Cornell 3 Brown 2 (FINAL!!!)

[RichH]

[quote nshapiro]Admittedly, I only started listening from the middle of the second period...and the feed was off almost as much as it was on, but I loved it.  Yes, he was a homer, but he was passionate, and he was really creative in ripping the ref.  I especially liked the post-game summary slamming the ref for ruining the game, and telling the ECAC to listen to the game and never let the guy work another game again.[/quote]

Yeah...but those Brown radio guys say that exact thing every game I've ever had to listen to them.  I'm not exaggerating...every game I've heard them do, they call for a tape of the game to be sent to the league office so the refs can get the firing they deserve.  Another favorite is challenging the officials to take off the zebra jersey to show off the Cornell jersey and pom-poms they're obviously wearing underneath.  I've grown to accept that they don't know a flying flip about hockey, and think that screaming bloody murder every time a Brown player is touched is part of the attraction.  I'm sure it's entertaining when listening to a game you don't care about.  Anyway...laughable homers.

I had a fun time at the game...the CU crowd probably sounded good for several reasons: 1) we were huge.  2) they moved the visitors section and GA to the side with the press box.  I'm sure we were right beneath the broadcast mic.

All-in-all, an abnormal Meehan experience: no little kids came over to bug us, both bands were on the same side of the ice, and the "Cornell-Brown annual Melee at Meehan sponsored by Roger Grillo" never happened.  No fisticuffs or cheap shots (other than the butt-ending at the final buzzer) to speak of.  Probably the cleanest game I've seen at Brown.

It's late, so I'll get to my thoughts on the game play and officiating tomorrow.  Feels good to be back in hockey mode!

[Trotsky]

Schafer is now 18-2-3 lifetime in RS games against Brown.

[schoaff]

[quote RichH]
Yeah...but those Brown radio guys say that exact thing every game I've ever had to listen to them.  I'm not exaggerating...every game I've heard them do, they call for a tape of the game to be sent to the league office so the refs can get the firing they deserve.[/quote]

You're absolutely right there. The first couple times I heard them call a game it was kind of amusing. Now their shtick is just boring. I'm surprised even home fans can stand to listen to that game after game. At least this year they were going on about how the ECAC instructed the refs to make sure Cornell won which they've done in the past.

[quote RichH]I had a fun time at the game...the CU crowd probably sounded good for several reasons: 1) we were huge.  2) they moved the visitors section and GA to the side with the press box.  I'm sure we were right beneath the broadcast mic.[/quote]

You all sounded great on the Cornell feed. The Brown guys sounded like they were broadcasting from inside a refrigerator with the door closed. For awhile I was listening to both feeds simultaneously and the difference was pronounced. No idea why though.

[marty]

[quote evilnaturedrobot][quote Chris '03][quote mhand06]who were the reffs?[/quote]

Hansen, Scott was the ref.
http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mclgyal1.n03[/quote]


hahaha

is anyone suprised by this?[/quote]

I'm lost!?!

Surprised that Hansen still has a job?
Surprised that collegehockeystats has the box?
Surprised that Colgate and Yale have proven the relative usefulness of the preseason polls?

[BigRedIslander '03]

Are you sure about Hasen? USCHO has it different.

http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20061103&vis=cor&home=bn&gender=m


Granted whoever it was was terrible...but let's give criticism where it's due

[oceanst41]

So at times we all have Red tinted glasses on, but that officiating was hands down the worst preformance ever. No flow what so ever in the game. If one team was called for an infraction it was almost a garauntee that the other was getting whistled within 30 seconds. To Riley's credit, he called it both ways ::scream::
However, some of the penalties were going too far. The hooking/diving should've been one way or the other, Bitz's first of the double minor penalties was a clean check, the second I can agree with, and Krantz's shoulder on the near breakaway was a clean play as well. A lot of Brown's penalties came behind the play so I didn't really see whether or not they were legit.

What it amounted to was a pretty ugly game. Like I said, there was no flow at all and I can't remember a single good body check. The players were afraid to be physical at all, and it was leading to a lot of frustration by both sides.

As for the game, Cornell looked good off the rush, but that led to a lot of Brown rushes back the other way. PP looked pretty ugly too, as well as our man down line changing. There were at least two near breaks because of sloppy line changing. Easily the number one star for Cornell was Troy Davenport. He made save after save when Cornell needed it, and these weren't your lazy point shots either. There were a lot of in close, quality scoring chances that Troy was able to keep from the back of the net. He is the number one reason they were able to win that game last night.

[CKinsland]

The WHCU announcers called him "Riley" all night, also, so that is probably who it was. Can't recall having seen him officiate before.

Jeez.  I do miss the days of names on the back of ref jerseys.  Made it easier for those of us with no ability to pair names and faces.  

There is a level of penalty calling that lends itself to clean, but fast, relatively unimpeded games.  Refs seem to have trouble finding that level and either call every little thing (thus bogging the game down and making play stilted and awkward), or they call nothing and the play gets uglier and uglier, people get hurt and fights break out.  There are, of course, combinations of this style...the most common being: call nothing, suddenly notice that things are getting vicious, then suddenly clamp down for a little bit calling every touch.  Incredibly difficult for the players to adjust.

I only listened to the Brown game (didn't see it with my own two eyes), but the impression I got was that it was called fairly, but way too tightly.

CK

[DeltaOne81]

[quote BigRedIslander '03]Are you sure about Hasen? USCHO has it different.

http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20061103&vis=cor&home=bn&gender=m


Granted whoever it was was terrible...but let's give criticism where it's due[/quote]

The person asking was askinag about the Cornell/Brown game. The person who answered answered about the Yale/Colgate game, as you can see from their link.