CU - Clarkson updates

[marty]

But again as my post notes, last year they did a rebroadcast with no publicity on the local access channels.  So we have to keep our eyes open!

[Al DeFlorio]

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:
My hunch is that Schafer is honestly disappointed compared to what he saw last week, since he knows the team can do better, and he might be exagerrating the point to light a fire under them. Just a hunch.

I suspect your hunch is correct.  This is a well one must be careful not to draw from too often, however.

[rsafploc 03]

In all honesty, I think it was quite apparent that Clarkson came out to play hockey last night. They were faster than our guys to loose pucks, were able to exert more control at the boards. They were also able to cycle the puck in deep to mount loads of pressure on our d which was something I'm sure all of us aren't really used to. I think alot of that were due to some guys on the ice being half a step slower than clarkson, leading to quite a lot of positional advantage for clarkson. Lotsa good things happened with the Hornby Abbotts line tho.. And it was good to note that our first line finally gelled in the last period and in OT for some great chances. Just my amateurish 2 cents.. But if this is the way Clarkson plays.. I'm happy for them too.. They look like a much improved squad from last year.

[Scott Goldsmith \'96]

Schafer can do what he wants as far as sitting players.  I don't know if there is any connection between how Pegoraro played last week and this week, but I thought he looked sluggish last week when I watched him.  So this may be something that has been brewing for awhile.  

Last year at the end of the year, Pegoraro looked very quick on the ice.  He looked like he was carrying bricks on his back in the Princeton game.

[Al DeFlorio]

Rich H '96 wrote:

Even more cryptic is how the game report ends:
[Q]Throughout the third, Schafer mixed up the lines, partly because forward Dan Pegoraro left the game late in the second period.

"There was a necessity to find nine to 10 guys that wanted to actually work hard consistently," Schafer said. "When you don't have four lines willing to go ... you have to shuffle things up for people to start to produce."[/Q]
1) What happened to Pegoraro?

A still-cryptic quote from Saturday's Ithaca Journal:  "Cornell forward Daniel Pegoraro did not play and was not on the bench during the third period and the overtime."

[jtwcornell91]

Al DeFlorio wrote:

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:
My hunch is that Schafer is honestly disappointed compared to what he saw last week, since he knows the team can do better, and he might be exagerrating the point to light a fire under them. Just a hunch.

I suspect your hunch is correct.  This is a well one must be careful not to draw from too often, however.

A certain coach who had quite a lot of success at Cheel comes to mind.

But I see the sense of sending the message early that the team can't be content with ties, rebuilding year or not.  (I can't say I mind this one very much.)

[Al DeFlorio]

John T. Whelan '91 wrote:

Al DeFlorio wrote:

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:
My hunch is that Schafer is honestly disappointed compared to what he saw last week, since he knows the team can do better, and he might be exagerrating the point to light a fire under them. Just a hunch.

I suspect your hunch is correct.  This is a well one must be careful not to draw from too often, however.

A certain coach who had quite a lot of success at Cheel comes to mind.

But I see the sense of sending the message early that the team can't be content with ties, rebuilding year or not.  (I can't say I mind this one very much.)

And I didn't say I minded it one bit, either.  But I've seen it overdone, and John cites a recent example.  Happened at Cornell not that long ago, too.

[Will]

I just got back into town from the North Country an hour ago.  My analysis of this game can be summed up in one sentence: Clarkson was faster than expected, and Cornell was slower than expected/desired.  That's what made the difference in the end.  Our boys are really going to need to work harder to shut the Knights down when they come to Lynah in February.