Red Hot game thread and watch

[upprdeck]

interesting team to watch so far.  once we clear the zone we are creative and pretty fast.  I guess the season will hinge on how well the D controls the mistakes/giveaways. We create more than enough chances.  We probably have a good shot at 3-5 15 goal guys and 5-6 10 goal guys and considering 2 yrs ago we had 1 and 2 thats pretty big uptake. We had 11 five goal guys our last full yr and probably have 8-10 this yr.   Strange to see a team good on the cycle on one end but lose many 2x1 plays on the D end though

[scoop85]

Adam's game story with some interesting quotes

[jtwcornell91]

Am I the only one freaking out at all of the crowd shots with no one wearing masks and everyone's mouth open?

I don't know MSG specifically but pretty much everywhere in NYC is asking for proof of vaccination and then allowing people to not wear masks in those places. Wouldn't be surprised of they just had vaccination status checked as a part of normal arena entry procedures.

They checked vax status, but masks would be helpful.

This was the case at the Cornell-RIT women's game in October, but there about half the people were wearing masks, and there were a lot fewer people in the arena.  And, at least in Rochester, the community infection rate is even higher now than it was then.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Or take a minute to show one!!  Sam Malinski, third period!

I hadn't noticed this watching in real-time, but check out the BU player Malinski beats. He leaves his stick on the ice and kinda throws his hands up in despair!

I saw that.  It was wonderful.

[David Harding]

Adam's game story with some interesting quotes

he last time Cornell played Boston University at Madison Square Garden — as part of the teams' semi-annual Red Hot Hockey event — the Big Red were en route to a 25-2 season readying for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

I assume this was a typo, but amusing in the context of the discussion of attendance.

[BMac]

Not a typo! It's really every other year as Red Hot Hockey, and on the intervening year it's called something else.

Do you mean semi-annual vs. bi-annual? If so, I agree! It should be bi-annual!

[jeff '84]

Not a typo! It's really every other year as Red Hot Hockey, and on the intervening year it's called something else.

Do you mean semi-annual vs. bi-annual? If so, I agree! It should be bi-annual!

The "off" years are called the "Frozen Apple" IIRC.

[George64]

Do you mean semi-annual vs. bi-annual? If so, I agree! It should be bi-annual!

Better yet, biennial.

[Give My Regards]

I didn't really want to pile on, but I saw 25-2 again, and while the Big Red was damn good in 2019-20, they were 23-2-4.  Which even now that we're keeping track of OT wins and OT losses, and this is worth 55% of that even though points-wise it's worth 67% -- well, it's still not quite the same as 25-2...

[David Harding]

Not a typo! It's really every other year as Red Hot Hockey, and on the intervening year it's called something else.

Do you mean semi-annual vs. bi-annual? If so, I agree! It should be bi-annual!

Adam has corrected the article to read "biennial".  The original posting was "semi-annual", as I quoted.

[billhoward]

Not a typo! It's really every other year as Red Hot Hockey, and on the intervening year it's called something else.

Do you mean semi-annual vs. bi-annual? If so, I agree! It should be bi-annual!

Look at the confusion among people with college degrees. Frequency confusion is the scourge of the magazine business, explaining publications out every two weeks: bi-weekly can mean twice a week as well as every 2 weeks. The British fortnightly is clearer as "every two weeks." Semi-monthly means twice a month (24 not 26 issues yearly). The current best description for many such publications is simpler: online, no longer published in print.

When there's confusion about biennial or bi-weekly, the writer has to use a longer phrase not as elegant. Red Hot Hockey could also be described as the every-odd-year competition dating to 2007. Gad, can it really be that long ago?