With the preseason over and less than a week before our first game it's time to look ahead.
Umass is 5-2 with wins over Northern Michigan, Stonehill, Bentley (overtime) and Omaha and losses to Northeastern and Omaha.
Their leading scorer is Jack Musa, who we are familiar with from the last couple years. Second is freshman Vaclav Nestrasil, who is a 6 foot 6 beast from Czechia.
In goal is Michael Hrabal who is a fantastic player as well.
Should be a tough series and I would be very happy with a split. With so many freshmen and how we looked in the preseason I really have no clue what to expect though.
Friday skaters, my uninformed guesses:
F (12) Castagna, Walsh, Major, DeSantis, Kraft, Devlin, Wallace, DiGiulian, Pirtle, Ryan, Hiscock, Long
D (6) Stanley, Fisher, Fegaras, Ashton, Gorski, Veilleux
X (1) O'Brien
G (2) Keoppel, Cournoyer
My guess would be:
Lines:
Kraft-Walsh-Major
Long-Castagna-Desantis
Devlin-DiGiulian-Pirtle
Ryan-Catalano-Wallace
D pairs:
Veilleux-Stanley
Obrien-Fegaras
Ashton-Fisher
Extra skater: Gorski.
I would imagine Keopple gets the start in goal since he's the senior but I would fully expect them to give one to each goalie this weekend, barring a shutout or some superhuman performance on Friday.
The fact that Pirtle sat this week is a bit confusing but he seems like a good enough player to crack the lineup. Donaldson sitting is also strange, assuming it means he won't be playing. I've liked what I've seen from Arsenault but I would prefer we go D on the extra skater. Hiscock is big but hasn't looked great to me, but I still wouldn't be surprised if he's on the fourth line this weekend.
Overall I think we are going to need a lot of production from the top two lines and we're also going to need the defense to mature real quick.
I think this will be the first time that Hrabal actually faces Cornell. The previous recent games against UMass have always been during the world junior tournament when Hrabal is playing for Czechia, so it's always been some safety sieve in net
Quote from: chimpfood on October 26, 2025, 05:48:32 PMMy guess would be:
Lines:
Kraft-Walsh-Major
Long-Castagna-Desantis
Devlin-DiGiulian-Pirtle
Ryan-Catalano-Wallace
D pairs:
Veilleux-Stanley
Obrien-Fegaras
Ashton-Fisher
Extra skater: Gorski.
Swap Ryan and Devlin and use the fourth line as a checking line? Maybe you don't want 3 freshmen on a line, or 2 guys returning from injury on a line.
Anyway, yeah, I'd be happy with a split.
Results are welcome, but I want us to play well for 120 minutes and not wince when we have a man advantage.
Here (http://www.tbrw.info/index.html?/weekly_Updates/cornell_Color_All_Games.html) are our results by game by year. With so little D experience I think this season will be heavy black early, then, hopefully, heavy red late.
Quote from: chimpfood on October 26, 2025, 11:55:50 AMShould be a tough series and I would be very happy with a split. With so many freshmen and how we looked in the preseason I really have no clue what to expect though.
I fear with so little time and cream puff exhibitions (which is good!) Friday could spiral out of control. We have size but do we have toughness? We have skills but do we have speed? By Saturday maybe the jitters subside and we have a competitive game. I would not be shocked by a UMass sweep. The other team is trying, too.
I have wondered for all this time. Why "chimpfood"?
Quote from: Trotsky on October 27, 2025, 10:59:54 AMQuote from: chimpfood on October 26, 2025, 11:55:50 AMShould be a tough series and I would be very happy with a split. With so many freshmen and how we looked in the preseason I really have no clue what to expect though.
I fear with so little time and cream puff exhibitions (which is good!) Friday could spiral out of control. We have size but do we have toughness? We have skills but do we have speed? By Saturday maybe the jitters subside and we have a competitive game. I would not be shocked by a UMass sweep. The other team is trying, too.
I have wondered for all this time. Why "chimpfood"?
I don't really know. I didn't want to make it my name and I like chimps.
Why Trotsky?
Quote from: chimpfood on October 27, 2025, 11:19:00 AMQuote from: Trotsky on October 27, 2025, 10:59:54 AMQuote from: chimpfood on October 26, 2025, 11:55:50 AMShould be a tough series and I would be very happy with a split. With so many freshmen and how we looked in the preseason I really have no clue what to expect though.
I fear with so little time and cream puff exhibitions (which is good!) Friday could spiral out of control. We have size but do we have toughness? We have skills but do we have speed? By Saturday maybe the jitters subside and we have a competitive game. I would not be shocked by a UMass sweep. The other team is trying, too.
I have wondered for all this time. Why "chimpfood"?
I don't really know. I didn't want to make it my name and I like chimps.
Why Trotsky?
We had a red cat who was an overwrought trouble maker.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 27, 2025, 11:38:02 AMQuote from: chimpfood on October 27, 2025, 11:19:00 AMQuote from: Trotsky on October 27, 2025, 10:59:54 AMQuote from: chimpfood on October 26, 2025, 11:55:50 AMShould be a tough series and I would be very happy with a split. With so many freshmen and how we looked in the preseason I really have no clue what to expect though.
I fear with so little time and cream puff exhibitions (which is good!) Friday could spiral out of control. We have size but do we have toughness? We have skills but do we have speed? By Saturday maybe the jitters subside and we have a competitive game. I would not be shocked by a UMass sweep. The other team is trying, too.
I have wondered for all this time. Why "chimpfood"?
I don't really know. I didn't want to make it my name and I like chimps.
Why Trotsky?
We had a red cat who was an overwrought trouble maker.
That's not what I heard :P
Roll call: who from on here will be at the Mullins Center Friday & Saturday?
Planning to come out from Boston, lets get season started with two wins LGR!
I'll be there. Section H Row 7 Friday, Section G Row 24 Saturday
Lines: (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/1984387631010959673?t=om-ZR-Y-AXtLpTJH8LfaEw&s=19)
Ryan-Walsh-Kraft
Long-Castagna-Major
Devlin-DiGiulian-DeSantis
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle
Veilleux-Stanley
Ashton-Fegaras
O'Brien-Fisher
Hamilton
Cournoyer to start.
Another off season survived.
I am so glad we don't have a derp PA.
13 seconds in Fegaras roughing.
Gondola cam.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 06:34:53 PMLines: (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/1984387631010959673?t=om-ZR-Y-AXtLpTJH8LfaEw&s=19)
Ryan-Walsh-Kraft
Long-Castagna-Major
Devlin-DiGiulian-DeSantis
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle
Veilleux-Stanley
Ashton-Fegaras
O'Brien-Fisher
Hamilton
Cournoyer to start.
Koepple in the net.
Quote from: arugula on October 31, 2025, 07:08:50 PMQuote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 06:34:53 PMLines: (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/1984387631010959673?t=om-ZR-Y-AXtLpTJH8LfaEw&s=19)
Ryan-Walsh-Kraft
Long-Castagna-Major
Devlin-DiGiulian-DeSantis
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle
Veilleux-Stanley
Ashton-Fegaras
O'Brien-Fisher
Hamilton
Cournoyer to start.
Koepple in the net.
Anyone see the penalty?
Quote from: arugula on October 31, 2025, 07:10:03 PMQuote from: arugula on October 31, 2025, 07:08:50 PMQuote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 06:34:53 PMLines: (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/1984387631010959673?t=om-ZR-Y-AXtLpTJH8LfaEw&s=19)
Ryan-Walsh-Kraft
Long-Castagna-Major
Devlin-DiGiulian-DeSantis
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle
Veilleux-Stanley
Ashton-Fegaras
O'Brien-Fisher
Hamilton
Cournoyer to start.
Koepple in the net.
Anyone see the penalty?
From what I could tell Fegaras went into the UMass player at their blueline with elbows high. Foolish penalty.
pp upcoming
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 07:15:31 PMQuote from: arugula on October 31, 2025, 07:10:03 PMQuote from: arugula on October 31, 2025, 07:08:50 PMQuote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 06:34:53 PMLines: (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/1984387631010959673?t=om-ZR-Y-AXtLpTJH8LfaEw&s=19)
Ryan-Walsh-Kraft
Long-Castagna-Major
Devlin-DiGiulian-DeSantis
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle
Veilleux-Stanley
Ashton-Fegaras
O'Brien-Fisher
Hamilton
Cournoyer to start.
Koepple in the net.
Anyone see the penalty?
From what I could tell Fegaras went into the UMass player at their blueline with elbows high. Foolish penalty.
"You gotta set the tone."
PBP guy thinks they'll be a media time out on an icing call?
What do people thing about numbers on the front of our jerseys?
DiGiulian scores in his first game in a Cornell sweater! Tied up at 1-1
Gio was a point-a-game scorer in the USHL. Quick hands.
Hell yeah, DiGiulian! Will put on the game when I get home from the other game. It's raining here, that sucks.
Nice hustle at the end of the period.
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 07:27:06 PMWhat do people thing about numbers on the front of our jerseys?
Meh.
Though between the larger ones on the back and ESPN's oversaturation it is hard to see.
Quote from: pjd8 on October 31, 2025, 07:37:44 PMNice hustle at the end of the period.
Major almost Artful Dodgered a goal.
Yeah for Gio!
Very fast paced game so far and our last few minutes looked pretty good
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 07:34:38 PMHell yeah, DiGiulian! Will put on the game when I get home from the other game. It's raining here, that sucks.
90s, bright and sunny here. This is not a joke: I was at our local supermarket saw all the costumes and thought "WTF?"
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 07:41:01 PMQuote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 07:34:38 PMHell yeah, DiGiulian! Will put on the game when I get home from the other game. It's raining here, that sucks.
90s, bright and sunny here. This is not a joke: I was at our local supermarket saw all the costumes and thought "WTF?"
I think I've seen maybe 2 people in costume here all day... both of whom got Ice Resurfacer rides at the game.
I'd like to see a replay of the Major play that was called a no goal. Speaking of Major, as good as he looked at the end of last season, he appears to have taken another step and seems poised for a huge year.
After a sluggish start we picked things up the last half of the period.
UMass puts on a nice telecast. Good camerawork, and the announcers are excellent. Kudos to their crew.
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 07:43:00 PMUMass puts on a nice telecast. Good camerawork, and the announcers are excellent. Kudos to their crew.
It feels very NESN. Polished, both for good and ill.
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 07:27:06 PMWhat do people thing about numbers on the front of our jerseys?
Non-traditional, but anything that helps identify the players is a good thing.
Women waxed Yale, 3-0.
Ahem.
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 07:27:06 PMWhat do people thing about numbers on the front of our jerseys?
Not a fan of it on the front
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 07:49:03 PMWomen waxed Yale, 3-0.
Ahem.
Another Bergemasterclass.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 06:34:53 PMLines: (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/1984387631010959673?t=om-ZR-Y-AXtLpTJH8LfaEw&s=19)
Ryan-Walsh-Kraft
Long-Castagna-Major
Devlin-DiGiulian-DeSantis
Hiscock-Catalano-Pirtle
Veilleux-Stanley
Ashton-Fegaras
O'Brien-Fisher
Hamilton
Cournoyer to start.
Rookie mistake. Never read anything into sequence on the line chart.
This is Bubble Hockey Cam's debut. I like it in small measures.
We are driving to the net more in this period than entire games last year.
Keopple with his best save, flashing the glove.
Did not panic. Good.
The Major-Castagna-Long line looks really dangerous. Excited to see how they evolve.
Great period for us so far.
Went to the break with Ken Dryden's Cornell media photo on the screen.
Oh Devlin you dummy.
We often lament the "piped in" music in some of the arenas we visit, but what really gets me is the sameness of it. A lot of these tunes have been playing in hockey arenas for 40+ years. It's a permanent time warp.
Standard Cornell powerplay... more time in our zone than theirs, it felt like.
Good start to the PP with Walsh missing a golden opportunity, but after that it looked circa 24-25
Quote from: imafrshmn on October 31, 2025, 08:19:38 PMWe often lament the "piped in" music in some of the arenas we visit, but what really gets me is the sameness of it. A lot of these tunes have been playing in hockey arenas for 40+ years. It's a permanent time warp.
It won't end until the Boomers (like me) are all dead. We froze music. It's awful.
Glad to see shots being taken on the PP, much different than last year
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 08:20:57 PMGood start to the PP with Walsh missing a golden opportunity, but after that it looked circa 24-25
UMass did play great aggressive kill though. I'll allow it.
Quote from: fastforward on October 31, 2025, 08:21:10 PMGlad to see shots being taken on the PP, much different than last year
The opposing net being the center of our perspective diagram is something I vaguely recall from 1995.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:24:38 PMQuote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 08:20:57 PMGood start to the PP with Walsh missing a golden opportunity, but after that it looked circa 24-25
UMass did play great aggressive kill though. I'll allow it.
UMass is a well coached team with plenty of talent. Great test for the opener
Tied to end the 2nd. Not bad.
Let me understand this: Drew Pinsky is pitching a medical kit where people are supposed to self-diagnose for things like strep and pneumonia and then decide which medication to take? Sounds like a good plan.
Cornell definitely looked better that period
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 07:27:06 PMWhat do people thing about numbers on the front of our jerseys?
I don't like them. I strongly oppose anything that needlessly moves away from tradition. They're not on the home jerseys, so at least there's that.
On the note of disliking change, I was unhappy to see that we have changed the typeface for the nameplates and the numbers. I wonder what was behind the change.
What is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
May I suggest a fluffle (https://animalcorner.org/blog/what-is-a-group-of-rabbits-called/)?
Quote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 08:33:08 PMLet me understand this: Drew Pinsky is pitching a medical kit where people are supposed to self-diagnose for things like strep and pneumonia and then decide which medication to take? Sounds like a good plan.
On second thought, let's let this play out.
Dominating everywhere but the scoreboard. :-\
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
Looks like a VIP type area with nice tables and maybe alcohol?
Is Jonathan Castagna the unluckiest man in college hockey?
More shots on this one PP than most of last year
Careful of the upcoming phantom call against us.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 08:56:16 PMIs Jonathan Castagna the unluckiest man in college hockey?
Not while Nick DeSantis skates.
Shots 24-12 in favor of us??
Quote from: fastforward on October 31, 2025, 08:54:24 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
Looks like a VIP type area with nice tables and maybe alcohol?
And, um, desserts.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:57:21 PMQuote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 08:56:16 PMIs Jonathan Castagna the unluckiest man in college hockey?
Not while Nick DeSantis skates.
LMAO. Casty seems to get in more Situations.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:53:22 PMQuote from: scoop85 on October 31, 2025, 08:33:08 PMLet me understand this: Drew Pinsky is pitching a medical kit where people are supposed to self-diagnose for things like strep and pneumonia and then decide which medication to take? Sounds like a good plan.
On second thought, let's let this play out.
If Covid taught me anything, is that natural selection doesn't work fast enough for my liking.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:58:03 PMQuote from: fastforward on October 31, 2025, 08:54:24 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
Looks like a VIP type area with nice tables and maybe alcohol?
And, um, desserts.
Touché
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 08:52:12 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
May I suggest a fluffle (https://animalcorner.org/blog/what-is-a-group-of-rabbits-called/)?
A "fluffle" is the after hours at CPAC.
I have settled on an Epstein.
I have seen so many nights where we play the whole game in the enemy zone and then...
These announcers are quite good. And they did their homework, especially for a non-conference opponent.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:06:15 PMThese announcers are quite good. And they did their homework, especially for a non-conference opponent.
I agree
And they are not homers; very impartial
Keopple under pressure is cool as the other side of the pillow.
A chance here after the icing. UMass is pooped.
Carvel is smart.
Are they reviewing the hit on UMass?
Anyone smell bullshit incoming?
And the announcers are wise to it! I love hockey.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 09:17:38 PMAre they reviewing the hit on UMass?
Anyone smell bullshit incoming?
Let's goooooooooo.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 09:17:38 PMAre they reviewing the hit on UMass?
Anyone smell bullshit incoming?
No it was a pretext; good coaching decision.
He got their guys all rested.
Helluva time to send a message, Castagna. Got away with it but FFS be smart.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:18:41 PMHe got their guys all rested.
Ahhhh, I see. Could've just called a timeout no?
And there it is.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 09:21:15 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:18:41 PMHe got their guys all rested.
Ahhhh, I see. Could've just called a timeout no?
He burned the TO on the review.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:22:13 PMAnd there it is.
Where was the penalty, exactly? Dear god Fegaras.
Fegaras with another penalty
Ugh
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:22:34 PMQuote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 09:21:15 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:18:41 PMHe got their guys all rested.
Ahhhh, I see. Could've just called a timeout no?
He burned the TO on the review.
Instead of review. TO.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 09:22:50 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:22:13 PMAnd there it is.
Where was the penalty, exactly? Dear god Fegaras.
I hate this team.
And there IT is. If it was a snake it'd bit me.
I was just gonna praise how well we've played and then a stupid penalty happens
Crap
Quote from: fastforward on October 31, 2025, 09:25:07 PMI was just gonna praise how well we've played and then a stupid penalty happens
Crap
Experience Cornell Hockey.
Ok so just do that again tomorrow and don't get caught committing crimes. Deal?
We controlled 5 x 5, but missed several great chances and were crushed by the special teams. But there's a lot to like about this team and its prospects for the season.
Quote from: stereax on October 31, 2025, 09:28:56 PMOk so just do that again tomorrow and don't get caught committing crimes. Deal?
Like that wasn't even a bad game. We looked good. We can 100% win tomorrow. Just stop doing dumb shit.
Losing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
Y'know... You might be right.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
It's bad for the pairwise, equally bad as winning would have been good. I'm trying to doom less this season but come on. We played well enough to win, we deserved to get rewarded. The team is certainly very frustrated when they should be celebrating a win.
I'm impressed with how good the team looked 5x5. #positivity
That's incredibly frustrating. We looked great which is very encouraging for our season but you need to win games that you dominate. Not doing that is the reason we finished sixth in the ECAC last year. Get out there tomorrow and salvage a split but honestly I'm encouraged by how we played. The ECAC is realistically our path to the NCAA tourney this year.
Quote from: chimpfood on October 31, 2025, 10:09:23 PMThat's incredibly frustrating. We looked great which is very encouraging for our season but you need to win games that you dominate. Not doing that is the reason we finished sixth in the ECAC last year. Get out there tomorrow and salvage a split but honestly I'm encouraged by how we played. The ECAC is realistically our path to the NCAA tourney this year.
Well, if we had won tonight I think an at-large would have been a real possibility. A lot harder now (based on the idea that the margins are going to be very tight and it will probably come down to one or two games). Otherwise I totally agree with your post.
Jane's take on the game (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/11/special-teams-struggles-sink-no-20-men-s-hockey-in-season-opener-against-no-13-massachusetts)
Quote from: David Harding on October 31, 2025, 10:53:31 PMJane's take on the game (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/11/special-teams-struggles-sink-no-20-men-s-hockey-in-season-opener-against-no-13-massachusetts)
I like it when you can tell articles are written by people who actually care about the team and know the sport.
Quote from: BearLover on October 31, 2025, 09:48:38 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
It's bad for the pairwise, equally bad as winning would have been good. I'm trying to doom less this season but come on. We played well enough to win, we deserved to get rewarded. The team is certainly very frustrated when they should be celebrating a win.
come on man, you know what he meant
I'll say the same thing I've said just about every year since we rebounded from a mid 2010s lull: our new big skilled guys are gonna have to learn to outmuscle their opponents down low and clear space.
That being said, we looked very good for our first game against a good team. And UMass is huge, too.
I still think Keopple doesn't come far enough out of the net to challenge shooters and stayed buried in the crease, but he had a solid enough game.
Wasn't particularly impressed by either penalty call on Fegaras, but I'm watching on my phone so my opinion on that is iffy at best.
Quote from: BearLover on October 31, 2025, 09:48:38 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
It's bad for the pairwise, equally bad as winning would have been good. I'm trying to doom less this season but come on. We played well enough to win, we deserved to get rewarded. The team is certainly very frustrated when they should be celebrating a win.
It is bad in every way except hopefully every player has it etched in his memory all season. I never believe in "win by losing," but if you are going to do that that was the game to do it in.
The 56-minute effort does tell us we don't suck, though. I expect a rough month or two but I am very pleased by what I saw tonight.
Quote from: ugarte on November 01, 2025, 12:06:22 AMQuote from: BearLover on October 31, 2025, 09:48:38 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
It's bad for the pairwise, equally bad as winning would have been good. I'm trying to doom less this season but come on. We played well enough to win, we deserved to get rewarded. The team is certainly very frustrated when they should be celebrating a win.
come on man, you know what he meant
I know what he meant but I think it's just entirely wrong to spin the fact we lost in a positive light. The positive thing is that we played well. Which is good. But it's bad that we lost. It would be better, both for the pairwise, and for overall trajectory, if we had won.
Quote from: ugarte on November 01, 2025, 12:06:22 AMQuote from: BearLover on October 31, 2025, 09:48:38 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
It's bad for the pairwise, equally bad as winning would have been good. I'm trying to doom less this season but come on. We played well enough to win, we deserved to get rewarded. The team is certainly very frustrated when they should be celebrating a win.
come on man, you know what he meant
Thank you, but I took it as him acknowledging it. Likewise, I acknowledge his unsaid (and valid) "You are what your record says you are." -- Lao Tzu.
Losing is always suboptimal and obviously there will be moments we kick ourselves for the result, but on the whole we strongly outplayed an excellent team with 7 games behind them in their barn.
Quote from: BearLover on November 01, 2025, 01:19:20 AMQuote from: ugarte on November 01, 2025, 12:06:22 AMQuote from: BearLover on October 31, 2025, 09:48:38 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 09:32:15 PMLosing that game might be worth more to us than winning it would.
It's bad for the pairwise, equally bad as winning would have been good. I'm trying to doom less this season but come on. We played well enough to win, we deserved to get rewarded. The team is certainly very frustrated when they should be celebrating a win.
come on man, you know what he meant
I know what he meant but I think it's just entirely wrong to spin the fact we lost in a positive light. The positive thing is that we played well. Which is good. But it's bad that we lost. It would be better, both for the pairwise, and for overall trajectory, if we had won.
I'm not saying it's better that we lost (obviously). I am saying a loss is easier to bear if it delivers the message that prevents 2 or more losses later.
Also, copium feels good and I am out of more potent drugs.
Quote from: chimpfood on October 31, 2025, 11:10:36 PMQuote from: David Harding on October 31, 2025, 10:53:31 PMJane's take on the game (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/11/special-teams-struggles-sink-no-20-men-s-hockey-in-season-opener-against-no-13-massachusetts)
I like it when you can tell articles are written by people who actually care about the team and know the sport.
Jane is a pleasure to read. If there has ever been a
genuinely great hockey writer I haven't read them. (To be fair, there have only ever been like 3 great sports writers of any type, and one was Hemingway who more than ruined it in other ways.) Jane is original and interesting and singularly for the genre she avoids all the smothering derp (lookin at you Bob Ryan) the craft inevitably leans on even if your name is Red Smith. I'd hope she goes pro but TBH I hope she has a better life than that.
Quote from: David Harding on October 31, 2025, 10:53:31 PMJane's take on the game (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/11/special-teams-struggles-sink-no-20-men-s-hockey-in-season-opener-against-no-13-massachusetts)
I too think McNally does a great job. But I believe she get this totally wrong:
"The lethal Massachusetts power play — ranking top-10 in the country and operating at a 26.9 percent clip — made no mistakes. A point shot by the Minutemen was deflected just over the shoulder of senior goaltender Remington Keopple to give Massachusetts an early 1-0 lead just 1:43 into the game."
I haven't gone back to watch the replay, but my recollection is that Koepple blocked the initial shot, leaving a rebound that was roofed over his shoulder from almost no angle.
Edit: Looks like I also didn't have it quite right, but more right than McNally. From the recap on the Cornell site:
"UMass (6-2-0) had set the tone from the opening faceoff, drawing a penalty just 13 seconds into the game. The Minutemen capitalized immediately when Larry Keenan's shot from the point deflected off junior defenseman Hoyt Stanley's left skate, allowing Lukáš Klečka to roof a backhanded shot at the left post at 1:43."
Quote from: andyw2100 on November 01, 2025, 10:59:06 AMQuote from: David Harding on October 31, 2025, 10:53:31 PMJane's take on the game (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/11/special-teams-struggles-sink-no-20-men-s-hockey-in-season-opener-against-no-13-massachusetts)
I too think McNally does a great job. But I believe she get this totally wrong:
"The lethal Massachusetts power play — ranking top-10 in the country and operating at a 26.9 percent clip — made no mistakes. A point shot by the Minutemen was deflected just over the shoulder of senior goaltender Remington Keopple to give Massachusetts an early 1-0 lead just 1:43 into the game."
I haven't gone back to watch the replay, but my recollection is that Koepple blocked the initial shot, leaving a rebound that was roofed over his shoulder from almost no angle.
Edit: Looks like I also didn't have it quite right, but more right than McNally. From the recap on the Cornell site:
"UMass (6-2-0) had set the tone from the opening faceoff, drawing a penalty just 13 seconds into the game. The Minutemen capitalized immediately when Larry Keenan's shot from the point deflected off junior defenseman Hoyt Stanley's left skate, allowing Lukáš Klečka to roof a backhanded shot at the left post at 1:43."
You are correct sir. If I recall, backhand roof. Deadly shot. Hard to blame RK.
huge stretch of the game they dominated in a large way. have to not miss on the PP when they had good setups. Once they got PP in the zone it moved the puck well.
SHowed some grit. some speed, got into good shooting areas a ton.
Really solid first game other than the score, which is hockey most of the time
It could have been from having to kill a penalty to start the game but I thought they were running around a lot of the first period before settling things down. That's a pattern a lot like some of the better teams of the early 2000s. Survive the first and then get to work. They were hitting everything in site. They were looking to shoot first in most cases. I too wish there had been a replay of the Charlie Major steal and chance. Again he had no room to make a play yet he made a play. I'd like the three on one back. By the time Ryan got the pass back there wasn't much room to shoot. On the winning goal Cornell won the face-off and Kraft had it on his stick but didn't get enough on the backhand clearing attempt. I wish he had skated to some open ice before trying to get rid of it instead of being hasty in that crowd. Of course that's just hindsight. That was a very well played game. They are laying a nice foundation for a young team.
I don't see the games on TV like I do in the stands but I really only noticed Walsh during that second period power play where they worked it down to him a couple of times. I know he was out there for faceoffs but did he have the puck on his stick much the rest of the game?
Quote from: VIEWfromK on November 01, 2025, 12:33:19 PMI too wish there had been a replay of the Charlie Major steal and chance.
The announcers said that the refs did review the play after the period ended, since it was the next stoppage, and that the no-goal call was correct.
Quote from: VIEWfromK on November 01, 2025, 12:33:19 PMIt could have been from having to kill a penalty to start the game but I thought they were running around a lot of the first period before settling things down. That's a pattern a lot like some of the better teams of the early 2000s. Survive the first and then get to work. They were hitting everything in site. They were looking to shoot first in most cases. I too wish there had been a replay of the Charlie Major steal and chance. Again he had no room to make a play yet he made a play. I'd like the three on one back. By the time Ryan got the pass back there wasn't much room to shoot. On the winning goal Cornell won the face-off and Kraft had it on his stick but didn't get enough on the backhand clearing attempt. I wish he had skated to some open ice before trying to get rid of it instead of being hasty in that crowd. Of course that's just hindsight. That was a very well played game. They are laying a nice foundation for a young team.
I don't see the games on TV like I do in the stands but I really only noticed Walsh during that second period power play where they worked it down to him a couple of times. I know he was out there for faceoffs but did he have the puck on his stick much the rest of the game?
One aspect we didn't handle well was managing our odd man rushes, particularly the 3 on 1 you mentioned.
Quote from: scoop85 on November 01, 2025, 02:03:21 PMQuote from: VIEWfromK on November 01, 2025, 12:33:19 PMIt could have been from having to kill a penalty to start the game but I thought they were running around a lot of the first period before settling things down. That's a pattern a lot like some of the better teams of the early 2000s. Survive the first and then get to work. They were hitting everything in site. They were looking to shoot first in most cases. I too wish there had been a replay of the Charlie Major steal and chance. Again he had no room to make a play yet he made a play. I'd like the three on one back. By the time Ryan got the pass back there wasn't much room to shoot. On the winning goal Cornell won the face-off and Kraft had it on his stick but didn't get enough on the backhand clearing attempt. I wish he had skated to some open ice before trying to get rid of it instead of being hasty in that crowd. Of course that's just hindsight. That was a very well played game. They are laying a nice foundation for a young team.
I don't see the games on TV like I do in the stands but I really only noticed Walsh during that second period power play where they worked it down to him a couple of times. I know he was out there for faceoffs but did he have the puck on his stick much the rest of the game?
One aspect we didn't handle well was managing our odd man rushes, particularly the 3 on 1 you mentioned.
Agreed but the overall domination for most of the game 5 x 5 in the first game of the season seemed more offensively aggressive than when we've shocked our out of conference opponents in past years. The D was solid but the offense seemed a bit more creative.
But then again this could be my ancient brain and an early season PollyAnna fog.
Quote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
I used to play in a men's hockey league with a guy who was a CC alum. Seems his crowd at CC collectively referred to "puck muff".
Feels like that would work both as singular or plural.
Quote from: marty on November 01, 2025, 02:41:54 PMQuote from: scoop85 on November 01, 2025, 02:03:21 PMQuote from: VIEWfromK on November 01, 2025, 12:33:19 PMIt could have been from having to kill a penalty to start the game but I thought they were running around a lot of the first period before settling things down. That's a pattern a lot like some of the better teams of the early 2000s. Survive the first and then get to work. They were hitting everything in site. They were looking to shoot first in most cases. I too wish there had been a replay of the Charlie Major steal and chance. Again he had no room to make a play yet he made a play. I'd like the three on one back. By the time Ryan got the pass back there wasn't much room to shoot. On the winning goal Cornell won the face-off and Kraft had it on his stick but didn't get enough on the backhand clearing attempt. I wish he had skated to some open ice before trying to get rid of it instead of being hasty in that crowd. Of course that's just hindsight. That was a very well played game. They are laying a nice foundation for a young team.
I don't see the games on TV like I do in the stands but I really only noticed Walsh during that second period power play where they worked it down to him a couple of times. I know he was out there for faceoffs but did he have the puck on his stick much the rest of the game?
One aspect we didn't handle well was managing our odd man rushes, particularly the 3 on 1 you mentioned.
Agreed but the overall domination for most of the game 5 x 5 in the first game of the season seemed more offensively aggressive than when we've shocked our out of conference opponents in past years. The D was solid but the offense seemed a bit more creative.
But then again this could be my ancient brain and an early season PollyAnna fog.
If so it's a folie à deux.
Quote from: abmarks on November 01, 2025, 09:10:43 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
I used to play in a men's hockey league with a guy who was a CC alum. Seems his crowd at CC collectively referred to "puck muff".
Feels like that would work both as singular or plural.
Careful. ugarte is taking names and there will come a reckoning once he convenes his tribunal.
Quote from: Trotsky on November 01, 2025, 09:16:29 PMQuote from: abmarks on November 01, 2025, 09:10:43 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
I used to play in a men's hockey league with a guy who was a CC alum. Seems his crowd at CC collectively referred to "puck muff".
Feels like that would work both as singular or plural.
Careful. ugarte is taking names and there will come a reckoning once he convenes his tribunal.
I merely report the phrase and it's grammarly place.
Quote from: Trotsky on November 01, 2025, 09:16:29 PMQuote from: abmarks on November 01, 2025, 09:10:43 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
I used to play in a men's hockey league with a guy who was a CC alum. Seems his crowd at CC collectively referred to "puck muff".
Feels like that would work both as singular or plural.
Careful. ugarte is taking names and there will come a reckoning once he convenes his tribunal.
you are a dinosaur. at least be funny once while giving your opinion of every woman who happens to cross your path. I thought i gave you a break about getting horny over a black and white photo that you looked at with a jeweler's loupe until you felt a shift.
you think you're cool as a feminist because you support progressive policy but god damn if you have to act normal around women just once you freak out.
Quote from: ugarte on November 01, 2025, 10:07:26 PMQuote from: Trotsky on November 01, 2025, 09:16:29 PMQuote from: abmarks on November 01, 2025, 09:10:43 PMQuote from: Trotsky on October 31, 2025, 08:50:24 PMWhat is the collective noun for puck bunnies? A colony? Centerfold? Felony? There is a fine instance behind the UMass net.
I used to play in a men's hockey league with a guy who was a CC alum. Seems his crowd at CC collectively referred to "puck muff".
Feels like that would work both as singular or plural.
Careful. ugarte is taking names and there will come a reckoning once he convenes his tribunal.
you are a dinosaur. at least be funny once while giving your opinion of every woman who happens to cross your path. I thought i gave you a break about getting horny over a black and white photo that you looked at with a jeweler's loupe until you felt a shift.
you think you're cool as a feminist because you support progressive policy but god damn if you have to act normal around women just once you freak out.
I'm sure it will all be in your brief.
Many of us have read more than one book and taken more than one sophomore class. The twin idiocies of the thesis and antithesis of the last hundred years, split neatly into 50-year slices, are caving into the next synthesis, which neither of us will understand or accept. That's good. It's why we die.
You aren't the end of history. You're a mildly clever, highly rewarded boy who, thinking he has The Golden Key, is now feverishly with furrowed brow of rebuke explaining it to somebody who was present when your script was written. That is embarrassing for one of us, you are right about that.
Another knight riding to the rescue. The original problem, set on its head. Since you missed the memo, it wasn't about sniveling crouching anti-crudity, it was about equal expressive agency!
And you, supposedly a comedian, don't even sniff the irony? Not auspicious for the career.
Also. 3 was cute. Very, very cute. Seizure pills in the top cabinet behind the vial marked "Bergeron, Harrison."
Now be joyful, motherfucker, we won and just for you nobody said "tits" for a full five minutes.
you think it's because you're crude but it's because you're crude without sniffing clever. I've laughed at more offensive things than you could possibly imagine. I've told more superficially offensive jokes than you would attempt. there's no payoff to you constantly indulging your id because every single time *the whole joke* is the transgression.
your rationale for constantly yammering about ugly coeds and Asian engineers and wolf-whistling because you lack any internal social regulator is nonsense no matter how many better writers you quote without comprehension.
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Quote from: CU2007 on November 02, 2025, 09:57:24 AM🍿
Someday it'll just be AI simulacra of Trotsky and ugarte arguing on their own hallucination of eLynah. And then the world will end—poof!
Quote from: Scersk '97 on November 02, 2025, 11:31:20 AMQuote from: CU2007 on November 02, 2025, 09:57:24 AM🍿
Someday it'll just be AI simulacra of Trotsky and ugarte arguing on their own hallucination of eLynah. And then the world will end—poof!
Are you Morpheus or Neo?