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Ithaca Jumping on that Tiki Bar trend early I see.

McDavid mogged with tournament MVP again, as he comes up short.

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Quote from: ugarte on February 22, 2026, 05:22:14 PMstill laughing that we didn't get hit with a too many men on the ice right before the double minor.

hughes goal was nice; werenski fighting through the defense to get him the puck was beautiful. hellebuyck getting the secondary assist was pretty cool too.

i do not love 3x3 OT to decide a 5x5 game but i have to admit i could be convinced to watch a full game of firewagon 3x3 every once in a while. Game to 11 or something because 60 minutes of it would be boring as hell. I don't feel great about what that says about me but it's true.

Yeah. It makes for a cool sport but it's a different sport.

Agreed. It shouldn't decide a gold medal game but 3v3 is fun from time to time (and for regular season stuff I don't hate it that much). Pretty sure there's that 3ICE summer league that does 3v3 for the full game.

Yes, 3ICE is 3x3 pro hockey- it has some really good skaters. It is definitely some other kind of hockey.

Quote from: Anne 85 on February 22, 2026, 09:53:25 AMI'm assuming this game will end in 3x3 OT, because that's how it goes in these Olympics

here we go!

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Quote from: imafrshmn on February 21, 2026, 09:28:06 PMWe didn't play terribly tonight. Probably deserved better than an L.

Not sure I agree. Watching at home is usually better than being there for this sort of observation so I could be wrong but at the rink it felt like our energy was meh and we could establish little effective zone time. Lots of east west hero puck. Natural result is breakaways the other way.  way. 

Cornell didn't play terrible but didn't play great either. Too many defensive breakdowns or miscues along with a fluke goal that changed the complexion of the game. Cornell looked mostly ineffective offensively after the 1st thanks to a combination of neutral zone traps, goaltending, and posts

That's my assessment, too.  That and a tendency to look for the pass first and the shot second, especially when they pulled Cornoyer.  But let's give credit where credit is due:  Princeton played their asses off.  And we didn't.

I agree with this assessment. Ben knows these players inside and out, and their Senior Night, they played great and Cornell didn't bring it. While not the end of the world, this one stunk because of how high I was flying off that big win against Q, where we showed how to rise against a tough and talented team. This one was as disappointing to me as the loss to BU at MSG.
Lets take care of business against SLU and Clarkson.

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Quote from: RichH on February 20, 2026, 04:05:18 PMSomebody explain to me why I care so much less about the Men's tournament with the NHL players involved. I'm just so "meh" about it.

I still wish the Olympics was played with amateur players- just my humble opinion

I feel what you mean, but what is an amateur player anymore? CHL and AHL players in the NCAA, NCAA Players get hundreds of thousands of dollars to play- just the training to get to that level is a full time professional commitment, in almost every sport, except maybe curling.

edit: I learned that playing on the Finnish national team qualifies as National Service, in place of military service requirements.

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Quote from: RichH on February 20, 2026, 04:05:18 PMSomebody explain to me why I care so much less about the Men's tournament with the NHL players involved. I'm just so "meh" about it.

Because it doesn't compare to the Stanley Cup as a showcase for the sport and the athletes act like they're doing us a favor by putting on the Olympic jerseys. If it's not a pinnacle it's an exhibition.

I was skeptical going into the four nations last year. But that left me no doubt about the pride these guys take in a best on best international tournament.

These players take it very seriously. Lots of pride on the line and I'll be watching. I think watched all the US and Canada games, and a handful of others.

But any best on best hockey that doesn't include the Russians is lacking. A huge asterisk. This take is only about hockey, not politics, to me.

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Quote from: arugula on February 17, 2026, 10:56:25 PMToday in the New York Post there was an article about Q's Ethan Wyttenbach, currently leading the nation in scoring. Standard local boy makes good profile except one thing. The article said that his uncle and father played for Cornell in the mid 90s. I could find no trace of them although Dad has it on his LinkedIn.  Anyone from that era have any memory of a Wyttenbach?  Perhaps the Jimmy Rayhill of the 90s.
Also any idea if we tried to recruit the lad?  Beniers was one that really pissed me off. Two parents from Cornell.

No Wyttenbach has ever played for Cornell.  Likewise, there is no age appropriate Wyttenbach in Elite Prospects.

Either the Post is in error (well I never!) or they (and dad) are exaggerating something like a frat league.

Sounds more and more like stolen valor.

if he doesn't leave after this year, we've got a question for the faithful to ask in unison next year

"Who's Your Daddy? clap clap, clap clap clap"

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Quote from: chimpfood on February 18, 2026, 05:46:03 PMCrazy slate today with 3 of 4 quarterfinals going to OT. US pulls it out and gets Slovakia, who is doing well but should certainly be beatable.

Definitely disagree with those who were saying 3x3 OT is boring. It shouldn't decide important games, but it's super exciting.

absolutely. unlike NHL OT where the standings structure encourages endless dithering in the neutral zone, do or die 3x3 is real firewagon fun.

Deeply unpopular opinion: I like a shootout more than 3x3 sudden death.

3x3 combines the back and forth of a shootout with just enough puck luck to make it feel less than even, plus all the puck possession that stalls momentum.

Now, I think a whole league/sport that's just 3x3, no sudden death, could be fun.

Well, guess what?

3ICE 3v3 Pro Hockey

IHS Boys are now 16-2 with 2 games left in the season.

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Quote from: The Rancor on February 10, 2026, 12:08:23 AMDo you think playoff tickets will be hard to get?

If they stay in a bye position, they will end up playing the same weekend as the Ivy League basketball tournament.  That's not going to be fun battling that event.  When is spring break?  That also impacts ticket availability if the students are or aren't going to be around. 

Not likely to be a problem. Rarely close to a sellout, see below. It's interesting that some season ticket holders do not pick on playoff tickets.

Lynah Attendance Playoff
Yr   Opp  Fri   Sat  Sun
24   Hvd 4267  4267
23   Clk 3752  3935
22   Cgt 3550  4034  2735
19   Uni 3892  4159

So rarely are Playoff tickets hard to get.

Thanks!

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Quote from: upprdeck on February 04, 2026, 12:01:14 PMWhat made the Colgate game become a sellout?  Are they suddenly traveling in droves this year to Lynah?

the final 2 home games have 100s left.

Trying to answer the question, I think it was multiple things.

We have been playing well with good chance of top 4 in ECAC and good chance for the NCAAs.

It's the only home game for a stretch.

So for the occasional fan, they say that it looks like a good team and I should see them sometime.

The only game after Harvard for weeks is 'gate. Better try for tickets if I want to see a game this year.

For the occasional fan who went to Dartmouth +/- Harvard. Wow that was fun, let's try another game.

For the occasional fan, I doubt 'gate as a rival means much. It means much more to 'gate fans than to ours. They don't really have another natural rival.

And I'll go back to my main reason, the team is good and they are winning. If they get at least 3 out of the next 4, I suspect we may be talking the same about the last 2 games, especially Senior Night.

Then we need to see what happens in the playoff games. Traditionally those haven't been the most well attended.

Time will tell, but let's hope.

Do you think playoff tickets will be hard to get?

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Quote from: Trotsky on February 08, 2026, 12:02:30 PMThat's nice.  TBF the way he played last night, well, he was a strong Dyck.  Dyck really stood up.  Dyck pounded us.  Dyck showed us who our daddy was.  & etc.

If they missed the opportunity to do "Dyck! Hiscock!" to goalie-drive, then Lynah is slipping.

My favorite rendition was (Ryan) Smart-(Alex) Dumas, a Dartmouth sieve, circa 1997.

"We love Hiscock! You Suck, Dyck!" something something.

Cornell mentioned on Jon Stewart's The Weekly Show Podcast.

After a big TCB win over CNS, Ithaca drops to 5th in NYS ranking.