cornell vs. clarkson tonight at 7
Dodge back for Clarkson tonight.
Davenport v Leggio in net.
GLover is back. Bitz is ill.
From today's early game. Clarkson pep band 5, Cornell pep band 2 in broomball action.
Hmm. I wonder if his illness is related to Schafer's comments about senior leadership.
Bitz's illness might not be such a terrible thing...
Wow...the combination of the bell and the foghorn are going to blow out my speakers...even at low-volume.
Cheel has adopted the "dumbass WWF announcer." ::bang:: Too bad. The fans should publicly immolate him. Not every crowd has to be treated like 8 year olds.
C-3P0 is helping with some sort of ceremony...oh...that's what a golden knight looks like.
check out the golden knight. never seen it before, and it reminds me of street performers :)
He isn't wearing his leg sheaves, though. He's bottomless.
Lots of good camera angles on the video feed. Terrible lighting.
Cayer shoots wide
Who is in for Bitz?
Good offensive pressure early on
weller gets an interference...Cornell pp...LGR
17:36 left in 1st. CU on PP.
Great start. Aggressive, keeping it in the Knights zone, and drawing a penalty. So far, so good.
Scary scrum in front of Davenport...whistle...
Clarkson with a good chance but a quick whistle. Very good play for Cornell so far. Clarkson crowd sounds great.
[quote Ben Rocky 04]Who is in for Bitz?[/quote]
Glover is back in tonite and McLeod is playing left wing.
[quote Clarksy]From today's early game. Clarkson pep band 5, Cornell pep band 2 in broomball action.[/quote]
That's only because I wasn't there (although I only play outside on ponds, which might not be possible there now)...
Ouch...green screen
More solid play and another power play coming up. So far we look good.
ugh...someone plug the cable back in...distorted green screen continues for Cornell pp
I have audio but a frozen picture--not a green screen.
good save by Davenport on a near breakaway down the boards
Clarkson scores on a scramble in front of the net
Unable to clear puck in the slot and Clarkson buries it
Clarkson 1 Cornell 0
1 13:02 Clk Sullivan (D'Alvise, Mason)
Just what we need...a kill.
Fine kill, and then a great one-man effort by Topher nearly nets one.
Good offensive effort by Topher.
I can't seem to get video. It keeps having to buffer. Maybe too many people using it. Audio didn't want to connect either low or hi-bandwidth.
High sticking on Seminoff...we could have used him on this PK
PK looks good so far tonight
Whoa, that was close, point blank from between the circles but deflected. Whew...
Davenport deflects a big Grenzy slapper
The Clarkson pep band makes baby Jesus cry. At least the obnoxious and constant nautical noises cover them up from time to time.
Penalty killed, after another big save by Davenport...so far it seems like a good choice to give him back his starting role.
Cornell 0 Clarkson 1 - 1st intermission
If you're going to start the game thread, please be responsible enough to update the initial post :(
General remarks
1. Cornell has been moving their feet. This is a big improvement on the passive, static style of the Sacred Heart game.
2. Cornell contained the Clarkson powerplay well, but you can tell it's deadly (2nd in the nation). We cannot give them too many chances.
3. Clarkson's crowd atmosphere is better than it has been in a decade. Winning makes people boisterous.
4. Clarkson's game video has superior features, camera work, and dependability to Cornell's, and it's free.
[quote Trotsky]4. Clarkson's game video has superior features, camera work, and dependability to Cornell's, and it's free.[/quote]
I mean replays, that is unheard of.
The commercials are getting me down, though. "I didn't mean to shoot Daddy's gun..."
Clarkson started period two with a lot of jump.
Cornell pp...nice save leggio
14 secs of 5x3 coming up...let's make it happen
Seems like we've managed a stronger pp this time around. Though it's hard to tell, we've definitely spent more time in their end than in earlier periods.
Horrible. They're free-lancing. No play set up and no discipline. Awful!!!! ::bang::
clitsome smothering topher on the pp
[quote Trotsky]Horrible. They're free-lancing. No play set up and no discipline. Awful!!!! ::bang::[/quote]
Agree. The contrast between theirs and ours is revealing.
That last set up in front was much better. Can't ask for a better chance than from in the low slot; only a deflection stopped it.
What is the link to the Clarkson video? Thanks
gotta keep an eye on those rebounds
Thanks, I found it on the net.
Ths is actually starting to worry me. The last 20 minutes, Cornell has played with occasional brilliant individual effort, but no teamwork and no System. It's the exact opposite of Schafer hockey.
the poor clarkson trumpet player sounds like he's playing a dying sea lion
Carefoot PP GOal at 6:33
CAREFOOT! PPG!
Carefoot scores a doorstep goal on the pp! (Greening, Scott)
I thought I'd never see another Cornell back-door power-play goal.
That was a gift PP goal. If we couldn't convert that I would've been extremely worried. Carefoot was all alone on the far post.
2 13:27 Cor pp Carefoot 6 (Greening 5, Scott 13)
If this is the 2nd best pp in the country...our PK is looking great tonight
Twice now, Potsdam's finest have pronounced McLeod as "Mick Lee Uhd"
"Mac-LEE-odd"?
I think we've stopped moving our feet.
Oh, baby, we got lucky, there. One more second and Clarkson would have had a goal.
[quote Al DeFlorio]I think we've stopped moving our feet.[/quote]
Yeah, got that. ::pain::
We're not playing miserable like last night...but certainly not flying like I would expect after last night. It's also not as physical a game as I would have thought.
Cornell starts the 3rd on pp...let's do something with it and move ahead.
>pp
What's that abbreviation stand for next to the word Cornell?
[quote sah67]Twice now, Potsdam's finest have pronounced McLeod as "Mick Lee Uhd"[/quote]
Kind of stupid of them not to read the pronunciation guide, but I'm pretty sure the first time I encountered that name in writing I tried to say it that way. However, that was in, oh, elementry school.
[quote Liz '05][quote sah67]Twice now, Potsdam's finest have pronounced McLeod as "Mick Lee Uhd"[/quote]
Kind of stupid of them not to read the pronunciation guide, but I'm pretty sure the first time I encountered that name in writing I tried to say it that way. However, that was in, oh, elementry school.[/quote]
I believe I've heard some McCutch'E'on's from the broadcast team too.
Princeton knocks off Brown to move into 2nd place in the ECAC if SLU(t) loses which is looking unlikely, or to share 3rd place with the winner of this game...who woulda thunk...and with a below .500 record too.
[quote sah67]We're not playing miserable like last night...but certainly not flying like I would expect after last night. It's also not as physical a game as I would have thought.
Cornell starts the 3rd on pp...let's do something with it and move ahead.[/quote]
We've had some good stretches of aggressiveness and intensity, but we have very little structure to our play. Who would have thought our problem would be discipline?
We are lucky to be tied. I hope Cornell comes out on fire in the third, pots one on the pp, then hits the hell out of Clarkson and hangs on. It's daunting to be missing the "grind it into wood chips" style that has protected hundreds of leads in the Schafer era.
powerplay looking abysmal
Refs have caught on to our faceoff play.
Very good kill for Cornell, all night. One critical special teams problem at least may be solved.
Another cornell pp coming up
Some pressure draws an unnecessary holding penalty for Clarkson. Topher needs to coordinate more with his mates. I love his energy, but please, teamwork.
another messy unstructured pp
HUGE Save by davenport as Grenzy came in on him all alone
How did Grenzy not score?
Wow, Grenzy had Davenport down and out. We are playing with house money, now. It's a miracle this game is tied.
another big Davenport save on a quasi-2 on 0
Gametracker has shots 7-1 for Cornell this period. Huh?
[quote Al DeFlorio]Gametracker has shots 7-1 for Cornell this period. Huh?[/quote]
7 rink-length passes for us. 7 near misses for them.
Good penalty to take. Probably saved a goal.
PK clicking tonight...another good kill
we need to turn on the offense now
Great dumb penalty on Clarkson. 2 mins to go and we are going to be on pp!
1:50 remaining...Cornell going on pp...let's finish this
PP coming on for the rest of reg. ....let's get this done
And yet, here we are. 1 minute to go and tied and on man ad. Amazing.
argh...into OT we go
Oof, no imagination or discipline on the pp. We go to overtime, 1-1.
Yes, it's amazing we're headed into OT, but the PP really does suck.
All things considered, a successful evening. If only we had a power play.
1-1 tie final
I'll take a point out of this weekend...but we could have used more.
The PK was back in business, but barely any improvement on the PP. We need both up to speed immediately...not one at a time.
Great defense tonight though, and solid stuff from Davenport.
[quote ajec1][quote Clarksy]From today's early game. Clarkson pep band 5, Cornell pep band 2 in broomball action.[/quote]
That's only because I wasn't there (although I only play outside on ponds, which might not be possible there now)...[/quote]
Is this band broomball a fun Clarkson tradition or just a one off against Cornell tonight?