Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by RichH
Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: RichH (167.225.107.---)
Date: March 14, 2011 04:45PM
This definitely deserves it's own thread. As someone who remembers the days where just making the ECAC tournament field was a major accomplishment and the attendance rivaled the number of goals scored...two Frozen Fours in a row is just about unfathomable. Congratulations to Coach Derraugh and the team!
There's an interesting quote mentioning us in this magazine article about Mercyhurst. It shows how far we've come:
Which is funny to me, since MC was a powerhouse long before Cornell's great awakening last year. In fact, I saw Cornell's win over MC in the NCAA Semis as being a "shook up the world" moment for our program.
Unfortunately, none of the CU players named Kazmeier Finalists made it to be a ummm...Finalist. Super-Finalist. Whatever. All three "Finalists" are Senior forwards: Agosta (Mercyhurst), Duggan (Wisc.), and Stack (BC). Agosta and Duggan are the only 2 players in the NCAA scoring over 2 ppg.
As for the hosts, losing to BU had to be crushing. This article from Jan. has some choice quotes about the attendance & atmosphere in Erie being linked to MC's presence. At least we won't have to battle a large hostile crowd.
I just hope we can get by Dartmouth in the Semis to set up a highly-anticipated Final against Dartmouth.
I really hope we get a good fan turnout. It's a 4-hour drive on the Southern Tier Expressway from Ithaca, which is much easier to justify than a flight to Minneapolis last year. We're easily the closest team geographically. The only bugger is the overlap of the Women's FF with the ECAC Men's Championship weekend.
LET'S GO RED!!
There's an interesting quote mentioning us in this magazine article about Mercyhurst. It shows how far we've come:
“Every year, we are the little train that could,” he says, comparing his team to the larger powerhouse teams of Division I schools like the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, and Cornell. “We are the team that no one expects or wants to be there with the heavyweights of women’s hockey.
Which is funny to me, since MC was a powerhouse long before Cornell's great awakening last year. In fact, I saw Cornell's win over MC in the NCAA Semis as being a "shook up the world" moment for our program.
Unfortunately, none of the CU players named Kazmeier Finalists made it to be a ummm...Finalist. Super-Finalist. Whatever. All three "Finalists" are Senior forwards: Agosta (Mercyhurst), Duggan (Wisc.), and Stack (BC). Agosta and Duggan are the only 2 players in the NCAA scoring over 2 ppg.
As for the hosts, losing to BU had to be crushing. This article from Jan. has some choice quotes about the attendance & atmosphere in Erie being linked to MC's presence. At least we won't have to battle a large hostile crowd.
I just hope we can get by Dartmouth in the Semis to set up a highly-anticipated Final against Dartmouth.
I really hope we get a good fan turnout. It's a 4-hour drive on the Southern Tier Expressway from Ithaca, which is much easier to justify than a flight to Minneapolis last year. We're easily the closest team geographically. The only bugger is the overlap of the Women's FF with the ECAC Men's Championship weekend.
LET'S GO RED!!
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: ugarte (66.9.23.---)
Date: March 14, 2011 06:15PM
That they were historically good is different from asking if they are a big-dog program. I'll bet Cornell's AD budget dwarfs that of Mercyhurst AND we spend more on the women's hockey program. I also would rather spout assumptions than go to Google.RichH
Which is funny to me, since MC was a powerhouse long before Cornell's great awakening last year. In fact, I saw Cornell's win over MC in the NCAA Semis as being a "shook up the world" moment for our program.
I may not be a good person.
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: mha (---.cit.cornell.edu)
Date: March 15, 2011 05:42PM
I only got to four women's games this season, but I enjoyed every one of them. (My frequent road-trip habit means I miss most of the women's home games because I'm at the men's away games.) If I didn't feel as much of a connection as I do to the players on this year's men's team, and their parents, I'd be much more willing to let the annoyances piling up with Atlantic City push me westward instead of southeast.
If the women win their semifinal, you may yet see me in Erie on Sunday afternoon.
If the women win their semifinal, you may yet see me in Erie on Sunday afternoon.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 15, 2011 08:58PM
Hey, it's only what, a 6 or 7 hour drive.mha
I only got to four women's games this season, but I enjoyed every one of them. (My frequent road-trip habit means I miss most of the women's home games because I'm at the men's away games.) If I didn't feel as much of a connection as I do to the players on this year's men's team, and their parents, I'd be much more willing to let the annoyances piling up with Atlantic City push me westward instead of southeast.
If the women win their semifinal, you may yet see me in Erie on Sunday afternoon.
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: March 15, 2011 10:27PM
Google Maps says 7:38, rink-to-rink.Jim Hyla
Hey, it's only what, a 6 or 7 hour drive.mha
I only got to four women's games this season, but I enjoyed every one of them. (My frequent road-trip habit means I miss most of the women's home games because I'm at the men's away games.) If I didn't feel as much of a connection as I do to the players on this year's men's team, and their parents, I'd be much more willing to let the annoyances piling up with Atlantic City push me westward instead of southeast.
If the women win their semifinal, you may yet see me in Erie on Sunday afternoon.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 15, 2011 10:48PM
But they don't drive like I do. And to be fair I'm starting from outside Philly. That is unless we lose Friday, at which point I'm leaving for Syracuse, and if I go to Erie, it'll be from there on Sunday.David Harding
Google Maps says 7:38, rink-to-rink.Jim Hyla
Hey, it's only what, a 6 or 7 hour drive.mha
I only got to four women's games this season, but I enjoyed every one of them. (My frequent road-trip habit means I miss most of the women's home games because I'm at the men's away games.) If I didn't feel as much of a connection as I do to the players on this year's men's team, and their parents, I'd be much more willing to let the annoyances piling up with Atlantic City push me westward instead of southeast.
If the women win their semifinal, you may yet see me in Erie on Sunday afternoon.
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread Party?
Posted by: tburgfirefighter (---.borgwarner.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 01:13PM
Are there any parties planned for Erie?
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread Party?
Posted by: CKinsland (---.chem.cornell.edu)
Date: March 16, 2011 02:06PM
I'll be in Erie, but with young ones so I won't be partying. I can loan out a man, but I need him back in reasonable shape. I like getting him back like this but I don't want him returned like this
For those headed to Erie, we're planning to check out:
[www.brewerie.com]
and
[www.goerie.com]
Anybody from that area have other suggestions for dining and/or entertainment? We'll be there Friday-Sunday so we've got all of Saturday to fill. Presque Isle is on our docket (weather permitting), the maritime museum, etc.
CK
For those headed to Erie, we're planning to check out:
[www.brewerie.com]
and
[www.goerie.com]
Anybody from that area have other suggestions for dining and/or entertainment? We'll be there Friday-Sunday so we've got all of Saturday to fill. Presque Isle is on our docket (weather permitting), the maritime museum, etc.
CK
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: mha (---.cit.cornell.edu)
Date: March 16, 2011 03:47PM
Leaving Atlantic City by 6am Sunday sounds sufficiently painful that it's unlikely I'd pull it off, but it's still an option in the back of my head.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread Party?
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: March 16, 2011 04:12PM
>>> I'll be in Erie, but with young ones so I won't be partying. I can loan out a man, but I need him back in reasonable shape.
Now THAT was funny and pretty original. Twice unlike a Gilbert Gottfried Tweet.
Now THAT was funny and pretty original. Twice unlike a Gilbert Gottfried Tweet.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.arthritishealthdoctors.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 04:40PM
Same for me, see how I feel Sun AM.mha
Leaving Atlantic City by 6am Sunday sounds sufficiently painful that it's unlikely I'd pull it off, but it's still an option in the back of my head.
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Tom Pasniewski 98 (---.c3-0.bkl-ubr1.sbo-bkl.ma.cable.rcn.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 05:01PM
David Harding
Google Maps says 7:38, rink-to-rink.Jim Hyla
Hey, it's only what, a 6 or 7 hour drive.mha
I only got to four women's games this season, but I enjoyed every one of them. (My frequent road-trip habit means I miss most of the women's home games because I'm at the men's away games.) If I didn't feel as much of a connection as I do to the players on this year's men's team, and their parents, I'd be much more willing to let the annoyances piling up with Atlantic City push me westward instead of southeast.
If the women win their semifinal, you may yet see me in Erie on Sunday afternoon.
I'm headed to Erie from Boston leaving very early Friday morning. Plan to stay through Sunday and probably head up to Buffalo/Niagara Falls on Saturday since the honey has never been. It will be a typical three-day jam packed weekend where I play beat the Monday crack of dawn home. I have not ruled out driving from Erie to Atlantic City on Saturday if the men win Friday and the women don't make it to Sunday.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread Party?
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 05:06PM
It's about 400 miles from Philly, which makes it about 450 from AC. Even averaging 70 mph, that's 6½ hours. More likely closer to 7.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread Party?
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.arthritishealthdoctors.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 05:21PM
The next 2 are in Minnesota, and I'd guess conflicts with ECAC again, so this is a good one to try to get to.
And I love it. I click on the ECAC tournament link "All About AC" to see if dates for next year are up, and up pops:
And I love it. I click on the ECAC tournament link "All About AC" to see if dates for next year are up, and up pops:
How nice in mid March.
ATLANTIC CITY FISHING, GOLF AND MORE!
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.arthritishealthdoctors.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 05:29PM
CornellBigRed announces free, live streaming of the women's games, via the NCAA.
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: ebilmes (---.nys.biz.rr.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 07:23PM
Jim Hyla
Same for me, see how I feel Sun AM.mha
Leaving Atlantic City by 6am Sunday sounds sufficiently painful that it's unlikely I'd pull it off, but it's still an option in the back of my head.
Some of us are taking the 6am flight out of ACY on Sunday... Do it for the team(s)!
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 16, 2011 10:19PM
And then what do I do with my car?ebilmes
Jim Hyla
Same for me, see how I feel Sun AM.mha
Leaving Atlantic City by 6am Sunday sounds sufficiently painful that it's unlikely I'd pull it off, but it's still an option in the back of my head.
Some of us are taking the 6am flight out of ACY on Sunday... Do it for the team(s)!
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"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Weder (12.42.114.---)
Date: March 17, 2011 09:33AM
Ithaca Journal article notes that Hayley Hughes sat out the end of last season for financial reasons. Interesting.
[www.theithacajournal.com]
[www.theithacajournal.com]
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.net)
Date: March 17, 2011 06:49PM
According to this press release, there is free WiFi at Boardwalk Hall, so if any enterprising fans were to bring laptops with them to the rink in AC, tabs could be kept on the women's game. (Unfortunately, the timing doesn't work out as well as it did last year, when the women's team played their semifinal after the men's team had won theirs.)Jim Hyla
CornellBigRed announces free, live streaming of the women's games, via the NCAA.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: dag14 (---.127-70.tampabay.res.rr.com)
Date: March 17, 2011 08:04PM
I hope that posters can just let this one go; a player's family financial situation should be a private matter.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: March 17, 2011 08:52PM
dag14
I hope that posters can just let this one go; a player's family financial situation should be a private matter.
Not that I'm going to discuss it, but the player seemed to have no qualms talking about it to the IJ
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 17, 2011 09:50PM
Agreed, it's no longer private once you talk to the newspaper.scoop85
dag14
I hope that posters can just let this one go; a player's family financial situation should be a private matter.
Not that I'm going to discuss it, but the player seemed to have no qualms talking about it to the IJ
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 17, 2011 09:57PM
cornellbigred.com reports 3 Women's All-Americans.
First Team Pos. Player School Year G Molly Schaus Boston College Sr. D Laura Fortino Cornell So. D Jocelyne Larocque Minn-Duluth Sr. F Meghan Agosta Mercyhurst Sr. F Meghan Duggan Wisconsin Sr. F Hilary Knight Wisconsin Jr. Second Team G Noora Raty Minnesota So. D Lauriane Rougeau Cornell So. D Catherine Ward Boston U Sr. F Brianna Decker Wisconsin So. F Rebecca Johnston Cornell Jr. F Kelli Stack Boston College Sr.
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: nyc94 (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: March 18, 2011 06:52PM
Wisconsin and BC are tied 2-2 with about 8:30 to play 3rd period.
edit: Badgers take a 3-2 lead with 48 seconds left in the game.
edit: And that's how it ends.
edit: Badgers take a 3-2 lead with 48 seconds left in the game.
edit: And that's how it ends.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/2011 07:06PM by nyc94.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Swampy (---.ri.ri.cox.net)
Date: March 18, 2011 09:28PM
BU 3 - CU 1 after 2. C'mon ladies.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Ben (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: March 18, 2011 09:33PM
Just got home from Ithaca...what happened 2nd period?
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 18, 2011 10:12PM
Dead
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: mattj711 (---.neo.res.rr.com)
Date: March 18, 2011 10:27PM
Unfortunately, Cornell was just completely out of sink. Overall, it was a great season. It's to bad the last game wasn't a much more positive one. The good news is Cornell will be even better next season. It'll be a very long summer...
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: March 18, 2011 10:34PM
BU was clearly the better team after the 1st 10 minutes of 1st period. Perhaps the less than stellar competition during the season (that many people have commented on) caught up with them tonight. They just didn't seem able to handle how quickly BU got on top of them, especially on the forecheck
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.hfc.comcastbusiness.net)
Date: March 18, 2011 10:38PM
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Chris '03 (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: March 18, 2011 11:34PM
Kyle Rose
Bummer. I was looking forward to watching the championship on TV.
Sadly, even the championship isn't televised.
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Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Ben (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: March 18, 2011 11:41PM
Well, that was a bit . Probably shows how weak the ECAC was this year.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Towerroad (---.bstnma.fios.verizon.net)
Date: March 19, 2011 07:58AM
scoop85
BU was clearly the better team after the 1st 10 minutes of 1st period. Perhaps the less than stellar competition during the season (that many people have commented on) caught up with them tonight. They just didn't seem able to handle how quickly BU got on top of them, especially on the forecheck
First, Thank you to the team for a great year and a special thank you to the Seniors
Your observations were pretty much the same as mine. We got beat to the puck and the BU Defense was stifling. I hope we will be playing stronger teams in the regular season next year. We need to be playing teams from the WCHA and HE if we are going to be in shape for the tournament.
But, this is a young team with a great future.
LGR
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Ben (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: March 19, 2011 01:19PM
Absolutely. Mercyhurst was our only non-conference opponent this year that finished in the top 20. Even if WCHA teams don't want to come out to Ithaca (or we don't want to travel there), we should be able to work something out to play one or two of the top teams in HE.Towerroad
I hope we will be playing stronger teams in the regular season next year. We need to be playing teams from the WCHA and HE if we are going to be in shape for the tournament.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: amerks127 (---.inet6.dpw.com)
Date: April 05, 2011 10:06AM
[cornellsun.com]
This is the first in a three-part series of diary entries from junior goalie Amanda Mazzotta detailing the women’s hockey team’s journey to the Frozen Four. In this entry, Mazzotta discusses the days leading up to the Red’s opening round match with Dartmouth.
This is the first in a three-part series of diary entries from junior goalie Amanda Mazzotta detailing the women’s hockey team’s journey to the Frozen Four. In this entry, Mazzotta discusses the days leading up to the Red’s opening round match with Dartmouth.
Re: Women's Frozen Four Thread
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.arthritishealthdoctors.com)
Date: April 07, 2011 07:27AM
Rebecca Johnston going to World Championships.
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