Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

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Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

Anyone here have a subscription to New England Journal? Jeff Cox tweeted a Hockey East article via the New England Hockey Journal on who will definitely leave and who are potential flight risks. I was hoping to get the list and see what the article says but obviously don't want to pay the ridiculous amount for just 1 article.

Screenshots or a list of the teams and players on who is def leaving v flight risk would be appreciative!

[ticapnews]

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The quarters are set.

#8 Providence at #1 Boston College
#7 Northeastern at #2 Massachusetts
#6 Boston University at #3 UMass-Lowell
#5 Connecticut at #4 Maine

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The top four seeds are set.

Team Points Max Range
BC 34 36 1
UMA 30 30 2
UML 29 29 3
Me 27 27 4

UC 26 26 5-6
BU 25 27 5-6
PC 23 23 7-8

NU 21 23 7-9
UNH 20 22 8-9

If BU wins tomorrow night, the Terriers finish #5 and will play in Orono. Anything less and they finish sixth and will travel to Lowell.

Providence has clinched a playoff spot despite the loss. A Northeastern tie or loss and the Friars will finish #7 and go to UMA. A Northeastern win and PC drops to #8 and will go to Conte Forum.

A UNH win and a Northeastern tie or loss and the Wildcats get the final playoff spot thanks to the third tiebreaker (a win over Boston College). A tie or loss, or a Northeastern win, eliminates New Hampshire. The Huskies can still finish #7 with a win.

[The Zlax45]

Unless I made a mistake, I think this is where things stand:

Team	Games Left	Current Points	Max Points	Possible Seed	Note
BC	2	32	36	1	RS Title
UMass	1	28	30	2-3	Home Ice
UML	1	27	29	2-5	Playoffs
UConn	1	26	28	2-5	Playoffs
Maine	1	25	28	3-7	Playoffs
BU	2	23	27	3-9
PC	1	23	25	5-9
NU	2	21	25	5-9
UNH	2	20	24	5-9
MC	0	17	17	10	Eliminated
UVM	1	8	10	11	Eliminated

Edit: I was so happy I got the table formatted correctly, I forgot to put some reasoning. Here it is:
Tie breakers of Note
UMass over UConn at 28. 1-1 H2H, both 13 conference wins, UMass 1-2 vs BC, Uconn 0-2
UMass over UML at 28 or 29. 1-1 H2H UMass has 13 conference wins, UML would have 12 or 11
Maine then UML then BU if three way tie at 27. All 1-1-3 h2h. Maine would have 12 conference wins vs 11 for UML and 11 for BU. UML 1-1 vs BC, BU 0-2.
UConn then Maine then BU if three way tie at 27. UConn wins 4-1-0 h2h. Maine beats BU 1-0-1 H2H

Maine can't be caught by both BU and NU as NU needs 4 points, and that would mean BU getting 0

Maine has one game left so can’t get three in the final game..

[ScottK]

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Unless I made a mistake, I think this is where things stand:

Team	Games Left	Current Points	Max Points	Possible Seed	Note
BC	2	32	36	1	RS Title
UMass	1	28	30	2-3	Home Ice
UML	1	27	29	2-5	Playoffs
UConn	1	26	28	2-5	Playoffs
Maine	1	25	28	3-7	Playoffs
BU	2	23	27	3-9
PC	1	23	25	5-9
NU	2	21	25	5-9
UNH	2	20	24	5-9
MC	0	17	17	10	Eliminated
UVM	1	8	10	11	Eliminated

Edit: I was so happy I got the table formatted correctly, I forgot to put some reasoning. Here it is:
Tie breakers of Note
UMass over UConn at 28. 1-1 H2H, both 13 conference wins, UMass 1-2 vs BC, Uconn 0-2
UMass over UML at 28 or 29. 1-1 H2H UMass has 13 conference wins, UML would have 12 or 11
Maine then UML then BU if three way tie at 27. All 1-1-3 h2h. Maine would have 12 conference wins vs 11 for UML and 11 for BU. UML 1-1 vs BC, BU 0-2.
UConn then Maine then BU if three way tie at 27. UConn wins 4-1-0 h2h. Maine beats BU 1-0-1 H2H

Maine can't be caught by both BU and NU as NU needs 4 points, and that would mean BU getting 0

BU's ceiling is 4 not 3. For BU to get to 27 and tie UML, UML would have to lose to UConn, which would put them at 28 and in 3rd.
UNH's is 6, not 5. Either BU or NU (or both) will get to 24 points (or more) this weekend. If either gets to 25, UNH can't catch them. If they all end up at 24, UNH loses the 3-way tiebreaker.

[mookie1995]

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whereas there were perhaps 6 hea teams in the ncaa tourney a couple weeks, now it is looking like 3


The Curse of The JoeBino (copyright shank)

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Unless I made a mistake, I think this is where things stand:

Team	Games Left	Current Points	Max Points	Possible Seed	Note
BC	2	32	36	1	RS Title
UMass	1	28	30	2-3	Home Ice
UML	1	27	29	2-5	Playoffs
UConn	1	26	28	2-5	Playoffs
Maine	1	25	28	3-7	Playoffs
BU	2	23	27	3-9
PC	1	23	25	5-9
NU	2	21	25	5-9
UNH	2	20	24	5-9
MC	0	17	17	10	Eliminated
UVM	1	8	10	11	Eliminated

Edit: I was so happy I got the table formatted correctly, I forgot to put some reasoning. Here it is:
Tie breakers of Note
UMass over UConn at 28. 1-1 H2H, both 13 conference wins, UMass 1-2 vs BC, Uconn 0-2
UMass over UML at 28 or 29. 1-1 H2H UMass has 13 conference wins, UML would have 12 or 11
Maine then UML then BU if three way tie at 27. All 1-1-3 h2h. Maine would have 12 conference wins vs 11 for UML and 11 for BU. UML 1-1 vs BC, BU 0-2.
UConn then Maine then BU if three way tie at 27. UConn wins 4-1-0 h2h. Maine beats BU 1-0-1 H2H

Maine can't be caught by both BU and NU as NU needs 4 points, and that would mean BU getting 0

[ScottK]

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Notice that the article was written back in 2015 and "updated" as recently as last summer. I wonder what the "update" was...

It looks like it was "updated" right around when the Sun canned him last summer.

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Every day is a good day to break this article back out.

https://www.lowellsun.com/2015/03/24...m-of-computer/

Notice that the article was written back in 2015 and "updated" as recently as last summer. I wonder what the "update" was...

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

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Aha I remember that article. Almost as bad as Schlossman’s obsession with BC staying East and losing ‘all the time they go West’ in the “new format” which excludes when BC went West in the old format and took down the #1 seed (both western teams in fact) on the way to the FF in both 1999 and 2000. Not a very bright fellow.

Given BC is looking like a strong possibility for Worcester we should expect similar whining in a few weeks out of Grand Forks.

[TheRevengeance]

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Every day is a good day to break this article back out.

https://www.lowellsun.com/2015/03/24...m-of-computer/

[Split-N]

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A few years ago the sports editor wrote a screed when Lowell missed the NCAA tournament. He even admitted in the opening lines that he didn't know how the field was determined (even though it is 100% transparent). And this wasn't some college student disappointed the team missed out, it was the editor. It would have been great for the annual "My team got screwed" thread but was way out of line for a newspaper.

So fake news is really a thing? Who knew?

[ticapnews]

Sorry, but I missed why you are obsessed with the Lowell Sun's headlines; could you please post why?

Sean

A few years ago the sports editor wrote a screed when Lowell missed the NCAA tournament. He even admitted in the opening lines that he didn't know how the field was determined (even though it is 100% transparent). And this wasn't some college student disappointed the team missed out, it was the editor. It would have been great for the annual "My team got screwed" thread but was way out of line for a newspaper.

[Sean Pickett]

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I think we all want to see that happen, if only to see the headline in the Lowell paper the next day...

Sorry, but I missed why you are obsessed with the Lowell Sun's headlines; could you please post why?

Sean

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Team Points Maximum Wins Range
BC 30 36 15 1
UC 26 30 12 2-7
UMA 26 30 12 2-7
UML 25 29 10 2-9
ME 25 29 11 2-9
BU 23 29 9 2-9
NU 21 27 10 3-9
PC 21 25 9 4-9
UNH 20 26 9 3-9

BC has locked up the title and #1 seed.
UConn has moved into second and clinched a playoff spot.
UMass falls to third.
Lowell clinches a playoff berth and moves into home ice position.
Maine was moments away from maintaining third in the conference but falls all the way to fifth. The Black Bears still have not clinched a playoff berth.
Boston University is still in sixth waiting for the big BC game Saturday night.
Northeastern remains in seventh despite the upset at Vermont.
Providence remains in eighth. The Friars would have fallen out had UNH held on for the win.
New Hampshire remains in ninth, but can still finish as high as third.

Correction. I actually found a way to get Lowell out. A six-way tie for 4th at 25 points.

The ties would go:

4 NU
5 PC
6 ME
7 BU
8 UNH
9 Lowell

So it is incredibly unlikely, but Lowell is still mathematically at risk.

I think we all want to see that happen, if only to see the headline in the Lowell paper the next day...