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Q and RPI in overtime.

Quote from: sah67 on January 10, 2026, 09:29:29 PMJohnny on the spot x2!!

Castagna can marry my daughter now.

Quote from: Trotsky on January 09, 2026, 09:44:42 PMHayden Stavroff of Dartmouth had a hat trick tonight and is now 18-8-26 in 17 games.

Think that's scary?

This is his photo on USCHO:

...when the guy chirping you has more penalty minutes than points.

WALSH WALSH WALSH
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Not bothered by jet lag...

Quote from: stereax on December 07, 2025, 02:24:27 PM

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Quote from: BearLover on December 06, 2025, 10:41:01 PMI don't know anything about goaltending but Keopple just doesn't look steady. So much wasted motion as compared to Cournoyer. Cournoyer has given up a few soft goals but he hasn't been sliding out of position like Keopple is prone to. It could nerves or something, he's not a small goalie but he kind of slides like an Iles or Shane, whereas Cournoyer sits still like a wall. I feel like Keopple has untapped potential but rolling with Cournoyer makes sense going forward.

Generally, goalies who slide around aren't in the right position and have to compensate with athleticism. The best goalies often do not look like they're the best - because they know where the puck is and they simply are there in time for the shot.

Appreciate this insight. I'd been trying to figure how Cournoyer has been so successful.

It was a talking point around Akira Schmid in the NJD/NYR series a few years back. Very positionally sound guy (at the time at least), compared to Vanecek who'd flop around the net like a fish.

There are goalies like Saros who primarily rely on athleticism (pretty sure Hasek was the poster child here), but that same reliance on movement to make saves is what causes more injuries and indirectly a shorter career of it. Modern goaltending is predicting the shot and being in position before it even goes off the stick. Especially with modern shooters' strategies, and the rising sh% and dropping sv% in the NHL and other leagues, playing a more positionally sound game conserves energy and decreases injury risk.

Keopple "wastes motion" because he isn't predicting where the shot is coming from. As such, he has to scramble to compensate - and not like Cournoyer's frequent tummy time, either, but mad scrambles from one end of the net to the other.

Good goalies have every shot hit their chest/leg pads. (Or as many as possible.) They make it look easy.

You're always going to have the athletic glove saves - of course - but they're not the point of goaltending. A boring goalie is a good goalie.

Fascinating!

Are you sure you don't want to be a sports agent or a hockey lawyer? A friend of mine was legal counsel for the NHL: free Ranger tickets!!

Quote from: Iceberg on December 06, 2025, 10:06:59 PM

Quote from: BearLover on December 06, 2025, 09:54:40 PM

Quote from: Trotsky on December 06, 2025, 09:35:18 PM7, 7, 5, 6 tonight in the ECAC.

Q loses.  Union might be good.

Union is 34 in the NPI.

Dartmouth continues to trounce everyone, not just in score but in SOG. I have a hard time believing they're particularly good but at this point they might be odds-on favorites to make the NCAA tournament for the first time in 43 years. Which would be a shame.

Barring a massive collapse, I think there's a good shot they get in as an at large but there's still a lot of season left. Well coached team with great offensive execution, some rising young players, and a blue line that can create offense. I don't think their goaltending is anything to write home about and I think some of the more skilled teams nationally (e.g. Michigan) would carve their defense apart, but it's nice to have such a high NPI team in the conference

You're talking about Dartmouth's Croteau, right? If so can you explain your thinking here? He was just named HCA (Hockey Coaches Association) Goalie of the Month.

Quote from: stereax on December 06, 2025, 10:52:28 PM

Quote from: BearLover on December 06, 2025, 10:41:01 PMI don't know anything about goaltending but Keopple just doesn't look steady. So much wasted motion as compared to Cournoyer. Cournoyer has given up a few soft goals but he hasn't been sliding out of position like Keopple is prone to. It could nerves or something, he's not a small goalie but he kind of slides like an Iles or Shane, whereas Cournoyer sits still like a wall. I feel like Keopple has untapped potential but rolling with Cournoyer makes sense going forward.

Generally, goalies who slide around aren't in the right position and have to compensate with athleticism. The best goalies often do not look like they're the best - because they know where the puck is and they simply are there in time for the shot.

Appreciate this insight. I'd been trying to figure how Cournoyer has been so successful.

Quote from: sah67 on December 07, 2025, 08:53:49 AMI'm totally here for the O'Brien-Keopple bromance:

QuoteBut one of the loudest cheers erupting from the Cornell bench on Saturday came when senior defenseman Jack O'Brien blocked a hard St. Lawrence shot on a late third-period penalty kill.

"You get that sense when you see that on the bench," said head coach Casey Jones '90. "It's a big thing for him to do, especially with the score, right? I think that's why it's so meaningful."

The score was handily in Cornell's favor. But that didn't matter.

"I'm fine," O'Brien, sporting a dark bruise on his arm and a wide smile, said. "It's my best friend in net, so I owed him a couple. Felt good."

Also nice to see this kind of contribution pointed out.

Quote from: sah67 on December 06, 2025, 09:07:17 PMPirtle with a floater from the blue line that somehow goes in. 6-2!

Nice, his first NCAA goal

Ca-stran-ga

He doesn't just mispronounce names,  he invents new way to mispronounce them

And thankfully some of the wind is out of the windbag announcer's sails

Nice job by Ryan on the play, getting in and setting it up

Yes Castagna!

Quote from: sah67 on December 06, 2025, 08:27:49 PMMaybe some of the players should have read Casey's postgame comments to Jane from last night:

QuoteThe penalties we took weren't good," Jones said. "A slashing penalty right after we're on a power play, a slashing penalty in the offensive zone below the goal line. Needless penalties. Just simple slashes and elbow retaliation. Young guys took a couple bad penalties that put us in a bad spot."

Yep The Stanley penalty was more understandable as Veillux passed it into the slot

Thank you Charlie!