Good news from McNally - both our centers are back! (https://x.com/i/status/2021716979040551063)
Anyways, get the points and GTFO.
Ivy matchups, make them count.
So apparently I'm an idiot and can't read our schedule 😂
I know what I want for my birthday.
(https://i.etsystatic.com/33582102/r/il/6794a3/6717878272/il_1588xN.6717878272_j7an.jpg)
Well, and a win would be nice.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-plum-blossom-troy
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
Downtown Troy actually had a great restaurant scene when I was there in the past. I don't think you can go wrong with too many places
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
Verdiles for Italian but I hear the neighborhood has gotten sketchy. Off Shore Pier in East Greenbush for seafood. Knotty Pine for pizza, about a mile from the rink.
Quote from: Troyfan on February 12, 2026, 07:21:49 AMQuote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
Verdiles for Italian but I hear the neighborhood has gotten sketchy. Off Shore Pier in East Greenbush for seafood. Knotty Pine for pizza, about a mile from the rink.
Verdiles if you like 1950's decor - not sure if the waiters have bought new outfits this year. Knotty Pine is dead - replaced with an ethnic pizza fast food feeling joint. The Pines on Hoosick Rd is run by the Knotty Pine family and I have only tried it 2 or 3 times.
Ali Baba if you like Turkish middle eastern plates.
Our family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years - really enjoy the atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...
Quote from: profudge on February 12, 2026, 10:31:25 AMOur family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years - really enjoy the atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...
Plum Blossom is almost always a hit. Not a Chinatown experience but the owners are always busting their butts to keep things running smoothly. A nice couple who have transformed a crappy bar into a little palace of a restaurant. The owner's hobby is architecture and the result is fine.
This is the Big Red's first game on Friday the 13th since 1/13/2017, a 5-1 win at Princeton.
FWIW, years ago on HOCKEY-L I posted about Cornell's near-surreal record in Friday the 13th games in the Lynah era -- it was something like 9-1. Of course, they then proceeded to lose four of their next five games played on that date, but they've rebounded a bit since then, and the record, if my math is correct, now stands at 15-5.
(And unless something catastrophic happens, the Big Red will have another one of these games on March 13th when the ECAC quarterfinal round begins)
Quote from: Give My Regards on February 12, 2026, 11:30:27 AMThis is the Big Red's first game on Friday the 13th since 1/13/2017, a 5-1 win at Princeton.
Yep, the game where freshman year Jeff Malott had a hat trick. He didn't have a goal up to that point in the season, too, and look at where he is now.
We are 16-5-0 in Friday the 13th games. We were 13-1-0 at one time. The 9 years elapsed since the last is the longest interval since 1981:
02/13/1942 W 10 Union 1
03/13/1970 W 6 Harvard 5 ECAC SF
03/13/1981 W 4 Colgate 3 ECAC SF
01/13/1984 L 1 BC 3
02/13/1987 W 5 Dartmouth 4 ot
11/13/1987 W 6 Army 2
01/13/1989 W 3 RPI 2 ot
03/13/1992 W 4 Clarkson 3 2ot ECAC SF
11/13/1992 W 5 Princeton 4
02/13/1998 W 3 Vermont 1
03/13/1998 W 5 RPI 4 ECAC 1R
11/13/1998 W 7 Harvard 2
02/13/2004 W 6 Princeton 1
01/13/2006 W 6 Quinnipiac 0
02/13/2009 L 4 Dartmouth 5 ot
03/13/2009 L 0 RPI 1 ECAC QF
11/13/2009 L 2 Yale 4
01/13/2012 W 3 Quinnipiac 2
02/13/2015 L 2 Dartmouth 3
11/13/2015 W 5 Colgate 1
01/13/2017 W 5 Princeton 1
As Give My Regards said above, the first game of this year's ECAC QF will also be a Friday the 13th.
We have done this double just twice, sweeping in 98 and being swept in 09.
Quote from: Iceberg on February 12, 2026, 12:17:05 PMQuote from: Give My Regards on February 12, 2026, 11:30:27 AMThis is the Big Red's first game on Friday the 13th since 1/13/2017, a 5-1 win at Princeton.
Yep, the game where freshman year Jeff Malott had a hat trick. He didn't have a goal up to that point in the season, too, and look at where he is now.
http://www.tbrw.info/seasons/2017/box20170113.pdf
Quote from: marty on February 12, 2026, 10:55:15 AMQuote from: profudge on February 12, 2026, 10:31:25 AMOur family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years - really enjoy the atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...
Plum Blossom is almost always a hit. Not a Chinatown experience but the owners are always busting their butts to keep things running smoothly. A nice couple who have transformed a crappy bar into a little palace of a restaurant. The owner's hobby is architecture and the result is fine.
Picked up take out this evening.
(https://i.ibb.co/w31868r/20260212-171430.jpg)
Quote from: marty on February 12, 2026, 07:23:02 PMQuote from: marty on February 12, 2026, 10:55:15 AMQuote from: profudge on February 12, 2026, 10:31:25 AMOur family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years - really enjoy the atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...
Plum Blossom is almost always a hit. Not a Chinatown experience but the owners are always busting their butts to keep things running smoothly. A nice couple who have transformed a crappy bar into a little palace of a restaurant. The owner's hobby is architecture and the result is fine.
Picked up take out this evening.
(https://i.ibb.co/w31868r/20260212-171430.jpg)
Looks awesome
It is a great place run by good people. Anne has been going there for 30 years.
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
Browns Brewing Company is good, and there is a Dinosaur Barbeque there.
I forgot to mention The Red Front, Division St. They were making Detroit style pizza when Detroit was still a French trading post. Ask for cheese on the bottom i.e., under the sauce.
Big weekend tonight across a lot of Cornell sports.
RPI/Union in MIH
SLU/CLK in WIH
P/P in MBB (all due respect to WBB but they're two games back of the ILT so it's not must-see tv yet)
Albany MLax to kick off the season (someone lmk if WLax is a team I should be watching this year)
Binghamton in wrestling (won't be close but could have some interesting info about how the lineup is evolving)
I'm sure there are other sports I don't pay attention to unless we're going to make national noise as well.
Tonight, with ECAC derp pct:
.750 Cor @ .271 RPI
.750 Drt @ .375 Yal
.625 Hvd @ .229 Brn
.521 Cgt @ .438 Uni
Idle:
.792 Qpc
.646 Prn
.389 Clk
.259 SLU
After Sunday's completion of the Qpc/Prn home and home, conference GP will be unfucked (https://www.uscho.com/standings/ecac/2025-2026) and we can compare on simple derp points.
Our magic number (in derp points) w/ Dartmouth for a share of the Ivy (http://www.tbrw.info/weekly_Updates/ivy_2026.html) title is 2. Outright is 3, which we have in our power at Princeton but hey I'd still take any help Yale and Brown can give.
Keopple out first during warm ups.
Quote from: marty on February 13, 2026, 06:49:20 PMKeopple out first during warm ups.
I guess they're... Trying to give him a rep...? In a game against a weak opponent...??
Fridge's commentary evokes conversations with kitchen appliances.
Quote from: imafrshmn on February 13, 2026, 07:07:29 PMFridge's commentary evokes conversations with kitchen appliances.
This is genuinely giving me a headache.
Stanley, Castagna, Stanley, Castagna. Tongue twisters with the Big Red.
RPI sweaters are very nice. PP.
Bruveris is balling right now, we could have 3 or 4 with the way we've been playing
That is three pucks that crept under CU sticks in perfect rebound situations. So close.
Veiiii-yeah. Veiii-yeah. (To the tune of Hey Ya, mimicking the announcer.)
Episode number 347 of Major trying to solo dangle through three opposing players and getting brutally sat down.
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake it, sugar
Shake it like a Polaroid picture
PP2, fifty shades of power-er.
Can't get too cocky at 0-0 but we should absolutely roll this goon squad once we crack the egg.
Quote from: imafrshmn on February 13, 2026, 07:07:29 PMFridge's commentary evokes conversations with kitchen appliances.
Too many Pucks to the head
Quote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 07:27:54 PMEpisode number 347 of Major trying to solo dangle through three opposing players and getting brutally sat down.
I vaguely recall some of y'all complaining that Castagna tried to pull the same thing way too much in his freshman year with similar results.
RPI collecting defensive rebounds.
And no goals to end the first. Crack the egg.
Bleh, gotta run. No idea when I'll be back. Boys... don't blow it.
Cool camera on the Zamboni
Cute puck move there by Ryan.
We've given too much life to the Puckmen for my liking. LGR
Kraft playing with energy and passion, everybody else just kinda sleepwalking. Decent technically, but so passive.
Need to cash in your chances when you have them...
Quote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 07:59:12 PMKraft playing with energy and passion, everybody else just kinda sleepwalking. Decent technically, but so passive.
He always looks like he's rushing to the dinner table before anyone gets there!
RPI is playing hard. They've gotten some decent chances throughout the game and look better at this point in the period. Something needs to happen for that to change
At least three times Cornell took a lower percentage shot when they had a slam dunk goal if they instead completed a pass. Bad puck management/lack of skill on display so far.
Not fun to get goalied by some chel starter character who doesn't even have a painted helmet. Not panicking yet but score a damn goal. We should have at least 4 by now if we could finish. Stop going high blocker, their goalie has made like 3 goal saving stops on that side
Quote from: chimpfood on February 13, 2026, 08:23:31 PMNot fun to get goalied by some chel starter character who doesn't even have a painted helmet. Not panicking yet but score a damn goal. We should have at least 4 by now if we could finish. Stop going high blocker, their goalie has made like 3 goal saving stops on that side
He is RPI's second string goalie and is in the net primarily because Nate Krawchuk was injured last Friday, but he is hardly inexperienced. He played two years at Miami where he gained much experience playing for a poor team and has played on several Latvian national teams.
ping
Took em LONG enough...
Listen to the notes the cameraman doesn't play.
Stupid linesman being in the way.
What's the score?
1-1, 3:29 to go.
Major 0-7 on the dot, as per the stats. Woof.
RPI did ring a full on post. It's been a good game, which is irritating.
RPI goalie has been the difference, some great stops and then RPI has cleared the many, many rebounds.
Kepps doing well
I am obsessively refreshing the livestats right now 😭
Houston Field House auditory assault is deeply embarrassing.
OVERTIME?!?
Wow: CJ actually rolling with two forwards and one D. He seemed to be sticking strictly with two D in OT like Schafer always did.
3x3 is so pathetic.
Are we actually going to a shootout.
Quote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:22:04 PMAre we actually going to a shootout.
believe it or not
Anybody remember when ot was thrilling and tense, not cringe and boring?
Also can anyone post the SO shots, I can't watch :(
That was sweet
Casty scored
RPI scored
Major No
RPI no
Walsh no
RPI no
Fisher scores
BIG RED WINS
Win!!!
Michael fucking Fisher.
What the hell.
That sucked. Take the points and run. Try to make tomorrow less... like this.
Okay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.
How was the goal he scored, btw? Slapshot from the blue line? 😂
Keopple with the cute little celly after the SO-winning save
Renowned shootout specialist, Michael "Oshie" Fisher.
RPI played hard and smart but also Cornell looked so bad. I would not characterize this as getting "goalied." Cornell didn't create enough good chances to get goalied. The bigger factors: Cornell was bad on faceoffs, bad on zone entries, and awful on the forecheck. That's a bad combination because it means you rarely have possession.
Quote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:26:30 PMAlso can anyone post the SO shots, I can't watch :(
Castagna GOAL / Wilson GOAL
Major never got the shot off / Wallace SAVE
Walsh never got the shot off / Tinling SAVE
Fisher GOAL / Buckley SAVE
2-1 final.
I've never seen so many linesman get in the way as I did tonight :o
Cornell looked fine overall, just a too passive when RPI gave them chances which was every 18.3 seconds.
RPI was trying to swarm the pass and letting our carrier make progress, and had we been able to adjust we might have been able to stretch them more.
Bruveris was excellent in net. Koeppel was perfect when he need to be down the stretch.
Dropping 3 points in back-to-back games against much worse teams is no fun -- equivalent to going 1-1. But it isn't a disaster and it is good to be reminded that we have a serviceable backup goalie.
If we beat Union I will happily take a 5-point road weekend.
Quote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:31:33 PMOkay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.
It was a pretty goal, too. Go figure.
Stopped 3/4 in the shootout after a hell of a game from RK. Very nice.
Is ELynah slower than Pam Bondi on a cognitive exam for others?
Quote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 09:45:24 PMQuote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:31:33 PMOkay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.
It was a pretty goal, too. Go figure.
Hopefully the socials post it. Want to see it.
The cajones on Casey though to call Fisher fourth, when you have guys like Long, Ryan, Veilleux, DiGiulian. And it worked.
Quote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 09:49:58 PMIs ELynah slower than Pam Bondi on a cognitive exam for others?
It's humming just fine for me. Check your dial-up.
Quote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 09:45:24 PMQuote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:31:33 PMOkay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.
It was a pretty goal, too. Go figure.
I love Jane. (https://x.com/i/status/2022498766608048291)
Fisher... man. I've never seen anyone score in a shootout or penalty shot skating in so slowly. Mindgames and a very quick wrist.
Quote from: imafrshmn on February 13, 2026, 10:14:23 PMFisher... man. I've never seen anyone score in a shootout or penalty shot skating in so slowly. Mindgames and a very quick wrist.
Never seen Kuzy in the SO? (https://www.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/article/how-evgeny-kuznetsov-kuzy-crawl-became-hockey-most-unstoppable-shots)
CHN has xG at 2.5 for us and 2.7 for them. Their xG isn't the best all end all but I think it's fair to say we didn't just get goalied so we need to play better. Keopple was the only guy who looked good today, I would give him the Princeton game next weekend and then senior night too. We're still in spitting distance of a 2 seed but also much closer to being out of the tourney all together now. We're gonna need a hell of a lot more than 1 goal tomorrow because Union has scored 7 goals in each of their last two games.
Oh yeah, and DiGiulian needs to be the 3rd line center again. Major isn't cutting it at the dot and I like his play with the puck better on the wing anyway.
Quote from: chimpfood on February 13, 2026, 10:39:09 PMCHN has xG at 2.5 for us and 2.7 for them. Their xG isn't the best all end all but I think it's fair to say we didn't just get goalied so we need to play better. Keopple was the only guy who looked good today, I would give him the Princeton game next weekend and then senior night too. We're still in spitting distance of a 2 seed but also much closer to being out of the tourney all together now. We're gonna need a hell of a lot more than 1 goal tomorrow because Union has scored 7 goals in each of their last two games.
Yep agree with your analysis including the Major point. As I said before, faceoffs/zone entries/forecheck were abysmal. 2.5 xG is actually pretty good given we couldn't get possession/keep possession. Also don't forget Cornell had two PP to RPI's zero. I don't know how you let the 56th ranked team break it out of their zone cleanly the entire game.
Several times Cornell looked to be in a position where they had a 2x1 or some kind of partial break where they could either pass or shoot. They shot each time even though passing always seemed like the better option. Maybe the feed was just bad but the shots never looked close to going in.
I was pretty bullish after Harvard/Dartmouth weekend but we've looked pretty bad for three straight games now. Now I'm just hoping we can limp across the finish line to the NCAA tournament. We basically have the ECAC bye and 2 or 3 seed locked up. If we go 3-2 the rest of the regular season and win our first round ECAC series then I think we'll be in...
Quote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:50:42 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 09:45:24 PMQuote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:31:33 PMOkay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.
It was a pretty goal, too. Go figure.
Hopefully the socials post it. Want to see it.
The cajones on Casey though to call Fisher fourth, when you have guys like Long, Ryan, Veilleux, DiGiulian. And it worked.
Didn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Quote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMQuote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:50:42 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 13, 2026, 09:45:24 PMQuote from: stereax on February 13, 2026, 09:31:33 PMOkay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.
It was a pretty goal, too. Go figure.
Hopefully the socials post it. Want to see it.
The cajones on Casey though to call Fisher fourth, when you have guys like Long, Ryan, Veilleux, DiGiulian. And it worked.
Didn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/11/16/mens-ice-hockey-harvard-recap.aspx
https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/1/10/mens-ice-hockey-sacred-heart-recap.aspx
https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/1/18/mens-ice-hockey-quinnipiac-recap.aspx
Quote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
Quote from: ugarte on February 14, 2026, 12:17:18 AMQuote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
I thought Suda was undrafted...
Quote from: stereax on February 14, 2026, 12:28:35 AMQuote from: ugarte on February 14, 2026, 12:17:18 AMQuote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
I thought Suda was undrafted...
I need to think about who I have confused him with in my head. One sec... Matt Cairns (2016, Edmonton 3/84). I don't want to think too much about how those guys got merged in my head.
Quote from: ugarte on February 14, 2026, 12:17:18 AMQuote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
I meant "known" to Schafer and the other coaches from practice, but still a shock to us fans. I recall some sly comment Schafer gave in one of the post-games where he said something like "Why wouldn't we go with Suda?"
Quote from: sah67 on February 14, 2026, 07:38:30 AMQuote from: ugarte on February 14, 2026, 12:17:18 AMQuote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
I meant "known" to Schafer and the other coaches from practice, but still a shock to us fans. I recall some sly comment Schafer gave in one of the post-games where he said something like "Why wouldn't we go with Suda?"
I'm sure that's true with Casey and Fisher. They practice Shoot Outs and unfortunately OTs.
Casey wouldn't put him out unless he had shown himself. Shoot Out/Penalty shot attempts are certainly different than during the game shots.
Doesn't surprise me that a player that doesn't score a lot (Or at all??) can be good at Shoot Outs.
Quote from: sah67 on February 14, 2026, 07:38:30 AMQuote from: ugarte on February 14, 2026, 12:17:18 AMQuote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
I meant "known" to Schafer and the other coaches from practice, but still a shock to us fans. I recall some sly comment Schafer gave in one of the post-games where he said something like "Why wouldn't we go with Suda?"
I'm sure that's true with Casey and Fisher. They practice Shoot Outs and unfortunately OTs.
Casey wouldn't put him out unless he had shown himself. Shoot Out/Penalty shot attempts are certainly different than during the game shots.
Doesn't surprise me that a player that doesn't score a lot (Or at all??) can be good at Shoot Outs.
Quote from: chimpfood on February 13, 2026, 10:41:21 PMOh yeah, and DiGiulian needs to be the 3rd line center again. Major isn't cutting it at the dot and I like his play with the puck better on the wing anyway.
I doubt he'll move back based upon Casey's praise since he moved to center. (https://omny.fm/shows/between-the-lines-1/cornell-mens-hockey-head-coach-casey-jones-11?in_playlist=podcast)
But I certainly agree on FOs and his tendency to think he can skate through 3 or 4 opponents.
Quote from: Jim Hyla on February 14, 2026, 12:06:27 PMQuote from: sah67 on February 14, 2026, 07:38:30 AMQuote from: ugarte on February 14, 2026, 12:17:18 AMQuote from: sah67 on February 13, 2026, 11:19:16 PMQuote from: ugarte on February 13, 2026, 10:54:06 PMDidn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?
Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
But he wasn't a known quantity until he shocked the world that first time! (Pretty high draft pick that took some time to work his way into the lineup but graduated a real solid college hockey player.)
I meant "known" to Schafer and the other coaches from practice, but still a shock to us fans. I recall some sly comment Schafer gave in one of the post-games where he said something like "Why wouldn't we go with Suda?"
I'm sure that's true with Casey and Fisher. They practice Shoot Outs and unfortunately OTs.
Casey wouldn't put him out unless he had shown himself. Shoot Out/Penalty shot attempts are certainly different than during the game shots.
Doesn't surprise me that a player that doesn't score a lot (Or at all??) can be good at Shoot Outs.
Quote from: chimpfood on February 13, 2026, 10:41:21 PMOh yeah, and DiGiulian needs to be the 3rd line center again. Major isn't cutting it at the dot and I like his play with the puck better on the wing anyway.
I doubt he'll move back based upon Casey's praise since he moved to center. (https://omny.fm/shows/between-the-lines-1/cornell-mens-hockey-head-coach-casey-jones-11?in_playlist=podcast)
But I certainly agree on FOs and his tendency to think he can skate through 3 or 4 opponents.
If you wanna keep K-W-DG together, do we have a winger that can take draws?
Quote from: BearLover on February 13, 2026, 10:52:41 PMSeveral times Cornell looked to be in a position where they had a 2x1 or some kind of partial break where they could either pass or shoot. They shot each time even though passing always seemed like the better option.
There has to be a middle ground but I still think the biggest noticeable difference between last year and this year has been the willingness to shoot. I will always prefer a puck to the net over passing up a shot to try to make a play
This has definitely started to feel like the dog days of the season. Is it the inexperienced team? The unbalanced home and away schedule? Or is it just the typical ECAC gauntlet?
It hasn't been pretty the past couple of games but they are still earning points which is a terrific characteristic.
They have previously been able to ride a different hot hand for their scoring. Right now they need someone to step back up.
That will probably be the best game RPI plays all season. The Cornell home game is circled on so many calendars that they always face the other team's best effort.
Hopefully tonight when they get their golden opportunities they burry them.
Quote from: stereax on February 14, 2026, 12:13:50 PMQuote from: Jim Hyla on February 14, 2026, 12:06:27 PMQuote from: chimpfood on February 13, 2026, 10:41:21 PMOh yeah, and DiGiulian needs to be the 3rd line center again. Major isn't cutting it at the dot and I like his play with the puck better on the wing anyway.
I doubt he'll move back based upon Casey's praise since he moved to center. (https://omny.fm/shows/between-the-lines-1/cornell-mens-hockey-head-coach-casey-jones-11?in_playlist=podcast)
But I certainly agree on FOs and his tendency to think he can skate through 3 or 4 opponents.
If you wanna keep K-W-DG together, do we have a winger that can take draws?
All I want to do is win. :D And I certainly don't have any knowledge about your second half.
And as I said I agree on F/Os. There was a time toward the end, I believe, when Walsh and Castagna had both been out and we had a defensive draw with Major. Oh crap, I thought.
Quote from: VIEWfromK on February 14, 2026, 12:42:19 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 13, 2026, 10:52:41 PMSeveral times Cornell looked to be in a position where they had a 2x1 or some kind of partial break where they could either pass or shoot. They shot each time even though passing always seemed like the better option.
There has to be a middle ground but I still think the biggest noticeable difference between last year and this year has been the willingness to shoot. I will always prefer a puck to the net over passing up a shot to try to make a play
Pucks to the net is a good strategy in settled play (and last year I was screaming for us to just throw an occasional puck on net on the PP rather than making the tenth consecutive perimeter pass), but on a break I think we are actually shooting
too much. Imagine a 2x1 with where the player with the puck can shoot on goal, which goes in 25% of the time and is saved by the goalie 75% of the time, OR the player can make a pass which is broken up by the defender 50% of the time but, if the pass is completed, it results in a goal 60% of the time. These numbers are totally made up of course, but they felt approximately correct in a few spots last night. The odds-on play is to make the pass, as it results in a goal 30% versus 25% of the time. If the pass gets broken it up it looks bad to not even get a shot off, but passing is still the correct play.
(Yes these numbers are an oversimplication and leave out several factors.)
Quote from: Jim Hyla on February 14, 2026, 12:56:25 PMQuote from: stereax on February 14, 2026, 12:13:50 PMQuote from: Jim Hyla on February 14, 2026, 12:06:27 PMQuote from: chimpfood on February 13, 2026, 10:41:21 PMOh yeah, and DiGiulian needs to be the 3rd line center again. Major isn't cutting it at the dot and I like his play with the puck better on the wing anyway.
I doubt he'll move back based upon Casey's praise since he moved to center. (https://omny.fm/shows/between-the-lines-1/cornell-mens-hockey-head-coach-casey-jones-11?in_playlist=podcast)
But I certainly agree on FOs and his tendency to think he can skate through 3 or 4 opponents.
If you wanna keep K-W-DG together, do we have a winger that can take draws?
All I want to do is win. :D And I certainly don't have any knowledge about your second half.
And as I said I agree on F/Os. There was a time toward the end, I believe, when Walsh and Castagna had both been out and we had a defensive draw with Major. Oh crap, I thought.
Same, haha! Except that line is clicking, so if you want to shuffle so you can give Major a draw-taking winger (think Erik Haula for Jack Hughes here, or guys like Kovich and Penney who I'm told primarily played W here), your options are limited. Pretty sure Catalano's been taking a beating in the dot too recently. Wasn't Arseneault solid on FOs the last time we saw him?
I have this ON RECORD, when I saw 21-9-28 as the third line for the first time I stood there and went "who the hell is taking the draws?" Supposedly Major played C a bit in the USHL, from chatting around? But I always thought he was playing Hage's wing? Anyway...
Quote from: BearLover on February 14, 2026, 01:03:51 PMQuote from: VIEWfromK on February 14, 2026, 12:42:19 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 13, 2026, 10:52:41 PMSeveral times Cornell looked to be in a position where they had a 2x1 or some kind of partial break where they could either pass or shoot. They shot each time even though passing always seemed like the better option.
There has to be a middle ground but I still think the biggest noticeable difference between last year and this year has been the willingness to shoot. I will always prefer a puck to the net over passing up a shot to try to make a play
Pucks to the net is a good strategy in settled play (and last year I was screaming for us to just throw an occasional puck on net on the PP rather than making the tenth consecutive perimeter pass), but on a break I think we are actually shooting too much.
Imagine a 2x1 with where the player with the puck can shoot on goal, which goes in 25% of the time and is saved by the goalie 75% of the time, OR the player can make a pass which is broken up by the defender 50% of the time but, if the pass is completed, it results in a goal 60% of the time. These numbers are totally made up of course, but they felt approximately correct in a few spots last night. The odds-on play is to make the pass, as it results in a goal 30% versus 25% of the time. If the pass gets broken it up it looks bad to not even get a shot off, but passing is still the correct play.
(Yes these numbers are an oversimplication and leave out several factors.)
I will take their shooting on the rush this season vs their exclusively passing from last season. I don't think it should be all or nothing but they must be scoring off of shots at a higher rate this season than scoring off the pass of last season. I will not be looking it up. It's just a feeling I have.
Quote from: VIEWfromK on February 14, 2026, 12:54:34 PMThis has definitely started to feel like the dog days of the season. Is it the inexperienced team? The unbalanced home and away schedule? Or is it just the typical ECAC gauntlet?
It hasn't been pretty the past couple of games but they are still earning points which is a terrific characteristic.
They have previously been able to ride a different hot hand for their scoring. Right now they need someone to step back up.
That will probably be the best game RPI plays all season. The Cornell home game is circled on so many calendars that they always face the other team's best effort.
Hopefully tonight when they get their golden opportunities they burry them.
Someone who has actual stats on this (Adam, maybe?) should correct me if I'm wrong but my impression is February is when first year players struggle a bit. Add in the unbalanced home/road schedule and I'm not surprised they're struggling.
I suspect this team will be closer to what we thought they'd be in December than what they looked like at the end of January, but that's still pretty good.
It all depends on if they can get it together for the last couple of weeks and then take advantage of a bye round in the playoffs.