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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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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?

Quote from: RichH on January 18, 2026, 05:10:09 PMThe era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

And I remember discovering during an intramural game that someone carved "Reserved for Dan Dufresne" into the wood of the home penalty box bench.

These days the players who can throw the hits are also expected to have other skills. In short, stay outta the box!!
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Quote from: RichH on January 18, 2026, 05:10:09 PMThe era of having an "enforcer" is long gone. Greg Hornby was the last I can remember. Just a guided missile at his target most shifts.

And I remember discovering during an intramural game that someone carved "Reserved for Dan Dufresne" into the wood of the home penalty box bench.

These days the players who can throw the hits are also expected to have other skills. In short, stay outta the box!!

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

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Quote from: Trotsky on November 07, 2025, 05:57:54 PMWill you people please shitcan DST already?  This is like the only thing AZ does right.

North of the 37th parallel, we like having the sun rise not too late in the winter and not too early in the summer.

Living in Vermont at nearly the 45th parallel, I whole heartedly agree.  Taking my dog out on local trails at 5:30AM and still having it dark over an hour later w/ DST let alone having it dark when the kids get on the bus is not fun.  At the same time, with longer daylight in the summer, DST let's us play golf, do yard work, etc after work and have high school soccer games at small schools with no lights.

Quote from: chimpfood on November 08, 2025, 07:19:17 PMThat one isn't Cournoyer's fault but if just kept his composure and didn't flop around that's very savable.

I was at the game just above the face off circle.  He leaned towards the shooter almost falling towards him, which narrowed his body and stance.  If he stayed strong and square on his feet he may not have saved it anyway, but he would have had a better chance.  Right away, I thought of some of the comments on here about how he is solid but flops on his stomach too much.

I was on the freshman lightweight team and rowed at Columbia.  The river was brown and literally smelled like dog crap.  I tried really hard to not let splashes from the oars get in my mouth.

Apparently, another potential hazard is the wake from the ferry.  It may be apocryphal, but we were told a Columbia shell once got the bow and stern on the peaks of a huge wake and collapsed in half with the middle over the trough.

My daughter loves my "Dream Crushing" t-shirt.  She wears that whenever we go to a game including this year's championship.  She sometimes just wears it around.  I don't think it's mine any more.

I have a 2003 Frozen Four shirt, but I am keeping that.

I was going to say, what's up with the black?  Doesn't even look like Cornell.  Red is so much more classic and stands out.

Thank you for looking up all of the missed games.  I think your description of Q this year could be taken a step farther by applying it to our team last year.  We had a decent season going with a young team before we took off at the end to win the ECAC's, beat Maine, and take the soon-to-be national champ right to the wire.  If I remember correctly, we had very few injuries thus letting the team develop and gel.