Now, back to some useful discussion of the Union game...
Union is always a hard place to play. It is a tiny rink with no corners, and Cornell seemed to be struggling. They could not get set up to work their offense there most of the time. Part of that, I am convinced is that Cornell runs a lot of their offense from the corners, and Union's rink really seems to eliminate a lot of corner cycling. In any case, Union did a good job clogging up the ice.
Union played a really good tactical game. They moved the puck quickly out of their zone, and did a good job limiting what Cornell could do on the small ice.
Having watched more than one Cornell loss at Union against clearly inferior talent, I would suggest not making any generalizations about the team based on their play there.
Union is always a hard place to play. It is a tiny rink with no corners, and Cornell seemed to be struggling. They could not get set up to work their offense there most of the time. Part of that, I am convinced is that Cornell runs a lot of their offense from the corners, and Union's rink really seems to eliminate a lot of corner cycling. In any case, Union did a good job clogging up the ice.
Union played a really good tactical game. They moved the puck quickly out of their zone, and did a good job limiting what Cornell could do on the small ice.
Having watched more than one Cornell loss at Union against clearly inferior talent, I would suggest not making any generalizations about the team based on their play there.
