Cornell vs. Princeton ECAC Semifinal, 3/16/18 - Game Thread

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Face-off supposedly 4:05pm.

Let's Go Red!!

Lineups the same as last weekend for Cornell.

Watching this Swedish League game on the twitch stream is a good warmup for my eyes to get used to the olympic-sized sheet.

LET'S GO RED!!!!!!

Yates off the rebound to make it 1-0, good guys. LGR!!

Good first period - lots of possession and shot-blocking, and nice opportunistic play by Yates for the score.

Beeeej
Yates off the rebound to make it 1-0, good guys. LGR!!

Looked to me like a Donaldson centering pass went off a Princeton skate to Yates. Doesn't matter. 1-0.

Al DeFlorio

Beeeej
Yates off the rebound to make it 1-0, good guys. LGR!!

Looked to me like a Donaldson centering pass went off a Princeton skate to Yates. Doesn't matter. 1-0.

I thought it was the rebound that went off the Princeton skate to Yates, but as you say, doesn't matter.

Al DeFlorio

Beeeej
Yates off the rebound to make it 1-0, good guys. LGR!!

Looked to me like a Donaldson centering pass went off a Princeton skate to Yates. Doesn't matter. 1-0.

Al's right about the sequence and the relevance. As long as it ended up in the back of the net.

Great first period. Thought the call on Kaldis was ticky-tack and the timing was terrible. Princeton needed the breather.

Princeton ties it up on a skate bounce as well.

that princeton goal was nonsense and i refuse to accept that it happened

Princeton up 2-1 - blocked shot in the Princeton zone leads to a one-on-none break and a goal.

How much left in game? CHN app seems to be spotty right now. Thanks.

JasonN95
How much left in game? CHN app seems to be spotty right now. Thanks.

24.7 seconds left in the 2nd.

2-1 bad guys going into the second intermission.

Princeton sure knows how to transition after a turnover or blocked shot. We've got to do a better job getting pucks through

Looks like we'll be starting the 3rd on a power play, but I missed what the call was.

Eleven Sports caller said crosscheck, I think.

Princeton Cross Check. I thought I saw Princeton #10 hit one of our guys after time expired.

so why did the first princ. goal count? it was kicked in and then deflected?

Cornell’s passing does not seem as crisp as last week.

upprdeck
so why did the first princ. goal count? it was kicked in and then deflected?

It wasn't kicked in. It deflected in off our own player's (Nuttle) skate.

upprdeck
so why did the first princ. goal count? it was kicked in and then deflected?

it went in off a cornell skate

Princeton PP coming with 10:11 left in the 3rd.

Beeeej
Princeton PP coming with 10:11 left in the 3rd.

Only a few seconds in, Princeton penalty to end the PP. 4-on-4.

We needed to bury that shot from point blank. Really tough spot now

Verroneau makes it 3-1 Princeton.

We'll get a very brief PP of about 17 seconds shortly, with about 8 minutes left in the 3rd.

Media stoppage, 5:06 left in the 3rd.

Princeton doing a good job stick on stick. We're doing too much one on one stuff

Galajda off with 2:40 left

great 6x5 pressure- we just can't buy a goal today

Cornell peppering the shots but not getting it there, faceoff in Princeton zone with 1:30 left.

Robinson with the breakaway ENG. 4-1.

Well shit.

F the pairwise, we don't deserve a bid since we can't take care of business against the bottom half of the league

Cornell played fine. I don't think Princeton is very good. They had very little possession the entire game and couldn't set anything up in the offensive zone. They play a style where they start rushing up on offense as soon as they see even the slightest glimmer of a teammate possessing the puck, even if it means neglecting their defensive assignments. I don't know if Cornell was prepared for it--it led to their second goal and several other breaks--but Cornell had plenty of its own chances going the opposite way and just didn't score. I feel bad for all the Cornell fans who made the trip. Rooting for Clarkson to win it all now, obviously.

abmarks
F the pairwise, we don't deserve a bid since we can't take care of business against the bottom half of the league

lmao that's not how hockey works

BearLover
Cornell played fine. I don't think Princeton is very good. They had very little possession the entire game and couldn't set anything up in the offensive zone. They play a style where they start rushing up on offense as soon as they see even the slightest glimmer of a teammate possessing the puck, even if it means neglecting their defensive assignments. I don't know if Cornell was prepared for it--it led to their second goal and several other breaks--but Cornell had plenty of its own chances going the opposite way and just didn't score. I feel bad for all the Cornell fans who made the trip. Rooting for Clarkson to win it all now, obviously.

(quoting myself) ...on the other hand, Princeton winning could knock out North Dakota and put another relatively easy opponent in the tournament.

I do think Princeton had a good game plan in terms of looking to attack when our D-men jumped into the play. We've been great at getting back on D all season and it didn't happen today.

I blame the olympic sheet. I hate it. We got stranded with the puck in the offensive zone with no teammates to pass to very often.

a kick that leads to a deflected goal still does not count.. or are the ncaa rules different than every other usa hockey rulebook?

upprdeck
a kick that leads to a deflected goal still does not count.. or are the ncaa rules different than every other usa hockey rulebook?

He didn't kick the puck; he basically tripped over the puck. If Nuttle hadn't kicked it himself it would have skidded harmlessly through the crease.

Plus doesn't it have to be an offensive player's kick?

upprdeck
a kick that leads to a deflected goal still does not count.. or are the ncaa rules different than every other usa hockey rulebook?

No one kicked anything.

1. The puck bounces off the end boards surprising Galadja.
2. The Princeton player smacks at it with a backhand but whiffs.
3. The puck bounces off the Princeton player's skate while he's whiffing.
4. The puck slides across the crease, wide of the goal.
5. Nuttle pulls up in the crease to block the whiffed backhand attempt.
6. The puck deflects off the heel of Nuttle's skate and into the net.

sah67
6. The puck deflects off the heel of Nuttle's skate and into the net.

that's right, but if a princeton player had knocked the puck in the way nuttle did, i think the refs wave it off

the princeton kid had the puck slide back to him and tried a back kick to get control of the puck it then slid over to knuttle and he whiffed and kicked it in,

Not sure if this was posted already:

Post-game 3/17/18

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I think Alex looks like he either had a cold or was getting a cold.