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ECAC 2025-26 Postseason

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BowWowWow

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A big upset on Friday with Union taking down Clarkson in regulation 2-1. The quarterfinal field now, for best of three:
  • (Seed 12.) Union at (1.) Yale
  • (8) Harvard at (2) Princeton
  • (7) Brown at (3) Quinnipiac
  • (6) Colgate at (4) Cornell
This should be a good one for the Cornell-Colgate travel partner rivalry. I could see that one going to three games and Cornell winning.

Quinnipiac has had some trouble against Brown this season and the past couple seasons, with some losses and a tie; yet I would predict Quinnipiac to be in good playoff form. So, tough to tell who prevails there, but I'd predict the higher seed.

Other thoughts or predictions?
 
The women deserve tournament respect, but I think the turnout in LP will be woeful, save some Cornell fans. It's also not as accessible. I do like the fairness of the highest seed not getting a home bias.
 
BowWowWow said:
A big upset on Friday with Union taking down Clarkson in regulation 2-1. The quarterfinal field now, for best of three:
  • (Seed 12.) Union at (1.) Yale
  • (8) Harvard at (2) Princeton
  • (7) Brown at (3) Quinnipiac
  • (6) Colgate at (4) Cornell
This should be a good one for the Cornell-Colgate travel partner rivalry. I could see that one going to three games and Cornell winning.

Quinnipiac has had some trouble against Brown this season and the past couple seasons, with some losses and a tie; yet I would predict Quinnipiac to be in good playoff form. So, tough to tell who prevails there, but I'd predict the higher seed.

Other thoughts or predictions?
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I'm hoping that Harvard can push Princeton to three games. I expect today's game will be just as close - wish Harvard had more skill up front.
 
Congrats to the Big Red! Glad this season is over for the Raiders, who are heading in the wrong direction with Decosse and no improvement in sight. Hope Harvard and Brown can pull off some miracle upsets! Yale had a cakewalk.
 
Harvard ran out of gas today and got smoked. Tuffy finally cracked - it wasn't her fault. Making 80 saves over two consecutive games will do that to you. She's Harvard's best player and at least for the next two years, she will backbone the Crimson. Time for Bellamy to start recruiting players who can skate, stickhandle and score goals. And learning how to defend wouldn't hurt either.
 
And then there were four:
No. 1 Yale vs. No. 4 Cornell
No. 2 Princeton vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac

On paper, Q seems the stingiest, but Brown put holes in that theory. Cornell G can be tough to beat, but I don’t see the Big Red advancing. I’m tired of hearing about Issy Wunder and hope she doesn’t stay a fifth year lol.
 
Quinnipiac takes the championship 5-1 against Yale. A hard-fought game but one that unfortunately for them Yale was chasing for much of it. Quinnipiac goaltender Felicia Frank was (deservedly imo) named MVP of the ECAC tournament.

Currently Quinnipiac is 7, Yale 8, and Princeton 9 in the NPI. Perhaps Yale gets UMD (10) in the first round - to avoid first-round conference matchups? I would have to look at the annual document that the tournament committee puts out online to check the order of priorities in avoiding those first-round conference matchups yet maintaining most bracket integrity.
 
BowWowWow said:
Quinnipiac takes the championship 5-1 against Yale. A hard-fought game but one that unfortunately for them Yale was chasing for much of it. Quinnipiac goaltender Felicia Frank was (deservedly imo) named MVP of the ECAC tournament.

Currently Quinnipiac is 7, Yale 8, and Princeton 9 in the NPI. Perhaps Yale gets UMD (10) in the first round - to avoid first-round conference matchups? I would have to look at the annual document that the tournament committee puts out online to check the order of priorities in avoiding those first-round conference matchups yet maintaining most bracket integrity.
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Wouldn't that still be ECAC vs ECAC, though? Quinnipiac at 7 vs Yale now at 10?
 
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robertearle said:
Wouldn't that still be ECAC vs ECAC, though? Quinnipiac at 7 vs Yale now at 10?
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I agree with Crazy Dave's suggestion on the NPI predictor thread...
6 UConn vs Princeton (at 3 Penn State)
7 Quinnipiac vs NEWHA champ (Franklin Pierce, if current score holds?) (at 2 Wisconsin)
8 Yale vs UMD (at 1 Ohio State)

The groups of teams 1-3, 4-5, 6-9, and 10-12 are viewed as "bands," and they don't like to move teams between bands but within bands (generally 6-9 or 10-12) can change who they are playing in the next "band." This may be proven incorrect tomorrow morning, though...
 
BowWowWow said:
I agree with Crazy Dave's suggestion on the NPI predictor thread...
6 UConn vs Princeton (at 3 Penn State)
7 Quinnipiac vs NEWHA champ (Franklin Pierce, if current score holds?) (at 2 Wisconsin)
8 Yale vs UMD (at 1 Ohio State)

The groups of teams 1-3, 4-5, 6-9, and 10-12 are viewed as "bands," and they don't like to move teams between bands but within bands (generally 6-9 or 10-12) can change who they are playing in the next "band." This may be proven incorrect tomorrow morning, though...
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(There is no "12". Only 11 teams into the bracket.)
 
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