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Re: New Rules? - 11 years ago
Kyle Rose Trotsky Kyle RoseThe easiest way to achieve fewer blocked shots is to outlaw full cages: no one's going to be stupid enough to kneel to block a slapshot if they have a chance of taking it in the teeth. Doesn't help the guy who takes a deflection full face, though. Deflections always have less energy: elastic collisions are really not possible with any of the materials involved. Thaby Rita - Hockey
Re: New Rules? - 11 years ago
As the Caps-Rangers game demonstrated today, you got to be able to block shots. I know that according to the NC$$ most of the "student-athletes" will be going pro in something else, but for those that do on playing hockey, shot blocking is among the required skill set.by Rita - Hockey
Re: New Rules? - 11 years ago
Jim Hyla USCHO article on the coaches meeting. It would change our game: Anastos, the rules committee chair, said the most prominent idea presented to increase scoring opportunities was to not allow players to intentionally leave a skating position (i.e., kneel or lay down) to block shots. Read more: How stupid. When I played defense, I was pysched it I got a good block on a shot andby Rita - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros May 2013 - 11 years ago
CowbellGuy Jeff Hopkins '82 They're both named after bloodsucking parasites, except for Murray. I once swam in a lake full of Brians. It was a very unpleasant experience. I thought that only happened in Stephen King novellas. Gross.by Rita - Hockey
Re: Highest Paid Public Employee for Each State - 11 years ago
Jim Hyla But this is what really bothers me. This revenue rarely makes its way back to the general funds of these universities. Looking at data from 2011-2012, athletic departments at 99 major schools lost an average of $5 million once you take out revenue generated from "student fees" and "university subsidies." If you take out "contributions and donations"—someby Rita - Other Sports
Re: Lax Maryland roll call (Sunday 1 pm) - 11 years ago
Trotsky There's only one sartorial rule: if you wear something that says Cornell it has to be red or white. THIS is fucking unacceptable: (Judy gets a pass because IINM she never wears red, which is its own tradition.) But she does where white which is part of the Cornell color scheme.by Rita - Other Sports
Re: Alumni in the Pros May 2013 - 11 years ago
The CBC guys did give "he's a big boy" Colin Greening props on Alfredsson's PPG that made it 4-1 Ottawa. Colin did a great job screening Budaj. Ottawa onto the 2nd round!!!!by Rita - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros May 2013 - 11 years ago
I'm watching the Sens-Habs game but during a commerical break tuned into Pens-Isles and heard Douglas Murray being compared to Brian Leetch. Apparently Douglas has his 2nd goal of this playoff season! Pens up 3-0 at the end of 2.by Rita - Hockey
Re: 2013 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament - 11 years ago
Kyle Rose Josh '99 Trotsky flyersgolfThey said they used computer rankings to help with seeding. I do not see much of that.If somebody keeps their objective criteria secret, they aren't using objective criteria.That's... not really true. If someone keeps their objective criteria secret, it gives external observers reason to believe they might not be using objective critieria, but it doesn't meby Rita - Other Sports
Re: Alumni in the Pros May 2013 - 11 years ago
Jordan 04 Murray nearly got the game-winner also, clanging one off the crossbar late in the 3rd. Who's the offensive d-man wearing his jersey today? Pierogi Power?by Rita - Hockey
Re: Ivy lax tournament 2013 - 11 years ago
margolism I hate sudden death. It is not really a good indicator of team is the better team. Especially in lacrosse where it is very possible to win the face-off and score in 3 seconds*. Something like a 4 min OTs with a ~ 45 second shot clock might be a way to ensure both teams get possession and encourage them to move the ball and score hopefully have a goal differential at the end. * Yeby Rita - Other Sports
Re: Alumni in the Pros May 2013 - 11 years ago
Jordan 04 Moulson! First period! However, the mantra "got to stay out of the $#^&@* box" is one the Islanders need to adopt.by Rita - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros May 2013 - 11 years ago
Trotsky Moulson scores the first playoff goal of his career. Murray on the sheet too with a penalty. I wish that nbc would have staggered the start times of the habs-sens and pens-islander games for the few of us who don't have picture-in-picture or other fancy tv capabilities. Obligatory alumni comment.. Greening in the line-up and getting some time on the PP tonight.by Rita - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros_April 2013 - 11 years ago
Jordan 04 Reminder: Murray vs. Moulson kicks off tonight at 7:30! I believe it's picked up nationally on NBC Sports. Edit: I guess it's technically May now. All the NHL playoff games are on the NBC network family (nbc sports, cnbc, nbc and/or msnbc).by Rita - Hockey
Re: Men's Track Rises to #19 Ranking - 11 years ago
Trotsky Are we actually improving overall, or is this just the rise and fall of specific sports? It sure seems to me with hindsight that Cornell was, in the main, awful in the 80's and 90's, and that the last 15+ years have seen a rising tide. It is The System.by Rita - Other Sports
Re: Every star has his Achilles Heel - 11 years ago
Trotsky Yeah, but the mainstream likes cliche. PP has been doddering along for 20 years with its look. Thanks a lot for doing the math on that. . I really didn't need that reminder. So is my nephew, a 6th grader, going to be asking me about this new fangled "prezi" thing for his school projects? (Since I am the "professional student", his parents have decreed that I canby Rita - John Spencer Is Dead
2013 NFL Draft - 11 years ago
Cornell trying to send another lineman to the NFL by way of Green Bay. From NFL.com Round 4, Pick 25 (122) J.C. Tretter OT 6'4" 307 Cornell 64.0 Pick Analysis: "He's a gifted kid that's put some weight on at Cornell. He played left tackle for them. Ultimately, he'll play inside." -- Mike Mayockby Rita - Other Sports
Re: Two NHL games at Yankee Stadium next year - 11 years ago
Thomas Larson Keep dreaming. Schedule for next season likely already completely done, contracts signed and everything. Things like this generally have to be worked out long in advance. Maybe we can make that "California Dreaming". OUtdoor game at Dodger Stadium in February? Did hell actually freeze over when Yale won on Saturday night, thus making this possible?by Rita - Hockey
Re: 2013-14 Schedule - 11 years ago
Trotsky KeithK ugarte billhoward Trotsky We probably shouldn't worry about the strength of the Estero field until we actually win it again We used the Florida Hockey Classic title game against 2-11-2 Maine to warn the world of the pending mid-season slump. It was a hiccup. No, it was the first gag that signaled food poisoning and we didn't recover from for months. We really shouldn't have brougby Rita - Hockey
Re: 2013-14 Schedule - 11 years ago
Josh '99 jtwcornell91 Rita jkahn The Estero Tournament will be Sat. and Sun., Dec. 28-29. First round match-ups are Maine-Princeton and Cornell-UNH. It departs from the last few years of being Fri.-Sat., as the teams wanted a little more time after Christmas. Unfortunately that means Sunday goes head-to-hesd with the last week of the NFL season - hopefully we'll have the late game. Originallyby Rita - Hockey
Re: 2013-14 Schedule - 11 years ago
jkahn The Estero Tournament will be Sat. and Sun., Dec. 28-29. First round match-ups are Maine-Princeton and Cornell-UNH. It departs from the last few years of being Fri.-Sat., as the teams wanted a little more time after Christmas. Unfortunately that means Sunday goes head-to-hesd with the last week of the NFL season - hopefully we'll have the late game. Originally it was to be North Dakotaby Rita - Hockey
Re: What could have been. - 11 years ago
dag14 I don't believe Ron Francis was ever a serious recruit; more like wishful thinking. He came to campus with his friend, Mark Canduro, who did play hockey for Cornell. I don't think Francis played college hockey -- rather he started in the OHL. THE Ron Francis didn't play any college hockey. I was a teen living in CT at the time and remember the whaler fan base anxiously awaiting his callby Rita - Hockey
Re: Future of NCAA Regionals - 11 years ago
CowbellGuy Rita RichH CowbellGuy CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend. Rita? Not me. I still have a dumb phone. I guess the question to ask is when were those hits from Florida? I bet a lot of them were from Dec. 28th/29th and originated from Germain Arena. The others probably are from technologically advanced snowbirds (there are lot from the northeast, MN, WI on the gulfby Rita - Hockey
Re: Future of NCAA Regionals - 11 years ago
RichH CowbellGuy CHN iPhone users for this season. Fairly similar trend. Rita? Not me. I still have a dumb phone. I guess the question to ask is when were those hits from Florida? I bet a lot of them were from Dec. 28th/29th and originated from Germain Arena. The others probably are from technologically advanced snowbirds (there are lot from the northeast, MN, WI on the gulf coast side and sby Rita - Hockey
Re: Frozen Four 2013 Roll Call - 11 years ago
Will So since I've been unable to sell my pair of Frozen Four tickets, I guess my wife and I are going to Pittsburgh after all! Who else among you will be there? Kim and I will be there. Our seats are in section 205 (row G or H, iirc).by Rita - Hockey
Re: Should He Stay or Should He Go - 11 years ago
Trotsky adamw Trotsky adamw Josh '99 adamw The Islanders have been miserable for 20 years. I defend the fact that their attendance is lousy. The forthcoming jokes from Josh notwithstanding, there are a lot of Islanders fans.... said 1985. (OK, it's not great, but it's tough when you're put on the spot like that!) 20 sellouts in 2002 - only time in the last 20 years they had an actual decentby Rita - Hockey
Re: Should He Stay or Should He Go - 11 years ago
Ben KeithK adamw Since it directly applies, here is the commentary I just wrote on the Gwozdecky firing: My favorite bit from your piece: "But the cutthroat, winning-is-the-only thing mentality has infiltrated college hockey as it has other big-time college sports." The older I get the more I understand that winning is fun but it's the journey that makes sports fun. Are we paying coaby Rita - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros_April 2013 - 11 years ago
Rita Happy April! A good start to the month for Colin Greening. He just scored to put the Sens up 1-0 on the Bruins, early in the first. But alas, it was not enough as the Sens fall 3-2.by Rita - Hockey
Alumni in the Pros_April 2013 - 11 years ago
Happy April! A good start to the month for Colin Greening. He just scored to put the Sens up 1-0 on the Bruins, early in the first.by Rita - Hockey
Re: Should He Stay or Should He Go - 11 years ago
Scersk '97 cbuckser Bringing this back on topic (but at risk of breaking the united front), as I watch George Gwozdecky's press conference, I am further convinced of the inanity of firing Mike Schafer. Unrealistic expectations yield atrocious decisions. Absolutely stunning. The program had been at best mediocre since Armstrong until Gwozdecky came aboard. In his first year, they made the tourby Rita - Hockey