Cornell 7 York 2 (exhib)

[Townie]

I'm with townie on most of his assessment.    These exhibitions rarely hold any resemblance to an NCAA game.

Ferlin?   Simply a puck hog!!   Yes, I'm happy that he has the skills to skate around like the puck is glued to his stick.   It looks great, but it's counter-productive if he's not putting it in the net.   After three full seasons, he's not exactly tearing the NCAA aparting in the scoring dept.

I'm still seeing too much "yapping" and too little discipline from The Red.   I still long for the Mike Schafer teams that would drop their arms by their sides and skate away from scrums.   The last few years, the guys show too strong of a propensity for wanting to mix it up.   It benefits nobody!    I know that this must be absolutely killing Mike!!     And, I don't know why he doesn't bench players more ofter for doing it.   I know the seasons are short and each game is important.   But, I don't think the program can take that "next step" until he solves this one.    He needs to get after!!

Spot on redice.  There was even some minor fisticuffs late in the first period, only serious enough to draw offsetting roughing calls, but hands did fly.  I miss the discipline of the Baby/Murray days...

Although we went 29-27 on faceoffs, I was underwhelmed.  Box score.

[sah67]

A few notes on freshmen:

I was impressed with Freschi, who appears to be a sort of Scali/Mugford/Iggulden-type defensive forward who's very strong on the forecheck, very tenacious, fast, and particularly good on the PK.

Buckles was somewhat underwhelming, given the hype surrounding him, but it's only one exhibition game. Lewis and McCarron were both very solid on the blueline, and McCarron in particulary seemed poised while quarterbacking the powerplay. Lewis gave the impression of a confident, stay-at-home defenseman, who rarely made any mistakes or lapses in judgement.

On a separate note: anyone know what's up With Joakim Ryan? Was he just sitting to give the freshmen D some playing time, or is he dealing with an injury?

[Trotsky]

On a separate note: anyone know what's up With Joakim Ryan? Was he just sitting to give the freshmen D some playing time, or is he dealing with an injury?

Jason mentioned an injury but did not elaborate.

[redice]

Buckles was somewhat underwhelming, given the hype surrounding him, but it's only one exhibition game.

During one of the intermission interviews, Christian Hilbrich spoke very highly of Buckles, saying that he has the fastest hands on the team.   That's pretty heavy praise.   Let's give him some time.

[scoop85]

A few notes on freshmen:

I was impressed with Freschi, who appears to be a sort of Scali/Mugford/Iggulden-type defensive forward who's very strong on the forecheck, very tenacious, fast, and particularly good on the PK.

Buckles was somewhat underwhelming, given the hype surrounding him, but it's only one exhibition game. Lewis and McCarron were both very solid on the blueline, and McCarron in particulary seemed poised while quarterbacking the powerplay. Lewis gave the impression of a confident, stay-at-home defenseman, who rarely made any mistakes or lapses in judgement.

On a separate note: anyone know what's up With Joakim Ryan? Was he just sitting to give the freshmen D some playing time, or is he dealing with an injury?

Lewis stood out to me.  Seemed solid in the defensive end and did a nice job on the point when joining the attack.

[MattS]

The thing I took away from the game as most important was the continuation of stupid penalties. The de Swardt elbowing one standing out most in my mind. That was just stupid. I hope this doesn't indicate what is going to happen the rest of the season.

I did like what I saw from Freschi and Lewis. They both had a good game and style of play that I think fits well. I really liked how Bardreau looked too. He seemed to be buzzing all over the ice.

I feel bad for Gillam. It looked from my angle, which was not the best, that he did not see the puck on the first goal until it was too late. And the second one, again from my poor angle, was kind of a tough angle/seeing-eye goal. It is too bad he couldn't have gotten a couple of easy shots from the outside to start with.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I feel bad for Gillam. It looked from my angle, which was not the best, that he did not see the puck on the first goal until it was too late. And the second one, again from my poor angle, was kind of a tough angle/seeing-eye goal. It is too bad he couldn't have gotten a couple of easy shots from the outside to start with.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.  His first shot came on a power play on a defensive breakdown after he came in cold.  The second was after he spent 19 minutes without having faced another shot and hardly any action in his end of the ice.  Hard to stay on top of your game in that situation.

[Trotsky]

I feel bad for Gillam. It looked from my angle, which was not the best, that he did not see the puck on the first goal until it was too late. And the second one, again from my poor angle, was kind of a tough angle/seeing-eye goal. It is too bad he couldn't have gotten a couple of easy shots from the outside to start with.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.  His first shot came on a power play on a defensive breakdown after he came in cold.  The second was after he spent 19 minutes without having faced another shot and hardly any action in his end of the ice.  Hard to stay on top of your game in that situation.

I'm sure he's a fine goalie, or he would not have been recruited to be backup and heir apparent at Goaltender U.  If we remember it at all, we will look back at this as a comic oddity.  And for that matter it was exhibition so it won't even show up in the stats.

[Jim Hyla]

I feel bad for Gillam. It looked from my angle, which was not the best, that he did not see the puck on the first goal until it was too late. And the second one, again from my poor angle, was kind of a tough angle/seeing-eye goal. It is too bad he couldn't have gotten a couple of easy shots from the outside to start with.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.  His first shot came on a power play on a defensive breakdown after he came in cold.  The second was after he spent 19 minutes without having faced another shot and hardly any action in his end of the ice.  Hard to stay on top of your game in that situation.

I'm sure he's a fine goalie, or he would not have been recruited to be backup and heir apparent at Goaltender U.  If we remember it at all, we will look back at this as a comic oddity.  And for that matter it was exhibition so it won't even show up in the stats.

Just remember Scrivens, and what some said back then.

[scoop85]

I feel bad for Gillam. It looked from my angle, which was not the best, that he did not see the puck on the first goal until it was too late. And the second one, again from my poor angle, was kind of a tough angle/seeing-eye goal. It is too bad he couldn't have gotten a couple of easy shots from the outside to start with.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.  His first shot came on a power play on a defensive breakdown after he came in cold.  The second was after he spent 19 minutes without having faced another shot and hardly any action in his end of the ice.  Hard to stay on top of your game in that situation.

I'm sure he's a fine goalie, or he would not have been recruited to be backup and heir apparent at Goaltender U.  If we remember it at all, we will look back at this as a comic oddity.  And for that matter it was exhibition so it won't even show up in the stats.

Just remember Scrivens, and what some said back then.

I always thought Scrivens was a good college goaltender, but never thought he was NHL caliber. I'm glad he's proved me wrong.

[Dafatone]

I feel bad for Gillam. It looked from my angle, which was not the best, that he did not see the puck on the first goal until it was too late. And the second one, again from my poor angle, was kind of a tough angle/seeing-eye goal. It is too bad he couldn't have gotten a couple of easy shots from the outside to start with.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.  His first shot came on a power play on a defensive breakdown after he came in cold.  The second was after he spent 19 minutes without having faced another shot and hardly any action in his end of the ice.  Hard to stay on top of your game in that situation.

I'm sure he's a fine goalie, or he would not have been recruited to be backup and heir apparent at Goaltender U.  If we remember it at all, we will look back at this as a comic oddity.  And for that matter it was exhibition so it won't even show up in the stats.

Just remember Scrivens, and what some said back then.

I always thought Scrivens was a good college goaltender, but never thought he was NHL caliber. I'm glad he's proved me wrong.

A friend of mine still laughs at me for liking Davenport over Scrivens his freshman year.

[billhoward]

Just remember Scrivens, and what some said back then.

"Scrivens is not the answer"?