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Colgate 2022-23

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Were the men planning on getting a bye and the women planning on finishing first, thus last-minute scrambling? he he he

Either way, I have my Dartmouth ticket, my Saint Lawrence tickets and my Lake Placid tickets. Bring ‘em on!!
 
Magoo said:
Yale finished 1st in the Women’s ECAC so I assume that’s why they’re hosting the tournament.
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That's exactly why Yale is hosting, they had one more point than us. I have been running scenarios on the Pairwise Predictor this am. It's on a thread here. Fun !

Even with a loss to Q-Pac Friday I still can't find a scenario where we finish worse than #4 seed (home ice). Try it !
 
iowabasedtraveler said:
Thanks, RPIfan.

So has anyone definitively figured out why the first-round games are one-n-done and not the usual best-of-three? Normally one can follow the money trail, but that (saving on travel expenses?) doesn’t seem like a good enough reason in this case (lost ticket revenue for host sites). Thanks.
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The great Ken Schott at the Daily Gazette did the most thorough reporting at the time regarding the change. His podcast -- link below -- he interviewed Hauge, Cashman, Donato and Hagwell about it. All of the coaches expressed surprise/dismay. Short answer is the coaches were seemingly blindsided and according to Hagwell, the coaches were "overwhelmingly in favor" of retaining the 3 game format. So draw your own conclusions...but Hagwell mentions money, travel reimbursements etc...

https://dailygazette.com/2022/11/17...-changes-state-regional-high-school-football/
 
I did some number crunching recently.

Even though we went 14-15-5 in the regular season, we were 7-4 in "decisive games", and 7-11-5 in "close games". A close game is defined as a game decided by 1 goal, or a 2-goal margin of victory if a late empty net goal is scored by the winning team.

8 of our 15 losses were 1 goal losses.

Each of our 4 "decisive losses" were early in the season - the last such "decisive loss" was a 4-0 loss at Clarkson on November 11. At that point in the season, we were 3-7-1. Since then, we've gone 11-8-4 with every loss being a game that was still in doubt late in the 3rd period.

The law of averages says that a team's record in close games will even out at around .500 - this happened in the 2010-11 season where we were losing so many close games then started winning them later on in the season, eventually upsetting RPI and Union in the playoffs.

Oh yeah, and that 2nd period empty net goal we gave up against Union? Take that away and we'd have a bye. Ughhhhhhh.
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
The great Ken Schott at the Daily Gazette did the most thorough reporting at the time regarding the change. His podcast -- link below -- he interviewed Hauge, Cashman, Donato and Hagwell about it. All of the coaches expressed surprise/dismay. Short answer is the coaches were seemingly blindsided and according to Hagwell, the coaches were "overwhelmingly in favor" of retaining the 3 game format. So draw your own conclusions...but Hagwell mentions money, travel reimbursements etc...

https://dailygazette.com/2022/11/17...-changes-state-regional-high-school-football/
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As for changing the playoff format, the decision was made by the AD's/Administrators at each school - obviously a disconnect between coaches and administrators, since the coaches wanted to keep the current playoff format. As for when this weekends games are being played, it was left up to the head coach of the home team to determine the day and time of their game.
 
I’ll be at the game this weekend but never more disappointed to be at a colgate hockey game (maybe since I was a 5-6 year old knowing nothing about hockey but got dragged to the Syracuse Invitational tournament). Now I wish they’d bring that back


we should have easily gotten the bye
 
Thanks Wicked and PondSkater.

I now wonder what it takes to open the doors at the Class of 1965 Arena for one night. When I was at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, with its 20k permanent seats, it took 2,200 fans at $15 apiece to break even for a one-night show of sprint car racing. What does it take at a 2,200-seat arena at $17 apiece for one night of ECAC Hockey?
 
iowabasedtraveler said:
Thanks Wicked and PondSkater.

I now wonder what it takes to open the doors at the Class of 1965 Arena for one night. When I was at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, with its 20k permanent seats, it took 2,200 fans at $15 apiece to break even for a one-night show of sprint car racing. What does it take at a 2,200-seat arena at $17 apiece for one night of ECAC Hockey?
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Based on what the school has to pay back to the ECAC for the one playoff game, 883 fans Iowa.
 
Supposed to start heavy snow between 6:00 and 9:00 tonight, ESPN+ and I want to watch the ladies beat Q-Pac at 6:30 also.
 
I will switch back and forth as the women start at 6:30 and the men at 7:00 so there will be constant play on tv. BTW where's the multiview option located ?
 
Carter Gylander led Colgate out into the ice tonight for the pre-game warm-up.
Mikey Roberts did the same for Dartmouth, but freshman Cooper Black is in goal.

Pep band and lots of students are present tonight.

Dartmouth’s McDonald scored first with an apparently deflected shot.
Seconds later, ‘Gate’s Ben Raymond (from Ryan McGuire) tied it up with a beauty.
Good ‘Gate effort results in second goal, by Simon LaBelle (from Tommy Bergsland).

Colgate penalty for cross-checking (drew DV’s ire). Killed.
Few make kick-saves like Carter Gylander.

Colgate 8, Dartmouth 6, SOG after one.
Colgate 2, Dartmouth 1, score after one.

P.S. - Clarkson women upset Yale in New Haven today. Colgate women up 1-0 over Quinnipiac after one.

Matching unsportsmanlike conduct penalties to open the second period. 90 seconds later, chippiness continues. Killed.

Colgate penalty for slashing.
One absolutely beautiful (and incredibly skilled) short-handed goal by Colton Young.

Halfway through the game, Dartmouth’s Joey Musa realizes that his season could be over soon and is getting really chippy.

Dartmouth penalty (under review for 2 or 5). And it’s a five-minute penalty (face-mask) and game-misconduct for Alex Krause. Killed.

Three minutes left in the second period, with a 3-1 lead, and we are already taking our foot off the gas. Could be a new record.

Colgate 17, Dartmouth 10, SOG after two.
Colgate 3, Dartmouth 1, score after two.

P.S. - From the Professor… Colgate women 4, Quinnipiac 0, score after two.

This is not sustainable (and not fair to our goalie). 17-16 SOG.

Dartmouth now playing like North Dakota.
Two players in their box (and one under review).
2 minute penalty. 5 minute penalty for kneeing and game misconduct (on Joey Musa).

Sadly, Reid Cashman is no Bob Gaudet.

Colgate PPG a snipe from Matt Verboon.

Another blast. Another PPG. This time by Alex DiPaolo.

Colgate penalty for interference (under video review).
Dartmouth goal. 19-19 SOG. 5-2 score. 8.5 minutes to go in regulation.
Another Dartmouth goal on the PP. 5-3.

Dartmouth goalie pulled with 3 minutes left in regulation.

Dartmouth 24, Colgate 20, final SOG.
Colgate 5, Dartmouth 3, final score.

P.S. - Apparently Colgate women won 5-1 and will play Clarkson tomorrow for the ECAC title.
 
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For the neutral fan, this was almost everything you could ask for in a hockey game. For us though, it was nerve-wracking. Give credit to Colgate - when Dartmouth got into penalty trouble in the 3rd, we took advantage of it. But also give credit to Dartmouth - they didn’t quit. Playoff games are never easy and they’re NEVER over until the clock reads all zeros in the 3rd or an OT goal is scored. But our bad habit of giving up extra-attacker goals continues…

The following 3 things are certain in life. Death, taxes, and Colgate playing St. Lawrence in the ECAC playoffs. Onto Appleton. Maybe we can break that curse?
 
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