Harvard Crimson Women 2012-2013

[Skate79]

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To be clearer, I meant "national relevant" mainly in the sense of Harvard's prospects of making it back to the Frozen Four in the first time in five years. I'm relatively indifferent about whether Harvard misses NCAAs or makes NCAAs and loses meekly.

My sense is there's a good chance Harvard visits BU or BC in the NCAA quarterfinals. If Harvard were to go to the NCAA quarters with a four-game losing streak against each of them, then it's going to be much, much harder for Harvard to believe it can win that game. So I care more about this BU game than any one game for the rest of the season.

(Now in terms of the difference between ranked vs. unranked teams, what actually matters for NCAA selections/seeding is record vs. the top 12 RPI, and right now SLU is hanging on at No. 12. Quinnipiac or Dartmouth could also creep into the top 12. Or a 5th WCHA team could creep into the top 12 and knock out the 4th ECAC team, which would probably be bad for Harvard.)

Got it. I don't know if Harvard has ever won a road NCAA quarterfinal game - I don't think they have (if memory serves, they lost to Wisconsin in that triple OT thriller in '07 and to UNH in '06). Playing BC or BU in the quarters might not be the worst thing in the world. Tough to beat a team three times in one season and if it is BU and we lose to them next week, well, who knows? We might spring the upset.

 

[OnMAA]

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There is a cruel irony to tomorrow night's game - the theme being "White the Bright" in an attempt to get a full house or close to it. The only white that the Bright will be seeing will be happening outside and I'm afraid it will detract from what might have been a really good turnout. We'll see...

I've seen various weather reports now that suggest that the Friday Evening Commute is expected to be a challenge. Considering that the Beantown commute can be a challenge on a good day, I can imagine that few will even think of the attempt to commute to bright, let alone make it. The Brown - Harvard game could easily be moved to a weekday game, considering the close proximity of these schools.

Actually brings me to the travel partner combo's. Often wondered why Brown is not paired with Harvard and Yale with Quinnipiac so that visiting teams can stay at the same place. While that would leave Princeton and Dartmouth as a difficult pairing, all the other pairings would be within each other's close vicinity. Right now you have three longer distance pairing. With that proposed change you only have one pairing more than an hour apart.

 

[pakidnyc]

I've seen various weather reports now that suggest that the Friday Evening Commute is expected to be a challenge. Considering that the Beantown commute can be a challenge on a good day, I can imagine that few will even think of the attempt to commute to bright, let alone make it. The Brown - Harvard game could easily be moved to a weekday game, considering the close proximity of these schools.

Actually brings me to the travel partner combo's. Often wondered why Brown is not paired with Harvard and Yale with Quinnipiac so that visiting teams can stay at the same place. While that would leave Princeton and Dartmouth as a difficult pairing, all the other pairings would be within each other's close vicinity. Right now you have three longer distance pairing. With that proposed change you only have one pairing more than an hour apart.

The drive from Quinnipiac to Princeton tomorrow night may prove to be challenging for the Big Red!

 

[Trillium]

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I'm guessing that despite the impending storm, the games will go on. Not sure how Brown is going to make it to Cambridge given that the worst part of the storm will be overnight into Saturday morning. Perhaps Brown and Yale will wind up playing on Sunday in Cambridge and Hanover.

There is a cruel irony to tomorrow night's game - the theme being "White the Bright" in an attempt to get a full house or close to it. The only white that the Bright will be seeing will be happening outside and I'm afraid it will detract from what might have been a really good turnout. We'll see...

Word is that the Harvard-Yale game tomorrow will be at 1 PM instead of 7 PM due to the storm. I believe the two planned Saturday games will be on Sunday.

 

[Dr. Seuss Fan]

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According to the Yale site that is correct. Dartmouth game vs Yale listed at 2:00pm on Sunday.

 

[OnMAA]

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Word is that the Harvard-Yale game tomorrow will be at 1 PM instead of 7 PM due to the storm. I believe the two planned Saturday games will be on Sunday.

According to the Yale site that is correct. Dartmouth game vs Yale listed at 2:00pm on Sunday.

According to the Harvard site, the Saturday Harvard - Brown game has been rescheduled to Tue Feb 19. As mentioned before the Friday Harvard - Yale game has been pushed up to 1 pm.

 

[OnMAA]

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According to the Harvard site, the Saturday Harvard - Brown game has been rescheduled to Tue Feb 19. As mentioned before the Friday Harvard - Yale game has been pushed up to 1 pm.

And the Brown site has the Friday game with Dartmouth pushed up to 5 pm;

 

[Dr. Seuss Fan]

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Glad i didn't rely on the Dartmouth site for game change information. Still no changes listed there for the weekend. Am really bummed that our flight is cancelled into Logan tomorrow and that we will have to re-schedule our visit for weeks ahead, after hockey season.

 

[Skate79]

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According to the Harvard site, the Saturday Harvard - Brown game has been rescheduled to Tue Feb 19. As mentioned before the Friday Harvard - Yale game has been pushed up to 1 pm.

I'm guessing the reason for switching to February 19th has to do with the Beanpot although I still don't see why they couldn't play on Sunday afternoon. They've done it before with the men.

And moving up the Yale game to 1pm? Really? Governor Patrick has publicly asked people to stay off the roads after 12 noon because the brunt of the storm is expected to hit around 2pm. The MBTA is shutting down in the afternoon as well as commuter rail trains. Geez, someone needs to rethink this unless they are okay with both teams playing in an empty rink. I'd cancel the game and only play it if there were playoff seeding implications for both teams (the Tuesday after the regular season ends).

 

[whoop87]

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OnMAA, the Dartmouth-Princeton pairing would be too hard to deal with on back to back days...and forget about playing a Friday night game at one venue followed by a Saturday afternoon game at the other. Google Maps estimates 5.5 hours, 320 miles between the two schools. Darty used to be paired with Vermont before the Catamounts joined Hockey East. Harvard-Brown was another pairing as was Princeton-Yale. It looks like the ECAC and the ADs from the member schools decided on travel partners in the 2 hours drive range...with the one exception being Princeton...and Quinny was the new kid on the block so they got paired with the Tigers rather than Yale.

 

[Hux]

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OnMAA, the Dartmouth-Princeton pairing would be too hard to deal with on back to back days...and forget about playing a Friday night game at one venue followed by a Saturday afternoon game at the other. Google Maps estimates 5.5 hours, 320 miles between the two schools. Darty used to be paired with Vermont before the Catamounts joined Hockey East. Harvard-Brown was another pairing as was Princeton-Yale. It looks like the ECAC and the ADs from the member schools decided on travel partners in the 2 hours drive range...with the one exception being Princeton...and Quinny was the new kid on the block so they got paired with the Tigers rather than Yale.

Penn needs to bring back hockey and rectify this!

 

[Veritas]

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According to the Harvard site, the Saturday Harvard - Brown game has been rescheduled to Tue Feb 19. As mentioned before the Friday Harvard - Yale game has been pushed up to 1 pm.

UPDATE!

That has changed, it is now postponed to a date to be determined, probably in line with the Governor's plea to stay off the roads.

All this coming at the 35th anniversary of the Blizzard of '78 (well remembered by us older guys)
I am happy that the games are postponed as I had no intention of braving the storm despite my love for Harvard hockey. I am currently using crutches (messed up lumbar disk) and do not want another fall. So far this year the only games I have missed was the one where I was inside the Lahey Clinic MRI machine when the puck dropped.

No word yet as to any postponement of the Saturday men's game.

 

[OnMAA]

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Here is the full list of changes involving ECAC games:

http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2012-13/News/20130702_Schedule_Chamges

 

[Trillium]

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UPDATE!

That has changed, it is now postponed to a date to be determined, probably in line with the Governor's plea to stay off the roads.

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The governor's communication and decision-making skills are questionable. No snow at all yet but apparently a state of emergency was declared and all roads were closed into Mass earlier this evening. That's a far cry from a plea not to drive tomorrow. Too bad for anyone (including various athletic teams) who planned ahead and incurred the costs and time to get to Mass tonight to avoid the storm tomorrow afternoon. No other choice but to have to cancel all tomorrows games for anyone needing to travel through Mass, as they had to turn around at the state line and drive back home. Clear and proactive communication is key, but it appears that was a low priority.

While I wouldn't ever wish anyone take unnecessary risks, I honestly feel blessed I don't live in a place with Chicken Little in charge. The weather forecast for the Boston area has NOT changed one iota in the last 24 hours.

 

[Veritas]

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The governor's communication and decision-making skills are questionable. No snow at all yet but apparently a state of emergency was declared and all roads were closed into Mass earlier this evening. That's a far cry from a plea not to drive tomorrow. Too bad for anyone (including various athletic teams) who planned ahead and incurred the costs and time to get to Mass tonight to avoid the storm tomorrow afternoon. No other choice but to have to cancel all tomorrows games for anyone needing to travel through Mass, as they had to turn around at the state line and drive back home. Clear and proactive communication is key, but it appears that was a low priority.

While I wouldn't ever wish anyone take unnecessary risks, I honestly feel blessed I don't live in a place with Chicken Little in charge. The weather forecast for the Boston area has NOT changed one iota in the last 24 hours.

As a retired Emergency Management Director in a Mass. city I tend to stay of top of this sort of thing. What you are claiming is simply not true. I checked Mass Highway and Mass State Police and then called the duty officer in the MEMA operations center in the bunker in Framingham. No Massachusetts roads or highways are closed at this times. No one is being turned around at the border. Not sure where you heard this but is not true.

What will happen Friday afternoon is still up in the air. Some weather reports are saying some areas may get snowfall rates of 2>3 inches per hour. Most decent plowing operations can keep up with an inch an hour but above that the plows may have difficulty keeping up.

The storm is coming at a time of astronomical high tides and astronomy, combined with storm surge and wave action may require closing of roads bordering salt water such as Quincy Shore Drive and Morrissey Blvd near UMass Boston near high tide times. (around 9:40PM Friday and 10:15AM Saturday)

Harvard vs. Dartmouth Update
Thanks OnMAA - I checked that. ECAC says that the game has been moved from Sat. Feb 9th at 7:00 to Sunday Feb 10th at 5:00PM. In the meantime the Harvard website is still saying it is on the 9th. People may want to check before they start driving.

 

[OnMAA]

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As a retired Emergency Management Director in a Mass. city I tend to stay of top of this sort of thing. What you are claiming is simply not true. I checked Mass Highway and Mass State Police and then called the duty officer in the MEMA operations center in the bunker in Framingham. No Massachusetts roads or highways are closed at this times. No one is being turned around at the border. Not sure where you heard this but is not true.

What will happen Friday afternoon is still up in the air. Some weather reports are saying some areas may get snowfall rates of 2>3 inches per hour. Most decent plowing operations can keep up with an inch an hour but above that the plows may have difficulty keeping up.

The storm is coming at a time of astronomical high tides and astronomy, combined with storm surge and wave action may require closing of roads bordering salt water such as Quincy Shore Drive and Morrissey Blvd near UMass Boston near high tide times. (around 9:40PM Friday and 10:15AM Saturday)

Harvard vs. Dartmouth Update
Thanks OnMAA - I checked that. ECAC says that the game has been moved from Sat. Feb 9th at 7:00 to Sunday Feb 10th at 5:00PM. In the meantime the Harvard website is still saying it is on the 9th. People may want to check before they start driving.

I have a dish and get all the Boston stations. At the 11pm newscasts, the Governor was quite clear and info was clear. They strongly urged people to stay off the road by Noon, but it was an urging, not a mandatory enforcement. The T and MBTA is shutting down at 3pm. Governor also indicated he reserved the right to change to a mandatory stay of the roads policy if conditions warranted it.

At any rate, I had a hotel booked in the Boston area for tonight, and clearly I'm not driving down into this mess this weekend. We are getting some snow up here as well, but here the cold temps ( -17 ) and wind are more of a factor than the snow at this point.

Be safe everyone, specially the crews on the road that have no choice but to work in this mess.

 

[OnMAA]

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Great 16 page timeline slide show showing expected accumulation amounts over time. Looks to be two HOT pockets, one in South-Central-Eastern Ontario (Belleville to Cornwall coridor) and the other in Mass and northern CT/RI. The Ontario part has changed a bit as originally the hardest hit areas were expected to be further south.

http://www.intellicast.com/Travel/Weather/Snow/SnowCast.aspx?region=rut

 

[ARM]

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Harvard vs. Dartmouth Update

Harvard vs. Yale.

 

[Hux]

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As a retired Emergency Management Director in a Mass. city I tend to stay of top of this sort of thing. What you are claiming is simply not true. I checked Mass Highway and Mass State Police and then called the duty officer in the MEMA operations center in the bunker in Framingham. No Massachusetts roads or highways are closed at this times. No one is being turned around at the border. Not sure where you heard this but is not true.

What will happen Friday afternoon is still up in the air. Some weather reports are saying some areas may get snowfall rates of 2>3 inches per hour. Most decent plowing operations can keep up with an inch an hour but above that the plows may have difficulty keeping up.

The storm is coming at a time of astronomical high tides and astronomy, combined with storm surge and wave action may require closing of roads bordering salt water such as Quincy Shore Drive and Morrissey Blvd near UMass Boston near high tide times. (around 9:40PM Friday and 10:15AM Saturday)

Harvard vs. Dartmouth Update
Thanks OnMAA - I checked that. ECAC says that the game has been moved from Sat. Feb 9th at 7:00 to Sunday Feb 10th at 5:00PM. In the meantime the Harvard website is still saying it is on the 9th. People may want to check before they start driving.

LMAO. I had visions of crossing guards walking out into the middle of the interstates with big stop signs....or cold war era eastern Europe checkpoints at the border.

 

[OnMAA]

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LMAO. I had visions of crossing guards walking out into the middle of the interstates with big stop signs....or cold war era eastern Europe checkpoints at the border.

Don't laugh to hard. Sometimes it's reality. Have been stopped TWICE by border patrol on the I-87 Northway in the middle of nowhere not far from the High Peaks rest stop. That is like 100 miles south of the actual border. They appear to have a regular spot check stop there. They stop all traffic on the free way, ask for identification and destination. When they are out, there is agents asking questions, and plenty more with guard dogs and fatigues on the side of the road. Welcome to the land of the Free, or is it the Home of the Brave.?