Thoughts of BU-CU & Beyond

[RedAR]

I seem to recall that BU was one of the few schools that has a winning record against Cornell.

2 questions:
1) What is the record?
2) What other teams have a winning record against us?


Thanks.

[Greg Berge]

According to my database (which is close to Cornell's official tally, and honestly might be more accurate), here are our losing records as of today:

Army, 14-15-1
Bowdoin, 0-2-0
Bowling Green, 1-4-0
Clarkson, 39-43-8
Colby, 0-1-0
Ferris State, 1-2-0
Hamilton, 13-14-0
Lake Superior State, 0-2-0
Miami, 1-2-0
Michigan, 2-3-1
Michigan State, 1-2-0
Minnesota, 0-1-0
North Dakota, 1-3-0
Northern Michigan, 2-3-0
Norwich, 0-2-0
Notre Dame, 0-3-0
Ontario Agriculture College, 0-1-0
Providence, 8-9-1
Sacred Heart, 0-1-0
Williams, 1-12-0
Wisconsin, 2-3-0

vs BU: 22-17-1

Alltime record: 821-553-73

[jtwcornell91]

Actually, BU had a losing record against us even before the current three-game winning streak. B-]   Going into last year's series we were 20-15-1 (including one forfeit win for Cornell which had been won by BU on the ice--see last year's T-shirt discussion :-P), and we're 3-1-0 since then.  So Cornell is now 23-16-1 lifetime vs BU.

[jtwcornell91]

Greg, I think you're counting the forfeit win on December 16, 1972 as a Cornell loss.

[Al DeFlorio]

If that was the 0-9 (following Age's convention:-P ) game, it's pretty hard to view it as a win.  Especially if you watched it, as I did, on Boston public television. ::uhoh::

Seems to me we started out something like 10-0-1 against BU until the consolation loss in the 1971 ECACs.

[Josh '99]

Greg wrote:

Sacred Heart, 0-1-0

Dammit Greg, I thought there was a consensus to never mention that game again!   ::yark:: ;-)

[Adam \'01]

Ontario Agriculture College???

That's ok, our Ag school can beat up their Ag school!!  B-]

[jason]

Do teams generally pack it up after the Saturday night game and head straight home? I guess I was just assuming without really thinking about it that the teams wouldn't travel home until Sunday, but now that I do think about it that is probably incorrect.

Greg, I worked four years at two large NYC law firms (thankfully no more), so I know all about working on weekends. :`( :-)

Oh well, I guess my Sat-Sun afternoon idea just isn't going to take hold :-P but I can hope that this Cornell-BU arrangement continues for a couple more years...

[Greg Berge]

The forfeit: yes.  Now corrected in my records.  Thanks.

Team travel: ordinarily teams travel home right after the Saturday night game.  Infrequently, teams stay over the second night to ride out dangerous weather.

The series: I haven't heard whether there are any plans to continue it, but I think it would be *great* to have home-and-home pairs with the Terriers forever, and I hope Coaches Schafer and Parker can make it happen.

[nyc94]

Does anyone know exactly what process determines what non-conference games we will play?

[nyc94]

I think every game is important if we ever hope to crack the top 6 in the polls - something we havn't seen despite the wins against BU and Harvard.  It would be nice to get a better NCAA seeding than we have in years past.  I really don't feel that the selection committee has any respect for the ECAC so the only way for Cornell to distinguish itself is to win the non-conference games, especially the Everblades tournament.  Let the backup goaltender play the next Vermont and Princeton games.

Also, can someone explain exactly how long Lenny would be gone?  The dates in the Team Canada press release don't seem to conflict with anything other than exams.

[Adam \'01]

I think last year's seeding was a great one.  Could have been much worse anyhow.  We clearly were not a Top 2 team in the east and didn't deserve the bye....but of the 8 non-bye teams, we got the best draw in the tournament.

[Ben Doyle 03]

The December 11-16 dates mentioned in the press release are for the selection camp. The IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Halifax and Sydney, NS are held on December 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. These dates do in fact conflict with Maine et al tournament in Florida and the north country road trip with SLU(t) and Clarkson.

[cquinn]

I thought I had read on USCHO that Maine's goalie was a prospect for the US National Team.  Can anyone confirm this?

Answered my own question.  Yes:
http://www.canadianhockey.ca/e/teams/mens/junior/2003/rosters/usa.html

[jason]

But Maine has a second goalie who has seen significant playing time (5 games so far) and has good stats (1.59 GAA and .935 Save%).