ELynah Forum

Addressing hard elbow pads, I believe they are still a good idea. While they may create more opportunities for head injuries, it takes an elbow to cause an injury, not a pad. Eliminating dirty elbows will do better than changing pads.

Additionally, my personal experience with the softer foam pads is they blow. This year I injured a major nerve (ulnar) in my left elbow, probably from a hockey fall. Surgery was required to fix it. Noted, this happened after my switch to softer elbow pads. Come next season, though, I'm chaning back to the hard plastic kind, if for my benefit alone.

Also, was McSorley after the whistle? And as I remember it was from behind and had nothing at all to do with the game play.

Speaking of routines, has anyone noticed the Abbott brothers.  During both the Canadian and US anthems, they stand dead still.  I'm talking millitary-style, not moving, nothing.  It kinda's freaks me out.  

Also, have you ever wondered what's going through lenny's head when he's crouched over before the starting line-ups are announced.  What I'd pay to hear an inner monologue.

I enjoy looking for these quirks.

Does anyone know how long Greg will have to sit?  Where can we find that out?  Is there any possibility we can get him a seat right over the opponent's bench?  I'd love to see him heckle from above.

Avash writes

"I love how Hornby has become a real fan favorite this year"

The guys I sit with in D and I have grown such a fondness for Greg.  We started the game betting the over/under on how many shifts until Hornby got sent to the box.  (The O/U was 4 and I believe the U won on 3)  But the turning point was the shift where he must have laid 5 good hits in a row.  That was something out of a video game or the WWE.  Good business, not bad business.  We were heartbroken on the phantom calls on him, blaming the obvious suspect.  I guess it was like looking for the fat kid when someone farts.  Either way we're probably bringing signs this week in support.  Can't wait for the headline, "Hornby gives Dominick moore than he can handle"

In the online NCAA hockey rule book, page HR-61, Rule 16-6 (yes, I have no life) it says that "A goal is scored when the puck...passes...completely across the goal line".  Thus, it's possible some of it could have traveled over with Lenny clamping it before the entire thing was over the line.  And if he put that big glove on top, then no one could tell if it truly went all the way over.

As for Hornby, he went to the box 4 times during the game.  3 on his own behalf and 1 for the bench penalty.  In our section we joked that he should start to carve his name into the box with tally marks.  On the uscho.com interview Doug alluded that Greg was the new enforcer, which leads me to believe he'll have many more marks to etch.  And the break-away, he simply wasn't fast enough to get the puck.  Doug's containment of two players, classic.  I don't think either Knight expected that one on the trip to the corner.  As for Reid, a stand he knew he'd lose.  So much love to Lenny for the 5th, even if there was a moment of hesitation (phantom goal).  But I'm always glad to hear the crowd chant in support and his post-game response of the stick-raise.  Who takes Iggy's place tomorrow against St. Lawrence?  Only Schafer will tell.

The head ref tonight, Fulton (sp?) was horrible.  He missed an insane amout of calls.  One play specifically, there was a an obstruction, holding then our guy went to skate away and his stick was held.  This guys makes the NFL refs look good.  Not to mention that he blew the whistle way to quick when the goalies touched the puck with no one around.  I think we had the "let them play" chant going at least three times.  I hope he finds a red tag in his locker after the game.

It's been announced, Dave is sitting out game one.  Hopefully that will be all.

http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/news_story.asp?ID=19358&hubName=world_jrs

Chris '02 writes:

"Who was the Hughes that was on the hockey team here?"


Kelly Hughes, he is Canadian.  But I have not decided if that's better or worse than Great Neck, LI.

Marr is a junior and Chebot a freshman.  Where was Marr last year?  Practice squad or a walk-on?  And Chebot, did he come from some ridiculous junior league or just a feeder league.

I saw them play red-white.  They both looked pretty good considering the circumstances of the game.  However, they did get get their lunch money stolen during the shoot-out portion of the game.  This was probably due to them having to alternate shots and never getting into a routine.  But, as stressed before, if the D continues to block as many shots as it has, grandma could play goal.

What are the exact dates Lenny goes to the Canadian team?  If he makes it, would he be back in time for the Jan 24/25 weekend?

This question is open for discussion and a brief history lesson for me.  Judging by this weekend's performance and what has happened this season, has there been a more productive first line than the one we have now.  Ryan seems to score almost at will, Matt is taking off, and Steve involves himself on almost every play.  Although only together for 2 months it seems like these guys grew up together.  Have we seen anything like this before and how long will the dream last?

p.s.  Where was Hynes this weekend?

An idea that has worked before.

Get a full-ankle air cast, limp.  Remember, you can make the air-cast bigger.  No-one searches the injured

You do the math on the rest.

I'm glad everyone now understands that my suggestion was only a joke.  I'm from Chicago and when the Bulls and Jazz were playing, some Jazz fans gave a similar wake-up outside the hotel in Utah.  But this should be a good contest and they'll probably need hot-tubs to soak after we administer a beating.  Secondly, Moore is from a wealthy toronto suburb, maybe a tough guy on the ice but a suburb kid all the way.  We'll see what happens when Douggie draws a bead on him.

On the schedule it says Harvard (sucks) is playing Colgate on Sat night.  That means they must be staying somewhere between Ithaca and Hamilton.  And leads or suggestions?  Anyone in the band in favor of a 5:45 wake-up call?