Cornell vs. Sacred Heart Postgame

[calgARI '07]

[quote CKinsland]So, the refereeing was a nice change.  Almost no calls.  (Not saying I agreed with all the non-calls or all the calls).  Just nice to have a lot of 5x5 play and a flowing game (despite the direction it flowed).  

Binda is not an ECAC ref, true?  He was one of the Estero Refs (I believe) and belongs to Hockey East?  

Whatever, it was a nice breather from some of the penalty-fests we've had this year.  

CK[/quote]

I think he is an ECAC ref though one we have never seen at Lynah.  When they announced the refs at each game, the PA guys said, "From the ECAC..." before.  It was certainly a nice change though for sure.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote calgARI '07]Should SHU qualify for the NCAA's, this loss will be very costly.[/quote]

Not really.  Winning an autobid no longer makes you a TUC for selection criteria purposes.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote jtwcornell91]Not really.  Winning an autobid no longer makes you a TUC for selection criteria purposes.[/quote]
A change that was long overdue.  Now if we could just get rid of the TUC "cliff"...

[JDeafv]

[quote calgARI '07]Bitz is the captain of the team and should be one of if not their best players.  [/quote]

I disagree.  As captain, he doesn't have to be the best player to be a leader, which is his job on and off the ice.

Also, I doubt Bitz spends any time talking to the ref without being told by Schafer.  Schafer sent him out as the 6th skater during stopages in the third period last night to speak to the ref.  Schafer also spent several minutes across the ice talking with the ref after the game, he was clearly not happy about something last night.

[profudge]

For reference:  Sacred Heart might make a TUC even without the conf championship -

   Overall Record: 12-4-4 (.700)
   Atlantic Hockey: 9-2-4, 22 points
   Home: 6-0-1 — Away: 6-4-3 — Neutral: 0-0-0

They impressed me last night.
   
Mcleod was playing in Evan S.'s  6th D'man slot -  Our  team Defense was not up to Cornell's  historical standards...   but given number of more in-experienced players in the game I believe it will improve.  We were a bit off on maybe a dozen or more key passes 2-3 feet ahead or behind the point we wanted and seemed a tad rusty -  ECACHL games now - so praying we pick it up and imrprove throughout rest of league play.
Go Big RED!

[marty]

[quote CKinsland]So, the refereeing was a nice change.  Almost no calls.  (Not saying I agreed with all the non-calls or all the calls).  Just nice to have a lot of 5x5 play and a flowing game (despite the direction it flowed).  

Binda is not an ECAC ref, true?  He was one of the Estero Refs (I believe) and belongs to Hockey East?  

Whatever, it was a nice breather from some of the penalty-fests we've had this year.  

CK[/quote]

There have been 9 ECAC refs in conference games this year:

The Hansens, Scott and Dave
The Murphys, Frank and John
Binda
Dell
Feola
McDonald
Riley

[Dpperk29]

I just remembered something else.

does anyone else think that cornell got robbed of a goal by the refs in the third period? I cant rememeber who shot it, but it came from mid circle on the section 0 side and looked like it went top right corner in and out. Could have hit the post/crossbar but it didn't make a sound. I couldn't really tell from where I was in B, but I would be interested to know if anyone else thought it found the net.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote profudge]For reference:  Sacred Heart might make a TUC even without the conf championship -

   Overall Record: 12-4-4 (.700)
   Atlantic Hockey: 9-2-4, 22 points
   Home: 6-0-1 — Away: 6-4-3 — Neutral: 0-0-0
[/quote]
More to the point, they're currently about #22 in RPI:
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/ncaapwcr.php
http://slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/2007/cgi-bin/rankings.cgi?dispRPI=true;PCTweight=25;OPPweight=21;OOPweight=54;topqual=15;homebon=.0000;neutbon=.0000;roadbon=.0030;rpifudge=all;PWCtb=RPI;PWCtbwt=1;PWCh2hwt=1;PWCh2h=per%20game;PWCtucwt=1;TUCdefcrit=rpi;TUCdefrel=top;TUCdefcut=25;PWCtucmingm=10;PWCtucmintm=1;PWCtuccrit=pct;PWCtucomit=true;PWClastwt=0;PWClastnum=16;PWClastcrit=pct;PWCcomwt=1;PWCcommingm=1;PWCcommintm=1;PWCcomcrit=pct;scoresel=current;scores=

[redhair34]

A few thoughts from last night...

-that was a very lame crowd

-For the first time all season Krueger and Davenport were not paired together for even a single shift.

-Sacred Heart's top line was on the ice for almost every other shift.  And Schafer had the Kennedy line out there every time they were on the ice.

-Sawada probably recorded double digit hits last night.

-I thought Fontas played well, but couldn't keep up with his line (Romano, Scott).  I think he'll be valuable in the future in a checking role.

-the Greening-Gallagher-Milo line saw the least amount of ice time.  I noticed Greening whenever he was out there and would have liked to see him get some more time on another shift, perhaps on the top line.

-I agree with Ari's comments re: Bitz.  He's trying, but he isn't elevating his game.  If Byron Bitz circa early 2006 was on a line with Sawada last night they would have netted a couple of goals.

-This team has a lot of trouble getting up for games they are supposed to win.  The team coasted from warmups till the end of the 3rd.

[redice]

[quote Dpperk29]I just remembered something else.

does anyone else think that cornell got robbed of a goal by the refs in the third period? I cant rememeber who shot it, but it came from mid circle on the section 0 side and looked like it went top right corner in and out. Could have hit the post/crossbar but it didn't make a sound. I couldn't really tell from where I was in B, but I would be interested to know if anyone else thought it found the net.[/quote]

You're right...Cornell was robbed.  I saw the puck hit the net right behind the left goalpost...Not that it means anything, but the red light went on, as well.

[Trotsky]

[quote redhair34]-Sacred Heart's top line was on the ice for almost every other shift.  And Schafer had the Kennedy line out there every time they were on the ice.[/quote]

The euphonious Bear Trapp is one helluva hockey player.

[ebilmes]

I'm not sure what has been more painful the past few days: getting four wisdom teeth out or listening to us lose to Sacred Heart at home last night.

Looking forward to some strong conference wins down the stretch, starting with the north country trip next weekend.

Maybe Trapp has a younger brother Deer or Rabbit who also plays hockey.

[calgARI '07]

[quote JDeafv][quote calgARI '07]Bitz is the captain of the team and should be one of if not their best players.  [/quote]

I disagree.  As captain, he doesn't have to be the best player to be a leader, which is his job on and off the ice.

Also, I doubt Bitz spends any time talking to the ref without being told by Schafer.  Schafer sent him out as the 6th skater during stopages in the third period last night to speak to the ref.  Schafer also spent several minutes across the ice talking with the ref after the game, he was clearly not happy about something last night.[/quote]

Regardless, Bitz isn't playing anywhere near his best hockey.  He was a dominant player in the second half of last season and hasn't been anywhere close so far this year.  

With regard to the officiating, I don't understand what Schafer's problem was.  He yells at the refs a lot and it happens a lot in games where his team doesn't show up.

[Dpperk29]

[quote calgARI '07]

With regard to the officiating, I don't understand what Schafer's problem was.  He yells at the refs a lot and it happens a lot in games where his team doesn't show up.[/quote]

he's been taking lessons from Bob Gaudet

[fullofgas]

He has a cousin named Shutyer