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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
lax.com article - 22 years ago
Virtually a play-by-play--well, for most of the game--with a pro-Orange bias, IMHO:by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
The tournament makes money - 22 years ago
Article and a nice picture of what appears to be Sam's goal at:by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Big shoes - 22 years ago
Well, one of our shots hit his shoe, so I guess he was there in the crease.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: The Best Fans on the Best Forum - 22 years ago
You mean...you weren't at the games in Boston? What kind of a BU fan are you?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: The Best Fans on the Best Forum - 22 years ago
Their coach knows how to lose with class. This from the CornellBigRed article: "Hats off to Cornell," Syracuse head coach John Desko said. "They have a strong defense, and they put 15 goals on the board against us, which we didn't expect. I thought they were well-prepared for this game. They deserved to win this game."by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Ryan McClay and Sean Greenhalgh - 22 years ago
If the radio announcers had it right, Ryan McClay held Syracuse's top goal-scorer and 2001 first-team All-American, Josh Coffman, without a goal today (and apparently just one assist). Coffman was recently added to the US team (where he will join McClay) which will play in the world tournament in Australia this July. Sean Greenhalgh had six goals on seven shots. Does he get good position orby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: The Best Fans on the Best Forum - 22 years ago
Amen re the SU forum. They now take the crown as worst losers--and winners, for that matter.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [Lax] Syracuse @ Cornell, 4/9 - 22 years ago
According to the radio announcer, a Cornell player was coming onto the field behind the official who made the call, and therefore wasn't seen by him when he counted players on that half of the field. Another official corrected him.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Syracuse lax forum - 22 years ago
Based on the drivel posted there during and after the CU-SU game, the SU forum is a complete waste of time. Whine, whine, whine. Pass the camembert.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Notes on the Frozen Four (long) - 22 years ago
Ned recruited someone from New York City in the early '50s?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: invisible topic? - 22 years ago
Click on the topic above it and then click on older topic, or click on the topic below it and then click on newer topic. You'll be disappointed when you finally get to see it.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [Off-topic] Lacrosse - 22 years ago
Learned today that Scott Lee broke an ankle in the preseason. Was told he played last weekend but he did not play today at Hahvahd.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
This week's scores - 22 years ago
Penn over Dartmouth 10-7. Princeton over Duke last night 7-6 in three OTs. Georgetown over Brown 16-6. Brown (1-0) and Cornell (3-0) only remaining teams unbeaten in Ivies.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: New topic for each lacrosse score - 22 years ago
Agree, John. The new system borders on worthless.::rolleyes: But the Forum can be informative.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: MAAC - 22 years ago
It would be nice if some if the MAAC spin artists would quit the hype (e.g., the "simply magnificent" comment after Quinnipiac's championship game win and the assertion that next year QU will be "scary" and just give us the straight scoop on the league (e.g., making slow progress but with still a loooooong way to go before being competitive with the other major conferences).by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [Off-topic] Lacrosse - 22 years ago
As I mentioned earlier, weather is no concern anymore to Syracuse--one reason they have gone from mediocre in the 60s and 70s to being a perennial top two. Also note the rise of Duke, Carolina, Georgetown, Loyola, and Towson, which collectively were a lacrosse wasteland in my Cornell era.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Undergrad vs Grad - 22 years ago
Harvard alum Samuel Eliot Morison's history of Hahvahd, describing the founding committee's activities of 1636, says: "The house next Shepard's and the cow-yard behind it were purchased by the committee; a master was engaged; and there the first freshman class...was gathered in the early summer of 1638; and the New Town was promptly renamed Cambridge." Once a cow college, always a cby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [Off-topic] Lacrosse - 22 years ago
They also list Cornell in 1971 and Virginia in 1972 as "national champions prior to the NCAA tournament."by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [Off-topic] Lacrosse - 22 years ago
That season-opening loss to Virginia was played April 1 in Charlottesville. Kane mentions what a disadvantage that early date was to Cornell because--with no artificial turf at Schoellkopf at the time--Cornell had yet to practice outdoors. Today April 1 is mid-season, in part due to the changed academic calendar. (I would take finals on Memorial Day and graduated on a sunny June 14.) One resuby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [Off-topic] Lacrosse - 22 years ago
According to Bob Kane's Good Sports, going into the tournament Army was ranked first and Cornell eighth in the polls, which I think were conducted by the USILA--the anointers of the national champion prior to 1971. My recollection is that back in those days the NCAA basketball tournament was much more "regionalized," too. Incidentally, Cornell finished the 1972 season with a 10-3 recoby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: 1971 tournament - 22 years ago
Well, the first round games were Cornell-Brown and Army-Hofstra in the "north," and Navy-Virginia and Maryland-Air Force (obligatory western team, clearly regarded as the weakest team in the tournament--Maryland 10, AF 1) in the "south." In the semifinals, Maryland beat Navy and Cornell beat Army, 17-16, and the rest is history. As I recall, the pairings were specifically doby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Maine-New Hampshire score updates [SPOILERS!!] - 22 years ago
N-U-H These ESPN announcers make one long for Bob Norton.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: April Fools! - 22 years ago
Just read a week or so ago that Parris had signed with a team in Alaska.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Ivy tiebreaker - 22 years ago
The old Big Ten Rose Bowl tiebreaker was interesting: the team that had been to the Rose Bowl more recently stayed home. Might be better than a coin toss.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: All-America Teams - 22 years ago
Having two first-teamers in a season is really something. First time for us since Dadswell and Nieuwendyk in 1986 (when five of the six East A-A's were ECAC), I'm pretty sure. Congrats, guys!by Al DeFlorio - Hockey