NCAA Prospects 25/26

[sekimet]

Thanks for all the updates/schedules/highlights this season Canada 02!


I for one very much appreciate it all.

[Canada 02]

https://twitter.com/user/status/2031870931719614500

[Canada 02]

always better to perform in the playoffs when it matters

https://twitter.com/user/status/2031890193121231061

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Lots of PPG+ college players in the system.

Wyttenbach
Reschny
Potter
Hoskins
Castagna
Mews

Wiebe in the upper echelon of d-men for production as well.

[Canada 02]

hear from Hoskins; includes video of his goals

https://twitter.com/user/status/2032123216815165486

[Canada 02]

https://twitter.com/user/status/2032137535665627320

[Muta]

That Hayden Stavroff mugshot is legendary.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Muta

That Hayden Stavroff mugshot is legendary.

[Canada 02]

Harvard defeats Cornell in game 1 of the quarterfinal series 3-1
Castagna gets an assist
Aidan Lane held off the scoreboard

Clarkson defeats Quinnipiac 3-0 in game 1 of its quarterfinal series. 2 empty net goals.
Wytter with zeros

Boston College defeats Maine 4-0. Maine is eliminated
Lipinski’s season is over

[Canada 02]

Wytter and Quinnipiac play Game 2 this afternoon (2pm) vs Clarkson. Must win game if they want to force the 3rd and deciding game tomorrow (2PM). All on ESPN+

Lane and Harvard play Castagna and Cornell (5PM). Harvard can eliminate Cornell with a win. Game 3 is tomorrow (2PM), if necessary. All on ESPN+

Misa and Penn State vs Michigan. Biggest matchup of the weekend. One game, winner advances. Watch on Big10+

Reschny, Weibe and Littler/NoDak vs Minnesota Duluth (5PM). NCHC Conference Semifinals. Winner advances, loser goes home. Watch on NCHC.TV

Jamieson and the Pios face Western Michigan. Another match up of top teams. NCHC Conference Semifinals. Winner advances, loser goes home. Watch on NCHC.TV at 6PM

Hoskin and Merrimack vs Providence. NESN at 5PM

[Canada 02]

apparently. Lipinski was a healthy scratch yesterday. Wonder what that means, if anything, for his future at Maine and next season

[getbak]

Determining who will get invited to the NCAA Tournament has always been incomprehensible to me.

This season, there are 63 teams in Division I hockey, so they need a way to figure out who the top 16 teams are even when they play very different schedules against broadly different teams. This year, they are using a new formula called the NPI (NCAA Percentage Index). It takes into account the quality of a team's competition and other factors to give a weighted ranking to each team's record. I will admit, that I don't understand it and don't have the time to figure it out, so I just use the list from College Hockey News: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/npi


Each season, the 6 Conference Champions get automatic invites to the tournament, and 10 at-large invites are given to the remaining 10 best teams that didn't win their conferences. Most years, 3 or 4 of the Conference Champions are strong teams that would have received invites anyway, so if you're in the top-12 at the end of the season, you're usually safe to get an invite. 15 and 16 are usually on the outside, and 13 and 14 are bubble teams hoping there aren't any upsets in any of the strong conferences.



Here are the current rankings going into Saturday's games of the teams with Flames' prospects:

• North Dakota = 2
• Denver = 6
• Quinnipiac = 8
• Penn State = 10
• Cornell = 11
• Maine = 20
• Harvard = 29
• Merrimack = 30

These rankings will continue to change as games are played, so there are no guarantees (for example, Quinnipiac was 6th before they lost to #34 Clarkson yesterday), but as things stand, it looks like there could be 5 teams with Flames' prospects heading to the tournament.

[Canada 02]

Tynan Lawrence showed up for BU today. Goal and assist. Too bad his teammates didn't, but that has been the story of BUs season. For all the talent on BU, they have drastically underperformed, and their season ends today. I imagine Hutson, Eiserman, Boisvert, Boumedienne and others all sign NHL deals next week.

https://twitter.com/user/status/2032879538984587462

[Canada 02]

shutout yesterday, but will not be today
Quinnipiac up 1-0 in the first.

Wytter sets up the opening goal

[HitterD]

Misa with an assist so far in a 1-1 game for Penn State, McKenna with the goal

[sekimet]

Ouch I start watching the Quinnipiac game and they give up two shorthanded goals in like 30 seconds... 3-3 tie game with 7 min left in the third. Brutal.


Edit: Posted this and a few seconds later Clarkson scores again lol

[Canada 02]

A lot of disappointing results today, but one good result.

Trevor Hoskin scores in OT and Merrimack advances over Providence!

Maine, Quinnipiac, NoDak, Penn State are all out of their Conference playoffs. Now need to hope they can get an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament

[Canada 02]

Cornell defeats Harvard 4-0
They will play a 3rd deciding game tomorrow
Castagna was held off the scoresheet

[Canada 02]

Denver defeats Western Michigan in OT to avenge their Frozen Four semifinal loss last year.
Eric Jamieson assists on the OT winning goal
The Pios move on to the finals to face Minnesota Duluth

[Canada 02]

Hoskin's OT winner

https://twitter.com/user/status/2033002456548852203