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Gutsy win. Say what you want about Keopple but he's stepped up for the most part. We're very lucky their guy was stupid enough to head to the bench after the penalties expired and just left Castagna open for the break. Even with a skeleton band these games are much better.

We went 4-0 in home non conference games that could've sunk our NPI, not we get to benefit by playing four top 20 teams through the next two weeks. This is where we can make huge jumps on the NPI and not even risk blowing the season if all goes wrong.

Beat Quinnipiac. I hate those MFs

Wrote a massive rant that got deleted when I accidentally left the page. Not even gonna bother rewriting it. Such a fucking embarrassing performance when we host Ivy madness this year. The system and the players suck, not much you can do with that.

Wehmann and Arend have been hot recently, both older guys in their leagues so good to see the scoring still progressing. Emerton picked up a goal and Tuminaro also picked up an assist tonight.

Quote from: stereax on January 09, 2026, 11:53:32 PM

Quote from: chimpfood on January 09, 2026, 10:18:17 PMLooked like Cournoyer pulled something in his leg at the end there, wouldn't be surprised to see Keopple again tomorrow even if he isn't hurt.

He was gesturing to his hand with the athletic trainer... dear god I hope he's okay.

it looked like she gave him Tylenol or something so I think it was her just giving him the pills. He certainly looked a bit hobbled coming over to the bench and was reluctant to leave his net after that. Went straight to the locker room after the horn sounded

We'll get a better goalie in this one. Either it will be the third string who looked pretty damn good in his limited time today, or their usual started who wasn't on the bench today for some reason, but is a beast.

Looked like Cournoyer pulled something in his leg at the end there, wouldn't be surprised to see Keopple again tomorrow even if he isn't hurt.

Great win with a lot of action from the freshmen, hopefully DiGiulian can break out of his slump soon because he had a puck that was sitting in the crease waiting to be put home that he whiffed on twice.

If I was the one choosing I would send all of our best recruits to the USHL. It's older, plays the college hockey Friday/Saturday game schedule, and seems more similar to ECAC style hockey (structured and defensive).

The CHL schedule makes it harder for guys to get stronger during the season and the leagues overall are less focused on development and future success than the USHL is.

Quote from: BearLover on January 08, 2026, 11:28:07 AM...has anyone else noticed that our recruiting looks weaker than usual?
*ducks*

Hard disagree

Quote from: The Rancor on January 07, 2026, 12:23:26 AMEven going to classes at Q is too much for a lot of these guys. Expect more of this, as I have predicted.

He came in from the BCHL, not the CHL, and played 23 games with them last year. So I don't think classes were the issue

Nimani's absence was noticeable today. Saturday's game is as much of a must win as a game can be this early in the season.

Main player to watch out for is goalie Lassi Lehti, he is an absolute baller, putting up a .916 save percentage with a pretty bad team around him, and it's not a fluke, he had even better numbers the last two years. Luckily for us, Alaska turned to their 5'11 freshman backup on Saturday, and he held Providence to just one goal, so hopefully they ride the hot hand and we see him Friday.

They have a bad powerplay, mediocre PK, and no remarkable scorers. I think we can expect the usual Alaska goonery which could be problematic with some of our guys seeming to lose their cool easily.

They are a pretty bad team but have picked up wins over quinnipiac, Michigan tech, and providence this year, so they can have a good game from time to time.

This sweep helps our at large chances a lot. I miss the band and other students. I love going to Cornell hockey games no matter what but they really aren't the same without them.

Also, I'm not sold on Stanley on the power play. He's like the modern day Travis Mitchell, just seems to slow everything down. I would prefer that we go 4 forwards on the top unit and just have Veilleux stay along the blue line a little more. Though, maybe today showed that he's too turnover prone to be trusted as the lone defenseman on the PP.

Latkoczy warmed up for UNO but was not on the bench. Wouldn't be shocked to see him tomorrow, they probably wouldn't like to put Cowan back out there after giving up 6 even though he didn't look terrible.

Quote from: BearLover on January 02, 2026, 09:51:45 PM

Quote from: Dafatone on January 02, 2026, 09:46:44 PMWeird thing to say when we scored six goals, but I thought UNO's goalie played very well. We could have had eight or nine pretty easily.

CHN's box score has our expected goals at 4.6 and UNO's at 1.7. (I have no idea how reliable CHN's xG metric is.) We dominated this game, even accounting for the 5-to-2 PP disparity.

I think their xG is just based on where the shot comes from. So probably not very telling.