Cornell 4 Robert Morris 1

[CowbellGuy]

Fontas? What game were you watching? I think you meant Romano.

A lot of my fears were quelled. Nash and Krueger both looked quite comfortable out there. Nash logged a ton of ice and did well with it. Salmela continues to give me ulcers.

As for the forwards, Greening looked awesome in warmups. He has a monster shot and a quick release. I think he's going to score a lot of goals for this team, but he wasn't quite as impressive in the game itself. Still looked pretty good though. Gallagher was excellent in the game. It was nice to see someone skate in from the perimeter on the PP. He backed the defender right up, found a hole, and wristed in a great goal. Schafer just kept trucking McCutcheon out there, but he had a few bad turnovers, flubbed shots, and really didn't look good. I sort of get the feeling he's going to keep getting ice time to make up for it though.

Davenport looked pretty good, though he didn't get tested much. He certainly likes to handle the puck every single opportunity he gets, though.

I think the O is going to need a little time to gel, but they certainly have the potential to do great things.

[redhair34]

[quote Liz '05]Did Fontas play tonight?  I don't remember hearing his name in the broadcast, and I was looking forward to seeing him play.[/quote]

No he was a scratch (healthy, I presume ).

[redhair34]

[quote CowbellGuy]Schafer just kept trucking McCutcheon out there, but he had a few bad turnovers, flubbed shots, and really didn't look good.[/quote]

I thought he was trying to do to much, same for Milo and Romano.

[RazzBaronZ]

So I'd say that I like the team so far.  I thought less of last year's team this early on.

I thought Davenport played very well, and the student section even cheered his name at the end of the game.  He saluted us, too, to the delight of the fans.  The freshmen that stood out: Romano was fantastic to watch handling the puck, and Greening looked awesome as well.  They're all gonna be a fun bunch to watch as they develop.

I don't know whether their goalie was just great (he has won defensive player of the week a few times in the past) but I thought we should have scored more on some easy shots.  Also, if RMU's defense isn't amazing, I'd be a bit concerned about our puck handling.  We got it poked away and blocked on seemingly every possession.  Maybe we were too consistent in our passes and style of play.

Despite all the negativity, I'm very optimistic about this group.

[calgARI '07]

Romano has extraordinary skills but he turned over the puck probably half a dozen times tonight.  He needs to be with some bigger, better defensive players.  No reason for him to try and dipsy-doodle out of the defensive zone.  Also turned the puck over a couple times right inside the RM blueline which coaches HATE.  Unbelievable skills though.  He looks like a Euro out there.

[redhair34]

Cornell coach Mike Schafer also praised Boucher, as well as Cornell goaltender Troy Davenport, who appears to have cemented his role as the Cornell starter.

"The biggest thing is that going into the season everyone had questions about [our] goaltending," said Schafer. "I think that Troy Davenport clearly answered that question here tonight."

http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20062007/m/10/26/rm-cor.php

[Trotsky]

[quote billhoward][quote A-19]the rink looked kinda empty on the webcast. what did people at the game think?[/quote]

You must be mistaken, as was I watching on the Webcast. Attendance was a Cornell all-time record, 4004,according to Cornell's ministry of sports information. You can look it up in the official box score: http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/stats/2006-2007/cumih01.html[/quote]

It may have been 4004, but that isn't the Lynah alltime record.  During the 1970 season, several games were listed at 4600 or 4700.  That must have been some tightly packed SRO...

[BMac]

They are being absolutely nasty about swearing. There was an usher between A and B the entire game spending 2 minutes per row, and cycling up and down. When there was a penalty, they were blatantly staring at my lips for the "asshole." So I blatantly turned to all my friends and pointed her out, telling them not to swear. She actually liked that, I think; she told me to make sure I didn't swear and to pass it down the line.

Later, in the second, I very loudly called out "Logan Bittle, you suck. I hate you." The other usher told me to be careful and not to call them out by name. Apparently they (the ushers) got REALLY chewed out after the York game about the student sections. She told me that if I said "name, you sucK" again she would have to kick me out. She was actually apologetic, though. I think she realized my crew and I don't swear at all, support the team, and lead in cheering. However, she was very emphatic. I asked who it was who was mad, and she didn't say. Then I asked, "is it Nighman?" A nod, yes.

NIIIIIGHMAN. SUCKS! NIGGGHMAN! SUCKS! NIIIIIIGHMAN! SUCKS! LET'S GO RED!

We later garnered that "suck" was more of a problem than anything. Calling out by name is discouraged, but they'll "let is slide." My part of Section A did a little brainstorming, and soon we were thinking of telling the "goaltender in blue" that he was awful, the gentleman wearing number 8 that we thoroughly enjoyed his performance, and our "esteemed opponents" that we highly disliked them. But the whole thing really deflated me; I think they're really trying to drive us out.

[scannon]

I'd add that the usher said that it was the people in the new box seats that had been calling in all week to complain.

[Will]

The crackdown sucks, but on the other hand, it'll give everybody the opportunity to be more original in their taunts of the other team.  It may be a blessing in disguise.

[Lauren '06]

Come on, though, no NAMES?  Passing the team-of-the-day roster around the back row of the pepband for taunt fodder is one of my fondest memories...

[ebilmes]

Which people in the box seats were complaining? The ones in the walkway or the ones behind the townies?

[Beeeej]

[quote Jacob '06]see ya, you loon[/quote]

Please, get it right!  That's "See ya - you poon!"

[Trotsky]

[quote Section A Banshee]Come on, though, no NAMES?  Passing the team-of-the-day roster around the back row of the pepband for taunt fodder is one of my fondest memories...[/quote]

I'm surprised they are prohibiting calling of names.  Usually the annual crackdown is merely about profanity.

[ftyuv]

[quote Trotsky][quote Section A Banshee]Come on, though, no NAMES?  Passing the team-of-the-day roster around the back row of the pepband for taunt fodder is one of my fondest memories...[/quote]

I'm surprised they are prohibiting calling of names.  Usually the annual crackdown is merely about profanity.[/quote]

Maybe they're so into the atmosphere that they've started thinking of the opponents' names as profanity