Game 1: Cornell 2, Clarkson 1

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Is this a good or bad result?

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45 votes were received.

Good	44		98%
Bad	1		2%

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OK, now someone who watched it can talk about it.

Ivy Leaguers could handle more than 2 voting options. 2-0 for Iles' first senior-year shutout or 3-1 (not ENG 3-1) would have been a good result. 2-1 final giving up the breakaway --> penalty shot and getting penalized during our 5-min PP gives Clarkson hope it can come back Saturday. Tonight was an OK result in a game where we were favored.

Was the penalty shot the correct call? i dont think in the pro's it would even be a penalty and the college rule is somewhat different but it seemed to be a delayed call for what was deemed a penalty shot..

We generally played pretty well, but had a few very lucky bounces in front of a net, and were completely gifted a penalty call with 1:48 to go that put us on a power play, and essentially clinched the game. Andy should've had that penalty shot, but generally played pretty well, especially after a Clarkson player knocked him in the head while he was out of the box (he was eventually ejected). We also scored on the ensuing major power play! First time we've had a PP goal at Lynah since Bardreau's 5 on 3 PP goal against Colgate back in December I believe. But Clarkson didn't exactly bring their A game, except for at the end of the second period. I feel somewhat confident about tomorrow, but honestly with this team you never know

the way cornell played for much of the first period we could have easily won this game 6-2. we also had a couple good chances stopped because the ref mistakenly blew the puck dead, missed the empty net and the big guy missed the net on a nice move with a few min left that would have sealed the game.

Penalty shot was the correct call - And the guy made a good move slipping puck in on Andy. I was more worried about the number of times we gave the puck away or turned it over at our blue line area. A better team would have burned us more than Clarkson could! On the other hand we looked very good for stretches but when we pulled back to mostly a half ice defensive alignment most of second half of game - got a bit worried...
and the Clarkson goalie gave up a whole lot of big rebounds. we just missed on several great chances. Game was up and down the ice a lot but i WAS impressed with the Big Red's effort and skating most of the game! MacDonald was a beast with the puck in the offensive zone most of the night.

profudge
Penalty shot was the correct call

Speaking of which, that makes 4 penalty shots against us this year.

Trotsky

profudge
Penalty shot was the correct call

Speaking of which, that makes 4 penalty shots against us this year.

And six goals against since our last. Unbelievable.

After tonight, we have the 8th best scoring defense, but still do not have a shutout against a D-I opponent. This is an interesting anomaly given how late in the season it is. Here are the other teams without a D-I shutout and their respective scoring defense rank:

Lake Superior: 47th
Boston University: 48th
Princeton: 56th
Alabama-Huntsville: 59th

KGR11
After tonight, we have the 8th best scoring defense, but still do not have a shutout against a D-I opponent. This is an interesting anomaly given how late in the season it is.

It's also notable because we have had at least one shutout every year Schafer has been coach.

Im still not clear on why it was a penalty shot.. one part of the rule is that the player must be in control of the puck.. the clarkson player had no control of the puck as the cornell player made a clean play on the puck and knocked it away well before the trip happened.a second part of the rule is that the foul must occur from behind, it clearly happened from the side as the players tried to gain the angle on each other.

profudge
MacDonald was a beast with the puck in the offensive zone most of the night.

Agreed.... By the third period, I was really hoping he would get a goal. He sure earned it!!

I was really pleased with how many quality scoring chances we created last night. given we cant seem to finish, but still we looked fast to the puck and made some really nice passes, but until this team ever learns to finish every game will be a struggle.

upprdeck
until this team ever learns to finish

I wonder whether (1) this is a thing, and (2) it can be learned. Players definitely have different scoring skills. If you give Nieuwy and Etienne Belzile the puck in the same position with the same amount of time, the probability of a goal will vary.

So assuming that's what finishing is, it exists, but can it be taught or is that like saying "as soon as Etinenne Belzile learns how to be Nieuwy, he'll score more."

Trotsky

upprdeck
until this team ever learns to finish

I wonder whether (1) this is a thing, and (2) it can be learned. Players definitely have different scoring skills. If you give Nieuwy and Etienne Belzile the puck in the same position with the same amount of time, the probability of a goal will vary.

So assuming that's what finishing is, it exists, but can it be taught or is that like saying "as soon as Etinenne Belzile learns how to be Nieuwy,r he'll score more."

I am not sure of it can be taught but I think some players learn to finish. Some never improve in this and every other facet once they hit their plateau.

Observations of my first playoff game at Lynah since we beat Yale in 1985 (thanks for the reminder, TBRW):

Even with all the discussion about attendance issues this year, I was surprised at the large pockets of empty seats, especially in sections D, E, and F. The students took awhile to get there, but they did fill in A and B nicely. The crowd that attended did get into the game, and the students were appropriately rowdy.

Walking into the rink I saw Mowrey in his civies talking on his phone; I knew that was not good news. We'll certainly miss his offense if he doesn't get back to the ice, and someone is going to need to step up.

As for the game, it was an entertaining tilt. Lots of back-and-forth, with Cornell having the edge in the 1st and 3rd, Clarkson having the better of it in the 2nd. Given the teams' styles -- and Casey seems to be making Clarkson a fair copy of Cornell -- not a huge number of Grade A chances either way, but I thought Cornell had the edge in quality scoring opportunities.

After falling behind so often recently, it was a relief to get the first one. Gotovets made a nice play to creep in from the blue line and clean up a juicy rebound.

I had a great view of the hit on Iles, and it was a stupid cheap shot. We were sitting right next to the Clarkson penalty box, and when Josephs came off the ice he seemed to have a satisfied smirk on his face. He was appropriately berated by the crowd, and it was satisfying to see him get tossed. Even better was that we scored just 13 seconds into the penalty.

The refs, well, they were pretty typical of ECAC officiating standards -- lots of inconsistency there.

Iles had a solid game, and the Clarkson kid made a nice play on the penalty shot to tuck it between Iles' legs.

Except for the first couple of minutes of the 3rd when Clarkson came out strong, I thought we did a real nice job keeping the puck in their zone and getting some quality chances, especially Hilbrich who I thought had one in the bag. Not many scary moments in that period in our end, even when CLarkson had the power play.

I thought MacDonald was our best player on the night, knowing the right time to jump into the play. He's blossoming into an excellent 2-way defenseman, and whatever he's putting in his corn flakes I hope he shares with his teammates.

Tonight we have to clean-up some of the turnovers around our blue line that especially plagued us in the 2nd period. It won't be a cakewalk, but hopefully we have a bit more offense and the edge in net so that we can take care of business and avoid a game 3.

the refs blow another game, cool