Mark

It was the RPI band in Q colors.  Also, the SLU folks I was with were 
rooting for CCT, just as we rooted for SLU in the conso.

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Lewin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:10 AM
Subject: reflection on the ECAC tournament


> Heard today that the ECACHL (which is now back to ECAC) will keep the
> tournament in Albany through 2010.  Yes I know that Lake Placid is a
> sentimental favorite, but Albany is centrally located and much easier to 
> get
> to than Lake Placid (especially in the middle of March). Now, if the T-U
> arena could only learn to make a decent cup of coffee.
>
> It was interesting to watch Dartmouth's style of play. Rather than use
> flashy outside slapshots broadcasting their shots well in advance. they 
> had
> a tendency to get their forwards cycling through the slot, looking for
> deflections and screening the goalie. The shooters used quick surprising
> wrist shots that were quite effective. I found their style to be different
> from most teams and they scored most of their goals in this way. Although 
> it
> didn't help them win a game this weekend, they were in both games until 
> the
> end.. Perhaps with a few big men in the middle to pick up rebounds, they
> could take their game to the next level.
>
> The ECAC welcomed  Quinnipiac to the final four this weekend and the 
> Bobcats
> did themselves proud. The final four attendance is always tricky to 
> predict
> depending on who the participants are.  You know that Cornell and Clarkson
> will always bring a crowd.  Presumably RPI and Union would draw a crowd, 
> if
> only one or both could make it to the semifinals (sigh!!!).  Quinnipiac 
> drew
> a nice crowd this weekend, especially considering that Friday produced a
> March snowstorm of more than a foot of snow.  After upsetting SLU, even 
> more
> fans drove up from Connecticut to cheer their team on.  And they came oh 
> so
> close taking a 2-0 lead against  Clarkson into the third period before the
> Knights came back to take the title.
>
> There were a lot of yellow Quinnipiac tee shirts in the crowd, many of 
> which
> were donned (suspiciously) by people wearing red hats reading SLU.  Not
> surprisingly, the SLU fans  were rooting for Quinnipiac.  Why?  Because 
> they
> were playing against Clarkson (duh!!).  But many Saints fans found
> themselves in a dilemma.  They soon realized that Clarkson was going to 
> the
> NCAA's regardless; all that was at stake was their number 1 seed in a
> regional.  If Clarkson lost,  Quinnipiac would get the autobid, Clarkson
> would still go and there would be one less at large bid.  That extra bid
> might belong to St. Lawrence.  So the Saints had to either root for the
> Knights or have their season end. Most chose to leave the building and go
> across the street to celebrate St. Patricks Day.
>
> Kudos to the Quinnipiac band who had the foresight between period 2 and
> period 3 to play the RPI fight song to win RPI fans over to their side.
> Great idea, guys but we were with you all the way.  After all, you were
> playing Clarkson.
>
>   So that's it for me for another year.  But for all you RPI fans out
> there,  wait'll next year!!!