D3 18-19 season

[Russell Jaslow]

Yeah I’m aware of that. I was going with Endicott/Elmira matchup because 1..it would be illogical to make the 1/2 seed play in the 1st round. Are they really willing to throw any semblance of bracket integrityout the window, to save a few bucks. And 2, I know anything’s possible but they can probably feel fairly safe sending Endicott to Elmira for the first round and still get the Elmira/Adrian matchup. And if Endicott manages to win that game, they’ve earned the flight.

All that being said, after watching the games this weekend...i’d Bet on hamline winning the MIAC and the first rounds being in the west 😜

On a completely different topic, I obviously haven’t been paying as much attention this year. It’s hard living in AZ and loving D3 women’s hockey. Lol. But I see that Manhattanville and a couple other teams are in the MAC conference but are also in the UCHC. How does that work?

1) Yes.
2) Good point.

The same way there is an Ivy League and an ECAC Hockey League.

[gojackets]

1) Yes.
2) Good point.

The same way there is an Ivy League and an ECAC Hockey League.

Yeah I was thinking after I posted it that the WIAC teams used to be in the WIAC and the NCHA...but I don’t think they posted the WIAC on college hockey stats.

I just was thinking the west needs to get to the point where it has 3 auto bids. I’m sure those southern WI/Illinois/Indiana/Michigan teams would love to get those Northland, Finlandia, St Scholastica road trips off their schedules. And all of those teams are within a few hours of the WIAC teams. Granted, it wouldn’t help the strength of schedule for the likes of River Falls...but again, playing Superior 3 times this year didn’t help them either.

Would be nice to see some new arrangement out west.

[MND3Dad]

Re: D3 18-19 season

This stretch in third they really went to work.

STT-8 Alyssa Wallace (2-High-Sticking) HML 0x7 11:27
HML-7 Jordan Hansen (2-Elbowing) 12:37
STT-9 Mikayla Kero (2-Slashing) HML 0x8 12:48
STT-10 Kate Winiecki (2-Checking) HML 1x9 14:02
HML 2 - 2 6x5 PP Dani Wright (7) (Dani Perry/17, Molly Garin/16) 14:48

I can't believe they played the most important series of the conference season with the worst refereeing crew. This is the worst group working the league.

[Scott_TG]

Re: D3 18-19 season

There's only one regular season game left in DIII women's hockey, and the conference playoffs are already through one round for the NEHC. Here's a summary, let me know if anything looks off:

CHC (Autobid)
Quarterfinals - 2/23:
#6 Salve Regina @ #3 Morrisville
#5 UNE @ #4 Canton

Semis 3/2 and Championship 3/3 at #1 seed Endicott
Lowest remaining seed @ #1 Endicott
Highest remaining seed vs #2 Nichols

MIAC (Autobid)
1st Round - 2/21
#5 St. Mary's @ #4 GAC

Semifinals - 2/23
#5 St. Mary's/#4 GAC @ #1 St. Thomas
#3 Augsburg @ #2 Hamline

Championship - 3/2
Lowest remaining seed @ Highest remaining seed


NCHA (Autobid)
Quarterfinals (two games + minigame if nec.) - 2/23 and 2/24
#6 St. Norbert @ #1 Adrian
#5 Concordia (WI) @ #2 St. Scholastica
#4 Trine @ #3 Lake Forest

Semifinal/Championship - Weekend of March 1-3 at highest remaining seed
Semifinal:
3rd highest remaining seed vs 2nd highest remaining seed
Final:
Semifinal winner vs host


NEHC (Autobid)
NEHC playoffs started this weekend with Quarterfinals

Semifinals - 2/23
#7 UMB @ #1 Norwich
#5 JWU @ #3 Castleton

Final 3/2
Lowest Remaining Seed @ Highest Remaining Seed

NESCAC (Autobid)

Quarterfinals - 2/23
#8 Wesleyan @ #1 Williams
#7 Conn College @ #2 Middlebury
#6 Colby @ #3 Hamilton
#5 Amherst @ #4 Trinity

Semifinals/Final - Weekend of March 1-3 at Highest Remaining Seed
Semis:
Lowest Remaining Seed @ Highest Remaining Seed
Second Lowest Remaining vs Second Highest Remaining

Final:
Semi 1 Winner vs Semi 2 Winner

NEWHL (Autobid)
Semifinals - 2/23
#4 Oswego @ #1 Plattsburgh
#3 Cortland @ #2 Potsdam

Final - 3/2
Lowest Remaining Seed @ Highest Remaining Seed

UCHC (Pool B)
Opening Round - 2/23
#6 Neumann @ #3 William Smith
#5 Utica @ #4 Manhattanville

Semifinal - 3/2 at Elmira College
Highest Remaining Seed vs #2 Nazareth
Lowest Remaining Seed vs #1 Elmira

Championship - 3/3 at Elmira College
Semifinal 1 winner vs Semifinal 2 winner

WIAC (Pool B)
Semifinals (two games) - 2/22 and 2/23
#4 UW-Superior @ #1 UW-River Falls
#3 UW-Stevens Point @ #2 UW-Eau Claire

Championship - 3/2
Lowest Remaining Seed @ Highest Remaining Seed

[gojackets]

Re: D3 18-19 season

NCHA (Autobid)
Quarterfinals (two games + minigame if nec.) - 2/23 and 2/24
#6 St. Norbert @ #1 Adrian
#5 Concordia (WI) @ #2 St. Scholastica
#4 Trine @ #3 Lake Forest

Semifinal/Championship - Weekend of March 1-3 at highest remaining seed
Semifinal:
3rd highest remaining seed vs 2nd highest remaining seed
Final:
Semifinal winner vs host

Has to be one of the stranger playoff formats I've seen. #1 seed plays in the first round, skips the 2nd round and then plays in the championship.

Is this to minimize the number of teams busing to Adrian every year?

[spwood]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Has to be one of the stranger playoff formats I've seen. #1 seed plays in the first round, skips the 2nd round and then plays in the championship.

Is this to minimize the number of teams busing to Adrian every year?

I wondered the exact same thing when I saw this... I've never seen this before.

[Scott_TG]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Has to be one of the stranger playoff formats I've seen. #1 seed plays in the first round, skips the 2nd round and then plays in the championship.

Is this to minimize the number of teams busing to Adrian every year?

If it were, it fails because they still will likely end up busing two teams to Adrian as if they win their quarterfinal against SNC the semifinal they don't play in is at their barn.

[joecct]

If it were, it fails because they still will likely end up busing two teams to Adrian as if they win their quarterfinal against SNC the semifinal they don't play in is at their barn.

You could always do a Page Cup format
Semifinal
1 plays 2. Winner to finals
Eliminator 1
3 plays 4. Winner to Eliminator 2
Eliminator 2
Loser of semifinal plays winner of Eliminator 1.
Final
Winner of semifinal v winner of Eliminator 2.

[spwood]

Re: D3 18-19 season

You could always do a Page Cup format
Semifinal
1 plays 2. Winner to finals
Eliminator 1
3 plays 4. Winner to Eliminator 2
Eliminator 2
Loser of semifinal plays winner of Eliminator 1.
Final
Winner of semifinal v winner of Eliminator 2.

My brain hurts....

[gojackets]

Re: D3 18-19 season

If it were, it fails because they still will likely end up busing two teams to Adrian as if they win their quarterfinal against SNC the semifinal they don't play in is at their barn.

Yeah...but my thought is that they are only busing 2 instead of 3...having only 6 teams make it. Wouldn't the more logical thing be to give Adrian the first round bye and then have teams 2-7 in the quarters...3 winners advance to Adrian? Its just really odd they would play in the first round and then get a bye.

[Scott_TG]

Yeah...but my thought is that they are only busing 2 instead of 3...having only 6 teams make it. Wouldn't the more logical thing be to give Adrian the first round bye and then have teams 2-7 in the quarters...3 winners advance to Adrian? Its just really odd they would play in the first round and then get a bye.

I think any format like this involving double elimination is the conference trying to protect it's high speeds from an upset than it is about cost. I imagine if it involves good teams it might even help RPI or PairWise numbers.

[shelfit]

Looks like the Middlebury goalie put up a valiant effort last night to keep her team in the game until the bitter end. Kudos to her!

[gojackets]

Looks like the Middlebury goalie put up a valiant effort last night to keep her team in the game until the bitter end. Kudos to her!

Yeah I watched the first 2.5 periods and there were many times she came up big, especially considering she wasn’t the normal starter (from what I gathered)

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Yeah I watched the first 2.5 periods and there were many times she came up big, especially considering she wasn’t the normal starter (from what I gathered)

Lin Han has normally been Midd's go to goalie lately so yes, I would say unless she was injured, starting Goldstein on paper was a bit of a surprise. However, looks like she played pretty well in the big moment.

[Scott_TG]

Re: D3 18-19 season

Yeah I watched the first 2.5 periods and there were many times she came up big, especially considering she wasn’t the normal starter (from what I gathered)

Lin Han only has two more starts than Goldstein. Just lately they had been doing 2 for 1 split in favor of Han in terms of starts, including both losses to Williams this weekend. Goldstein has more losses, but they have extremely close GAAs and Save %s.

4 straight losses may not be a great a way to go into a conference playoff, but they are still the second seed in the NESCAC and this might give them that sense of having their back against the wall and "no one believes in us" that even the best of teams seem to rely on to rally around each other in the playoffs. If the field were selected today, by virtue of the PairWise, they are out.

Pool A:

MIAC: St. Thomas
NCHA: Adrian
UCHC: Elmira
NEWHL: Plattsburgh
NEHC: Norwich
CHC: Endicott
NESCAC: Williams

Pool B: UW-River Falls
Pool C: Hamline
Pool C: UW-Eau Claire


Seeds Done By PairWise Rank
1 Plattsburgh (1)
2 St. Thomas (2)
3 Elmira (3t)
4 UW-River Falls (3t)
5 Hamline (5)
6 Adrian (6t)
7 Williams (6t)
8 UW-Eau Claire (8)
9 Norwich (10)
10 Endicott (12)