Cornell 3 Northeastern 2 (Postgame thread)

Schafer's teams have now won 6 straight first round NCAA games.

Check out Barlow on the bench. He is beat! But somehow not beat on the ice:




GWG

...the last three in a row, by coming back from 0-2 deficits to win 3-2.

If I read that right, wouldn't that be 8 out of the last 8 first round games they have participated in, instead of 6?

Travis 02
If I read that right, wouldn't that be 8 out of the last 8 first round games they have participated in, instead of 6?

No; we lost in the first round in 1996 to Lake Superior State, and in 1991 to Michigan. The white background means it's a round we won; the grey means we lost.

Oh, pardon me for that. It's obviously still an impressive run.

marty
Check out Barlow on the bench. He is beat! But somehow not beat on the ice:




GWG

Thank you so much, marty!

This is the rare situation where I would say northeastern was a bit too aggressive on the forecheck in the first two periods. Not in the sense of giving up the odd man rush, but by the end of the game, NU was sitting back, and we were able to make some nice plays and draw some penalties. Exciting win. Hopefully tomorrow will be fun.

Barlow, R. Nash, and Gallagher skating on a line for the game-winner.

Evan Barlow is THE MAN!

Cactus12
This is the rare situation where I would say northeastern was a bit too aggressive on the forecheck in the first two periods. Not in the sense of giving up the odd man rush, but by the end of the game, NU was sitting back, and we were able to make some nice plays and draw some penalties. Exciting win. Hopefully tomorrow will be fun.

Rope-a-dope FTW!

Al DeFlorio
Barlow, R. Nash, and Gallagher skating on a line for the game-winner.

Was that intentional or were they in the middle of a line change?

Gallagher played an amazing game. Right place, right time. I hope he isn't doing any serious harm to himself though.

This was so amazing. I made li'l Sidney cry by letting out a yell when Barlow banged home the game winner.

It's funny. We won by a goal and the first Northeastern goal was a lucky bounce off of two Cornell defenders. And still I felt like Northeastern had the better of the play for most of the game. Cornell simply couldn't clear the zone when facing a mediocre offensive team for very long stretches throughout the game. Cornell's passing was sloppy and, at times, seemed random.

And yet... and yet... Gallagher scored a muckers goal, they converted on a power play chance at the end of the game to tie (questionable penalty call there, but I'll take it) and get a beautiful rush at the end to make sure that there is no OT and I can get Sid home in time for bed.

So sweet.

Another fun stat: Schafer has now led Cornell to more advances in the NCAA than all of their other coaches put together.

Trotsky
Another fun stat: Schafer has now led Cornell to more advances in the NCAA than all of their other coaches put together.

Except he is trailing in one critical stat. Someone is ahead of him for NCAA titles 2-0

lynah80

Al DeFlorio
Barlow, R. Nash, and Gallagher skating on a line for the game-winner.

Was that intentional or were they in the middle of a line change?

That was the line that Mike Schafer sent out after a long tv timeout. I was a little surprised not to see Colin Greening out there.

abmarks

Trotsky
Another fun stat: Schafer has now led Cornell to more advances in the NCAA than all of their other coaches put together.

Except he is trailing in one critical stat. Someone is ahead of him for NCAA titles 2-0

And the obvious caveat that advancing to the round of 8 means less than when getting to the NCAA's meant that you were in the round of 4.

ugarte
[T]he first Northeastern goal was a lucky bounce off of two Cornell defenders.

Only fair, since the first Cornell goal was a lucky bounce off of two Cornell attackers.

(I watched it in slow motion a few times and I'm pretty sure Gallagher's shot hit Brendon's skate, then Greening's arm, before it hit net.)

Maybe we should fire him

Who is the last ECAC school to win a game in the NCAA tournament? We must be dominating the ECAC in terms of NCAA wins the last 8 years or so.

Cowboy
Who is the last ECAC school to win a game in the NCAA tournament? We must be dominating the ECAC in terms of NCAA wins the last 8 years or so.

Cornell. They won just a few minutes ago against Northeastern.

(Before that, Clarkson beat SCSU in 2008.)

Cowboy
Who is the last ECAC school to win a game in the NCAA tournament? We must be dominating the ECAC in terms of NCAA wins the last 8 years or so.

ECAC Results, by Year

ECAC Results, Overall Record

ECAC Best Advance

(Current members. Yeah, I haven't subbed in Quinnipiac for Vermont, but it's only been 4 years...)

Well if you want to drive to grand rapids tonight, you need to make it to newark airport Hertz rentals by Midnight to join us. Let us know

BTW, in case it hasn't been said lately: fuck Bob Norton. He spent the entire time recapping the Cornell-Northeastern game talking about how great the Northeastern coach is. I'm so sick of that windbag... yich.

Kyle Rose
BTW, in case it hasn't been said lately: fuck Bob Norton. He spent the entire time recapping the Cornell-Northeastern game talking about how great the Northeastern coach is. I'm so sick of that windbag... yich.

Also keeps saying Cornell was beaten badly by Princeton in the ECAC championship.

he coached at UNH what do yo uexpect.......

I love Bob Norton. Bob Norton is our best weapon. Three years ago it was "Colorado College has too much firepower for Cornell." This year it was "You have to like Northeastern's chances going into the third period."

It is exciting to see how much bigger and redder Bob Norton's nose is every year....how much fatter he is. He didn't even bother to comb what's left of his hair this year.

He said Cornell lost to Princeton in the ECAC finals at least TEN TIMES. Let's see....they position him as an "assistant coach at UNH from 1970-77..." so just exactly what makes him qualified to provide commentary based on his professional positions over the past 32 years? It's all about the booze....BOB.....

It's March, Bob Norton is back and we're going to the next round. Life is good!

Haha...I was thinking the same thing. This guy absolutely hates us and doesn't even know what happened in college hockey last week - it's a joke.

By the way - does anybody know if there's a reason he hates us? Or is it just that he really doesn't like our style of play?

ansky629
By the way - does anybody know if there's a reason he hates us? Or is it just that he really doesn't like our style of play?

I don't think Norton hates us. He's just an extreme New England homer.

He's definitely a New England and Hockey East homer. But it is March. ESPN gets him unpickled for a few weeks, then they stick him back in the tank till the following year!!!

I remember Bob Norton from his days on Little House on the Prairie

Bob Norton

marty
Check out Barlow on the bench. He is beat! But somehow not beat on the ice:




GWG

Marty, Thank you so much!! Does anyone have any more clips of the other goals?

Some observations from the box score:

Cornell won only 40% of the faceoffs.

On ice for all three CU goals:
Gallagher and B. Nash [and also Alex Tuckerman]
Davenport was on ice for the two NU goals.

Barlow had 7 of Cornell's 32 shots on goal, 6 in the third period alone.
No other player on either team had more than 3 (Kary had 3 for CU).

trainbow
Some observations from the box score:

Cornell won only 40% of the faceoffs.

I'm surprised it was that high. There was one point when we were down 2-0 where everyone around us was saying "Just win a damn faceoff."

Can someone who was at the arena yesterday give a sense of the place--the sight lines, acoustics, etc. Was the crowd bigger for the evening game? Will BSU likely have a lot of fans there tonight? Will they outnumber the faithful?

HockeyMan
Can someone who was at the arena yesterday give a sense of the place--the sight lines, acoustics, etc. Was the crowd bigger for the evening game? Will BSU likely have a lot of fans there tonight? Will they outnumber the faithful?

I think it's a great venue to watch a game. Excellent sight lines all around. The Cornell section was on the side opposite the benches, so they were probably using a smaller hand-held camera when they showed us. There's an "upper deck" where you get a great view too. That's where the pep band was, and I sat up there in 1997.
There was a much bigger crowd for the second game. Mostly Notre Dame but there are also a lot of Bemidji fans in town. We will be outnumbered.

Here is the ranting of a BU fan in today's Boston Globe, commenting on the Northeastern-Cornell game story:

"I am a BU fan, but NU DID NOT lay an egg. The tough thing is Cornell is NOT a team anybody halfway decent should ever relinquish a two goal lead to, the way that Cornell plays, yet they scored two legit goals, although I woulda been upset with my defenseman taking that penalty with a one goal lead with less than five to go. That being said, the tying goal is a solid PP goal. THE ONE THAT HURTS IS THE UNCHARACTERISTIC FIVE HOLE GOAL that Thiessen stops 99 out of 100 times. "

You can read the story here:
[www.boston.com]

dbilmes
Here is the ranting of a BU fan in today's Boston Globe, commenting on the Northeastern-Cornell game story:

"I am a BU fan, but NU DID NOT lay an egg. The tough thing is Cornell is NOT a team anybody halfway decent should ever relinquish a two goal lead to, the way that Cornell plays, yet they scored two legit goals, although I woulda been upset with my defenseman taking that penalty with a one goal lead with less than five to go. That being said, the tying goal is a solid PP goal. THE ONE THAT HURTS IS THE UNCHARACTERISTIC FIVE HOLE GOAL that Thiessen stops 99 out of 100 times. "

You can read the story here:
[www.boston.com]

Maybe Tim or Jim can get him a Valium?

trainbow
Some observations from the box score:

Cornell won only 40% of the faceoffs.

Schafer's comments on that:

'When asked how they can improve their faceoff draws in Sunday’s Midwest Regional final, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer didn’t hesitate.

“It’s really easy. We’re not going to have to play against Joe Vitale. We heard he was good coming into the game. He was unbelievable. He must have been near 90 percent tonight and we have some good guys on faceoffs.”'

[www.uscho.com]

ansky629
By the way - does anybody know if there's a reason he hates us? Or is it just that he really doesn't like our style of play?

I believe it's because our bars close at 1:00.

DisplacedCornellian

trainbow
Some observations from the box score:

Cornell won only 40% of the faceoffs.

Schafer's comments on that:

'When asked how they can improve their faceoff draws in Sunday’s Midwest Regional final, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer didn’t hesitate.

“It’s really easy. We’re not going to have to play against Joe Vitale. We heard he was good coming into the game. He was unbelievable. He must have been near 90 percent tonight and we have some good guys on faceoffs.”'

[www.uscho.com]

Vitale was 25 of 35, so roughly 70%.
Otherwise, NU was 19 of 35. Only Rassey (1 of 5) was less than 50%.
For CU, the only guys better than 50% were Punches (3 of 4) and Barlow (2 of 3).

I think some people relate our goal scoring to our style.. It seems to me that since the RPI series we have been pushing forward much more on offense, the bigger issue we just dont finish plays. we need to start scoring some goals that dont require screens or deflections or get mucked in. NE didnt do much more either, one double deflection and a blown D coverage for a breakway are hardly a domination offensive performance.

I talked to someone affiliated with BSU (asst coach or trainer?)who thought they have about 150 fans here. It'll be a small, but hopefully loud, showing of fans from both sides.

Regarding BSU's play; in short, they were fast and tenacious. I don't think they ever relaxed, even when up 4-nil.

Albany semi 3rd per. highlights




Greening's GWG over Princeton in Albany




Gallagher's 2nd period goal vs. NE




Greening tying goal vs. NE

I think Josh mentioned hearing Bemidji fans. They have fans there but mostly they cheered at the goals and at the end. However, there was a group of about 10 really drunk guys right behind us who kept cheering. They're the ones who started chanting "WE WANT CORNELL!"

Not sure how they sold the tickets since our section was a mix of Cornell and Notre Dame fans.

Is anyone able to explain Notre Dame's cheers and various "dances" that go along with the cheers? Or maybe the hand gestures meant something. I don't understand

Trotsky

ansky629
By the way - does anybody know if there's a reason he hates us? Or is it just that he really doesn't like our style of play?

I don't think Norton hates us. He's just an extreme New England homer.

True that! He has always dissed Clarkson and St Law, though I'd bet he has had a few drinks with Joe Marsh, another New England native.

And he has no respect for anyone in the ECAC, except perhaps for Harvard.

The hand gestures mimic those of the cheerleaders with their pompoms. Now why they do that...

Sorry. Used up all of mine in 2nd period vs NE.