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Title: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on December 09, 2025, 05:54:44 AM
Because 2025 can't end fast enough.  What a kidney stone of a calendar year.  Let's Go Red!

https://youtu.be/pZmKRaOcoLI
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: 617BigRed on December 16, 2025, 10:46:01 AM
Quote from: Trotsky on December 09, 2025, 05:54:44 AMBecause 2025 can't end fast enough.  What a kidney stone of a calendar year.  Let's Go Red!

https://youtu.be/pZmKRaOcoLI

Haha thats great, i liked Where Angels Fear...
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on December 16, 2025, 10:00:59 PM
Looks like UNO's goalie went out with an injury a minute into fridays game and wasn't dressed Saturday. Omaha plays Augustana this weekend so they could help us out and pick up some NPI points there.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Dafatone on December 16, 2025, 10:21:51 PM
Quote from: chimpfood on December 16, 2025, 10:00:59 PMLooks like UNO's goalie went out with an injury a minute into fridays game and wasn't dressed Saturday. Omaha plays Augustana this weekend so they could help us out and pick up some NPI points there.

How dare you suggest we root against the good Vikings of Sioux Falls.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on December 28, 2025, 05:22:38 PM
Looks like anyone can buy student section tickets for the Omaha and Alaska series, plenty of good seats still available.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on January 01, 2026, 10:12:21 PM
Finally game day again tomorrow. Big questions are if Walsh and Latkoczy (their goalie) will play. Both are super important to their teams.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PM
Bernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 03:10:20 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.
If I remember correctly, Walsh was our go to faceoff guy last year, even in empty net situations when they were both on the ice. Wonder if the FO% differences are just due to Walsh being a better defensive playing and so he's put in for more D zone and PK draws.

Also helps Castagna to be going against the other team's 2C
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Weder on January 02, 2026, 03:18:11 PM
Quote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 03:10:20 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.
If I remember correctly, Walsh was our go to faceoff guy last year, even in empty net situations when they were both on the ice. Wonder if the FO% differences are just due to Walsh being a better defensive playing and so he's put in for more D zone and PK draws.

Also helps Castagna to be going against the other team's 2C

I didn't feel like doing the math, but at a glance looks like a few other players in the low 60s for FO%.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/icehockey-men/d1/current/individual/1258
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 03:19:25 PM
Quote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 03:10:20 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.
If I remember correctly, Walsh was our go to faceoff guy last year, even in empty net situations when they were both on the ice. Wonder if the FO% differences are just due to Walsh being a better defensive playing and so he's put in for more D zone and PK draws.

Also helps Castagna to be going against the other team's 2C
131 w 74 l for Casty. 122 w 101 l for Walshy. Looks like they're getting roughly even faceoff numbers, idk about game tilt.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 06:15:41 PM
I feel like face off dominance has been one of the most consistent features of Cornell hockey since I started watching in 2004-2005.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Robb on January 02, 2026, 06:28:54 PM
Quote from: chimpfood on December 28, 2025, 05:22:38 PMLooks like anyone can buy student section tickets for the Omaha and Alaska series, plenty of good seats still available.
~20 of my relatives (mostly alums) will be in Section B tonight.

Wish I were there......
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 06:39:59 PM
Walsh took warmups :)
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 06:42:00 PM
Also, the ice looks good now.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 06:56:24 PM
Quote from: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 06:15:41 PMI feel like face off dominance has been one of the most consistent features of Cornell hockey since I started watching in 2004-2005.
Sure seems like it.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 06:58:16 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 06:42:00 PMAlso, the ice looks good now.
Very good news. 
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:02:39 PM
Program-record 8-game homestand.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:05:31 PM
Nice early pressure.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:08:53 PM
ATTABOY FEGSY
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:09:23 PM
Goal at 4:20.  8)
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:12:07 PM
Here comes the powerplay.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:13:08 PM
VEILLEUX
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:16:09 PM
LET'S GO LONGER
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: ugarte on January 02, 2026, 07:16:57 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:08:53 PMATTABOY FEGSY
nice of fegaras. possibly his first shot on goal all season!

oooh Aidan Long
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:20:02 PM
So, this isn't a bad start.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:23:31 PM
Fegaras in the box. Fork found in kitchen.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:26:06 PM
Just as the penalty expires, they score. Well. That's why you have a 3 goal lead.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: fastforward on January 02, 2026, 07:26:50 PM
STAY OUTTA DA BOX
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: ugarte on January 02, 2026, 07:27:13 PM
I'm not saying the next 5+ periods are going to be like this but so far it's like watching Union play those bar league jokers, including somehow giving up a goal.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:27:50 PM
We are consistently planting a guy in front.  Nice.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:28:56 PM
Quote from: ugarte on January 02, 2026, 07:27:13 PMI'm not saying the next 5+ periods are going to be like this but so far it's like watching Union play those bar league jokers, including somehow giving up a goal.
Games that start this way have a nasty habit of tightening up.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:30:36 PM
Now 3-2. Never count the Mavericks out.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: fastforward on January 02, 2026, 07:32:53 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 07:28:56 PM
Quote from: ugarte on January 02, 2026, 07:27:13 PMI'm not saying the next 5+ periods are going to be like this but so far it's like watching Union play those bar league jokers, including somehow giving up a goal.
Games that start this way have a nasty habit of tightening up.
Duly noted
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Iceberg on January 02, 2026, 07:37:22 PM
Shouldn't be within one. That Veilleux turnover resulting in the 2nd Omaha goal was as bad as I've seen given there were plenty of options to move the puck.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:44:08 PM
Quote from: Iceberg on January 02, 2026, 07:37:22 PMShouldn't be within one. That Veilleux turnover resulting in the 2nd Omaha goal was as bad as I've seen given there were plenty of options to move the puck.
Shit happens. So does Walsh hitting iron on the shorthanded chance. Or Ryan or Hiscock or any of like five other guys not being able to put wood on pucks with open cages.

We are still up by one. Lock it down. Score a few more.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 07:56:31 PM
Tied. Scrum in front of Cournoyer.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 08:01:14 PM
Too fancy, my brothers in Schafe.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 08:02:18 PM
Textbook Interference
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 08:08:31 PM
"Wong strong against Long."
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 08:10:18 PM
Walsh is covering the ice like 2 guys tonight.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:12:29 PM
3-4 them. But my guy got an assist :)
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 08:17:06 PM
Lost our shape entirely.  It's now throw it in front and hope.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:18:11 PM
Walsh to the box for getting attacked. Loranger to the box for trying to kill captain.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 08:29:48 PM
Pitiful 4x3. This team is offensively challenged. So much passing into traffic, passing it to nowhere, playing catch the blue line for 15 seconds before taking a worse shot than the first one that was available.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:30:00 PM
Well that SUCKED. Stop that.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 08:30:27 PM
I mostly want to come back and win so we don't have to read the tedious screeds.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 08:30:55 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:12:29 PM3-4 them. But my guy got an assist :)
congrats!
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:34:32 PM
Quote from: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 08:30:55 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:12:29 PM3-4 them. But my guy got an assist :)
congrats!
thank you <3 i'm quite happy i got to see him factor in on a goal! ideally it would be when we were up 5-0...
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: pjd8 on January 02, 2026, 08:40:35 PM
Quote from: Weder on January 02, 2026, 03:18:11 PM
Quote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 03:10:20 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.
If I remember correctly, Walsh was our go to faceoff guy last year, even in empty net situations when they were both on the ice. Wonder if the FO% differences are just due to Walsh being a better defensive playing and so he's put in for more D zone and PK draws.

Also helps Castagna to be going against the other team's 2C

I didn't feel like doing the math, but at a glance looks like a few other players in the low 60s for FO%.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/icehockey-men/d1/current/individual/1258

I took that link and sorted by FO Win %. Only 35 players have a better percentage than Walsh. Castagna bests them all.

The list includes players who have had at least 133 FO Wins.

Rank    Name    Team    Class    Ind Games    FO Won    FO Lost    % FO Won
44    Noah Morneau    Bowling Green    Fr.    16    153    89    63.2%
33    Victor Czernec. Quinnipiac    Sr.    18    167    99    62.8%
1    Tyson Gross    St. Cloud St.    Jr.    18    261    160    62.0%
72    Jaden Lipinski    Maine            Fr.    17    135    84    61.6%
70    Ellis Rickwood    North Dakota    Sr.    13    137    86    61.4%
36    Kyle Gaffney    Minn. Duluth    Sr.    20    165    104    61.3%
9    Owen Michaels    Western Mich.    Jr.    18    216    139    60.8%
15    Charlie Cerrato    Penn St.    So.    16    194    125    60.8%
17    Jack Stockfish    Holy Cross    Jr.    17    188    122    60.6%
4    Klavs Veinbergs    Colorado Col.    Jr.    18    221    146    60.2%
18    Nick Sajevic    Air Force    So.    18    187    125    59.9%
11    T.J. Hughes    Michigan    Sr.    20    210    148    58.7%
10    William Ahlrik    Lake Sup. St.    So.    20    215    153    58.4%
5    Gavin Morrissey    Wisconsin    So.    18    220    160    57.9%
61    Sean McGurn    Arizona St.    Jr.    18    141    103    57.8%
41    Hank Cleaves    Dartmouth    So.    14    157    117    57.3%
39    Tiernan Shoudy    Michigan St.    Sr.    18    164    123    57.1%
74    Jacob Mathieu    Northeastern    Fr.    16    133    101    56.8%
34    Markus Vidicek    Quinnipiac    Fr.    18    166    127    56.7%
30    Roger McQueen    Providence    Fr.    16    170    131    56.5%
61    Brayden Schuurm Colorado Col.    Fr.    18    141    109    56.4%
52    Max Montes    Ohio St.    Jr.    16    146    113    56.4%
57    Jaden Dyke    LIU            Fr.    19    144    112    56.3%
20    Cy LeClerc    New Hampshire    Sr.    17    185    144    56.2%
51    Nolan Roed    St. Cloud St.    Fr.    18    147    115    56.1%
66    Cole McKinney    Michigan    Fr.    20    139    111    55.6%
25    Josh Zary    Ferris St.    Sr.    20    179    143    55.6%
23    Logan Morrell    Arizona St.    Jr.    20    180    144    55.6%
25    Lucas Buzziol    Union (NY)    So.    19    179    144    55.4%
54    Cole Reschny    North Dakota    Fr.    16    145    117    55.3%
60    Jaden Grant    Bowling Green    Sr.    15    142    115    55.3%
12    Max Scott    Maine.          Jr.    18    209    171    55.0%
36    Jacob Maillet    Niagara            So.    16    165    135    55.0%
36    Danny Nelson    Notre Dame    Jr.    16    165    136    54.8%
28    Grant Slukynsky    Western Mich.    Jr.    18    171    141    54.8%
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:51:52 PM
IT'S NOT DELIVERY IT'S DIGIULIAN
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: marty on January 02, 2026, 08:52:51 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 08:51:52 PMIT'S NOT DELIVERY IT'S DIGIULIAN

I can Dig it.

He was overdue.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:01:10 PM
Princeton tied with Dartmouth in the 3rd.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 09:03:18 PM
WHOSE COCK???
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: marty on January 02, 2026, 09:04:45 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 09:03:18 PMWHOSE COCK???

Dig it.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:05:47 PM
(https://media.gettyimages.com/id/3151671/photo/south-carolina-v-lsu.webp?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=BghMOAE4oJPD8UKx_0AytfvINydARO0xWInDPEliaJ8=)
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: sah67 on January 02, 2026, 09:06:22 PM
Another bad turnover by Veilleux: X gonna give it to them?
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on January 02, 2026, 09:13:12 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:01:10 PMPrinceton tied with Dartmouth in the 3rd.

And Q is bitch-slapping Sucks, 8-1.

And make it 9-1.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: marty on January 02, 2026, 09:20:45 PM
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on January 02, 2026, 09:13:12 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:01:10 PMPrinceton tied with Dartmouth in the 3rd.

And Q is bitch-slapping Sucks, 8-1.

And make it 9-1.

Make that 9 hard boiled eggs.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on January 02, 2026, 09:22:41 PM
Quote from: marty on January 02, 2026, 09:20:45 PM
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on January 02, 2026, 09:13:12 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:01:10 PMPrinceton tied with Dartmouth in the 3rd.

And Q is bitch-slapping Sucks, 8-1.

And make it 9-1.

Make that 9 hard boiled eggs.

HONK!
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 09:23:27 PM
LONG HITS THE EMPTY NET
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Give My Regards on January 02, 2026, 09:24:20 PM
Whew
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: marty on January 02, 2026, 09:24:49 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 09:23:27 PMLONG HITS THE EMPTY NET

WALSH WALSH WALSH
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:25:06 PM
UNO 4
Cornell 3
Walshy 3
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 09:26:24 PM
Nice job sticking with it in the third.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: marty on January 02, 2026, 09:28:27 PM
Quote from: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 08:29:48 PMPitiful 4x3. This team is offensively challenged. So much passing into traffic, passing it to nowhere, playing catch the blue line for 15 seconds before taking a worse shot than the first one that was available.

Some on eLynah are - too be politically correct - challenged too.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 09:29:13 PM
Quote from: marty on January 02, 2026, 09:28:27 PM
Quote from: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 08:29:48 PMPitiful 4x3. This team is offensively challenged. So much passing into traffic, passing it to nowhere, playing catch the blue line for 15 seconds before taking a worse shot than the first one that was available.

Some on eLynah are - too be politically correct - challenged too.
To*
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Snowball on January 02, 2026, 09:30:05 PM

WALSH WALSH WALSH
[/quote]

Not bothered by jet lag...
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Iceberg on January 02, 2026, 09:32:10 PM
Good job by the team to come back. It was always clear that there would be offensive opportunities throughout but things definitely need to be tighter tomorrow, as Omaha will probably continue to play gutsy
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Give My Regards on January 02, 2026, 09:43:53 PM
Quote from: Snowball on January 02, 2026, 09:30:05 PMWALSH WALSH WALSH

Not bothered by jet lag...
[/quote]

What the hell, might be worth sending him across an ocean before every game  :)
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: imafrshmn on January 02, 2026, 09:44:10 PM
As a disciple of the Schafer school of hockey philosophy, i wanted to shoot a goose when we let up goals 3 and 4 from U-NO-who. But ok, glad to see things settle down in the end against a very slippery opponent.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 09:44:37 PM
Can't be choking a three goal lead but it's good that we untucked our balls and got the win.

Happy that Fegaras and Long got the monkeys off their backs (Fegaras' celly was him taking the monkey off his back which was hilarious).

Got a lot of dirty looks in section B and A from first time fans that got the ticket deals and probably didn't know it was the student section.

It was also cold as hell in Lynah today but if that's the price to pay for good ice I'll take it.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 09:46:44 PM
Weird thing to say when we scored six goals, but I thought UNO's goalie played very well. We could have had eight or nine pretty easily.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: fastforward on January 02, 2026, 09:51:20 PM
Lordy we lucked out!
Definitely need to tighten up the nuts and bolts - too many bad passes in my opinion but happy they managed to pull things together in the 3rd
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 09:51:45 PM
Quote from: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 09:46:44 PMWeird thing to say when we scored six goals, but I thought UNO's goalie played very well. We could have had eight or nine pretty easily.
CHN's box score has our expected goals at 4.6 and UNO's at 1.7. (I have no idea how reliable CHN's xG metric is.) We dominated this game, even accounting for the 5-to-2 PP disparity.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 09:56:08 PM
Quote from: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 09:51:45 PM
Quote from: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 09:46:44 PMWeird thing to say when we scored six goals, but I thought UNO's goalie played very well. We could have had eight or nine pretty easily.
CHN's box score has our expected goals at 4.6 and UNO's at 1.7. (I have no idea how reliable CHN's xG metric is.) We dominated this game, even accounting for the 5-to-2 PP disparity.

I'm not sure I want to say Cournoyer had a bad game, exactly, because he was really hung out to dry on some of those goals. But we could have used a robbery or two.

Still, they're all line drives in the scorebook. On to tomorrow.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 02, 2026, 10:02:56 PM
Quote from: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 09:25:06 PMUNO 4
Cornell 3
Walshy 3
That's our captain.

As I predicted - UNO is a gutsy ass team that's probably a little better than its record suggests. Can't be doing the cardiac let-in-four-goals experience again. Good win, very glad we stuck it out. Now lock it down before tomorrow.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: ugarte on January 02, 2026, 10:40:53 PM
I guess UNO started to look better? Maybe? good guys won but yeesh.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 10:42:41 PM
Quote from: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 09:51:45 PM
Quote from: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 09:46:44 PMWeird thing to say when we scored six goals, but I thought UNO's goalie played very well. We could have had eight or nine pretty easily.
CHN's box score has our expected goals at 4.6 and UNO's at 1.7. (I have no idea how reliable CHN's xG metric is.) We dominated this game, even accounting for the 5-to-2 PP disparity.
I think their xG is just based on where the shot comes from. So probably not very telling.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 10:51:04 PM
Latkoczy warmed up for UNO but was not on the bench. Wouldn't be shocked to see him tomorrow, they probably wouldn't like to put Cowan back out there after giving up 6 even though he didn't look terrible.
Title: Re: Cornell vs Nebraska-Omaha, 1/2/26
Post by: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 10:56:31 PM
Also, I'm not sold on Stanley on the power play. He's like the modern day Travis Mitchell, just seems to slow everything down. I would prefer that we go 4 forwards on the top unit and just have Veilleux stay along the blue line a little more. Though, maybe today showed that he's too turnover prone to be trusted as the lone defenseman on the PP.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: Trotsky on January 02, 2026, 11:09:21 PM
I thought Cowan looked fine, we generated a TON of great chances.  As somebody mentioned a few pages back we had empty nets at least 4 times and something happened -- a whiff, a roll onto the puck edge, a mystifying extra pass, a post.

We could have won this one 10-5.

I'm a bit worried about Cournoyer.  That was a bad performance.  He wasn't tracking the puck well.  UNO took his eyes but there were also times when they blasted unscreened and they just flat out missed, he didn't even react.  I really like him and I guess goalies can go stale and need playing time to spin back up, but I thought in period 2 he looked lost.

Walsh is better every game.  The Frosh already look experienced.  We have the ability to score.  This team could do something in March.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 11:55:31 PM
Quote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 10:56:31 PMAlso, I'm not sold on Stanley on the power play. He's like the modern day Travis Mitchell, just seems to slow everything down. I would prefer that we go 4 forwards on the top unit and just have Veilleux stay along the blue line a little more. Though, maybe today showed that he's too turnover prone to be trusted as the lone defenseman on the PP.
I was going to make the same comment earlier, but I felt like I didn't really have any clue what I was talking about (I have a high threshold for posting only when I feel confident in what I'm saying). 
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: Pghas on January 03, 2026, 07:30:34 AM
Great one to be at last night.  Really enjoyed sitting over in section B for a change.

One thing that has to be said that nobody has mentioned is that Gio DeGulian had a huge impact last night.  After ringing one off the post in the second, just a wicked snipe to tie it at 4 on the PP.  Then assisted on the  winner off a turnover he created on a great forecheck.  It's two plays but it's a kid whose speed and skill stood out all night and those were not 2 plays that just anyone could have made.  We have long needed players with speed and skill who can make plays like that and win us games. The UNO goalie played well but we failed to finish on 3 breakaways and numerous golden opportunities. Digiulian scored when we desperately needed one.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: The Rancor on January 03, 2026, 08:32:08 AM
What a roller coaster of emotion.
When we went up 3-0 in the first 10, I thought to myself how strong of a team this is, and how college hockey has evolved in the last few years, indeed in the 40 years I've been watching.
My other thought was, again, we were playing a team with 15 new players, like ourselves. Seems this is true for nearly every team we've faced this season and across D1. Wild shakeups to team chemistry.
Then... 4 unanswered. Disaster.
Followed by me literally jumping off the couch in the 3rd with the tying and winning goals. I'm proud of the team for not giving up and battling out of a psychological hole. LGR!!!
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: marty on January 03, 2026, 08:36:48 AM
Quote from: The Rancor on January 03, 2026, 08:32:08 AMWhat a roller coaster of emotion.
When we went up 3-0 in the first 10, I thought to myself how strong of a team this is, and how college hockey has evolved in the last few years, indeed in the 40 years I've been watching.
My other thought was, again, we were playing a team with 15 new players, like ourselves. Seems this is true for nearly every team we've faced this season and across D1. Wild shakeups to team chemistry.
Then... 4 unanswered. Disaster.
Followed by me literally jumping off the couch in the 3rd with the tying and winning goals. I'm proud of the team for not giving up and battling out of a psychological hole. LGR!!!


...and even the empty netter was a blast to watch. 

Finished your post.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: The Rancor on January 03, 2026, 08:42:36 AM
Quote from: marty on January 03, 2026, 08:36:48 AM
Quote from: The Rancor on January 03, 2026, 08:32:08 AMWhat a roller coaster of emotion.
When we went up 3-0 in the first 10, I thought to myself how strong of a team this is, and how college hockey has evolved in the last few years, indeed in the 40 years I've been watching.
My other thought was, again, we were playing a team with 15 new players, like ourselves. Seems this is true for nearly every team we've faced this season and across D1. Wild shakeups to team chemistry.
Then... 4 unanswered. Disaster.
Followed by me literally jumping off the couch in the 3rd with the tying and winning goals. I'm proud of the team for not giving up and battling out of a psychological hole. LGR!!!


...and even the empty netter was a blast to watch. 

Finished your post.

A thing of beauty.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 03, 2026, 09:28:39 AM
Quote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 10:56:31 PMAlso, I'm not sold on Stanley on the power play. He's like the modern day Travis Mitchell, just seems to slow everything down. I would prefer that we go 4 forwards on the top unit and just have Veilleux stay along the blue line a little more. Though, maybe today showed that he's too turnover prone to be trusted as the lone defenseman on the PP.
Yeah, I mentioned this to the kiddo I ended up next to. 3F2D on PP1 is certainly a choice, especially when it felt like Stanley spent all night not keeping pucks in the zone. But I also seem to remember Veilleux's goal coming with him deep in the crease, so maybe they want him to be able to activate into the cycle like a forward?
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: adamw on January 03, 2026, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.

Faceoff stats are here - https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/overall.php ... also on team pages, and other places.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 03, 2026, 08:34:22 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.

Faceoff stats are here - https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/overall.php ... also on team pages, and other places.
Yeah... except that shows all the 1 win guys first lmao, and I can't see a way to filter it without signing up for an account, and the account signup wasn't working yesterday when I tried it. :')
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: pjd8 on January 03, 2026, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.

Faceoff stats are here - https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/overall.php ... also on team pages, and other places.

But if you sort that page by FO%, you either see nothing but players at 100% or 0%, depending on the sort order. And the stats page for the team doesn't have FO%. Maybe it's someplace I haven't found yet.

The problem with offering lots of option is that eventually something gets buried.




Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: adamw on January 03, 2026, 10:15:45 PM
Quote from: pjd8 on January 03, 2026, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.

Faceoff stats are here - https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/overall.php ... also on team pages, and other places.

But if you sort that page by FO%, you either see nothing but players at 100% or 0%, depending on the sort order. And the stats page for the team doesn't have FO%. Maybe it's someplace I haven't found yet.

The problem with offering lots of option is that eventually something gets buried.

That's true - I do need to set some sort of minimum there on the national page.  Team Stats page is here:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/team/Cornell/18/advanced,20252026

The basic team stats page has a dropdown menu to all sorts of other stats - including "in conference only" and the "advanced" page I linked above, among other things.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: pjd8 on January 03, 2026, 10:22:10 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 10:15:45 PM
Quote from: pjd8 on January 03, 2026, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.

Faceoff stats are here - https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/overall.php ... also on team pages, and other places.

But if you sort that page by FO%, you either see nothing but players at 100% or 0%, depending on the sort order. And the stats page for the team doesn't have FO%. Maybe it's someplace I haven't found yet.

The problem with offering lots of option is that eventually something gets buried.

That's true - I do need to set some sort of minimum there on the national page.  Team Stats page is here:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/team/Cornell/18/advanced,20252026

The basic team stats page has a dropdown menu to all sorts of other stats - including "in conference only" and the "advanced" page I linked above, among other things.

Thanks! I didn't go down all the options on that menu.
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 03, 2026, 10:31:58 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 10:15:45 PM
Quote from: pjd8 on January 03, 2026, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: adamw on January 03, 2026, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 02, 2026, 02:57:55 PMBernie and I are hanging out at the basketball game... the topic of faceoff% came up. We ran the numbers manually because the Cornell site doesn't display them. Did y'all know Castagna is running a 63.9% on the dot this year? That's gotta be some sort of leader with a minimum fo%. Bernie's saying it could be a NCAA record if he keeps up the pace.

Walsh, btw, with a still-impressive 54.7%.

Faceoff stats are here - https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/overall.php ... also on team pages, and other places.

But if you sort that page by FO%, you either see nothing but players at 100% or 0%, depending on the sort order. And the stats page for the team doesn't have FO%. Maybe it's someplace I haven't found yet.

The problem with offering lots of option is that eventually something gets buried.

That's true - I do need to set some sort of minimum there on the national page.  Team Stats page is here:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/team/Cornell/18/advanced,20252026

The basic team stats page has a dropdown menu to all sorts of other stats - including "in conference only" and the "advanced" page I linked above, among other things.
Ooh! Thanks!!!
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 04, 2026, 08:21:16 AM
Speaking of Walsh, just did a scroll on Jane McNally's Twitter and it turns out he only got to Ithaca around midday the day of (https://x.com/JaneMcNally_/status/2007191317357764635?t=p-FGPfihoL4ZDtLGToU7jQ&s=19) the game. And I thought my travel plans were bad.

Rest up, Walsh. That's how many games, 5? Since Christmas?
Title: Re: Cornell 6 Nebraska-Omaha 4, 1/2/26
Post by: stereax on January 05, 2026, 12:37:04 PM
Aiden Long (https://x.com/CornellMHockey/status/2008227635093004709?t=bBmBTdfnn_wvdH-aQuhiBQ&s=19) is the ECAC rookie of the week with 3G1A.