ECAC 2015-2016 Season Thread

[Rainman]

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Great weekend of hockey for the Capital District
Union 5-3 #2 Boston University
RPI 2-1 #1 Boston College

2015-2016 Inter-Conference Records

Atlantic Hockey--------- 2-11-1 (.179)
ECAC---------------------9-3-1 (.731)

Unfortunately, Colgate is responsible for 1 of Atlantic Hockey's wins and 2 of the ECAC's OOC losses (so far)

[Dutchman]

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2015-16 Big Ten Watch List
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/new...watch_list.php
Out of Conference Play

Out-of-conference play is very important in the Pairwise — the system that determines who makes the NCAA tournament — but it’s especially important for a small, six-team conference. Last year the Big Ten was abysmal in out-of-conference play. While that didn’t factor into Big Ten standings and who earned a Big Ten tournament bye, it hurt at the end of the season.

Ultimately, the non-conference losses along the Big Ten cost the conference another team in the NCAA tournament. Michigan’s out-of-conference record prevented it from being high enough for an at-large bid. But that reflects on the conference’s play against non-conference opponents as a whole.

So even though the Big Ten plays many out-of-conference games early in the season, these contests are key to the NCAA tournament.

[Dutchman]

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Non-Conference .... this weekend thus far

Overall
4-4-1 - Q plays on Maine on Tuesday

Against HE
3-2-1 - This weekend so far. Q plays on Maine on Tuesday
5-4-1 - Overall thus far
(Holding on to .500 ... but for how long?)

Impossible to tell how things will work out. Last year the ECAC non-Ivy got off to a great start and then completely fell apart in December.

We are 13-7-2 (.636) but don't have many AHA teams left on NC schedules.

Next week will tell us a lot.

2 against AHA
2 against Big 10
1 against HE
6 against NCHA (Miami, St. Cloud, Western Michigan)

NCHA is 2-5-2 against HE but 10-1-2 against WCHA and 6-0-0 against Big 10. If we want to save a place at the NCAA table, those NCHA games are critical.

[Dutchman]

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Not a bad start to the weekend:

ECAC - Non-Conference 3 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie

17-8-3 (.661)

2 against AHA - Colgate won the first
2 against Big 10 - Union tied
1 against HE - was not played yet
6 against NCHA (Miami, St. Cloud, Western Michigan) - two wins, Q and the Knights and one loss, the Saints

[Dutchman]

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A Good Weekend showing against some tough competition. The non-Ivy's did well.

ECAC - Non-Conference weekend results

7 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie

21-10-3 (.662) year to date

This weekend

2 against AHA - Colgate won both
2 against Big 10 - Union tied RPI lost
1 against HE - Union lost
6 against NCHA (Miami, St. Cloud, Western Michigan) - Q two wins and the Knights two wins and the Saints one loss and one win

Next Week league play starts up with the following nonconference:

Big10 (2)
HE (4)
AHA (3)
ECAC NC (1)

and 4 ECAC Conference

[FlagDUDE08]

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(lots of smilies and frownies)

Copying RPI fans: A Union tradition.

[lugnut92]

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I'm doing the KRACH-based final standings again. Here's the thread. Come have a look, and talk about it. Thanks!

[Dutchman]

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Three matchups today between Yale, Princeton and Colgate with Hockey East opponents, Providence, UMass and Maine. Right now we are tied with HE at 6-6-1.

[Dutchman]

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Three matchups today between Yale, Princeton and Colgate with Hockey East opponents, Providence, UMass and Maine. Right now we are tied with HE at 6-6-1.

PRINCETON WINS !!!!!! Way to go Tigers. Princeton 3 - Maine 1 Took one from Big Brother HE
Ok Yale and Colgate ..... lets see what you have got !!!!

[FlagDUDE08]

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Notice he doesn't say anything about the league games...

[Dutchman]

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Next week are all ECAC games are league matchups ..... here is where we stand:

Conference
Atlantic Hockey ----- 8-28-2 (.237)
Big Ten -----15-19-6 (.450)
ECAC ---- 26-13-4 (.651)
Hockey East ---- 29-19-6 (.593)
NCHC ---- 25-17-6 (.583)
WCHA ----- 12-14-6 (.469)

and we are 8-7-1 against HE

While we look good right now, the numbers are very sensitive and a bad weekend for us combined with good weekends by HE or NCHC can put us in third or worse. Also, the past two years the ECAC has gotten off to a great start only to flounder in December. We will see.

[BigAl]

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I'm impressed by the ECAC early but like mentioned, the ECAC usually comes out firing. Cant pinpoint why that is. We knew Yale and Harvard would be competitive on a national level but Q has asserted itself in that conversation very quickly as well. Im comfortable in saying that a ECAC team will be in the FF in Tampa, maybe multiple. Fun to have the Ivies playing. Looking forward to continued success for the league!

[Dutchman]

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ECAC plus HE are 15-6-4 against NCHC.

[Dutchman]

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For the 12 teams in the ECAC, there are only three non-conference games on tap over the next two weeks. Q plays Connecticut and RPI plays Bentley and UNH. The rest are league matchups.

[sshablak]

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Six of the top fifteen in PWR are ECAC !!