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Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
upprdeck it all matters but if we had won the game in Reg we would still be in 16th though closer to 15. the same for Sat nights game. Win both nights though we would be in 11th The goal is to get an at-large bid by the end of the season. Thus, the difference in RPI for winning/losing is what matters, not whether we are 15 or 16 in a particular weekend before the end of the season. For examplby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
BearLover upprdeck coach said they reviewed for goalie interference not a hand pass. I dont think hockey looks at everything in a review like football does. Slow down this video to .25 speed and watch the tying Clarkson goal. Can someone explain how this isn’t a hand pass? The Clarkson player pushes the puck backwards to a teammate with his hand. I guess the coaches must have only realizby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
upprdeck coach said they reviewed for goalie interference not a hand pass. I dont think hockey looks at everything in a review like football does. Slow down this video to .25 speed and watch the tying Clarkson goal. Can someone explain how this isn’t a hand pass? The Clarkson player pushes the puck backwards to a teammate with his hand. I guess the coaches must have only realized it wasby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Scersk '97 BearLover Again, the logical extension of Trotsky’s argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season’s weight on 2-5 games in March. Last night’s game was irrelevant in Trotsky’s view, I guess. Which is nice for him, because if he actually cared about Cornell hockey having national success, last night was about as crushby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 BearLover Dafatone BearLover Safe to assume Cornell is going to have to win every single game until the ECAC finals if they want to make the NCAAs. Absolutely not safe to assume that. There's more hockey left than people realize. I disagree. Cornell is going to be 16th in the PWR after tonight. It will not be especially close to any of the teams ahead of them in RPI. Cornellby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Again, the logical extension of Trotsky’s argument is to not care about the regular season, not care about out of conference games, and put the entire season’s weight on 2-5 games in March. Last night’s game was irrelevant in Trotsky’s view, I guess. Which is nice for him, because if he actually cared about Cornell hockey having national success, last night was about as crushing a series of eventby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
Dafatone cuhockey93 Lots of people don’t agree you can have a good season and miss the NCAA tournament. It’s as simple as that. The team doesn’t go into the season with win% targets. Certainly the players won’t call that a good season. My three goals every year are get a first round bye, make it to Lake Placid (or wherever the tournament is), and make the NCAAs. If we have a great year by RPby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Dafatone Different people value different things. If I had to choose, personally, I'd take the national title. But I understand people who think the ECAC is what matters and the NCAAs are just a fun bonus exercise. It’s not just about what you value, though. Well, I guess it ultimately boils down to that, but it’s just so silly to watch a 35-game season and only care about how a couple of theby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Scersk '97 So just win the ECACs. A national title without an ECAC Championship would be kind of hollow anyway, in my opinion. In my dreams, the NCAAs would just be the regular season “champs” and champions of each conference, with those who unify those crowns getting preferential seeding. A couple of prelim rounds if necessary and the Frozen Four. Would be great. Lol. Okay dude. Quinnipiby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Trotsky Stop measuring every breath with respect to the NC$$s. The important fact of every season is the ECACs. As with football and basketball, the NCAAs is a kitschy doohickey that was added to the end to make sportswriters feel important. Yeah, it would be fun to win, but measuring a season against it is like measuring your life by the size of your coffin. This is, obviously, a completely rby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Dafatone BearLover Safe to assume Cornell is going to have to win every single game until the ECAC finals if they want to make the NCAAs. Absolutely not safe to assume that. There's more hockey left than people realize. I disagree. Cornell is going to be 16th in the PWR after tonight. It will not be especially close to any of the teams ahead of them in RPI. Cornell has 6 games left before thby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
ER lol 1 loss in 15 games. What a charmed life we lead. ? Cornell is probably going to miss the NCAAs because of a horribly unlucky series of events in the final seconds of tonight’s game. The fact we didn’t lose for 14 straight prior makes that more frustrating, not less. This was a terrible result.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
Safe to assume Cornell is going to have to win every single game until the ECAC finals if they want to make the NCAAs.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
ugarte ruined my night after a great win over Yale Yeah. Crazyby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
That was so terrible that it makes me question why I continue to follow this team.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
fastforward About half of them are Where are you getting this information from? In last weekend’s postgame Schafer said a bunch of guys were sick, but that was a week ago and I’d assume they’re mostly better now.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 2 months ago
Mr. Niss mike1960 What was Nazir doing? I'm AOK using clock but hot damn we have to be able to get a shot. We didn’t even come close to using all the clock there either.by BearLover - Other Sports
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
blackwidow ER Why do people think we can’t win the ECAC tournament? Shafer has been allergic to meaningful hardware since 2010 Actually, we win in 2019 if the refs call the game correctly, and we probably win in 2020 too.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
Big Dingus I am cheerful. It’s just facts though. Yale may have been the dagger anyway. I’ll support this team until the day I die though If Cornell loses this game and then wins the following five games until the ECAC final, good chance we get an at-large bid even if we lose the final to Quinnipiac.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
Big Dingus Season over if we lose this game Cheer up.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 2/23 - 2 months ago
Clarkson has really played below their talent the last few seasons. That always makes me scared to play them, because I expect us to have a better chance of losing than the Pairwise would suggest (which in turn would really hurt us in the rankings).by BearLover - Hockey
Re: ECAC 2024 Discussion Thread - 2 months ago
chimpfood Nothing against sever or student athletes in general, I know how hard it is to balance sports and school, but it’s kinda funny that a 3.5 gpa wins scholar athlete of the year for the whole league. 3.5 in Engineering is like a 3.8 in another school though I think.by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
upprdeck This weeks games to help us. ND splitting with Mich would be nice trying to keep umass and NH behind us so maybe a split there St Cloud/WMU. ST cloud jumps them ahead of us but puts WMU behind us. A split moves ST cloud down. A WMU sweep knocks them back a good chunk CC/Omaha CC winning or splitting doesnt do much for us, IMAH sweeping knocks CC back and moves up a small amby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the pros 23-24 - 2 months ago
Dafatone arugula with the players on the Pens pp, how is that even possible? Cornell's PP is too passive and too content to shuffle the puck around the umbrella, but I don't fault them for not shooting enough. Firing a shot into a defender's shins from the point is bad. We need to have more motion away from the puck and work the puck down low to generate chances, and for the love of god do somethby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the pros 23-24 - 2 months ago
Swampy sah67 Jacob MacDonald was profiled by a San Jose fan site as a model for the future of "position-less hockey" due to his versatility in shifting back and forth between forward and defenseman, even during a single game. Lots of good quotes from his coach (David Quinn) on that role as well: The subsequent waiving of JMD aside, it seems to me that, against Yale and Brown, Robinsby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
arugula BC 5 Massachusetts 4 late third. Great game. Jack Malone playing on both PP and PK and getting a lot of playing time in general. Plus I think I saw an “A” on his jersey. Frankly, it feels extra unfair that a fifth year senior from Cornell goes to play for BC. Watching this game, BC looks like the most talented team in the country. I’m sure Malone would have played his fifth year at Cornelby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
arugula Cc won and we go up. I don’t get it. Don’t pay too much attention to our exact rank. Instead, look at how many teams are bunched around us in RPI (which basically determines PWR). What’s important here is that another team that prior to this weekend was far behind us in the PWR (CC) has now jumped ahead of us. Going into this weekend, it looked like there were 6 teams fighting for ~2-4 aby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
marty BearLover CC has tied NoDak 2-2 through two periods despite being badly outshot. Time to !!!!PANIC!!!! Not sure if I'll panic but if I do I'll PANIC!!. Using six extra exclamation points is inexcusable and I'm considering the same punishment that you meted out in Grady last night. CC up 5-2 now. That warrants eight exclamation point, at minimum. Actually, though, this is pretty bad. We aby BearLover - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others 2023-24 - 2 months ago
CC has tied NoDak 2-2 through two periods despite being badly outshot. Time to !!!!PANIC!!!!by BearLover - Hockey
Re: Yale at Cornell, 2/17 - 2 months ago
Dafatone chimpfood Mixed emotions. Love to see them win the Ivy championship but that really hurts our chance at the tourney. It's fine. We didn't drop that far in RPI. We're just in a tight pack of teams. If we keep playing well, we will have a good shot. We didn’t drop far, but things are so tight that marginal changes aren’t so marginal anymore. Cornell held Yale to 12 shots in regulatioby BearLover - Hockey