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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Going Pro - 1 year ago
Is there a source which reveals the numbers of hockey players from specific D-1 college programs who go on to play professional hockey?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Harvard @ Cornell, 12/2/2022 - 1 year ago
Basketball doesn't go to two-on-two when tied in regulation, nor does baseball go to four-on-four, nor does soccer go to three-on-three, as far as I know?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
Not so long ago every Lynah game played before a standing room only crowd. Cornell hockey teams are now frequently playing at home to at best a half-empty rink. The student body and the townies have spoken, while apologists make silly excuses and crude insults rather than consider improvements. Maybe lower the price of admission? Athletes frequently improve their game before a big home crowd.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: 2022-23 Predictions - 1 year ago
Harvard has 15 or 16 hockey players who currently have contracts with NHL teams. How many current C.U. hockey players have contracts with NHL teams, and who are these professional prospects?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
B.L. - What do you consider to be a successful C.U. ice-hockey season? A half-full Lynah Rink for every home game? A top-five finish in the ECAC? What would be a proper aspiration for a C.U. hockey fan, not too low and not too high?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Harvard @ Cornell, 12/2/2022 - 1 year ago
I'm a cranky old alum who was fortunate to be around when Lynah was built, when Cornell dominated the Ivy league for years on end, when the Cornell hockey team was the best college hockey team in the nation, when attendance at Lynah was SRO for years on end. This experience makes me cringe when I come across justifications for the status quo of C.U. men's varsity ice hockey. I prefer to harbor unby osorojo - Hockey
Re: Harvard @ Cornell, 12/2/2022 - 1 year ago
Currently 5 or 6 other D-1 hockey teams from universities with a fraction of the wealth of Harvard are more highly ranked than Harvard. This is no surprise, it's the norm. Suggesting the success of a college hockey program (see above) results from the wealth of a university is just silly.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: UConn @ Cornell (MSG), 11/26/2022 - 1 year ago
The cuisine at the Palms left a bit to be desired - but The Palms attracted about as wide a variety of patrons as any dive I have ever known: From Cha Cardone and Obie O'Brian to Doug Ferguson.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
A mob of apologists scream "Bot! Bot!" whenever a post suggests a sub-par performance by a C.U. hockey team and calls for improvement. Crowds were not nearly as forgiving during the decades when the team was expected to at LEAST win the Ivy league men's ice hockey championship. Today's C.U. Hockey fans are much less demanding - and Much less numerous . . .by osorojo - Hockey
Re: UConn @ Cornell (MSG), 11/26/2022 - 1 year ago
"Where does the heat belong now?" Upon the the players and the coaches - as always. Do not confuse sports with politics.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: UConn @ Cornell (MSG), 11/26/2022 - 1 year ago
It appears C.U. does have a competitive Men's hockey team this year. This takes the heat off apologists and puts it where it belongs.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: SHU @ Cornell, 11/22/2022 - 1 year ago
In my opinion the pursuit of excellence in sports is a worthwhile enterprise, and size matters. Bemidji State has an enrollment of 2,800 students, a modest budget, and a D-1 hockey team ranked in 24th place. Cornell Men's varsity hockey is currently ranked in 27th place - up from 34th place. Don't blame me. These are not my numbers. If you are content with these facts enjoy the season and the elbby osorojo - Hockey
Re: SHU @ Cornell, 11/22/2022 - 1 year ago
Calling for better play and better results from the team and the coach is NOT harmful to a hockey team any more than praising the team and the coach creates a superior hockey team. Great expectations are a prerequisite, not a hindrance, for athletic success.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: UConn game at MSG - 1 year ago
"We can skate with anyone"?!! I once skated on Beebe Lake and I can still skate with anyone, but I just can't keep up. Sound familiar?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
Discussions about the performance of the C.U. Men's Varsity Hockey team and questions about how it might improve are greeted here with name-calling and derision. I have been a C.U. hockey fan for 60 years, from a club team to national champions and beyond, from a sparsely attended Lynah Rink and opponents such as Susquehanna to yearly sellouts at Lynah, and back to a tepid interest in C.U. Hockeyby osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
Can't answer a question? Call its author a "bot"- an insect? The question stands by itself: "What are the necessary preconditions for Cornell to create a championship D-1 men's college hockey team?" (Hint - name calling isn't one of them) The only time questions are "disagreeable" is when the respondent is ashamed of or wants to obscure the answer. My question was asby osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
A "tradition of excellence" sounds good, but how do these schools - many of them small and neither wealthy nor large, MAINTAIN this "tradition of excellence" in the face of other schools with many more students, much more money, and better facilities? Is there something unique about college hockey which enables teams from relatively small, relatively unknown colleges/universitby osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
Year after year some universities have hockey teams in the top twenty, even the top ten, and neither the size of the school nor the endowment of the school nor the academic credentials of the school seem to be a predictor of their success in D-1 College Men's hockey?! It's reasonable to assume that these continually successful colleges and universities share some common condition(s) which contribby osorojo - Hockey
Re: Opponents and Others, 2022-23 - 1 year ago
With a few spectacular exceptions (eg: K.Dryden) college hockey players do not dominate the cream of professional hockey players - as athletes do in most other sports. How come?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Quinnipiac , 11/05/22 - 1 year ago
This should be a banner year for detailed discussions of ice-hockey venues: in-depth discussions seating arrangements at away games and critiques of opponent hockey fan audiences.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Cornell @ Clarkson, 11/12/2022 - 1 year ago
It would be wise to provide Cornell skaters with larger, thicker, heavier protective gear as soon as possible.by osorojo - Hockey
Early ratings - 1 year ago
Current USCH D-1 pairwise ratings have rated the Cornell Men's Varsity hockey team in 61st. place - one ahead of last-place Dartmouth. That's the bad news. The good news is the Cornell men's ice hockey team has nowhere to go but up!by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Cornell at Duluth (10.28 and 10.29) - 1 year ago
Any predictions on the Cornell Varsity Men's Hockey Team Won/Lost percentage for this season?by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Cornell Daily Sun column - 1 year ago
". . . a pissing contest in the back of a WWE wrestling match?" HAH! The writer is so obviously uninformed and/or untrustworthy. Everyone knows the FRONT row of a WWE wrestling match is the venue for pissing contests!by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Cornell Daily Sun column - 1 year ago
There's nothing like winning, a LOT of winning, to ramp up the numbers attending, the excitement of, and the atmosphere enjoyed by fans of a successful hockey team. It's nothing like golf, or tennis, or even baseball! It's been more than 50 years and I'm still amped - I hope current C.U. students are able to attend and enjoy the successes of C.U. hockey - live, not on mini-screens.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: AI coming to a hockey rink near you soon - 1 year ago
billhoward: I would trade you 500 multi-billionaires of your choice for one Einstein. Equating the accumulation of wealth by a few people with the progress of human knowledge (or the improvement of the human condition) is a fool's errand.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Congress allows Ivy League antitrust exemption to expire - 1 year ago
Just running an issue through a calculator (or computer) and accepting the results ignores the accuracy of the data and too often legitimizes conclusions based upon faulty evidence and just plain lies. The old boys who founded an institution where any person could find instruction in any study broke new ground and pretty much delegitimized overall ratings of educational institutions offering oveby osorojo - Hockey
Re: Congress allows Ivy League antitrust exemption to expire - 1 year ago
If only there were fewer applicants with both intellectual and physical talent the organization, operation, and finances of colleges and universities would be greatly simplified. We could have universities for athletes and separate universities for scholars.by osorojo - Hockey
Re: Congress allows Ivy League antitrust exemption to expire - 1 year ago
The words, not the class size, are the key to excellence in teaching. British Scholar Dr. Samuel Finer once taught a history class in Goldwin Smith to a half- full lecture hall. When the word got out even those enrolled in the course had to show up ten minutes early to get a seat.by osorojo - Hockey