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Tough one for the Wisconsin goalie. He lost his stick trying to go side to side, and was stickless for the GWG.

And on that note, has strategy changed and it's no longer in vogue for a defenseman to give their stick to a goalie who has lost his? I haven't watched a replay but it felt like a really long time between when he lost his stick and when Denver scored.

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Quote from: BearLover on March 31, 2026, 09:30:38 PMI could have worded it more clearly, but what I said was that, in comparison to the best teams in the country, the 2003 team and the 2026 were about on the same level.

I gotta correct you there, BearLover. The 2003 team was the overall number one seed in the tournament.

Sure. Speaking purely about talent though. I think this year's team and 2003 were similar levels (normalized against the rest of the country). The difference I'm trying to show was the 2003 was stacked with talented seniors.

Oh. I think I understand what you're saying now. Essentially it boils down to the 2003 team had similar relative talent to the 2026 team as compared to the other teams in Division 1 hockey at the time, but the 2003 team over-performed that talent level, largely due to the fact that everyone had stayed.

Quote from: BearLover on March 31, 2026, 09:30:38 PMI could have worded it more clearly, but what I said was that, in comparison to the best teams in the country, the 2003 team and the 2026 were about on the same level.

I gotta correct you there, BearLover. The 2003 team was the overall number one seed in the tournament.

Quote from: Larry72 on March 31, 2026, 07:00:03 PMDoug's is a regular stop for us for takeout when they come to Ithaca. They are here quite regularly in the summer. They also have a nice location in Skaneateles. 

The Skaneateles location was the original, and for a long time, the only location. It opened in the early 80s, and I think it must have been about ten years before they opened a second restaurant.

Doug (Clark) was a real guy, and I saw him frequently when visiting the Skaneateles restaurant in the mid 80s and early 90s. He died perhaps eight or ten years ago.

I don't like fish, but their chicken, hot dogs, fries, and onion rings provide plenty of options for me. Great food!

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Quote from: abmarks on March 30, 2026, 09:41:40 PMMy prediction:

Bearlover wins powerball lottery in spring 2027, uses new-found wealth to convince Pelletier to make amends for Pelletier's foolish youthful indiscretions  by entering the portal and landing in Ithaca for the 2027-2028 season. 

Pelletier quoted by Jane as saying "yeah, got tired of beating up on weaksauce BU in puny buildings, want to get it done in the real Garden."

 

Least realistic part of this is that Jane's still with the Sun

Et tú with the assumptions? 🙀.

Could be the Hockey News.

Could be that the Sun gives fifth and sixth year of  eligibility for students enrolled in graduate programs?

🤣

I heard she was transferring to Michigan...

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Quote from: stereax on March 30, 2026, 07:14:16 PMMakes sense when you put it that way. No skydiving, no bungee jumping, no braving the Slope after midnight...

Bungee jumping isn't that dangerous.

If the cord doesn't snap.

A quick google turned up only two incidents of cords breaking - one in Africa and one in Thailand.  FWIW, I've done the jump in Africa and felt perfectly safe. 

I've also jumped in New Zealand and was told that their operation is monitored by the NZ Government.  Also they change the cords out much more frequently than mandated by the gov't just to be extra safe.

Interesting coincidence: when I was in New Zealand, my sister and I almost went bungee jumping off a bridge. We backed out after finding out that the week before, someone had died—not because the cord snapped, but because they forgot to attach it.

Whaaaaat? 

You're sitting there watching everything they do.  How could the customer not notice that they hadn't attached the cord?

No idea. This was in the 90s and that was the story. It was likely exaggerated, but it was enough to stop us.

I vaguely remember this. I just looked it up:

Quote from: fastforward on March 29, 2026, 01:49:38 PMSlightly off topic but any rumblings about the date for the annual banquet?

From the Hockey Association website:

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Save the Dates
Men's Ice Hockey Awards Banquet | Friday, April 17th | RaNic Golf Club (formerly Ithaca CC) | reception and dinner time TBA ... stay tuned
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Quote from: stereax on March 28, 2026, 08:45:32 PMIs CHN correct? Is Q getting assblasted by NoDak?

That score as of now looks evilly familiar

Except we were down 3-0 going into the third, gave up one in the third, and then an ENG to get to 5-0. Quinnipiac went into the third down 5-0.

Quote from: Trotsky on March 28, 2026, 07:01:28 AMI tried hyphenated awards with the original and then a 90s guy to freshen the awards about 15 years ago.  I think I may just rechisten them with the guy who most typifies the award from my 45 seasons, and who I would like to honor.

Your call, of course. but personally I like the idea of hyphenation with the original and a new player. That preserves honoring the first player and in a way also honors the younger player even more than a complete renaming would. Also tradition.

Quote from: stereax on March 27, 2026, 10:09:54 PMCasey Jones on his team's play down the stretch:

"I thought we might have peaked maybe a month too early. I'm not sure if we hit a wall a little bit with our youth. I'm not sure. ... But we were trying to find our A-game down the stretch. We were really trying."

Unlike some other coaches in our league, Casey is never going to throw our guys under the bus.

I prefer the Russian bots...

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Quote from: Snowball on March 27, 2026, 08:12:37 PMDid we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor???

The Germans???

Boy, are you young.
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Quote from: BingaleeDingalee on March 27, 2026, 08:08:41 PMThank you to Casey Jones, the athletic department, hell, the whole team for embarrassing ourselves like this on a national stage.

You signed up to post this crap?

I, and I'm guessing most here, are proud of this team.

Quote from: Trotsky on March 27, 2026, 06:51:18 PMFeed died.

For me too. Came back after about 15-20 seconds.

That looked awfully close to a high stick.