ELynah Forum

Yeah, I'll probably be on chat and bounce between playoff netcasts.

[Q]pat Wrote:

 This is minor, but I would prefer to that the threads not paginate, i.e., that all messages in a single thread be on a single page. Or to be able to set that.[/Q]
I agree, and was just going to suggest that.

Before I post, it's interesting to note that the email address entered by this thread's starter matches the one used by someone who is at least connected to our least-favorite fellow poster (see link).  This smacks along the lines of "Schafer Should Resign" and "Pep Band Should Not Travel."

Note emails of several offensive posters in this thread: http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,35598

Anyway, I'll now comment as if this were a serious discussion.  Remember that SLU's Appleton Arena has been renovated several years ago, and those renovations didn't effect the atmosphere there at all.  Cornell has already invested money in the past 5 years in upgrading the ice equipment, the boards, the glass, and the locker rooms.  I don't see how all of a sudden they would think a whole new facility is needed.  Adding on to the facilities available to the student-athletes and coaches for training and conditioning?  I'm all for it.

Read one post-game recap after another this season and you'll be amazed at how many visiting coaches and players comment about what a treat it is for them to come play at Lynah.  A huge majority of fans, players, and coaches love Lynah, and I wouldn't change a thing.

QuoteMike wrote:

clinton is not on a campaign tour, age.

I think Age was just making a joke about Danny Glover being the name of a current freshman defenseman.

In another fun little slight guaranteed to get some blood boiling here, INCH listed their top picks for goaltender of the year.  Danis is #1, Silverthorn is #5, and McKee is lumped in a bubble category.

http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/goto/goto_0227.htm

QuoteCowbell Guy wrote:

Also, what the hell was up with the jackasses throwing the alma mater lyrics on the ice in the second intermission? There were probably 20 or 30 thrown before the ushers waddled down and looked sternly about. Starting to feel like Starr in there.

Not only that, but another effect is that little kids in J-L started doing it as well.  At least I hope it was only kids.  My guess is that they see the student sections do it, so they now think it's OK to as well.  One youngster in J tried to launch his crumpled sheet up over the net multiple times, even after the players were out warming up for the 3rd.

I'll post the 2 photos I mentioned earlier in this thread.  Oddly enough, it seems that Clarkson is our preferred opponent for rink photography.

This one appeared in an issue of Cornell Alumni Magazine over a year ago.  It was probably taken in the mid-90s, judging by the presence of the old cloth banners and the few ads that are on the boards.  The photo is credited to Chris Hildreth/UP.


This was on the front of the pocket schedule around 1993-1994.

+ Peter Natyshak Award, Career Improvement - Tough award.  I'm going to say Greg Hornby just from his transition from being an "unguided missle" his freshman year to being a "guided missle."  His relentless hitting added an entertaining dimension to this team early in his career, but he developed into someone we can trust handling the puck, and someone we can count on for all-out hustle.  Half of his '02-'03 goals were GWG.  Consider he has less PIM this year (30 in 29 games) than he did in his freshman year (38 in 5 ECAC games); he has become a very disciplined, efficient, and valuable enforcer.

+ Randy MacFarlane Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess - Seeing that Cook and Vesce rightly have enough support here, I'm going to throw out Cam Abbott's name.  How many really expected this guy to have several breakaways?  A tough guy who can skate and split defenses?  I think that's a beautiful thing.

+ Dave Shippel Award, Scrappiness and Effort - I've flip-flopped often on this.  As time was winding down vs. Clarkson, I saw Greg Hornby dive to get the puck out of the zone.  He never can be criticized for lack of effort.  However, I'm going to cast my vote for Mike Knoepfli.  He gets absolutely pounded in the corners every game, and stands up to the abuse as well as he takes it.  Be it holding the puck on the PK for as long as it takes, or being a human target on the low-cycle, I get the feeling he'll do whatever it takes for betterment of the team.

+ Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role - Jon Gleed.  With the defensive losses, CU needed someone to fill some huge skates.  Gleed did just that, despite suffering a big injury.

+ Mike Schafer Award, Leadership and Passion - Vesce and Wallace. There's a reason the rest of the team gave them those letters.

+ Pierre Belanger Award, Most Loathed Referee - Whether the rest of the league saw it as whining or not, Schafer had a point about Joel Dupree in January.  Looking from an unbiased perspective, Scott Hansen's answer in the Colgate game was pretty interesting.  I'm in the minority of thinking the overall reffing wasn't too horrible this year.  Really, I want to give it to whomever decreed that there must be at least 1 "contact to the head" modifier-penalty called every game.  Even though it doesn't mean anything significant, it annoys me.  It's right up there with the overuse of the "obstruction" qualifier the first year that existed.  (And I still think "obstruction interference" is redundant)

+ John Carter Award, Most Respected Opponent - No question.  Dave Steckel, Ohio State.  He was terrific in all aspects of his play at Lynah: faceoffs, defense, offense.  3 points, including the game-winner with under 1 minute left.  Oy.  I was thrilled he didn't play in the Everblades Final.  Thrilled.  (in-league, I'll give a surprise nod to Yale's Christian Jensen, who really impressed me at Lynah)

+ Kevan Melrose Award, Least Respected Opponent - I almost abstained from this.  I'd like to give it to every media member/coach who continues to perpetuate the myth that "all Cornell does is clutch-and-grab."  I'll give it to the two Bowling Green players who couldn't even dive without getting penalized for it.  I mean, you really have to be a bad actor to get called for diving at this level.  So Brett Pilkington and Kevin Bieksa, BGSU, this one is for you.  (In-league vote: Steve Silverthorn, Colgate.  A goaltender jumping into a fight is some good theater, and we appreciate you taking the DQ, but that didn't win any sportsmanship points.  Of course, I still think Noah Welch is an overrated putz.)

+ Doug Dadswell Award, Most Valuable Freshman - Dave McKee.  Talk about big skates to fill.  Byron Bitz plays like a sophomore, but you can't not give this award to McKee.  7 straight down the stretch allowing 1 or fewer goals more than made up for the offensive woes.

+ Joe Nieuwendyk Award, Most Valuable Player -  Ryan Vesce.  The face-off skills alone are worth more to me than repeating his '03 offensive numbers.  Played through injury, and I'll never forget the game he played in New Jersey this season.  Defensively underrated.  Always one of the first forwards back to play defense as well.  Great player to watch play, and a very worthy Captain.  Honorable mention: Matt Moulson, who seemed to be in the middle of many huge plays this year, including 4 GWG and 2 GTG.  Mr. Clutch.

QuoteJason N '95 wrote:

As an opinion piece, it's pretty good (except for my big gripe below), as a news piece it comes across as somewhat "one-sided".

Well, I first read it as an "interview piece," which doesn't necessarily have to fall in either category (then again, I've never been a journalism major, so I may be wrong).  It's up to the writer as to how much external commentary he/she supplies.  This one certainly has a great deal of opinion.  After all, the title "Former Clarkson Coach Morris Deserves Second Chance" is pure opinion.

[Q]Success on the playing field somehow absolves a coach of battery against his players?!?!  It shouldn't matter a bit what Coach Eaves's or Coach Knight's win-loss record is in deciding if they learned from their mistakes and made amends.[/Q]
I agree with that.  Well said.

QuoteEDIT: Rich H, I jump in to try to offer a defense of your statement and you go and walk away from the fight while I'm putting together my post, what are you doing to me? :-)

Heh.  Sorry, but I really didn't mean to start a fight.  :-)

OK, I retract the phrase "one-sided" because an attack on Morris isn't what I meant at all.  I hastily grabbed that phrase to mean (in the context of my sentence) that the Crimson writer seemed to assume that the Harvard community already had a good understanding of the complexity of the incidents involving Morris.  I didn't think the 2 sentences provided were sufficient to that end.  Actually, re-reading the article, I don't think including more of the background would've added anything to the overall gist of the article anyway, so feel free to ignore me altogether.  All I wanted to do was to post this article because I thought it was interesting.  Sheez.

Giving it more thought, I'm wondering whether The Crimson did this story to subtlely suggest possible coaches with D-1 experience that might be available to coach a certain school that publication may be affiliated with.  *cough*.   I, for one, hope they stick with their current coach...he's doing a fine job, and putting that team right where I like to see them.  :-)

An interesting article on former Clarkson coach Mark Morris is on The Crimson's website:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=357603

Seems to be a bit one-sided, but for those of us who wondered where he went, it's a good read.

If one were commercially available, I'm sure we'd all have one by now.  There was a great photo that they used for the front of the hockey pocket schedule about 9-10 years ago, back when CU Athletics used to actually make them.  It was taken during warmups of a Cornell-Clarkson game from the top of the aisle between G and H, and used a long exposure so the players are blurred.

Also, last year, in an issue of the Cornell Alumni Magazine, there was a nice picture taken from the platform above A.

I'm sure they're both copyrighted.  I'm wondering if the hockey office might know of the photographers, and if they would be selling large prints of such photographs.  But I'm quite certain that Rob Arra hasn't been to Lynah for his famous poster series.

QuoteLiz '05 wrote:

I assume Clarkson sings pretty much the same thing to our Alma Mater. :-P

And Dartmouth, and Harvard, and Brown, and Colgate, and RPI, and Princeton, and Penn...etc.  And they all think they're the only ones to do it.

Quotedss28 wrote:

I was in Vermont and was able to *just* barely hear Adam's broadcast on 870

Grr.  I live 50 miles from Ithaca, and I had to drive to Horseheads (20 miles away) before I could even begin to hear HCU that night.  It was being overpowered most of the time by WWL from New Orleans.  The good news was that I got my "Mardi Gras traffic report" for the big Carnivale parade Saturday...

It's frustrating because I'm able to get WVBR from my apartment.  I can also get WHCU during the day before they have to power down at night.  Once again, grr....

Quoteursaminor wrote:

I apologize if this video interview with Ray Sawada  (complete with Subway advertisement) has already been posted http://bchl.bc.ca/inside_videos.cfm?leagueID=2393&clientID=0&link=bchl .

Wait...this guy has a hockey-playing twin brother as well??  Hmmm...