The situation in the ECAC is starting to become pretty clear.
Six of the eight playoff teams have been determined - Harvard, Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Cornell, St. Lawrence, and Princeton will advance to the ECAC Quarterfinals. Expect a serious amount of jockeying for position between these teams in the next two weekends, however. None have secured home ice.
The final two playoff teams will come from a field of three - Dartmouth, Yale, and Colgate, with Dartmouth and Yale as the very heavy favorites to emerge from that group. In fact, Dartmouth can eliminate Colgate (and thereby secure a playoff spot for Yale no matter what the Bulldogs do against RPI) with a win or a tie over the Raiders on Friday.
RPI, Union, and Brown have already been eliminated from playoff contention with four games remaining. However, each have the potential to finish as high as 9th.
Harvard, Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Cornell, and St. Lawrence have all clinched a top 6 position
Princeton can do the same on Friday with a win over Clarkson OR a tie and an RPI win/tie at Yale.
Dartmouth and Yale can only finish as high as sixth, although they're likely to be seventh and eighth in some fashion.
Here are the current tiebreaker situations.
Current ties
Tie for 2nd: Quinnipiac is ahead of Clarkson 2-0 in the season series.
Tie for 7th: Yale wins the season series over Dartmouth, 4-0.
Harvard
Quinnipiac - Won, 4-0.
Cornell - Ahead, 2-0.
Princeton - Tied, 2-2. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Clarkson - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Quinnipiac
Princeton - Won, 4-0.
Clarkson - Ahead, 2-0.
Cornell - Tied, 2-2. Unknown ECAC wins result.
SLU - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Clarkson
SLU - Won, 4-0.
Princeton - Ahead, 2-0.
Harvard - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Cornell
Clarkson, SLU - Won, 3-1.
Quinnipiac - Tied, 2-2. Unknown ECAC wins result.
St. Lawrence
Harvard, Princeton - Ahead, 2-0.
Quinnipiac - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Princeton
Cornell - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth - Won, 3-1.
Yale - Ahead, 2-0.
Harvard - Tied, 2-2. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Yale
Dartmouth, Colgate - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth
No tiebreakers won.
Colgate
Brown - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth, RPI - Ahead, 2-0.
Union - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins result.
RPI
Union - Won, 3-1.
Brown - Ahead, 2-0.
Union
Brown - Ahead, 2-0.
Colgate - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins result.
Brown
No tiebreakers won.
Irrelevant
Quinnipiac/Harvard/Clarkson/Cornell/St. Lawrence
Dartmouth, Yale, Colgate, RPI, Brown, Union
Princeton
Colgate, RPI, Brown, Union
Dartmouth/Yale
RPI, Brown, Union
Tiebreaker solutions for this weekend
Friday's games:
* These teams can win the tiebreakers with their opponents with a win or a tie: Union over Brown; Clarkson over Princeton; Colgate over Dartmouth; Harvard over Cornell.
* The winner of the Quinnipiac/SLU game wins that tiebreaker, a tie guarantees the tiebreaker goes to at least the second break.
* A Dartmouth win or tie against Colgate makes that tiebreak irrelevant.
Saturday's games:
*These teams can win the tiebreakers with their opponents with a win or a tie: St. Lawrence over Princeton; RPI over Brown; Quinnipiac over Clarkson.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Men's Hockey - at St. Lawrence & Clarkson (6/7 Feb)
The struggle continues for the Engineers, as a poor showing in the North Country produced the team's third losing streak of four games or more on the season. The Friday game at St. Lawrence seems to have been the better of the two outings, as a strong second period positioned RPI with a striking-distance shot at one of the best teams in the league, but spot mistakes killed in a 3-1 loss. The next night, the Engineers struck first but coughed up the lead after just nine seconds on the way to a 5-2 loss at Clarkson.
St. Lawrence
Liljegren-DeVito-McGowan
Neal-Miller-Laliberte
Nanne-Bubela-Schroeder
Curadi-Bradley
Wilson-Reno
With Jake Wood still out on suspension, the Engineers got some good news in the return of Mark Miller for the first time in over a month. Despite having the strong-early trio of Miller, Lou Nanne, and Drew Melanson all in the same lineup for the first time in nearly three months, they were featured on three separate lines.
The home team struck twice in the first period to get the edge they would need to pick up the victory, although the Engineers would do their part later to make things close. Goals by Alexander Dahl and Christian Horn at 5:54 and 11:17 of the first gave SLU a 2-0 lead, with the second goal being a direct result of a turnover in the RPI end.
Matt Neal scored his 5th goal of the season early in the second to make it 2-1 and add some intrigue to a game that up to that point had been dominated by the Saints. The Engineers turned the game around in that second period and had arguably their best 20 minutes of hockey since the Mayor's Cup, but they were unable to get any closer during the period despite a 13-5 shot edge as SLU's Kyle Hayton preserved the lead well.
The RPI penalty kill managed to go 5-for-5 on the evening, but St. Lawrence's power play looked very strong all night. On at least four of the five power play opportunities, the Saints were fairly unlucky not to score, missing open nets and hitting iron instead of finding the cage.
A goal by Mike Marnell at 10:47 of the third period basically ended any real hopes that the Engineers had of catching up to St. Lawrence, although the tide of the game had started turning well before that one returned SLU's lead to two. RPI played most of the last two minutes of the game with the extra attacker, but could not improve on Neal's tally, falling for the second consecutive league game and firmly dropping the Engineers into 9th place in the league standings.
Clarkson
Liljegren-Schroeder-McGowan
Melanson-Bourbonnais-Miller
Fulton-DeVito-Gillespie
Neal-Bubela-Laliberte
Leonard-Prapavessis
Curadi-Bradley
Wilson-Bokenfohr
Despite his eligibility to return to the lineup, Jake Wood sat out a third-consecutive game, almost certainly because he wasn't on the trip to begin with given RPI's injury status with both Mark Miller and Travis Fulton questionable for the weekend's games. However, Fulton returned to the lineup on Saturday night as part of a line jumble that saw Lou Nanne removed from the lineup completely for reasons unknown.
Quick goals for Clarkson were the theme of the evening, with the timing on each of the Golden Knights' first four goals producing a serious blow for the visitors' morale.
The Engineers did manage to strike first against Clarkson, going ahead 1-0 on a goal by Jacob Laliberte at 8:21 of the first period, but it didn't take long for things to deteriorate. Four seconds later, Matt Neal was called for hooking on the ensuing center-ice faceoff. Then, on the next faceoff in the RPI end, Clarkson won the draw and converted for a tying goal only nine seconds after the Engineers had taken the lead.
Another quick goal early in the second period basically took the wind completely out of RPI's sails, as the Golden Knights went ahead 2-1 just 25 seconds into the middle frame. Five minutes later, a Jimmy DeVito penalty ended after only five seconds - exactly the way the Neal penalty ended, on a power play goal off a faceoff win for Clarkson in the RPI end, making it 3-1 Clarkson.
Mark McGowan got one back for his fourth goal of the season with 4:30 remaining in the second period to give RPI some hope, but just over two minutes later Clarkson got another one to regain their two goal lead, then picked up a fifth goal - and fourth of the second period - just under two minutes after that. McGowan then whipped the puck out of the net and up out of the rink, earning himself a misconduct penalty at the same time Jason Kasdorf was finishing his night up early.
There was no scoring in the third period, but the game was certainly a fait accompli by that time.
RPI has in the past used Freakout! weekend to turn around difficult seasons. If they can't do that this year, it's all over. The last time the Engineers were at home, they played well enough to run with any team in the league. They start off with one of the teams they should still be able to beat - except that they didn't last time out.
Current ECAC Standings
1. Quinnipiac - 27 points (13-2-1)
2. St. Lawrence - 24 points (12-4-0)
3. Yale - 18 points (8-6-2)
4. Harvard - 18 points (8-6-2)
5. Clarkson - 18 points (8-6-2)
6. Dartmouth - 18 points (8-6-2)
7. Cornell - 17 points (8-7-1)
8. Colgate - 17 points (7-6-3)
9. RPI - 14 points (7-9-0)
10. Union - 13 points (6-9-1)
11. Brown - 5 points (2-13-1)
12. Princeton - 3 points (1-14-1)
St. Lawrence
Liljegren-DeVito-McGowan
Neal-Miller-Laliberte
Nanne-Bubela-Schroeder
Melanson-Bourbonnais-Gillespie
Leonard-PrapavessisCuradi-Bradley
Wilson-Reno
Kasdorf
With Jake Wood still out on suspension, the Engineers got some good news in the return of Mark Miller for the first time in over a month. Despite having the strong-early trio of Miller, Lou Nanne, and Drew Melanson all in the same lineup for the first time in nearly three months, they were featured on three separate lines.
The home team struck twice in the first period to get the edge they would need to pick up the victory, although the Engineers would do their part later to make things close. Goals by Alexander Dahl and Christian Horn at 5:54 and 11:17 of the first gave SLU a 2-0 lead, with the second goal being a direct result of a turnover in the RPI end.
Matt Neal scored his 5th goal of the season early in the second to make it 2-1 and add some intrigue to a game that up to that point had been dominated by the Saints. The Engineers turned the game around in that second period and had arguably their best 20 minutes of hockey since the Mayor's Cup, but they were unable to get any closer during the period despite a 13-5 shot edge as SLU's Kyle Hayton preserved the lead well.
The RPI penalty kill managed to go 5-for-5 on the evening, but St. Lawrence's power play looked very strong all night. On at least four of the five power play opportunities, the Saints were fairly unlucky not to score, missing open nets and hitting iron instead of finding the cage.
A goal by Mike Marnell at 10:47 of the third period basically ended any real hopes that the Engineers had of catching up to St. Lawrence, although the tide of the game had started turning well before that one returned SLU's lead to two. RPI played most of the last two minutes of the game with the extra attacker, but could not improve on Neal's tally, falling for the second consecutive league game and firmly dropping the Engineers into 9th place in the league standings.
Clarkson
Liljegren-Schroeder-McGowan
Melanson-Bourbonnais-Miller
Fulton-DeVito-Gillespie
Neal-Bubela-Laliberte
Curadi-Bradley
Wilson-Bokenfohr
Kasdorf
Despite his eligibility to return to the lineup, Jake Wood sat out a third-consecutive game, almost certainly because he wasn't on the trip to begin with given RPI's injury status with both Mark Miller and Travis Fulton questionable for the weekend's games. However, Fulton returned to the lineup on Saturday night as part of a line jumble that saw Lou Nanne removed from the lineup completely for reasons unknown.
Quick goals for Clarkson were the theme of the evening, with the timing on each of the Golden Knights' first four goals producing a serious blow for the visitors' morale.
The Engineers did manage to strike first against Clarkson, going ahead 1-0 on a goal by Jacob Laliberte at 8:21 of the first period, but it didn't take long for things to deteriorate. Four seconds later, Matt Neal was called for hooking on the ensuing center-ice faceoff. Then, on the next faceoff in the RPI end, Clarkson won the draw and converted for a tying goal only nine seconds after the Engineers had taken the lead.
Another quick goal early in the second period basically took the wind completely out of RPI's sails, as the Golden Knights went ahead 2-1 just 25 seconds into the middle frame. Five minutes later, a Jimmy DeVito penalty ended after only five seconds - exactly the way the Neal penalty ended, on a power play goal off a faceoff win for Clarkson in the RPI end, making it 3-1 Clarkson.
Mark McGowan got one back for his fourth goal of the season with 4:30 remaining in the second period to give RPI some hope, but just over two minutes later Clarkson got another one to regain their two goal lead, then picked up a fifth goal - and fourth of the second period - just under two minutes after that. McGowan then whipped the puck out of the net and up out of the rink, earning himself a misconduct penalty at the same time Jason Kasdorf was finishing his night up early.
There was no scoring in the third period, but the game was certainly a fait accompli by that time.
RPI has in the past used Freakout! weekend to turn around difficult seasons. If they can't do that this year, it's all over. The last time the Engineers were at home, they played well enough to run with any team in the league. They start off with one of the teams they should still be able to beat - except that they didn't last time out.
1. Quinnipiac - 27 points (13-2-1)
2. St. Lawrence - 24 points (12-4-0)
3. Yale - 18 points (8-6-2)
4. Harvard - 18 points (8-6-2)
5. Clarkson - 18 points (8-6-2)
6. Dartmouth - 18 points (8-6-2)
7. Cornell - 17 points (8-7-1)
8. Colgate - 17 points (7-6-3)
9. RPI - 14 points (7-9-0)
10. Union - 13 points (6-9-1)
11. Brown - 5 points (2-13-1)
12. Princeton - 3 points (1-14-1)
RPI at St. Lawrence
ECAC Game - Appleton Arena (Canton, NY)
2/6/15 - 7:00pm
RESULT: St. Lawrence 3, RPI 1
ECAC Game - Appleton Arena (Canton, NY)
2/6/15 - 7:00pm
RESULT: St. Lawrence 3, RPI 1
RECORD: 9-19-1 (7-8-0, 14pts)
RPI at Clarkson
ECAC Game - Cheel Arena (Potsdam, NY)
2/7/15 - 7:00pm
RESULT: Clarkson 5, RPI 2
ECAC Game - Cheel Arena (Potsdam, NY)
2/7/15 - 7:00pm
RESULT: Clarkson 5, RPI 2
BOX SCORES
College Hockey Stats
USCHO
RECAPS
RPI
Troy Record
Albany Times Union
Watertown Daily Times
College Hockey Stats
USCHO
RECAPS
RPI
Troy Record
Albany Times Union
Watertown Daily Times
RECORD: 9-20-1 (7-9-0, 14pts)
Upcoming games
13 Feb - Brown
14 Feb - #15 Yale (Big Red Freakout!)
20 Feb - at Cornell
21 Feb - at Colgate
27 Feb - Clarkson
13 Feb - Brown
14 Feb - #15 Yale (Big Red Freakout!)
20 Feb - at Cornell
21 Feb - at Colgate
27 Feb - Clarkson
Monday, February 9, 2015
Women's Hockey - Clarkson & St. Lawrence (6/7 Feb)
RPI may have played two of their best games of the season against Clarkson and St. Lawrence, but it wasn't enough in either game as they dropped a pair of 2-1 decisions at the Field House.
With the two losses, coupled with a Yale win over Dartmouth, RPI falls nine points shy of 8th place with just eight points up for grabs. They will miss the playoffs for the second year in a row and third time in four seasons.
Clarkson
Wash/Mankey/Raspa
Horwood/Gruschow/Tomlinson
Rooney/Mahoney/Svoboda
Renn/Hylwa/Walsh
Kimmerle/Godin
Schilter/Banks
Middlebrook/Behounek
O'Brien
Despite Alexa Gruschow scoring a shorthanded goal early in a 5-minute major penalty, the penalty ended up costing the Engineers as Clarkson's power play goal gave them a 2-1 win over RPI on Friday night.
The goals came late in the second and early in the third, after Taylor Mahoney was sent off with a major and game misconduct for contact to the head. Only about 20 seconds into the Clarkson power play, Gruschow poked a puck free on the Clarkson blue line to spring herself on a breakaway which she put past Shea Tiley.
That goal tied the game 1-1, as earier in the period Cayley Mercer had capitalized on a failed clearing attempt by the Engineers to get her own mini breakaway on O'Brien which gave the Golden Knights an early lead.
With Mahoney's penalty still being served early in the third period, Clarkson picked up the go-ahead goal with a shot through traffic from the slot that O'Brien didn't appear to get a good look at.
RPI put up 28 shots, including 10 in the third period where they had a 5-on-3 power play opportunity, but couldn't solve Tiley again after Gruschow's tally.
St. Lawrence
Wash/Mankey/Raspa
Horwood/Gruschow/Tomlinson
Rooney/Mahoney/Svoboda
Renn/Hylwa/Walsh
Kimmerle/Godin
Schilter/Banks
Middlebrook/Behounek
O'Brien
Another fairly good performance from RPI, another 2-1 loss to show for it as the Engineers were defeated by St. Lawrence on Saturday afternoon, ending the Engineers' slim hopes of a playoff bid.
Again it was a power play tally that stood up as the game winner, as Kayla Raniwsky's goal early in the third put the Saints up 2-0.
Taylor Mahoney cut that lead in half at 10:52 of the third, taking a nice feed from Marisa Raspa in the corner and rifling a shot into the top corner to beat Carmen MacDonald for the only time on the afternoon.
SLU opened the scoring at 10:18 of the first with a weak wrister by Brooke Webster that trickled through O'Brien and into the net.
RPI finished with 25 shots, and O'Brien with 33 saves (56 on the weekend) in a strong performance.
While there are 4 games left on the schedule, the Engineers are officially eliminated from playoff contention and will just be playing for position in the bottom four over the final two weekends of the season.
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RPI vs. Clarkson
ECAC Hockey Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
2/6/15 - 7:00pm
Clarkson 2, RPI 1
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wclkren1.f06
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4451
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/2/6/WICE_0206151834.aspx
Clarkson: http://www.clarksonathletics.com/news/2015/2/6/WHOCK_0206152221.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9-qC6l8CiA
Complete Game Video: http://rpitv.org/productions/897-womens-hockey-vs-clarkson-
RECORD: 5-29-4 (3-13-1 ECAC)
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RPI vs. St. Lawrence
ECAC Hockey Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
2/7/15 - 3:00pm
St. Lawrence 2, RPI 1
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wrenstl1.f07
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4452
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/2/7/WICE_0207153710.aspx
St. Lawrence: http://www.saintsathletics.com/news/2015/2/7/WHOCKEY_0207155904.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w43SJVEm04U
Complete Game Video: http://rpitv.org/productions/898-womens-hockey-vs-st-lawrence-
RECORD: 5-21-4 (3-14-1 ECAC)
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Upcoming Schedule
Feb. 13 - at Yale (7pm)
Feb. 14 - at Brown (4pm)
Feb. 20 - Cornell (7pm)
Feb. 21 - Colgate
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ECAC Standings
1. Harvard - 29 pts. (14-3-1) (.806)
2t. Quinnipiac - 28 pts. (13-3-2) (.778)
2t. Clarkson - 28 pts. (13-3-2) (.778)
4. Cornell - 26 pts. (12-4-2) (.722)
5. St. Lawrence - 25 pts. (11-4-3) (.694)
6. Princeton - 23 pts. (11-6-1) (.639)
7t. Dartmouth - 16 pts. (7-9-2) (.444)
7t. Yale - 16 pts. (8-10-0) (.444)
9. Colgate - 9 pts. (4-13-1) (.250)
10. RPI - 7 pts. (3-14-1) (.194)
11. Union - 5 pts (1-14-3) (.139)
12. Brown - 4 pts. (2-16-0) (.111)
With the two losses, coupled with a Yale win over Dartmouth, RPI falls nine points shy of 8th place with just eight points up for grabs. They will miss the playoffs for the second year in a row and third time in four seasons.
Clarkson
Wash/Mankey/Raspa
Horwood/Gruschow/Tomlinson
Rooney/Mahoney/Svoboda
Renn/Hylwa/Walsh
Kimmerle/Godin
Schilter/Banks
Middlebrook/Behounek
O'Brien
Despite Alexa Gruschow scoring a shorthanded goal early in a 5-minute major penalty, the penalty ended up costing the Engineers as Clarkson's power play goal gave them a 2-1 win over RPI on Friday night.
The goals came late in the second and early in the third, after Taylor Mahoney was sent off with a major and game misconduct for contact to the head. Only about 20 seconds into the Clarkson power play, Gruschow poked a puck free on the Clarkson blue line to spring herself on a breakaway which she put past Shea Tiley.
That goal tied the game 1-1, as earier in the period Cayley Mercer had capitalized on a failed clearing attempt by the Engineers to get her own mini breakaway on O'Brien which gave the Golden Knights an early lead.
With Mahoney's penalty still being served early in the third period, Clarkson picked up the go-ahead goal with a shot through traffic from the slot that O'Brien didn't appear to get a good look at.
RPI put up 28 shots, including 10 in the third period where they had a 5-on-3 power play opportunity, but couldn't solve Tiley again after Gruschow's tally.
St. Lawrence
Wash/Mankey/Raspa
Horwood/Gruschow/Tomlinson
Rooney/Mahoney/Svoboda
Renn/Hylwa/Walsh
Kimmerle/Godin
Schilter/Banks
Middlebrook/Behounek
O'Brien
Another fairly good performance from RPI, another 2-1 loss to show for it as the Engineers were defeated by St. Lawrence on Saturday afternoon, ending the Engineers' slim hopes of a playoff bid.
Again it was a power play tally that stood up as the game winner, as Kayla Raniwsky's goal early in the third put the Saints up 2-0.
Taylor Mahoney cut that lead in half at 10:52 of the third, taking a nice feed from Marisa Raspa in the corner and rifling a shot into the top corner to beat Carmen MacDonald for the only time on the afternoon.
SLU opened the scoring at 10:18 of the first with a weak wrister by Brooke Webster that trickled through O'Brien and into the net.
RPI finished with 25 shots, and O'Brien with 33 saves (56 on the weekend) in a strong performance.
While there are 4 games left on the schedule, the Engineers are officially eliminated from playoff contention and will just be playing for position in the bottom four over the final two weekends of the season.
RPI vs. Clarkson
ECAC Hockey Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
2/6/15 - 7:00pm
Clarkson 2, RPI 1
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wclkren1.f06
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4451
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/2/6/WICE_0206151834.aspx
Clarkson: http://www.clarksonathletics.com/news/2015/2/6/WHOCK_0206152221.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9-qC6l8CiA
Complete Game Video: http://rpitv.org/productions/897-womens-hockey-vs-clarkson-
RECORD: 5-29-4 (3-13-1 ECAC)
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RPI vs. St. Lawrence
ECAC Hockey Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
2/7/15 - 3:00pm
St. Lawrence 2, RPI 1
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wrenstl1.f07
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4452
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/2/7/WICE_0207153710.aspx
St. Lawrence: http://www.saintsathletics.com/news/2015/2/7/WHOCKEY_0207155904.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w43SJVEm04U
Complete Game Video: http://rpitv.org/productions/898-womens-hockey-vs-st-lawrence-
RECORD: 5-21-4 (3-14-1 ECAC)
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Upcoming Schedule
Feb. 13 - at Yale (7pm)
Feb. 14 - at Brown (4pm)
Feb. 20 - Cornell (7pm)
Feb. 21 - Colgate
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ECAC Standings
1. Harvard - 29 pts. (14-3-1) (.806)
2t. Quinnipiac - 28 pts. (13-3-2) (.778)
2t. Clarkson - 28 pts. (13-3-2) (.778)
4. Cornell - 26 pts. (12-4-2) (.722)
5. St. Lawrence - 25 pts. (11-4-3) (.694)
6. Princeton - 23 pts. (11-6-1) (.639)
7t. Dartmouth - 16 pts. (7-9-2) (.444)
7t. Yale - 16 pts. (8-10-0) (.444)
9. Colgate - 9 pts. (4-13-1) (.250)
10. RPI - 7 pts. (3-14-1) (.194)
11. Union - 5 pts (1-14-3) (.139)
12. Brown - 4 pts. (2-16-0) (.111)
Friday, February 6, 2015
And Down the Stretch They Come
We've alluded to it for some time. The final third of the season is the most feverish - and it takes place in the final month.
Four at home, four on the road. The first two on the road come this weekend in the North Country, which, by current points, is the most difficult road trip of the year, like it always used to be. Tonight the Engineers face off with what may be the most underrated team in the entire country in St. Lawrence. They've finally got what they've been lacking for at least the last five years - a solid goaltender and a balanced attack. That makes them dangerous on a night in, night out basis. What RPI was in 2013 and what Colgate was in 2014, St. Lawrence is this year.
Following up is a visit to a Clarkson team that isn't lighting the world on fire but they're more or less getting the job done. They're in fourth place, which means they're doing something right, but they're also only two points ahead of the Engineers coming into the weekend (as opposed to six points for SLU). Given the closeness of the teams, if we had to pick one game to take points in this weekend, this is the one.
With four weeks left in the season, the Engineers are a point behind our preferred pace of "two points on the road, three at home." This might be a difficult weekend to pick that point back up (requiring three or more points), but a split is a necessity if they're going to keep a top 4 spot as a legitimate goal.
For the women, with six games left in the regular season, a playoff spot seems practically out of reach. Now seven points out with only 12 points available, it'll take a miracle - in fact, it may be semi miraculous if they don't get mathematically eliminated this coming weekend at home against the North Country teams. That leaves pride left to play for. Catch Colgate, finish in 9th at least. The Engineers managed to not get totally embarrassed a couple of weeks ago in the North Country, perhaps a small upset over the reigning national champions is in order? Who knows.
Time to awaken that fighting spirit that has seemed missing for a couple of weeks.
Four at home, four on the road. The first two on the road come this weekend in the North Country, which, by current points, is the most difficult road trip of the year, like it always used to be. Tonight the Engineers face off with what may be the most underrated team in the entire country in St. Lawrence. They've finally got what they've been lacking for at least the last five years - a solid goaltender and a balanced attack. That makes them dangerous on a night in, night out basis. What RPI was in 2013 and what Colgate was in 2014, St. Lawrence is this year.
Following up is a visit to a Clarkson team that isn't lighting the world on fire but they're more or less getting the job done. They're in fourth place, which means they're doing something right, but they're also only two points ahead of the Engineers coming into the weekend (as opposed to six points for SLU). Given the closeness of the teams, if we had to pick one game to take points in this weekend, this is the one.
With four weeks left in the season, the Engineers are a point behind our preferred pace of "two points on the road, three at home." This might be a difficult weekend to pick that point back up (requiring three or more points), but a split is a necessity if they're going to keep a top 4 spot as a legitimate goal.
For the women, with six games left in the regular season, a playoff spot seems practically out of reach. Now seven points out with only 12 points available, it'll take a miracle - in fact, it may be semi miraculous if they don't get mathematically eliminated this coming weekend at home against the North Country teams. That leaves pride left to play for. Catch Colgate, finish in 9th at least. The Engineers managed to not get totally embarrassed a couple of weeks ago in the North Country, perhaps a small upset over the reigning national champions is in order? Who knows.
Time to awaken that fighting spirit that has seemed missing for a couple of weeks.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Men's ECAC Tiebreakers (4 Weeks Out)
We've reached the point of the season where we don't have to stand on our heads to figure out where teams "really" are in the standings. What you see is what you get. 14 games played each, 8 games left each. RPI is in a tie for 8th in the standings, that's where they are.
So we're starting to get deep enough into the season when the oh-so-important tiebreakers begin to play a factor.
Here are the seven ways the ECAC uses to break ties, in order.
Current ties in the standings are broken as follows:
4th: Clarkson wins the first tiebreaker over Yale (3-1).
6th: Cornell wins the first tiebreaker over Colgate (3-1).
8th: RPI wins the second tiebreaker over Dartmouth (7-6).
11th: Princeton wins the sixth tiebreaker over Brown (-11 to -19).
We're too early in the process to really get into multiple-way tiebreakers, but we'll touch on those as potential 3-way, 4-way, and more-way ties become a possibility late in the season.
Below are the current states of the first tiebreaker. Teams are listed above tiebreakers that they have either won, are winning (with a game remaining to be played) or are tied.
The RPI-Union and Clarkson-SLU travel pairings have yet to face each other for the first time (which happens this coming weekend), so there's nothing listed for those tiebreakers yet. Irrelevant tiebreakers - those between teams that cannot tie in the standings - are listed at the bottom.
Quinnipiac
RPI, Union - Won, 4-0.
Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, SLU - Ahead 2-0.
Yale - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
St. Lawrence
Cornell, Yale - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth, Harvard - Ahead, 2-0.
Clarkson - Tied, 2-2, would likely lead on ECAC wins.
Harvard
RPI - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Princeton, Quinnipiac - Ahead, 2-0.
Clarkson
Brown - Won, 4-0.
Yale - Won, 3-1.
Dartmouth, Princeton, Quinnipiac - Ahead, 2-0.
Yale
Brown - Won, 4-0.
Colgate, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, RPI - Ahead, 2-0.
Quinnipiac - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
Colgate
SLU - Won, 4-0.
Clarkson - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Princeton, Union - Ahead, 2-0.
Dartmouth - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
Cornell
Clarkson - Won, 4-0.
Colgate - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Harvard, Union, Yale - Ahead, 2-0.
RPI
Princeton, Union - Won, 4-0.
Colgate, Cornell - Ahead, 2-0.
Dartmouth - Tied, 2-2, would likely lead on ECAC wins.
Dartmouth
Union - Won, 4-0.
Brown, Cornell, Princeton - Ahead, 2-0.
Colgate - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
Union
Princeton, Won, 4-0.
Harvard - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Yale - Ahead, 2-0.
Princeton
Cornell - Ahead, 2-0.
Brown - Tied, 1-1. Ahead on goal differential against Top 4.
Brown
RPI - Ahead, 2-0.
Irrelevant
Quinnipiac-Brown
Quinnipiac-Princeton
St. Lawrence-Brown
St. Lawrence-Princeton
So we're starting to get deep enough into the season when the oh-so-important tiebreakers begin to play a factor.
Here are the seven ways the ECAC uses to break ties, in order.
- Comparison of game results between tied teams (head to head). There are four points up for grabs in any given season between two teams, it's essentially the first to three.
- ECAC league wins. Another way to put this is "the team with fewer ties," since a team with the same number of points as another but more wins also has fewer ties (math tells us that both teams would have either an odd or even number of ties). This makes it easier to compare two teams that aren't currently tied in the standings. Generally, we expect that a team that has 2+ ties more than the team they're being compared to are likely to lose on this criteria if they're tied head-to-head.
- Comparison of results of games against the top four teams. This can get fluid depending on which team is currently occupying the top four spots and is difficult to hammer down until very late in the season.
- Comparison of results of games against the top eight teams. Ironically, the winner of this criteria necessarily has a worse record against the league's worst teams than the loser.
- Goal differential in head-to-head competition. Seems like this should be a higher-level tiebreak, but here we are.
- Goal differential in games against the top four teams.
- Goal differential in games against the top eight teams.
It's not listed on the website, but presumably the final tiebreaker if teams are hopelessly deadlocked would be the drawing of lots - basically a coin flip if it's just two teams.
If there are more than two teams tied for one spot, the tiebreakers are applied until a team is separated from the others, either up or down, and then the remaining teams then start again from the top. Let's say Clarkson, Cornell, and Yale are tied for 4th. Each has 4 points in games against each other, but Cornell has one more win than either Clarkson or Yale. Cornell is then 4th, then Clarkson and Yale are compared head to head in a tie for 5th. Conversely, if Cornell had one less win than the others, they would be 6th, and Clarkson and Yale are then compared head to head in a tie for 4th.
If there are more than two teams tied for one spot, the tiebreakers are applied until a team is separated from the others, either up or down, and then the remaining teams then start again from the top. Let's say Clarkson, Cornell, and Yale are tied for 4th. Each has 4 points in games against each other, but Cornell has one more win than either Clarkson or Yale. Cornell is then 4th, then Clarkson and Yale are compared head to head in a tie for 5th. Conversely, if Cornell had one less win than the others, they would be 6th, and Clarkson and Yale are then compared head to head in a tie for 4th.
Current ties in the standings are broken as follows:
4th: Clarkson wins the first tiebreaker over Yale (3-1).
6th: Cornell wins the first tiebreaker over Colgate (3-1).
8th: RPI wins the second tiebreaker over Dartmouth (7-6).
11th: Princeton wins the sixth tiebreaker over Brown (-11 to -19).
We're too early in the process to really get into multiple-way tiebreakers, but we'll touch on those as potential 3-way, 4-way, and more-way ties become a possibility late in the season.
Below are the current states of the first tiebreaker. Teams are listed above tiebreakers that they have either won, are winning (with a game remaining to be played) or are tied.
The RPI-Union and Clarkson-SLU travel pairings have yet to face each other for the first time (which happens this coming weekend), so there's nothing listed for those tiebreakers yet. Irrelevant tiebreakers - those between teams that cannot tie in the standings - are listed at the bottom.
Quinnipiac
RPI, Union - Won, 4-0.
Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, SLU - Ahead 2-0.
Yale - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
St. Lawrence
Cornell, Yale - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth, Harvard - Ahead, 2-0.
Clarkson - Tied, 2-2, would likely lead on ECAC wins.
Harvard
RPI - Won, 4-0.
Dartmouth - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Princeton, Quinnipiac - Ahead, 2-0.
Clarkson
Brown - Won, 4-0.
Yale - Won, 3-1.
Dartmouth, Princeton, Quinnipiac - Ahead, 2-0.
Yale
Brown - Won, 4-0.
Colgate, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, RPI - Ahead, 2-0.
Quinnipiac - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
Colgate
SLU - Won, 4-0.
Clarkson - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Princeton, Union - Ahead, 2-0.
Dartmouth - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
Cornell
Clarkson - Won, 4-0.
Colgate - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Harvard, Union, Yale - Ahead, 2-0.
RPI
Princeton, Union - Won, 4-0.
Colgate, Cornell - Ahead, 2-0.
Dartmouth - Tied, 2-2, would likely lead on ECAC wins.
Dartmouth
Union - Won, 4-0.
Brown, Cornell, Princeton - Ahead, 2-0.
Colgate - Tied, 1-1. Unknown ECAC wins difference.
Union
Princeton, Won, 4-0.
Harvard - Won, 3-1.
Brown, Yale - Ahead, 2-0.
Princeton
Cornell - Ahead, 2-0.
Brown - Tied, 1-1. Ahead on goal differential against Top 4.
Brown
RPI - Ahead, 2-0.
Irrelevant
Quinnipiac-Brown
Quinnipiac-Princeton
St. Lawrence-Brown
St. Lawrence-Princeton
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Men's Hockey - at Dartmouth (30 Jan)
The Engineers are certainly at a tipping point of the season - the point where every team reaches the same number of games and then it's a rush to the finish. That point is now, with every team sitting on 14 games played with 8 to go over the next four weeks. That tipping point intersected with a terrible outing in the Mayor's Cup against Union, and with one game on the weekend, they needed to make a statement against Dartmouth. That statement was not a strong one, as RPI fell 3-1 on the road against the Big Green.
Dartmouth
Neal-Schroeder-Laliberte
Nanne-DeVito-McGowan
Melanson-Bourbonnais-Gillespie
Liljegren, Bokenfohr
Leonard-Prapavessis
Curadi-Bradley
Wilson-Reno
Milos Bubela was out of the lineup for what was deemed a "coach's decision," there remains no timetable on the returns of Travis Fulton and Mark Miller, and Jake Wood served the first of his two game suspension on Friday, leaving the Engineers with just 10 forwards available for service. All played, and Craig Bokenfohr was moved up to play forward as well. Parker Reno took his place on the blue line, and oddly we didn't see Bradley Bell or Phil Hampton come in to fill the one remaining empty bench spot.
The Engineers came out with a good burst of energy, but were unable to score early in the game and their jump fizzled eventually, especially after giving up the first goal of the game for the first time in five outings. With Bokenfohr off on a tripping call, Dartmouth scored the game's first goal on the power play after Curtis Leonard accidentally kicked the puck into his own net after a shot by Eric Neiley rang off the post.
Just about a minute and a half later, the Big Green struck again, this time at even strength on a redirection of a shot from the point through a screen. Just like that, RPI was down 2-0 and the fight looked pretty grim. Dartmouth controlled the remaining six minutes of the period.
For the second straight game, the Melanson-Bourbonnais-Gillespie line was one of the few offensive bright spots for the Engineers, and they came through in the second period to make a game of things. Riley Bourbonnais poked home a shot by Jared Wilson during a scrum in front of the net to half the Dartmouth lead 11:32 in to the second.
The Engineers only got two power plays in the game, but neither were particularly spectacular. The first came at the very end of the second period, giving RPI a lengthy minor power play with fresh ice to start the third, but it went absolutely nowhere - in fact, it was counter-productive, as Dartmouth scored a shorthanded goal to go up 3-1. On the second power play opportunity just a few minutes after the first had expired, Dartmouth got a shorthanded breakaway, stopped only when Zach Schroeder hauled down Jack Barre. That resulted in a penalty shot that Barre put wide.
Further attempts to come back by the Engineers were stymied by late penalties to Neal and Laliberte. RPI managed to keep the Big Green from scoring on the empty net they had for most of the last three minutes of the game, but they didn't come close to scoring themselves with the extra attacker. The loss dropped the Engineers to .500 on the ECAC season and into a position that threatened to have them down in the bottom four of the league. After Saturday's games concluded, they sat in a tie for 8th with Dartmouth, a tie they currently win on league wins (7 to 6).
The good news is that RPI is only 2 points out of 4th, since they're existing in the always muddled middle of the league. They control their own destiny up to 5th. The difference between finishing 6th and 7th is lining up to be pretty wide, since the 9th and 10th ranked teams are likely to be ones with some degree of punch to them.
The stretch run commences on Friday, and it starts with the annual trip to the North Country with yet another snowstorm potentially bearing down on the region, which is always fun. The North Country teams comprise exactly half of the Engineers' remaining games, and Clarkson/St. Lawrence are certainly doing pretty well right now. Back in a funk after winning three in a row and looking like they could take on the world, RPI is in strong need of another turnaround weekend.
Current ECAC Standings
1. Quinnipiac - 23 points (11-2-1)
2. St. Lawrence - 20 points (10-4-0)
3. Harvard - 18 points (8-4-2)
4. Clarkson - 16 points (7-5-2)
5. Yale - 16 points (7-5-2)
6. Cornell - 15 points (7-6-1)
7. Colgate - 15 points (6-5-3)
8. RPI - 14 points (7-7-0)
9. Dartmouth - 14 points (6-6-2)
10. Union - 11 points (5-8-1)
11. Princeton - 3 points (1-12-1)
12. Brown - 3 points (1-12-1)
Dartmouth
Neal-Schroeder-Laliberte
Nanne-DeVito-McGowan
Melanson-Bourbonnais-Gillespie
Liljegren, Bokenfohr
Curadi-Bradley
Wilson-Reno
Kasdorf
Milos Bubela was out of the lineup for what was deemed a "coach's decision," there remains no timetable on the returns of Travis Fulton and Mark Miller, and Jake Wood served the first of his two game suspension on Friday, leaving the Engineers with just 10 forwards available for service. All played, and Craig Bokenfohr was moved up to play forward as well. Parker Reno took his place on the blue line, and oddly we didn't see Bradley Bell or Phil Hampton come in to fill the one remaining empty bench spot.
The Engineers came out with a good burst of energy, but were unable to score early in the game and their jump fizzled eventually, especially after giving up the first goal of the game for the first time in five outings. With Bokenfohr off on a tripping call, Dartmouth scored the game's first goal on the power play after Curtis Leonard accidentally kicked the puck into his own net after a shot by Eric Neiley rang off the post.
Just about a minute and a half later, the Big Green struck again, this time at even strength on a redirection of a shot from the point through a screen. Just like that, RPI was down 2-0 and the fight looked pretty grim. Dartmouth controlled the remaining six minutes of the period.
For the second straight game, the Melanson-Bourbonnais-Gillespie line was one of the few offensive bright spots for the Engineers, and they came through in the second period to make a game of things. Riley Bourbonnais poked home a shot by Jared Wilson during a scrum in front of the net to half the Dartmouth lead 11:32 in to the second.
The Engineers only got two power plays in the game, but neither were particularly spectacular. The first came at the very end of the second period, giving RPI a lengthy minor power play with fresh ice to start the third, but it went absolutely nowhere - in fact, it was counter-productive, as Dartmouth scored a shorthanded goal to go up 3-1. On the second power play opportunity just a few minutes after the first had expired, Dartmouth got a shorthanded breakaway, stopped only when Zach Schroeder hauled down Jack Barre. That resulted in a penalty shot that Barre put wide.
Further attempts to come back by the Engineers were stymied by late penalties to Neal and Laliberte. RPI managed to keep the Big Green from scoring on the empty net they had for most of the last three minutes of the game, but they didn't come close to scoring themselves with the extra attacker. The loss dropped the Engineers to .500 on the ECAC season and into a position that threatened to have them down in the bottom four of the league. After Saturday's games concluded, they sat in a tie for 8th with Dartmouth, a tie they currently win on league wins (7 to 6).
The good news is that RPI is only 2 points out of 4th, since they're existing in the always muddled middle of the league. They control their own destiny up to 5th. The difference between finishing 6th and 7th is lining up to be pretty wide, since the 9th and 10th ranked teams are likely to be ones with some degree of punch to them.
The stretch run commences on Friday, and it starts with the annual trip to the North Country with yet another snowstorm potentially bearing down on the region, which is always fun. The North Country teams comprise exactly half of the Engineers' remaining games, and Clarkson/St. Lawrence are certainly doing pretty well right now. Back in a funk after winning three in a row and looking like they could take on the world, RPI is in strong need of another turnaround weekend.
1. Quinnipiac - 23 points (11-2-1)
2. St. Lawrence - 20 points (10-4-0)
3. Harvard - 18 points (8-4-2)
4. Clarkson - 16 points (7-5-2)
5. Yale - 16 points (7-5-2)
6. Cornell - 15 points (7-6-1)
7. Colgate - 15 points (6-5-3)
8. RPI - 14 points (7-7-0)
9. Dartmouth - 14 points (6-6-2)
10. Union - 11 points (5-8-1)
11. Princeton - 3 points (1-12-1)
12. Brown - 3 points (1-12-1)
RPI at Dartmouth
ECAC Game - Thompson Arena (Hanover, NH)
1/30/15 - 7:05pm
RESULT: Dartmouth 3, RPI 1
ECAC Game - Thompson Arena (Hanover, NH)
1/30/15 - 7:05pm
RESULT: Dartmouth 3, RPI 1
RECORD: 9-18-1 (7-7-0, 14pts)
Upcoming games
06 Feb - at St. Lawrence
07 Feb - at Clarkson
13 Feb - Brown
14 Feb - #15 Yale (Big Red Freakout!)
20 Feb - at Cornell
06 Feb - at St. Lawrence
07 Feb - at Clarkson
13 Feb - Brown
14 Feb - #15 Yale (Big Red Freakout!)
20 Feb - at Cornell
Women's Hockey - at Colgate & Cornell (30/31 Jan)
RPI's slim chance at a playoff spot was all but extinguished this weekend as they surrendered two points to Colgate in a 4-2 loss, falling into 10th place before getting trounced by Cornell 7-1 on Saturday.
Colgate
Horwood/Tomlinson/Gruschow
Wash/Mahoney/Svoboda
Rooney/Mankey/Walsh
Raspa
Kimmerle/Godin
Middlebrook/Schilter
Banks/Behounek
O'Brien
RPI's hopes of making the playoffs were predicated on two things - beat the teams behind them in the standings and steal a few points from the teams ahead. RPI failed at the first when they lost a 4-2 stinker to Colgate on Friday afternoon, with the score only as close as it was because Kelly O'Brien turned away 46 shots.
That's right, Colgate put 50 shots on the RPI net on Friday - 10 more than they managed in their exhibition game against the Cambridge Rivulettes.
RPI fell in a 2-0 hole in the first period, with Miriam Drubel collecting a loose puck in the slot for an unobstructed chance at O'Brien, then Megan Sullivan redirecting a shot from the point to make it 2-0.
The Engineers cut that lead in half when Jenn Godin scored 8:58 into the second, but things got worse late in the period as Colgate scored twice in 34 seconds to make it 4-1. The Raiders pounded the RPI net in the middle frame, putting 26 pucks on net.
Alexa Gruschow scored late in the third on the power play to make it 4-2 but that would be the score when time expired as RPI recorded one of its uglier losses in recent memory.
Cornell
Horwood/Tomlinson/Gruschow
Wash/Mahoney/Svoboda
Rooney/Mankey/Walsh
Raspa
Kimmerle/Godin
Banks/Behounek
Middlebrook/Renn
Schilter
O'Brien
If Friday's loss was ugly, at least Saturday's was a little less unexpected as Cornell rolled over the Engineers en route to a 7-1 victory at Lynah Rink.
Six players tallied goals for the Big Red, including two for Emily Fulton, while Cornell's goalies split time in turning away 19 of 20 RPI shots.
This time around RPI fell behind 3-0, with Jillian Saulnier, Brianne Jenner, and Sydney Smith all scoring in the first for Cornell.
Ali Svoboda scored RPI's only goal 1:42 into the second period, crashing the crease to put a loose puck past goalie Paula Voorhees.
The remainder of the second was not kind to RPI as they surrendered both of Fulton's goals as well as one by Cassandra Poudrier to find themselves behind 6-1 after two.
Morgan McKinn tacked on one more for good measure in the third and 7-1 tied RPI's most lopsided margin of defeat on the season, with the other 7-1 loss coming against North Dakota in the first official game of the season.
With the two losses, RPI is all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. There remains a fractional percent chance of clawing into 8th, however with it depending on beating several teams ahead of them in the standings, the Engineers may be getting ready to start planning their offseason activities with six games left on the calendar.
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RPI at Colgate
ECAC Hockey Game - Starr Rink (Hamilton, NY)
1/23/15 - 7:00pm
Colgate 4, RPI 2
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wclgren1.j30
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4449
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/1/30/WICE_0130154851.aspx
Colgate: http://gocolgateraiders.com/news/2015/1/30/WHOCKEY_0130154119.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R1s8Xc9g_A
RECORD: 5-18-4 (3-11-1 ECAC)
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RPI at Cornell
ECAC Hockey Game - Lynah Rink (Ithaca, NY)
1/24/15 - 3:00pm
Cornell 7, RPI 1
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wcorren1.j31
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4450
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/1/31/WICE_0131152454.aspx
Cornell: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2015/1/31/WICE_0131153539.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f2bAoafgaM
RECORD: 5-19-4 (3-12-1 ECAC)
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Upcoming Schedule
Feb. 6 - Clarkson (7pm)
Feb. 7 - St. Lawrence (4pm)
Feb. 13 - at Yale (7pm)
Feb. 14 - at Brown (4pm)
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ECAC Standings
1. Quinnipiac - 26 pts. (12-2-2) (.812)
2. Harvard - 25 pts. (12-3-1) (.781)
3t. Clarkson - 22 pts. (10-3-2) (.733)
3t. Cornell - 22 pts. (10-3-2) (.733)
3t. St. Lawrence - 22 pts. (10-3-2) (.733)
6. Princeton - 19 pts. (9-6-1) (.594)
7t. Dartmouth - 14 pts. (6-8-2) (.438)
7t. Yale - 14 pts. (7-9-0) (.438)
9. Colgate - 9 pts. (4-10-1) (.300)
10. RPI - 7 pts. (3-12-1) (.219)
11. Brown - 4 pts (2-14-0) (.125)
12. Union - 4 pts. (1-13-2) (.125)
Colgate
Horwood/Tomlinson/Gruschow
Wash/Mahoney/Svoboda
Rooney/Mankey/Walsh
Raspa
Kimmerle/Godin
Middlebrook/Schilter
Banks/Behounek
O'Brien
RPI's hopes of making the playoffs were predicated on two things - beat the teams behind them in the standings and steal a few points from the teams ahead. RPI failed at the first when they lost a 4-2 stinker to Colgate on Friday afternoon, with the score only as close as it was because Kelly O'Brien turned away 46 shots.
That's right, Colgate put 50 shots on the RPI net on Friday - 10 more than they managed in their exhibition game against the Cambridge Rivulettes.
RPI fell in a 2-0 hole in the first period, with Miriam Drubel collecting a loose puck in the slot for an unobstructed chance at O'Brien, then Megan Sullivan redirecting a shot from the point to make it 2-0.
The Engineers cut that lead in half when Jenn Godin scored 8:58 into the second, but things got worse late in the period as Colgate scored twice in 34 seconds to make it 4-1. The Raiders pounded the RPI net in the middle frame, putting 26 pucks on net.
Alexa Gruschow scored late in the third on the power play to make it 4-2 but that would be the score when time expired as RPI recorded one of its uglier losses in recent memory.
Cornell
Horwood/Tomlinson/Gruschow
Wash/Mahoney/Svoboda
Rooney/Mankey/Walsh
Raspa
Kimmerle/Godin
Banks/Behounek
Middlebrook/Renn
Schilter
O'Brien
If Friday's loss was ugly, at least Saturday's was a little less unexpected as Cornell rolled over the Engineers en route to a 7-1 victory at Lynah Rink.
Six players tallied goals for the Big Red, including two for Emily Fulton, while Cornell's goalies split time in turning away 19 of 20 RPI shots.
This time around RPI fell behind 3-0, with Jillian Saulnier, Brianne Jenner, and Sydney Smith all scoring in the first for Cornell.
Ali Svoboda scored RPI's only goal 1:42 into the second period, crashing the crease to put a loose puck past goalie Paula Voorhees.
The remainder of the second was not kind to RPI as they surrendered both of Fulton's goals as well as one by Cassandra Poudrier to find themselves behind 6-1 after two.
Morgan McKinn tacked on one more for good measure in the third and 7-1 tied RPI's most lopsided margin of defeat on the season, with the other 7-1 loss coming against North Dakota in the first official game of the season.
With the two losses, RPI is all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. There remains a fractional percent chance of clawing into 8th, however with it depending on beating several teams ahead of them in the standings, the Engineers may be getting ready to start planning their offseason activities with six games left on the calendar.
RPI at Colgate
ECAC Hockey Game - Starr Rink (Hamilton, NY)
1/23/15 - 7:00pm
Colgate 4, RPI 2
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wclgren1.j30
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4449
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/1/30/WICE_0130154851.aspx
Colgate: http://gocolgateraiders.com/news/2015/1/30/WHOCKEY_0130154119.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R1s8Xc9g_A
RECORD: 5-18-4 (3-11-1 ECAC)
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RPI at Cornell
ECAC Hockey Game - Lynah Rink (Ithaca, NY)
1/24/15 - 3:00pm
Cornell 7, RPI 1
BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/wcorren1.j31
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=4450
RECAPS:
RPI: http://rpiathletics.com/news/2015/1/31/WICE_0131152454.aspx
Cornell: http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2015/1/31/WICE_0131153539.aspx
Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f2bAoafgaM
RECORD: 5-19-4 (3-12-1 ECAC)
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Upcoming Schedule
Feb. 6 - Clarkson (7pm)
Feb. 7 - St. Lawrence (4pm)
Feb. 13 - at Yale (7pm)
Feb. 14 - at Brown (4pm)
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ECAC Standings
1. Quinnipiac - 26 pts. (12-2-2) (.812)
2. Harvard - 25 pts. (12-3-1) (.781)
3t. Clarkson - 22 pts. (10-3-2) (.733)
3t. Cornell - 22 pts. (10-3-2) (.733)
3t. St. Lawrence - 22 pts. (10-3-2) (.733)
6. Princeton - 19 pts. (9-6-1) (.594)
7t. Dartmouth - 14 pts. (6-8-2) (.438)
7t. Yale - 14 pts. (7-9-0) (.438)
9. Colgate - 9 pts. (4-10-1) (.300)
10. RPI - 7 pts. (3-12-1) (.219)
11. Brown - 4 pts (2-14-0) (.125)
12. Union - 4 pts. (1-13-2) (.125)
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