Game 3: Cornell 1, Clarkson 0 (OT)

[cayugadan]

I just posted it there

In case you didn't have a chance to see Andy's last moments at a game in Lynah.
Warning:  turn down the audio!
[video]http://youtu.be/y5aFtH_9Ob0[/video]

You captured Iles kissing the logo at center ice that the other video I've seen missed. The other video was posted to Facebook by The Cornell Alumni Association. I'll try to include the link here, but in case it doesn't work, you know where to look for it.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152359981042318&set=vb.565647317&type=2&theater

[Tom Lento]

The Bardreau save at 12:30 in the first period, part 2:
(1) Josephs brings the puck to his forehand
(2) Shoots as Bardreau dives in front of him
(3) And Bardraux blocks the shot with his stick.

Thank god for a bad backhand, he certainly could have scored if he felt good about it.

Definitely. I would score 9 out of 10 times from that spot with a backhand so no doubt Josephs would have if he'd had the good sense to just put it in.

As an aside, I suspect that is the kind of "finishing" that can definitely be taught. You don't need much natural skill to tap in a rebound in a situation like that.  You just have to have the instincts and confidence to just tap the puck home rather than switching sides.

Trotsky already mentioned this, but from the photos that looks like a really rough angle for a backhand tap-in off a rebound, especially if the puck was moving towards the player's outside with speed or was angled towards the end boards in any way. If the Clarkson forward didn't have a great handle on that rebound when the backhand was available pulling it back across to settle it and shoot under control was the right move. He really did have the time - as it was Bardreau had to make a great play *and* get lucky to block that shot.

[Josh '99]

The Bardreau save at 12:30 in the first period, part 2:
(1) Josephs brings the puck to his forehand
(2) Shoots as Bardreau dives in front of him
(3) And Bardraux blocks the shot with his stick.

Thank god for a bad backhand, he certainly could have scored if he felt good about it.

Definitely. I would score 9 out of 10 times from that spot with a backhand so no doubt Josephs would have if he'd had the good sense to just put it in.

As an aside, I suspect that is the kind of "finishing" that can definitely be taught. You don't need much natural skill to tap in a rebound in a situation like that.  You just have to have the instincts and confidence to just tap the puck home rather than switching sides.

Trotsky already mentioned this, but from the photos that looks like a really rough angle for a backhand tap-in off a rebound, especially if the puck was moving towards the player's outside with speed or was angled towards the end boards in any way. If the Clarkson forward didn't have a great handle on that rebound when the backhand was available pulling it back across to settle it and shoot under control was the right move. He really did have the time - as it was Bardreau had to make a great play *and* get lucky to block that shot.

I agree with this; note that Bardreau is, at first, moving away from the goal line (note that he's near the crease in the first picture in the sequence and almost up to the hash marks in the third) and changes direction in no time flat to make the play.  

Anyway, Josephs is the one who ran Iles in the first game of the series, right?  So I think this is just karma biting him in the ass.