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First time the ECAC Women's Tournament has its final weekend in Lake Placid, and Cornell just punched their ticket.

This deserves a thread. With the correct year.

7:30 pm start. Starting in daylight, ending at night.

There's a path to the Championship where Cornell plays teams we've already played in every round.

Why are we so obsessed with the 2025 Cornell thread that was started 9 months ago?

Today:
Richmond over UNC
Penn St over Colgate
Princeton over Towson
Georgetown beats Duke

Yawn

I guess we can forget about an at-large bid.

In the 2005 Regional Final, playing Minnesota in Minnesota, Cornell was being severely outplayed.  Shots at the end of two were 26-7, yet the score was 1-1.  As the 3rd continued on, suddenly Cornell was the one who had the energy, and started carrying play.  I like to call that Mike's "rope-a-dope" game, where there was a switch that was flipped.  I have no idea if our coaches told the team to conserve energy or what, but even though it ended in a heartbreaking OT, we had an incredible game plan.

I've never seen a team flip the proverbial switch like this one.  The D was on, the depth was back, and Shane found his mojo.  Was this Schafer's final trick?  A full-season "rope-a-dope?"  Lull our biggest rivals into a false sense of confidence, then steamroll the playoffs?

Haha, of course not.

But we're in.

Time to dream.

Mike and Rand may or may not like each other, but it sure feels like a Kendrick-Drake thing, and Mike's record at Lake Placid keeps destroying Rand's.

This post by dbilmes inspired me to think about it more:

Quote from: dbilmesThis article from earlier this week from the Quinnipiac Chronicle makes for a fun read tonight!
Because the fact is, despite all the success, despite a national championship and countless NCAA Tournament wins — Pecknold hasn't been able to conquer Lake Placid, New York. At least not for the last nine years.
The last time Quinnipiac came away with the Whitelaw Cup was in 2016, and since then they've fallen short each time.

It's remarkable, the failure of Quinnipiac in the league tournament.  Since 2013:

12 seasons
9 times the #1 seed
10 appearances in the ECAC final four
7 semifinal losses
2 final losses
1 little championship

3-7 in the SEMIS.  Most of these years, they've been a top NCAA team.  But they can't get it done in Lake Placid.

They're the 1990s Atlanta Braves in Lake Placid. It sucks they won that one.

But I'm ecstatic, tickled after today. Extreme Schadenfreude. Everyone needs a villain, and Rand is mine.  Fuck his little beady veiny whiny head.  Fuck his Eddie Bauer popped collar half-zip with a goddamn pocket square. Fuck his exploitation of the transfer portal.  Many wanted to avoid Quinnipiac, but we're set up to play them even. The other three times we saw them, we played them even.

Fuck Rand.  Enjoy your early bus ride.

2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, (2020),

2025

LET'S GO RED!!

Clarkson up 1-0 on #1 Wisconsin after 1
Colgate down 1-0 to Minnesota start of 2nd

Already heard the rouser one too many times

Completely from a place of love:

Manhattan Beach, California
"Johnny on the Spot"
Binghamton Senators
Quinni-PEEE-ak
Snide comment about his age
"Just up the road in Hamilton"
an inside joke with Tim
goal-line extended

I'm sure I'll think of more.

Tim Vanini's bingo card is just 25 spots of "No question about it."

https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2024/04/29/wells-college-shutting-down-officials-say-financial-hurdles-were-too-great/

Once More unto the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More

I assume we want a game thread?

Congratulations to us all, haters and losers included. 2010 seems like forever ago. Heck, the last time our team hoisted the Scotty in Lake Placid, Schaf was holding his kid in his arms and Mudpuddles was a thing.

Recent debates about what success markers we value here have been interesting. But these nights are special and the chances to bank them are so fleeting, and if you miss, it's a long road back.

13 increases our total ECAC Title count over some off-red team who only has 11. Schafer's 6th breaks a tie for most ever held with SLU's Joe Marsh. 3 in LP, 3 in Albany.

Thanks to this young, young team and the coaching staff who put it together. Not always the smoothest or most dominant, but I'm grateful they brought it home.

LGR

We all know the stakes. "Win and in," sure.

Flags Fly Forever.

Let's go RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess everyone is fearful of a thread. My superstitions aren't digital.

Everybody shut up for a minute and BEHOLD my new thread designed for postseason lacrosse discussion. AND MAYHEM!!

The rules are you must ONLY reply to this post/subject line or suffer YOUR DOOOOOOOOOM.

^{or don't. I don't give a flip.}

LET'S GO RED!!!!

Everyone is a coward.

These Clarkson 2022 jerseys are the worst I've seen them wear in this era where they have to have 18 different sweaters every year like Michigan does.

We don't have a thread to post weekly/monthly awards yet, which is a shame since CU is piling some up. I'll start with this:

Ayyyyyy, look at us:
https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2022/01/11_Team-of-the-Week-Cornell.php

Since the season is over for four teams, it's possible for pro departures to be announced.

Such is the case for Dartmouth's super Sophomore Drew O'Connor, currently the 5th highest goal-scorer in the nation. The Penguins announced they signed him on Tuesday.

https://pens.pe/2vNuwr0

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Player      Pos   Year   School      Signed With
Drew O'Connor   F   So   Dartmouth   PIT
Jack Badini   F   Jr   Harvard      ANA

Since I have no idea why my other thread is now a permanent "error" stain on this website, I'll try again.  All I did was point out a moment of futility for a CU sports team:

A Duke pitcher threw the 31st perfect game in NCAA D-1 history against a certain team from Ithaca. It was SportsCenter's #1 highlight on their Top-10 list thing.