Ohio State 4 @ Cornell 3

[Jim Hyla]

A few points, very few I hope, to emphasize what a few, too few, have said.

How soon we forget and how quickly our expectations rise.

Points by class from this weekends program, I've not got enough time to update them.

Seniors 14 (You know who has 12)
Juniors  12
Sophs   27
Frosh    11

Does anyone remember how a couple of years ago we were saying just wait till they are seniors?

I think Greg said it before, but Cornell will not be going to the Frozen Four every year. We should be a contender for the ECAC each year, win it every few, and get to the Frozen Four every few. Anything more than that is pure wishful thinking.

Now let's enjoy watching this team mature, afterall we could be that other ECAC contender and have lost to Princeton.

[Báby_Fan]

Props to the Faithful from the Ohio State player who scored the GWG...

[Q]We have to ride out the first five minutes of every period. And they have a great fan system here — who wouldn't love playing here — but we held them to the best of our ability.[/Q]

[ugarte]

I made it up to Ithaca for my first game at Lynah in at least 5 years.  And I stopped by Teagle and picked up a game-worn #2(white) before the OSU game.  Pity that it is bad luck, and now I have to burn it.

I missed the first 5 minutes of the game watching Travis Lee (133) and Dustin Manotti (149) win their semifinal matches on their way to wins at the wrestling tournament that Cornell hosted over the weekend, so I don't know what happened on the first OSU goal.  And I want to start with something positive, so I will say that I thought that for much of the game Cornell looked great in the offensive zone.  But ...

I can't say "I don't think much of McKee" because two games is a very small sample size.  And I am comfortable with letting him develop on the ice so that he is great in the years to come. However, he should be immune from sincere criticism: he hasn't looked very good to me.  

I don't think McKee had to do much to earn the shutout at Princeton (not nothing, but not a lot) and I don't think he made any saves against OSU that would not be expected of any average D-I goaltender.  (Betz outplayed McKee and saved the game for OSU when Cornell really attacked the net in the 3d.)  

The second, third and fourth OSU goals were all, in one way or another, partly attributable to McKee.  On the second and fourth goals, OSU shot the puck wide and the puck came off of the end boards right into the slot.  On both chances McKee looked completely lost, as if he expected that the puck would die on the boards and stay behind the net (on the second goal, the D bears most of the blame, though - both the first shooter (Steckel?) and Caponigri were untouched in the slot).  On the GWG, someone put a body on Steckel, but he still got off a soft floater - one that McKee certainly should have stopped.   The third goal, even though it was a PPG, was just soft.  Soft soft soft.

Cornell had a lot of trouble getting the puck out of its own end when OSU worked the puck deep and that worried me more than anything else.  I think the Red knew it, because in the second period we iced the puck twice when there was absolutely no need to do so.  

When this team is in synch, they are fantastic in the offensive zone.  (That feed from Vesce to Knoepfli in the 2d was AMAZING.  I still can't believe that Mike shot the puck over the net, but I thought Knoepfli had a very good game overall.)  On the other hand, they can be very sloppy in between the blue lines, and it cost them some chances.

Plusses:  Vesce and Bitz looked great in the offensive zone. (Duh.)  Pegoraro had some great flashes, so anything that Schafer said appears to have been taken to heart.  The Abbotts. Hornby.  Iggulden.

No standout performances on D, and a lot of lapses.  This needs work.

I have to catch a game on i2, because watching Cornell hockey again (after just listening for so long) is like falling off the wagon.  One drink (or two) every year just isn't enough.



Post Edited (11-23-03 22:59)

[ugarte]

Báby_Fan wrote:

Props to the Faithful from the Ohio State player who scored the GWG...

[Q]We have to ride out the first five minutes of every period. And they have a great fan system here — who wouldn't love playing here — but we held them to the best of our ability.[/Q]

Strange comment.  OSU scored at 3:19 of the first and 0:39 of the second.

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]big red apple wrote:

And I stopped by Teagle and picked up a game-worn #2(white) [/Q]Good choice.:-)

[ugarte]

Jim Hyla '67 wrote:

[Q]big red apple wrote:

And I stopped by Teagle and picked up a game-worn #2(white) [/Q]Good choice.:-)

I know that 2 was worn by Dan Ratushny (who wore #2 when I arrived on the Hill, and the intended honoree of my selection), Blair Ettles (who I don't remember at all, sorry*), TBell (who presumably wore the one I bought), and now by O'Byrne (good luck, Ryan).

Any other notable (or just remembered) Cornell #2's?

* A search of hockeydb shows that Ettles had an undistinguished career at Cornell and no minor league hockey career thereafter.  But I am honored to wear his number all the same.  Anyone who wore the Red and White on the ice can consider me duly impressed.



Post Edited (11-23-03 22:52)

[peterg]

Any other #2's?  My memory may be off, but I seem to recall Jeff Roche (defenseman late 70's from Illinois, I believe) wore #2.

[jtwcornell91]

Burgoyne!!!