NetMinders
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NetMinders
Posted by: cZonTix (---.borgwarner.com)
Date: January 09, 2007 03:44PM
Shouldn't Scrivens be given more of a chance as the 1st string goalie? Seems as though he only gets a chance when Davenport gets off to a bad start. Based on stats, certainly seems like he should be given more of a chance to show his ability.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: ftyuv (---.techtarget.com)
Date: January 09, 2007 03:48PM
Davenport, Scrivens, whatever. We need more goalies who can actually score goals.
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: January 09, 2007 05:28PM
Some might say we need more forwards "who can actually score goals."ftyuv
Davenport, Scrivens, whatever. We need more goalies who can actually score goals.
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: LaJollaRed (---.san.res.rr.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 12:53PM
I agree with starting Scrivens.
The problem is, like a racehorse, goalies are very easily psyched out by many off-ice things. I worry that benching Davenport and replacing him with a freshman is going to be very difficult for him to recover from...especially because he left the team once as a result of not getting ice time.
That said, though, how much do we care about Davenport's feelings? We like to win, don't we?
We're not going to find another Mckee, but I think my comparison is still valid. I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't. Unfortunately he isn't much of the time.
2.48 GAA would be stellar in the WCHL...it would be amazing, but in the ECAC, where games are historically much closer and defense oriented, 2.48 is enough to sink an otherwise decent team.
However--not his fault. What I see at Lynah is not a break down of the defense, but a complete lack of offense. Scoring more goals gets him out of hot water pretty quickly.
Scrivens will get his ice time. And given what I've seen this season, he's going to be great. I don't know if we'll ever see a goalie score himself, but I'm telling you--when he stopped that penalty shot, I must have jumped into the rafters, honestly one of my favorite Lynah moments.
Davenport, Davenport...sounds like the mournful sighs of a blighted heiress (Heathcliff!)...But I trust Schafer to know what to do with him, know when to pull him, know when to slap him around, and know when to let him play.
The problem is, like a racehorse, goalies are very easily psyched out by many off-ice things. I worry that benching Davenport and replacing him with a freshman is going to be very difficult for him to recover from...especially because he left the team once as a result of not getting ice time.
That said, though, how much do we care about Davenport's feelings? We like to win, don't we?
We're not going to find another Mckee, but I think my comparison is still valid. I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't. Unfortunately he isn't much of the time.
2.48 GAA would be stellar in the WCHL...it would be amazing, but in the ECAC, where games are historically much closer and defense oriented, 2.48 is enough to sink an otherwise decent team.
However--not his fault. What I see at Lynah is not a break down of the defense, but a complete lack of offense. Scoring more goals gets him out of hot water pretty quickly.
Scrivens will get his ice time. And given what I've seen this season, he's going to be great. I don't know if we'll ever see a goalie score himself, but I'm telling you--when he stopped that penalty shot, I must have jumped into the rafters, honestly one of my favorite Lynah moments.
Davenport, Davenport...sounds like the mournful sighs of a blighted heiress (Heathcliff!)...But I trust Schafer to know what to do with him, know when to pull him, know when to slap him around, and know when to let him play.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: 2 (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: January 11, 2007 02:56PM
LaJollaRed
I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't.
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Trotsky (---.raytheon.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 04:40PM
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For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
A crappy little town with one nice B&B. Tip your waitress.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: marty (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 04:53PM
2LaJollaRed
I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't.
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: French Rage (---.packetdesign.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 04:59PM
2LaJollaRed
I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't.
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: ftyuv (---.techtarget.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 05:10PM
Same as a Drylivingroom, it's just a regional thing.2LaJollaRed
I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't.
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Beeeej (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 05:26PM
2LaJollaRed
I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't.
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Rich S (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: January 11, 2007 05:51PM
LaJollaRed
I agree with starting Scrivens.
The problem is, like a racehorse, goalies are very easily psyched out by many off-ice things.
Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't.
As a former goalie, and as a coach of quite a few since, I disagree with the "psyched out" comment. The ones who are mentally strong, and that's a pre-requisite of any good goalie, handle the off ice stuff well.
"Always in the right place" more accurately describes Brodeur than Roy. Roy was known to wander and be acrobatic as well, sometimes with disasterous results.
Brodeur is far more stable. Just ask Jeremey Roenick.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Dpperk29 (---.cubley.clarkson.edu)
Date: January 11, 2007 07:09PM
Trotsky2
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
A crappy little town with one nice B&B. Tip your waitress.
ouch. that hurts alot. it may be small, but it's far from crappy.
and the B&B sucks
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: calgARI '07 (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 08:29PM
LaJollaRed
We're not going to find another Mckee, but I think my comparison is still valid. I always thought of McKee as more of a Dom Hasek type goalie--beautiful, acrobatic, exciting saves. Davenport, and those who have seen him will agree, is more of a Patrick Roy - always in the right place, except when he isn't. Unfortunately he isn't much of the time.
What I see at Lynah is not a break down of the defense, but a complete lack of offense. Scoring more goals gets him out of hot water pretty quickly.
McKee was brilliant as a sophomore but mediocre last season. Davenport hasn't been any worse than McKee was for stretches of last season. He certainly hasn't been great at times though. As you said, offense has been a far bigger problem. Certain guys on the team who supposed to be producing offense are getting free passes while Davenport is being called out. Again, he can be better, but a lot of the games the team has not won has been because a lack of offense.
There is this mystique around Scrivens that he is so unbelievable that I don't quite understand. He has been good but I haven't seen him do anything extraordinary and he certainly hasn't done anything to steal the starting job from Davenport.
The goaltending hasn't been great but I don't think Scrivens it he magical solution. I also think that the powerplay, penalty kill, and the scoring consistency have been bigger problems than goaltending.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: ftyuv (---.bstnma.fios.verizon.net)
Date: January 11, 2007 11:30PM
I think what people are thinking about Scrivens isn't that he's going to be our savior, but that since Davenport himself isn't a savior, why not alternate them, or at least give Scrivens a couple starts?
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Steve Rockey (---.empsl.cornell.edu)
Date: January 12, 2007 12:43PM
Goaltending techniques have changed so much since the 1960's that comparisons and even descriptions for those who did not see the old style are very difficult. Dryden played at Cornell before the butterfly was really used in college hockey but I it was starting to show up in the NHL.
Dryden was described as a "stand up" goalie as opposed to a flopper.
What most impressed me about him was unbelievable ability to make the glove save at a time when the glove was probably half the size of what is in use now. He would actually often cheat the glove post side and cover the gap with his glove and I don't recall anyone beating him on that cheat.
When he moved to the NHL he made significant technique changes seamlessly.
Dryden was described as a "stand up" goalie as opposed to a flopper.
What most impressed me about him was unbelievable ability to make the glove save at a time when the glove was probably half the size of what is in use now. He would actually often cheat the glove post side and cover the gap with his glove and I don't recall anyone beating him on that cheat.
When he moved to the NHL he made significant technique changes seamlessly.
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Trotsky (---.raytheon.com)
Date: January 12, 2007 01:36PM
Dpperk29Trotsky2
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
A crappy little town with one nice B&B. Tip your waitress.
ouch. that hurts alot. it may be small, but it's far from crappy.
and the B&B sucks
I've never been to Dryden, actually. I just needed a punchline.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: jkahn (---.73.146.216.biz.sta.networkgci.net)
Date: January 12, 2007 04:51PM
Dryden had a great ability to avoid leaving rebounds in front. He would kick out his stick saves toward the boards or some safe area. And a good glove hand as well - he also played shortstop for the Cornell baseball team, so that'll give you an idea about his athleticism and agility. When the pressure was on heavily, he'd occasionally go down and double stack the pads, but aside from fending off BU in the Gahden, I don't remember this happening very often during his collegiate career.
His most frequent goaltending style in Cornell games looked just like this (except for the uniform):
His most frequent goaltending style in Cornell games looked just like this (except for the uniform):
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: January 12, 2007 06:04PM
As someone else already posted, it's hard to describe Ken in today's goaltending vernacular. This very brief video won't show you much, but it's the only one I'm aware of.2
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Trotsky (---.ashbva.adelphia.net)
Date: January 12, 2007 07:43PM
cZonTix
Shouldn't Scrivens be given more of a chance as the 1st string goalie?
He was tonight. It lasted just under 16 minutes.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: January 12, 2007 11:51PM
Yeah, I hope we can forget this nonsense now.TrotskycZonTix
Shouldn't Scrivens be given more of a chance as the 1st string goalie?
He was tonight. It lasted just under 16 minutes.
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Re: NetMinders
Posted by: LaJollaRed (---.san.res.rr.com)
Date: January 13, 2007 12:05AM
Yeah, I'm done.
I'm glad "Scrivner" got the start, but there's no offense on this team, and neither goalie deserves any blame.
I'm glad "Scrivner" got the start, but there's no offense on this team, and neither goalie deserves any blame.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: scannon (205.232.75.---)
Date: January 13, 2007 12:17AM
LaJollaRed
Yeah, I'm done.
I'm glad "Scrivner" got the start, but there's no offense on this team, and neither goalie deserves any blame.
Well, when you take arguable the most creative player, and second highest scorer, out of the team you have to expect the offense to stumble a bit.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: Tom Lento (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: January 13, 2007 02:19AM
Al DeFlorioAs someone else already posted, it's hard to describe Ken in today's goaltending vernacular. This very brief video won't show you much, but it's the only one I'm aware of.2
For those who are a bit more experienced with living, how would one best describe Dryden?
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I'm not sure if this has much footage of Dryden, but it might give you some idea. You can also look at other summit series games on YouTube.
In case I botched the link, this should be a 10 minute video of the final minutes of Canada's final-game victory of the Soviets.
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: ftyuv (---.bstnma.fios.verizon.net)
Date: January 13, 2007 01:13PM
The "Ca na da!" cheer sounds like "townies up!" And is it just me, or do the pads make those goalkeepers look really tall when they stand up?
Re: NetMinders
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: January 13, 2007 02:01PM
cZonTix
Shouldn't Scrivens be given more of a chance as the 1st string goalie? Seems as though he only gets a chance when Davenport gets off to a bad start. Based on stats, certainly seems like he should be given more of a chance to show his ability.
Maybe Schafer said to Scrivens, "I'm giving you three goals worth of playing time. Take it as far as you can."
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