As a Hobart fan, I hate to point this out but I believe the NCAA data this week had a typo. The data released showed Hobart with a RNK of .500 (2-2-2)....but when Geneseo dropped out of the rankings I believe this should have been updated to 1-2-2...or .400.

Hobart has played Babson twice (1-0-1), Trinity once (0-0-1) and Utica twice (0-2-0).

I was under the impression that the old "once ranked, always ranked" system was changed several years ago....correct?

 

I could be wrong, but I think they RNK uses last week's ranked teams until the final ranking.  I'm sure Mr. Webb can answer that question better.

OK, so let's resurrect this topic for the 2016/2017 season.  With a split next weekend a distinct possibility, I thought I'd ask the annual question of what are the ECAC West tiebreaking procedures this year?

Maybe "attrition" or cuts are not fair, but then these aren't 10 year old midget hockey players either.  These are twenty-something year old men.  Life is not necessarily fair.  If playing time was guaranteed, would you get the same effort from them?  When these players were making their decisions, did Norwich's winning history play a part?  Of course it did.  If the coaches no long think this player is sufficiently contributing to that winning, what are they supposed to do?

I'm sure that for any player that Norwich is recruiting, Norwich is not their only option.  They made a decision to go to Northfield.  I'm sorry for the players that it doesn't work out for, but this isn't kindergarten and everyone doesn't get a participation trophy.  These aren't young kids being duped by evil adults.  These are young adults who have to know they are receiving a sales pitch and make their decision accordingly.

If indeed SOS was the tipping point between PSU and Williams ... Interestingly and coincidentally, Plattsburgh made a conscious decision a few years back to schedule much closer to home, which excluded some of the ECAC/W (Elmira) teams.

Conversely, the NESCAC has done exactly the opposite, and scheduled Home and Home series with the highest SOS league teams (ECAC/W), whereas a few years back, (and until Trinity got hosed) the NESCAC as a whole didn't have much to do with teams from outside their geographic area. (There are some interesting "elitist" threads on USCHO about this topic)

Emery may want to re-think his scheduling strategy.

Some of this was forced on Plattsburgh with the addition of Morrisville and Canton to the schedule.  Also, the thought (and hope) was that Middlebury and Norwich (and probably up and coming Castleton as well) were strong enough opponents that SOS would still be strong.  Also, the travel restriction was probably not his doing alone... don't you think that nudge came from upstairs?

P.S. Webb - I  hope I speak for the few of us that still follow D3 ... we really appreciate your time, effort and expertise.

Without a doubt.... just wish you weren't so damn accurate this year!

Despite Plattsburgh's destruction last night (although Plattsburgh did outshoot the Knights), are they still seriously in the mix for Pool C?

Just to make the bubble teams a little nervous.... Utica leads Elmira 4-0 at the end of two.  2 breakaway goals (one shorthanded) and a power play.  Utica goalie played an amazing first period (Emira outshot the Pioneers 16-7 in the first), but the second was all Utica as they outshot Elmira 12-6 and chased the starting goaltender 5 minutes into the second period...

Final is 5-1 Utica.  I think Elmira needs either Plattsburgh or Adrian to win their AQ or they are in a dogfight with Adrian for a Pool C.

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We're going to need these updated for the current week!  The NCAA's links are still *&%$#@^ broken....

I'd love to see how Endicott got themselves ranked... it's not to help out anyone else in the region.  Their only game against a ranked team is a win over Babson.

Those who have "done the math" and rated the Pool C contenders (see the Pool C board under Multi-regional topics) suggest that Oswego is still in pretty good shape to this point. I think there would have to be a few more upsets to really put them in trouble.

I do take pause however given Plattsburgh's situation in previous year.

The Lakers were #5 in the east on Wednesday.  Is one win over Plattsburgh worth that much?