Cornell 5, Quinnipiac 3 (postgame)

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Omie]However, this team desperately needs discipline; two minor penalties during a major is unnacceptable, especially from the captain. [/quote]
From the CornellBigRed.com "game notes" for the upcoming weekend:

In The Sin Bin

Through three games this season, Cornell ranks as the second most-penalized team in the nation, behind only Nebraska-Omaha. The Big Red has been whistled for an average of 22.7 minutes worth of penalties per contest, with a high of 29 minutes on Nov. 3 against Quinnipiac. Sophomore Colin Greening's 19 minutes are currently the most on the team, while freshman Jordan Berk has been whistled for 15 minutes in penalties.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Jim Hyla][quote upperdeck]tripping is tripping.. so its a penalty.. i still havent seen any evidence as to why it was a penalty shot.. the puck was gone and since he got the puck he didnt have a clear chance to shoot removed by the penalty.. now if he tripped the guy and then hit the puck maybe but thats not the way it happened..[/quote]

Agree, totally.[/quote]

While watching the game I had the same exact thought. Its hard to know on the video feed if it was really a penalty or not, but that I could buy... but the Q guy had maybe half a step on him. By no means was it a clear breakaway, had an easy shot taken away, nor was he taken down from 'behind', but rather from the side.

With Dell that night, unfortunately, it was par for the course. But a PS on that play didn't make any sense.

[Trotsky]

Great IJ column.  Hey, eLynah is short on content... ::innocent::

[BCrespi]

[quote DeltaOne81]
With Dell that night, unfortunately, it was par for the course. But a PS on that play didn't make any sense.[/quote]

After watching on the archive, I agree it was probably not worth a penalty shot.  However, with much more certainty, I can say that Dell was really excited to call a penalty shot.

[billhoward]

Thanks to others for links to the Ithaca Journal's hockey stories. Brandon Thomas, the IJ hockey writer, seems to know what he's talking about and writes well (which could always be a good copy editor, too). Enjoy him while he lasts.