Cornell 2 - Dartmouth 3 (Final) 11/11/06

[jy3]

3-2 with 31 seconds left!

[jy3]

glove save with 5.9 left
quick win and a shot would work!::innocent::

[Jordan 04]

5.9 to play.

Faceoff in DC zone. DC wins it.  End of game.

[Jordan 04]

Well, this group certainly never gives up.

[jy3]

yeah they just didnt get it done 2nite. hell of an end to both games.
hopefully that will be the last home loss of the season (hockey gods are not angered by that statement)

[Beeeej]

[quote BigRedBrouhaha]Ahh yes, the paradoxical Hook and a Dive matching penalties call, with krantz being called for diving although he was hooked.[/quote]

Absolutely nothing paradoxical about it.  In the ref's judgment, the Dartmouth player genuinely committed a hooking infraction, then Krantz exaggerated the effects of it in order to try to ensure the penalty call.  Hooking on Dartmouth, diving on Cornell.  Any questions?

[las224]

[quote Beeeej][quote BigRedBrouhaha]Ahh yes, the paradoxical Hook and a Dive matching penalties call, with krantz being called for diving although he was hooked.[/quote]

Absolutely nothing paradoxical about it.  In the ref's judgment, the Dartmouth player genuinely committed a hooking infraction, then Krantz exaggerated the effects of it in order to try to ensure the penalty call.  Hooking on Dartmouth, diving on Cornell.  Any questions?[/quote]

From where I was sitting I couldn't really see Krantz. However, you kind of can't blame him for exaggerating it, considering the refs were calling every infraction on us and refusing to call extremely blatant ones on Dartmouth.

During the 3rd period, my friends and I noticed the ref talking to the Dartmouth coach for a while, and clearly joking around and having a laugh. Was there some kind of connection there that meant Dartmouth got the upper hand for ref calls?

[Beeeej]

[quote las224]During the 3rd period, my friends and I noticed the ref talking to the Dartmouth coach for a while, and clearly joking around and having a laugh. Was there some kind of connection there that meant Dartmouth got the upper hand for ref calls?[/quote]

Oh, please... are you listening to yourself?

The same referees work these games week after week, year after year, and the coaches know them all by first name.  Suggesting that because Bob Gaudet and Frank Murphy had a couple of laughs, the refs were in Dartmouth's pocket, is the worst kind of desperate stretching for external reasons for the loss when the reasons were internal.

Go look at the box score for this game - Cornell called for eight penalties, Dartmouth called for ten - and ask yourself again if you think the officiating was lopsided.  What was lopsided was taking advantage of them - Dartmouth scored on 33% of their power plays, we scored on 0% of ours.  You can't win games if your special teams are ineffective, and right now our special teams are ineffective.

Sooner or later, you have to look at whether the team performed well enough to win the game, and stop looking for excuses.

[las224]

[quote Beeeej][quote las224]During the 3rd period, my friends and I noticed the ref talking to the Dartmouth coach for a while, and clearly joking around and having a laugh. Was there some kind of connection there that meant Dartmouth got the upper hand for ref calls?[/quote]

Oh, please... are you listening to yourself?

The same referees work these games week after week, year after year, and the coaches know them all by first name.  Suggesting that because Bob Gaudet and Frank Murphy had a couple of laughs, the refs were in Dartmouth's pocket, is the worst kind of desperate stretching for external reasons for the loss when the reasons were internal.

Go look at the box score for this game - Cornell called for eight penalties, Dartmouth called for ten - and ask yourself again if you think the officiating was lopsided.  What was lopsided was taking advantage of them - Dartmouth scored on 33% of their power plays, we scored on 0% of ours.  You can't win games if your special teams are ineffective, and right now our special teams are ineffective.

Sooner or later, you have to look at whether the team performed well enough to win the game, and stop looking for excuses.[/quote]

Not looking for excuses, and I realize our power play really sucks (I think I said that in my post, or at least I have in other posts this season). I also don't think we deserved to win either game this weekend, and I was kidding about the connection causing Dartmouth to get special privileges. However, I did find it annoying (and slightly odd) that the refs would take the time to joke around with the coaches mid-game; I haven't seen that before. And I did think the refs treated Cornell a bit unfairly, considering some of the absolutely blatant calls that were missed.

Hope that message clarifies my point Wasn't trying to cause trouble.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Rita](I only saw 1 door open in the penalty box area).[/quote]

Actually our penalty box is not next to the scorer's table like the other one; it's next to our bench in front of C.  There's a red telephone so the penalty box official can call Arthur.

[Pete Godenschwager]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Rita](I only saw 1 door open in the penalty box area).[/quote]

Actually our penalty box is not next to the scorer's table like the other one; it's next to our bench in front of C.  There's a red telephone so the penalty box official can call Arthur.[/quote]

On the topic of the scorer's table, has anybody heard anything about the PA system? As in, are they trying to fix it?  It sounds awful! Plus there's the constant static/scratching/beeping that goes on throughout the game.  It's just audible enough that it's driving me crazy.

[RazzBaronZ]

It sounded like a speaker got blown out.  At some point during the SUCKS game, they turned that one speaker off but I could barely make out anything the announcer was saying in A.  They turned it back on, and it was easier to understand the announcer.  Still, it clicks every half a second and is very annoying.

Those speakers must be really expensive and hard to get to, but I expect it to get fixed by next home game, since they have plenty of time.