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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Re: Yale Game Thread - 6 days ago
Jim Hyla Eventually the number is going to have to be used, or Schafer will break his "rule" and allow "non-traditional" numbers. 69 anyone? Clarkson-ification.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Yale Game Thread - 8 days ago
Trotsky Dafatone Well, that should've been a major.And it is but Berard gets 2 for embellishment, which... That's a new one. Schafer will, and should, have some choice words to air after this one.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Interesting news about Harvard admissions - 8 days ago
George64 Back in 1960, I don’t remember any financial inducement with the medal. I came instead to Cornell where tuition was about $1200 per year, among the highest in the country, and room and board another $1000. I'll call that number quite a bargain back then, I think. But inflation calculations are so very murky. The Medal back in '93 also included a waiver of RPI's application fee, soby Scersk '97 - Other Sports
Re: Interesting news about Harvard admissions - 8 days ago
marty He has a Rensselaer Medal that at first meant 30k/yr off tuition but due to stalling on his part has been upped to 35k. The offer was only $5000/yr back in 1993, IIRC. Man, even accounting for inflation, they're paying out serious money to Medal winners now.by Scersk '97 - Other Sports
Re: Brown Game Thread - 9 days ago
But how can we talk about the team in a thread other than "Game Thread?" The horror!by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Stats - 12 days ago
So, what counts as a shutout this year? Related: The new overtime and shootout rules are soooooooo dumb. Giveaway point to Crimson-type dandies. Not a fan.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Game thread - 12 days ago
jtwcornell91 If you had told me in 2005 that we would have every Cornell hockey game streaming via ESPN on the internet, with Grady doing the play-by-play for the games at Lynah, you would have had to get out the smelling salts to revive me before getting to the part about TimV doing color. We really have a sweet broadcasting setup right now. Completely agree. At the risk of not leaving the coby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Game thread - 13 days ago
facemadeforradio Don't recall bringing up Weder...though I did mention that the students were chanting "We want Miller" (or so I perceived with my 30+ year broadcast-impaired hearing) for RPI back-up Brett Miller after the score was well out of hand. The students are coming through quite well on the broadcasts—surprisingly well, considering the masks and such. Nothing better for us foby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Game thread - 14 days ago
Trotsky Remember too that Schafer changed because the game changed around him. The style of play we are seeing now depends on puck handlers being able to open the ice up without being wrapped up, dragged down, or cross checked into the boards. I don't know. I certainly see other teams' players doing all those things to us often enough without getting penalized.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Game thread - 14 days ago
Trotskyscoop85 Of course that’s when Schafer did the recruiting reboot to bring in more skilled players, and the results speak for themself.Absolutely. In his first 21 years (96-16), his teams produced 11 hat tricks. In the 4.2 years since (17-22), they have 9. Perhaps Sean Flanagan's found a bit of an edge in finding and developing offensive talent? I've always assumed Syer was brought inby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Sucks - 14 days ago
upprdeckNeed to play well this weekend and then the north country trip we always dread in a few weeks will decided how we stand after the first half of the season,. Yale and Brown have not played well so far, and we need to punish them for that. Coming to Lynah is going to be, I think, quite disorienting for teams who don't have many (if any) fans at home games this season and/or who didn'tby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Stats - 14 days ago
Oh, oh, the stats I miss. Today's it's the easy access to things like PP Chances/Game and % of game time ahead, tied, and behind.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: No Shots On Goal Display At Lynah - 15 days ago
DafatoneThere was an experience at Schoellkopf? Once upon a time, it was pretty pleasant, actually. The band was IMNSHO entertaining, there were cheerleaders, the team sometimes won. Heck, there were even stands on the west side of the field!by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: No Shots On Goal Display At Lynah - 15 days ago
andyw2100 My personal preference would be for the "Let's make some noise" program to never again be run on the Lynah scoreboard, but failing that, any of the above would be better. This. The “make some noise” scrub nonsense cheapens the Lynah experience. Constant noise, after all, is unnecessary and stifles creativity. The new scoreboards cheapened the experience at Schoellkopf; tby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Game thread - 16 days ago
Psenicka is impressive. And he’s quick! Very rapidly becoming my favorite frosh. Penney gets to a ton of pucks—so many that he starts to infuriate other teams. Nice rush by Kempf there at one point. Very Jason Dailey one man team! Solid win.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dartmouth Game - 20 days ago
Side note in which I avoid bagging on Dartmouth's awful prison garb: I am grateful to whomever got it right that in our return to the ice no mistakes, as far as I can tell, were made with our uniforms. The arm stripes seem to be in the right place, i.e., below the elbow; the colors are good; and the numbers are properly sized. High marks, but it should never be difficult in the first place.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dartmouth Game - 20 days ago
TimV marty scoop85 Dafatone Chris H82 Side note - did anyone else notice just how ugly Dartmouth's uniforms were? It seems we were playing against a bunch of guys in convict gear. Almost as ugly as the old Seattle Metropolitans jerseys from 100+ years ago (I'm sure the Kraken will wear something like that for a throwback night....) Honestly, I kinda loved them. I’m on Team Hideous I vote foby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Dartmouth Game - 21 days ago
Schafer on CHN "I'm just happy we figured out a way," Schafer said. "It was a tough loss last night (at Harvard). To come back here tonight and get the job done was really good." Who is this Mike Schafer, and what have they done with him? I'm sure he'll find more than a few teachable moments to address in practices this week, but a hard-nosed Schafer that can pivot to haby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: harvard game - 23 days ago
IcebergMaybe the most physical Harvard team I've seen in a while? They definitely have better talent up front and a few very good D (i.e. Thrun). That said, it was definitely a winnable game although not the ideal result Thrun? He's clearly their Kaldis. Kid seems to play the whole damn game. I don't wish him ill by any means, but if he somehow ends up injured their D is going to be in major trby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Polls - Nov. 1 Cornell 15th - 25 days ago
jtwcornell91 Ugh, I remember that season. From undefeated to a losing Ivy record. And that was back when the Cornell football games were all on satellite, and the Cornell Club of Santa Barbara scheduled a viewing party for the Penn game at a sports bar in Santa Barbara, which kicked us off the TV in the 4th quarter so people could watch the start of some jock factory matchup. But didn't do theby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Alaska Post Mortem - 26 days ago
French Rage Scersk '97It's eLynah. We don't do memes. Much. Jerk. Typical.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Alaska Post Mortem - 28 days ago
scoop85 Thanks for your analysis of my analysis-always nice to get some thoughtful feedback. It's eLynah. We don't do memes. Much.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Alaska Post Mortem - 28 days ago
scoop85 We are unlikely to be anywhere as creative an offensive team as the stellar 2019-20 version and will rely far more on greasy goals 5 x 5 or on the power play for offense. We still have some skill guys like Andreev (who struggles to finish), Locke, and Berard, but none of the newcomers look like they’re suited to fill the skill void of the guys we lost. If in your memory everyone who isby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Lynah now at full capacity - 29 days ago
ugarte love 3x3 sorry! (do not love 55% but would probably be fine if we could negotiate this to, say, 70%) Disagree. It's dumb and anti-climactic. How much better would it have been to have 5x4 for overtime tonight and 100% of a win instead of 55% of a tie? I could get on board with 4x4, five minutes, no sudden death.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Lynah now at full capacity - 29 days ago
Dafatone I can't believe football gets top billing over hockey. Neither can I. My freshman year, the away Penn weekend coincided with the home Harvard/Brown weekend. So… We stayed for the hockey game on Friday, had a party, climbed on a bus for an overnight road trip (brief sleep was allowed) to Philadelphia, played a breakfast gig, marched, left after halftime, and made it back before thby Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Lynah now at full capacity - 30 days ago
The current band is not adept at being two places at once.by Scersk '97 - Hockey
Re: Controversial call in Princeton vs Harvard football game - 4 weeks ago
jtwcornell91 It took me a while to figure out what happened from the summary, since I've apparently lost track of how goofy college football overtime has become. What's wrong with ties?! The closest I have ever seen Lynah come to a riot was after a tie, so it's not like they're not exciting. I feel your pain. And, unfortunately, college hockey caught the bug when many of us were not paying aby Scersk '97 - Other Sports
Re: Controversial call in Princeton vs Harvard football game - 4 weeks ago
Ken711 Doesn't look like Princeton will be so gracious and give the win back to Harvard. Harvard's 2-point conversion came in the "bottom of the inning" too, so Princeton's possible concession would be most rational. There would seem to be no "we would've played the rest of the game differently" excuse.by Scersk '97 - Other Sports
Re: Under 18 vs. Cornell - 4 weeks ago
scoop85 upprdeck they played pretty well against a team that has held its own vs college teams this yr.. create pretty good pressure much of the game and didnt get crazy sloppy. Yeah, I think the two exhibitions should give us cause for optimism. Biggest question remains who starts in goal next week; my best guess is Howe. I agree on both above points. Howe faced many more shots than the oby Scersk '97 - Hockey