Man, Quinnipiac's defense has been great tonight. Blocking shots left and right. Tender playing solid. Get that goal, Bobcats.
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Damn... Yale connects through a screen with just 3.5 seconds in the second period.
Just my imagination, or is Yale noticeably bigger than Quinnipiac?
Just my imagination, or is Yale noticeably bigger than Quinnipiac?
QU pulled its goalie down 3-0 with 7 1/2 minutes left. Yale followed with an empty-netter about a minute later, and that was it. I've never seen a goalie pulled with that much time left, ever, at any level of hockey. I think it was a gutsy call by QU - desperate times call for desperate measures, and there's not much difference between down 3-0 and down 4-0 at that point in the game.
Yale's defense was excellent throughout.
Boola Boola!
Yale's defense was excellent throughout.
Boola Boola!
Congrats to Yale, who become the third Ivy League school to win the NCAA title after Cornell ('67, '70) & Harvard ('89). Tough way for QU to have things end after such a dominant season.
On to other things...
Denver, winners of 7 national championships, has hired Jim Montgomery, Maine's all-time leading scorer and the leader of their '92-93 title run (42-1-2), as their new head coach.
On to other things...
Denver, winners of 7 national championships, has hired Jim Montgomery, Maine's all-time leading scorer and the leader of their '92-93 title run (42-1-2), as their new head coach.
I can't believe this has happened. My dad grew up in New Haven and went to Yale. He was a huge fan. He went to at least one Yale football game every year from 1943 until he died in 2006, even though we often lived nowhere near New Haven. Following in his footsteps, I too went to Yale, but just in time for Ivy League football to fall off the face of the earth and for the Yale administration to decide that sports was no longer something in which it was interested. In the 31 years since my freshman year, Yale has won 2 Ivy League football titles and no basketball titles. We haven't even beaten Harvard in football in 11 years. Worst if all, most people at Yale are perfectly happy with this situation, particularly the decision makers. The only "sport" in which we're nationally competitive is squash. Barf.
In the midst of this crapfest, Keith Allain shows up and takes an occasionally competitive ECAC team, down on its luck in Tim Taylor's last few seasons, and turns it into a national power. Two years ago, we were, not unlike Quinnipiac this year, the top ranked team in the country for much of the season, only to suffer a bitter loss in the regionals. Oh well, that was fun, it will never happen again. And then it did, only with an amazingly inconsistent team that was fortunate to even get in the tournament. If I'm remembering correctly, Yale beat the #1, 2, 3 and #6 teams in the final regular season poll to win the championship. Its the most remarkable thing I've seen since the Miracle on Ice. Personally, even the 2004 Sox don't rank with this (and I'm a huge Sox fan obviously ).
My dad died of cancer in 2006. Towards the end, I took turns with my sisters spending nights in his hospital room with him. The last Yale sports event we ever watched together was a game against Quinnipiac that NESN was airing. I hope he was watching tonight.
In the midst of this crapfest, Keith Allain shows up and takes an occasionally competitive ECAC team, down on its luck in Tim Taylor's last few seasons, and turns it into a national power. Two years ago, we were, not unlike Quinnipiac this year, the top ranked team in the country for much of the season, only to suffer a bitter loss in the regionals. Oh well, that was fun, it will never happen again. And then it did, only with an amazingly inconsistent team that was fortunate to even get in the tournament. If I'm remembering correctly, Yale beat the #1, 2, 3 and #6 teams in the final regular season poll to win the championship. Its the most remarkable thing I've seen since the Miracle on Ice. Personally, even the 2004 Sox don't rank with this (and I'm a huge Sox fan obviously ).
My dad died of cancer in 2006. Towards the end, I took turns with my sisters spending nights in his hospital room with him. The last Yale sports event we ever watched together was a game against Quinnipiac that NESN was airing. I hope he was watching tonight.
I think it's safe to say Montgomery was the name most of the fans were hoping for. He's a great hire for Denver and will do a good job there. I was really looking forward to seeing him behind the bench at the Alfond.Laser Show said:
With that said, you have to wonder if this might have worked out differently had the UMaine Administration not taken three weeks at the end of the season to do its evaluation of the hockey program. The decision to fire Whitehead should have taken three minutes not three weeks.
Great tournament and final game for Yale. Last seed and they win the whole thing. Very impressive.
OKay, if anybody ever quotes me on this I'll deny it...
Amazing effort by Yale, ripping through the tournament and winning it all as a 15 seed. Couldn't be more impressed, and congratulations to Yalies everywhere. Good on you, PJFrye and PJFrye Sr.
Yale sucks a little less for the moment. Football season can't get here soon enough.
Amazing effort by Yale, ripping through the tournament and winning it all as a 15 seed. Couldn't be more impressed, and congratulations to Yalies everywhere. Good on you, PJFrye and PJFrye Sr.
Yale sucks a little less for the moment. Football season can't get here soon enough.
FWIW, there's no way the acceptance rate is 10%. To yield a class of 1800, they probably accept close to 6,000. a good yield rate for a non-ivy (or mini-ivy) is somewhere in the mid 20's... basically only 2-3 of every 10 students that get accepted actually attend.deanx0 said:
Working in Higher Ed, it bothers me slightly when schools tout low acceptance rates. It detracts some possibly qualified students from applying, Fortunately for your son, he wasnt deterred
steveluck7 said:
From what I can find, QU's yield rate ranges between 13% (11,772 admitted) and 16.4% (10,001 admitted). Factoring for a larger yield to around ~20%, that would push the admittance rate down to 43% given the 21,000 applicants.
On a hockey-related note, Hartzell signed with Pittsburgh.
Big announcement coming Tuesday in Orono....UMaine will be announcing the committee that will conduct the search for Tim Whitehead's replacement.
So it has taken the administration and AD Steve Abbott a week to form a search committee following a three-week evaluation of the entire hockey program that ultimately led to Whitehead's firing and cost them a chance to hire Jim Montgomery. Meanwhile Denver fires and hires a new coach all in the span of two weeks.
When do we form a search committee for a new AD?
So it has taken the administration and AD Steve Abbott a week to form a search committee following a three-week evaluation of the entire hockey program that ultimately led to Whitehead's firing and cost them a chance to hire Jim Montgomery. Meanwhile Denver fires and hires a new coach all in the span of two weeks.
When do we form a search committee for a new AD?
gopats84 said:
Bingo. Should have been announced the day after they were eliminated.
gopats84 said:
Regardless of whether or not they were hoping to hire Montgomery, that timeline is pathetic and embarrassing. The only explanation I can come up with other than incompetence and cronyism -- and this is a real stretch -- is that Maine being a public institution requires a more bureaucratic process for the removal of someone who in essence is a state employee. Denver, a private school, has no such restrictions.
Congrats to Yale. They certainly played better than QU in the final. QU not scoring on a couple of one on nones with the Yale goalie set the tone. Hartzell's brain fart of a clear with seven seconds left did the same. Yale was on a roll, what a run.
But you know what? Congrats to he Bobcats on a fantastic season. I dont think anyone expected theyd run away with the ECAC regular season, and mking the FF finals despite cooling off late in the season showed the quality
Ive been a season ticket holder for three years now, and the uccess this year was surreal. There were plenty of times in past I could not give my tickets away. This year, in February, I had numerous friends seeing if mine were available. My seven year old son and I continue to bond at these games. He's hooked on the sport, loves going to games. We both stayed until past 11 on St Paddy's Day to see the 2x OT game v Cornell. Our sets this year were in a great spot- the refs gave him and his friends at least 10 pucks as they hi the locker room between periods this year. It's a great facility, and the downside of parking far away in the garage is a side effect of the success. A very like able team, some really underrated players who we got to enjoy before the nation got to know them a bit. Peca, the twins, Langlois, Samuels-Thomas, Hartzell, St. Denis, Bui in the clutch. I feel pretty strongly the success this year and national exposure will help keep this going despite a lot of seniors on this year's team.
Congrats, QU. Keep it going.
But you know what? Congrats to he Bobcats on a fantastic season. I dont think anyone expected theyd run away with the ECAC regular season, and mking the FF finals despite cooling off late in the season showed the quality
Ive been a season ticket holder for three years now, and the uccess this year was surreal. There were plenty of times in past I could not give my tickets away. This year, in February, I had numerous friends seeing if mine were available. My seven year old son and I continue to bond at these games. He's hooked on the sport, loves going to games. We both stayed until past 11 on St Paddy's Day to see the 2x OT game v Cornell. Our sets this year were in a great spot- the refs gave him and his friends at least 10 pucks as they hi the locker room between periods this year. It's a great facility, and the downside of parking far away in the garage is a side effect of the success. A very like able team, some really underrated players who we got to enjoy before the nation got to know them a bit. Peca, the twins, Langlois, Samuels-Thomas, Hartzell, St. Denis, Bui in the clutch. I feel pretty strongly the success this year and national exposure will help keep this going despite a lot of seniors on this year's team.
Congrats, QU. Keep it going.
Doug Beerabelli said:
This season has been great for both QU and Yale and big-time college hockey is now firmly on the radar of everyone in Connecticut. It's a great thing and I hope the rivalry flourishes and is a tough ticket for years to come.
From Jeff Jacobs of Hartford Courant
jacobscourant 2:47pm via Web
This much we know: Interim Dave Berard, BC assistant Mike Cavanaugh or
former Denver coach George Gwozdecky will be next UConn hockey coach.
jacobscourant 2:47pm via Web
This much we know: Interim Dave Berard, BC assistant Mike Cavanaugh or
former Denver coach George Gwozdecky will be next UConn hockey coach.
As poorly handled as this entire process has been, from the delay in firing Whitehead to losing Montgomery as a potential replacement, it would be a major win for Maine if Abbott can lure Capuano from the Islanders. Otherwise it's a very meh group of finalists.
I really felt going into this process that Maine needed to hire someone who was going to recreate the excitement around the hockey program. It's shocking and disappointing how the fan support and interest has dropped during the past 5-6 years largely due to frustration about Whitehead and his responsibility for poor play. When he was fired there was a great deal of enthusiasm for the future of the program. That has dropped considerably after losing out on Montgomery, how the entire search has been handled and now the rumored list of finalists.
Going to be a lot of disappointed Black Bear fans if the end result of this whole process is Bob Corkum being named the permanent head coach
I really felt going into this process that Maine needed to hire someone who was going to recreate the excitement around the hockey program. It's shocking and disappointing how the fan support and interest has dropped during the past 5-6 years largely due to frustration about Whitehead and his responsibility for poor play. When he was fired there was a great deal of enthusiasm for the future of the program. That has dropped considerably after losing out on Montgomery, how the entire search has been handled and now the rumored list of finalists.
Going to be a lot of disappointed Black Bear fans if the end result of this whole process is Bob Corkum being named the permanent head coach
Philip Jeff Frye said:
A little late on this, but Taylor, who coached Yale for three decades, died of cancer April 27. At least he lived to see the Bulldogs win it all.
Some other news and/or stuff we missed...
* UConn names BC assistant Mike Kavanaugh as head coach heading into its debut season in Hockey East.
* The Huskies' former conference, the Atlantic, will increase the scholarship limit from 12 to 13 for the 2014-15 season, and again from 13 to 14 for the 2015-16 season. The NCAA max is 18.
* Also, the AHA will reportedly add either Rhode Island or St. Anselm to replace UConn.
* Not a surprise since he was passed over as successor to St. Jack, but BU associate head coach Mike Bavis has resigned after 18 years with the Terriers. Meanwhile, BU women's coach Brian Durocher gets an extension through 2018-19 after reaching two national title games the last three seasons.
* Jim Scherr, commissioner of the NCHC (which begins its inaugural season this fall), reportedly resigned his post before a single game being played to become COO of the European Games, which debut in 2015. However, Scherr says the reports are premature.
* UConn names BC assistant Mike Kavanaugh as head coach heading into its debut season in Hockey East.
* The Huskies' former conference, the Atlantic, will increase the scholarship limit from 12 to 13 for the 2014-15 season, and again from 13 to 14 for the 2015-16 season. The NCAA max is 18.
* Also, the AHA will reportedly add either Rhode Island or St. Anselm to replace UConn.
* Not a surprise since he was passed over as successor to St. Jack, but BU associate head coach Mike Bavis has resigned after 18 years with the Terriers. Meanwhile, BU women's coach Brian Durocher gets an extension through 2018-19 after reaching two national title games the last three seasons.
* Jim Scherr, commissioner of the NCHC (which begins its inaugural season this fall), reportedly resigned his post before a single game being played to become COO of the European Games, which debut in 2015. However, Scherr says the reports are premature.
Tickets are going on pre-sale today for Frozen Fenway 2014. Anyone have any thoughts on which scetions are good seats for hockey at Fenway?
Ended up going for best available which puts me in Pavillion Boxes on the 3rd base side which will be behind the net. Should be pretty nice.
FYI, If you are a citi card holder, the pre-sale is ongoing now for 2 Saturday Fenway college hockey double headers.
Jan 4
Merricmac vs Providence
BC vs Notre Dame
Jan 11
UML vs Northeastern
BU vs Maine
Pretty sweet deal I think.
FYI, If you are a citi card holder, the pre-sale is ongoing now for 2 Saturday Fenway college hockey double headers.
Jan 4
Merricmac vs Providence
BC vs Notre Dame
Jan 11
UML vs Northeastern
BU vs Maine
Pretty sweet deal I think.
Any one that come with mace included, at least for the January 11th game.Bucket1923 said:
All kidding aside, college fans are much more spoiled in terms for seating. You can pretty much get sweet seats for 90% of BC and BU games, and those are the programs with fans.
A friend who went to the Bruins one said it's basically the opposite of what you would want for baseball. (expcet for the OV GS ones) Corners, like the RF Boxes probably give best view. And it makes sense to buy EMC or State St. PC seats given the ability to find warmth.
Apparently they put NEU and BU students/fans in the same sections (home teams I guess), That's gonna be fun.
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ticketing/frozenfenway.jsp
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ticketing/frozenfenway.jsp
I sat behind the dugout for the BC-NU game 2 years ago, and I couldn't see a damn thing (as you could probably guess). A cool venue, a cool event, but a terrible viewing experience from almost everywhere in the park.
Sorry if this was talked about before somewhere, but news to me.
Is there really enough demand for this? I know the Gophers are fairly big, but this concept is getting out of hand IMHO
http://www.hockeycityclassic.com/
Is there really enough demand for this? I know the Gophers are fairly big, but this concept is getting out of hand IMHO
http://www.hockeycityclassic.com/
My highly scientific straw poll of texting four people from Minnesota, none of which actually went to the U and range from casual hockey fan to played his entire life, says otherwise.
Will TCF sell out?
No.
But there will be a lot of people there. Friday night? Men's and Women's teams? It's really hard to get tickets to the Men's games at Mariucci unless you want to pay through the nose or if you plan far ahead. I think this will be a success.
People here love being outside, even in the winter. Especially when hockey is involved. It's the same weekend as the Pond Hockey Championships (2 blocks from my house!), so there will probably be some tie-ins there.
No.
But there will be a lot of people there. Friday night? Men's and Women's teams? It's really hard to get tickets to the Men's games at Mariucci unless you want to pay through the nose or if you plan far ahead. I think this will be a success.
People here love being outside, even in the winter. Especially when hockey is involved. It's the same weekend as the Pond Hockey Championships (2 blocks from my house!), so there will probably be some tie-ins there.
Only just saw this - I'm guessing he prefers to stay on an NHL track at this point for a variety of reasons. I think he got frustrated with the college game at NU - too much stuff to deal with beyond just coaching hockey.Mr. Wednesday said:
More importantly, Hockey East media and coaches polls are being released tomorrow and we're less than two weeks from the first exhibition action. I'll throw down my rankings here:
1) UML - guys like Hellebuyck, Wilson, and Pendenza make this an easy one
2) BC - their recruiting class this year is disgustingly good
3) Notre Dame - not too familiar with them yet, but a national power that many are high on
4) Providence
5) UNH
6) bu
7) Merrimack
8) Maine
9) Vermont
10) Northeastern - some promising recruits, lots of offensive talent, but shaky on the blue line and a giant ? in goal
11) UMass - struggled last year and have a ton of questions, especially in goal
4-7 are interchangeable IMO. I think Providence is in the best position with Leaman at the helm, Gillies and goal, and plenty of talent in between. I also wouldn't be surprised to see bu jump a few spots with a fresh voice in David Quinn.
I think Maine and Vermont will have respectable teams; their rankings are more a result of the incredible depth in this league. Hoffman is going to be a stud for Vermont and I think Red Gendron is a great fit for Maine.
Anyways, with Northeastern, probably another rough season. I think they've got a lot of talent - they still have Kevin Roy, Josh Manson made huge strides at the end of last year, and they're bringing in guys like USHL stud Michael Szmatula and B's prospect Matt Benning, among others. But I've said that before and they never play up to it. They have not shown any consistency under Madigan. Even if everything goes right, I think the competition in the rest of the league will be too much.
I know it takes a long time to build a program, but this year is huge for Madigan. He has his guys - they need to make progress this year. Any kind of progress.
Coaches Poll is in:
1) UML, BC
3) UNH, ND
5) Providence
6) BU
7) Merrimack
8) Maine
9) Vermont
10) UMass
11) Northeastern
Media Poll is similar:
1) UML
2) BC
3) ND
4) Providence
5) UNH
6) BU
7) Merrimack
8) Maine
9) Vermont
10) UMass
11) Northeastern
1) UML, BC
3) UNH, ND
5) Providence
6) BU
7) Merrimack
8) Maine
9) Vermont
10) UMass
11) Northeastern
Media Poll is similar:
1) UML
2) BC
3) ND
4) Providence
5) UNH
6) BU
7) Merrimack
8) Maine
9) Vermont
10) UMass
11) Northeastern
I'll be curious to see if the travel has any effect on ND.
The Irish have pulled in a string of highly-rated recruiting classes, but have been hurt by some defections. Although Jackson has taken the program to previously unseen heights, there's a bit of angst over the inability to string three or four dominant seasons together. I think some inconsistency in goal has really hurt ND over the past few seasons, though Summerhays seems to have (finally) settled in as the #1.
I don't know a whole lot about the incoming freshmen for the Irish. Returning players to watch include:
F TJ Tynan - Officially listed at 5'9, 165, he plays like the the prototypical small, quick forward, he's a good setup man and also has a scorer's nose for goal. He had 54 and 41 points his first two seasons before slipping to 28 last year.
F Bryan Rust - Good hands and stickhandling, he had a bit of a breakout season last year with 34 points, second to the now-departed Anders Lee.
F Mario Lucia - Aside from being the son of the Minnesota head coach, Lucia flashed scoring touch when he rejoined the ND lineup off of injury. He had 12 goals and 23 points playing only 3/4 of the Irish season, and that included getting eased back into the lineup when he returned to play.
D Stephen Johns - Big defenseman with a big shot from the point. He has a ton of potential but has issues with inconsistent play and staying out of the penalty box.
The Irish have pulled in a string of highly-rated recruiting classes, but have been hurt by some defections. Although Jackson has taken the program to previously unseen heights, there's a bit of angst over the inability to string three or four dominant seasons together. I think some inconsistency in goal has really hurt ND over the past few seasons, though Summerhays seems to have (finally) settled in as the #1.
I don't know a whole lot about the incoming freshmen for the Irish. Returning players to watch include:
F TJ Tynan - Officially listed at 5'9, 165, he plays like the the prototypical small, quick forward, he's a good setup man and also has a scorer's nose for goal. He had 54 and 41 points his first two seasons before slipping to 28 last year.
F Bryan Rust - Good hands and stickhandling, he had a bit of a breakout season last year with 34 points, second to the now-departed Anders Lee.
F Mario Lucia - Aside from being the son of the Minnesota head coach, Lucia flashed scoring touch when he rejoined the ND lineup off of injury. He had 12 goals and 23 points playing only 3/4 of the Irish season, and that included getting eased back into the lineup when he returned to play.
D Stephen Johns - Big defenseman with a big shot from the point. He has a ton of potential but has issues with inconsistent play and staying out of the penalty box.
I think the travel issue is overblown. Notre Dame is swapping a lot of four-hour bus rides for two-hour flights. I don't think it will be much of an issue.
Dan to Theo to Ben said:
Why do you say it's getting out of hand? What's happening is that the concept is evolving from being a novelty into being a tradition. It's successful, people enjoy it, money is made. At its core, ice hockey is an indoor-outdoor sport...
Fred not Lynn said:
I love the spectacle of it and everything and I'm glad they're continuing it... but watching a hockey game in an outdoor stadium is not a whole lot of fun when you're used to warm arenas and (especially in college) fantastic sight lines.
The first USCHO poll of the year is out. UML at the top sounds right. I think RPI may be too low, and possibly Providence too (very high on Gillies).
1. Massachusetts-Lowell
2. Miami
3. Wisconsin
4. Boston College
5. Minnesota
6. Yale
7. North Dakota
8. Notre Dame
9. St. Cloud State
10. Quinnipiac
11. Michigan
12. Minnesota State
13. New Hampshire
14. Providence
15. Rensselaer
16. Union
17. Denver
18. Western Michigan
19. Boston University
20. Niagara
Others receiving votes: Cornell, Ferris State, Harvard, Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha, Air Force, Michigan Tech, Canisius, Colorado College, Ohio State, Alaska, Mercyhurst, Michigan State, Rochester Institute of Technology, Bowling Green, Brown, Dartmouth, Merrimack, Robert Morris
1. Massachusetts-Lowell
2. Miami
3. Wisconsin
4. Boston College
5. Minnesota
6. Yale
7. North Dakota
8. Notre Dame
9. St. Cloud State
10. Quinnipiac
11. Michigan
12. Minnesota State
13. New Hampshire
14. Providence
15. Rensselaer
16. Union
17. Denver
18. Western Michigan
19. Boston University
20. Niagara
Others receiving votes: Cornell, Ferris State, Harvard, Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha, Air Force, Michigan Tech, Canisius, Colorado College, Ohio State, Alaska, Mercyhurst, Michigan State, Rochester Institute of Technology, Bowling Green, Brown, Dartmouth, Merrimack, Robert Morris
This year will likely be the best year ever to watch college hockey on television. ESPNU and ESPN News have seven Big Ten games. CBS Sports Network has 18 NCHC games. NBCSN has 17 Hockey East and 5 Big Ten games. These national telecasts are in addition to the many more that will air regionally on NESN, FSN, BTN, and others.twibnotes said:
College hockey News had a pretty good television schedule page last year, but is still catching up for this year's games.
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/tvsked.php
College Hockey Inc. is more accurate at the moment.
http://collegehockeyinc.com/tv-schedule