{"id":1381,"date":"2014-01-20T07:33:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2014-01-20T07:33:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T13:33:42","slug":"three-things-january-12-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2014\/01\/20\/three-things-january-12-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things: January 19, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three things from this past week in Atlantic Hockey:<\/p>\n<h4>Clich&#233;s and comebacks<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of the worst clich&#233;s in sports: &#8220;A two-goal lead is the most dangerous lead in hockey&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Call me crazy, but I&#8217;ll take a two-goal lead over a one-goal advantage any day. Someone actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puckscene.com\/2011\/08\/the-most-dangerous-lead-in-hockey-fact-or-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">went through the trouble<\/a> of showing how teams are more likely to surrender a one-goal lead then a two-goal margin.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the two goal, or even three-goal lead was not very safe this weekend in Atlantic Hockey play:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Friday, American International led Robert Morris 2-0 late in the first period, but had to settle for a 4-4 tie.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday night at Niagara saw the Purple Eagles lead Holy Cross 2-0 at the end of the first period, but the Crusaders rallied for a 3-2 victory, getting the game-winner with 2:18 to play.<\/li>\n<li>Also on Saturday, Mercyhurst jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the second period against Connecticut, but the Huskies scored the game&#8217;s final three goals to earn a tie.<\/li>\n<li>On Saturday, Canisius was up 2-0 on Bentley, but, guess what? Another comeback from a two-goal deficit and another tie, 2-2.<\/li>\n<li>And in the &#8220;almost&#8221; department, Army rallied from a 3-0 deficit at Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday, twice cutting the gap to a single goal, but wound up falling, 4-3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>In case you missed it<\/h4>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s American International at Massachusetts game produced one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/box\/mens-hockey\/2014\/01\/14\/american-international-vs-massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most interesting box scores <\/a>you&#8217;ll see this season. The Yellow Jackets were outshot 59-18, including 27-2 in the second period, but won the game, 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>AIC scored twice in the second period (so yeah, on its only two shots) and held the Minutemen to just one goal over that span.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Leisner made 57 saves for the win and Alexander MacMillan got the game-winner with 5:20 to play.<\/p>\n<h4>Pairwise problems<\/h4>\n<p>That non-conference win by AIC aside, the league isn&#8217;t looking good to repeat last season when the AHA sent and unprecedented pair of teams to the NCAA tournament. Niagara was ranked between tenth and twelfth in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/rankings\/pairwise-rankings\/d-i-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PairWise Rankings<\/a> throughout the second half of last season, and that was good enough for the Purple Eagles to grab an at-large berth. Niagara was bolstered by a great record (23-9-5) and some success by the conference in nonleague games, making for a decent strength of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>This season, with the league struggling to get OOC wins, we&#8217;re not not going to see a repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Third-place Air Force, which has the best non-conference record in the league (5-3-1 including wins over Northeastern and Providence) is 28th in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/rankings\/pairwise-rankings\/d-i-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PWR<\/a>, best in the conference, but a long way from a top-16 spot that would give the Falcons a shot at an at-large bid.<\/p>\n<p>First-place Mercyhurst comes in at 37 with Bentley in a tie for 39th.<\/p>\n<p>So look for the usual postseason scramble where the it&#8217;s win-or-go-home for all AHA teams. 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