Cornell v Yale, 11/3/23

[DL]

Duluth lost to the Goophers 5-1. Not sure how good Duluth is this year, and Yale sure looked like a more difficult opponent, for one night at least.

Their only goal came on a lucky 2-on-1 break in the closing minutes, probably from Minny playing it a bit loose with a 4-0 lead.

[arugula]

Some surprising results tonight. Princeton sort of beats Harvard. Quinnipiac. League looks wider open.

[abmarks]

Are the Yalie announcers on ESPN+ having a competition to see how many inaccuracies the can sneak in? Between pronouncing Seger "See-Jer" and how Cornell's head coach was a goaltender, it been hammering on my inner fact-checker.

The one that got me was when "Costanza".for in alone and hit the pipe.  (Which makes me even more certain I heard vanini inadvertently say Costanza last week.)

Here's the clip https://youtu.be/YJfGqFTVDJY?si=NOoMKDWvQLcEw7qn

[dbilmes]

Are the Yalie announcers on ESPN+ having a competition to see how many inaccuracies the can sneak in? Between pronouncing Seger "See-Jer" and how Cornell's head coach was a goaltender, it been hammering on my inner fact-checker.

The one that got me was when "Costanza".for in alone and hit the pipe.  (Which makes me even more certain I heard vanini inadvertently say Costanza last week.)

Here's the clip https://youtu.be/YJfGqFTVDJY?si=NOoMKDWvQLcEw7qn

It's not just the Yalie announcers. I was watching the Cornell-Harvard field hockey game last weekend and the Cornell announcer kept referring to "penalty corners" as "penalty shots." Eventually, someone must have corrected him, because he finally stopped doing it. Not to mention the fact that he rarely called any players by name. He would just say "Harvard passes the ball up the field," or "Cornell makes a nice defensive play." For Cornell, the only players whose names he mentioned were the two Ramsays and our goalie.

[upprdeck]

There were several times the Cornell speed created plays.  If the breakaway goes in much less stress down the stretch.  

Much of the Yale forecheck was helped by Cornell deciding to play thru it instead just getting the puck into clean spots.

The good news it so far it looks like no one line is going to be the dominant force creating chances.

Yale didn't create many scare rushes, it was really off of some decent puck control once it got along the boards.

Yale was happy to take long shots into traffic and we blocked 19 and a few become dangerous.

PP/PK it would be nice to get a few more chances and take a few less bad penalties.  

I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless.

[JasonN95]

I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless.

I didn't go back to watch again but when it happened I thought it was Psenicka skating hard in a line, the Yale player coming in from the side trying to lunge with his stick and leaned down and forward, and the sweep of Psenicka's arm as he was striding brought his elbow through the Yale player's lowered helmet.

[scoop85]

I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless.

I didn't go back to watch again but when it happened I thought it was Psenicka skating hard in a line, the Yale player coming in from the side trying to lunge with his stick and leaned down and forward, and the sweep of Psenicka's arm as he was striding brought his elbow through the Yale player's lowered helmet.

Exactly how I saw it

[Scersk '97]

I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless.

I didn't go back to watch again but when it happened I thought it was Psenicka skating hard in a line, the Yale player coming in from the side trying to lunge with his stick and leaned down and forward, and the sweep of Psenicka's arm as he was striding brought his elbow through the Yale player's lowered helmet.

Exactly how I saw it

At the rink, watching the play, there was nothing obvious. Completely phantom, replay five.

[abmarks]

I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless.

Agree, tho I don't think it was a penalty at all after watching the replay a bunch of times.

The elbow did connect with the head, but in no way did 26 try to hit the kid.  He was skating back towards the blue line on the right side of the Offensive zone, curled around to the left and works back down towards the goal line (the puck is beyond the goal line on the left hand side/corner)
 
He seems to be looking for/ready for a possible pass- stick down, head is still, right elbow was locked in one position (what looks like the natural position for a left hand shot with stock on the ice).  he never moved it towards the kid or even adjusted his body position at all.  His head was motionless as well, seemingly with his eyes on the puck.

I thought the major was more the big kid getting into a small kid, if he was 6-2 I don't think anything happens but he can't be reckless.

I didn't go back to watch again but when it happened I thought it was Psenicka skating hard in a line, the Yale player coming in from the side trying to lunge with his stick and leaned down and forward, and the sweep of Psenicka's arm as he was striding brought his elbow through the Yale player's lowered helmet.

Watched it 10 times.  There wasn't even any arm sweep.  It was still.

Is it really a major penalty when a short.guy puts his head in an inconvenient place?