2019-01-11: Cornell 6 Arizona State 1

Just win, baby.

I don't know if I've ever seen Cornell look that good in a period in my life.

BearLover
I don't know if I've ever seen Cornell look that good in a period in my life.

I was going say that the 1st period reminded me of Cornell from last season at its best

scoop85

BearLover
I don't know if I've ever seen Cornell look that good in a period in my life.

I was going say that the 1st period reminded me of Cornell from last season at its best

26 SOG in the first period. Wow.

KenP

scoop85

BearLover
I don't know if I've ever seen Cornell look that good in a period in my life.

I was going say that the 1st period reminded me of Cornell from last season at its best

26 SOG in the first period. Wow.

Did we score any goals tho? Not being an asshole, just haven’t had a chance to look.

ASU keeper was awesome; and yes -- we lead 2-0 after 2. Period 2 was not quite as dominating, however.

dag14
ASU keeper was awesome; and yes -- we lead 2-0 after 2. Period 2 was not quite as dominating, however.

Excellent. Thank you.

KenP

scoop85

BearLover
I don't know if I've ever seen Cornell look that good in a period in my life.

I was going say that the 1st period reminded me of Cornell from last season at its best

26 SOG in the first period. Wow.

There were a lot of great opportunities in the first period. It easily could have been 4-0 or 5-0 after one.

after 1 game of viewing i dont see how anyone who has actually watched ASU would have them ranked.

they never carry the puck thru center ice. the lost almost every wall battle, they had bad overlap on D all night, seemed smaller and slower all over the ice

the only way they seemed to generate any offense was when Cornell got so caught up on the forecheck they could spring the puck out to generate an off man. even the goal was just the guy playing no D at all hanging out at the blue line

not even 5-6 goals was enough to show the first period dominance we had close to 50 shots in a period.

have to continue it tonight though or it means little to control game 1.

how does this team have t6 shutouts with that D? they went int PU and shut them out I see which is surprising, but gave up 45 shots that game. the goalie is solid

Their goalie was good.

Johnny Walker is good.

I didn't see much else from them, but that may have been Cornell just playing really well.

Trotsky
Their goalie was good.

Johnny Walker is good.

I didn't see much else from them, but that may have been Cornell just playing really well.

I wasn’t particularly impressed by Walker. He played zero defense, wasn’t particularly strong with the puck, and spent most of his time hanging by the blue line waiting for a breakaway pass, as someone already mentioned.

I do think their power play looked pretty sharp, even though they only had one opportunities. They were whipping the puck around super quick, and overall looked more threatening than ours, even though we were the ones that ended up with a PPG.

They've beaten some very talented teams this year, but after watching last night I would guess that is mostly a product of their amazing goaltender.

They're a fast-skating, counter punching team. Let them shoot and they'll probably score some.

We don't seem to be into letting other teams shoot this year, which is fine with me.

One wonders if Schafer had a chat with Casey.

Av. SOG/G differential, in conference, with team save percentage, in conference:

Yale		  7.3	.913	
Harvard		  6.8	.880
Union		  6.7	.880
Cornell		  6.2	.915
Quinnipiac	  6.2	.907
Brown		  1.8	.898
Clarkson	  0.9	.944
Dartmouth	- 1.2	.889
Princeton	- 2.2	.903
Colgate		- 6.6	.901
RPI	 	-11.5	.903
SLU		-17.9	.915

It's pretty clear why certain teams are having the seasons they're having.

Harvard and Union's goaltending has been abysmal; in Union's case, their goalies are unlikely to improve too much. Our goaltending, after the change, has been better than league average, which is .904. Getting more shots through than your opponent usually works, however achieved.

Our loss to Dartmouth, though wholly typical of our performance at Thompson, looks bad from this perspective. To my mind, which will surely be proven wrong, the only dangerous teams down the standings are Clarkson, since team defense can usually be taught, and Harvard, whose sophomore goalie might come out of his sophomore slump.

So, against Arizona State? Pour in shots; limit theirs. Should also be our strategy vs. Harvard, Union, and any other team with shaky goaltending. Against the others, I'm betting strategy gets a bit more complex.

I thought walker was also just hanging around looking for an outlet and did little with the pucks he had. he may well be a solid finisher with little other skills, which is fine, wish we had 1-2 of those too.

lets see if we can do it 2 games in a row.

Scersk '97
They're a fast-skating, counter punching team. Let them shoot and they'll probably score some.

We don't seem to be into letting other teams shoot this year, which is fine with me.

One wonders if Schafer had a chat with Casey.

I commented last night that it's been a long time since I've seen a Cornell team with the intensity required to want to block close-in shots with their bodies when they already have a four-goal lead, and it was great to see.

Of course it's also just been a long time since I've seen a Cornell team with four-goal leads, so there's that.