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Quote from: BearLover on May 24, 2026, 11:15:34 AMSeems like on the average day this forum has somewhere between 2 and 10 Russian bots signing up for accounts.

After reading any interesting threads, the "Mark Read" button is a pretty quick way to keep the site current.  That is a simple thing we can do between the times the Mods have a chance to eliminate Spam threads and update security.

Quote from: stereax on April 21, 2026, 12:52:42 PMRousseau highlights from the Q and WJC, anyone?

After watching these highlights, maybe we will be glad Cournoyer left.

Quote from: stereax on April 11, 2026, 06:31:14 PMSooo. Is Denver gonna show up at any point today?

But Denver is comfortable playing from behind and on their heels. Or so the announcers keep saying over and over.

On a serious note, I wonder if they could be a little tired after the double OT game.

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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.

Unlike this year's team, I remember how crisp and accurate that team's passing was throughout the entire season.  Everything was tape-to-tape. I even mentioned that to Coach Schafer at the Hobey Baker award ceremony.
That team was also incredibly balanced from Leneveau out.  IIRC, they were #1 or close to it in both PP and PK% and in GPG and GAPG.
I told Leneveau all of the fans loved him and hoped he stayed, but I knew the chances were slim.

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Quote from: Noah '27 on March 12, 2026, 09:47:22 AMHey everyone, I don't usually post on here, but I am a lifelong fan of Cornell Hockey and have been a part of the Big Red Pep Band. Please consider supporting the band so that we can go on away trips and bring the Lynah faithful energy anywhere the team goes. The link to my page is attached below

https://givingday.cornell.edu/p2p/630133/noah-kaplan-2600ecdf-9213-4a23-abd6-bec55717a9c5

I will donate to the band but you have to promise one thing in return: please return to the procedure the band used throughout the 2000s and early 2010s where it would open the third period by playing Gonna Fly Now prior to the Hey Song such that the Hey Song does not begin until the players are all out on the ice, and the song continues into the start of play, with the students filling in a capella when play resumes and the band has to stop playing, and then the band picking the song back up upon the next break in play. I think there are videos of this on YouTube. This was my and many others' favorite Lynah song/chant for many years and I'm not sure why the band stopped doing this.

Agree. With the caveat that it started going downhill after the renovation when the locker room moved. There was something special about gonna fly now right as the team entered from beneath A.

That may be true, but it's still great even in other arenas and certainly in Lake Placid and the NCAA's.  I used to have that in my head all summer after the many successful seasons in the 2000's.

Quote from: dbilmes on March 07, 2026, 07:44:50 PMFun fact about St. Lawrence: they won one road game all season. They were 4 minutes away from doubling that total Friday night against Harvard, but couldn't seal the deal.
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Quote from: dbilmes on March 07, 2026, 07:44:50 PMFun fact about St. Lawrence: they won one road game all season. They were 4 minutes away from doubling that total Friday night against Harvard, but couldn't seal the deal.

I keep forgetting the first round is one-and-done.  I just looked all over the CHN scoreboard trying to find tonight's Harvard/ SLU game

Quote from: upprdeck on March 02, 2026, 11:21:28 AMhaving 1700+ SRO packed in would seem to pretty close to a fire code issue.   Are those concourses huge?

I live in Vermont and take my kids to see Cornell at Dartmouth every year (especially with no UVM in the mix).  The concourse at Thompson is huge and does wrap around the entire rink. I have never seen the seats much more than 1/2 to 2/3 full over the many years I have been going.  There are always a few people on the concourse whom I assume just prefer to watch from there.  Does Princeton draw more than Cornell?

Harvard and Yale are on NESN right now for those of you in New England.
2-2 middle of the 2nd

Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?

Browns Brewing Company is good, and there is a Dinosaur Barbeque there.

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Quote from: chimpfood on January 31, 2026, 11:15:07 PMAnother Ithaca kid we probably regret not getting is Cooper Dennis. He has 53 points in 47 OHL games and is going to Michigan next season. But he is 5'6

We whiffed on Dennis, Parsons, and William Moore, second round draft pick who grew up in Ithaca and whose grandfather was a literal Cornell professor. Have to believe they were on our coaches' radar. Unbelievable we couldn't get any of these guys. Maybe Casey can change that.

You don't think local kids might want to move and experience college in a different area from where they grew up?  It doesn't matter who is coach if that is the case.

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Quote from: Trotsky on January 26, 2026, 12:15:42 PMImportant note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

QuoteCournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Of course back in out undergrad days from the early 80's the average game score was probably around 6-5

And goalies were padded such that a limb had to be moved to make a save.

Plus I've never seen a hilite from that era where the goalie didn't fall down while making a save or giving up a goal.

Those old pads had no padding or protection on the sides.  That was pre-butterfly, so mostly stand-up and 2-pad stack saves.  Kick save and a beauty!

Quote from: Trotsky on January 19, 2026, 07:47:12 PMThere was a lot of weird stuff in that game including, IIRC, a Cornell goal disallowed on a high stick that was the definition of borderline.

That was a big one.  We were all over them for the first 10 minutes or so. I think it was the correct call, but it took forever to review.  It seemed to kill our momentum and give UNH a reset.  I always wondered if the game would have been different if they just waved it off immediately and okay quickly resumed.

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Quote from: ugarte on January 18, 2026, 11:37:45 PM

QuoteIIRC, Didn't Hornby take a momentum killing penalty late in thr Frozen Four game against UNH?

I don't know about momentum killing. We never stopped swarming but never broke through. Most painful save of my life. Hadn't had the wind knocked out of me like that by a goalie since Lemon got stuffed on the penalty shot.

You are right about the swarming at the end.  I was at that game.  Can't believe we didn't score.  With all of the pressure we were putting on, I just meant we lost 2 minutes of heavy offensein due to the penalty.  That save was insane.  Didn't Beeeej, Age, or someone get a picture of it?

Ayers's helmet save toward the end? It sure wasn't me, and I don't think I've ever seen such a photo.

Nothing in the game thread about a picture. The thread only runs through the night of the game, though.  I stand corrected on the penalty.  Shane Hynes took a high sticking penalty (mentioned in the thread as a dumb penalty like I remember thinking at the time) with 3:08 left after we had closed to 3-2 coming back from 3-0.

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Quote from: ugarte on January 18, 2026, 11:37:45 PM

QuoteIIRC, Didn't Hornby take a momentum killing penalty late in thr Frozen Four game against UNH?

I don't know about momentum killing. We never stopped swarming but never broke through. Most painful save of my life. Hadn't had the wind knocked out of me like that by a goalie since Lemon got stuffed on the penalty shot.

You are right about the swarming at the end.  I was at that game.  Can't believe we didn't score.  With all of the pressure we were putting on, I just meant we lost 2 minutes of heavy offensein due to the penalty.  That save was insane.  Didn't Beeeej, Age, or someone get a picture of it?

Ayers's helmet save toward the end? It sure wasn't me, and I don't think I've ever seen such a photo.

Yes.  Maybe I am remembering incorrectly, but I am pretty sure I saw one back then and people were talking about it.  Maybe in the archives here?

Quote from: ugarte on January 18, 2026, 11:37:45 PM

QuoteIIRC, Didn't Hornby take a momentum killing penalty late in thr Frozen Four game against UNH?

I don't know about momentum killing. We never stopped swarming but never broke through. Most painful save of my life. Hadn't had the wind knocked out of me like that by a goalie since Lemon got stuffed on the penalty shot.

You are right about the swarming at the end.  I was at that game.  Can't believe we didn't score.  With all of the pressure we were putting on, I just meant we lost 2 minutes of heavy offensein due to the penalty.  That save was insane.  Didn't Beeeej, Age, or someone get a picture of it?