Sucks Game Thread 2/18/06

[Tom Tone]

I'd love to find a sport where you can charge at a referee and make contact with him and not get tossed and/or suspended.  Frank Murphy and his linesmen did a good job of asserting control at the wrong times.  We certainly had a lot of problems with faceoffs and that may have been a result of overly technical linesman. As well, I didn't really understand why all those misconduct penalties (Walsh, Bitz, etc) had to sit in the box.

[Dafatone]

So... who looked good for us tonight?

Bitz, although I cringe whenever he has the puck in our zone and there's a man putting pressure on him.

Someone mentioned that Seminoff wasn't playing well.  He looked good, except he simply fell over once, leading directly to a goal.  He slipped.  So the goal was his fault and all, but that happens.  Other than that, he was fine.

McKee really was pretty good.  Stopping any of those goals would have been nothing short of spectacular.  Well, a save on the third goal would have only been great.

[calgARI '07]

[quote Dafatone]

McKee really was pretty good.  Stopping any of those goals would have been nothing short of spectacular.  Well, a save on the third goal would have only been great.[/quote]

I thought the third goal was bad.  He had plenty of time to get over and didn't.

[Karlmoose]

McKee kept Cornell in the game at some points. It was hard to tell whether two of those shots should have been stopped. Not a bad game for him overall, though, especially given that Harvard had some very nice sustained pressure tonight. Cornell got outworked, particularly in the second period.
Gleed played really well tonight defensively. Scott, Bitz, and Sawada all had pretty solid individual efforts, although they didn't all end up in the box score. The team didn't look horrible, and was able to shake up the initially troubling Harvard forecheck by using the cross-ice pass through the neutral zone about 4000 times. They just didn't have the bounces tonight, and one penalty killed them. A tough loss, but at least they can still control their own destiny for a top seed.

[jy3]

[quote Jim Hyla][quote jy3]any call other than a 5 minute major to cam would have been horrible.

another thing I thought of during the game....what is the benefit of having the other team called for a 10 minute major. who cares if rocky bullwinkle isnt on the ice for 10 minutes. shouldnt they be a man down in terms of numbers as well for at least 2 minutes? I do not like that rule...[/quote]Although you don't like it, that rule has been around forever. It's basically for mouthing off, or other, to the ref. It has nothing to do with the play, so no man down. Bad manners would explain it.[/quote]

oh, I know jim. there are 10 minute penalties that are due to plays on the ice that involve the other team. It just seems like a severe penalty should be called to penalize the offending team and benefit the other team

mckee did look really good for sure. the 3rd goal was a tough one. I thought it was a bad goal too but the problem was he was not sure to which side of the net the scorer was going, he tried to look back but it happened so quickly he couldnt get over.  I am not sure if the D let him know either...

[redredux]

Disappointing loss as the up and down trend continues.  I thought Cornell outplayed Harvard until Harvard scored to tie it at 1.  It was one of those games where we should have been up by more than 1 goal when Harvard scored its first.  I think Harvard was really doubting its ability to win until they scored their first, which was kind of a fluky goal.  That second Harvard goal was well executed and poorly defended by the Red.  After Cornell tied it at 2, it could have gone either way until the Abbott penalty.  Then, the loss seemed inevitable.  No complaints about that call either; it was a dumb, dumb play for a senior to make in the third period of a tied game on senior night no less.

[canuck89]

[quote Dafatone]Someone mentioned that Seminoff wasn't playing well.  He looked good, except he simply fell over once, leading directly to a goal.  He slipped.  So the goal was his fault and all, but that happens.  Other than that, he was fine.[/quote]

We should all remember that without him falling it would still be a 2 on 1 which doesn't mean a guaranteed no-goal either.

[HeafDog]

The reason I harshed on Seminoff a little bit is also because of the fact that on the set play that led to Harvard's second goal (I think it was the second goal -- it was the one where they scored right off the faceoff during the second period), Harvard's man crashed the net and had all sorts of position on Seminoff.  It was a bang-bang play, so there wasn't really any chance for Jared to knock him away from the crease, but on the TV replays, it looked like Jared got manhandled, pretty much.  The Crimson player was left with an easy tap-in from point-blank.

So, the odd-man rush that the Crimson scored on wasn't the only time last night where Seminoff's defense was a little less than rock solid.

[DeltaOne81]

Seminoff wasn't great... and of course continued his pension for dirty hits leading to penalties. Seeing the hits he made that lead to penalties last night, he needs to learn what's clean and whats not. But he's a freshman, he'll learn.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote DeltaOne81]Seminoff wasn't great... and of course continued his pension for dirty hits leading to penalties.[/quote]
My "pension" is deposited in the bank the first of each month.  Whether Seminoff has a penchant for dirty hits is an altogether different question.;-)

[Rosey]

[quote Al DeFlorio]My "pension" is deposited in the bank the first of each month.  Whether Seminoff has a penchant for dirty hits is an altogether different question.;-)[/quote]

u r te3 sux0rz! gophers rule!


Some of you guys really need to have that OCD looked at...

Kyle

[Brian]

The Harvard player set him up on that one two, thanks to the refs not dropping the puck.  The player for Harvard crept forward on the initial draw and the ref caught him then when he actually dropped the puck the Harvard player took one skate forward and stepped back around him and went straight to the net all by himself.  Seminoff bit on the move big time, throw an assist to the refs on that one.