Classification: Prologue: Epilogue: Dan Olsen Client Services Representative East Fishkill, NY / Building 504 2J5-21 Ph: 8-532-5259 / (914) 892-5259 FAX: 8-532-7588 / (914 )892-7588 Mail: IBMUSM00(DOLSEN) or [log in to unmask] Although the home teams seem to have done a little better this weekend, there are still some strange occurrences throughout the ECAC. First, who would have thought that Vermont, the same team that was #1 in the nation just three short weeks ago, would be in a three way tie for eighth in the ECAC along with the likes of SLU and Dartmouth? Dartmouth...yes the same Dartmouth that put away the Catamounts on Friday night. Second, who would have thought that Princeton and Yale would both be on the upper half of the league? Princeton remains in second place despite a hard fought battle with Cornell for first place. The Bulldogs are holding on to sixth place with their 2-2-1 record, including wins over Clarkson and Cornell. Third, what's going on with Harvard and Brown? Is it something in the water over there? Fourth, can Clarkson decide whether or not it wants to be a slow starter or can they just not win the second game of a series? They beat Princeton convincingly on a Friday, only to lose to Yale on Saturday. They scored three in the first 2:25 against SLU in their only game the next weekend. Finally, last weekend they powdered RPI with 21 first period shots and 3 goals, only to skate in their sleep for the final two periods against RPI and the first 2 against Union. Is there conditioning a problem? Finally, I've only seen two college hockey games thus far this season. I saw a team with a lot of determination and desire play a hardfought battle to rebound from a loss the previous night. Yes, it was Army returning to down Mankato St. I also saw an excellent hockey team with a lot of individual potential play for one period and rest on their laurels apparently satisfied with their first period efforts. With the exception of a very few: Dan Murphy, Buddy Wallace, Jan Turgeon, J.F. Houle, Clarkson was less than lackluster on Friday evening after the first. Even as a very satisfied Clarkson alum on Friday night, I would have rather seen Army's 8-0 loss to U-Mass. I hope someone wakes them up for BU / BC this weekend. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.