Yale vs. Cornell 11/8

[RichH]

Well that's your classic let down game. Props to Yale, they played well and knew when to hunker down for a tie which I honestly respect. Seems like Schafer is just starting whichever forward line has the most goals in the previous game, a little motivation for them maybe. Anyway, beta brown tomorrow and we're still in a really good spot, just hurts to get only one point in our first ECAC game.

I'm kind of glad they had this game early in the season to send a message that it won't come easy. Big weekend vs a big opponent, then open the scoring 8 seconds into the league slate? I feel there may have been overconfidence brewing. There's a lot of hard work to come, even against the lower rungs of this league.

This isn't a team who wins just by showing up, and is not an intimidating force like in the early 00s. They win by persistence and depth.

[chimpfood]

In the Sun article Schafer had some quotes that showed he was really pissed. One was him saying that our leadership has been bad.

[Trotsky]

I agree. 3x3 OT is very exciting in the NHL and pretty boring in college (unless there's NHL talent involved like on BC).

I really, really hate 3x3. If we must, 4x4 would be fine. We could even count the result as a full overtime win, for my money.

To me, it's stealing part of the game from us fans. The shootout is an add-on curiosity, whatever. With this OT, they took away a real overtime and replaced it with a side game of shinny. Bah.

I would much prefer they end the game after regulation.

[Al DeFlorio]

I agree. 3x3 OT is very exciting in the NHL and pretty boring in college (unless there's NHL talent involved like on BC).

I really, really hate 3x3. If we must, 4x4 would be fine. We could even count the result as a full overtime win, for my money.

To me, it's stealing part of the game from us fans. The shootout is an add-on curiosity, whatever. With this OT, they took away a real overtime and replaced it with a side game of shinny. Bah.

I would much prefer they end the game after regulation.

Like regular season soccer.

[abmarks]

Also thought Shane wasn't good tonight. Giving up a lot of juicy rebounds and just shaky overall. Give me keopple tomorrow.

Huh? Shane was fine. The two goals were due to defenders doing a poor job covering the front of the net. Yale's whole offense was basically sending the puck across the crease and hoping someone would tap it in

I attribute the 2 Yale goals a result of penalties-stay out of the box

Yeah but that doesn't mean it can't be the goalie's fault too. Shane faced only 10 shots, let in two goals, gave up at least a couple scary rebounds, and let a couple pucks pass right through the crease. Just thought he could have been better.

That backdoor pass across the crease for a yale tap-in was not shanes fault.   100pct on the dmen.