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ECAC Team Crowned 2013 NCAA DI Champion

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ColSkate65 said:
By my count QU will lose 12 seniors while Yale loses 6. Guess they will just reload and we will have to face those juggernauts next season...yikes! To say nothing of Union, also a power now in ECAC play.
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I think the scary team next year could be UML. I looked at their roster in the Boston Globe yesterday and they only lose 3 players.

bigblue_dl said:
Quinnipiac has been slowly building towards this for a while, with a huge jump this year. Ever since they made the jump out of Atlantic Hockey they have really committed to the program, they have what I've heard is a top-notch facility and they just kept climbing the ladder. I have a feeling we may see Quinnipiac around for quite a while.
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I don't like it but I do agree. Q Pac has something going on that none of the other schools in the conference have going on. They are (relatively speaking) in a metro area. They have arguably one of the nicest facilities in college hockey. They have an administration that is committed to growing their D-1 programs and spending tons of money on the team. They market their team (which minor other efforts aside I don't think any other ECAC team does.) They get TV exposure in in the Boston market by buying time on NESN....they had a Bobcat TV show on NESN along with multiple games broadcast. They have "professional" TV/Radio announcers.....compared to other ECAC teams they function more like an AHL or ECHL hockey team compared to other schools in the conference. An example of spending money?? With already arguably the nicest facility....they are supposed to be installing a new scoreboard complete with HD video replay. Who else in the ECAC does or can afford these types of things???? That is why they will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.
 
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northeastern said:
Yale.. the oldest collegiate hockey program.. wow.. did not know this..

http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_02/old_yale.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_men's_ice_hockey

first game was in 1896..
National Championship game.. 2013..
about time! :)
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If you're ever in New Haven for a game, check out the Schley room at Ignall's. Classy setup with team photos on the wall of every Yale squad.

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There's a picture on the wall at Taft School rink in Watertown from the late 1800's where they refer to the sport as "Ice Polo."
 
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Stan The Man said:
If you're ever in New Haven for a game, check out the Schley room at Ignall's. Classy setup with team photos on the wall of every Yale squad.

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The Whale is pretty cool.. especially after the renovations. Matthews Arena as well has pics of NU teams from the 1920s & on.. thanks.

Now go swamp that ice like a whale.. Yale! :)
 
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Saturday's winner will join RPI and Bowling Green as the only three teams who are undefeated in the national championship game after having played at least one.
 
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critsports said:
An example of spending money?? With already arguably the nicest facility....they are supposed to be installing a new scoreboard complete with HD video replay. Who else in the ECAC does or can afford these types of things????
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Mike, the new HD scoreboard seems to come from landing the women's Frozen Four next year. I think the bulk of the money came from a private donation but am not positive. It's not just the administration dumping money into the program.
 
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northeastern said:
Yale.. the oldest collegiate hockey program.. wow.. did not know this..

http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_02/old_yale.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_men's_ice_hockey

first game was in 1896..
National Championship game.. 2013..
about time! :)
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This is why I am rooting for them. It has been a long time coming for them and I think they should get it. QU is going to be one tough team.


Did anyone notice how hard the ice was night? Lots of slipping and falling that hurt some offensive chances for all teams.
 
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Also, Deadspin's comparison to FGCU is so far off it's laughable. Quinnipiac was ranked for nearly the entire season and reached number one. A comparison to Gonzaga's extended stay at number one in bball would be more buyable. If Canisius made a run, then a FGCU comparison would make sense. Deadspin... stupid.
 
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Stauber1 said:
... Quinnipiac has been simply winning all season long.
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Except when it played Brown. Then, Q was O for 3 including a shutout (4-0) in the ECAC championship semifinal.

Still: Really proud of both Quinnipiac and Yale for repping the ECAC nationally!
 
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...wait a minute... so this whole time Quinnipiac was using overage Canadians? THE infamous North Dakota Strategy?! :eek:

Where is Happy to rail on this one?!
 
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Only BC v BU (4 miles) has ever happened. Google says Q-Pac and Yale are 11 miles apart.

Other than the four Boston schools + Bentley, (all within 9 miles of each other), I think the next possibilities are Brown vs. Providence (3 miles), St. Lawrence v. Clarkson (11 miles), Air Force v Colorado College, (13 miles) RPI v Union (15 miles).

The closest possibility is BU v Northeastern (at 1.2 miles.

(Those are all Google campus distance to campus - not rink to rink.)
 
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northeastern said:
The Whale is pretty cool.. especially after the renovations. Matthews Arena as well has pics of NU teams from the 1920s & on.. thanks.

Now go swamp that ice like a whale.. Yale! :)
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Harvard also has team pictures posted inside of Bright. Nothing new or terribly unique about that.

I'd love to see Yale win it, because of the Ivy restrictions on athletes and scholarships; however, I some on here may poo-poo that, but it is worthy of the Elis making it this far compared to a QU. I think it is fantastic two ECAC teams are in it, and the four schools in the FF who never won a banner. Makes for some interesting hockey.

Go Yale.
 
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Sorry. My earlier post about distance between schools is out of context. Was meant to be a reply to this post by chickod:

" Originally Posted by chickod
This seems as good of a place as any to bring this up. Can anyone think of scenarios where two schools in a championship game have been in close physical proximity? The only one I can remember is 1978 in Providence when BU beat BC (3 miles apart). Yale and Quinnipiac are nine miles apart (as the crow flies), which would make them the second closest."
 
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DarthBruno said:
Except when it played Brown. Then, Q was O for 3 including a shutout (4-0) in the ECAC championship semifinal.

Still: Really proud of both Quinnipiac and Yale for repping the ECAC nationally!
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If you really want to go there, we pasted Yale by a combined 10-2.
 
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