Coaches Also Place Cornell No. 2

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First place votes were split Yale 7/Cornell 3/Princeton 2.

Nothing too surprising here.

To make another comment about my earlier post... note that four of the players on the preseason all-ECAC team (Kalemba and the 3 forwards) were named all-ECAC at the end of last season.

Some quotes from the coaches via the Ithaca Journal:

Schafer said he puts "very little" stock in preseason polls.

"We expected to be somewhere near the top but I think what's more important is to have those expectations intrinsically," Schafer said. "It's a lot more important to live up to your own expectations to see what kind of season you have."

"Isn't this the same group that picked us to finish seventh last year?" Yale coach Keith Allain said Monday during the ECAC Hockey media teleconference. "The games are played on the ice. I think we've got a terrific league and it's hard to win in our league. It's nice for our players to get some recognition but once the season starts at the end of October it doesn't mean a thing."