Cornell 5 @ Yale 2 (Final)

According to their radio crew, Yale has had terrible penalty trouble all season.

10 minutes left.

Back to 5 on 5.

Shots 33-14

SOG 33-14. Some good goaltending on both sides these past few minutes.

ebilmes
SOG 33-14. Some good goaltending on both sides these past few minutes.

Hard to tell with an unfamiliar announcer, but it seems like Davenport has been significantly tested for having faced just 14 shots.

Also sounds like Yale has missed the net a lot.

According to game-tracker, McCutcheon has 7 SOG; no one else with more than 4.

Another call on Yale.

Less than 5 to go...PP cornell

Yale announcer would like to do Topher after the game...

4 mins left

Looks like Troy Davenport was given an assist on Sawada's SHG - Davenport's second assist of the season

Trotsky
Yale announcer would like to do Topher after the game...

He must like "petite" guys.

EEEUUUUWWW!

2:00 left

And that's the game.

Good effort by the Red.

if gamecast is correct cornell had 1 shot that was not from a PP.. cant believe thats true but a strange stat if so..

Topher (1-1), McC(r)utcheon (1-2), Romano (1-2), and Seminoff (0-2) all over the ice and all over the scoresheet.

4 point weekend. Nice to have some momentum in preparation for SUcks.

upperdeck
if gamecast is correct cornell had 1 shot that was not from a PP.. cant believe thats true but a strange stat if so..

Not during a power play? When did they get it? During warmups?

Clarkson 6 Dartmouth 3 FINAL
Union 4 Princeton 3 OT
Harvard 5 SLUt 4 F
QU 2 RPI 2 F

Another nice quote from the Yale announcers. They were discussing Yale's season so far and said something like, "And this week Colgate and Cornell at home... of course when you play Cornell it isn't really a home game since their fans travel so well."

Chris 02
Harvard 5 SLUt 4 F

USCHO is reporting this the other way around.

nyc94

Chris 02
Harvard 5 SLUt 4 F

USCHO is reporting this the other way around.

It was the other way -- SLU hung on to beat Harvard 5-4.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Trotsky
Yale announcer would like to do Topher after the game...

He must like "petite" guys.

EEEUUUUWWW!

The Yale announcer volunteered his height.. 5 ft 7 in. No other vital stats given.

Chris 02

ebilmes
Anyone remember when we went months without shorthanded goals?

Pretty much the entire time I was a student.

Yeah, it seemed like years.

The announcers kept saying how big our team is but our average hight is still smaller than Yale's. Good seeing that we're considered fast though

Jim Hyla

Chris 02

ebilmes
Anyone remember when we went months without shorthanded goals?

Pretty much the entire time I was a student.

Yeah, it seemed like years.

Indeed, from 3/23/02 to 10/29/04, a span of 69 games without a shorthanded goal.

Shorthanded goals by season:

2001-02: 5
2002-03: 0
2003-04: 0
2004-05: 9
2005-06: 6

I just got back from the game. What an impressive effort! It was my first look at this year's team, and we skated as well as I've seen a Cornell team skate. The score would have been even more lopsided if not at 3 or 4 great saves the Yale goalie made during the third period, several coming when we had a 5-on-3 advantage for a full minute. What really impressed me was how we dominated the third period. We easily killed off a penalty at the start of the period, and for the rest of the period, the puck was in the Yale end most of the time. It was like we were the team desperately trying to come from behind. Romano is a dazzling player, but he got too fancy on at least two occasions in our own end, both times turning the puck over and giving Yale a solid scoring chance. He's fun to watch, though.
The play of the game was Sawada's shorthanded breakaway goal. Davenport didn't have to make a lot of saves, but came up big when he had to. Neither goal was his fault. The first was just a nice play on a 4-on-3 Yale power play. The second Yale goal was the fault of one of our forwards, who let Yale's Nelson skate into the slot unchecked, where he had no one on him when he got the puck.
It was really like a Cornell home game, since the Yale pep band was absent, and half of the fans were from Cornell.
The only bad part was Mugford getting a game misconduct, which means he'll have to sit out the Harvard game. I couldn't see what happened, since it was at the far end of the rink, but Mugford was fired up and quite angry as he was escorted off the ice.

dbilmes
The only bad part was Mugford getting a game misconduct, which means he'll have to sit out the Harvard game.

Well, it's either one or the other. If he got a misconduct, he doesn't have to sit out the next game. If he has to sit out the next game, then what he got was a DQ, not a misconduct. According to collegehockeystats.com, it was a misconduct, so he will play against Harvard.

Hey Age, can we add this one to the FAQ? Perhaps it could replace the stuff about the HockeyCam...

It was a misconduct according to the official Cornell Men's Hockey site. Mugford's playing against Harvard.

mjc
..."the big red in their communist uniforms"...

The Red Army? I like it.

In the first of Cornell's two 2006-07 home games vs. Yale, this one however being in New Haven, Cornell the team, Cornell the fans, and Cornell the pep band overwhelmed Yale.

Not that you'd trade style-of-play for a national championship, but this is a more entertaining brand of hockey than Big Red fans have seen in years. The forwards seem to like the idea of centering passes into the slot and seeing what happens. And there's still the Cornell hustle. I was hoping for a 6-2 final because those would be imipressive scores to roll up in the early season. The defense was okay but you still catch your breath a lot. The second Yale goal came when Cornell let the puck pop out of a scrum 15 feet from Davenport and a Yalie waltzed over to the puck and banged it in. One other nit: Davenport (goalie Davenport) seems to spend more time out of the crease slowing down pucks behind the cage and he doesn't get back all that quick. Did anyone else notice that?

Still, the defense held when it had to. Yale got a PP a couple minutes into the third and could have made it 5-3, thus setting off the announcer mantra that two is the most dangerous lead of all. (I kind of understand, but I'm a sucker for two-goal leads over one-goal leads.) Yale got off 0 or 1 shots that PP and more importantly Cornell must have had half a dozen clears. Essentially the Yale PP units got to run their Monday end-to-end conditioning sprints Saturday around 9 pm.

It could've been 6-2 or 7-2. On the 5-on-4 then 5-on-3 PP midway through the third, Cornell hit both posts and slid a pass behind the Yale sieve. Later, a centering pass to an open slotman (Romano?) skipped over his stuck.

There were a lot of penalties called but more on Yale than Cornell and that seemed to reflect the tenor of the game: Yale more the mean-spirited aggressor than Cornell. A Yale defender batted Topher Scott's helmet out of the air and to the ice while Topsher was still inside the helmet; the two came apart fortunately. It's as if the opponents are making up for a half-decade of huge Cornell teams that can't bang around. Yale also had a couple clean and very solid hits on Cornell skaters who who momentarily innattentive. Let's hope Mugford's game misconduct is that and not a game DQ which would have him out for Harvard. With not so many big guys, you do notice Bitz's size. Also Greening's. At one point in the third Barlow took the puck away from two Yale defenders and had another of those nice centerting passess that didn't lead to a score -- but, geez, it felt so good to see Cornell pressing that attack.

Brown was close Friday. Saturday was a good outcome. And this second week's two wins seem better than the first week's two wins. Ari said we'll finish fourth in the ECAC. Maybe so, but two of the picks to finish ahead, Colgate and Harvard, didn't fare so well.

billhoward

NOne other nit: Davenport (goalie Davenport) seems to spend more time out of the crease slowing down pucks behind the cage and he doesn't get back all that quick. Did anyone else notice that?

I too noticed this, Davenport's stickhandling skills don't enthrall be either. All in all, I'd preffer it if troy spent alittle less time out of the crease.

evilnaturedrobot

billhoward

NOne other nit: Davenport (goalie Davenport) seems to spend more time out of the crease slowing down pucks behind the cage and he doesn't get back all that quick. Did anyone else notice that?

I too noticed this, Davenport's stickhandling skills don't enthrall be either. All in all, I'd preffer it if troy spent alittle less time out of the crease.

I'm pretty sure we were saying the same thing about Dave McKee a few years ago, and I'm also pretty sure that as Troy continues to do well and as we get used to his style, there will be far fewer heart-stopping moments. Not that that helps us now...

another thought:

did anyone else notice that Romano, again, tried to deke his way out of the defensive zone durring the third period tonight?

I can't believe the verbal reaming that he must have taken from Shafer after doing it the first time wasn't enough to discourage him from ever doing it again.

I love the kid's abilities, and I even apreciate the mindset that allows him to attempt such an action in the first place, but you'd think once would have been enough.

ninian '72

mjc
..."the big red in their communist uniforms"...

The Red Army? I like it.

Trying to copy RPI again? (Not that RPI's Red Army isn't a poorly executed attempt to mimic some aspects of the Lynah crowd.)

ursusminor

ninian '72

mjc
..."the big red in their communist uniforms"...

The Red Army? I like it.

Trying to copy RPI again? (Not that RPI's Red Army isn't a poorly executed attempt to mimic some aspects of the Lynah crowd.)

I think the Red Army is OK (not poorly executed). I would rather see screaming fans excited about the game - which at times is what the Red Army provides.

This weekend Houston had two good crowds and a bit of extra interest. (Black Friday auction/raffle of black jerseys and staff night on Saturday.) Nice to hear noise and the games were OK too.

Any idea whether Puckman will return?

A very impressive win. I've been going to Cornell games for 25+ years and this is the fastest Cornell team that I've seen in many years. It looks like this is a team that can win on the big Olympic ice rinks. Romano reminds me of Brock Tredway, Scott was fantastic and really frustrated the bulldogs into dumb penalties. Barlow, Seminoff, and Gallagher were also exciting to watch. We clearly have the speed to skate with the teams out west, while Bitz, Carefoot, Mugford, Nash, McCutcheon, and Krantz give us tremendous size and power as well. Yes, we lost some great players at the end of last year, but the freshman class looks excellent.

msphi81
It looks like this is a team that can win on the big Olympic ice rinks. ...We clearly have the speed to skate with the teams out west, while Bitz, Carefoot, Mugford, Nash, McCuthcheon, and Krantz give us tremendous size and power as well.

I couldn't figure out a way to put it without woofing, but I agree. Last night, I was thinking, "If only the Minnesota fans saw us now!" We are a very different team than two years ago, and we may not make it to the NCAAs this year, but if we do, we'll certainly turn a lot of western heads.

msphi81
while ...and McCuthcheon, give us tremendous size and power as well.

Wow, a few years ago who would have put McCutcheon (with only one h please) and tremendous size in the same sentence?

mjc
"this is easily the fastest team [yale] has seen this season"

The Yale coach quoted in the game article on Yale's web site: "Cornell is a good team. They are big, strong and fast. They do it right," said Allain.

But do they clutch and grab?

Al DeFlorio

mjc
"this is easily the fastest team [yale] has seen this season"

The Yale coach quoted in the game article on Yale's web site: "Cornell is a good team. They are big, strong and fast. They do it right," said Allain.

But do they clutch and grab?

Hey, you're back. Good to hear from you again.

Jim Hyla

Al DeFlorio

mjc
"this is easily the fastest team [yale] has seen this season"

The Yale coach quoted in the game article on Yale's web site: "Cornell is a good team. They are big, strong and fast. They do it right," said Allain.

But do they clutch and grab?

Hey, you're back. Good to hear from you again.

Yep, Jim, just back from a trans-Atlantic. Missed four wins. Maybe I should book another one soon. Will be at QU in two weeks. Hope all goes well.

I have to agree with most of what's been said here. At Brown, I saw the Cornell team I expected to see, given our losses on defense and our freshmen-heavy squad. I believe we won that game despite ourselves, though it's also not like Brown deserved to win it, either.

But at Yale, I kept checking to make sure I was in the right building, watching the right game. Speed? Crisp, clean passing? Stickhandling? Creativity on the rush? Size and effort in the corners instead of just size? Really, it was a pleasure to watch, if a little surprising.

For me, the best part was that the three-goal cushion allowed Schafer to roll the freshmen almost the entire third period. And admittedly it's early yet, but I haven't been this excited about a group of Cornell freshmen since 1999-2000.

And that's all I'll say about that.

Al DeFlorio
Yep, Jim, just back from a trans-Atlantic. Missed four wins. Maybe I should book another one soon. Will be at QU in two weeks. Hope all goes well.

Btw, does anyone know if the QU game will *really* be at the Northford Ice Arena?

Sure looks that way ...
Northford Ice Pavilion

Al DeFlorio

Jim Hyla

Al DeFlorio

mjc
"this is easily the fastest team [yale] has seen this season"

The Yale coach quoted in the game article on Yale's web site: "Cornell is a good team. They are big, strong and fast. They do it right," said Allain.

But do they clutch and grab?

Hey, you're back. Good to hear from you again.

Yep, Jim, just back from a trans-Atlantic. Missed four wins. Maybe I should book another one soon. Will be at QU in two weeks. Hope all goes well.

If we lose this weekend we're going to toss Al out of the country...

KeithK

Al DeFlorio

Jim Hyla

Al DeFlorio

mjc
"this is easily the fastest team [yale] has seen this season"

The Yale coach quoted in the game article on Yale's web site: "Cornell is a good team. They are big, strong and fast. They do it right," said Allain.

But do they clutch and grab?

Hey, you're back. Good to hear from you again.

Yep, Jim, just back from a trans-Atlantic. Missed four wins. Maybe I should book another one soon. Will be at QU in two weeks. Hope all goes well.

If we lose this weekend we're going to toss Al out of the country...

Hey, Keith, if everyone chips in enough I could probably be in South America by Friday night.

Al DeFlorio

KeithK

Al DeFlorio

Jim Hyla

Al DeFlorio

mjc
"this is easily the fastest team [yale] has seen this season"

The Yale coach quoted in the game article on Yale's web site: "Cornell is a good team. They are big, strong and fast. They do it right," said Allain.

But do they clutch and grab?

Hey, you're back. Good to hear from you again.

Yep, Jim, just back from a trans-Atlantic. Missed four wins. Maybe I should book another one soon. Will be at QU in two weeks. Hope all goes well.

If we lose this weekend we're going to toss Al out of the country...

Hey, Keith, if everyone chips in enough I could probably be in South America by Friday night.

If we find it necessary to deport Al, I can chip in $6.95 the refund I got from CSTV for this weekend's No-Access service. In a previous thread someone suggested that giving CSTV $$ was like throwing it out a car window. So instead of doing that, (or burning it in my fireplace), I can put it towards Al's South American holiday fund .

Rita
If we find it necessary to deport Al, I can chip in $6.95 the refund I got from CSTV for this weekend's No-Access service. In a previous thread someone suggested that giving CSTV $$ was like throwing it out a car window. So instead of doing that, (or burning it in my fireplace), I can put it towards Al's South American holiday fund .

Thanks, Rita. That'll get me part way to Logan Airport. I probably am a better investment of everyone's funds than No-Access, come to think of it.

Did you get to Italy yet, Rita? Maybe credit for the four wins should go to you, instead?

Al DeFlorio

Rita
If we find it necessary to deport Al, I can chip in $6.95 the refund I got from CSTV for this weekend's No-Access service. In a previous thread someone suggested that giving CSTV $$ was like throwing it out a car window. So instead of doing that, (or burning it in my fireplace), I can put it towards Al's South American holiday fund .

Thanks, Rita. That'll get me part way to Logan Airport. I probably am a better investment of everyone's funds than No-Access, come to think of it.

Did you get to Italy yet, Rita? Maybe credit for the four wins should go to you, instead?

I did (and had a great time in Tuscany!), but was back in the States and enroute to Indy when the puck dropped to start the exhibition game vs. York. Thus, the 4 wins are due to your absence, Al, not mine .

Between CSTV and my internet provider (no internet service the night of the RMU game) I have just been whining and complaining. Here's hoping the Direct TV satellite does not have any "issues" on Friday night (she said knocking on wood).