CU @ Brown 2/1/14

After the most impressive win of the year last night, can Cornell follow it up against Brown? The ties against Dartmouth & St. Lawrence were almost like loses as we now see how really bad those two are. Finally Cornell is playing with energy from the start and finishing stronger. I believe number 22 brings an infectious enthusiasm that affects the whole team. He was noticeably limping last night I hope it is a nick and not something more serious.

Brown has beat Yale twice, Yale won 6-0 in the third meeting, beat Colorado College and tied BC and Denver and easily beat Colgate last night. Brown is not afraid to mix it up. They will try to intimidate and force their style of play on CU. Cornell stays out of the box, Cornell wins. Schafer will need to control his big boys. A win tonight starts to give me the feeling a first round ECAC bye is possible.

1, 2, 3, 4, we want warmth.

flyersgolf

Brown is not afraid to mix it up. They will try to intimidate and force their style of play on CU.

Reading this, and listening to the Yale broadcast team talk about our dazzling speed makes me think I fell down into some kind of Alice-in-Wonderland rabbit hole.

flyersgolf
I believe number 22 brings an infectious enthusiasm that affects the whole team. He was noticeably limping last night I hope it is a nick and not something more serious.

Brandon Thomas tweeted that everyone is healthy this morning.

I was wondering about the announcers repeating over and over how sold out the game was when i could see entire rows empty?

upprdeck
I was wondering about the announcers repeating over and over how sold out the game was when i could see entire rows empty?

They apparently sold all the tickets, which is what they base attendance figures on. I've been to many announced sellouts at Quinnipiac with hundreds of empty seats, too.

Checking ILDN, am I seeing it correctly that only audio is available for the Brown game?

No- There's a link- 28th one down from the top.

got it - thanks!

Fantastic weekend. Looked tired as game went on.

Brown ILDN feed was terrible here. The Brown announcer is actually a lot better now that he knows he is on the ILDN. Yes he was far worse before.

Andy had one of his best weekends I can remember.

Nick Lappin looks like his Dad, he is a player.

Cornell 6 penalties, Brown 3.

Buckles and Kubiak are getting better each week.

Great finish by Bardreau.

This team improves each week. Getting warmer.

Any verdict from those who watched on the waved-off goal?

Ref was in the process of blowing the play dead. Definitely not a goal regardless of what the Brown announcer may have thought.

The flu is making its way around campus. I don't have any hockey players in my classes this term but I have had a dozen other athletes miss class due to flu or come to class with obvious symptoms. Keep your fingers crossed that the guys are just tired from a tough weekend and not sick....

Currently 7 in Pairwise on USCHO.

Mmmm. Warm....

The 3 goals in the game.

Watch Lowry on the second goal.

Trotsky
Mmmm. Warm....

I thought we all agreed last season was all a dream, like SNL's '85-'86 season.

nyc94
Currently 7 in Pairwise on USCHO.

With Clarkson, Colgate, and Yale all outside looking in... Ouch. Looks like the ECAC is doing a good job of eating its own - and they are delicious!

flyersgolf
The Brown announcer is actually a lot better now that he knows he is on the ILDN. Yes he was far worse before.

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However, someone should tell the announcer that as of this season, goal judges in college hockey are recommended, but not required. As long as I've been following the game, the referee has been the final arbiter of goals

At this moment we're 6 in Pairwise on USCHO.

nyc94
Currently 7 in Pairwise on USCHO.

Now at 6.

Long time to go, but:

1. Minn
2. BC
3. Qpc
4. Uni
------
5. FSU
6. Cor
7. Low
8. Mich

Cole Bardreau buys needed insurance with the help of Joel Lowry.




Listen after the ensuing faceoff as the announcer compares us to Yale.

Them's nice words.

Trotsky

nyc94
Currently 7 in Pairwise on USCHO.

Now at 6.

Long time to go, but:

1. Minn
2. BC
3. Qpc
4. Uni
------
5. FSU
6. Cor
7. Low
8. Mich

Like last week would probably put us in Bridgeport with no. 11 Providence as first round opponent with seeding flipped and with Quinnipiac as the one seed. Depends what you would do with Lowell matching up with Northeastern in BC's region. Somebody has to move.

Was it just me or was the officiating pretty terrible?

One thing that really stuck out to me was how long Drain was taking to drop the puck during faceoffs, which was basically drawing players in to situations which then required throwing someone out of the faceoff or giving instructions to the other players. I thought restarting play quickly had become a point of emphasis in recent years?

There were also a few obvious offsides (from my perspective) missed and I seem to recall mentioning at one point that the Cornell penalties in the 1st period ammounted to Hilbrich being tall (high sticking?) an a really good hip check being a trip (maybe the trailing defenseman got his stick tangled up?)

The Columbia band was an odd addition to the evening. Not sure why they were so anti-Cornell... wouldn't seem the standings would particular matter given they dont have a team =P

Wait... what? Columbia band?

Cornell95
Was it just me or was the officiating pretty terrible?

One thing that really stuck out to me was how long Drain was taking to drop the puck during faceoffs, which was basically drawing players in to situations which then required throwing someone out of the faceoff or giving instructions to the other players. I thought restarting play quickly had become a point of emphasis in recent years?

There were also a few obvious offsides (from my perspective) missed and I seem to recall mentioning at one point that the Cornell penalties in the 1st period ammounted to Hilbrich being tall (high sticking?) an a really good hip check being a trip (maybe the trailing defenseman got his stick tangled up?)

The Columbia band was an odd addition to the evening. Not sure why they were so anti-Cornell... would seem the standings would particular matter given they dont have a team =P

I think it has to do with who owns New York.

they came in near the end of the 2nd period if I recall
I assume they had been at the Brown/Columbia men's bball game which started at 6pm

they sat right next to the Brown band and launched in toa Beat Cornell chant, followed by a fairly vulgar multi-verse song which had a refrain referencing excrement
I think they also tried a remote control goalie (but it was mostly the chant 'bend over' repeatedly... and seeing the Cornell offense had Brown trapped in their end for a long time it became quite tiresome because Iles was just hanging out taking a water break for a minute or more

Cornell95
they came in near the end of the 2nd period if I recall
I assume they had been at the Brown/Columbia men's bball game which started at 6pm

they sat right next to the Brown band and launched in toa Beat Cornell chant, followed by a fairly vulgar multi-verse song which had a refrain referencing excrement
I think they also tried a remote control goalie (but it was mostly the chant 'bend over' repeatedly... and seeing the Cornell offense had Brown trapped in their end for a long time it became quite tiresome because Iles was just hanging out taking a water break for a minute or more

Yeah, that's right. Their bouncy-ball game was over, so they came into the strange, mysterious ice-world. It must have been disorienting for them.

First, the new, half-size video scoreboard announced "Welcome Columbia Band," which I initially interpretted as a dig against the Cornell band. At the beginning of the 2nd intermission, about a dozen of the Columbia bandies came down to the aisle next to the Cornell band with their Columbia University flag and proceeded to take their band polo shirts off to reveal that they were all wearing t-shirts from the football season that read "#beatcornell" (because the institutions think that youth can only communicate in hashtags?). Then while the Cornell band was performing, they stood in the aisle passing around their phones taking selfies of the group with their flag and anti-Cornell shirts in front of the Cornell band, because isn't that hilariously clever?

Since I was standing in the row above the Cornell Pep Band, I had enough and shooed them away. I said something like "OK, that's enough guys. If you want a band to use as a prop, use your own." A couple took the bait and shouted back as they left the section, "We ARE the band!" to which I replied "That's debatable."

The Columbia band sat with the Brown Band for the rest of the game, and the Cornell trumpets during a break played The Moose cheer, which is a derisive cheer set to the tune of Columbia's fight song, "Who Owns New York?"

To finish up this band report, the Brown Band performed one of their post-game skating shows, which they have been known for for decades. They did full Halloween costumes, and while most of the time they played, they were stationary, their final song was a real skating drill, with a rather impressive pass-through maneuver. Only one fall occurred that I noticed, and it was a bass drum. I appreciate that the Brown band continues to do a skating show after all these years.

RichH
Since I was standing in the row above the Cornell Pep Band, I had enough and shooed them away. I said something like "OK, that's enough guys. If you want a band to use as a prop, use your own." A couple took the bait and shouted back as they left the section, "We ARE the band!" to which I replied "That's debatable."

Way to stick it to 'em

I think it has to do with who owns New York.

Oh sure, blame everything on the Jews...

imafrshmn

RichH
Since I was standing in the row above the Cornell Pep Band, I had enough and shooed them away. I said something like "OK, that's enough guys. If you want a band to use as a prop, use your own." A couple took the bait and shouted back as they left the section, "We ARE the band!" to which I replied "That's debatable."

Way to stick it to 'em

Wow, a roll eyes with sarcasm, thanks, pal, you sure stuck it to me. Would you rather I had been angrily rude with them? Look, band-geeks have lame humor, I know, I was just speaking their language.

RichH

imafrshmn

RichH
Since I was standing in the row above the Cornell Pep Band, I had enough and shooed them away. I said something like "OK, that's enough guys. If you want a band to use as a prop, use your own." A couple took the bait and shouted back as they left the section, "We ARE the band!" to which I replied "That's debatable."

Way to stick it to 'em

Wow, a roll eyes with sarcasm, thanks, pal, you sure stuck it to me. Would you rather I had been angrily rude with them? Look, band-geeks have lame humor, I know, I was just speaking their language.

Sorry, i'm just trolling.

RichH

Cornell95
they came in near the end of the 2nd period if I recall
I assume they had been at the Brown/Columbia men's bball game which started at 6pm

they sat right next to the Brown band and launched in toa Beat Cornell chant, followed by a fairly vulgar multi-verse song which had a refrain referencing excrement
I think they also tried a remote control goalie (but it was mostly the chant 'bend over' repeatedly... and seeing the Cornell offense had Brown trapped in their end for a long time it became quite tiresome because Iles was just hanging out taking a water break for a minute or more

Yeah, that's right. Their bouncy-ball game was over, so they came into the strange, mysterious ice-world. It must have been disorienting for them.

First, the new, half-size video scoreboard announced "Welcome Columbia Band," which I initially interpretted as a dig against the Cornell band. At the beginning of the 2nd intermission, about a dozen of the Columbia bandies came down to the aisle next to the Cornell band with their Columbia University flag and proceeded to take their band polo shirts off to reveal that they were all wearing t-shirts from the football season that read "#beatcornell" (because the institutions think that youth can only communicate in hashtags?). Then while the Cornell band was performing, they stood in the aisle passing around their phones taking selfies of the group with their flag and anti-Cornell shirts in front of the Cornell band, because isn't that hilariously clever?

Since I was standing in the row above the Cornell Pep Band, I had enough and shooed them away. I said something like "OK, that's enough guys. If you want a band to use as a prop, use your own." A couple took the bait and shouted back as they left the section, "We ARE the band!" to which I replied "That's debatable."

The Columbia band sat with the Brown Band for the rest of the game, and the Cornell trumpets during a break played The Moose cheer, which is a derisive cheer set to the tune of Columbia's fight song, "Who Owns New York?"

To finish up this band report, the Brown Band performed one of their post-game skating shows, which they have been known for for decades. They did full Halloween costumes, and while most of the time they played, they were stationary, their final song was a real skating drill, with a rather impressive pass-through maneuver. Only one fall occurred that I noticed, and it was a bass drum. I appreciate that the Brown band continues to do a skating show after all these years.

While we're on the topic of bands, does anyone know why our pep band played the alma mater during the first period intermission instead of during the second period intermission at Yale? The same thing happened at Dartmouth two weeks ago, but that's because the Dartmouth pep band had its parade around the rink during the second intermission (the Dartmouth pep band is a marching band, not a skating band).
It's no big deal having the alma mater earlier, but I sometimes time a bathroom break, etc., to make sure I'm there for the alma mater.
Also, it's too bad the cowbell person hasn't been at many of these road games. The pep band played a snare drum for the cowbell cheer at Yale and it's just not the same.