Sure, I'll have another cup of this week.
Same lineup. I'm guessing there would have been changes after last night if there had been options
Brown starts their Second String Sieve.
1st NQAI at 5:05 first period.
Messy and chaotic so far. We need to clear our heads.
This Cornell team looks really bad tbh. Still can't create anything. Almost all of our goals vs NoDak were flukey/soft goaltending.
I know there are plenty of injuries but the majority of these guys played the last two seasons. What is going on? Brown is clearly not as good or as structured as Yale but for whatever reason there's no tenacity or willingness to just take the play that's there
Quote from: BearLoverThis Cornell team looks really bad tbh. Still can't create anything. Almost all of our goals vs NoDak were flukey/soft goaltending.
I don't know what's going on. Felt like we had a few strong bursts of possession early but didn't do jack with them, and it was the Brown show since we went on the PK. People actually showed up today too. At least vs Yale we looked good and just couldn't finish... And at least tonight they were shooting more and not waiting for the perfect shot... but yikes. And this is their backup???
Quote from: IcebergI know there are plenty of injuries but the majority of these guys played the last two seasons. What is going on? Brown is clearly not as good or as structured as Yale but for whatever reason there's no tenacity or willingness to just take the play that's there
Let's be clear: there's nothing to suggest Brown isn't as good as Yale. Both are expected to finish 55th or worse in the Pairwise.
I could care less about where both teams are expected to finish when I was watching the same game as you yesterday. Yale played better and have had a much more competent coach behind the bench for as long as Whittet (who somehow still has a job) has been at Brown
Quote from: IcebergI could care less about where both teams are expected to finish when I was watching the same game as you yesterday. Yale played better and have had a much more competent coach behind the bench for as long as Whittet (who somehow still has a job) has been at Brown
Yale played better? We dominaated that game in every category and in possession time. Goals and wins aren't always going to go our way.
Quote from: IcebergI could care less about where both teams are expected to finish when I was watching the same game as you yesterday. Yale played better and have had a much more competent coach behind the bench for as long as Whittet (who somehow still has a job) has been at Brown
I don't know. Brown's top line with St. Louis looks far more proficient than anything Yale was capable of doing
Brown also plays more forward. Yale had no attempt at a forecheck.
Quote from: ERQuote from: IcebergI could care less about where both teams are expected to finish when I was watching the same game as you yesterday. Yale played better and have had a much more competent coach behind the bench for as long as Whittet (who somehow still has a job) has been at Brown
Yale played better? We dominaated that game in every category and in possession time. Goals and wins aren't always going to go our way.
We played Yale well enough to win 4-2 or 5-2. We just had seriously bad puck luck.
More jump and winning the race to pucks, now.
Quote from: TrotskyBrown also plays more forward. Yale had no attempt at a forecheck.
I thought I was at a Panthers game with the Brown forecheck. Glad to be on the board. A few scary moments but we're looking less bad. Just me or does it feel like Kempf (4) has had an abysmal game? Also, Yale's 10 got hit in the facemask by a puck and I think they pulled him from the game. Ouch.
I'll miss Pass... FAIL! That was a wonderful cheer. Maybe the students have no memory of Brown 1970's grading practices anymore. :-)
Hey, we always take that penalty!
Bancroft has 15 shot attempts and 6 SOG.
OK guys. Do it.
Wow, horrible defensive breakdown by Brown and Cornell averts a Pairwise disaster
Nice to get the 3 derp points.
We take those. Bancroft what a game. Shoot the puck. Good things happen when you shoot.
After a full season of Mets fan doomerism and then this past week, this can't be an entire season of pouting every time we're tied with a mediocre team. Life's too long to live this way.
Phew, crisis averted. Dartmouth and Harvard are firing on all cylinders so Schafer better whip the boys into shape for next weekend so we can come out of there with at least a win.
Quote from: DafatoneAfter a full season of Mets fan doomerism and then this past week, this can't be an entire season of pouting every time we're tied with a mediocre team. Life's too long to live this way.
I'm going to give people a break this week. It's been a fucking death march.
When we play Dartmouth next Friday it will be the PWR #4 at #3 (https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/pairwise/).
Great crowd tonight as well. Couldn't tell how many students there were from our side but townies showed up at least. Got quiet for a bit when we didn't really have anything going but it livened up once we got chances
Crowd was half empty lol.
And agree with Bearlover, this team has not looked good. Will be lucky to escape with a point next weekend.
Four point weekend anyone?
If I were them I would take the first eight seconds vs Yale and the last minute against Brown and then burn everything in between.
Quote from: ERWe dominaated that game in every category and in possession time. Goals and wins aren't always going to go our way.
Unless as a team and as a fan base we have decided to move the goal posts on what being dominant is, there wasn't a single facet out of four games so far that would fit the Schafer era standard for domination. This weekend there was no offensive zone cycle. No forcheck. Little to no physicality save for a stretch during the second period tonight. No breakout. No cohesiveness in any zone. Not much to speak of on the power play. They have had end results winning three out of four games but there is so much that remains to be desired about the right way to play and what we know it will take to win in late March and hopefully early April. Last year they successfully blended a ton of freshman into a pretty young lineup and it was exciting and there was a methodology to how they played. This year so far a team of nearly all returning players is struggling to find similar footing. Sure there are injuries but there is plenty of experience in this current lineup to be able to re-establish their identity. Yes it's early but I was really caught off guard this weekend by how much they struggled to execute in the areas that don't require excessive skill. Robertson to Bancroft saved this from being a lost weekend. Hopefully the first road trip of the season will help them rediscover the process.
Quote from: Big DingusCrowd was half empty lol.
And agree with Bearlover, this team has not looked good. Will be lucky to escape with a point next weekend.
Ah, I see you did not watch the game
Quote from: VIEWfromKFour point weekend anyone?
If I were them I would take the first eight seconds vs Yale and the last minute against Brown and then burn everything in between.
Quote from: ERWe dominaated that game in every category and in possession time. Goals and wins aren't always going to go our way.
Unless as a team and as a fan base we have decided to move the goal posts on what being dominant is, there wasn't a single facet out of four games so far that would fit the Schafer era standard for domination. This weekend there was no offensive zone cycle. No forcheck. Little to no physicality save for a stretch during the second period tonight. No breakout. No cohesiveness in any zone. Not much to speak of on the power play. They have had end results winning three out of four games but there is so much that remains to be desired about the right way to play and what we know it will take to win in late March and hopefully early April. Last year they successfully blended a ton of freshman into a pretty young lineup and it was exciting and there was a methodology to how they played. This year so far a team of nearly all returning players is struggling to find similar footing. Sure there are injuries but there is plenty of experience in this current lineup to be able to re-establish their identity. Yes it's early but I was really caught off guard this weekend by how much they struggled to execute in the areas that don't require excessive skill. Robertson to Bancroft saved this from being a lost weekend. Hopefully the first road trip of the season will help them rediscover the process.
Totally agree. You said it way better than I could have. Cornell has not looked good so far this season. There's no cohesion at all. I'll add one more thing to your list of problems: even the line changes feel discombobulated and ill-timed. Several times this weekend Cornell had a good rush that would have led to a grade-A scoring chance, but the backup was in the midst of a change. Tonight Charlie Major danced towards the goal but there were zero teammates in the offensive zone to pick up a rebound. Multiple times this weekend a rushing player could have found a trailing player with a lane to the net, but the trailer was still on the bench.
Even though we beat NoDak last weekend, we weren't gelling at all. If you go back and watch our goals from that weekend, they were the product of lucky bounces and bad goaltending more so than anything we ourselves did. I chalked it up to it being the first two games of the season, but now we're four games in and I'm concerned. This was an ugly weekend against two weak teams.
Quote from: BearLoverTotally agree. You said it way better than I could have. Cornell has not looked good so far this season. There's no cohesion at all. I'll add one more thing to your list of problems: even the line changes feel discombobulated and ill-timed. Several times this weekend Cornell had a good rush that would have led to a grade-A scoring chance, but the backup was in the midst of a change. Tonight Charlie Major danced towards the goal but there were zero teammates in the offensive zone to pick up a rebound. Multiple times this weekend a rushing player could have found a trailing player with a lane to the net, but the trailer was still on the bench.
Since they couldn't sustain anything in the offensive zone those shifts were spent chasing the puck back down to the other end. Too many one and dones. Too many battles lost. Too much sitting back and giving Brown easy exits and easy entries instead of using the body to stop advancements.
While I think we have a long way to go as a team
the last 2 periods of those 2 games SOG were 28-7 and 24-10.
We must have had some bit of control of the puck to do that
Quote from: upprdeckWhile I think we have a long way to go as a team
the last 2 periods of those 2 games SOG were 28-7 and 24-10.
We must have had some bit of control of the puck to do that
This is the important stat. Outside of the third of both games, we were playing down to the competition. When we decide to impose our will, we're fine. Which is why Schafer called out the leadership as he did.
My one truly heterodox comment is sent toward those who have complained above about our breakouts. If you're complaining, you have no idea what bad breakouts are. We were more than fine.
Strong zone clearing when given the opportunity, however, was as lackadaisical as it often seems early in the season. Easy thing--perhaps the first thing--to fix. When you clear, be strong with the puck; don't baby a clear. Period.
And then the power play... We started to get the idea on the last two power plays vs. Brown, but this has been an issue for a while. In general, I think we need to fling the puck from all angles (preferably along the ice so as to create rebounds) far more often when there is support in front of the net. Don't crush it. Just get it through. This is true 5-on-5, and it's doubly true on the power play. As long as someone is set up in front, get it on net and clean up the garbage.
The Doomers have a lot to feast on. Ignore them. They are a broken clock. They are only happy when we lose.
Quote from: Scersk '97Quote from: upprdeckWhile I think we have a long way to go as a team
the last 2 periods of those 2 games SOG were 28-7 and 24-10.
We must have had some bit of control of the puck to do that
This is the important stat. Outside of the third of both games, we were playing down to the competition. When we decide to impose our will, we're fine. Which is why Schafer called out the leadership as he did.
My one truly heterodox comment is sent toward those who have complained above about our breakouts. If you're complaining, you have no idea what bad breakouts are. We were more than fine.
Strong zone clearing when given the opportunity, however, was as lackadaisical as it often seems early in the season. Easy thing--perhaps the first thing--to fix. When you clear, be strong with the puck; don't baby a clear. Period.
And then the power play... We started to get the idea on the last two power plays vs. Brown, but this has been an issue for a while. In general, I think we need to fling the puck from all angles (preferably along the ice so as to create rebounds) far more often when there is support in front of the net. Don't crush it. Just get it through. This is true 5-on-5, and it's doubly true on the power play. As long as someone is set up in front, get it on net and clean up the garbage.
I agree the breakouts were better than what ViewfromK said (though I agree with the rest of his/her post) but I don't agree with isolating specific periods when evaluating a team. No need to make tiny samples even tinier. It's easy to cherry pick any small period of any game to argue whatever point you're trying to make. In any case, while it's true we did impose our will towards the end of these games, there was still no cohesion. We had some opportunities in close against Yale but they were all jam plays. Repeatedly whacking the goalie's pads with our sticks and pushing him into the net was the only scoring opportunities we created. No nice passing plays, no cycling, no sustained zone time.
Quote from: TrotskyThe Doomers have a lot to feast on. Ignore them. They are a broken clock. They are only happy when we lose.
Wrong. Actually, I was very unhappy watching these games *because* we were losing/tied vs bad teams. If we had dominated I would have been happy. We were 50 second away from going to OT *at home* against *both Brown and Yale* in a season in which we are expected to compete for the *national championship.* I'm getting bad vibes from this team so far. They have an excuse, which is injuries, so maybe things will improve as players come back, but this has not been pretty to watch.
Quote from: BearLoverQuote from: Scersk '97Quote from: upprdeckWhile I think we have a long way to go as a team
the last 2 periods of those 2 games SOG were 28-7 and 24-10.
We must have had some bit of control of the puck to do that
This is the important stat. Outside of the third of both games, we were playing down to the competition. When we decide to impose our will, we're fine. Which is why Schafer called out the leadership as he did.
My one truly heterodox comment is sent toward those who have complained above about our breakouts. If you're complaining, you have no idea what bad breakouts are. We were more than fine.
Strong zone clearing when given the opportunity, however, was as lackadaisical as it often seems early in the season. Easy thing--perhaps the first thing--to fix. When you clear, be strong with the puck; don't baby a clear. Period.
And then the power play... We started to get the idea on the last two power plays vs. Brown, but this has been an issue for a while. In general, I think we need to fling the puck from all angles (preferably along the ice so as to create rebounds) far more often when there is support in front of the net. Don't crush it. Just get it through. This is true 5-on-5, and it's doubly true on the power play. As long as someone is set up in front, get it on net and clean up the garbage.
I agree the breakouts were better than what ViewfromK said (though I agree with the rest of his/her post) but I don't agree with isolating specific periods when evaluating a team. No need to make tiny samples even tinier. It's easy to cherry pick any small period of any game to argue whatever point you're trying to make. In any case, while it's true we did impose our will towards the end of these games, there was still no cohesion. We had some opportunities in close against Yale but they were all jam plays. Repeatedly whacking the goalie's pads with our sticks and pushing him into the net was the only scoring opportunities we created. No nice passing plays, no cycling, no sustained zone time.
I have no issue with the breakouts, but rather with the lack of an effective and sustained forecheck. That's our historical identity, and while our style has evolved, our ultimate success will rest on doing a better job keeping the puck in the offensive zone for extended period. But if there's one thing we know about Schafer after 30 years is that he'll work on what the team needs to do to get better throughout the season.
Quote from: TrotskyThe Doomers have a lot to feast on. Ignore them. They are a broken clock. They are only happy when we lose.
I'll be real, through four games and the exhibition vs Toronto, this team has looked better than many an NHL game I watched last year. Y'all will find everything to complain about, I swear HAHAHA. Sure, there are things to work on (hated how we let Brown walk into our zone, please throw the body some more defending entries) but the team is fine. We'll get there. I don't care how the goals are scored so long as they go in. Felt like vs Yale we were trying too much for the "perfect" shot despite dominating the game. (Probably would have been a DTWometer win if that were tracked at NCAA level.) Liked Brown more where we just slung the puck on net and worked for rebounds. Bancroft thank you. They don't ask how, they ask how many. Also good nobody got hurt from Cornell last night...
Over the last few years, we have gotten much more offensively skilled without sacrificing size or defensive discipline. What we have sacrificed is the ability to outmuscle teams, because our big skilled guys probably could dominate with skill alone at the lower levels.
This means that we look great against offensively skilled teams where we play better defense than they do while having room to attack. But we struggle against lumbering defensive teams that clog the goal front on defense and push us around.
We'll keep improving at that as the year goes on. No Psenicka is noticeable. Hopefully he's back soon.
Quote from: BearLoverWe had some opportunities in close against Yale but they were all jam plays. Repeatedly whacking the goalie's pads with our sticks and pushing him into the net was the only scoring opportunities we created. No nice passing plays, no cycling, no sustained zone time.
Those kinds of plays are fine, in my opinion; indeed, I'd
like us to learn how to score dirty goals early. That's been lacking a bit the last few years.
I'll agree, however, that he lack of cycling is bugging me too, but that could have a lot to do with what Dafatone identified upthread: we're having more trouble vs. big lumbering teams than in the past. Our own 2003 team would be a bear for us to play against now, for example, and would probably push us all over the ice. But the game has changed, and one wonders how many penalties the 2003 team would draw these days.
Which brings us back to the power play... Growing an effective one is how we can open up ice for ourselves.
Puer eternis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoVZZ9VEcr0&ab_channel=MemeAnalysis).
Quote from: TrotskyThe Doomers have a lot to feast on. Ignore them. They are a broken clock. They are only happy when we lose.respond to them as if they weren't brainless.
FYP
The Bancroft-Walsh-Kraft line almost scored on their first shift(second line out) yesterday, after scoring in 8 seconds vs Yale. Seems to be a line that can only get better in time, hopefully at least
The battles in the corners seemed to be greater yesterday than vs Yale, or was that just my imagination
Quote from: fastforwardThe battles in the corners seemed to be greater yesterday than vs Yale, or was that just my imagination
To my ancient eyes, Brown was winning those battles the first half of the game and we were wining them the second half.
I do think if we play those games 10x each we win 8 of them each.
Quote from: Scersk '97Quote from: BearLoverWe had some opportunities in close against Yale but they were all jam plays. Repeatedly whacking the goalie's pads with our sticks and pushing him into the net was the only scoring opportunities we created. No nice passing plays, no cycling, no sustained zone time.
Those kinds of plays are fine, in my opinion; indeed, I'd like us to learn how to score dirty goals early. That's been lacking a bit the last few years.
I'll agree, however, that he lack of cycling is bugging me too, but that could have a lot to do with what Dafatone identified upthread: we're having more trouble vs. big lumbering teams than in the past. Our own 2003 team would be a bear for us to play against now, for example, and would probably push us all over the ice. But the game has changed, and one wonders how many penalties the 2003 team would draw these days.
Which brings us back to the power play... Growing an effective one is how we can open up ice for ourselves.
I don't see why a big lumbering team should definitively slow us down. A talented big team? OK. But a rando lumbering one we should be able to offset with quickness, both of feet, and hand. If you get rid of the puck fast enough when it comes to you they can't slow you down.
Or for you soccer afficianados, it's no different than having that deft first touch or the ability to progress the ball without any more touches than necessary,
We did skate around more during the pp. It was not just pass, pass, missed pass, clear. It was pass, skate, pass, one-timer wide, clear.
Yay?
I really liked that Catalano play from below the goal line where he went between the legs to turn nothing into something. I can't figure out the coordination of that type of play when I'm standing still on solid ground so I'm always impressed to see someone do it instinctively while on the move.
Quote from: VIEWfromKI really liked that Catalano play from below the goal line where he went between the legs to turn nothing into something. I can't figure out the coordination of that type of play when I'm standing still on solid ground so I'm always impressed to see someone do it instinctively while on the move.
IMO Tyler has had two good weekends so far and has matured a lot.
OTOH Robertson has regressed or is playing hurt. I assume it's the latter.
Oh come on that game winning goal was completely robertson's doing and he has looked good offensively. 2 points in 4 games from a defenseman is far from disappointing but I would guess that he would have more if it weren't for North Dakota being so fast and skilled that defenseman had to be more careful in that series and our offense was generally down this weekend. I think he'll be just fine. An interesting note though, I think it was on schlossman's podcast ahead of the Nodak series where he said he was talking with NHL scouts about Robertson and some saw him as just a perfect college player and not much of an NHL prospect. Not sure I agree with that but definitely interesting.
I didn't see the same control and vision from him as last year. However, I am not very observant.
Quote from: TrotskyOTOH Robertson has regressed or is playing hurt. I assume it's the latter.
Based on what, exactly? He made an awesome play to step around a NoDak player at the blue line which led to a goal last weekend. And then he made the nice backhand pass to Bancroft at the end of the Brown game. I haven't been tracking him every shift but I have to day he's one of the players on the team who has stood out to me positively a few times.
I would like to see more from Castagna.
Quote from: BearLoverQuote from: TrotskyOTOH Robertson has regressed or is playing hurt. I assume it's the latter.
Based on what, exactly? He made an awesome play to step around a NoDak player at the blue line which led to a goal last weekend. And then he made the nice backhand pass to Bancroft at the end of the Brown game. I haven't been tracking him every shift but I have to day he's one of the players on the team who has stood out to me positively a few times.
I would like to see more from Castagna.
See above.
Man oh man. I'll admit that I, like many of you have very high expectations for the guys this year...and we are off to a rough start. We are 8th ranked and we haven't lost yet. I love that coach is calling out the leaders and this weekend is pretty big, but not the end of the world if we split or take 3 points. It's November 11th! If you want to hear about the end of the world, head over to USCHO and reach the Quinnipiac thread! Throwing in the towel as a fan base (spoiled at that). Let's get healthy, get through a tough week of practices and hope for better performances in New England. But stop the belly aching about the crowds, the students, the refs, hell, the concessions. We have a really solid team and they may go far....but college hockey has a high level of parity now and "any team can win any night" as we see in the weekend results, the exception would be teams in Colorado. This forum used to be great source of smart hockey analysis and intelligent chatter, now, like society its a bunch of bitching and moaning. Be better!
Quote from: BlueSkyMan oh man. I'll admit that I, like many of you have very high expectations for the guys this year...and we are off to a rough start. We are 8th ranked and we haven't lost yet. I love that coach is calling out the leaders and this weekend is pretty big, but not the end of the world if we split or take 3 points. It's November 11th! If you want to hear about the end of the world, head over to USCHO and reach the Quinnipiac thread! Throwing in the towel as a fan base (spoiled at that). Let's get healthy, get through a tough week of practices and hope for better performances in New England. But stop the belly aching about the crowds, the students, the refs, hell, the concessions. We have a really solid team and they may go far....but college hockey has a high level of parity now and "any team can win any night" as we see in the weekend results, the exception would be teams in Colorado. This forum used to be great source of smart hockey analysis and intelligent chatter, now, like society its a bunch of bitching and moaning. Be better!
Oooh, I do love licking at other fanbases' salt, I'll check the Quinnipiac thread out later. But this, exactly, all of this. It's a fact that the refs will always suck, no reason getting mad about it. The crowd on Saturday was almost full, even if I still don't understand why Section C fills up around the end of the first and is half empty by the start of the third, haha. Assuming they're fans who buy tickets at the door. The food is decent for the price and the situation. We're not catering Michelin Star stuff and that's fine, lol.
Look, my Devils got shut out by the Sharks last night 1-0 off an own goal LMAO. Compared to THAT, Cornell looks like a team of All-Stars... and they don't get paid millions of dollars to play hockey...
Are there things to improve? Always. That's how hockey is. We won 3 out of 4 games so far, and the Yale SOL was almost purely awful puck luck. Take the bounces and wins as they come. It's gonna be fine. Get healthy, get the nerves out, and just play the game :) Everything will work out.
Win the OC games and the PWR will be good as long as we are decent in the league.
We are 2 weeks into the season. lets get the 3-4-5 guys back and see where it leads.
Quote from: DafatoneOver the last few years, we have gotten much more offensively skilled without sacrificing size or defensive discipline. What we have sacrificed is the ability to outmuscle teams, because our big skilled guys probably could dominate with skill alone at the lower levels.
This means that we look great against offensively skilled teams where we play better defense than they do while having room to attack. But we struggle against lumbering defensive teams that clog the goal front on defense and push us around.
We'll keep improving at that as the year goes on. No Psenicka is noticeable. Hopefully he's back soon.
For what it's worth: Cornell is the heaviest team in the country, and the fourth tallest.
https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/
Quote from: BearLoverQuote from: DafatoneOver the last few years, we have gotten much more offensively skilled without sacrificing size or defensive discipline. What we have sacrificed is the ability to outmuscle teams, because our big skilled guys probably could dominate with skill alone at the lower levels.
This means that we look great against offensively skilled teams where we play better defense than they do while having room to attack. But we struggle against lumbering defensive teams that clog the goal front on defense and push us around.
We'll keep improving at that as the year goes on. No Psenicka is noticeable. Hopefully he's back soon.
For what it's worth: Cornell is the heaviest team in the country, and the fourth tallest.
https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/
O'Leary, Kraft, and DeSantis really bring the height average down, but I wouldn't trade them for anything. True grit and the desire to make things happen!
Quote from: BearLoverCornell is the heaviest team in the country
And that's just the fanbase! ::banana::
Note: this joke does not work after seeing North Dakota's traveling fans.
Quote from: TrotskyQuote from: BearLoverCornell is the heaviest team in the country
And that's just the fanbase! ::banana::
Note: this joke does not work after seeing North Dakota's traveling fans.
Yeah, looked like a lot of XXXL jerseys in the stands
Quote from: BearLoverQuote from: VIEWfromKFour point weekend anyone?
If I were them I would take the first eight seconds vs Yale and the last minute against Brown and then burn everything in between.
Quote from: ERWe dominaated that game in every category and in possession time. Goals and wins aren't always going to go our way.
Unless as a team and as a fan base we have decided to move the goal posts on what being dominant is, there wasn't a single facet out of four games so far that would fit the Schafer era standard for domination. This weekend there was no offensive zone cycle. No forcheck. Little to no physicality save for a stretch during the second period tonight. No breakout. No cohesiveness in any zone. Not much to speak of on the power play. They have had end results winning three out of four games but there is so much that remains to be desired about the right way to play and what we know it will take to win in late March and hopefully early April. Last year they successfully blended a ton of freshman into a pretty young lineup and it was exciting and there was a methodology to how they played. This year so far a team of nearly all returning players is struggling to find similar footing. Sure there are injuries but there is plenty of experience in this current lineup to be able to re-establish their identity. Yes it's early but I was really caught off guard this weekend by how much they struggled to execute in the areas that don't require excessive skill. Robertson to Bancroft saved this from being a lost weekend. Hopefully the first road trip of the season will help them rediscover the process.
Totally agree. You said it way better than I could have. Cornell has not looked good so far this season. There's no cohesion at all. I'll add one more thing to your list of problems: even the line changes feel discombobulated and ill-timed. Several times this weekend Cornell had a good rush that would have led to a grade-A scoring chance, but the backup was in the midst of a change. Tonight Charlie Major danced towards the goal but there were zero teammates in the offensive zone to pick up a rebound. Multiple times this weekend a rushing player could have found a trailing player with a lane to the net, but the trailer was still on the bench.
Even though we beat NoDak last weekend, we weren't gelling at all. If you go back and watch our goals from that weekend, they were the product of lucky bounces and bad goaltending more so than anything we ourselves did. I chalked it up to it being the first two games of the season, but now we're four games in and I'm concerned. This was an ugly weekend against two weak teams.
It has been clear since the Yale/Brown weekend that something is horribly wrong with this team.