You're supposed to switch ends for each OT. The thinking being the long change increases goal scoring which should decrease ties.
Russell, your observations are spot on.
For the pro-NESCAC people, Amherst only became competitive in Jim Plumer's 4th year. Before that they had many years of not being competitive. Until someone can knock Middlebury from their pedestal on a regular basis the NESCAC is no different from the other conferences that have one team that annually seems to make it to the NCAA tournament and those teams are the same teams every year as Russell already pointed out. Nobody cares about the also-rans. Until Amherst broke through and won the national championship 2 years in a row they were an also-ran and that's pretty much where they are again. Even Middlebury is among the second tier teams in the NCAA playoffs. Nobody really expects them or Gustavus or River Falls to be able to win the title, so it's all relative.
By the way, Jim Plumer's 4th year at Amherst was like 10 years ago, so who cares that they weren't competitive before then - other NESCAC teams were instead of them (although Middlebury did have more of a stranglehold then).
Ahem, I do seem to recall that Bowdoin (you must remember I dream in black and white) made the first two NCAA ('01-'02 and '02-'03) final four.
2/3 x 4 = 2.6667
By the way, Jim Plumer's 4th year at Amherst was like 10 years ago, so who cares that they weren't competitive before then - other NESCAC teams were instead of them (although Middlebury did have more of a stranglehold then).
Lol, let me put some aluminum foil on the antenna to help bring in your dream's signal a little better.
Bowdoin spent $20,000,000 on Watson and has not had teams (women or men) that are much more than "in the mix" in the NESCAC let alone in the conversation about a national championship.
Facilities are only one piece of the equation. Coaching and “resources” IE financial aid and academic standards in the nescac’s case are also huge factors.
By the same "logic," who cares which teams came in 2nd, 3rd, etc, in the NESCAC in any year. If you ain't first, you're last! The reality is nobody has really challenged Middlebury in the NESCAC the way Elmira and RIT used to in the former ECAC West. Manhattanville used to dominate the former ECAC East in the same way Middlebury dominated the NESCAC. Nobody really matters from out west except maybe River Falls and now Adrian in recent years. I'm being harsh on purpose to say that Rusell is right in that there are very few teams that can challenge and/or displace the perennial favorites. You have also said the same thing even if you put these ( ) around it. It's essentially the same teams that reach the NCAA playoffs every year. That's pretty boring overall, so I love it when a team like Northland knocks off a big dog like Adrian in the regular season.
Bowdoin spent $20,000,000 on Watson and has not had teams (women or men) that are much more than "in the mix" in the NESCAC let alone in the conversation about a national championship.
To be clear, Bowdoin spent a small fraction of the $20MM. Misters White and Ganong (I believe there may have been a couple of others) donated the vast majority....
It is a beautiful arena rivaling all D3 rinks (including Middlebury)...
To be clear, Bowdoin spent a small fraction of the $20MM. Misters White and Ganong (I believe there may have been a couple of others) donated the vast majority....
It is a beautiful arena rivaling all D3 rinks (including Middlebury)...
Anyone going to the Platty / Norwich game tonight? Other than the game against Adrian later this month, Norwich may be the only test for the Cardinals this season.
Anyone going to the Platty / Norwich game tonight? Other than the game against Adrian later this month, Norwich may be the only test for the Cardinals this season.
I will be there.
I'm here.
