Dartmouth @ Cornell -Post Game Comments 11/11/06

scannon · November 12, 2006, 12:38:27 AM

I saw that; I giggled::burnout::

ebilmes · November 12, 2006, 12:47:57 AM

[quote dre1614]Can anyone give me their thoughts on Romano so far this season? I've seen him a couple times with the NY Bobcats.

Does his speed, and acceleration stick out like it did with NY? and what type of career do you expect him to have with Cornell.

appreciate it[/quote]

Yes, as Ari's mentioned in a column, his speed and fancy moves definitely energize the Faithful when he's on the ice. However, there've been some times in which he's tried to go coast-to-coast himself, or make a move around a defender and just gotten stripped of the puck. It's clear he has potential; it's just going to take him some time to adjust to the much tougher D he's facing this year.

Townie · November 12, 2006, 08:34:08 AM

[quote fullofgas]I disagree.
Special teams needs a little work.[/quote]

They need more than a little work. IIRC, all goals against this weekend were on our PK, most of them being back-door hangers. And, we scored no PP goals. The good news is we're not relying on PP goals to win games, and Schaf should be able to improve PK and PP play.

Dartmouth played solid D in all 3 zones (didn't trap much), blocked many of our shots, and enjoyed a solid performance from Devine.

Davenport kept us in both games. He's solid.

scoop85 · November 12, 2006, 10:58:56 AM

Considering how we were generally concerned about defense/goaltending heading into the season, the fact that we are angst is focused upon the offense is probably a good thing.

The power play is the big issue right now, but I'm confident Coach will get it straightened out.

I don't think we could be any happier with Davenport right how. He looks rock-solid. Scrivens must be pretty good for the competition to have been deemed a toss-up heading into the opener (assuming that is in fact the case).

The league seems more balanced than ever right now. A real case of "on any given night" type of results the first two weeks. Still, it's inexplicable that Clarkson loses to Princeton at home after losing to the Q; and, what the hell is wrong with Colgate?

WillR · November 12, 2006, 02:19:49 PM

[quote las224][quote fullofgas]What did your sign say?[/quote]

"Put your Johnson in your Dartmouth and SWALLOW!!!"[/quote]

My question is why did Dartmouth keep the sign? Did they want proof that this evil sign could no longer torment them from afar or did the coach think there were some good ideas in it to work on during practice?

las224 · November 12, 2006, 03:43:29 PM

[quote ebilmes][quote dre1614]Can anyone give me their thoughts on Romano so far this season? I've seen him a couple times with the NY Bobcats.

Does his speed, and acceleration stick out like it did with NY? and what type of career do you expect him to have with Cornell.

appreciate it[/quote]

Yes, as Ari's mentioned in a column, his speed and fancy moves definitely energize the Faithful when he's on the ice. However, there've been some times in which he's tried to go coast-to-coast himself, or make a move around a defender and just gotten stripped of the puck. It's clear he has potential; it's just going to take him some time to adjust to the much tougher D he's facing this year.[/quote]

My impression was that it's less about him adjusting to the tougher D and more about playing with the team, and learning to pass when there's an opening. He seemed to keep wanting to do it all on his own, and then getting the puck taken as a result.

nr53 · November 12, 2006, 07:00:20 PM

[quote las224][quote ebilmes][quote dre1614]Can anyone give me their thoughts on Romano so far this season? I've seen him a couple times with the NY Bobcats.

Does his speed, and acceleration stick out like it did with NY? and what type of career do you expect him to have with Cornell.

appreciate it[/quote]

Yes, as Ari's mentioned in a column, his speed and fancy moves definitely energize the Faithful when he's on the ice. However, there've been some times in which he's tried to go coast-to-coast himself, or make a move around a defender and just gotten stripped of the puck. It's clear he has potential; it's just going to take him some time to adjust to the much tougher D he's facing this year.[/quote]

My impression was that it's less about him adjusting to the tougher D and more about playing with the team, and learning to pass when there's an opening. He seemed to keep wanting to do it all on his own, and then getting the puck taken as a result.[/quote]

Thats my opinion as well. It could be that he's used to being the go-to guy on a team and having to do a lot of things himself as Moulson probably felt a few times. Its very exciting to watch, but it must frustrate his linemates quite a bit.

Jim Hyla · November 12, 2006, 08:22:45 PM

[quote redhair34][quote ebilmes]
I was puzzled why Schafer kept Davenport on the bench when we were down 3-0 with a minute left. He would have been considered a genius if we ended up tying, but we ran out of time.
[/quote]

Because he doesn't give up.[/quote]Absolutely, but I expect it also had something to do with telling the team that they better not ever give up.

I've been extremely happy with the team this year. If anyone doubts us, all you have to do is to look at what we and the press were saying before the season began. Unfortunately too many expect perfection all the time. At this game, as I was coming out of the bathroom after the second period, a "fan" (townie not student) said well they have 20 minutes to redeam themselves.

Are you kidding me? Here we have upperclassmen loaded Colgate and Harvard and where are they. Certainly they are not running away with the title. We are doing extremely well, considering how young we are.

As others have mentioned, our defense is good and offense is fun to watch. We have never had great PP, so I don't expect it now, better yes, great ,no. I do expect our PK to get better.

All cosidered, remember how many underclassmen we are playing, and think about how good we could be with experience.

Will · November 12, 2006, 08:33:24 PM

[quote Jim Hyla]As others have mentioned, our defense is good and offense is fun to watch. We have never had great PP, so I don't expect it now, better yes, great ,no. I do expect our PK to get better.[/quote]

Actually, we had the best PP and PK in the country in 2004-2005 http://www.uscho.com/stats/conf.php?season=20042005&conf=d1&gender=m , when the current seniors were sophomores. It's not totally unreasonable to think that Cornell should be capable of getting back to the top of that listing again this year.

mhand06 · November 12, 2006, 09:08:38 PM

to bad we didnt win

Rita · November 12, 2006, 09:12:55 PM

I think that the first half of the season will be rough with the PK and PP until they figure out which group of guys work well together. Even if they figure something out in the next 2 weeks or so, it will get "rusty" during the exam break and then take another few games to scrape the rust off.

I am pleased with our even strength play. During the offseason we were not too optimistic about the D and goalie situation. Troy Davenport and the D are holding their own 5 v 5. Let's hope that the PK woes can be cured soon. You would think that with all the penalties called to date that the players should be getting a feel of who needs to be covering which areas/players and the communication needed to have a successful PK unit. Of the two, the PK should be an easier fix than the PP.

With the influx of new and young talent up front, it may take longer for the PP to find that chemistry.

At this point in the season to be 5-1 with 2 solid road wins and a come from behind win with ~5 minutes left is very good.

ebilmes · November 12, 2006, 09:29:07 PM

[quote Rita]At this point in the season to be 5-1 with 2 solid road wins and a come from behind win with ~5 minutes left is very good.[/quote]

Against Sucks, no less! I agree with everyone who says we are doing a lot better than expected. It's still early in the season, and our teams have really started to play well after Winter Break the past couple years, so I am very pleased with where we are so far.

plrd78 · November 12, 2006, 10:20:49 PM

About Romano, a few of us who play in locally think he is special, Sometimes he holds the puck to much because instead of his teamates getting open, they watch him. Overall he produces and has not caused any goals for the enemy. Another thing Ari has never laced up a pair of skates...His comments are a joke...There is back up to wahta he says about some of the Freshman..

plrd78 · November 12, 2006, 10:37:59 PM

He is fast, probably the fastest player on the team. Great hands too....Just has to learn to know when to shooooott..End to end rush's are fun to see but 5 /10 times he gets through, the other times he is lossing the puck or gets stopped, he will learn 6 games in are we being to hard...The Devils like him right.... But at least someone is taking control. Dump and Chase is out the new guys are making a statement..Scott, Barlow and Romano play real fancy, something new for our team, First time we have wittnessd this type of play ever..Its fun to watch

oceanst41 · November 12, 2006, 11:58:29 PM

Just finished watching this one. Figures Cornell plays lousy and wins Friday while coming out strong and taking the play to DC on Saturday and lose. They were looking great until that first PP for Dartmouth and then it just seemed like they were derailed. There was a large shot discrepancy, but it was more typical of Cornell the past few years where a lot of them weren't from "high percentage" areas.

For this team to be 5-1 at this point is great. It is important to keep the perspective that they weren't "supposed" to finish higher than 4th in the conference. So anything more should be gravy.

As far as the special teams go, I feel like you can teach that stuff over the course of a season. 5 on 5 play is harder to teach obviously, so it's not a terrible thing that the team has the PP/PK to work on in practice.