Re: The EC-Easy Conference strikes again...
First of all, the "AHL" is a pretty good league. If they were a conference in college hockey they would get at least 10 at large bids every year. The AHA is also a pretty good league, as their Champion just beat the Regular Season Champion of the WCHA and throttled the Regular Season Champion of Hockey East. Last year, the AHA's Champion beat a CCHA team and outplayed a HE team, missing the Frozen Four by only a double OT goal. You said that you are "more of a believer that until a certain conference proves they can win consistantly in the NCAA's that they are not worthy of anymore then one bid." Maybe the Atlantic Hockey Association should have gotten a few more bids, by your rationale!
As for your main point, that Yale doesn't belong, that is about as foolish as your condemnation of the American Hockey League. You get in based on what you have done all year. Anyone who saw Yale play this year knows that from the top of their crease out, they may very well be the best team in College Hockey. Goaltending has been the Achilles' heel (perhaps heel comments aren't appropriate at this time in Eli-land) for Yale, and Allain's gutsy call to go back to Ryan Rondeau may have solved that issue (we will know more on this by 8pm tonight). Yale also just happened to beat NoDak without their best player. Sean Backman runs the top PP group, and is as dynamic as they come. If Backman was playing, and Yale had even above average goaltending, they might be the heavy favorite to win the whole **** thing.
You also said that OOC games in the beginning of the year shouldn't count as heavily. Well, boss, that is when OOC games are generally played as there are very little out of league games once league play starts.
The big four, or three by your designation, absolutely have the deepest leagues from top team to bottom team, but all of the teams in the top half of each conference can compete, and win games in this tournament. Though still a longshot, with 6 teams left in this tournament, an AHA-ECACHL championship is still in tact. Wouldn't that just shatter your world....
Originally posted by SamluvstheBears
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First of all, the "AHL" is a pretty good league. If they were a conference in college hockey they would get at least 10 at large bids every year. The AHA is also a pretty good league, as their Champion just beat the Regular Season Champion of the WCHA and throttled the Regular Season Champion of Hockey East. Last year, the AHA's Champion beat a CCHA team and outplayed a HE team, missing the Frozen Four by only a double OT goal. You said that you are "more of a believer that until a certain conference proves they can win consistantly in the NCAA's that they are not worthy of anymore then one bid." Maybe the Atlantic Hockey Association should have gotten a few more bids, by your rationale!
As for your main point, that Yale doesn't belong, that is about as foolish as your condemnation of the American Hockey League. You get in based on what you have done all year. Anyone who saw Yale play this year knows that from the top of their crease out, they may very well be the best team in College Hockey. Goaltending has been the Achilles' heel (perhaps heel comments aren't appropriate at this time in Eli-land) for Yale, and Allain's gutsy call to go back to Ryan Rondeau may have solved that issue (we will know more on this by 8pm tonight). Yale also just happened to beat NoDak without their best player. Sean Backman runs the top PP group, and is as dynamic as they come. If Backman was playing, and Yale had even above average goaltending, they might be the heavy favorite to win the whole **** thing.
You also said that OOC games in the beginning of the year shouldn't count as heavily. Well, boss, that is when OOC games are generally played as there are very little out of league games once league play starts.
The big four, or three by your designation, absolutely have the deepest leagues from top team to bottom team, but all of the teams in the top half of each conference can compete, and win games in this tournament. Though still a longshot, with 6 teams left in this tournament, an AHA-ECACHL championship is still in tact. Wouldn't that just shatter your world....
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