Dartmouth 4 vs. Cornell 2 1/28/17

This is pretty much a must-win game for conference and pairwise purposes. Dartmouth has been pretty rancid to start out the year, but they always seem to give Cornell problems.

Iceberg
This is pretty much a must-win game for conference and pairwise purposes. Dartmouth has been pretty rancid to start out the year, but they always seem to give Cornell problems.

Dartmouth beat Harvard 8-4 11 days ago, so this is no gimme!

Did I hear that Vanderlaan isn't dressed? Cause that'd be bad.

Nope, just on a different line, I think.

andyw2100

Iceberg
This is pretty much a must-win game for conference and pairwise purposes. Dartmouth has been pretty rancid to start out the year, but they always seem to give Cornell problems.

Dartmouth beat Harvard 8-4 11 days ago, so this is no gimme!

Well, I never said that it was a lock. This weekend will probably be a killer

nevermind

Man, the ECAC sucks this year. We're 18th in the pairwise and have the 9th best win percentage.

strange game. good first.. ok 2nd, actually took it to Dartmouth most of the 3rd until the parade to the penalty box, the first penalty was just awful, the knee one was marginal, the boarding was too far away and the slash on Angello didnt see but the check from behind that followed it was pretty bad..

what i didnt get was there was no penalty called on angello until after the play was it called by the other ref?

still the let so much go all game and then just went all out on cornell down the stretch yet ignored a couple trips that would really have helped us.

add to that the non review of last nights goal and not a good weekend for the refs.

I usually don't complain about officiating, but tonight in the 3rd it cost us the game.
Dartmouth's Crema is a downright dirty player, maybe not as bad as Eric Neiley, but he got away with a lot tonight.

GBR1234
I usually don't complain about officiating, but tonight in the 3rd it cost us the game.
Dartmouth's Crema is a downright dirty player, maybe not as bad as Eric Neiley, but he got away with a lot tonight.

WHCU announcers were as disapproving of the refs as I've ever heard them, which is to say they calmly suggested Cornell send tape of the game to the league. Jason said they'd do it at the end of the weekend, and the other guy (Dave?) asked why not tonight.

From the Associated Press, 1/29/17:
I line with current moves by the NBA and NASCAR to make their sport more appealing to short attention-span millenials, the NCAA has decided that all college hockey games for the 2017-18 season will be reduced to 2 periods of 10 minutes each.

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Thurmont man's pet zebra makes commuters smile
3-year-old equine was purchased for fun, owner says

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A female zebra called Zoey lives on the Barber family's farm near Thurmont. Zoey can be seen grazing along U.S. Route 15 with a pair of donkeys and a heard of angus, and her purpose is to amuse passersby, her owners say.
Mountain zebras are native to Africa, not Maryland.

But Zoey, a domesticated female zebra who lives in Thurmont, has a great view of the Blue Ridge range, not Mount Kilimanjaro.

Many have seen Zoey while driving north on U.S. Route 15, but few know the story behind the exotic equine.

Zoey belongs to Jeff Barber, an Emmitsburg resident and the owner of Playground Specialists Inc., in Thurmont. The company operates on a 120-acre farm that Jeff and his father, Reggie Barber, have co-owned since 2006. The land is also home to about 40 head of cattle, two donkeys and, of course, a zebra.

"I'm more of a playful kind of person, hence I own a playground company," the younger Barber said. And his inspiration for getting a zebra? It would "give [people] something to look for and hopefully make them smile" during their commutes.

The farm was once home to a large, green dinosaur figure that was moved all around the property for fun, but it was stolen.

"People loved to drive by and see it," Jeff said. It was while brainstorming a way to keep the farm interesting for passers-by that he had the idea to purchase a zebra.

"If you just have cows, nobody's looking for your cows," he said. But a zebra "appeals to my kids and everybody driving up and down the highway."

It wasn't long after the thought popped into his head that a 6-week-old Zoey was on her way to Thurmont from a breeder in Virginia.

He thinks "a little farther out of the box than normal," Reggie Barber said of his son.

Jeff's 19-year-old daughter, Amanda, agreed.

"I think it's awesome, it's just random," she said, noting that the purchase was a surprise to her and her siblings.

Amanda, who works at the playground company, is one of four children. She has a twin sister who attends the University of Maryland, College Park, a 10-year-old sister and a 9-year-old brother. The younger siblings attend Emmitsburg Elementary School.

While the kids get a kick out of the fact that their dad owns a zebra, Zoey can't be ridden or played with like other equines can, Reggie said. She is also different from a horse in that she's smaller — about the size of a pony — is only fed grass and hay and will live to be about 35 years old, he added.

And while Zoey comes from a domesticated line, she still has the heart of a wild animal.

"You can't keep a zebra shut up in a stall," the elder Barber said. "They will absolutely come apart." Instead, Zoey takes shelter in a "loafing shed," an open structure that can protect her from the weather but does not have four walls.

Since zebras are generally "flighty animals," she is kept with a pair of docile donkeys to help her stay grounded. Lisa and Jack, who also keep Zoey from getting lonely, were purchased solely for that reason, Jeff Barber said.

The zebra actually seems to think that Lisa the donkey is her mother, he added.

On an average day, Zoey can be seen standing in one of the farm's fields, her stunning pattern standing out from the crowd that consists of Lisa, who is white, and Jack, who is gray.

While Zoey isn't exactly a "hands-on" animal, "she's cute as a button," Barber noted. It's fun to watch her chase the cows and dogs or gallop away when someone approaches her pen, only to come right back and sniff around curiously, he said.

Among friends, Barber owning a zebra "is one of those things that's kind of become comical," he said. But he hopes that Zoey has brought a smile to more faces than just theirs.

"If we've made people smile, we've done something good."

cpomeroy@gazette.net

Dave is best known as the name of the multi-costumes Zamboni driver. Tony Eisenhut is the color guy who suggested a tape of the game go tonight [Saturday] not Monday to the ECAC. Jason Weinstein is play by play.

billhoward
Dave is best known as the name of the multi-costumes Zamboni driver. Tony Eisenhut is the color guy who suggested a tape of the game go tonight [Saturday] not Monday to the ECAC. Jason Weinstein is play by play.

Ah, thanks. Thought they were both daves for some reason.

Mike did protect the players in the post-game, which is good. He made a subtle comment on the officiating but didn't belabor it.

The players know this wasn't acceptable and we'll see what they do with it. Good teams get stronger when shocked. It's all up to them.

Seems to me if we put more shots on goal or the vicinity of the goal WE might be the ones to get some of those breaks Mike talks about. We can control our shooting efficiency. But we don't. Maybe Greg could start a database that tracks how often each team in the ECAC gets those deflections for goals. I'd bet we're not in the top half.

And I wish we'd stop complaining about the refs. RPI does that incessantly and it's crap. If we're ALL getting screwed then NO ONE is.

TimV
And I wish we'd stop complaining about the refs.

99 times out of 100 I'd be with you. And if anybody has the temerity to claim the refs screwed us against Harvard I'll pitch a fit -- we should have been assessed a minimum of 1 and IMO reasonably 2 delay penalties for the the fuckwits who don't understand NO FISH AFTER THE FIRST PUCK DROP, AT ALL, PERIOD, YOU ASSHOLES. Ahem.

But. The final 10 minutes of the Dartmouth game was a tragedy of officiating. Obviously they didn't lose us the game, we did by suddenly channeling the Alabama-Huntsville penalty kill (disclaimer: I did not research that joke). But the refs sure did the set design and lighting.

Trotsky

TimV
And I wish we'd stop complaining about the refs.

99 times out of 100 I'd be with you. And if anybody has the temerity to claim the refs screwed us against Harvard I'll pitch a fit -- we should have been assessed a minimum of 1 and IMO reasonably 2 delay penalties for the the fuckwits who don't understand NO FISH AFTER THE FIRST PUCK DROP, AT ALL, PERIOD, YOU ASSHOLES. Ahem.

But. The final 10 minutes of the Dartmouth game was a tragedy of officiating. Obviously they didn't lose us the game, we did by suddenly channeling the Alabama-Huntsville penalty kill (disclaimewr: I did not research that joke). But the refs sure did the set design and lighting.

Terrible officiating was a but-for cause of us losing last night's game.

TimV
Seems to me if we put more shots on goal or the vicinity of the goal WE might be the ones to get some of those breaks Mike talks about. We can control our shooting efficiency. But we don't. Maybe Greg could start a database that tracks how often each team in the ECAC gets those deflections for goals. I'd bet we're not in the top half.

And I wish we'd stop complaining about the refs. RPI does that incessantly and it's crap. If we're ALL getting screwed then NO ONE is.

I don't know that there is any data on goals being scored off of the defenders, is there? The only time I see it, is when it's mentioned in discussion, not in box-scores.

In regards to refs, well the end of the game was the worst in a long time. Remember when announcers used to say the refs put their whistle away, well this was the opposite.

Add that to all the goals Dartmouth scored off of CU players, that's the game.

I've wondered for a long time whether Coach's complaining is actually harmful. More complaints means the refs get more annoyed and subconsciously call more against us.

Jim Hyla
I've wondered for a long time whether Coach's complaining is actually harmful. More complaints means the refs get more annoyed and subconsciously call more against us.

It depends on the refs' overall respect for the coach. Jack Parker would ride the refs mercilessly, and he was just setting up the next three calls. He intimidated them, got in their heads, and I am convinced his whining was a net gain for BU.

Earlier in Mike's career I thought it was a boomerrang, particularly because for whatever reason when Mike criticizes it just seems personal. But in his defense I think he has changed significantly. First of all I think he used to complain from emotion -- either to fire up the team or because he'd lost his cool. Now I think he complains because he is trying to manage the refs' attention. He's getting them ready to call something he's noticed the opponent doing. Inception, except of course the refs also know he's doing it. But he doesn't seem like a douche when he does it now, and that makes a difference. Another guy who has learned the same lesson is Bob Gaudet, and just look how well that served him Saturday. Contrast this with Pecknold, who is quickly getting the reputation of Jackwagon of the Decade, and who I am convinced costs him team a call a game just because the officials have had enough of him.

Trotsky
First of all I think he used to complain from emotion -- either to fire up the team or because he'd lost his cool. Now I think he complains because he is trying to manage the refs' attention.

Guessing you weren't looking at the Cornell bench late in the third period on Saturday night...

andyw2100

Trotsky
First of all I think he used to complain from emotion -- either to fire up the team or because he'd lost his cool. Now I think he complains because he is trying to manage the refs' attention.

Guessing you weren't looking at the Cornell bench late in the third period on Saturday night...

I was, but I think that was warranted, and also it was nothing compared to his tirades as The Young Pope.

Agreed, the Angello kneeing call was one of the worst calls I have ever seen at any level of hockey. Not even in the realm of a legitimate call.