Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats '12-'13 Post Season - The view from the top...
Very weird to have five more first-place votes but be 10 points behind Minnesota. What that means is someone basically biased the poll by putting us 10th, or something. Which is ridiculous.
Whatever. Screw the doubters.
And, to put the Iles thing to bed, my point isn't to minimize it -- if he really was injured, my hats off to him. That's a tremendous thing.
I just doubt the veracity of Schafer's claim that Iles was actually injured. Schafer says that's why Iles was pulled in Game 2? That's ridiculous -- no one is leaving their goaltender out to dry like that. And, the way Iles played -- and the fact I can't ever remember seeing him flex anything, or appear shook up -- I have a hard time believing he was actually hurt.
Again, if he was hurt, my hats off to him. That's remarkable, if true.
He said
one of the reasons not
the reason. I'm guessing the scoreboard was also a factor. I have a hard time believing Schafer would make up an injury. I can believe he left Q off his ballot this week though.
I can also believe that plenty of voters put Q behind BC, Lowell, and even Yale.
In any event, hard fought series that was in many ways a representation of Cornell's whole season over the course of three nights. Good, if somewhat lucky at times start, coming unhinged and undisciplined, making a late charge and missing golden opportunities.
I haven't seen much of Hartzell before this weekend but I wasn't very impressed with what I saw. In game three he looked downright lost at times. He got beat six times for two goals, three pipes, and a quick whistle and in the OT didn't control the puck too well when it was shot at him. Hopefully for Q's sake he got the big game jitters out of his system. NCAA tournament teams typically have more than one line that will threaten to score. TV games also negate some of the advantage of having depth and balance.
Samuels-Thomas is going to be the type of player who in two years makes everyone in the league wonders "how has he not graduated yet?" He certainly plays like an upperclassman. Who will join him and Ferlin on the first team ECAC list in 2015?
Good luck the rest of the way. Try not to embarrass your conference like the last time you were in the NCAA tournament.
But seriously, here's hoping Q, U, Y, and maybe even Brown represent the conference well in two weeks.
Far be it from me ever to try to rain on your parade with your QU lads doing so well. However, I'm here to inform you that Denver is gonna pulverize the Bob Katz, and not only that, Denver is gonna do it this week!
