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Wow that's sad. A great man.  If you haven't read The Game, do so.

No words!!!!

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Quote from: stereaxAnyway. I'm happy Robertson is going somewhere where he'll likely have better opportunities to show off his abilities and make it to the big leagues, and I wish him the best. Just not at Lynah

I'm old enough to remember when this was the normal, standard response to such news. Or something along the lines of "well, that's too bad. Something like this is a personal decision and I'm sure he has his reasons."  This year, we're turning everything into a Warren Commission investigation.

My take? Well, that's too bad. Something like this is a personal decision and I'm sure he has his reasons.

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Quote from: BearLoverFegaras is pretty good. Breaks it out well, plays on the second PP. Will have a much bigger role next season.

I think his thumb injury lingered through the whole season.

He's a terrific skater and had nearly 1/2 a point a game in the 30 games he did play. Also no stats but it feels like a lot of his assists were primary: he got the puck to the net for a tip-in or it went off a body. Looking forward to seeing what he can do next year.

Let's move on from this.

How about this headline in the NYT:

Canada Reschedules Political Debate That Conflicted With a Hockey Game

There's a country with the right priorities!

Yes a beauty by Sam:

https://www.nhl.com/video/col-lak-malinski-scores-goal-against-darcy-kuemper-6371414511112

Quote from: stereaxHoward won the Hobey.

I like this Cornell reference in the Flo Hockey article, though the phrasing is bad:

With the "Ice Man" driving the offense, Michigan State won the Big Ten regular-season title. Howard then scored the game-winning goal in the Big Ten Championship game in overtime. Michigan State, however, was stunned in the first round of the NCAA tournament with a late goal against Cornell.



https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/14071418-michigan-states-isaac-howard-wins-the-hobey-baker-memorial-award-in-2025

Quote from: arugulaSurprised no team has taken a flyer on Ondrej.

Someone's going to pick him up, there has been a lot of interest in him.

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Quote from: upprdeckBancroft was in a pickle due to his age.

He gets a small bonus most likely like 50K and a salary of like 75K or so.

But he also had he come back might have gotten a different deal completely.  Could have been better or worse.

He's getting a signing bonus of $97,500 and a minors salary of $85,000. Plus, if he makes the NHL, his base salary there is $852,500. And a nice performance bonus of $25,000 for 5 NHL GP. So even if he "only" plays 5 games at the NHL level, he's making over $200,000 on the year. Puckpedia, source. (Will be putting it on CapSized as soon as we get an NHL ID for him.)

That's money that's hard to refuse.

Signing bonus + minors salary = $182,5000, so $136,753 after taxes. Sigh.
He's a Cornell student, so he's probably acquainted with the misery of taxes.

Good luck in the NHL Dalton!

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Quote from: CUDrew0105Bancroft has signed with the Bruins. He will be assigned to Providence for the remainder of this season before a one-year entry level contract with the Bruins starts next season. Based on a recent conversation I had with one of the seniors, it sounds like it is a good scenario for him to join a team that is rebuilding and might get some play.

XO

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Quote from: SnowballBearlover,

I think that your negative comment about Bancroft was probably made impulsively and a bit irrationally. For his or his parents' sake, would you consider editing it or deleting it entirely?  

He's given so much to Cornell hockey: been a super-valuable and exciting team player with a real zest for the game.  Personally, I'll never forget his hat trick at MSG.

I'm sure you wish him the very best at the Bruins, as we all do.

Umm, does Dalton or his family read this forum? Should we not be criticizing players here? A lot of people other than me were very critical of various parts of the team this year. I'll delete my post if you feel strongly about it. But for the record, I stand by what I said. Joe Miller of Harvard was drafted by the Leafs and has been Harvard's best player several years in a row, but is returning for his senior year and was just named captain of the team. I'm sure he had a deal on the table to go pro, but he decided he'd rather finish the job. The fact Bancroft took the money instead is just the reality, it doesn't make him a bad person or worse than the many other players who did the same thing. But he could have stayed and it's a shame he didn't.

Could we agree that critiques of player's play is totally valid? The personal stuff, I have to say a hard no. A lot of people read this forum.

I do hope you will delete or modify that post, as a mom I imagine reading that about my son. Ouch.

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Quote from: BearLoverThe postgame press conference has been posted to the Cornell Athletics YouTube page. You can really see how hard Schafer and the players took the loss. Seems they agree with me that this is the most brutal Cornell hockey defeat in decades. It was so tough to watch, I actually had to turn it off.

Did you really need to bring this up again. I think by now everyone knows your opinion and you know some of us disagree.

Anyway I think you're stretching to get someone to agree with you.

I don't think the feelings of 18 to early 20 year olds can determine most brutal in decades, since they have at most (and that's stretching) 2 decades of life experience.

And probably not even 1 decade (likely 1-5 years) of Cornell experience.

I suggest that you let it go.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having differing opinions.

What is annoying is constantly trying to get others to agree with you.

You have your opinion, I don't agree with you.

That doesn't make you wrong, nor me wrong.

I'm not you and you're not me.

That's life in the big city.

Jim's right of course. But the upside is, if we continue this argument, we might get this thread up to 1000 posts!

Bearlover,

I think that your negative comment about Bancroft was probably made impulsively and a bit irrationally. For his or his parents' sake, would you consider editing it or deleting it entirely?  

He's given so much to Cornell hockey: been a super-valuable and exciting team player with a real zest for the game.  Personally, I'll never forget his hat trick at MSG.

I'm sure you wish him the very best at the Bruins, as we all do.

Here's Schafer's Letter for any of you who don't receive it:

CORNELL 4, Michigan State 3
Boston U 3, CORNELL 2 OT

It had to happen eventually, but it would have been great to finish up one's career in the Frozen Four finals.  Coming off the ECAC championship, I couldn't have been happier with how hard our guys played.

The win over Michigan State was one for the books. To keep coming back against the top ranked team in the country in the rink where it was like a home game for them was classic Cornell hockey.

Michigan State opened the scoring at 7:20 into the game.  All season long, the Spartans put a lot of shots on goal from everywhere, and their first period goal snapped our six-game streak of scoring first.  For the game, they outshot us, 37-21.

At 15:02, sophomore forward Ryan Walsh picked the pocket of s Michigan State player, and quickly beat the Spartan goaltender to make it 1-1.  With 49 seconds remaining, we were assessed a penalty, and it took the Spartans just 20 seconds to regain the lead at 2-1.

We had a tough second period, and didn't have a shot on goal until halftime through the period, and finished with just four shots total for the middle stanza.  But all was not lost. At 16:30, sophomore forward Charlie Major showed his marksmanship with a one-timer that dented the back of the net. Seventeen seconds later, senior goaltender Ian Shane turned the puck over, and Michigan State led, 3-2. For the season, the Spartans were 18-0-2 when leading after two periods of play.

In the third period, we were just a team that would not be denied. At 12:38, sophomore defenseman Ben Robertson sent a shot on goal that resulted in a rebound. Walsh, standing on the doorstep, tied the game for the third time with his conversion tally. Ryan has been a tremendous player for us all season long.  He's also tremendous on faceoffs against the best in the country. I think we gave the boys a wakeup call going into that third period, as we outshot Michigan State, 12-7.

With 1:39 remaining, we were awarded our only power-play opportunity on the night, as speedy senior forward Jack O'Leary was pulled down from behind on his way to the net. We really put the pressure on, and with 20 seconds left, Major and senior forward Sullivan Mack exchanged passes about eight feet in front of the net. On the last exchange, Mack fired the puck into the net for the 4-3 win with 10 seconds remaining.

Shane played well in goal with 34 saves, and the Spartan's netminder stopped 17 shots. Both teams were 1-for-1 on the power play.

The next day was a day off before we were to faceoff against Boston University.  Thank goodness we didn't have to play as the flu bug ran through our team. If we had to play, we would have been missing five players.  I just can't believe how well this team has played, coming off so many injuries and sickness.

On to the BU game. We took a 1-0 lead at 7:35 into the game, with Walsh doing the honors once again. Junior forward Dalton Bancroft's initial shot was blocked, but the rebound hit Walsh and bounced back into the net. It was originally called a no-goal, citing a hand pass, but we challenged the call and were successful. It only took 1:12 after our goal for BU to tie the score on a shot that clanked off a Cornell skater into the net.

With two minutes remaining in the first period, a lengthy review of a after the whistle battle, we were assessed a five-minute major penalty for grabbing the face mask.  This gave us the challenge of defending the fourth-best power play in the collegiate ranks for five minutes, and the boys were up to the challenge.  The game, up to this point, had been a real stalemate.  After 40 minutes, both teams had 23 shots on goal, while we had an edge in faceoffs won, 16-15.

BU took advantage of its power play, and scored 34 seconds into the third period to take a 2-1 lead.  But O'Leary completed a great pass from senior defenseman Tim Rego to tie the game at 2-2 with 5:30 remaining.  There were a few more offensive thrusts by both teams, but the game was destined to go into overtime.

Overtime began with us having a couple of quality scoring opportunities. At 6:25 of the extra session, BU scored the winning goal on a shot from the right point that made it through traffic and into the left corner of the goal.

Shane made 40 saves (the second time of his career), and the BU goaltender stopped 37 shots.  We were 0-for-3 on the power play, and they were 1-for-4.

I am so proud of this team's grittiness and determination. To tie the game up showed their perseverance again . We had a couple great chances in overtime in the first few minutes.  When the goal went in my heart sunk.  To see this happen to our seniors three years in a row was difficult. They wanted the Final Four so bad.  It is hard to put in words what it was like in the locker room.  We finished the season 19-11-6, and won the ECAC Tournament trophy.

It has been an honor and privilege to coach these players and so many other players before them.  I have been blessed with so many great assistants coaches and volunteers that I wouldn't even know where to start to thank so many great people who have impacted my life and helped Cornell hockey be so successful.
Mike Schafer
mcs14@cornell.edu
607-327-1069

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Quote from: Chris '03Everyone here loves Cornell and Cornell hockey. Everyone here understands the pain of being teased into believing and then getting punched in the gut. Nobody is looking for the tone of a typical sports message board.  Nobody is looking for innuendo or suggestions about all the low hanging fruit one perceives being missed. Or constant needling and ad hominem assault. I don't care if people are positive or negative. Talk about the games. Be critical of decisions on the ice. Lament ivy rules and covid changes.  But check the needless combativeness and childish name calling at the door. And remember that we're talking about students playing a game.  

For me at least, Cornell hockey is a refuge from the world burning all around us.