27 in the PWR) are who Wisconsin plays next. Wins by the Terriers and Friars this weekend (over #4 BC and/or #6 UM-L respectively) may well vault one/both over UW regardless of how the Badgers do against CC.
Back in from the QU game. Brought my seven year old with me. Late night exacerbated by 7:30 game start. What a game. What a bad parent am I, too
Cornell is a veeeeerrrrry chippy, cheap shotty team. It worked for them a lot tonight. They are also huge size wise. Their goalie had a great night, Hartzell played well, but second goal was kind of weak. Cornell hit at least three post on our side of the ice during the game. Fun watching the celebration. I'd say 2/3s plus of good size crowd hung in until the end. Refs went NHL playoff mode and swallowed whistle during OT. Action opened up quite a bit, probably because teams were too tired to play the tight game that was regulation. Made for some great up and down action. Thankfully, it ended witha QU win. As Dog said, much better for them than losing, even though it wouldn't have mattered much in regard to NCAAs.
Cornell is a veeeeerrrrry chippy, cheap shotty team. It worked for them a lot tonight. They are also huge size wise. Their goalie had a great night, Hartzell played well, but second goal was kind of weak. Cornell hit at least three post on our side of the ice during the game. Fun watching the celebration. I'd say 2/3s plus of good size crowd hung in until the end. Refs went NHL playoff mode and swallowed whistle during OT. Action opened up quite a bit, probably because teams were too tired to play the tight game that was regulation. Made for some great up and down action. Thankfully, it ended witha QU win. As Dog said, much better for them than losing, even though it wouldn't have mattered much in regard to NCAAs.
mabrowndog said:
Uhhh... disregard this for the most part. I forgot that the WCHA re-seeds teams after the first round, so CC plays N. Dakota while the Badgers get current PWR #10 Minnesota State. Still a slight advantage for BU & PC, but I doubt they'd gain enough to pass Wisconsin should the Badgers win.
CCHA Semifinals:
Ohio State-Notre Dame
Michigan-Miami
Times will be released tomorrow. Considering the Michigan basketball team will be playing on the same day if they win their opening round game, I am hoping that they allow enough time between games to make it to both. I'm very much leaning towards heading to Detroit this weekend.
Ohio State-Notre Dame
Michigan-Miami
Times will be released tomorrow. Considering the Michigan basketball team will be playing on the same day if they win their opening round game, I am hoping that they allow enough time between games to make it to both. I'm very much leaning towards heading to Detroit this weekend.
I've been playing with the USCHO Pairwise Predictor, trying to see if/how BU &/or PC can get an at-large bid if Wisconsin doesn't lose in the next round. From what I can tell so far, it can't happen for Providence. And there appears to be no way both of them can get bids by meeting in the HE final, even if Wisconsin loses. But if BU beats BC and then loses to MA-Lowell, while the Badgers advance in the WCHA, the Terriers would be ranked 16th. BUT they'd also need the following to happen.
* Niagara HAS to win the AHA, because even if the Purple Eagles lose in the semis to Canisius they won't drop out of the Top 16, and the AHA would be a 2-bid league.
* Union HAS to lose to Yale, AND they HAVE to lose to either Brown or Quinnipiac in the ECAC consolation game.
Bottom line: Hockey East looks to be a 4-bid conference at most, and it's either/or for BU and PC.
* Niagara HAS to win the AHA, because even if the Purple Eagles lose in the semis to Canisius they won't drop out of the Top 16, and the AHA would be a 2-bid league.
* Union HAS to lose to Yale, AND they HAVE to lose to either Brown or Quinnipiac in the ECAC consolation game.
Bottom line: Hockey East looks to be a 4-bid conference at most, and it's either/or for BU and PC.
mabrowndog said:
Scott McLaughlin of College Hockey News tweeted this this morning. He was using this.
Jim Dahl has posted the results of a full calculation of all possible results the rest of the way on the USCHO boards.
Direct link here: http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?102643-Pairwise-and-Bracketology-2013-Edition&p=5677296&viewfull=1#post5677296
I believe the percentages are (scenarios in) / (total possible scenarios) without any weighting for likelihood.
Direct link here: http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?102643-Pairwise-and-Bracketology-2013-Edition&p=5677296&viewfull=1#post5677296
I believe the percentages are (scenarios in) / (total possible scenarios) without any weighting for likelihood.
Only way Quinnipiac won't be the #1 in Providence is if Brown wins the ECAC title. This would kick Quinnipiac to Manchester and either BC/Lowell if one is the Hockey East Champ to Providence.
Laser Show said:
Huh. I swear I tried that same combo last night with the USCHO tool and it didn't work, but it does now.
A pretty interesting wrinkle is if Michigan can win out at the Joe and sneak into the tournament as an auto-bid (most likely as the #16 overall seed, but a 4 seed undoubtedly). Since they are the hosts of the Grand Rapids regional, they'd have to be placed there and would draw a #1 seed most likely to be Minnesota (or maybe North Dakota if they grab a 1 seed. Michigan wouldn't play Miami in the first round and another Eastern school like Lowell or BC or Yale would probably take Manchester).
A Minnesota-Michigan game in the 1st round would be pretty nuts for a first round game. That would help the NCAA attendance greatly if the Wolverines enter the tournament in Grand Rapids with a boatload of momentum. Or maybe Miami just shuts them down at the Joe on Saturday and avoids this whole situation, who knows. I have confidence in the Miami system to bottle up the Michigan offense to some degree, but some nights Miami just hasn't been able to score or has problems getting to 3 goals (they've been shutout 7 times this season, or 24-3-5 when actually scoring at least one goal. Kind of an odd stat). It'll probably just come down to who gets the first tally, bc if Miami holds a lead after either 1 or 2 periods, they have not lost a single game this season, where they're pretty good at sitting in their system and choking the opposition's game away.
A Minnesota-Michigan game in the 1st round would be pretty nuts for a first round game. That would help the NCAA attendance greatly if the Wolverines enter the tournament in Grand Rapids with a boatload of momentum. Or maybe Miami just shuts them down at the Joe on Saturday and avoids this whole situation, who knows. I have confidence in the Miami system to bottle up the Michigan offense to some degree, but some nights Miami just hasn't been able to score or has problems getting to 3 goals (they've been shutout 7 times this season, or 24-3-5 when actually scoring at least one goal. Kind of an odd stat). It'll probably just come down to who gets the first tally, bc if Miami holds a lead after either 1 or 2 periods, they have not lost a single game this season, where they're pretty good at sitting in their system and choking the opposition's game away.
Anyone here been to the ECAC finals before? Particularly, since it moved to Atlantic City? I've been thinking about checking it out but am not fully committed to it. I assume I can get walk up tickets, though? Anything worth seeing/doing in or around Atlantic City this time of year other than casinos?
I haven't attended in person since they've gone to Atlantic City, but tickets should be extremely easy to get. The attendance in the past has been disastrously bad because Atlantic City is so far away from where any of these schools actually play. My understanding is that the contract is up after this year and the tournament is expected to move back to somewhere more central like Albany (where it used to be) or Bridgeport.
jsinger121 said:
Really?? What an unfathomably stupid move. The Herb Brooks/Miracle on Ice bullshit usurps common sense.
The closest school is Clarkson, and Potsdam is still over an hour & a half drive -- assuming no foul weather and that you don't get stuck behind any 18-wheelers or logging trucks.
Under best case scenarios, RPI and Union are about 2.5 hours away. Colgate & Dartmouth are 3.5. From anywhere else, it's an eternity on the road.
The airport has no airline service. Fans wanting to fly would have to land in Burlington or Albany, rent a car, and then drive 2 or 2.5 hours.
http://blog.siouxsports.com/2013/03/18/2143/
Super useful link that shows each team's probability of making the dance, probability for each seed, and how their fates this weekend will affect their seed probabilities.
Super useful link that shows each team's probability of making the dance, probability for each seed, and how their fates this weekend will affect their seed probabilities.
To me the best place to have it would have been Springfield. Close to QU and Yale. Easy for Brown, Harvard and Dartmouth as well along with the Albany teams.
kenneycb said:
BU not only has to beat BC but also win the HE title to make the NCAAs. There is a chance if they beat BC and lose in the final, but like six things have to go right for them. I think many close to BU can't wait to see PArker go, but it would be gopod for this young roster to get some postseason experience. Chances are highly unlikely
TV schedule: http://collegehockeyinc.com/tv-schedule
I was very pleased to learn that I have access to Fox College which means I can watch the ECAC semifinals tomorrow before potentially going to Atlantic City for Saturday's games.
I was very pleased to learn that I have access to Fox College which means I can watch the ECAC semifinals tomorrow before potentially going to Atlantic City for Saturday's games.