::moon:: Take that Maine!
::rock:: Go Red! ::banana::
First win away from Lynah for the Big Red. No team leaves the tournament with two losses.
Through the 1st: Maine put up 15 shots, Cornell 10. We really took control of the game after killing two penalties but Maine showed great poise to score two straight to tie up the game at 2-2 during the final three minutes of the period
Through the 2nd: Early in the second, Cornell went on its second power play. Topher's shot went wide and Moulson got the rebound and scored the PP goal. Cook makes Cornell 3/3 on the PP 4 minutes into the second after it sounded like Topher missed the goal a second time. Keep missing the goal, Topher! Maine had 4 shots and Cornell had 2 shots during the period (that seems really low).\\
Through the 3rd: 7 goals during the first half of the game, zero goals during the final half. Penalties were plenty for Cornell during the period. Maine ends the night 1/10 on the power play and Cornell goes 3/4. "Cornell beats Maine for the first time since November, 1983." -GB Total shots were ?
Three stars were:
1. Matt Moulson, PP goal and two assists
2. Charlie Cook, GW goal and an assist
3. Matthew Deschamps, goal and an assist
Cornell is 8-3-2
1 8:30 Cor pp Pegoraro 2 (Moulson 7, Pokulok 5)
1 17:15 Cor Cam Abbott 3 (Sawada 3, Pokulok 6)
1 17:43 Mai Deschamps (Hopson, Clark)
1 19:53 Mai Jenkus (Hamilton)
2 1:38 Cor pp Moulson 9 (Scott, Cook)
2 4:04 Cor pp Cook 3 (Scott)
2 6:01 Mai pp Léveillé (?)
Game starts with another early penalty on Cornell. I came in a little too late to hear who caused the penalty but it occurred inside the first minute.
Cornell kills the penalty...the penalty was on Sawada
Another penalty on Cornell...O'Byrne was hooking...slut
thanks for the updates, adam. please keep 'em coming!
Another kill for Cornell...
We still don't have a shot
12:53 left to go in the first period...still no shots for us...sounds like Maine can't finish again...we're blocking shots, they're missing the net, or McKee is making easy saves.
O'Byrne will be interviewed during intermission and they keep talking about all of his penalties so maybe they'll ask him about it...Pegoraro gets our first shot, deflected by Cam and Howard makes a good save.
Man, I was spoiled watching the first game on TV...10:05 left in the game...McKee makes a great stick save and then is taken out by Ronin...see ya a-hole! PP for Cornell
It sounds like Cornell sustained good pressure during the PP...Hynes breaks free and missed the breakaway...Howard barely got his left skate on the puck...and then Hynes takes out the net
PP is still going...we needed this to get our heads back into the game
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
GOAL! Pegs!!!! That should be enough to win... :-P
Vart makes a great power move to get in on Howard but Howard stones him...our confidence has arrived
6:56 left in the first
Cornell put up 6 straight shots...shots are now 9-8 Maine after Ronin breaks Cornell's streak
Sweet! :-)
I meant to ask earlier, but did they end up playing Davy after the goals yesterday during the game? Thought I heard a fragment of a pep band song after the goal, but that could have been a result of my overactive imagination. ::nut::
no davy:-/
First goal scoring:
Cor pp Pegoraro 2 (Moulson 7, Pokulok 5)
They haven't mentioned the time of the goal.
Anyone else think Davenport should have gotten a start today? I'm sure McKee will play really well but McKee already got solid work last night against a much better team...
Coach knows best.
thanks, Greg!
I think a matchup against Howard, the guy who broke LeNeveu's record, is probably pretty important to McKee as a challenge to his skill and pride. No reason for Schafer to deny him that.
2-0!!!
Cam Abbott!!! Big effort from Sawada and Pokuluk to get the turn over!!!
Let's embarrass him...we're playing real well now. He's a New Yorker, right?
Maine responds...O'Byrne gets knocked off of the puck
Scoring on the last two goals:
1 17:15 Cor Cam Abbott 3 (Sawada 3, Pokulok 6)
1 17:43 Mai Deschamps (Hopson, Clark)
Woof. I'll keep my mouth shut. Sorry, hockey Gods. :`(
[Q]atb9 Wrote:
Anyone else think Davenport should have gotten a start today? I'm sure McKee will play really well but McKee already got solid work last night against a much better team...
Coach knows best.[/q]unless McKee gets injuried (knock on wood he stays healthy) something tells me we're not going to see Davenport or Chabot
and yes, coach knows whats best :-}
McCutcheon is playing..who came out of the lineup?
Sorry, missed the pregame...I heard Carefoot...and Vart...hmmm
11.9 seconds left in the period
Jenkins scores off of the rebound with 6.7 seconds left in the period :-(
1 19:53 Mai Jankus (Hamilton)
2-2, end of 1st. :`(
Bitz is banged up tonight and sitting out; Topher has his spot on the first line.
This would be a major, major game - No. 9 playing No. 10 heading into the midpoint of the season - if we can forget for a moment it's the consolation game neither team wanted to be playing.
What other time this year do we get the chance to play to top ten teams back to back?
very good point...man, we had this thing under control and I had to open my f'ing mouth. Sorry guys.
Bitz came out, said he got "banged up" from last nights play.
Ryan O'Byrne interview is underway:
-Confidence from scoring a goal allowed him to take more shots during the latter part of the game
-Improving the Powerplay from last night--confident in power play and he doesn't think there are any real problems
-Still a big game even though it's a consolation game (there you go)
-More confidence from being a sophomore. Hmmm...I think he said confident or confidence like 10 times.
Nothing about the penalties.
[Q]billhoward Wrote:
This would be a major, major game - No. 9 playing No. 10 heading into the midpoint of the season - if we can forget for a moment it's the consolation game neither team wanted to be playing.
What other time this year do we get the chance to play to top ten teams back to back? [/q]
Maine is ranked 14th in USA Today and 15th in the USCHO, we are ranked 10th and 9th respectively.
Craig Brush interview will come during next intermission due to time constraints
Did anyone else hear 11:48 for the first goal? I was kind of zoning out...
Someone on USCHO posted that the goal came at 8:30.
(Thanks for the updates Adam- they are much appreciated!)
Y'all ever tried to interview an athlete? It's real hard to get a good discussion going. The athlete assumes the reporter is an idiot in some cases, and vice versa. Even if they have an ongoing relationship, if the athlete has any common sense, he's not going to say anything that gets him in trouble with the coach, or gives the other team ammunition, or makes it look like he wants to be promoted from the fourth to the second line.
It's another matter if you're Sports Illustrated and have 10 days to spend with the guy and you keep the tape recorder running. Over time as you build upa relatioship he or she opens up a bit more. Some of the most interesting material is stuff the athlete maybe wishes he hadn't said.
Maine is the home team for the consolation game so Maine gets the last chance to change lines.
Penalty...holding the stick against Maine (Damon)...PP #2 for Cornell
3-2:-D
2x2 on power plays for a 3-2 lead. About time.
GOAL!!! Moulson!! 2 for 2 on the PP!!!
It's a year to late to keep Jimmy Howard from breaking Leneveu's GAA average. But let's do all we can to make last year look like a lucky aberration.
Iggy gets tripped up and draws a penalty! LGR! :-( :-(
Hooking on Barnes
Cook 4-2 :-D PPG
Cook PPG Cornell now 3x3 on PP. 4-2 Cornell
Greg, you spoil me with your goal lines... :-D Keep 'em coming if you can
GOAL! Cook! 3 for 3!!!
Even-up call to try to get Maine back in it. ;-)
Cornell 3x3 on pp tonight after 1x10 last night.
Penalty against (Cam?) Abbott...Maine on the PP
fyi, FREE net audio available from Maine:
http://www.warpradio.com/tuner.asp?id=13616&page=popTuner
yup, hooking on Cam
Another penalty on Cornell...5x3...f'in a...different ref crew from last night
Tongith's goal lines are a little ragged -- the blanks will get filled in with time:
1 8:30 Cor pp Pegoraro 2 (Moulson 7, Pokulok 5)
1 17:15 Cor Cam Abbott 3 (Sawada 3, Pokulok 6)
1 17:43 Mai Deschamps (Hopson, Clark)
1 19:53 Mai Jankus (Hamilton)
2 ?:?? Cor pp Moulson 9 (?)
2 4:04 Cor pp Cook 3 (?)
Maine now up by 2 men.
ok, so we have the same lines then...I zone in and out and thought I missed info
Add:
2 6:01 Mai pp Léveillé (?)
nice work with the name and accents! :-D
Oh good! Is anyone not listening to the radio? If everyone is listening to the game then I'll stop giving updates ad nauseum
Another penalty against Cornell... :-(
[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:Cornell 3x3 on pp tonight after 1x10 last night.[/q]
If the USCHO stats are up to date (usually are), Cornell PP has improved from 14x68 20.6% to 17x71 23.9%. Meanwhile Maine #4 on PK (we've dropped to #15) has fallen so far from 83x94 88.2% to 83x97 85.6% which puts them down at the bottom of the teens.
thanks, phone rang
How many penalties so far against Cornell?
I'm at work with computers without speakers; updates greatly appreciated! Let's Go Red! And if you have Harvard tickets for sale or barter, let me know! :-) (Okay, okay, no more plugs).
Breakaway by Carefoot shorthanded was saved by Howard
ok, your wish is my command. PP is over...I think that was Maine's fourth PP...2 killed in the early part of the first and one PP goal
Howard was great on the shootout last night and has stopped two Cornell breakaways tonight
7:52 left in the second...neutral zone battles
Iggy knocks a Maine player off of the puck behind the Maine net and centers to Knoepfli but he is stoned by Howard
We have won a lot of faceoffs between last night and tonight...either we have significantly improved or Maine and BC are weak at faceoffs.
Interesting mention that Léveillé is from the Nanaimo Clippers and thus was a teammate of numerous Cornell players (O'Byrne, Bitz, Hynes, Sawada from the current roster, alone).
Moulson just missed a goal after Bellamy over skated the puck and Downs found Moulson open
High sticking against Cornell...it was during the follow through of a shot by O'Byrne..oops, the refs say it was from Cam Abbott...Schafer is confused and mad
Ari pulls out the cowbell after McKee makes two nice saves in a row
Did y'all hear the cowbell in the background?
Go Red!!!!!
penalty is killed. Maine is now 1/6 and Cornell is 3/3
Cornell is putting on some good pressure with just under a minute left
Downs takes a shot off of the faceoff and Howard saves with his shoulder to knock the puck out of play...Cornell is still pressing
Period ends
That's four solid periods in a row, outplaying good teams. Although it was a bummer to be exiled to the Consy, this is hardly an Estero Enema like '01 or '02.
Good interview with Everblades' president and tounry founder (and Cornell hockey alum) Craig Brush. Did I miss next year's field?
Clarkson, Maine, Ohio State and Cornell involved in first tournament.
Coach Walsh from Maine was very interested and helped with ideas for the tournament.
All of the seats weren't filled but all of the tickets were sold--over sold (there you go again ;-) )
Ned has a special place in Craig's heart...loves seeing him and seeing the response he gets from others
Has noticed that hockey knowledge has greatly improved...handed out a pamphlet "Hockey for dummies" during the first tournament
Future of tournament--Maine and Cornell will be main-stays, would love to keep BC on a semi-regular basis if York wants (SCSU is the bastard child apparently). Wants to keep top teams in the tournament and likes to rotate teams in the other two spots because of the large alumni associations in the area.
Nope, I don't think he announced it.
Game on
Maine has controlled the early part of the period...first time I've heard Cornell try to ice the puck during the tournament
Icing on Cornell...Cornell still withstanding heavy pressure
IIRC, OSU is going to return as a regular, making it like the GLI: 3 plus a guest.
Pressure leads to a Cornell penalty (Sasha, crosscheck). 15:54 to go in reg.
Penalty against Cornell...cross check on Pokuluk
LGR....good penalty kill! And CU gets a PP now!
Good pressure by Maine...moving the puck well trying to get the puck past McKee through screens
Iggy sh rush kills the pp; back to even strength, and now Cornell goes on pp. 3x3 so far.
Cornell back on the power play...Billy Ryan out for cheating...not sure what the call was...obstruction hooking
1 minute left in the powerplay...Soares gets a great short handed chance but misses
Icing on O'Byrne when he doesn't make center ice...34 seconds left on PP
Tripping on Sawada to go to even strength, with a Maine pp coming up. This is what killed us last night! :-(
whistle...phew...offsides on Cornell...nope, tripping call on Cornell...Sawada...4x4 for 14 seconds
called by the linesman, not the ref
[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:
IIRC, OSU is going to return as a regular, making it like the GLI: 3 plus a guest.[/q]
how do you figure?
Carefoot blocks a slap shot in front and hobbles off.
37 seconds left on the Maine PP...offsides on Maine
> how do you figure?
Cornell, Maine and Ohio State as regulars plus a fourth. Or maybe BC and OSU will alternate, but I think they said last year that OSU was only taking a one-year-absence.
Cornell returns to full strength.
PP over...awesome
Soares has been dangerous and Gleed rocks him against the glass
And... Cornell will be shorthanded for the nineteenth time this weekend.
Whistle behind the play...interference on Cornell ::rolleyes::
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
[Q2]Greg Berge Wrote:
IIRC, OSU is going to return as a regular, making it like the GLI: 3 plus a guest.[/Q]
how do you figure?[/q]
OSU took the year off to host its own tournament because it's an NCAA host coming up and the NCAA wants you to do a small tournament before the big one. Don't know where, but I recall hearing also that Cornell, Maine, and (The) OSU are near-perpetual particpants and you bring in one other team on a yearly basis. (The) OSU also has a big fan base in Florida, in part because it's a big school, in part because (I believe) a disproportionate number of Ohioans who've struck in semi-rich buy a condo somewhere on the West Coast of Florida if they don't stop at the Destin area along the panhandle.
Maine calls a timeout...Maine was sitting a player today because of three penalties against SCSU. Time to start doing that for Cornell?
Coach knows best.
So if Cornell kills off all but one of nine or ten power plays, we're looking really good in the stats department. But in the meantime it's nail-biting time. Tempting fate too many times.
How much time is left?
Crummy as it is, small as the fonts are, annoying as the ads are ... I miss Gametracker.
Nice clear by O'Byrne. About 6 mins to go in reg, 1 to go in pp.
How much time do we have left?
sorry, i was asking how does that equal the GLI:3 ?
... and Maine still sucks. Damn, ANOTHER call on Cornell!!!! 20 opponents pp's this weekend.
penalty is killed...I love hearing that whistle...what a sound!
Killed the penalty, but another interference called right away on us.
Anybody else lose audio with 30 seconds to go in the (ninth?) PK just as the announcer gets an exited tone in his voice? Sheesh.
Another interference call aginst Cornell ::rolleyes::
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
sorry, i was asking how does that equal the GLI:3 ?[/q]
I meant the GLI is 3 regulars plus a guest. Isn't it? You're starting to freak me out.
clutch and grab ::rolleyes::
55 seconds left on PP, 4:22 left in game
"Cornell has had only two shots in this [third] period." Well, more if you got to count man-short icing.
Maine tic-tac-toe but Gleed blocks and Knoepfli clears. Now McKee covers on the next rush. Schafer arguing for an ice on Maine (in vain).
O'Byrne clears and Cornell back at even strength, 3 minutes to go in reg.
O'Byrne clears after icing isn't called...and it's killed! 3:21 left
Cornell ices, faceoff in front of McKee, 2:38.
As we wind down to 3:00 left in the game and the Big Red up 4-3 despite what 11 penalties against Cornell, some dry humor from the announcers as McKee signals icing against Maine but no call: "This is just an educated opinion ... but Shafer is probably not too happy with that [non-icing on Maine] call."
Pegs and Cam on a break, Howard stones it.
Matching minors, so we'll be 4 aisde. 2:08.
Matching minors...Sawada and Hamilton....4x4 with 2:08 left
1:25, Howard still in.
Under 1:00, Howard out.
:23.7 to go.
YES!!!!
no timeouts for Maine
Cornell beats Maine for the first time since November, 1983.
::rock:: ::moon:: ::banana::
first win away from Lynah
YES!!!!! First away win!
Go Red!!!!!!!!!!
4-3 win for Cornell over #15 Maine. So are we happy ...
- killed 10 of 11 penalties
- 3 power play goals in 4 tries
- beat one of two top fifteen teams
- came back from a heartbraking loss
- finally won a game away from Lynah in 2004-05
... or unhappy
- can manage only one even-strength goal in the consolation
- could've beaten two top fifteen teams
- called for 22, 23, something like that penalties in two games
- didn't make the final against a team (BC) we coulda, maybe shoulda beaten
- failed to get the added TV exposure the final would have brought
So let's say we're ... not unhappy with the tournament?
A road win (even at a neutral site) over Maine is great. But Maine is kinda lackluster this year. Sigh.
I'm happy. They played great, got a PWR-significant NC win, gained experience against two good teams, and proved they could win on the road. A big confidence-builder to end the NC schedule. Now they can concentrate on trying to win the conference.
here, here! I can't wait for Brown and Lynah LEast!
Moulson witn a 3 point night is now 9-8-17 in 12 GP. Not bad at all.
overall a good two weekdays for the team ( could have been worse) in terms of how they played. LGR!
Jon Gleed blocked well over 10 shots tonight. Played unbelievable.
Many thanks to all for posting continuous updates. I missed the game but it's nice to be able to read a blow by blow account when I got home.
Way to go Red!
Greg, GLI has been 3 Michigan Teams and one invited guest as long as I can remember - went to most of those from 1955- 1977 as a kid and young adult. originally hosted by Michigan Tech... I believe. Always great hockey.
Ah, and the whole time I was thinking, "what the heck is GLI." Sorry, I'm slow. Great Lakes Invitational.
Unhappy with the loss, but very happy with the win today. Good to hear the team score 4 goals against a quality opponent. Since we were 3 for 4 on the PP today, I think last night's result can partly be attributed to the long layoff, and part to facing a top ten team. For those who saw both games, was the Red a lot crisper with the passing and better on the breakout today?
[Q]Steve Marciniec Wrote:
Unhappy with the loss, but very happy with the win today. Good to hear the team score 4 goals against a quality opponent. Since we were 3 for 4 on the PP today, I think last night's result can partly be attributed to the long layoff, and part to facing a top ten team. For those who saw both games, was the Red a lot crisper with the passing and better on the breakout today?[/q]
No. I actually thought they played a little better yesterday. Cornell outplayed BC for the most part but had to face a really talented team on two 2-man advantages and that was the difference.
In general, it's tough to judge how well they played because there was so little 5-on-5, but I was pretty happy with both games.
Wasn't our power play a lot better today? It must have been unless BC has a significantly better penalty kill than Maine, who is generally a very good defensive team.
[Q]Steve Marciniec Wrote:
Wasn't our power play a lot better today? It must have been unless BC has a significantly better penalty kill than Maine, who is generally a very good defensive team.[/q]
Powerplay was the best today that it has been all season. The inclusion of Cook on the point really seemed to get them going, which is sort of surprising considering Cook has played poorly the last few games. But they moved the puck extremely well and effectively used the one-time option to Cook (led to two of the goals).
This powerplay yesterday and Cornell would have won.
Hopefully the coaching staff leaves the first unit alone now that they have had success and doesn't change it if they have a bad game like they did early in the season.
BC beats St. Cloud in 2ot to win the Harkness Trophy. Short of a Cornell tourny win (obviously), I think we got the best possible permutation of results from the four games -- a head-to-head win against a mutual potential PWR bubble team, and a max-out of the opponents' SOS.
Just got back from the game this morning. Got held up by a BC fan at the Ft. Myers airport self service fuel pump who couldn't figure out how to put gas in his airplane. ::rolleyes::
Living in Florida I haven't seen many games, but Cornell seemed to be much more agressive forechecking and attacking the puck on the powerplay than I've seen them in recent years. No real surprise they're starting to get some short handed goals out of it.
By the end of the Maine game the Maine power play unit looked so tired that I saw one of their guys leaning on the board catching his breath while he waited for the rest of his team to bring out the puck.
About 1/2 way through the first Topher came out of the game and headed for the locker room. A few minutes later someone ran over with a skate blade and he was back on the ice soon after, so probably just an equipment malfunction. He didn't look injured. Seeing him play for the first time it's obvious he'll be a Lynah fan favorite. Gave 100% on every shift and then some.
Carefoot, however, blocked a shot with his foot and immediately skated to the bench where he spent a few minutes pacing back and forth behind the bench in obvious pain. Hopefully just a bruise.
Schaffer & Howard exchanged words before the second period. It looked cordial with Howard saying something and Schaffer giving him a thumbs up. However, Cornell did score two quick goals after that so I guess Coach psyched him out ;-)
McCutcheon had some good shifts and a quality scoring opportunity that Howard made a good save on. Made one really nice defensive play.
Cook looked really happy after his power play goal. He posed after the shot instead of running down to first.
My wife thought it was cute that one of the Cornell players got a good luck kiss on the cheek from someone she thought was his mother before the 3rd period. She asked if it was a Cornell tradition or something ;-)
She also noted that of the 4 schools Cornell fans dressed the best and BC fans drank way too much. ::laugh::
I believe Howard is from New York so Schafer probably recruited him...
[Q]atb9 Wrote:
I believe Howard is from New York so Schafer probably recruited him...[/q]
T'is true he's from Ogdensburg, NY
Howard is from Ogdensberg up in the North Country, very close to Canton.
Carefoot returned to play after he got hurt blocking the shot.
[Q]schoaff Wrote: Just got back from the game this morning. Got held up by a BC fan at the Ft. Myers airport self service fuel pump who couldn't figure out how to put gas in his airplane. [/Q]
Makes you wonder how they produce future generations of BC students.
[q]My wife thought it was cute that one of the Cornell players got a good luck kiss on the cheek from someone she thought was his mother before the 3rd period. She asked if it was a Cornell tradition or something [/q]
Cornell men are of course affectionate and make good spouses and sons. Mom probably whispered in his ear, "Good luck, dear. And [phew] you really should do something about that uniform after the game."
[q]She also noted that of the 4 schools Cornell fans dressed the best and BC fans drank way too much.[/q]
a) A nice thought; please thank her on our collective behalf. b) Intuitively obvious and also perhaps the reason for the refueling problem at RSW.
Drinking way too much may also help produce future generations of BC students. :-D