2013-14 Women's Ice Hockey in NC$$ tourney

[upprdeck]

the non call late on the clear hold was pretty bad and the ref was right there ignoring it..  seemed like a pretty even game , cornell had one semi breakway on the 2nd that could have tied the game. other than that really generate few clean chances.

[GBR1234]

Bottom line... you gotta stay out of the box, but I gotta say the non-calls on Mercyhurst vs. questionable calls on Big Red is what sealed the deal for the Mercyhurst win.

[imafrshmn]

Redundant thread. ahem.

[dag14]

Cornell was rolling 2 lines for most of the 3rd, which shortened the bench even more.

[Towerroad]

Thank you to the Seniors! You are part of a group that put Cornell Womens Hockey on the map! LGR!

[Josh '99]

I agree about the short CU bench. It was obvious MC had the better legs for a lot of the 3rd.

This seems to have been the case for the women's team for a while now.  For instance, the 2009-10 team that played to 3 OTs in the national championship game had just 18 players, not even close to enough for a full lineup; this year's has 21 including three goalies, enough for a full lineup if everyone is healthy, though only five players who are listed on the roster as playing defense so not enough for three D pairings.  Is there any particular reason for this?

[MattS]

I agree about the short CU bench. It was obvious MC had the better legs for a lot of the 3rd.

This seems to have been the case for the women's team for a while now.  For instance, the 2009-10 team that played to 3 OTs in the national championship game had just 18 players, not even close to enough for a full lineup; this year's has 21 including three goalies, enough for a full lineup if everyone is healthy, though only five players who are listed on the roster as playing defense so not enough for three D pairings.  Is there any particular reason for this?

I have no idea but I have wonder this same thing many times.

[scoop85]

I agree about the short CU bench. It was obvious MC had the better legs for a lot of the 3rd.

This seems to have been the case for the women's team for a while now.  For instance, the 2009-10 team that played to 3 OTs in the national championship game had just 18 players, not even close to enough for a full lineup; this year's has 21 including three goalies, enough for a full lineup if everyone is healthy, though only five players who are listed on the roster as playing defense so not enough for three D pairings.  Is there any particular reason for this?

I have no idea but I have wonder this same thing many times.

certainly a smaller pool of qualified women players must be at least part of the reason

[ACM]

Funny, there were three defense pairings listed on Cornell's line chart for the Mercyhurst game: Richardson-Gagliardi, Smith-Cudmore, and Murray-Poudrier. And I saw all six of them in the game at one time or another. Admittedly, Gagliardi, Cudmore and Poudrier played a lot more than the other three, but we still had six defense dressed and playing in the game.

[Josh '99]

Funny, there were three defense pairings listed on Cornell's line chart for the Mercyhurst game: Richardson-Gagliardi, Smith-Cudmore, and Murray-Poudrier. And I saw all six of them in the game at one time or another. Admittedly, Gagliardi, Cudmore and Poudrier played a lot more than the other three, but we still had six defense dressed and playing in the game.

Murray is listed as a forward on the roster at collegehockeystat.net, which is where I was looking earlier, though I see that she's listed at D on the roster on the CU Athletics website.  My bad for not double checking.