Cornell Women Hockey

Cornell beats Dartmouth 5-1 and takes over the top spot in ECAC standings with games in hand.

And Colgate women beat Harvard 5-2 early on Friday afternoon.

I missed most of the first period, but Cornell got a pretty dominant 7-0 win over Harvard today. No box score yet, but I’m pretty sure the top line had zero points today. Really great to have this kind of depth.

After the women played two uninspired games in the Capital District last weekend, it was quite a different story back at Lynch, especially yesterday’s 7-0 demolition of a solid Harvard team. Like the men the women sit at #3 in the pairwise.

From a USAToday article on the NHL All-star event:

"The women's 3-on-3 was a smashing success as a new event. Canada beat the U.S 2-1 as Rebecca Johnston and Melodie Daoust silenced “U-S-A! U-S-A!" chants with a goal apiece, and Ann Renee Desbiens was the biggest star with 18 saves."

Watching the ESPN+ feed of Cornell at Colgate. The Raiders look like they are wearing 70s Phillies powder blue unis. Cornell up 2-zip and dominating midway through the first.

Al DeFlorio
From a USAToday article on the NHL All-star event:

"The women's 3-on-3 was a smashing success as a new event. Canada beat the U.S 2-1 as Rebecca Johnston and Melodie Daoust silenced “U-S-A! U-S-A!" chants with a goal apiece, and Ann Renee Desbiens was the biggest star with 18 saves."

I watched it on TV. Johnston's goal was a nice shot. Turned on the speed and got past her defender on a breakaway. Definite goal scorers goal. Fortino also played well.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Al DeFlorio
From a USAToday article on the NHL All-star event:

"The women's 3-on-3 was a smashing success as a new event. Canada beat the U.S 2-1 as Rebecca Johnston and Melodie Daoust silenced “U-S-A! U-S-A!" chants with a goal apiece, and Ann Renee Desbiens was the biggest star with 18 saves."

I watched it on TV. Johnston's goal was a nice shot. Turned on the speed and got past her defender on a breakaway and just blew it by the goalie. Definite goal scorers goal. Fortino also played well.

Cornell up 4-0 in the third with a 5x3 coming up, late in the third. O'Neill already with the hat.

16 goals allowed in 21 games. Yikes!

Al DeFlorio
16 goals allowed in 21 games. Yikes!

It's the system.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Al DeFlorio
16 goals allowed in 21 games. Yikes!

It's the system.

, and a damn good one.

3-2 win vs SLU to cap a nailbiting 3-point weekend.

Trotsky
3-2 win vs SLU to cap a nailbiting 3-point weekend.

Today wasn't exactly a nailbiter - SLU scored their second goal with seven seconds left.

ugarte

Trotsky
3-2 win vs SLU to cap a nailbiting 3-point weekend.

Today wasn't exactly a nailbiter - SLU scored their second goal with seven seconds left.

For a team hovering around .500 SLU looked pretty good. They seem to have a very good freshman class, so they’ll likely be a threat the next few years.

womens hockey needs a circle where you cant have 5 people guarding the goal

#2 Cornell leading # 10 Harvard 2-1 in the third at Bright.

Final 4-1, including a nice SHG

Dartmouth goalie keeping the Green in it, with Cornell up 2-0 late despite a huge advantage in play.

Trotsky
Dartmouth goalie keeping the Green in it, with Cornell up 2-0 late despite a huge advantage in play.

Pretty much like an extended power play.

ENG to make the final 3-0. Posted stats say shots were 39-13 but that doesn't reflect the time of possession. Dartmouth also had 26 blocked shots to Cornell's 7.

Win gives Cornell the Ivy title.

It was somewhat humorous how the Dartmouth announcers were praising Dartmouth’s performance. No offense to them, but in the roughly 50% of the game that I watched, they didn’t come close to sniffing a goal.

scoop85
It was somewhat humorous how the Dartmouth announcers were praising Dartmouth’s performance. No offense to them, but in the roughly 50% of the game that I watched, they didn’t come close to sniffing a goal.

I get it, though. Playing the national #2 they expected a blow out. Props to them for keeping it respectable.

The women are getting overlooked because of the men's start, but this is a great team. (21-1-3). Only Wisco (26-2-1) is comparable. F4 is in Boston; I'd love to see them matched up in front of a pro-Cornell crowd.

scoop85
It was somewhat humorous how the Dartmouth announcers were praising Dartmouth’s performance. No offense to them, but in the roughly 50% of the game that I watched, they didn’t come close to sniffing a goal.

But that means there was a full half of the game where they did. Sounds evenly matched!

Trotsky

scoop85
It was somewhat humorous how the Dartmouth announcers were praising Dartmouth’s performance. No offense to them, but in the roughly 50% of the game that I watched, they didn’t come close to sniffing a goal.

I get it, though. Playing the national #2 they expected a blow out. Props to them for keeping it respectable.

The women are getting overlooked because of the men's start, but this is a great team. (21-1-3). Only Wisco (26-2-1) is comparable. F4 is in Boston; I'd love to see them matched up in front of a pro-Cornell crowd.

Badgers lost to Mankato today, so we’ll see if Cornell moves up to No. 1.

Weder
Win gives Cornell the Ivy title.

9th shutout of the season for Browning. She’s posting ridiculous stats.

Trotsky
F4 is in Boston; I'd love to see them matched up in front of a pro-Cornell crowd.

Might have a pro-Northeastern crowd.

If they make the finals, I'll be there. Short 5 hour drive from LP.

CBR: #2 Women's Ice Hockey Clinches Ivy Title With 3-0 Win At Dartmouth

Dartmouth: Big Green Defeated by No. 2 Cornell to End Alumnae Weekend

Finally an article in the IJ. Probably because of the Rochester connection. Penfield's Lindsay Browning ranks among nation's best goalies for Cornell women's hockey

Lindsay Browning
Not today. Sorry. Try again later.

Love it. Just the right amount of snark.

CBR: #2 Women's Ice Hockey Clinches Ivy Title With 3-0 Win At Dartmouth

Sun: Women’s Hockey Secures Ivy Title, Two Red Icers Reach Century Mark in Points Over Weekend

#1.

Shutout #10 for Browning in a 4-0 win over Brown

Up 4-1 late at Yale.

IINM, Yale is playing ODB's Shimmy Shimmy Ya at a stoppage.

Huh.

Trotsky
IINM, Yale is playing ODB's Shimmy Shimmy Ya at a stoppage.

Huh.

I got a chuckle out of that. Cornell wins 5-1 and will be the top seed in the ECAC playoffs.

I’ve been meaning to post that at some point (maybe before the spring semester?) Min Shin, who was mentioned in an earlier thread, was added to the roster, replacing one of the other goalies.

[cornellsun.com]

Pairwise #1 after weekend sweep.

Al DeFlorio
Pairwise #1 after weekend sweep.

Coupled with OSU’s win over Wisconsin

Also clinch the ECAC regular season championship.

Well done Ladies!!

Bourbonnais and Browning nominated as semi-finalists for the Kazmaier.

Shutout #11 for Browning in 4-0 win vs RPI

And that is a program shutout record I believe!

Records and rankings:

24-1-3 overall, 18-0-3 in the ECAC, 10-0-0 in the Ivy League;
Ivy League Champions!;
ECAC Regular Season Champions:;
#1 in the USCHO poll, #1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll; and
#1 in the Pairwise Rankings.


Cornell Women host Union for Senior Night at 3:00 pm at Lynah on Saturday. Hope to see a good crowd there.

Good news is the women defeated Union 5-3 this afternoon.
Bad news is they gave up 3 goals in the 3rd period including 2 PPG.

Women won 5-3. They were up 5-1 with 10 mins left, then gave up two PP goals in the last 7 minutes.

QF against SLU underway and Cornell is up 3-0 at the first intermission. All three goals scored within a minute including a penalty shot after a Saints player covered up the puck in the crease when it got behind the goalie.

ugarte
QF against SLU underway and Cornell is up 3-0 at the first intermission. All three goals scored within a minute including a penalty shot after a Saints player covered up the puck in the crease when it got behind the goalie.

Is this best of 3?

Trotsky

ugarte

Is this best of 3?

Yes

7-2 final

Went to the women's game yesterday - my very first women's hockey game ever. It's a very different style game than the men's game.

In the women's game, because of the "no checking" it's a lot more stick work on defense. In the men's game, you just bull your way through the defense. There also seemed to be a lot fewer scrums in the corners in the women's game. It leads to more passing, more skating, and a more fluid game with lots of cycling.

I also noticed a lot of difference in our goalies' styles. On dump-in shots on net, Galajda knocks the puck down in front of him, and then plays it with his stick to a teammate. Browning uses her blocker to simply deflect the puck into the corner for a teammate to pick it up. I wonder if that's because of her experience playing with the boys in HS. It gave her faster reflexes, and since the women's shots aren't quite as fast as the men's, she has that extra split second to react.

Of course, the fact that it was 3-0 before you could blink made it a lot more relaxing than the men's game, too

Beautiful shorty by Graham in the third makes it 3-1, after a couple of goals for each side in the second and Kristin O'Neiil's go ahead goal earlier in the third period.

St. Lawrence scores an EAG to make it 3-2, and the women make a few boneheaded plays at the end, but take game two. Cornell was the better team, but St. Lawrence has some terrific freshmen and will be a team to watch the next few years.

Big Red onto the semifinals!

In today's Game 3s, Harvard beat Yale in 3OT and Princeton beat Quinnipiac in 2OT, so the semifinal matchups Saturday at Lynah are: (1) Cornell vs. (4) Harvard and (2) Princeton vs. (3) Clarkson.

Weder
In today's Game 3s, Harvard beat Yale in 3OT and Princeton beat Quinnipiac in 2OT, so the semifinal matchups Saturday at Lynah are: (1) Cornell vs. (4) Harvard and (2) Princeton vs. (3) Clarkson.

Wow. That’s a lot of effort to get chalk.

LGR.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Went to the women's game yesterday - my very first women's hockey game ever. It's a very different style game than the men's game.

In the women's game, because of the "no checking" it's a lot more stick work on defense. In the men's game, you just bull your way through the defense. There also seemed to be a lot fewer scrums in the corners in the women's game. It leads to more passing, more skating, and a more fluid game with lots of cycling.

I also noticed a lot of difference in our goalies' styles. On dump-in shots on net, Galajda knocks the puck down in front of him, and then plays it with his stick to a teammate. Browning uses her blocker to simply deflect the puck into the corner for a teammate to pick it up. I wonder if that's because of her experience playing with the boys in HS. It gave her faster reflexes, and since the women's shots aren't quite as fast as the men's, she has that extra split second to react.

Of course, the fact that it was 3-0 before you could blink made it a lot more relaxing than the men's game, too

since getting espn+ we have watched a few of the games as well. I second your observations. Unfortunately we have not been able to watch in person

jy3

Jeff Hopkins '82
Went to the women's game yesterday - my very first women's hockey game ever. It's a very different style game than the men's game.

In the women's game, because of the "no checking" it's a lot more stick work on defense. In the men's game, you just bull your way through the defense. There also seemed to be a lot fewer scrums in the corners in the women's game. It leads to more passing, more skating, and a more fluid game with lots of cycling.

I also noticed a lot of difference in our goalies' styles. On dump-in shots on net, Galajda knocks the puck down in front of him, and then plays it with his stick to a teammate. Browning uses her blocker to simply deflect the puck into the corner for a teammate to pick it up. I wonder if that's because of her experience playing with the boys in HS. It gave her faster reflexes, and since the women's shots aren't quite as fast as the men's, she has that extra split second to react.

Of course, the fact that it was 3-0 before you could blink made it a lot more relaxing than the men's game, too

since getting espn+ we have watched a few of the games as well. I second your observations. Unfortunately we have not been able to watch in person

The only game I've seen was several years ago and it was a dilly, the 8-7 triple overtime win over BU in the 2012 ECAC final! [cornellbigred.com] The photo heading the article caught me standing in the front row on the far left, clapping over my head. I'm in red and my wife's in white.
I remember thinking that the stick work was crisper than in the men's games (typically at MSG), and wondering whether that might be because there was not as big a concern about getting clobbered.

To see the Cornell women playing in person was to appreciate how dominant a team this is. And yet SLU came close to forcing a game three. Thank goodness for the SHG the men could not quite get later in the day.

Now's your chance - Cornell Women host the ECAC semis on Saturday and finals on Sunday.

Cornell plays in first semi-final versus Harvard at 1 PM on Saturday:

Cornell Athletics
No. 4 Harvard at No. 1 Cornell - 1pm
No. 3 Clarkson vs. No. 2 Princeton - 4pm

Final is at 2 PM on Sunday.

Tickets went on sale this AM

How do they manage 3 visiting teams given the locker room shortage?

CU2007
How do they manage 3 visiting teams given the locker room shortage?

According to this, Lynah has 6 locker rooms.

Jeff Hopkins '82

CU2007
How do they manage 3 visiting teams given the locker room shortage?

According to this, Lynah has 6 locker rooms.

I think that includes the ones for officials and the women’s lacrosse team, so that leaves 2 at most for visiting hockey teams.

I thought I dimly remember one of the things they touted about the Lynah renovation was they built out four full hockey locker rooms to support a tournament. But I could be sundowning.

Trotsky
I thought I dimly remember one of the things they touted about the Lynah renovation was they built out four full hockey locker rooms to support a tournament. But I could be sundowning.

That's what I remember, too.

Locker rooms was a big part of the last Reno.

The women’s lacrosse team uses the old men’s hockey locker room, I believe. Not sure who (if anyone) uses the old women’s hockey locker room. Are there more than 2 locker rooms in the expansion? That would make it awkward since the stairs go directly to the home bench.

Before the expansion, there were three locker rooms, a trainers' room, video room and office space downstairs. Trainers, video and all offices other than the rink manager moved upstairs with the team locker rooms, leaving square footage to be allocated elsewhere although I haven't personally toured the area since the reno occurred. Spent a lot of time down there with youth hockey players in the 90's, however....

i think there are spaces now that can be used as locker rooms, but really only 2 real locker rooms. the others are larger spaces with benches

dag14
Before the expansion, there were three locker rooms, a trainers' room, video room and office space downstairs. Trainers, video and all offices other than the rink manager moved upstairs with the team locker rooms, leaving square footage to be allocated elsewhere although I haven't personally toured the area since the reno occurred. Spent a lot of time down there with youth hockey players in the 90's, however....

There appear to be two visiting-team-quality locker rooms (and the referee room) at the open / Zamboni end of the rink. Friday and Saturday, that allowed the St. Lawrence women to have one locker room and St. Lawrence then Clarkson men to have another.

Clarkson men's hockey enjoying the balmier-than-Potsdam weather Saturday while waiting for the Cornell women to finish off St. Lawrence:

CBR: #1 Women's Ice Hockey Set to Host ECAC Hockey Championship Weekend

Sun: Coming Off Dominant Season, No. 1 Women’s Hockey Readies for Deep Postseason Run

Sun
“Cornell is a hockey school, and in Ithaca, everything is hockey,” said junior forward Finley Frechette. “It’s pretty amazing having people recognize us when we’re out to dinner or getting coffee before the game and saying ‘good luck.’ It’s not really something female hockey players are necessarily used to. Just being apart of it gives me the chills — it’s amazing and everything I could have hoped for.”

Nothing yet from the Harvard athletics site, or The Harvard Crimson.

They haven't made it until there are boy puck bunnies.

Well, girl puck bunnies, really, ouch hey that hurts.

The Harvard Crimson: It’s Playoff Time for Women’s Ice Hockey, But Not Just at the Collegiate Level

Women up 1-0. Jason doing color for Grady.

3-0, midway.

Fairly good crowd at Lynah.

Crimson can get nothing going.

Mills from O'Neill gorgeous ppg. 4-0, 18 to go.

4-0 final, Lindsey Browning's 12th shut out of the season. Onwards to play Clarkson/Princeton winner.

Trotsky
4-0 final, Lindsey Browning's 12th shut out of the season.

Cornell record-setting 12th shutout of the season.

Princeton, surprisingly, all over Clarkson 4-0 late in the 2nd period. Looks like the ladies will be playing the Tigers tomorrow.

I saw there was a major penalty On Harvard in the 3rd. I hope everyone is okay for tomorrow..

The recipient of the hit was on the ensuing power play so I's assume all is okay for tomorrow

According to this PWR predictor, the only way Cornell does not finish at No. 1 in the Pairwise is if it loses to Princeton and Wisconsin wins the WCHA and UConn wins Hockey East and Robert Morris wins the CHA. But let's just beat Princeton and not worry about any other result.

EDIT: I didn't realize the CHA final was today and that Mercyhurst had won. So then Cornell will be No. 1 in the PWR regardless of what happens tomorrow.

CBR: Women's Ice Hockey Thumps Harvard To Advance To ECAC Hockey Title Game

Sun: No. 1 Women’s Hockey Punches Ticket to ECAC Title Game Against Princeton With Shutout Over Harvard

GoCrimson: No. 10/10 Women’s Hockey Defeated 4-0 by No. 1/1 Cornell in ECAC Hockey Semifinals

I love how the GoCrimson video doesn't show any CU goals.

Nothing from "The Crimson."

Up 1-0 1:30 in Watch it if you can.

2-0 @ 2:50

Jim Hyla
Up 1-0 1:30 in Watch it if you can.

I know I won't catch the virus by watching but is my new Lenovo safe?.

Cornell kills a 5x3, Princeton has to feel like they blew their best opportunity.

Barn's rockin' but I don't hear any pep band. Boo.

Trotsky
Cornell kills a 5x3, Princeton has to feel like they blew their best opportunity.

Barn's rockin' but I don't hear any pep band. Boo.

I hear them and see them high in Section O.

jkahn

Trotsky
Cornell kills a 5x3, Princeton has to feel like they blew their best opportunity.

Barn's rockin' but I don't hear any pep band. Boo.

I hear them and see them high in Section O.

OK, good!

Princeton now making it a game. 2-1, but the Tigers are right with us in the second.

2-2

Princeton buzzing through end of 2nd.

Tigers really coming on at the end of the period.

It's going to be a great third.

Halfway through the third, still 2-2. Kinda sloppy but very exciting with both squads playing all out.

Good to see the men in attendance rooting for the women.

O’Neil with a steal.

Wasn’t someone tracking those?

Browning survives several bad giveaways in our zone. Yikes.

Trotsky
Browning survives several bad giveaways in our zone. Yikes.

We’ve had lots of those, and both PU goals came off bad turnovers.

Credit to Princeton, which is playing an excellent game. Lots of blocked shots by both teams.