Cornell Harvard (Semifinal) (End of 2nd period)

[imafrshmn]

final score  H 3-1 C.  that does it for 07-08.  good night everyone.

[Sperris]

Game over, 3-1.

Tough game to lose. The first and third goals felt a bit weak.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Sperris]Game over, 3-1.

Tough game to lose. The first and third goals felt a bit weak.[/quote]
How about the second, when Scrivens didn't hold the post?  (A la LeNeveu in Buffalo)

[mnagowski]

[quote Sperris]Game over, 3-1.

Tough game to lose. The first and third goals felt a bit weak.[/quote]

Not to mention that second goal, which squirted past Scrivens because he wasn't set against the post.

This was a very winnable game.

[Rita]

Game over. Cornell v. Colgate in the consolation game tomorrow at 4 pm.

A good, hard fought game, unfortunately, not enough bounces in the offensive zone, a bad goal given up by Scrivens and some bad penalties.

Hopefully the returning players will remember how painful this loss is and come back stronger next season.

Thank you Seniors for one more trip to Albany. Remember, there were several times this season where we didn't think this team could win a playoff series, but they won two of them and gave Harvard a good fight.

[mnagowski]

[quote Rita]Remember, there were several times this season where we didn't think this team could win a playoff series, but they won two of them and gave Harvard a good fight.[/quote]

Agreed. The team that ended the season is a hell of a lot better than the team I saw against RIT and at Lynah East. And I also can't help but go back to the Capital Region road trip, where we really didn't have one good period of play.

[ebilmes]

Another loss to Harvard in a big game. Sucks has beaten us 6 out of the last 7 times we've played, including 2 games in Albany, and three regular season finales.

Disappointing effort. This team fought its way to Albany, only to flop tonight. I'm sure this isn't how the seniors wanted to go out.

[scoop85]

[quote ebilmes]Another loss to Harvard in a big game. Sucks has beaten us 6 out of the last 7 times we've played, including 2 games in Albany, and three regular season finales.[/quote]

And it appears they are not going away anytime soon. They have a lot of good young talent, and apparently a very strong recruiting class on the way.  Schafer will have some work to do, and it remains to be seen if we will have enough overall talent to move back to the very top of the league.

That being said, I think the team achieved about as much as would have been expected, although it always hurts to lose when you get close.  Good effort and much better cohesiveness than last year; just disappointing that we could never knock off any of the top teams on our schedule.

Although it won't make me feel much better, it would be nice to see Princeton continue their fairy-tale ride tomorrow.  Kalemba made some phenomenal saves against Colgate, and he'll have to continue with that stellar play tomorrow.

[Rich S]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote Sperris]Game over, 3-1.

Tough game to lose. The first and third goals felt a bit weak.[/quote]
How about the second, when Scrivens didn't hold the post?  (A la LeNeveu in Buffalo)[/quote]

The second was very weak.  No way a goalie should get beat from that angle (one stride above the goal line).  Watching it live, you could see that the immediate deflating effect.   Other than that I thought Scrivens played fairly well.

Just not enough quality chances generated against Richter and he made a few big stops at key points.

[sah67]

[quote Sperris]Game over, 3-1.

Tough game to lose. The first and third goals felt a bit weak.[/quote]

The first and third goals were deflections where Scrivens was screened at the same time...not much you can do as a goalie to prevent those, so I'm not sure you can call those weak at all.  The second...yes, very weak.