Cornell at St. Lawrence Post-game Thread

0 for 12 on the power play, with a SHG allowed.

0 for 12.

Really not much else I can say.

We need some new NCAA rule where the 1st period doesnt count. Anyone have a GF-GA by period for this season?

[www.collegehockeystats.net]

it's near the bottom, and yes, apparently we suck in the 1st.

French Rage
We need some new NCAA rule where the 1st period doesnt count. Anyone have a GF-GA by period for this season?

If the PP is going to continue to suck, I'd like to see a rule change to allow us to decline the penaly (ala football). After all, if we're not going to score on the PP, why accept the penalty and give the other team momentum by successfully killing the penalty.

Cornell now 0 for its last 20 on the power play; opponents are 7 for 16 (43.8%) during that 3 game stretch.

Looks like I picked a good game to not be able to follow. Yuck.

*insert typical special teams commment*

I'd guess this might change some people's perspective on the Davenport/Scrivens issue.

Beeeej
Really not much else I can say.

From today's Ithaca Journal:

“It is time for us to make a statement. We've been saying that for about a month now, that we need to come out and make a statement. Time for us to show up and show the country how good a team we know we are.”

ithacat

Beeeej
Really not much else I can say.

From today's Ithaca Journal:

“It is time for us to make a statement. We've been saying that for about a month now, that we need to come out and make a statement. Time for us to show up and show the country how good a team we know we are.”

They made a statement all right, it's just not one you can repeat in polite company.

I want to cry.

I want to vomit with rage.

Something's wrong...Something's very wrong.

But it's reversable....DAN DILEO TO THE RESCUE!

...Kidding...(well, kidding on the square)...

Observations from the game (from Anne, Age, Kate, and me, after a few drinks) as a round-table discussion:
Anne: No first comment.

Age: Worst game of the year. Would have lost by more without Davenport.

Kate: Go Marv!

Jon: Seminoff played very well.

Anne: You stole my positive.

Age: Again? Um? I need more time.

Kate: Momma told me not to say anything if it's not good.

Jon: Pass-pass-shoot on the powerplay!

Anne: Annoying saint-girl is finally gone.

Age: Apparently, when I turned off Rt 81, I passed into some alternate reality where it was ok for Marvin McLeod to log substantial minutes on the powerplay and penalty-kill.

Kate: There's always next year.

Jon: Statistically, the expected value suggests we will score on the powerplay.

Anne: Sticking the band in the corner makes sense.

Age: Does anybody want to buy a ticket to the Clarkson game?

Kate: Go Marv!

Jon: At least the beer is cold.

Anne: Who knew St. L. had a horn they sounded when they won, it's been a while. The "program" cost $1 and consisted of a single 11 x 17 sheet of paper folded over to increase the apparent usefullness.

Age: Marv is a great guy, it really wasn't his fault.

Kate: Nobody has made a comment on Bitz (crowd: Ooooooooooo ...)

Jon: That was a hand pass! (SLU(t) 2nd goal)

Anne: Pass.

Age: Are we done with the Scrivens should start crap?

Kate: Pass.

Jon: Shoot!

Anne: I prefer frozen tundra to a muddy, unpaved, bog for a parking lot (thank SLU(t))

Age: Did you type crap or debate?

Kate: What movies are playing at the Potsdam theater?

Jon: I'm optimistic. I've got a good feeling.

Anne: Appleton is still one of my favorite rinks. I just don't like it when the SLU-rpee fans are so happy.

Age: I need more beer.

Kate: Tomorrow night will separate the men from the boys.

Thank you joining us tonight, live from room 206 at the Comfort Suites.

JDeafv
Observations from the game (from Anne, Age, Kate, and me, after a few drinks) as a round-table discussion:

Go to bed

JDeafv
Observations from the game (from Anne, Age, Kate, and me, after a few drinks) as a round-table discussion:
Anne: No first comment.

Nice to know the Comfort Suites got round tables. Hopefully they had fridges for the beer, and not a safe that one fills with ice to put tuna salad in. [/Frozen Four inside joke]

Thank you joining us tonight, live from room 206 at the Comfort Suites.

Clap.....clap.....clap.....clap. Hall-of-fame post. There are very few times in a persons life when one wishes to be in Canton, NY. Despite the outcome from Appleton tonight, this is one of those times. Give Potsdam hell tomorrow, folks.

Sincerely,

--A schmuck who once made 10 consecutive North Country roadies.

JDeafv
Thank you joining us tonight, live from room 206 at the Comfort Suites.

The one night all year when everybody else is , I'm sober. Irony.
Hard to blame them.

LaJollaRed
I want to vomit with rage.

Well, that's how I felt after leaving the women's game...maybe more disgust than rage..

LaJollaRed
Something's wrong...Something's very wrong.

...and then I found out about SLU and the 4 freshmen and the powerplay and the penalty kill and the pulled goalie...and RIT smoking Sacred Heart on the road...

From today's Ithaca Journal:

Schafer:
“...one of the worst performances in a Cornell uniform that I have seen in a long, long time,..As a head coach, I couldn't be more disappointed.”

“The leaders up front. We have to look at making some changes. Because those guys are just not performing up front.”

Schafer needs to pull a Mark Morris on them. By which I mean the beating of sense into them, not the consistent postseason choking.

Maybe the coach who had an off night, too. Perhaps Schafer will provide the inspiration and leadership Saturday for Cornell to steamroll Clarkson.

French Rage
Schafer needs to pull a Mark Morris on them. By which I mean the beating of sense into them, not the consistent postseason choking.

Good suggestion because his the public criticism of the players and his continued whining has semingly not worked.

It's interesting and disappointing to see that he has acted in the same manner he used to chastise Morris about. What goes around comes around?

Nevertheless, I expect we'll see a max effort from the red tonight. These teams need little external motivation as they do not like each other.

A semi or final meeting in Albany would be great to see.

Did anyone else who was listening to the CSTV radio broadcast last night notice that on at least three separate occasions that I can recall, Jason Weinstein alluded to Schafer's continual whining to the referees? I do recall him saying that the SLU(t) fans were starting to get on Schafer's case about it. In all fairness to Jason, he did not use the term "whining" but that was definitely inferred...at least from where I was sitting/listening. This has to be an embarassment to the players which ultimately could affect their individual performances...notwithstanding the PK and PP.

Having said that, LGR!!!

I get after Schafer as much as anyone about bitching to the officials but he actually had a case on the second goal. That was a blatant hand pass right before it. Penalties are usually subjective calls but a hand pass is not. Two officials were looking right at it and they didn't blow it down and it ends up in Cornell's net.

As badly as they played for parts of this game, Cornell could have actually won. Take away that bull shit goal and the Scrivens beach ball third goal and it would have been a different game.

I've been complaining about the leadership for a while. I've been happy with Carefoot but Bitz and McCutcheon have been passengers for most of the season. I place some blame on Schafer too considering he has stuck with some of these guys as long as he has. Should also point out that Scott's play has dropped off significantly since the RPI-Union weekend. The powerplay has been essentially the same trying the same thing all season long. Hasn't worked since the fourth game. As much guilt lies with Schafer as it does Bitz IMO.

calgARI '07
I get after Schafer as much as anyone about bitching to the officials but he actually had a case on the second goal. That was a blatant hand pass right before it. Penalties are usually subjective calls but a hand pass is not. Two officials were looking right at it and they didn't blow it down and it ends up in Cornell's net.

Yeah, and as I told a few of you at the game, while Schafer was complaining, the SLU announcers said, to the effect, Schafer is asking why that wasn't a hand pass. They called it right away, at least the were honest about it.

Edit: Put in wrong game thread. See Clarkson post-game.

cth95
Maybe they need to learn a little more about hockey as evidenced by the "Empty net, clap, clap, clap-clap-clap" when Davenport went to the bench for delayed penalties.

I honestly think they were trying to be funny with this one.

RichH

JDeafv
Observations from the game (from Anne, Age, Kate, and me, after a few drinks) as a round-table discussion:
Anne: No first comment.

Nice to know the Comfort Suites got round tables. Hopefully they had fridges for the beer, and not a safe that one fills with ice to put tuna salad in. [/Frozen Four inside joke]

Those only work if you're really, really drunk before you put the ice in the safe.

RichH
There are very few times in a persons life when one wishes to be in Canton, NY.

The one consolation to finding out about this result is that I was in Brazil at the time.

jtwcornell91

RichH
There are very few times in a persons life when one wishes to be in Canton, NY.

The one consolation to finding out about this result is that I was in Brazil at the time.

That should not have been a consolation. That should have scared you to shaking.

ugarte

jtwcornell91

RichH
There are very few times in a persons life when one wishes to be in Canton, NY.

The one consolation to finding out about this result is that I was in Brazil at the time.

That should not have been a consolation. That should have scared you to shaking.

The only thing that scared me about being in Brazil was needing to seek medical attention there. (If you're ever in Salvador, seriously consider staying at Ambar Pousada. The rooms are not luxurious, but the atmosphere is friendly, you meet lots of people ranging from 20ish backpackers to retired couples on holiday, and the staff are beyond helpful. The owner actually drove me to a clinic and translated for me, which shows what you can expect when the chips are down.)

Anyway, it was a sprained ankle and a small fracture in my foot, and I ended up with a cast and crutches, and am now being seen to by what I assume are the finest German doctors.

jtwcornell91
The only thing that scared.

Hey, it's the plastic surgery capital of the world. How bad can it be to wake up with one fewer kidney than expected?

Trotsky

jtwcornell91
The only thing that scared.

Hey, it's the plastic surgery capital of the world. How bad can it be to wake up with one fewer kidney than expected?

No anesthesia required, thank goodness. Although the doctor did try to diagnose me using someone else's xrays before mine had even been taken.

Trotsky
How bad can it be to wake up with one fewer kidney than expected?

Or, as Trotsky calls it, "Sunday."