Stack Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 We can all say that the ECAC is weak but so far this year some of their teams have had some nice wins outside their league: Yale: Beat Colorado College and Vermont Union: Beat Minnesota and Alaska Anchorage but lost twice to Western Michigan and once to Alaska Brown: Beat BU and tied BU, UNH, and Providence St Lawrence: Beat New Hampshire and tied Mankato but lost twice to Ferris State Clarskon: Beat St Cloud but lost twice to Duluth RPI: Beat BU but lost and tied Colorado College Dartmouth: Beat New Hampshire but lost to Vermont What I'm getting at is their overall schedules may be weaker than ours but they have been able to win games against the Big Three conferences (WCHA, Hockey East, and CCHA). After seeing Bemidji State (CHA), and RIT (Alantic Hockey) make the frozen four recently and then getting beat by Yale last year in the regionals it shows that you can't take any team lightly and you better come with your best game every night once the playoffs start. Competition may make our team better but we have to use those experiences to beat teams we should beat. No taking periods off once we get to the playoffs like we did the first 1.5 periods against Yale last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Whistler Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 After seeing Bemidji State (CHA), and RIT (Alantic Hockey) make the frozen four recently and then getting beat by Yale last year in the regionals it shows that you can't take any team lightly and you better come with your best game every night once the playoffs start. Competition may make our team better but we have to use those experiences to beat teams we should beat. No taking periods off once we get to the playoffs like we did the first 1.5 periods against Yale last year. Absolutely, even in the pros it's not uncommon for the #8 team to beat a #1 team in the playoffs. Of course during a seven game series they usually don't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Whistler Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 If I am correct Yale got beat today by Brown. We will see if they loose any ground in the polls. It appears as though they are holding steady in the Pairwise and KRACH at 1. In order to keep their number one ranking those with a vote would have to believe that Brown > Minnesota. * Ok, I can stand being a number two for another week. (*that's a stretch, but it makes the joke work.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sorry. I feel Brown wouldn't beat Minnesota. They have like...one good player and I hear he's pretty good at diving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux-cia Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sorry. I feel Brown wouldn't beat Minnesota. They have like...one good player and I hear he's pretty good at diving. Cepis? Oops, you were referring to Brown, weren't ya!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big A HG Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I thought Minnesota was Brown..? $hit brown and p!ss yellow, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I thought Minnesota was Brown..? $hit brown and p!ss yellow, right? Ding! Rube Cred!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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