Ecac seeding/playoff predictions

[Skate79]

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If it is Dartmouth. The Big Green either need to take care of Yale or get help.

Right although it would take Colgate beating Quinnipiac in Hamilton and RPI beating SLU at Appleton. Tough tasks. Not impossible but I'm not going to bet the mortgage on it happening.

[hab]

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Union is taking Clarkson to overtime! Anything is still possible in the battle for the top three spots. Harvard leading Brown 3-1 and Cornell losing to Princeton 4-2.

[mattj711]

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Union is taking Clarkson to overtime! Anything is still possible in the battle for the top three spots. Harvard leading Brown 3-1 and Cornell losing to Princeton 4-2.

The league no one wants to win.

[hab]

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The league no one wants to win.

It's final, Princeton 4, Cornell 3, and Harvard is likely to hold on for a W against Brown. So now it comes down to Clarkson needing to beat Union in overtime to finish first, otherwise its Harvard.

[hab]

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And Clarkson wins it with a goal 1:01 into overtime to take the league title. The fact that it came to this kind of battle against the last place team speaks to how much more competitive the conference has become, top to bottom.

[vicb]

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And Clarkson wins it with a goal 1:01 into overtime to take the league title. The fact that it came to this kind of battle against the last place team speaks to how much more competitive the conference has become, top to bottom.

I have to give Union a lot of credit, especially their goalie Lundberg. She was great all game. Had no chance on either Clarkson goal. Union goal that was scored on the PP was one Howe should have stopped.

[Skate79]

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And Clarkson wins it with a goal 1:01 into overtime to take the league title. The fact that it came to this kind of battle against the last place team speaks to how much more competitive the conference has become, top to bottom.

Especially when you consider that Union had nothing to play for and Clarkson, everything to play for in terms of finishing first. Credit to Asano-Barcomb and her staff for getting her team motivated and ready to play in an enemy rink on the last day of the regular season.

[john0128]

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Union parents don't see it that way, ironically. They blame the coaches for the loss in their thread.. they get outshot almost 3:1 and only allow 2 GA and say that "the talent is there but the coaching isn't."

[Skate79]

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Union parents don't see it that way, ironically. They blame the coaches for the loss in their thread.. they get outshot almost 3:1 and only allow 2 GA and say that "the talent is there but the coaching isn't."

Understandable. Parents are looking at it through rose colored glasses. If they took off those glasses, they would realize that their kids aren't quite as talented as the Clarkson kids. If they were, they would be in the top four of the ECAC. Coaching may be part of the problem but coaching can't make up that big a difference between first and last place. Not going to happen.

[OnMAA]

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Playoffs. What Playoffs ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7fjDS0jKiE

PLayoffs are Here !!!!!

One hour until puck drop in two of the four games.

[OnMAA]

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Games underway, all three goals scored so far are on special teams.

Princeton is up 2-0 on Cornell in game 1. Butler and Loyd with the goals. Shots 19-8 for Cornell.
Both goals on the PP.

Clarkson leading Dartmouth 1-0, Rattray with the Goal. Shots 25-8 for the Knights.
Goal on the PP.

[OnMAA]

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Princeton scored two PP goals, 25 seconds apart at 7:47 and 8:12 into the 2nd period. !!

Look like the first goal was on a 5 on 3.

Late in second, still 2-0. Clarkson - Dartmouth still 1-0, 5 to go in 2nd.

[OnMAA]

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First two games in the books.

Cornell over Princeton 3-2. Shots were 34-18 for Cornell.

Clarkson over Dartmouth 2-0. Shots were 40-15 for Clarkson.

[Eeyore]

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I have no idea what to make of Princeton and, by extension, the rest of the ECAC. Based simply on their trip here in November I thought they were the weakest team Minnesota played all year, rivaled only by Minnesota State (and, yeah, some of their results were puzzling, too). So their ability to give Cornell, Clarkson, Harvard, and BC trouble has been perplexing. Maybe it was just matchup issues, or an extreme aversion to airports, but I have no idea what to think of the Tigers' season as a whole.

[dave1381]

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It's pretty common for teams to perform poorly after flights in season. It has definitely been clear to me both East@West and West@East at times. Frozen Fours it's not as much a problem since you have more time.

Looks to me like Princeton has become a much more consistent team since their January exam break.