Back on the horse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM&list=RDnfWlot6h_JM&start_radio=1).
Quote from: Trotsky on February 22, 2026, 06:35:23 PMBack on the horse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM&list=RDnfWlot6h_JM&start_radio=1).
i'm sorry to hear it. get the help you need. we'll be here for you.
Quote from: ugarte on February 22, 2026, 06:42:56 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 22, 2026, 06:35:23 PMBack on the horse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM&list=RDnfWlot6h_JM&start_radio=1).
i'm sorry to hear it. get the help you need. we'll be here for you.
Greatest rock & rock song of all time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMnWTNCFSU&list=RDoNMnWTNCFSU&start_radio=1).
Quote from: Trotsky on February 22, 2026, 06:35:23 PMBack on the horse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM&list=RDnfWlot6h_JM&start_radio=1).
That's ban-worthy!
Quote from: Trotsky on February 22, 2026, 06:46:28 PMGreatest rock & rock song of all time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMnWTNCFSU&list=RDoNMnWTNCFSU&start_radio=1).
OK, I withdraw the comment.
SLU - T.
SLU - T.
LGR!
Among other irritations from the P.U. at PU, we are denied a red year (http://www.tbrw.info/?/weekly_Updates/cornell_Warmth_ECAC.html).
This season's pattern is identical to 1975. A season where we Chose Poorly (http://www.tbrw.info/reports/rptCornell_Games_by_Year/rptCornell_Games_1975.pdf) at the Gahden.
Quote from: Trotsky on February 24, 2026, 11:46:46 AMAmong other irritations from the P.U. at PU, we are denied a red year (http://www.tbrw.info/?/weekly_Updates/cornell_Warmth_ECAC.html).
This season's pattern is identical to 1975. A season where we Chose Poorly (http://www.tbrw.info/reports/rptCornell_Games_by_Year/rptCornell_Games_1975.pdf) at the Gahden.
But I can learn to like the number 9. Just give it to me, please.
And to compare to 1975, back then it always seemed like we were underachieving. I don't have that feeling now.
Weekly Casey's out again, for those who get 'em. Great insights as usual.
Quote from: stereax on February 25, 2026, 05:11:03 PMWeekly Casey's out again, for those who get 'em. Great insights as usual.
I was especially impressed to read that they didn't get to their hotel rooms Friday night until 2:30 am.
Quote from: David Harding on February 25, 2026, 07:48:15 PMQuote from: stereax on February 25, 2026, 05:11:03 PMWeekly Casey's out again, for those who get 'em. Great insights as usual.
I was especially impressed to read that they didn't get to their hotel rooms Friday night until 2:30 am.
Without having seen the message, maybe a major traffic delay but very hard to believe unless they left Hamden close to midnight.
Quote from: Iceberg on February 25, 2026, 09:35:35 PMQuote from: David Harding on February 25, 2026, 07:48:15 PMQuote from: stereax on February 25, 2026, 05:11:03 PMWeekly Casey's out again, for those who get 'em. Great insights as usual.
I was especially impressed to read that they didn't get to their hotel rooms Friday night until 2:30 am.
Without having seen the message, maybe a major traffic delay but very hard to believe unless they left Hamden close to midnight.
As per the email (which, I was gonna mention the Big Red Travelogue Part Two but didn't want to catch the heat from Coach again) they got stuck on a bridge on their way "out of the city". (Not sure which - did they travel through NYC? Wouldn't it be easier to go west?)
Quote from: stereax on February 25, 2026, 09:39:12 PMQuote from: Iceberg on February 25, 2026, 09:35:35 PMQuote from: David Harding on February 25, 2026, 07:48:15 PMQuote from: stereax on February 25, 2026, 05:11:03 PMWeekly Casey's out again, for those who get 'em. Great insights as usual.
I was especially impressed to read that they didn't get to their hotel rooms Friday night until 2:30 am.
Without having seen the message, maybe a major traffic delay but very hard to believe unless they left Hamden close to midnight.
As per the email (which, I was gonna mention the Big Red Travelogue Part Two but didn't want to catch the heat from Coach again) they got stuck on a bridge on their way "out of the city". (Not sure which - did they travel through NYC? Wouldn't it be easier to go west?)
Coming from Connecticut they had to cross the Hudson so must have been the George Washington Bridge since they said they were leaving the city.
Miserable!
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but Gorski received semi-regular shifts last weekend and actually had more TOI on Saturday than O'Brien. Not sure if injury-related.
If you trust CHN's xG numbers, they don't tell a great story for Cornell. Four straight games where we've either been tied or behind our opponents (mostly tied). Five games ago, we badly outchanced Colgate but lost in OT. Lately our games have been largely decided by crazy bounces in one direction or the other. We aren't carrying play and we're leaving the outcomes to chance.
Quote from: BearLover on February 26, 2026, 01:55:02 PMI don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but Gorski received semi-regular shifts last weekend and actually had more TOI on Saturday than O'Brien. Not sure if injury-related.
If you trust CHN's xG numbers, they don't tell a great story for Cornell. Four straight games where we've either been tied or behind our opponents (mostly tied). Five games ago, we badly outchanced Colgate but lost in OT. Lately our games have been largely decided by crazy bounces in one direction or the other. We aren't carrying play and we're leaving the outcomes to chance.
Didn't Gorski look really good in his minutes Friday? Perhaps why they gave him more Saturday.
Quote from: stereax on February 26, 2026, 03:17:49 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 26, 2026, 01:55:02 PMI don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but Gorski received semi-regular shifts last weekend and actually had more TOI on Saturday than O'Brien. Not sure if injury-related.
If you trust CHN's xG numbers, they don't tell a great story for Cornell. Four straight games where we've either been tied or behind our opponents (mostly tied). Five games ago, we badly outchanced Colgate but lost in OT. Lately our games have been largely decided by crazy bounces in one direction or the other. We aren't carrying play and we're leaving the outcomes to chance.
Didn't Gorski look really good in his minutes Friday? Perhaps why they gave him more Saturday.
Yes, he did
For all my fellow faceoff degens, Jane's got an article (https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/02/inside-men-s-hockey-s-dominance-at-the-faceoff-dot) about it!
Whiteout is tomorrow, right?
I'm expecting the ice to be a problem this weekend. Possibly more than five total games (first women's game currently going to OT), plus warm and wet weather.
Let's play the game of Why Is My Head Spinny.
I had something to eat today, so that's out... maybe it shouldn't have been a smoothie of my leftover fruit, as well as a cookie from last night?
Bleh.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 02:20:15 PMWhiteout is tomorrow, right?
Every day (https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/cornell-trump-administration-deal-federal-funding).
Looks like we're starting on time.
Also looks like no Schmidtty :( hopefully things are okay with him.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 06:14:32 PMLooks like we're starting on time.
Also looks like no Schmidtty :( hopefully things are okay with him.
He's heeeeere! Disregard. The other guy (Scotty?) was out here first.
...You know it's bad when I get excited for the
equipment manager.
Gorski in. Arseneault in too.
Whoever put red name text on brown jersey for SLU needs to be shot out of a cannon.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 06:26:06 PMWhoever put red name text on brown jersey for SLU needs to be shot out of a cannon.
Requested by the players for plausible deniabiliy.
Quote from: marty on February 27, 2026, 06:44:41 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 06:26:06 PMWhoever put red name text on brown jersey for SLU needs to be shot out of a cannon.
Requested by the players for plausible deniabiliy.
It is a NIGHTMARE to see. I can only assume someone who's colorblind would struggle to even read them.
Looking at this (https://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/taleoftape.php?gid=111044), SLU's special teams are not good.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 06:24:28 PMGorski in. Arseneault in too.
Does that mean Murray and... maybe O'Brien sitting? O'Brien had a
really bad game against P.
17-38...28???
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 06:56:55 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 06:24:28 PMGorski in. Arseneault in too.
Does that mean Murray and... maybe O'Brien sitting? O'Brien had a really bad game against P.
O'Brien is in
10-14-12
18-9-21, so 19-15-22
4-on-4 after a scrum.
I saw the uni fronts and thought "that's not so bad." But then... the backs.
Cameron Smith looks like Patrick Bateman's yearbook photo.
Hiscock gets there first.
4 years of this.
Ping one and ping two.
Didn't hear one of them.
Our game plan seems to be Gretzky's Adage.
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 07:19:55 PMDidn't hear one of them.
Ours was first, then theirs a few minutes later.
I have been swarmed by law exchange students, so will be posting less than usual.
Castagna off the crossbar. Jesus.
Ping redux
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 07:28:46 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 07:19:55 PMDidn't hear one of them.
Ours was first, then theirs a few minutes later.
I have been swarmed by law exchange students, so will be posting less than usual.
I'll pick up the slack.
Evenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
And the first ends scoreless.
We've looked pretty good for most of it, but no goals yet.
I like Ryan on the line with Walsh and Kraft. Let's see some goals.
So far it has felt less like plays than sorties.
2 minutes for Flat Stanley.
Hey so I love the 21-9-18 line?
We are draining the souls of these guys but the goalie's health bar is fuckin insane.
1-0, them.
fffffffffffffffff
Deflection?
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:09:13 PM1-0, them.
That's what happens when I root for Cornell. >:(
X GONNA GIVE IT TO YA
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:10:58 PMX GONNA GIVE IT TO YA
man it is so funny how far ahead you are but i do not mind lgr
XV more points as a freshman than Robertson? With 1+ games left in the regular season? WILD
no apolgies, stereax! i shouldn't have been peeking.
Veilleux has such a nice shot.
DESANTIS AND WE'RE UPPPP
CATON RYAN IS GOOD AT HOCKEY
(https://i.ibb.co/nMx7Xgkj/ai0anf.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PGqc2mCg)
St. Lawrence is crumbling on their defensive coverage now. They had been weak at covering the point or trailers much of the game but now it's beyond that
What the sign said. (https://i.imgur.com/fR4bYzs.jpeg)
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 07:15:59 PMHiscock gets there first.
4 years of this.
His he ever been called for "a man in the crease"?
DeSantis off for a trip, I assume.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:21:26 PMCATON RYAN IS GOOD AT HOCKEY
(https://i.ibb.co/nMx7Xgkj/ai0anf.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PGqc2mCg)
fun fact, every time I post this I have to find it again 😂
Shots in period 2: 14-3.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:27:27 PMDeSantis off for a trip, I assume.
2 minutes for St. Lawrence can't skate.
We looked way, way better in the 2nd. Keep that up.
Many are saying, with tears in their eyes, "Sir, Caton Ryan is good at hockey."
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 08:31:11 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:27:27 PMDeSantis off for a trip, I assume.
2 minutes for St. Lawrence can't skate.
I thought they'd call SLU for embellishment, deadass.
My cat knows hockey. In the second period she slept contentedly.
In the first period she puked.
Q 3 D 2, end 2.
Princeton will clinch #4 if all the scores hold. Maybe that wasn't so embarr-- no, it still was.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:27:52 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:21:26 PMCATON RYAN IS GOOD AT HOCKEY
(https://i.ibb.co/nMx7Xgkj/ai0anf.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PGqc2mCg)
fun fact, every time I post this I have to find it again 😂
haha kid doesn't just save to desktop. one point for unc.
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 08:38:58 PMPrinceton will clinch #4 if all the scores hold. Maybe that wasn't so embarr-- no, it still was.
Syer should be in serious contention for coach of the year if they do get a BYE. It's between him and Cashman I think but I don't think too many expected Princeton to finish where they have in the standings
I think it is Ben's. Dartmouth was supposed to be good.
Union's guy whose name escapes me could get a look.
Edit: Hauge.
Did any of you know it was the Mental Health Awareness game?
Quote from: ugarte on February 27, 2026, 08:39:30 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:27:52 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 08:21:26 PMCATON RYAN IS GOOD AT HOCKEY
(https://i.ibb.co/nMx7Xgkj/ai0anf.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PGqc2mCg)
fun fact, every time I post this I have to find it again 😂
haha kid doesn't just save to desktop. one point for unc.
I'm on my phone 😔
Hiscock's tip is loose?!
Too. Many. Passes.
Whoa. Picture just died.
Did anyone else's ESPN+ feed cut out? Can't make this up
Yup
Audio barely hanging on.
"We want Hiscock"...
Somebody plugged it back in.
FEGARAS AND IT'S 4-1!
I can't remember if Kyle was the dunce.
We're getting some great help in OOC games so far...
Gio, coming back to the bench: FUCKING REF-
OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAINNNN
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 09:04:00 PMGio, coming back to the bench: FUCKING REF-
Castagna had a nice long chat with the refs during the timeout.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 09:08:27 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 09:04:00 PMGio, coming back to the bench: FUCKING REF-
Castagna had a nice long chat with the refs during the timeout.
SLU players are amping up the head contact in the post-whistle scrums and Casey is peeved that The refs have decided to put away the whistles.
Back to the powerplay!
Looks like we're going to play the last 10 with nobody breaking a sweat on either team. I'm down with that.
Held SLU to 15 SOG, 5-3-7, and practically all of them were perimeter.
Jesus. D 7 Q 4.
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 09:26:30 PMJesus. D 7 Q 4.
Jesus.
Anyways, hell of a win. Poured it on in the last 40. More of that please!
Quote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 09:26:30 PMJesus. D 7 Q 4.
Pecknold did his usual thing where he pulls the goalie much sooner than any other coach, but it wasn't crazy since Q was going on the PP down by 1 with around 5 minutes left. Dartmouth scored an ENG quickly and then I presume their seventh goal was also an ENG but I had turned off the game by that point
Quote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 09:35:23 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 09:26:30 PMJesus. D 7 Q 4.
Pecknold did his usual thing where he pulls the goalie much sooner than any other coach, but it wasn't crazy since Q was going on the PP down by 1 with around 5 minutes left. Dartmouth scored an ENG quickly and then I presume their seventh goal was also an ENG but I had turned off the game by that point
To be fair to Pecknold, you should statistically pull the goalie much sooner than most coaches usually do.
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 09:53:32 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 09:35:23 PMQuote from: Trotsky on February 27, 2026, 09:26:30 PMJesus. D 7 Q 4.
Pecknold did his usual thing where he pulls the goalie much sooner than any other coach, but it wasn't crazy since Q was going on the PP down by 1 with around 5 minutes left. Dartmouth scored an ENG quickly and then I presume their seventh goal was also an ENG but I had turned off the game by that point
To be fair to Pecknold, you should statistically pull the goalie much sooner than most coaches usually do.
Yeah
Quote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 07:37:56 PMEvenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
My friend with locker room access confirmed that Casey showed the team this post during first intermission
Quote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 10:04:24 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 07:37:56 PMEvenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
My friend with locker room access confirmed that Casey showed the team this post during first intermission
Lmao sure
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 10:17:08 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 10:04:24 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 07:37:56 PMEvenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
My friend with locker room access confirmed that Casey showed the team this post during first intermission
Lmao sure
stere come on
Quote from: ugarte on February 27, 2026, 10:33:49 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 10:17:08 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 10:04:24 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 07:37:56 PMEvenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
My friend with locker room access confirmed that Casey showed the team this post during first intermission
Lmao sure
stere come on
what, am I supposed to believe BL has a friend who can access the
locker room during intermission and that that friend is so plugged in to eLynah that Coach Jones is showing the team our rambles? 😂
Quote from: ugarte on February 27, 2026, 10:33:49 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 10:17:08 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 10:04:24 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 07:37:56 PMEvenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
My friend with locker room access confirmed that Casey showed the team this post during first intermission
Lmao sure
stere come on
I'd like to think he was joking too, but...
Quote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 09:53:32 PMTo be fair to Pecknold
"Oh, let's not." -- Annie Savoy
Quote from: stereax on February 28, 2026, 12:18:21 AMQuote from: ugarte on February 27, 2026, 10:33:49 PMQuote from: stereax on February 27, 2026, 10:17:08 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 10:04:24 PMQuote from: BearLover on February 27, 2026, 07:37:56 PMEvenly matched versus one of the worst teams in the country. Lack of poise and awareness in all phases
My friend with locker room access confirmed that Casey showed the team this post during first intermission
Lmao sure
stere come on
what, am I supposed to believe BL has a friend who can access the locker room during intermission and that that friend is so plugged in to eLynah that Coach Jones is showing the team our rambles? 😂
no!
That felt a lot like an NHL team coming home after a long road trip playing an uninspired first game back home. It looked like Brekke went to school on the Colgate tapes because Saint Lawrence was taking every opportunity to be chippy after whistles. This time it didn't last long enough for Cornell to become undisciplined like they were that weekend. Is delay of game even a defined outcome for a post whistle scrum? Didn't understand why that wasn't just two roughing calls?
I didn't really like that Cornell didn't get going until after they gave up the first goal. I was hoping for less playing down to the opponent as we sit here on the eve of the postseason. They had only a couple of first period shifts where they were able to establish a cycle. Other than that five minute blitz in the second where pucks started to go in they were not getting anything to work through forty minutes. Missing the net on some of their best scoring chances and Saint Lawrence forming a wall in front of Smith played into that.
Desantis sure needed a big game. Glad he got one for going to the net. That's been a major part of Cornell's offense this season.
Same goes for Walsh. This season he's gone missing for long stretches of games. The points are still there but they need him to be more like last season and be a finisher more than a playmaker. That breakaway goal hopefully is a start.
The past few weeks have definitely put a dent in my psyche outside of the blip against Quinnipiac. They still have plenty of runway so I hope there is a switch that Casey is waiting to flip when it's go time in two weeks.
I'm hopeful that having next week off will give them much needed time to recharge batteries after all the travel.