Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
Sucks when he's right....
Sucks when he's right....
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Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
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Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
I mistakenly put Albany last night, and ended up being correct. The bid difference for Q is there is a far greater fan base closer to Worcester than Albany. We can grab all the alums in Springfield/Hartford and Boston easily in Worcester. Far less alums in Albany then Boston. Thats the difference to me. Excited for this weekend. I've heard broken collarbone swirled by the media after seeing him last night outside the rink. I think it's cautionary him being in a sling after seeing him lift up the trophy, hug teammates, and shake Hagwell's hand. Only time will tell, cause Rand certainly wont
I mistakenly put Albany last night, and ended up being correct. The bid difference for Q is there is a far greater fan base closer to Worcester than Albany. We can grab all the alums in Springfield/Hartford and Boston easily in Worcester. Far less alums in Albany then Boston. Thats the difference to me. Excited for this weekend. I've heard broken collarbone swirled by the media after seeing him last night outside the rink. I think it's cautionary him being in a sling after seeing him lift up the trophy, hug teammates, and shake Hagwell's hand. Only time will tell, cause Rand certainly wont
Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
Thanks UFan .... Alway nice to have support of your league's brethren. GO ECAC!
Thanks UFan .... Alway nice to have support of your league's brethren. GO ECAC!
DownOnTheFarm
QU Bobcats
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They way he was moving doesn't seem like a broken collarbone. He wouldn't want to move at all if it was. I would bet it's a bruised bone or something like that, I almost want to say if it came down to the 3rd period we might have seen him out there.
I mistakenly put Albany last night, and ended up being correct. The bid difference for Q is there is a far greater fan base closer to Worcester than Albany. We can grab all the alums in Springfield/Hartford and Boston easily in Worcester. Far less alums in Albany then Boston. Thats the difference to me. Excited for this weekend. I've heard broken collarbone swirled by the media after seeing him last night outside the rink. I think it's cautionary him being in a sling after seeing him lift up the trophy, hug teammates, and shake Hagwell's hand. Only time will tell, cause Rand certainly wont
They way he was moving doesn't seem like a broken collarbone. He wouldn't want to move at all if it was. I would bet it's a bruised bone or something like that, I almost want to say if it came down to the 3rd period we might have seen him out there.
MarkEagleUSA
C'mon Q!
Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
As I have said a couple of times, he still had his gear on including pads. If it were a serious injury those would have been gone and he would have been icing it and/or in a sling.
DownOnTheFarm
QU Bobcats
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Yeah exactly. I am stoked for this weekend! I will be enjoying the Regionals in Reno, NV... Also, the bookstore has ECAC Champions shirts. I just ordered myself one... National Champs shirt NEXT!
I couldn't be more pumped for the chance at YALE again!
Yeah exactly. I am stoked for this weekend! I will be enjoying the Regionals in Reno, NV... Also, the bookstore has ECAC Champions shirts. I just ordered myself one... National Champs shirt NEXT!
I couldn't be more pumped for the chance at YALE again!
Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
Man, you boys are cocky.
Man, you boys are cocky.
QUAlum2004
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I wouldn't say its cocky. This team has truly been the top team in the country for pretty much the entire season. They have a sweep against fellow #1 seed St. Cloud State, swept NCAA tournament team Yale, beat NCAA team Harvard 3 times. There only losses are to BU an NCAA tourney team, St. Lawrence, a team that reached the ECAC Semi's and is 19th in the pairwise and Cornell a physical team that is ranked 15th in the pairwise and just missed the tournament. Compared to RIT who 2 wins against Robert Morris the 20th win the pairwise as their best wins of the season. Quinnipiac is in the top 5 in the country in scoring and 6th in team defense. They are in the top 5 for PP in the country and #3 in PK. 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments with a frozen four mixed in. There is a reason we can be confident. This is a really good team.
I wouldn't say its cocky. This team has truly been the top team in the country for pretty much the entire season. They have a sweep against fellow #1 seed St. Cloud State, swept NCAA tournament team Yale, beat NCAA team Harvard 3 times. There only losses are to BU an NCAA tourney team, St. Lawrence, a team that reached the ECAC Semi's and is 19th in the pairwise and Cornell a physical team that is ranked 15th in the pairwise and just missed the tournament. Compared to RIT who 2 wins against Robert Morris the 20th win the pairwise as their best wins of the season. Quinnipiac is in the top 5 in the country in scoring and 6th in team defense. They are in the top 5 for PP in the country and #3 in PK. 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments with a frozen four mixed in. There is a reason we can be confident. This is a really good team.
DownOnTheFarm
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I'm sorry, are you guys #1 overall? Have you guys been #1 in the nation for most of the year? I believe the word is confident, not cocky. I have watched some of those AHA playoff games and there isn't much you guys do that would even give us an issue. Good luck with a team that rolls 4 lines and our third would start on your team.
I'm sorry, are you guys #1 overall? Have you guys been #1 in the nation for most of the year? I believe the word is confident, not cocky. I have watched some of those AHA playoff games and there isn't much you guys do that would even give us an issue. Good luck with a team that rolls 4 lines and our third would start on your team.
ZYanksRule
GO BOBCATS!!
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And yet, none of that guarantees anything when the puck drops on Saturday afternoon.
Listen, I'm just as confident and excited as you guys, but this is hockey. It's a one-and-done. RIT could easily beat Quinnipiac. Do I think it's going to happen? Of course not, you'd be silly to actually expect the upset. But one-and-done in hockey is too scary to be this confident about the result. I'm hopeful -- extremely hopeful -- but not confident. Not in this sport.
Quinnipiac is clearly the better team. They've clearly got all the stats in their favor. But ultimately, it means absolutely nothing.
And yet, none of that guarantees anything when the puck drops on Saturday afternoon.
Listen, I'm just as confident and excited as you guys, but this is hockey. It's a one-and-done. RIT could easily beat Quinnipiac. Do I think it's going to happen? Of course not, you'd be silly to actually expect the upset. But one-and-done in hockey is too scary to be this confident about the result. I'm hopeful -- extremely hopeful -- but not confident. Not in this sport.
Quinnipiac is clearly the better team. They've clearly got all the stats in their favor. But ultimately, it means absolutely nothing.
ZamboniDude
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I think the sensitivity from the RIT fanbase is that these things you mention here were the case with both Denver in 2010 and Minnesota State last year (actually Denver was #2 overall). Super strong teams, 4 talented lines, near the top in all team categories and several player categories (I think both had a top 3 goalie in the country). So while there shouldn't necessarily be a level of respect for historical success in round 1 just for the sake of history, there should be some respect that Wayne Wilson is a talented coach and seems to have a knack for figuring out a game plan that works just long enough to knock off a top seed that is more talented in this one-and-done format. It's happened three times (DEN, UNH, MinnST). He is 2-0 in opening round NCAA games vs #1 seeds. No one outside of Rochester thought that those two teams would do anything that would give Denver or MinnSt an issue.
Taking that into account, you can see why a RIT fan would object to someone from Q saying they are excited to get a shot at Yale on Sunday.
Of course, I don't blame anyone at Q for being excited because they are playing excellent hockey and are very, very talented.
Just my $0.02
I think the sensitivity from the RIT fanbase is that these things you mention here were the case with both Denver in 2010 and Minnesota State last year (actually Denver was #2 overall). Super strong teams, 4 talented lines, near the top in all team categories and several player categories (I think both had a top 3 goalie in the country). So while there shouldn't necessarily be a level of respect for historical success in round 1 just for the sake of history, there should be some respect that Wayne Wilson is a talented coach and seems to have a knack for figuring out a game plan that works just long enough to knock off a top seed that is more talented in this one-and-done format. It's happened three times (DEN, UNH, MinnST). He is 2-0 in opening round NCAA games vs #1 seeds. No one outside of Rochester thought that those two teams would do anything that would give Denver or MinnSt an issue.
Taking that into account, you can see why a RIT fan would object to someone from Q saying they are excited to get a shot at Yale on Sunday.
Of course, I don't blame anyone at Q for being excited because they are playing excellent hockey and are very, very talented.
Just my $0.02
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No disrespect, Quinni is having a great season, but RIT thrives on one and done. I'm hoping for a fun game Saturday.
No disrespect, Quinni is having a great season, but RIT thrives on one and done. I'm hoping for a fun game Saturday.
DownOnTheFarm
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Listen I get it, I really do. But I am also not trying to sit here and give credit to a team that A. hasn't beat an ECAC team this year and B. has had a streaky goalie all year. We can all talk about how RIT has done against #1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament but it's a new year, different team. After watching their PP and PK there is no way and I mean NO WAY RIT will score on the PP against Q. Wayne Wilson has done very well up there but it's peanuts to what Rand has done.
Listen I get it, I really do. But I am also not trying to sit here and give credit to a team that A. hasn't beat an ECAC team this year and B. has had a streaky goalie all year. We can all talk about how RIT has done against #1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament but it's a new year, different team. After watching their PP and PK there is no way and I mean NO WAY RIT will score on the PP against Q. Wayne Wilson has done very well up there but it's peanuts to what Rand has done.
fightingsiouxfan16
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Ill be in Albany this weekend for the games....is anyone else going? Id love to meet some college hockey fans. ill be easy to find. Ill be wearing my North Dakota sweatshirt. come and say hi
Ill be in Albany this weekend for the games....is anyone else going? Id love to meet some college hockey fans. ill be easy to find. Ill be wearing my North Dakota sweatshirt. come and say hi
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I know that lighting striking three times is a long shot, but my favorite part of 2010/2015 was logging back in to enjoy these posts again on monday.
To the more reasonable Bobcat fans, looking forward to this weekend and hope to meet some of you in Albany. If anyone is in to trading game pucks or pins, let me know and I will bring a few with me.
I know that lighting striking three times is a long shot, but my favorite part of 2010/2015 was logging back in to enjoy these posts again on monday.
To the more reasonable Bobcat fans, looking forward to this weekend and hope to meet some of you in Albany. If anyone is in to trading game pucks or pins, let me know and I will bring a few with me.
fightingsiouxfan16
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Do you know where you will be? To all those going can we get a meeting spot?
I know that lighting striking three times is a long shot, but my favorite part of 2010/2015 was logging back in to enjoy these posts again on monday.
To the more reasonable Bobcat fans, looking forward to this weekend and hope to meet some of you in Albany. If anyone is in to trading game pucks or pins, let me know and I will bring a few with me.
Do you know where you will be? To all those going can we get a meeting spot?
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Your $0.02 cents is worth at least $1.00 or Euro 1:14...well said!
You can add USA versus USSR back in Lake Placid to the list of upsets where a rag tag team came in and surprised everybody The play-offs are an interesting time where anything can happen and usually does. I've seen the Tigers dominate better teams and I've seen them get clobbered by both better and worse teams so its time to sit back and see what Saturday brings.
Your $0.02 cents is worth at least $1.00 or Euro 1:14...well said!
You can add USA versus USSR back in Lake Placid to the list of upsets where a rag tag team came in and surprised everybody The play-offs are an interesting time where anything can happen and usually does. I've seen the Tigers dominate better teams and I've seen them get clobbered by both better and worse teams so its time to sit back and see what Saturday brings.
larfretz44
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First, RIT hasn't had streaky goalies, instead they've had missing ones. Its not easy winning games with your 5'7" club goalie is the guy starting four games.
Second, what Wilson has done here since he's been here is certainly not "peanuts" to Pecknold. Just 11 seasons ago this team was a division 3 team. Since then, RIT has won 4 regular season conference titles, 3 AHA tournament titles, 3(or more?) NCAA tournament games, was the first ever #16 to knock off a #1, and reached the Frozen Four once. How can you explain this success? Is it the competition we play against in conference? Of course not. Do we get good players because of our home crowds? Maybe, but the road crowds kind of cancel that out. Do players come here for the facilities? Maybe now, but before last season, we had a very tiny, outdated rink, so that's not it. Scholarships? Since we are only D-1 in ice hockey, we're not allowed to offer them, so that's not it. So how does a team in the worst conference, without scholarships continue to have this type of success? Simple. Wayne Wilson. He finds the perfect players for his system year in and year out. All these guys that you scholarship folks forgot about, because of size, speed, or whatever, and they come to us. Then, Wilson puts it all together, and bam. In just 10 seasons, he will be at worst 3-3 in the NCAA tournament, with a frozen four, and plenty of league titles to go with it. To call what coach Wilson has done "peanuts" is an absurdity. The way he and his staff put together their team every year and get them to compete with the best in the country every year is nothing short of remarkable.
Now I don't want to take away anything Pecknold has done, but to Wilson has done just "very well", and is "peanuts" to Peck, well, that's just downright disrespectful.
First, RIT hasn't had streaky goalies, instead they've had missing ones. Its not easy winning games with your 5'7" club goalie is the guy starting four games.
Second, what Wilson has done here since he's been here is certainly not "peanuts" to Pecknold. Just 11 seasons ago this team was a division 3 team. Since then, RIT has won 4 regular season conference titles, 3 AHA tournament titles, 3(or more?) NCAA tournament games, was the first ever #16 to knock off a #1, and reached the Frozen Four once. How can you explain this success? Is it the competition we play against in conference? Of course not. Do we get good players because of our home crowds? Maybe, but the road crowds kind of cancel that out. Do players come here for the facilities? Maybe now, but before last season, we had a very tiny, outdated rink, so that's not it. Scholarships? Since we are only D-1 in ice hockey, we're not allowed to offer them, so that's not it. So how does a team in the worst conference, without scholarships continue to have this type of success? Simple. Wayne Wilson. He finds the perfect players for his system year in and year out. All these guys that you scholarship folks forgot about, because of size, speed, or whatever, and they come to us. Then, Wilson puts it all together, and bam. In just 10 seasons, he will be at worst 3-3 in the NCAA tournament, with a frozen four, and plenty of league titles to go with it. To call what coach Wilson has done "peanuts" is an absurdity. The way he and his staff put together their team every year and get them to compete with the best in the country every year is nothing short of remarkable.
Now I don't want to take away anything Pecknold has done, but to Wilson has done just "very well", and is "peanuts" to Peck, well, that's just downright disrespectful.