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For those of us who didn't go to Reddit or didn't watch the game, could someone please post their initial impressions of this year's team.

Surprisingly good coordination (passing, playmaking) among them considering the lack of game experience. Ertel and Kempf stood out to me -- Ertel (rhymes with turtle) has a soft touch, Kempf was already acting like a leader and a quarterback.

Hard to judge because Princeton was a mess and very passive.

Impossible to judge the goaltending -- there was zero pressure.

The only thing I feel comfortable saying for sure is we aren't a complete dumpster fire. It's an actual hockey team with actual players who seem to know something about what they're doing. We'll have to wait for real competition to judge more.

Trotsky
Surprisingly good coordination (passing, playmaking) among them considering the lack of game experience. Ertel and Kempf stood out to me -- Ertel (rhymes with turtle) has a soft touch, Kempf was already acting like a leader and a quarterback.

Hard to judge because Princeton was a mess and very passive.

Impossible to judge the goaltending -- there was zero pressure.

The only thing I feel comfortable saying for sure is we aren't a complete dumpster fire. It's an actual hockey team with actual players who seem to know something about what they're doing. We'll have to wait for real competition to judge more.

My sense is you’ve been overly pessimistic about this team. We have plenty of experience and depth throughout the lineup. If our goaltending is even average by Cornell standards we’re a top-4 ECAC team

unil we see how the alaska series goes we dont have even a partial picture to look at.

scoop85

Trotsky
Surprisingly good coordination (passing, playmaking) among them considering the lack of game experience. Ertel and Kempf stood out to me -- Ertel (rhymes with turtle) has a soft touch, Kempf was already acting like a leader and a quarterback.

Hard to judge because Princeton was a mess and very passive.

Impossible to judge the goaltending -- there was zero pressure.

The only thing I feel comfortable saying for sure is we aren't a complete dumpster fire. It's an actual hockey team with actual players who seem to know something about what they're doing. We'll have to wait for real competition to judge more.

My sense is you’ve been overly pessimistic about this team. We have plenty of experience and depth throughout the lineup. If our goaltending is even average by Cornell standards we’re a top-4 ECAC team

Goaltending is THE big question, IMO. And as Trotsky said, this game didn't show anything on that front.

even without pressure there were 4-5 really nice saves.. whether that equates to a whole game of nice saves we will see..

scoop85

Trotsky
Surprisingly good coordination (passing, playmaking) among them considering the lack of game experience. Ertel and Kempf stood out to me -- Ertel (rhymes with turtle) has a soft touch, Kempf was already acting like a leader and a quarterback.

Hard to judge because Princeton was a mess and very passive.

Impossible to judge the goaltending -- there was zero pressure.

The only thing I feel comfortable saying for sure is we aren't a complete dumpster fire. It's an actual hockey team with actual players who seem to know something about what they're doing. We'll have to wait for real competition to judge more.

My sense is you’ve been overly pessimistic about this team. We have plenty of experience and depth throughout the lineup. If our goaltending is even average by Cornell standards we’re a top-4 ECAC team

i'm less pessimistic than i am in the dark. we lost so much to graduation and transfer and we were sooooooo good that being a top-4 team in the ECAC is a huge comedown. we have to readjust to enjoying a team that is Normal Good instead of title contenders.

ugarte

scoop85

Trotsky
Surprisingly good coordination (passing, playmaking) among them considering the lack of game experience. Ertel and Kempf stood out to me -- Ertel (rhymes with turtle) has a soft touch, Kempf was already acting like a leader and a quarterback.

Hard to judge because Princeton was a mess and very passive.

Impossible to judge the goaltending -- there was zero pressure.

The only thing I feel comfortable saying for sure is we aren't a complete dumpster fire. It's an actual hockey team with actual players who seem to know something about what they're doing. We'll have to wait for real competition to judge more.

My sense is you’ve been overly pessimistic about this team. We have plenty of experience and depth throughout the lineup. If our goaltending is even average by Cornell standards we’re a top-4 ECAC team

i'm less pessimistic than i am in the dark. we lost so much to graduation and transfer and we were sooooooo good that being a top-4 team in the ECAC is a huge comedown. we have to readjust to enjoying a team that is Normal Good instead of title contenders.

This is where I am as well.

I think it is easy to forget that we aren't entitled to top-4 finishes.

dbilmes
For those of us who didn't go to Reddit or didn't watch the game, could someone please post their initial impressions of this year's team.

is there a big reddit scene for cornell hockey?

people still assume every other team is not still messed up after last couple of years. look at CFB this year.. crazy results all over.

upprdeck
unil we see how the alaska series goes we dont have even a partial picture to look at.

This weeks game against U-18 should show a lot. They have played 9 games and are 3-1 against NCAA teams. Beat MSU,ND, MTU and lost to NMU.

The Rancor

dbilmes
For those of us who didn't go to Reddit or didn't watch the game, could someone please post their initial impressions of this year's team.

is there a big reddit scene for cornell hockey?

There is a Cornell hockey reddit site here: [www.reddit.com]

We are trying to grow it. We went from under 100 to over 200 members in the last 6 months.

Photos of the Princeton game (and the closed-door Red-White game) are here: [www.cornellhockeyassociation.com]

While goaltending is the key question this season, I'm not super concerned. After all, when was the last time Cornell had lousy goaltenders. Or even mediocre goaltending for that matter?

margolism
While goaltending is the key question this season, I'm not super concerned. After all, when was the last time Cornell had lousy goaltenders. Or even mediocre goaltending for that matter?

2006-2007 was Ben Scrivens' freshman year when he split time with Troy Davenport. Together, they were better than mediocre, but not by a ton.

margolism
While goaltending is the key question this season, I'm not super concerned. After all, when was the last time Cornell had lousy goaltenders. Or even mediocre goaltending for that matter?

Edmands and Fawcett in 84 were both bad and came in with zero experience.

And then in 87 the whole team was terrible.

94 is the last year we didn't have at least a very good goalie. Since then:

95-98 Elliott    2.89  .910
99-02 Underhill  2.32  .913
02-03 LeNeveu    1.29  .938
04-06 McKee      1.71  .926
07-10 Scrivens   1.93  .930
11-14 Iles       2.26  .917
14-17 Gillam     2.15  .923
18-20 Galajda    1.61  .931

We have been SUPER fortunate.

In the past, when a goalie departed early, the coaching staff had someone coming in already, or got someone to come to Ithaca a year early. We'll see we happens. Good defensemen make goalies look good. The system.

Both Matt Underhill and Ben Scrivens improved their rebound control tremendously during their time on East Hill. Not coincidentally, aside from Mike Schafer's first season as head coach, Underhill and Scrivens's freshmen years are the only seasons during the Schafer Era in which Cornell goaltenders had a collective save percentage under .900.

The recent exhibition game against Princeton reminded me of the scrimmage we played at Baker Rink in October 1998. Matt Underhill kicked so many rebounds into the slot that day, I didn't dare dream that he would give up fewer than two goals per game in his junior and senior years.