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

[Rita]

A very exciting last minute, but unfortunately too little too late. However, I do like that this team is not giving up and is skating it out to the final whistle. It is good to see that we can get late game goals, now if only we can get those goals to be "insurance goals"....

[calgARI '07]

Played better than last night but still not generating anywhere near as much as offense as they should.  Didn't give up a 5-on-5 goal the whole weekend which is a good thing.  Guys have to be crashing the net and playing with the same level of urgency the whole game as they did in the final minute.  No traffic, no goals and that was the story offensively tonight for Cornell.  Bitz isn't playing anywhere close to the level he needs to be at.  Thought Seminoff and Taylor Davenport were both very good again.  Milo had his best game with Cornell.  Liked Gallagher as well.  Sawada not playing physical enough.  Story of the game is Cornell not getting a shot on their 5-on-3 in the first period and Dartmouth scoring on their's.  That's the ball game right there.

[ebilmes]

Our play seemed a lot like our play last night against Sucks. I didn't think we played a bad first period, but it was our worst period score-wise. The second period was pretty bad; we were lucky Dartmouth didn't score. I think we would have won if we had capitalized on the penalty shot. It's a different game if you go into the second intermission down 2-1, not 2-0.

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.

Dartmouth was a better team, IMO. Bigger, and more D-oriented. Our small freshman forwards (Gallagher, Milo, Romano) just got suffocated on the rushes.

Davenport, again, was solid. He kept us in the game again; we just couldn't get the offense going. We definitely had chances, just nothing went in.

We didn't deserve to win either game this weekend, but I'll take the lucky win over Sucks last night. At least volleyball won...

[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.

[scannon]

I was really impressed by Dartmouth, they seemed very solid and didn't make too many mistakes.

At the end Devine started to try to fake out the crowd doing remote controll goalie and about a minute later let in two goals. Overall I thought he played extremely well though; both games this weekend Dartmouth has been outshot by a long way but still won.

I also thought we played well and fought all the way it just didn't quite fall our way.:-(

[RazzBaronZ]

I thought we were very lazy tonight.  Many times, I saw a puck I expected our guys to be able to get to, and they never did.  Either Dartmouth is ridiculously fast, or we just didn't want it.

Our power plays were extremely frustrating, with little movement and lots of slapshots from far out.

The game would have been ridiculous had we at least tied it, but we definitely did not deserve to win tonight.

[fullofgas]

I disagree.  I thought we played much better tonite but didn't get the breaks.  I think Harvard looked like the better team last night and we looked like the better team tonite.  
Our passing was much better tonight and Davenport was very good for the most part.  He won't strike fear in the hearts of teams like a Lenevue but he is solid.  
Special teams needs a little work.
And a moral victory was won by putting in the two late goals.  Much to build on there, methinks.

[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

[Omie]

The main problem with our team is that our power play is pathetic. We have converted only 13% of the time this season and we went 0/14 this weekend! I think our offense was there tonight but we were stopped by a very good D and outstanding goalie. Troy played really well the 2nd and 3rd periods but had 5 saves in 7 shots on the 1st which is what put us in the 2-0 hole for most of the game.

Our team looked much better tonight than last night but we need to improve our special teams. Right now we are ranked 55 of 59 in combined special teams.

Overall good weekend. LGR!!!

PS. Who's going to Q?

[las224]

LOVED Devine trying to fake out the remote control goalie. Too bad he didn't do that earlier, or we might have gotten 3 instead of 2. On another cheering note, my sign was taken away apparently because the Dartmouth coaches complained. When the players came out for the third period I saw a lot of them sitting on the bench reading it, so hopefully that got to them a bit too. We need to come up with some new ways to harass the visiting teams, as they seem to be working pretty well.

Overall, I just wish Cornell would play a bit more aggressively. Spend a little less time setting up the shot, and a lot more time shooting whenever there's an opening. I got the impression that coach had told the guys to do a certain play, so they did that play regardless of any opening that might come up sooner, or Dartmouth Ds blocking that play (Lovejoy was pretty impressive whenever our guys were coming down the side of the ice with the puck). Also, there were a bunch of shots that I think could have been goals if there had just been less hesitation. The guy next to me was joking about our guys holding the puck while the net was open and waiting to shoot until Devine was in place, but honestly, that's what it looked like sometimes.


I want to add that this is all VERY very critical and nitpicky. I thought while we didn't play our best tonight, we were up against a pretty tough team. Devine was pretty solid in the net until the end (I heard some people referring to him as a stone wall), and Dartmouth was just all over the place in blocking and harassing our guys. However, I think this game really showed our young team. We took a lot of penalties (half of which were REALLY poor refereeing), and there was a lot of sloppiness. To be expected, but hopefully we can really learn from this and improve. Let's go Red!

[fullofgas]

What did your sign say?

[las224]

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

"Put your Johnson in your Dartmouth and SWALLOW!!!"

[jks32]

any news on Taylor Davenport?  i guess its too early to ask, but towards the end of the game i saw him collide with a dartmouth player and slide into the boards near our bench.  he came off the ice immediately after that and i thought he looked like he hurt an ankle.  i didnt see him for the rest of the game, but it was almost over at that point.

[calgARI '07]

[quote jks32]any news on Taylor Davenport?  i guess its too early to ask, but towards the end of the game i saw him collide with a dartmouth player and slide into the boards near our bench.  he came off the ice immediately after that and i thought he looked like he hurt an ankle.  i didnt see him for the rest of the game, but it was almost over at that point.[/quote]

Hopefully he's fine because he has been one of team's best players the last four games.

[nyc94]

[quote las224]"Put your Johnson in your Dartmouth and SWALLOW!!!"[/quote]

Wow.  You should consider yourself lucky you weren't expelled on the spot. :-D