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Cornell lacrosse coach Connor Buczek made a hole-in-one!

Quote from: mike1960 on September 29, 2025, 03:14:39 PMGreat work! I've created a message board before, and I know how much effort you must have put into (are putting into) making this work for us to enjoy. Much appreciated!!!

Ditto (except for the part about having created a message board)! Thanks so much, Age.

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on September 29, 2025, 02:31:22 PMJust an FYI, my username includes an apostrophe, which is apparently an illegal character.  Fortunately, I just deleted the apostrophe and it let me log in.

THANK YOU!

LGR!!!!!

Frozen Four bound: Four takeaways from a wild NCAA hockey weekend

From Fansided: The stories are endless from the start of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey championship. Retirements, NHL, and multiple championships, oh my!

https://apple.news/A5veGVP4hRpW3-Na6--vlwA

1. Cornell University is really good at hockey despite falling short

College hockey fans know that Cornell is a good program; the Big Red representation in the NCAA tournament is not new. Clinching a berth this year for their 27th appearance in college hockey's post-season by winning the ECAC championship, Cornell has made the Frozen Four eight times. They've won the national title twice, the most recent being 55 years ago in 1970.

They didn't make it past the Toledo regional final this year, but they stirred the pot on their way out.
Cornell upset the number one seed in their region in Michigan State in the final seconds of regulation. They then took on Boston University in the regional final, tying up the game with about five minutes remaining. The battle in overtime was won by BU's Quinn Hutson, sending the Terriers to their 25th Frozen Four appearance. It was not an easy road through the Big Red, though.

Despite ranking 17th on PairWise, Cornell was in it until the very end of each game they played in this tournament. They have playmakers on offense, big boy senior defender Hank Kempf (New York Rangers drafted, Colorado Avalanche with NHL rights) and a brick wall in net in senior Ian Shane (who had 40 saves vs. BU). They'e physical and have a forecheck that had me on the edge of my seat every time they were down in the offensive zone.

What's bittersweet here is that Cornell head coach Mike Schafer, who's been at the helm for 30 years (561-300-117 record), is hanging up the skates. He led his team to 15 NCAA tournament appearances, earning one trip to the Frozen Four in 2003. This isn't the way he likely wanted to step away, but as someone who watches a lot of hockey, I will shout from the rooftops that he should be incredibly proud of his team.

Happy trails, Schafer. You created an incredible program.

HOLY SHIT! Unbelievable!

Unbelievable!!

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Quote from: pjd8Kudos to ESPN for showing the postgame ceremonies.

Yes indeed!  I just wish that someone had been able to patch the microphone jack into the audio stream.  That would have been perfect.

https://x.com/ESPNIthaca/status/1893483650022260912

From section L - uploaded and posted from my phone

Part 1

Part 2

THANK YOU!

https://www.uscho.com/2025/02/19/this-week-in-ecac-hockey-cornell-emphasizing-to-stay-in-the-moment-with-end-to-2024-25-regular-season-fast-approaching/

USCHO: This Week in ECAC Hockey: Cornell emphasizing to 'stay in the moment' with end to 2024-25 regular season, Schafer's tenure fast approaching

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Quote from: BeeeejAnother Adam Wodon puff piece... ::nut::::bolt::

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/01/07_Cornell-Battling-Expectations.php

I appreciated Shafer's candor in this article

Meanwhile Mike was overall pretty pleased (almost uncharacteristically so) with the way we played this weekend (from his weekly summary):

"It certainly was great to be back in action, and even though I didn't like Saturday night's results, I am overall very happy with our team, and I feel we have turned a corner.  We played the type of hockey I feel will lead to success, and we were fairly consistent on our approach both nights.

On Friday night vs. UMass, we came out flying and spent a lot of time in the its end of the ice. The Minutemen took a 1-0 lead with 32 seconds remaining in the first period as a shot took an unfortunate bounce off the glove of goaltender Ian Shane and trickled into the back of the net.

The score remained in favor of UMass until 16:18 of the second period, when sophomore forward Ryan Walsh tallied a wrister off a faceoff 12 seconds after we had been on the power play. The goal was unassisted.  UMass took back the lead with 17 seconds remaining in the period with a power play goal, but the scoring remained on our side of the ledger the rest of the way.

We came out flying to start the third period, and it was a good comeback with some resiliency. At 6:52 of the third period, senior defenseman Tim Rego tied the score at 2-all. Rego took a took a cross-ice pass from sophomore defenseman Ben Robertson at the half-wall, and deposited a wrap-around goal past the sprawling goaltender. Less than six minutes later, we took the lead for good.  At 12:18, junior forward Dalton Bancroft scored a beautiful goal as he deked the goaltender and fired a shot over the goaltender's near-side shoulder. It was a highlight reel goal and topped the night for us.  Sophomore forward Jonathan Castagna won a faceoff in our end with 14 seconds remaining, and sent a shot nearly the length of the ice into an empty net.

Shane made 22 saves in goal, and the UMass netminder stopped 31 shots.  We were 0-for-2 on the power play, and they were 1-for-1.

On Saturday evening, we faced an ASU team that is much better than ones we have played in the past. I actually felt we played pretty well against the home team. Hockey comes down to nights on who capitalizes on chances and that is exactly what happened.

Arizona State opened the game with goals at 10:23 and 19:33 of the first period to give the Sun Devils their seventh consecutive win, the longest in program history. The winners increased their lead to 3-0 at 11:39 of the second period, concluding a stretch of 11 straight shot attempts in a span of 73 seconds.  With 12 seconds remaining in the second period, Arizona scored on a 4-on-3 power play for a 4-0 decision.

We dominated the third period with a 17-5 shots on goal result against a goaltender that we had seen briefly last season.

Shane made 24 saves, and the Sun Devils goaltender stopped 34 shots.  We saw him last year when he entered the game in relief and made 22 saves bringing his total saves against us to 56. He was outstanding on Saturday evening. We were 0-for-1 on the power play, and they were 1-for-4. Obviously we lost, but I felt we played pretty well against ASU. It has been a long time since we have lost a non-conference game.

In one other note, the shutout stoped our consecutive goal scoring at 49 games. The school's longest goal-scoring streak is 262 games (Dec. 29, 1972-Dec. 5, 1981).

We continue our seven-game road trip this weekend in Fairfield, Conn., for a two-game set with non-conference opponent, Sacred Heart (11-8-3). Friday night's game time is 7 pm, and we play again at 5 pm on Saturday.  Hope you can come a cheer us on to victory."

What he said - great job!

https://www.amny.com/sports/islanders-sorokin-varly-caddy-ferrari-4-25-24/

Nice mention of Brian Hayward by Patrick Roy, talking about goalie tandems as he made a switch to Sorokin.

Amidst a decision to change goalies during their first-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy was reminded of an old analogy made by his former goaltending coach with the Montreal Canadiens, Francois Allaire, while texting with his dad on Thursday morning ahead of Game 3.

Allaire would call Roy's backup, Brian Hayward, a Cadillac. A smooth, dependable car that helped create one of the best goalie tandems alongside Roy from 1986-1990, featuring three William Jennings Trophies, which is awarded annually to the netminding duo that allows the fewest goals in the NHL.

Quote from: ugarteKnust save to start 2OT... tough but good clear ... kind of a bad shot and Cuse beats us to the sideline... KNUST! point blank save... Cornell clear... HEY TIMEKEEPER ... KIRST!

Amazin'!

Quote from: mike1960Wow. What great lacrosse.

HOLY COW!

Quote from: ugarteHoly cow RIT cuts it to 3-2, 4:39 left in the second.

Ugh. BU comes right back. 4-2, 3 mins left in second.