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Re: Cornell 3 Union 0 (3rd) - 19 years ago
ganderson Wrote: Anyone know the origin of the term "hat trick" (and willing to share it with the rest of us?) Ask Yahoo says it's an old cricket tradition. The Maven's Word of the Day agrees Dates from the the 1870's.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Cornell 4 Union 0 (3rd) (McKee B2B shutouts?) - 19 years ago
billhoward Wrote: Does McKee have a weekend shutout or even back to back shutouts? Edited 1 times. Last edit at 02/19/05 09:05PM by billhoward. St Lawrence 1/29/04, Colgate 2/4/05by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Lynah remodel - keeping up with the Joneses - 19 years ago
Until spectators fill the west end, the goalie has a less cluttered view of the incoming puck. View of the clock.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Lynah remodel - keeping up with the Joneses - 19 years ago
jmh30 Wrote: If, in theory, you wanted to un-split the student section, and also wanted to keep the people with tickets in C and M happy, and also didn't want to do any significant renovation, couldn't you put the students in E-F-G-H-J-K and have Cornell shoot at that end twice a game? There are other reasons to shoot at the west end and defend the east.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: righty/lefty - 19 years ago
Oh, I certainly agree that it's generally easier to pose a question than answer it, sports or otherwise. I've judged quite a few science fairs over the last 15 years and have seen some ingenious attempts middle school and elementary school students to measure the behavior of baseball bats and balls and such. Some had a better understanding of a controlled experiment than others. I think that iby David Harding - Hockey
Re: NHL + PA Still Talking - 19 years ago
Here's a relevant story about one of Bâby's current teammates: 'I just want to fight more' By Mike Spellman Daily Herald Sports Writer 2/11/2005 A few weeks ago, Kip Brennan requested a meeting with Chicago Wolves coach John Anderson. Keep in mind that Brennan stands 6-feet-4, 240 pounds, and among the duties listed on his job description is beating the snot out of people. Wheby David Harding - Hockey
Re: 1983 Harvard game question - 19 years ago
Jerseygirl Wrote: ...Girls' sports in my area were all about singing on the bus and putting ribbons on each others' ponytails. Ugh. Guys don't pull that kind of crap, do they? ... -Jers When guys do that it's called hazing.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: righty/lefty - 19 years ago
billhoward Wrote: I wonder if there ever was quantitative testing of curved vs. straight sticks. Does the quality, speed, accuracy (?) of the shot outweigh its drawbacks on the backhand side? I'm at a total loss as to how one could do this quantitatively. At first I thought that it might be straightforward to compare speed and accuaracy of shooting with curved and straight sticks becauseby David Harding - Hockey
Dear Uncle Ezra about the cowbell - 19 years ago
Today's Dear Uncle Ezra discusses the question of cowbell succession. Dear Uncle Ezra- There is always a guy with a cowbell at the Cornell hockey games. How is this tradition passed down when one cowbeller graduates? -Hockey Fanby David Harding - Hockey
Re: game worn jerseys avail. for sale (miscellaneous thoughts) - 19 years ago
billhoward Wrote: Cornell sometime in the past wore the style with the lace-up collar, right? I seem to recall seeing one of those at one point. You're perhaps thinking of team pictures where the second line of type after the "Cornell" part said "NCAA Champion" or "NCAA Runner-Up." Thus the lace-up jerseys may have some sentimental interest to old guard hockeyby David Harding - Hockey
Re: Lynah remodel - keeping up with the Joneses - 19 years ago
nyc94 Wrote: Scersk '97 Wrote: You can almost feel the cantilevered concrete sagging under the weight of more books than it was designed for. Speaking of buildings collapsing, what's the deal with Martha Van Rennselaer Hall? Wasn't it condemned? In driving around campus last fall if ever there were a corner of campus to be redeveloped this is it. I had to look on map to remember/learn thby David Harding - Hockey
Re: game worn jerseys avail. for sale - 19 years ago
The FAQ for the procedure, at least as of when it was writtenby David Harding - Hockey
Re: Best Places to Watch a College game - 19 years ago
... nothing else to do but drink (hell, look at their fight song). Are you talking about Maine or Cornell or both?by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Of Fandom, Then and Now - 19 years ago
As a member of the Class of '72, I have to agree that they were good years. Men's gymnastics dominated the Ivy League, too. A national championship in the IRA regatta. They even ran the season ticket line well. As a townie, following the teams in the early to mid '60s, I'd have to say that times were pretty good then, too - for the football you mention, for the basketball with Steve Craby David Harding - Hockey
Re: Davenport Has Left the Team - 19 years ago
billhoward Wrote: Section A Banshee Wrote:The Ithaca Journal article about his leaving suggests that Schafer thought that Davenport might replace or at least share time with McKee. He might have been slipped that line or given that impression while he was being recruited. I believe Schafer also said in the Journal he was also shocked, shocked by how McKee developed this year early on.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Cornell-Union Postgame Thread - 19 years ago
Steve M Wrote: Chris '03 Wrote: Steve M Wrote: I've never heard of a 5 min. charging penalty. Edited 1 times. Last edit at 01/15/05 11:12AM by Steve M. Like other penalties, a vicious charge will get 5. It's not terribly common, but with the seemingly increased frequency of majors this season, it'll probably pop up more often. It happened as recently as october in D1: "by David Harding - Hockey
Re: RIT to go D-I - 19 years ago
jmh30 Wrote: I'm pretty sure there's somewhere on the web you can look up lat/long for just about anywhere. Here are a few, courtesy of Google:by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Phil Kessel - 19 years ago
Greg Berge Wrote: David Harding Wrote: Today it's more PC to say one is in the upper 90% of one's class. Somebody in the bottom 10% of his class is not in the top 90% of his class. Even at Harvard. That's not what David Harding wrote. That's what Bill Howard wrote.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Phil Kessel - 19 years ago
35+ years ago a Harvard alumnus came to my high school to talk with prospective applicants. When asked about the preference given to children of alumni, his response was that 1/10 of all students at Harvard would be in the botton 10% of their class. It made sense, he said, to spare students who had been top-notch academically in high school the emotional turmoil of doing poorly in college by fiby David Harding - Hockey
Re: Lynah Rink Refurbishment - 19 years ago
Didn't a student-spectator die from a puck injury to the head at Lynah in the late '70's or early '80's? If I remember, he was in section G or H before the big net. I don't remember if it took a lawsuit, but I am pretty sure the university paid the family a substantial sum.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Power play percentage - how important? - 19 years ago
You may be onto something here. I like the idea of seeing how much a team's scoring rate (goals/minute) increases between man up and even strength situtations. You can ask similar questions about goal tending statistics. Should't we be tallying the save percentage and goals against separately for even strength and power play situations?by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Cornell Athletics' "testing platform" - 19 years ago
Al DeFlorio Wrote: Wonder what to make of this? See last paragraph. After tonight's hockey webcast fiasco... "There will be an opportunity for up to 50 viewers at a time to watch the 2 p.m. contest from Newman Arena at no charge." That may be consistent with tonight's experience.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Lynah Rink Refurbishment - 19 years ago
billhoward Wrote: Unless there's an NHL / NCAA rule regulating the height of the backboards / glass (so that shots X feet high or more are out of play), fans *might* prefer sitting behind glass more than netting. Or they might not. Dartmouth's old rink was chain link fence all around (this would be going waaaay back) and the crowd hated the obstructed view. And they hated it worse when Dby David Harding - Hockey
Re: Lynah Rink Refurbishment - 19 years ago
CowbellGuy Wrote: If the rink were a perfect oval, how many seats could Cornell add based on what's at the east end now? You'd have to invent a flying Zamboni first. You'd have to cut out a tunnel for the Zamboni, but the seats could go over that. You also need an entrance or two or three for players and officials.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Article on New Athletics Website - 19 years ago
Reading the whole article, I didn't see the link between the history section and the streaming video section. My guess is that they are just talking about something like the real-time (almost) streaming video that that we have now, not digitizing the archives of game films.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: [OT] Cornell Victorious fund in Cornell Sun - 19 years ago
puff Wrote: The problem with Cornell though, is that although its a rather rural campus, its also pretty sprawling. Needing a new building, they could either put it farther away from Campus, causing students to have to walk farther for classes, or move fill in the spaces. Yeah, it does kinda suck for athletics to lose thier central locations on campus, but IMO, it makes more sense to have praby David Harding - Hockey
Responsibility for effect of cheers - 19 years ago
Some thoughts on the relationship between fan behavior and althete behavior in the contex of last Friady's NBA brawl. You can decide whether you think it is relevant to the atmosphere in Lynah.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: Majors for piddly shit - 19 years ago
Jordan 04 Wrote: CowbellGuy Wrote: * Interestingly Hornby got 5m for Punching + 10m DQ while Jamie Sifers got 2m Roughing + 10m Misconduct + 10m Game Misconduct Reputation? Instigation? I'd guess that the second misconduct on Sifers was for mouthing off to the ref after the first round of penalties was assesed, or something else that he did after the brouhaha.by David Harding - Hockey
Re: 11/20: Cornell 1 @ Dartmouth 2, F/OT - 19 years ago
Extremely disappointing weekend, but I was at both games and can say with absolute confidence that Cornell was superior to both teams. Ari, by what measure is Cornell superior? I'm not challenging the assessment, not having seen the teams this year. I'm just curious whether you are referring to the raw talent, the potential of the individual players? Is the teamwork better, but just not showby David Harding - Hockey