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Jason Weinstein taking over on ESPN+ broadcasts.

Add to the list that Yale will have a new interim head coach too.

Incentive to play his absolute best.

Less than 10 months in Ithaca.  Has to be among the shortest coaching tenures for the team.  Wonder if he chose to left or if was asked to choose to leave...

Given how short his time was in Ithaca, I can't imagine there are many recruits he is responsible for, but I could be wrong.

Leivermann off to Clarkson

Discuss.

Interesting to note that the 13 goals allowed by Richmond in today's game was a season high.  And we did it with Kirst scoring only two goals.  So while this wasn't our best game offensively, we still gave Richmond their worst game of the season defensively.

This was the only matchup in the tournament for Cornell that gave me pause.  If I had to choose between playing Richmond again or Maryland, I would choose Maryland in a heartbeat.

While we gave up a large number of goals in the ILT, it was against teams with strong offenses.

If we score 14 we win.

Quote from: upprdeckMaryland loses so Cornell probably playing for the 1 seed now

I can't see how we don't get it after today's win.

The coaching stuff in a number of games has made adjustments during half time. I feel we "out adjust" our opponents at half time, which is a strong advantage for us.

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Quote from: upprdeckI prefer to look at the D for what they are.

They make mistakes

But they held Yale to 5 in the 2nd half
Dart to 3
Harv to 4
SU to 1 in the 4th
Brown to 3
Penn to 4
Princ to 4
PSU to 4 until the epic penalty drive last 3+ min
Rich to 3
Hobart to 2
Denver to 4
Lehigh to 5

Only yale the first game scored more than 5 and that was mostly the game was out of hand at that point

if we continue to hold teams to 5 or less in the 2nd half our offense can win the game

It makes more sense to look at both halves because both halves count the same. Cornell's defense has been pretty good this year, and Knust has been solid. In the last few games though, particularly against Harvard and Yale, we've had a lot of lapses. Maybe due to injury. Seems we let a lot of opposing attackmen dodge freely into the slot area (to use a hockey term).

Two additional points:

• Our FOGOs seems to be better as the game goes on. I'd like to see statistics on FOGO wins by half
• Similarly, I have the sense that when we're leading by >= 3 goals in the second half, it's not so much that we're taking our foot off the pedal as it is that we're deliberately looking for the best shot even (or especially) if it goes far into the shot clock.

In otherwords our impressive defensive performance in second halves may be due to a more rested defense augmented by greater reliance on our better defensive players getting more playing time, combined with our offensive performance and strategy, which relieves pressure on our defense while tiring out our opponent's D.

BL's point about injury is a good one. Without knowing the specifics of the injuries, we just have to hope the injured SSDMs heal by May 17 (when we might expect to begin facing other seeded teams). In the meantime, their substitutes will be getting valuable experience.

Agree that both halves count the same, but the break between halves gives the coaching staff the opportunity to make offensive and defensive adjustments, and I feel like they excel at these adjustments. This was another game where that happened.  We were outscored 9-8 in the first half, but outscored Princeton 12 to 6 in the second half.

The 15 goals we gave up today is a season high (previous was 14, twice).  But the 20 goals we scored against Princeton is by far the most goals they have given up all season (previous was 14 against Duke, in a game they won.)

If we score 16 goals in a game, chances are extremely high that we win.  And that would technically be below our per game average of 16.21, which will increase marginally after today's game.

I've seen predictions that we can be anywhere from a #1 seed to a #4 seed.

The NCAAA selection committee is unpredictable.

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Quote from: upprdeckI prefer to look at the D for what they are.

They make mistakes

But they held Yale to 5 in the 2nd half
Dart to 3
Harv to 4
SU to 1 in the 4th
Brown to 3
Penn to 4
Princ to 4
PSU to 4 until the epic penalty drive last 3+ min
Rich to 3
Hobart to 2
Denver to 4
Lehigh to 5

Only yale the first game scored more than 5 and that was mostly the game was out of hand at that point

if we continue to hold teams to 5 or less in the 2nd half our offense can win the game

The broadcasters remarked that we were a deep team and run a number of defensive lines. That manpower and conditioning advantage is huge. And, dare I remark upon it on any eLynah forum, the coaches are likely assisting in making adjustments. Even when our offense takes the foot off the pedal a bit and the opposing offense is pushing, we are able to minimize mistakes as the game goes on.

I like it when we're the best conditioned team on the field. A lot. There's no Adler on D this year, but defense doesn't need stars, no matter how much they help. And in Knust I trust.

The first half is clearly the shakiest for our defense.  HOWEVER, the coaching staff does an amazing job making halftime adjustments, as these numbers show.  I would also argue that these stats probably underestimate our defensive performance in the second half, when we have a formidable lead, the game is already way out of hand, subs are coming in, and the focus is on minimizing injury risks versus an additional goal or two.

If we score 14 or 15 goals, chances our we will win.  The most goals we have given up all season is 14 goals, to the same team (Yale),

Sunday vs. Princeton should be fun.  When was the last time that a conference tournament (any tournament, not necessarily Ivy) was basically a potential preview of a national title game, with the two top teams in the national rankings facing one another?

Interesting that of the three draft picks coming in, two are transfers and one is a defection.

Shane signs with Norfolk (ECHL)

I interpreted the sign to mean no helmets on fish.