CHN: Cornell Battling Expectations After Inconsistent First Half

[Big Dingus]

Not sure we will ever know the answer why this team is so bad.

Incredibly frustrating.

[BearLover]

It would nice to see an article like this that provides an in-depth look at what's going on:
https://cornellsun.com/2015/10/21/cornell-mens-hockey-mike-schafer/

[BearLover]

Cornell by the numbers:
—55/64 teams in save %*
—35/64 in shooting % (9.4%)
—59/64 in PP% (11%)
—51/64 in PK% (75.6%)
—Cornell has given up the first goal in 11/15 games including six straight
—Cornell has trailed at some point in 13/15 games including seven straight
—if Cornell were to finish this season in its current Pairwise position (29th), it would be the program's second worse finish since at least 2002, which is the earliest I can find a record of. The worst was 36th in the 2014-15 PWR

*.887%, per CHN, but I think sv% is wrong for all teams on CHN, so I wouldn't rely on the specific number. The reason I think it's wrong is that Shane has a slightly higher sv% (.891%) and Keoppel's is 100%, so the average of the two can't possibly be lower. Maybe it's factoring in ENG or something.

[marty]

I'm still very curious why this team is so bad

You forgot to put that in the form of a question.

[Swampy]

I just read the latest Sun article, and Casey's comment summarizes what's wrong this season:

"I thought last night we probably deserved a better fate. Didn't get it," Jones said. "So we should have responded today and came out with the effort and attitude to get it done here tonight. But we wanted some shortcuts."

[adamw]

Cornell by the numbers:
—55/64 teams in save %*
—35/64 in shooting % (9.4%)
—59/64 in PP% (11%)
—51/64 in PK% (75.6%)
—Cornell has given up the first goal in 11/15 games including six straight
—Cornell has trailed at some point in 13/15 games including seven straight
—if Cornell were to finish this season in its current Pairwise position (29th), it would be the program's second worse finish since at least 2002, which is the earliest I can find a record of. The worst was 36th in the 2014-15 PWR

*.887%, per CHN, but I think sv% is wrong for all teams on CHN, so I wouldn't rely on the specific number. The reason I think it's wrong is that Shane has a slightly higher sv% (.891%) and Keoppel's is 100%, so the average of the two can't possibly be lower. Maybe it's factoring in ENG or something.

Yes, it's not wrong. The team total line includes ENG.

[ugarte]

Cornell by the numbers:
—55/64 teams in save %*
—35/64 in shooting % (9.4%)
—59/64 in PP% (11%)
—51/64 in PK% (75.6%)
—Cornell has given up the first goal in 11/15 games including six straight
—Cornell has trailed at some point in 13/15 games including seven straight
—if Cornell were to finish this season in its current Pairwise position (29th), it would be the program's second worse finish since at least 2002, which is the earliest I can find a record of. The worst was 36th in the 2014-15 PWR

*.887%, per CHN, but I think sv% is wrong for all teams on CHN, so I wouldn't rely on the specific number. The reason I think it's wrong is that Shane has a slightly higher sv% (.891%) and Keoppel's is 100%, so the average of the two can't possibly be lower. Maybe it's factoring in ENG or something.

Yes, it's not wrong. The team total line includes ENG.

that guy sucks

[BearLover]

Cornell has the sixth worst save percentage in college hockey.

[billhoward]

"That's a Disney movie," Schafer said. "You kind of hope for that. That's our hope every year. But I think that you have to be realistic about how the season has progressed.

Visions of checking the rule book and declaring, "Hey, the book doesn't say a golden retriever can't put on pads and a mask. And ... Timmy has that rare disease, I bet he'll snap right back if his Rover comes through."