CU vs Merrimack 01/08-09/16

OK, so they don't suck.
Is that good news??

Johnny 5
OK, so they don't suck.
Is that good news??

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+10 Keep it going, they're a lot of fun.

Thanks!
Something to do during the long, hard winter!!

Merrimack has had a rough schedule the last month or so. Then again, I'm not sure how much of it is them or their opponents. Heading to Ithaca certainly doesn't help.

"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

Jim Hyla
"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

I should be lucky to visit Itacha someday soon so I can see the place where Cornell is 82-17-14 over the past seven years. Also, Cornell has a 82-17-14 home record over the past seven years.

RichH

Jim Hyla
"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

I should be lucky to visit Itacha someday soon so I can see the place where Cornell is 82-17-14 over the past seven years. Also, Cornell has a 82-17-14 home record over the past seven years.

That guy gets paid to write for a living? Seriously?

scoop85

RichH

Jim Hyla
"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

I should be lucky to visit Itacha someday soon so I can see the place where Cornell is 82-17-14 over the past seven years. Also, Cornell has a 82-17-14 home record over the past seven years.

That guy gets paid to write for a living? Seriously?

I think Itacha is the old Wampanoag spelling!?

scoop85

RichH

Jim Hyla
"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

I should be lucky to visit Itacha someday soon so I can see the place where Cornell is 82-17-14 over the past seven years. Also, Cornell has a 82-17-14 home record over the past seven years.

That guy gets paid to write for a living? Seriously?

Sounds as if the guy got fired from his job as a reporter and started this blog. The income must come from advertising, not Pulitzer Prizes.

Swampy

scoop85

RichH

Jim Hyla
"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

I should be lucky to visit Itacha someday soon so I can see the place where Cornell is 82-17-14 over the past seven years. Also, Cornell has a 82-17-14 home record over the past seven years.

That guy gets paid to write for a living? Seriously?

Sounds as if the guy got fired from his job as a reporter and started this blog. The income must come from advertising, not Pulitzer Prizes.

Where do you get the idea that he was fired?

Here's the initial description about how the report got started.

The Mack Report was founded in 2006 by Eagle Tribune Merrimack writer Mike McMahon as a blog, then titled Warrior Rink Rat, to provide coverage of the Warriors’ Division I hockey program in conjunction with coverage provided in the newspaper.

Since then, it has evolved its own entity, and while still providing conjunction coverage with Mike’s work in The Eagle Tribune, is a standalone news source covering Merrimack College athletics and Hockey East.

And then there's this bio of Mike.

Mike McMahon – Managing Editor – Mike has been covering college hockey since the 2005-06 season, and has been covering Merrimack College for The Eagle Tribune since the 2006-07 season. Along with working for The Eagle Tribune, Mike is a senior writer at College Hockey News and has also covered the UFC for many print and online outlets.

The article had its journalistic problems, but let's not smear the guy.

Jim Hyla

Swampy

scoop85

RichH

Jim Hyla
"The Mack Report" reports on Lynah Rink.

I should be lucky to visit Itacha someday soon so I can see the place where Cornell is 82-17-14 over the past seven years. Also, Cornell has a 82-17-14 home record over the past seven years.

That guy gets paid to write for a living? Seriously?

Sounds as if the guy got fired from his job as a reporter and started this blog. The income must come from advertising, not Pulitzer Prizes.

Where do you get the idea that he was fired?

Here's the initial description about how the report got started.

The Mack Report was founded in 2006 by Eagle Tribune Merrimack writer Mike McMahon as a blog, then titled Warrior Rink Rat, to provide coverage of the Warriors’ Division I hockey program in conjunction with coverage provided in the newspaper.

Since then, it has evolved its own entity, and while still providing conjunction coverage with Mike’s work in The Eagle Tribune, is a standalone news source covering Merrimack College athletics and Hockey East.

And then there's this bio of Mike.

Mike McMahon – Managing Editor – Mike has been covering college hockey since the 2005-06 season, and has been covering Merrimack College for The Eagle Tribune since the 2006-07 season. Along with working for The Eagle Tribune, Mike is a senior writer at College Hockey News and has also covered the UFC for many print and online outlets.

The article had its journalistic problems, but let's not smear the guy.

I stand corrected.

I read the first paragraph you quote and mistakenly interpreted it as saying he went from being a reporter to writing a blog only. Had I taken the time to read on I would have learned he continues working as a reporter, as you point out.

Back on topic, CU preview of the series.

Trotsky
Back on topic, CU preview of the series.

Mitch Vanderlaan's mustache on the accompanying photo is something else.

RichH

Trotsky
Back on topic, CU preview of the series.

Mitch Vanderlaan's mustache on the accompanying photo is something else.

Mentor?

Gillam in tonight.

Lineup tonight:

1	 9 - Christian Hilbrich	 7 - Jake Weidner	21 - Dwyer Tschantz
2	14 - Mitch Vanderlaan	26 - Jeff Kubiak	17 - Anthony Angello
3	 4 - Alex Rauter	12 - John Knisley	16 - Matt Buckles
4	18 - Jared Fiegl	11 - Eric Freschi	19 - Teemu Tiitinen

1	27 - Patrick McCarron	29 - Alec McCrea
2	24 - Ryan Bliss	         3 - Reece Willcox
3	20 - Dan Wedman	        23 - Trent Shore


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Cornell                             |  Overall - 13 GP  ( 9- 2- 2  .769)  | Conf Only -  8 GP  ( 6- 1- 1  .812) |      Career    
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------
## Player                    POS YR | GP   G   A PTS PEN/MIN  PP SH GW GT | GP   G   A PTS PEN/MIN  PP SH GW GT |  GP   G   A PTS
26 Jeff Kubiak                 F JR | 13   4   8  12           1  0  2  0 |  8   1   6   7           0  0  1  0 |  70   6  23  29
17 Anthony Angello (PIT)       F FR | 13   6   4  10   5/ 10   1  0  2  0 |  8   4   1   5   4/  8   0  0  2  0 |  13   6   4  10
 7 Jake Weidner                F JR | 13   2   6   8   2/  4   1  0  1  0 |  8   2   5   7   2/  4   1  0  1  0 |  66   6  23  29
29 Alec McCrea                 D FR | 13   1   7   8           0  0  0  0 |  8   1   5   6           0  0  0  0 |  13   1   7   8
14 Mitch Vanderlaan            F FR | 13   4   3   7           0  0  1  0 |  8   3   2   5           0  0  0  0 |  13   4   3   7
15 Trevor Yates                F SO | 13   3   4   7   3/  6   0  0  2  0 |  8   2   3   5   2/  4   0  0  2  0 |  33   4   7  11
27 Patrick McCarron            D JR | 13   2   4   6   3/  6   0  0  0  0 |  8   2   2   4   2/  4   0  0  0  0 |  67   6  13  19
 3 Reece Willcox (PHI)         D SR | 13   1   5   6           1  0  0  0 |  8   1   4   5           1  0  0  0 | 100   4  18  22
24 Ryan Bliss                  D SO | 13   0   6   6   1/  2   0  0  0  0 |  8   0   3   3   1/  2   0  0  0  0 |  44   2  12  14
 9 Christian Hilbrich          F SR | 12   3   2   5   5/ 10   0  0  1  0 |  7   2   2   4   2/  4   0  0  0  0 |  91  24  15  39
16 Matt Buckles (FLA)          F JR | 13   3   2   5   1/  2   2  0  0  0 |  8   3   2   5   1/  2   2  0  0  0 |  71  15   5  20
 6 Holden Anderson             D JR | 11   2   2   4   6/ 12   0  0  0  0 |  8   0   1   1   3/  6   0  0  0  0 |  34   3   5   8
11 Eric Freschi                F JR | 12   1   3   4   7/ 14   0  0  0  0 |  7   0   2   2   6/ 12   0  0  0  0 |  71   6   6  12
19 Teemu Tiitinen              F SR | 13   1   2   3   7/ 14   0  0  0  0 |  8   1   0   1   4/  8   0  0  0  0 |  60   2   5   7
18 Jared Fiegl (ARI)           F SO | 11   1   1   2   4/  8   0  0  0  0 |  6   0   0   0   3/  6   0  0  0  0 |  37   2   1   3
 4 Alex Rauter                 F SO | 11   0   2   2   4/  8   0  0  0  0 |  8   0   1   1   3/  6   0  0  0  0 |  16   0   4   4
12 John Knisley                F SR |  5   1   0   1   4/  8   0  0  0  0 |  2   1   0   1   2/  4   0  0  0  0 |  84   9   4  13
10 Beau Starrett (CHI)         F FR |  5   1   0   1           0  0  0  0 |  4   1   0   1           0  0  0  0 |   5   1   0   1
20 Dan Wedman                  D SO | 11   0   1   1   3/  6   0  0  0  0 |  6   0   1   1   2/  4   0  0  0  0 |  42   0   1   1
31 Hayden Stewart              G SO |  1   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |                                     |  12   0   0   0
 8 Gavin Stoick                F JR |  1   0   0   0   1/  2   0  0  0  0 |  1   0   0   0   1/  2   0  0  0  0 |  10   0   1   1
21 Dwyer Tschantz (STL)        F SO |  2   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |                                     |  21   2   3   5
 5 Matthew Nuttle              D FR |  2   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |  2   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |   2   0   0   0
 2 Brendan Smith               D FR |  3   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |  1   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |   3   0   0   0
23 Trent Shore                 D FR |  5   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |  4   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |   5   0   0   0
32 Mitch Gillam                G JR | 13   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |  8   0   0   0           0  0  0  0 |  42   1   2   3

It's break, but with 10 minutes to go the rink is less than 5% filled.

It's break so I am in Florida not Ithaca. Watching the broadcast, clearly the townies showed up in force. We never got a good look at the student side of the rink, however. Did it remain only 5% occupied?

A had the 7 in the band and maybe 10 more, B was maybe 20%. some people moved around since there was noone to complain. I know some from section O went over to A and sat

Section B was full by the end of the game, and C was nearly so. D&E were 50-75%. A was empty: <10 band members showed,

As for the game, I was impressed with this team. They can actually pass and stickhandle! And they shoot from the point! Whoohoo!

I got a little nervous when Merrimack came out fast with a hard forecheck but eventually we figured it out. The latter part of the first we started to get some chances. Altho I was surprised Merrimack had only 8 shots in the period.

Second period was more wide open. Kubiak's goal was sweet. Some of the freshmen had some nice moves, too. And we had 13 SOG! Wow.

By the third period, we pretty much had them under control. While Merrimack had a lot of the possession in the 3rd, it was in their own zone. They seemed to skating backward a lot, and they got frustrated, They tried a lot of dump and chase, and we beat them to the puck. It burned the clock really well, although I would have liked just a little more attack in the 3rd.

Hopefully tomorrow is more of the same.

we ended up with zero shots in the 3rd. didnt feel like we were being dominated but i guess not of the shots got the goalie. it was pretty helter skelter though

merrimack is not very good.. most of their chances came on the power play or just really sloppy play by cornell.. several times we just lost the puck and causing our own grief.

the game really turned on them hitting the bar on apretty open shot and a couple nice saves since cornell never could really put home its own open shots in the first period. should have been a 2 goal lead after one instead of a 0-0 game

upprdeck
we ended up with zero shots in the 3rd. didnt feel like we were being dominated but i guess not of the shots got the goalie. it was pretty helter skelter though

merrimack is not very good.. most of their chances came on the power play or just really sloppy play by cornell.. several times we just lost the puck and causing our own grief.

the game really turned on them hitting the bar on apretty open shot and a couple nice saves since cornell never could really put home its own open shots in the first period. should have been a 2 goal lead after one instead of a 0-0 game

Not quite correct. They ended up with zero saves, we had one shot.

That early forecheck by Merrimack was very scary and effective. They lost pace on it later (or we figured it out) but they managed to keep it on the kill. It was similar to Union's aggressive forecheck from 2-3 years ago. I found myself wishing Mike would try to apply it -- I think we have good personnel for it, and it really forces a lot of opportunities and is exhausting for the opposing defense.

of course it was also the empty net shot so no one to make a save anyway.

upprdeck
of course it was also the empty net shot so no one to make a save anyway.

True, that was my point.

Trotsky
That early forecheck by Merrimack was very scary and effective. They lost pace on it later (or we figured it out) but they managed to keep it on the kill. It was similar to Union's aggressive forecheck from 2-3 years ago. I found myself wishing Mike would try to apply it -- I think we have good personnel for it, and it really forces a lot of opportunities and is exhausting for the opposing defense.

What I noticed was we kept more men back for the clear and passed it along the end boards away from the forechecker.

Solid sweep, outscoring Merrimack 8-2 over 120 minutes. And we even put 4 on net in the third period on Saturday!

Delia's gone.

Anthony Angello is now 4th in career goal scoring on this team:

 G GP Player
24 93 Hilbrich
15 73 Buckles
 9 86 Knisley
 8 15 Angello
 8 72 Kubiak
 6 68 Weidner
 6 69 McCarron
 6 73 Freschi

Trotsky
Solid sweep, outscoring Merrimack 8-2 over 120 minutes. And we even put 4 on net in the third period on Saturday!

I looked at the scoreboard after two, saw we had 24 SOG, and thought "That's more than we usually have in a whole game."

I'm still a little concerned about some of the inconsistency on D, but I'm thrilled with the offense.