Cornell @ Yale Game thread

College hockey stats box score here - Sasha with a DQ, out for tomorrow. 89 PIMs for Cornell........ that'll bring up the per-game average.

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This was just an ugly game to watch.

The officiating was brutal. Just the constant stream of penalties for the first half of the game... Neither team could get anything going in 5 on 5 action. CU had a ton of chances on the powerplays early, especially after the first goal. I'd have loved to see us capitalize on one of those to grab the 2-0 lead. I think we could've pulled away after that.

The first line impressed me, especially on the powerplay. The second line was pretty bad--couldn't seem to ever get anything going. Sasha impressed me, along with Sawada and Mugford. Topher played his heart out. O'Byrne was shaky.

McKee was shaky in the beginning. The second Yale goal was on a simple rebound. In the third, though, he really turned it on, denying Yale on some big chances.

Yale showed absolutely no class at the end. It was just disgraceful behavior. I hated to see our guys fighting back, but I would imagine it would be tough to hold back. It sucks that Sasha will sit out tomorrow night. I can't see how he was singled out.

The band was good, the crowd was decent. I enjoyed hearing Ari's ramblings throughout. I loved how the Yale band went out for an on-ice performance at the end, despite the fact that all their fans had left. I don't know why they all hadn't left by the time the fighting broke out.

Loved the "overrated" chants when the score was tied. We got away with a poor performance tonight, but we'll need to play a lot better if we want to get that national championship Moulson has been yearning for.

Davenport!!

[Q]dbilmes Wrote:



Loved the "overrated" chants when the score was tied. [/q]

And with an entire period to play, no less.

As for the scrum at the end, if Sasha was the only one who ended up with a DQ, that's beyond ridiculous. I can't claim to have seen all the altercations, but there was definitely a Yalie throwing punches at one point, while at no point did I see any Cornellians actually throw blows (a lot of pushing and shoving and face-washing, but no punches that I saw).

Not only was the refereeing terrible in the sense that it was a special teams display for the entire first period, but there was no consistency. After that ridiculous 1st period, there were pretty much no calls in the 2nd, and then the whistles returned in full force with 12 minutes left in the 3rd.

[Q] at no point did I see any Cornellians actually throw blows [/Q]
I was at the opposite end of the rink, but I thought I saw some Cornell players throw punches. One Yale player was ejected, but it just seemed clear that Yale was gunning for a fight the entire third period.

I agree about the officiating. The first period, any contact led to a whistle. The second, there were no whistles. One can only imagine the total number of penalties if the rest game had been called like the first.

I was at the opposite end of the rink, but I thought I saw some Cornell players throw punches. One Yale player was ejected, but it just seemed clear that Yale was gunning for a fight the entire third period.

Then please tell me what the heck happened on those 2 Yale chances at the end which seemed like they were going to be certain goals -- especially the one right before the empty-netter. One second everyone on that end is rising and putting their arms up anticipating the tying goal, and the next moment we've fired it into an empty net to seal the game!

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
As for the scrum at the end, if Sasha was the only one who ended up with a DQ, that's beyond ridiculous. I can't claim to have seen all the altercations, but there was definitely a Yalie throwing punches at one point, while at no point did I see any Cornellians actually throw blows (a lot of pushing and shoving and face-washing, but no punches that I saw).[/q]

According to the box score on [www.collegehockeystats.net] Brennan Turner got a Game DQ also.

DQ: Pokulok, Turner
10 minute misconducts: (Carefoot, Mugford, Bitz), (Zappala, Jackson, Cohen)

Sasha got an extra 2-minute minor for slashing that gave Yale their 11th PP.

Cornell was lucky to escape with the win. They got way too many dumb penalties. Against a good team they would have been in big trouble. It reminded me about the loss to BC in Florida last year. As for the fight at the end. They have to be bold enough to walk away and not throw punches right in front of the three blind mice. The crazed thing about the flight is that Boucher did not get DQ and he basically started the mess (after Pokulok's 2 minute penalty for slashing--A necessary event to prevent a score). Nonetheless, we are also lucky some additional fighting penalties were not called as the three blind mice missed a couple of late right jabs.

Nonetheless --It was a nice win and David looked great in the 3rd period. He made two amazing saves--one with the glove that the goal judge thought was going in and for about two seconds put the goal light on. I guess that would make it four blind mice.

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
Then please tell me what the heck happened on those 2 Yale chances at the end which seemed like they were going to be certain goals -- especially the one right before the empty-netter. One second everyone on that end is rising and putting their arms up anticipating the tying goal, and the next moment we've fired it into an empty net to seal the game![/q]

I'm not sure the other one you're talking about, but the one right before the ENG was a gift from heaven. McKee was looking left (all directions from his perspective), and the puck ends up on the stick of a Yalie on the right side of the crease, 6x4 to shoot at, and somehow he just whiffs on it and sends it through the crease and back out the left side behind McKee. Cornell turns it around, brings it up ice, and McCutcheon gets his first collegiate goal.

McKee made some great saves in that third period, but someone above was just looking out for him on that one.