Clarkson at Cornell postgame

[Omie]

It will be interesting to see how Schafer deals with the goaltending. I think Davenport will (and should) be in net tonight to allow for the rotation scheme to be effective. That said Scrivens has upped his game; he is definitely being more conscious about rebounds (eg when he pounced on the puck vs. Colgate), has stayed in net more, and had some big saves last night. 26 saves and only one goal allowed is pretty good any night.

[MB]

You're right, and in hindsight, probably not the best word to describe Romano.  His play was great through the night.

[mttgrmm]

there was a particular sequence of moves approaching the blue line in front of section D towards the end of the second period that was absolutely crazy.

romano put the puck backwards between his legs, stopped, 360'd around to get the puck he dropped behind him, then kept going forward towards the net... it didn't really amount to much, but just a ridiculous sequence of jukes.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Omie]Thanks for pointing my mistakes out. Next time I post at 3:11am while being drunk I'll make sure I have my FWS instructor behind me.[/quote]

You needed a college writing course to teach you the difference between "there" and "their"?

How about addressing the point of the post instead of being a douche?

Because name-calling is much more mature than correcting spelling.

[redhair34]

[quote mttgrmm]
romano put the puck backwards between his legs, stopped, 360'd around to get the puck he dropped behind him, then kept going forward towards the net... it didn't really amount to much, but just a ridiculous sequence of jukes.[/quote]

I loved that.  He was waiting for his teammates to clear the zone. And played keep away from four Clarkson players in order to get the faceoff in their zone for the start of the PP.

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote calgARI '07]FWIW, Scrivens absolutely embarrassed himself up at Canton a few weeks back.  Not sure if what direction that leads Schafer in for tonight...

Scrivens has done well the last two games, played far more conservatively and taking a lot fewer chances.  He still doesn't look at all comfortable to me.  He makes the easy saves look hard and doesn't really make the hard saves.  I will say that he made a series of great stops in the 2nd period last night though.  Again, it's just the confidence.  When he makes a good stop, he almost looks surprised.  His rebound control is far and away the weakest part of his game.  Cornell has done a much better job clearing away those rebounds the last two games and controlling the area in front of the net.  
[/quote]

I think you might be onto somthing with his comfort in net.  I've watched him in warm up the last two nights and what really stood out to me then was that he was puting every rebound into the corners.  No I do realize that this is just warmup, but the point is that he's clearly capable of doing it, now he just has to get situated enough in a game situation to do when it counts.

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote Robb][quote evilnaturedrobot]Now both Colgate and Clarkson had the entirety of section O open to them when the band bought tickets, why did they chose the seats right infront of the glass?  It's idoitic.[/quote]
That's not true.  4000 seats / 15 sections = 266 seats per section (or so).  The visitors' allotment is only 100 seats, so they have less than half of O to work with, and I'm sure their tickets have seat numbers on them.[/quote]

I did not realize this, I had always assumed that all of section O was offered to the visiting team and they just failed to sell it out.  I guess this makes alot more sense.

[Omie]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Omie]Thanks for pointing my mistakes out. Next time I post at 3:11am while being drunk I'll make sure I have my FWS instructor behind me.[/quote]

You needed a college writing course to teach you the difference between "there" and "their"?[/quote]

The first part was sarcasm. I am sure that you, as a Cornell alum, know what it is.

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Omie]How about addressing the point of the post instead of being a douche?[/quote]

Because name-calling is much more mature than correcting spelling.[/quote]

I don't know; I think me calling you a douche might be at the same level as you correcting my 3:11am post without addressing its main point.

This is a pointless argument anyway. I'll let you have the last word. Have a good day.

[Dpperk29]

[quote KP '06]
But you have a huge band at home, right? They have just about a whole section to themselves, IIRC.[/quote]

Correct. They have a whole section, and they fill it.

[ebilmes]

[quote evilnaturedrobot][quote calgARI '07]His rebound control is far and away the weakest part of his game.  Cornell has done a much better job clearing away those rebounds the last two games and controlling the area in front of the net.  
[/quote]

I think you might be onto somthing with his comfort in net.  I've watched him in warm up the last two nights and what really stood out to me then was that he was puting every rebound into the corners.  No I do realize that this is just warmup, but the point is that he's clearly capable of doing it, now he just has to get situated enough in a game situation to do when it counts.[/quote]

Agreed about the rebounds. A few really juicy rebounds just sat in front of the goal for Tech last night; Ben has to work on either covering those or knocking them into the corner. Those turn into goals when we're playing against forwards with a little more awareness.

Cornell had a big win last night--isn't this supposed to be the time on eLynah when we all get along?

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Dpperk29][quote KP '06]
But you have a huge band at home, right? They have just about a whole section to themselves, IIRC.[/quote]

Correct. They have a whole section, and they fill it.[/quote]

When it's not over break.

[dto]

Wow, I can't believe all the talk on the officiating here.  I actually thought Hansen called one of the best ECAC games I've seen in quite some time.  I can't speak for the dive as I couldn't see it.  The Bitz call was legit, the Clarkson player made a clean hit, the ref allowed a push back, the punch to the head was obvious and blatant.  The holding the stick call was poor, but one poor call in a game, I'll take it.

Hansen gave the payback holding the stick when Weller was held up by the stick and then just plain old held and nothing was called.  He also blew a play dead in front that Scrivens never even covered, the puck was loose outside his glove with the post blocking Hansen's view.  I know it's his job to blow it dead when he loses sight of the puck, but that one hurt.  The hook on the partial breakaway could have also been called a penalty shot, but I've noticed most ECAC ref's won't give the shot unless it's a free and clear breakaway.

By the way... my first game at Lynah, although unenjoyable because of the result, was an absolute blast.  I had tickets in front of the student section and had a great time.  The kids were obnoxious toward Clarkson, but at the same time respectful toward me.  Very classy and rough at the same time.

[billhoward]

[quote Dpperk29][quote ebilmes]
Every time I hear an opposing band, I am again reminded of how much better our pep band is. Thanks, guys![/quote]

it's hard for your band to sound good when only a third of it is at the game and it is crammed right down by the glass.[/quote]

Metaphor for the Golden Knight offense last night.

[dto]

Yeah, I was talking hockey with one of the ushers during warmups, and he said he loves how Cornell "puts" the opposite band against the glass.  Also, Clarkson doesn't travel with their full band due to ticketing limitations, as I'm sure is the case with Cornell too (although I've never seen them at Cheel).

[evilnaturedrobot]

[quote ebilmes]
Cornell had a big win last night--isn't this supposed to be the time on eLynah when we all get along?[/quote]

well Clarkson is the one fanbase, aside from cornell that is, that has a pretty reasonable pressance on elynah, so it makes sense that there would be some contention (which I happen to enjoy, who likes preaching to the choir?)

however, it this case I'd say that most of the Clarkson fans have been pretty respectful and a few of the faithful are overreacting.