Cornell Women's Ice Hockey: February 2012

The whole-year thread on Cornell Women's Ice Hockey has become unwieldy. I propose monthly threads like the Alumni in the Pros threads.

To kick off February, here's the [www.cornellbigred.com] preview of the upcoming weekend games against RPI and Union at home.

The preview says the Tuesday game against Mercyhurst will be televised. Does anyone know details?

Yes, this is much better, I think, though we'll only have February and March to worry about.

Any chance this team loses one of its next four games? RPI, Union, Yale and Brown are all ranked in the bottom five of the conference. Beating Clarkson and St. Lawrence at the end of the month before ECAC QFinals will be a nice way to close out, but by then the league title should be locked up.

Mazz or Slebodnick tonight? Any word on Mazz's injury?

heykb
The preview says the Tuesday game against Mercyhurst will be televised. Does anyone know details?

Looks like Time Warner Cable Sports has it.
[twcs.tv]

Weder

heykb
The preview says the Tuesday game against Mercyhurst will be televised. Does anyone know details?

Looks like Time Warner Cable Sports has it.
[twcs.tv]

Yes, it's listed on my local channel guide. I put it on the TV thread. Now do I go down to CU, or stay with family and veg here? It's one of a few women's games I could see live.

Two quick PPGs (Rougeau and Jenner) make it 2-0 early in the first.

Honey Badger don't care. Saulnier and Leck each score within nineteen seconds of each other, 4-0 end 2nd.

Why are you calling Saulnier Honey Badger? I think the team calls Gagliardi the Honey Badger, not Saulnier.

Thomas Larson
Why are you calling Saulnier Honey Badger? I think the team calls Gagliardi the Honey Badger, not Saulnier.

It's about attitude. Saulnier showed from very early on that she doesn't care who is on the other side of the ice. The five-minute major for nailing that Syracuse player was probably the best example.

I'm sorry. Honey Badger sounds like a Bond girl.

Jeff Hopkins '82
I'm sorry. Honey Badger sounds like a Bond girl.

Or like an LSU cornerback. I've never been a huge fan of re-using nicknames, but that's just me.

Thomas Larson

Jeff Hopkins '82
I'm sorry. Honey Badger sounds like a Bond girl.

Or like an LSU cornerback. I've never been a huge fan of re-using nicknames, but that's just me.

'Honey Badger' is definitely not risque enough for a Bond girl.

Seattle Sounders fans use it for one of their defensive midfielders (and I think it's been used by fans of other teams as well). I thought that Saulnier fit the personality type, so I'm going to use it.

Ben

Thomas Larson

Jeff Hopkins '82
I'm sorry. Honey Badger sounds like a Bond girl.

Or like an LSU cornerback. I've never been a huge fan of re-using nicknames, but that's just me.

'Honey Badger' is definitely not risque enough for a Bond girl.

"Honey Beaver", on the other hand....

OK, I think that's more than enough thread drift in this direction.

Four 3rd-period goals for a 5-1 win over Mercyhurst.
SOG 23-5 in the 3rd.

From the CornellWHockey twitter feed:

"Honey badger aka Gags just getting in MC's face all night. Driving the net hard and Pattenden isn't liking it #honeybadgerdontcare"

So there's that.

Al DeFlorio
Four 3rd-period goals for a 5-1 win over Mercyhurst.
SOG 23-5 in the 3rd.

Too bad the men's hockey team can't have a third period like that! I'm looking forward to watching the women in person this weekend at Yale.

3-0 up on Yale, just over 7 minutes gone in the first. Yale is the worst team in the country.

Women up 3-0 over hapless Yale after six minutes; shots on goal 13-0.

There is audio for RedCast subscribers if anyone is interested.

Now 5-0 with a few minutes left in the 2nd.

Anyone heard anything on why White is out?

6-1 Final. ECAC Regular Season Champs again.

Weder -- no, I haven't. Mazz has been out for a few weeks as well.

The Yale game today was a complete mismatch. The Yale goal was a soft goal, but all it meant was that it cost us the shutout. I believe the final SOG was 53-9. It was like we were on the PP the entire game. From talking to some people in the stands, Mazz has an injury which might keep her out the rest of the season.

Fun stat of the night. The Norwich conference record:

ECAC Women's East - 2011-2012 Standings	

                         Conference Only                    Overall
                    Pts  GP  Record  Win%  GF- GA   GP  Record  Win%  GF- GA
 1 Norwich           31  16 15- 0- 1 .969 121-  7   22 19- 2- 1 .886 141- 25
 2 Holy Cross        27  16 13- 2- 1 .844  66- 30   22 17- 2- 3 .841  93- 40
 3 Saint Anselm      22  16 11- 5- 0 .688  58- 23   23 17- 6- 0 .739  83- 32
 4 Manhattanville    21  16  9- 4- 3 .656  45- 26   23 11- 8- 4 .565  58- 49
 5 Castleton         17  16  8- 7- 1 .531  27- 35   22  9-12- 1 .432  36- 54
 6 New England Coll. 16  16  7- 7- 2 .500  35- 44   23  9-12- 2 .435  48- 68
   Salve Regina      16  16  6- 6- 4 .500  43- 44   23 10- 8- 5 .543  69- 61
 8 Southern Maine    14  16  6- 8- 2 .438  25- 41   23  6-13- 4 .348  33- 63
 9 UMass Boston      11  16  5-10- 1 .344  24- 48   22  7-13- 2 .364  36- 60
10 Nichols            8  16  3-11- 2 .250  29- 62   23  6-15- 2 .304  48- 86
11 Saint Michael's    5  16  2-13- 1 .156  20- 67   22  3-18- 1 .159  34- 98
12 Plymouth State     4  16  1-13- 2 .125  13- 79   21  1-17- 3 .119  17- 97

So, we sweep the Weekly ECAC Awards.

Article about Johnston and Fortino on USCHO.

So, the SID notes say that Saturday's game "will be the final regular-season contest for seniors Rebecca Johnston, Chelsea Karpenko, Amanda Mazzotta, Kendice Ogilvie, Catherine White and Amanda Young."

Does this mean that Erin Barley-Maloney (and perhaps Jenna Paulson) are planning to be back next year?

Paulson hasn't played a single game, and Barley-Maloney only played two years at UVM, so both should have one year of eligibility left. I don't know what's become of Paulson, though.

Ohio State leading Wisconsin 3-0 after one. First goal on a shot from the blue line that may have hit a defenseman's stick and wobbled. Wisco controlling play but sloppy defensive play led to the second and third Buckeye goals.

Edit: Now 3-1 with 13 min to go.

Now 3-2 with a Wisc ppg. 5 min left.

ENG 4-2

No connection on RedCast at 3:59pm for this afternoon's game with SLU.

Edit: now it's up.

Edit 2: Mazzotta in goal.

Women up 1-0 end of first.

3-0 after two

Getting dicey now. 3-1 with 4:34 to go and Cornell two-women down. SLU goalie may be pulled after time-out to make it 6x3.

Quick goal, 3-2. Now just one skater down with 50 sec on penalty. 4 min to go

3-2 with 1:12 to go; empty SLU net

3-2 final

So what, did they watch too many tapes of the men? What about those last penalties? Did you see what happened?

Jim Hyla
So what, did they watch too many tapes of the men? What about those last penalties? Did you see what happened?

There's always a little bit of pushing and shoving when teams crash the net, but the refs let it get out of control before they clamped down with those penalties.

Women host Brown in ECAC quarterfinals Friday at 3:30, Saturday at 2, and, if necessary, Sunday at 2.

Women slip ahead of Minnesota for #2 in pairwise.

Four CU nominees for Patty Kazmaier Award.

Senior Rebecca Johnston, juniors Laura Fortino and Lauriane Rougeau and sophomore Brianne Jenner all made the cut to the final 30 student-athletes.

4/30 ain't bad.

Fortino and Rougeau...were two of just five defensemen to make the cut

And I like this.

The Big Red's four Patty Kazmaier nominees will have a chance to bolster their résumés this weekend with an ECAC Hockey Tournament Quarterfinal series against Brown.

Here's more info from the ECAC release, which lists all 30. 8 from ECAC, so we got half.

The 34 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey head coaches will select the top-10 finalists from among the group of 30 nominees, with the announcement taking place on March 1. A 13-member selection committee will choose the three finalists (announced March 8), as well as the award recipient, which will be announced live at the brunch ceremony in Duluth on March 17.

Jim Hyla
Four CU nominees for Patty Kazmaier Award.

Senior Rebecca Johnston, juniors Laura Fortino and Lauriane Rougeau and sophomore Brianne Jenner all made the cut to the final 30 student-athletes.

4/30 ain't bad.

Fortino and Rougeau...were two of just five defensemen to make the cut

And I like this.

The Big Red's four Patty Kazmaier nominees will have a chance to bolster their résumés this weekend with an ECAC Hockey Tournament Quarterfinal series against Brown.

Here's more info from the ECAC release, which lists all 30. 8 from ECAC, so we got half.

The 34 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey head coaches will select the top-10 finalists from among the group of 30 nominees, with the announcement taking place on March 1. A 13-member selection committee will choose the three finalists (announced March 8), as well as the award recipient, which will be announced live at the brunch ceremony in Duluth on March 17.

Fantastic ! All deserving ,lets hope for at least 2 in the top 10 announcement on March 1st.

Jill Saulnier (or The Honey Badger as some of you like to call her) has been named a finalist for league ROY. No surprise there. Would it be more surprising if she lost than if she won? I think so.

Thomas Larson
Jill Saulnier (or The Honey Badger as some of you like to call her) has been named a finalist for league ROY. No surprise there. Would it be more surprising if she lost than if she won? I think so.

Jenner was robbed last year, so you never know.

Ben

Thomas Larson
Jill Saulnier (or The Honey Badger as some of you like to call her) has been named a finalist for league ROY. No surprise there. Would it be more surprising if she lost than if she won? I think so.

Jenner was robbed last year, so you never know.

I dunno... nothing against Jenner, but Babstock had almost as many points and did it with a far worse supporting cast. There aren't any really comparable challengers to Saulnier this year, unless they wanted to give it to the goalie from St. Lawrence.

Also just saw Karpenko nominated for Defensive Forward. I say she's got less of a chance to win than Saulnier but still a pretty good chance.

Jillian Saulnier wins Ivy League ROY and Rebecca Johnston wins Ivy League POY.
Full Story here

CU wins game 1, 4-2. Two goals from Johnston, one from Barley-Maloney, one from White. Tough second period and first part of the third, but we saw this last year as well when they had to come back from a goal down in the final minute of the playoff opener to win in OT against RPI.

The women are up 6-zip in game 2 with 6 mins to go.

Trotsky
The women are up 6-zip in game 2 with 6 mins to go.

I guess I missed the memo about a 1:45 pm start. I tuned in at 3:45 to find that the game is essentially over, but at least in our favor.

Just like last year, we had some trouble in the first game and then cruised in the second game. Onwards to the semi-final.

Harvard beat Princeton 4-3 in overtime today to advance. SLU took their series, beating Dartmouth 2-0. Clarkson and Quinnipiac is the only series to go to a game three, after Clarkson won 2-1. If Clarkson wins tomorrow, Cornell will play SLU in the semifinals; if Quinnipiac wins, Cornell will take on the Bobcats.

And Lynah hosts the Tournament next weekend Semi-finals at 3 PM and 7 PM on Friday and Finals at 4 PM on Saturday. According to announcement at the men's RPI game last night.

I can't find an explicit statement of the location of the NCAA quarterfinal games. Is it the home of the higher seeded team? Last year Cornell played Dartmouth at Lynah, so that seems plausible. The NCAA site touts the Frozen Four and the ECAC site doesn't care about the NCAA. Cornell doesn't have it on the schedule at all.

imafrshmn
Harvard beat Princeton 4-3 in overtime today to advance. SLU took their series, beating Dartmouth 2-0. Clarkson and Quinnipiac is the only series to go to a game three, after Clarkson won 2-1. If Clarkson wins tomorrow, Cornell will play SLU in the semifinals; if Quinnipiac wins, Cornell will take on the Bobcats.

Q upset Clarkson.

David Harding
I can't find an explicit statement of the location of the NCAA quarterfinal games. Is it the home of the higher seeded team? Last year Cornell played Dartmouth at Lynah, so that seems plausible. The NCAA site touts the Frozen Four and the ECAC site doesn't care about the NCAA. Cornell doesn't have it on the schedule at all.

Yes, the quarterfinals are at the home rink of the higher seed.

Rebecca Johnston named finalist for ECAC POTY. CornellBigRed announcement. The ECAC announcement.

Anyone find a webcast for the ECAC women's tournament games?

Al DeFlorio
Anyone find a webcast for the ECAC women's tournament games?

Not on the ECAC website. Also no information on whether the men's semifinals and final game will be on TV and which cable station. Lame. Very lame.

Apparently ECAC Women's Tournament games will be on redcast like every other game, at least according to the Cornell release. So that will be fun to watch online if you can't go in person.

Rebecca Johnston, Laura Fortino Named Top-10 Finalists for Patty Kazmaier Award.

Thomas Larson
Apparently ECAC Women's Tournament games will be on redcast like every other game, at least according to the Cornell release. So that will be fun to watch online if you can't go in person.

Thanks. That release is new since I posted the question, and there had been no links for the games on wonderful RedCast.

The complete list, from this release:

2012 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top-10 Finalists 
Name 			Year 	Pos 	School 
Bailey Bram		Sr	F	Mercyhurst College
Brianna Decker		Jr	F	University of Wisconsin
Laura Fortino 		Jr	D	Cornell University
Rebecca Johnston	Sr	F	Cornell University
Amanda Kessel		So	F	University of Minnesota
Hilary Knight		Sr	F	University of Wisconsin
Jocelyne Lamoureux	Jr	F	University of North Dakota
Monique Lamoureux-Kolls	Jr	F/D	University of North Dakota
Florence Schelling	Sr	G	Northeastern University
Natalie Spooner		Sr	F	Ohio State University

Thomas Larson
Apparently ECAC Women's Tournament games will be on redcast like every other game, at least according to the Cornell release. So that will be fun to watch online if you can't go in person.

I don't get RedCast (since I'm still a student there's no need), but from what I've heard from all of you RedCast hardly sounds "fun."

ECAC Awards for women:

Rebecca Johnston was named ECAC Hockey's Player of the Year
Lauriane Rougeau was named the league's Best Defensive Defensemen
Chelsea Karpenko was named the league's Best Defensive Forward
Jillian Saulnier earned Rookie of the Year

CornellBigRed Announcement

ECAC Announcement

It's pretty pathetic that I've got to be the one to post this, but the women won the ECAC semifinals today at Lynah, 5-1 over Quinnipiac. Harvard faces St. Lawrence at 7pm to determine our opponent in the finals.

Beeeej
It's pretty pathetic that I've got to be the one to post this, but the women won the ECAC semifinals today at Lynah, 5-1 over Quinnipiac. Harvard faces St. Lawrence at 7pm to determine our opponent in the finals.

Johnston goes 2-3-5. The first period had a lot of penalties, and CU only really dominated on the PK early on. QU's goalie Vigilanti (sp?) made some impressive saves, but was also lucky as she was caught out of the net often as we missed some good early chances. Johnston's first goal was a tip off a big slapshot from Amanda Young. CU controlled much of the 2nd, but QU was able to tie it at 1. That seemed to ignite the Red, as Johnston answered right back, and CU got went up 3-1 with under 40 seconds left in the 2nd. The 3rd was all CU. The "Triple-J" line (Johnston, Jenner, and Jillian Saulnier) is amazing.

A fact from the game write-up: Cornell is now .500 all-time, moving its lifetime record to 450-450-50.

What an opportunity to become a winning program in a Championship game. Let's Go Red!

RichH
A fact from the game write-up: Cornell is also now .500 all-time, moving its lifetime record to 450-450-50.

I made a spreadsheet of every season's records since the program began (working on goal totals as well), and unless I messed something up, we're 453-450-50. There may be some games from the early days that they're not counting, but I'm not sure which ones those would be.

Ben

RichH
A fact from the game write-up: Cornell is also now .500 all-time, moving its lifetime record to 450-450-50.

I made a spreadsheet of every season's records since the program began (working on goal totals as well), and unless I messed something up, we're 453-450-50. There may be some games from the early days that they're not counting, but I'm not sure which ones those would be.

That's not terribly surprising, given the lackadaisical nature of early record-keeping. I remember there was a discrepancy between the "official" records from the University and Trotsky's TBRW records when the Men's program got their 1000th all-time win.

UMD beats #1 Wisconsin 3-1 in the first WCHA semifinal. #2 Minnesota vs. #5 North Dakota is the second semifinal, starting at 8:35 Eastern.

St. Lawrence just went 1-0 up against Harvard

Ben
UMD beats #1 Wisconsin 3-1 in the first WCHA semifinal. #2 Minnesota vs. #5 North Dakota is the second semifinal, starting at 8:35 Eastern.

St. Lawrence just went 1-0 up against Harvard

H ties at 1. Now starting third.

Wisco loss puts Cornell #1 in PWR.

Al DeFlorio

Ben
UMD beats #1 Wisconsin 3-1 in the first WCHA semifinal. #2 Minnesota vs. #5 North Dakota is the second semifinal, starting at 8:35 Eastern.

St. Lawrence just went 1-0 up against Harvard

H ties at 1. Now starting third.

Wisco loss puts Cornell #1 in PWR.

Dumb question: do the selections for the women follow PWR?

Al DeFlorio

Ben
UMD beats #1 Wisconsin 3-1 in the first WCHA semifinal. #2 Minnesota vs. #5 North Dakota is the second semifinal, starting at 8:35 Eastern.

St. Lawrence just went 1-0 up against Harvard

H ties at 1. Now starting third.

Wisco loss puts Cornell #1 in PWR.

Bonus Hockey at Lynah. At the end of regulation, still tied at 1 apiece. Harvard had a PP with 3 min left in the 3rd and couldn't capitalize.

H-SLU in OT tied at one

St. Lawrence wins 2-1 on a bad angle shot.

H loses in OT

Gophers 2-0 up on UND after one period. Elsewhere, Mercyhurst beat Syracuse 4-3 and Robert Morris won 3-2 over Niagara to set up the CHA final tomorrow.

BU plays BC and Providence takes on Northeastern in the HEA tournament semifinals tomorrow.

Pretty crazy game between SLU and Harvard. Harvard had the better of the play in general, and had several good scoring opportunities in overtime. SLU benefitted from good goaltending, feisty (but not pretty) defense, sloppy play, and (in no small measure) luck. The winning goal was a cunning, perfectly placed backhander, taking advantage of a slight moment of hesitation by H goalie Bellamy. SLU is playing with nothing to lose tomorrow, but I don't think they'll be able to get past this Red team. SLU's cloggy team defense was reminiscent of Quinnipiac's against Cornell today, which caused the Red frustration for a while but ultimately they were able to make the right adjustments. I think any hope of SLU pulling off the upset tomorrow rides on the performance of their netminder.

You were there? What was attendance like?

billhoward
You were there? What was attendance like?

There was 30-40 SLU fans and maybe 20 Harvard fans.

Our band showed up for overtime and then played when the "Saints Come Marching In" after the game just to annoy Harvard. I would have preferred that Harvard won though so that we could be the ones to eliminate them.

There was actually a decent number of fans because a lot of townies and Cornell parents came back for the game.

Hey guys. It's March.

Thomas Larson
Hey guys. It's March.

So, what're you going to do about it?

dag14
There was actually a decent number of fans because a lot of townies and Cornell parents came back for the game.

Digit Murphy, former Brown head coach and Cornell Alum, was doing the commentary for the game and she noted that "the Dunbar Guys" were in the crowd. So apparently there was indeed quite a mix of fans. I hope they all come back today and bring a friend or two.

Rita

dag14
There was actually a decent number of fans because a lot of townies and Cornell parents came back for the game.

Digit Murphy, former Brown head coach and Cornell Alum, was doing the commentary for the game and she noted that "the Dunbar Guys" were in the crowd. So apparently there was indeed quite a mix of fans. I hope they all come back today and bring a friend or two.

Digit was fantastically entertaining. Given the incredibly low caliber of broadcast ability to come out of the jock club in general and women's hockey (cough Cammie Granato cough) in particular, it was wonderful to listen to her.

Am I missing something? Is there no video of today's game. Can't get the Redcast link to work.

Tom Pasniewski 98
Am I missing something? Is there no video of today's game. Can't get the Redcast link to work.

It is working for me. You need to log into red cast. The link isn't active in today's schedule on the cornellbigred.com main page.

Link now working. Sorry.

Trotsky
Digit [Murphy] was fantastically entertaining. Given the incredibly low caliber of broadcast ability to come out of the jock club in general and women's hockey (cough Cammie Granato cough) in particular, it was wonderful to listen to her.

On the air for NBC she couldn't say enough good things about Teams USA and Canada. History would be kinder if Cammi Granato was a flavor at Ben & Jerry's.

billhoward

Trotsky
Digit [Murphy] was fantastically entertaining. Given the incredibly low caliber of broadcast ability to come out of the jock club in general and women's hockey (cough Cammie Granato cough) in particular, it was wonderful to listen to her.

On the air for NBC she couldn't say enough good things about Teams USA and Canada. History would be kinder if Cammi Granato was a flavor at Ben & Jerry's.

Gummy GraiNUTo?

(I still fume that B&J never accepted my suggested "Maria Caramel." )