ELynah Forum

See:
https://gocolgateraiders.com/roster.aspx?roster=410&path=mhock

They have 3 freshman goalies on the roster

I thought the officiating was perfectly ok. It was a physical game and I think Cornell was the more physical team.   It was not a sticky game with lots of hooking, holding and interference that I hate to watch.   Cornell delivered some really hard open ice hits that they correctly did not call a penalty on.   Of course there were a couple of calls I did not see or did not quite agree with but given that what I saw clearly they called correctly I am willing to accept they had a better view than I did on the others.

I just looked at the 2012/13 roster and there are only 7 defenders.  No Mathieu Brisson.   So what is the story?  The 7 defenders we have look pretty good but defensemen get injured and starting with 7 is not ideal.

Re:  Clarkson with 8 draft picks

Drew,

Actually I would love to know your thoughts.  I am quite puzzled by Clarkson's performance this year.

--Steve

Who will be the candidates to start at short stick defensive midfield?

Dorne was in effect announce earlier in the roster on the web but I wondered what the story was.

Gradinger is a surprise to me but he clearly had limited mobility (maybe not the right word -- flexibility, quickness, ??) last year (and the year before) although I loved his very physical defense in close.

The defense has question marks but I hope it will be ok.

Wow.  I understand the methodology which seems reasonable.

This is very much like I would call it.  

Two things that give me pause:
Cornell in #3 and Clarkson in #2 when I expect the reverse but I think it is a close call.

Yale so high seems strange but they were very young, no significant graduation losses, and what seems like an ok recruiting class.  

I like the look of this much better than the coach or media pools.

I would rank Clarkson #2 and Harvard #4.

Unfortunately I think #3 is about right for us unless our seniors have a stand out year like Harvard's seniors did last year.  Perhaps if the Nash brothers are both 1st team All American then we might go somewhere.

As I read the rules and the NCAA lets you have 5 years to use 4 years of eligibility but the Ivy's say 4 with possible exceptions.  An injury that causes you to miss a full season is often granted as an exception (John Glynn on our lax team) but cheating will not be a persuasive reason.  If Christian can not play hockey as a senior (next year not this year) it would probably kill any dreams of pro hockey.  So what does he give up hockey or the Harvard degree?  Richter will face the same decision his senior year.  This year he can play Junior A and play next year at Harvard as a junior.

By the way unless I totally misunderstand all this Troy Davenport should be in this same situation because of taking a year off (not for academics) to play another year of Juniors. Did he ask for and receive an exception?

When I took a look at it I saw we have more overlap than I realized.

I know this does not mean a whole lot but....

Opponents
CU Score
Albany Score

Binghamton
19-4
8-9 "Loss"

Colgate
16-6
13-10

Yale
19-8
12-10

Syracuse
16-15
13-17 "Loss"

Dartmouth
17-3
15-14

Since this has been updated I doubt it:

http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/milo_justin00.html

If you calculated the statistics as points per game or goals per game I think we would be represented in the top 20.

Goaltending techniques have changed so much since the 1960's that comparisons and even descriptions for those who did not see the old style are very difficult.  Dryden played at Cornell before the butterfly was really used in college hockey but I it was starting to show up in the NHL.

Dryden was described as a "stand up" goalie as opposed to a flopper.

What most impressed me about him was unbelievable ability to make the glove save at a time when the glove was probably half the size of what is in use now.  He would actually often cheat the glove post side and cover the gap with his glove and I don't recall anyone beating him on that cheat.  

When he moved to the NHL he made significant technique changes seamlessly.

I recall a penalty shot scored by Peter Shire where he unleashed one of his brutal slap shots from just inside the blue line.  This was his regular place to shoot from and he scored a lot from that range.  I think it also caught the goalie totally off guard.  

It was probalby his senior year 1978 when he scored 24 goals and it was a home game.

I am going to the Brown game.  Any suggestions on where to eat before the game or where to grab a drink after the game.

--Steve