This Weekend at P & Q

[BearLover]

Now Cornell goal disallowed for no reason.  This will be the game we look back on when Cornell misses the NCAAs by 1 game.

...and ask, "Why didn't Cornell play like that every game?"

See, here's the thing, even as one of the eLF optimists: I wasn't blown away by the win. Translate that, it was a good win, but it wasn't pretty. I felt we locked it down by the skin of out teeth. The 2nd period was where CU really asserted their game-plan, and I was really surprised by the shot total after the 2nd. It's not often a team with the puck-possession pedigree of Quinnipiac gets held to 12 shots through 2. And the shot-attempts gap between the two after the 2nd was huge. The most frustrating thing for me was the number of offside calls Cornell committed. A ton.

That 6x4 was a terrifying clinic in how to set-up and release a barrage of one-timers, but big kudos to our positioning. On the other side, QU really did a great job in blocking all of our usual shooting lanes when we were on the PP in the 2nd. The winning goal was a result of finally getting some action in close.

All that said, what a great night in the fallout shelter. A good, entertaining hockey game with a great result. First RS win vs. QU since Feb. '14.

And I dream of headlines like this one on CHN: "Cornell Earns Big Win, (sub-head) Harvard Shut Down Again."

Well, outshooting a good team 31-20 in their building is impressive any way you slice it.  Our defense stymied their attack almost without fail.  We skated with them, cycled the puck, and created quality chances.  Gillam saw the puck well and gave up few rebounds.  It was an all-around strong effort.  

The offsides were frustrating, but the penalties were almost difficult to fathom.  At least half of them were during/immediately after the faceoff or while we controlled the puck--which is to say, over half of our penalties were completely preventable with better discipline.  That 6-on-4 shooting gallery only happened because we were gassed from killing a series of dumb penalties at the end.  I think that's about as good a game as we can expect them to play against a team like Q on the road, especially given that it could have been 3-1 if not for the disallowed goal.

[ugarte]

That 6x4 was a terrifying clinic in how to set-up and release a barrage of one-timers, but big kudos to our positioning. On the other side, QU really did a great job in blocking all of our usual shooting lanes when we were on the PP in the 2nd. The winning goal was a result of finally getting some action in close.

That 6-on-4 shooting gallery only happened because we were gassed from killing a series of dumb penalties at the end.

These two quotes back to back are a decent way of saying "this is why you don't shout "SHOOOOOOT." I mean, I still do, but it isn't a shooting lane if there's a guy there to block the shots, and our guys were consistently there to block shots.

[Swampy]

IIRC, the 1967 champion team had a ton of offsides calls from the time they arrived on campus until they won the NC. But over time, as they played together and got better with their timing, it seemed the frequency of offsides calls went down while the frequency of scores increased.

Perhaps someone has statistics to confirm this geezer's memory.

[RichH]

Great videos.  But I actually thought the Princeton announcer was good--fundamentally sound and strong hockey knowledge, while being fair to both sides despite his team having been the dregs of the ECAC the past few seasons.

I agree, in spite of the odd pronunciations all over the place: an-GELL-o. Vahnderlahhhn.

[Trotsky]

I agree, in spite of the odd pronunciations all over the place: an-GELL-o. Vahnderlahhhn.

Local area Italian says that is the typical way to pronounce Angello, although Anthony pronounces it differently.

I thought Vanderlaan actually sounds more authentic as "lon" than "lan," but at least it's not the Long Island pronunciation.  :-)