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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Re: F*CK USCHO - 22 years ago
>"It may be because I am old and grey, but not quite old and grey enough, that I begin every year with the idea that winning the ECAC tournament is *the* mark of success for the season." I am, truth be told, "old and grey enough," but still say a hearty "amen." Championships are remembered, not appearances.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Possibly Taping Of Saturday Playoff Game - 22 years ago
Thom, the NESN web site says "ECAC quarterfinal" is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, at 7pm. Sounds like we eastern Mass types will really get to see it.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Plus / Minus - 22 years ago
I'd guess the ODOYs are usually the two defensemen named to the all-ECAC team.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: If The Season Ended Today - 22 years ago
I'd sure like it, John, if you could find a way for us to play St. Cloud instead. They've never won an NCAA tournament game. (Presumes, of course, we are given the opportunity to play at all.)by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: TUC - 22 years ago
Your point about the "last 16" criterion is valid, John, but I find it less objectionable than TUC because it's something a team influences directly--by winning or losing its games. Cornell has played hard these last games to make its "last 16" as strong as possible. Also, a team's record in the "last 16" is compared directly with every other team's, whereas TUCby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
Jayson Moy described it on a USCHO thread as "Underhill went down hard" in warmups.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: TUC - 22 years ago
Technically true, apple. But the point is, whether a team finishes at/above .500 vs. below .500 can have significant impact on the rankings of others--because that team goes from "counting fully" to "not counting at all" in TUC. And what difference does it really mean for Union to be .500 or .485 in terms of the their difficulty as an opponent. It would not be inconceivabby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: TUC - 22 years ago
The in/out" feature" of TUC is absurd. And how does PWR account for Colgate being a different team in Jan/Feb than it was in Nov/Dec? Or Brown? Or Lowell? Or Union? Or Harvard?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: loss vs dartmouth could have been biggest game of season.......... - 22 years ago
Speaking of the wonderful hockey cam...Age, have you been made whole on this yet?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: End-of-R.S. Stats - 22 years ago
Some other nums: Games trailing after third period: 3 (BU#1, OSU, Dartmouth#1) Games giving up more than 3 goals in regulation: 2 (BU#1, Dartmouth#1) Record against ECAC non-Ivies: 11-0-1; against Ivies: 6-3-1by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
Dunno. Kelly Hughes was at the game Friday night but was not dressed. I don't recall hearing his name tonight--or any other than the usual suspects.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
I recall Grady saying he was really favoring the injured leg.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Underhill - 22 years ago
Grady gave a long dissertation about how if you were on the road and had a goalie injured you could play with only one goalie dressed and not be penalized. So I'm guessing only LeNeveu was dressed.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Who will we play next? - 22 years ago
Danis vs. Dov. I smell an upset. Cornell and Clarkson don't get much reward for their hard work.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Off topic: Lacrosse - 22 years ago
Those are total shots, not shots on goal, but still...by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Who will we play next? - 22 years ago
Last I heard Princeton was three goals up on sucking Harvard, so welcome Old Eli.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: QuickTime audio fix for Windows - 22 years ago
Oops. Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear eats you.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: QuickTime audio fix for Windows - 22 years ago
Well, Washington Roebling built the Brooklyn Bridge.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: @ union / Saturday, March 2nd - 22 years ago
Mark Anbinder, tell Grady the "Chief's" name is Mark Burdyl.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Off topic: Lacrosse - 22 years ago
Georgetown 8, Cornell 5. Wait 'til next year. At the half Georgetown had 32 shots, Cornell had 4. Score was 2-0 Georgetown.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Next year's schedule - 22 years ago
Sue Detzer (pronounced deetzer) runs the hockey office for Coach Schafer. She's really terrific. sld6@cornell.eduby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: PWR 3/1 - 22 years ago
Am I wrong, or do we now lose the direct comparisons with four of the teams clustered around us in the PWR rankings: BU, Maine, Michigan, and Michigan State (and all four because RPI is the tiebreaker). And aren't the last at-large teams chosen on the basis of direct comparisons? I could be wrong, but I think the only way to turn these around would be RPI, and that seems unlikely given relatiby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: PWR 3/1 - 22 years ago
We're getting into the TUC "silly season." It will get worse when tournament quarterfinals weekend comes along. A few years ago Michigan was in a situation where sweeping a quarterfinal series would have knocked the opponent out of a TUC slot, whereas beating them two-out-of-three would have kept the losing team a TUC and improved Michigan's PWR. Cornell will be a TUC, as willby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Jimmy Devellano, Friday March 1 - 22 years ago
As of 11pm, there is one fewer TUC team and Cornell is down to #8. TUC is the college hockey equivalent of figure skating's ordinals. TUC sucks! Oops. 11:10pm and we pass St. Cloud to retake #7. Must be the Yann Danis factor. Think I'll turn in while we're #7. The great Alaska shoot-out underway now might change everything.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Off topic: Lacrosse - 22 years ago
Whom else? The common link between Hilliard and Dryden was...Ned.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Jimmy Devellano, Friday March 1 - 22 years ago
As of 10:18pm Friday, Cornell is #7 in PWR--pending further results from this evening.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Jimmy Devellano, Friday March 1 - 22 years ago
Yeah, but Grady "saud" Underhill was in goal for nearly ten minutes.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Jimmy Devellano, Friday March 1 - 22 years ago
LOL, Greg!! Matt's watching the game in civvies.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Jimmy Devellano, Friday March 1 - 22 years ago
Here's some bad news posted on USCHO by Jayson Moy: "Underhill not dressed for the game, only goalie out there is LeNeveu, Underhill went down hard in the warmup."by Al DeFlorio - Hockey