ECAC Quaterfinals, Game 2: im not updating the score...come in and chat

[Hillel Hoffmann]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Disappointing to see a Schafer-coached team play such stupid hockey.  Not just tonight, either.  Very surprising.[/quote]
Yes. But it's not just the stupid stuff. In the third period, Quinnipiac has been stronger in the corners, forechecking like animals, setting up the cycle, doing all the stuff we used to do. Used to do. Used to do.

[jaybert]

[Hillel Hoffmann]

Congratulations to Quinnipiac. Got get 'em in Albany, 'cats.

They deserved it.

[ryeguy]

Such a shitty way to go out. BUt we didn't deserve it. THe better team didn't win, the team that deserved it did.

[oceanst41]

Cornell let up on the gas after they went up 2-1. You can't do that in any game let alone the playoffs.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Hillel Hoffmann][quote Al DeFlorio]Disappointing to see a Schafer-coached team play such stupid hockey.  Not just tonight, either.  Very surprising.[/quote]
Yes. But it's not just the stupid stuff. In the third period, Quinnipiac has been stronger in the corners, forechecking like animals, setting up the cycle, doing all the stuff we used to do. Used to do. Used to do.[/quote]
Don't disagree at all.  But with those factors, the other team has something to do with it.  When you do something stupid...well...it's all your fault.

Mustering a total of four goals total in the four most important games of your season pretty much sums up why we're now gonna be watching only lacrosse.

Speaking of which, Duke is playing Loyola on CSTV as we speak.  See ya.

[Rich S]

That's usually a sign that players have tuned out the coach when "stupid" play continues.

Tough to see that here but I've seen it many times.

[oceanst41]

The silver lining may be that with Clarkson safely in the NCAAs, and SLU making a charge up the PWR a team like QU could win in Albany and give the league 3 in the national tournament.

Still doesn't sit well, but it's something.

[oceanst41]

Also of note, the only PP goal scored for QU this weekend was a big one.

[Jordan 04]

Well, at least Francis nailed a 3 at the buzzer to win...

Thank you Seniors!  Tough way to go out.  They begin and end their careers with playoff series which never happened.

Hopefully an added year of experience and some discipline will get us back to Albany and beyond next year.

22 days until Opening Day.

[DisplacedCornellian]

No Harvard and no Cornell in Albany.  When's the last time that happened??

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[quote Hillel Hoffmann][quote Al DeFlorio]Disappointing to see a Schafer-coached team play such stupid hockey.  Not just tonight, either.  Very surprising.[/quote]
Yes. But it's not just the stupid stuff. In the third period, Quinnipiac has been stronger in the corners, forechecking like animals, setting up the cycle, doing all the stuff we used to do. Used to do. Used to do.[/quote]

I completely agree. This series loss, along with the team's inconsistent performance throughout the season, is very hard take. Surely we have the entire off-season to discuss this, but I for one want the old Schafer team - unfairly described by all as "big-n-slow" - back. The "fast-n-small" experiment pretty much failed this year.

LGR!

[jtwcornell91]

[quote DisplacedCornellian]No Harvard and no Cornell in Albany.  When's the last time that happened??[/quote]

Off the top of my head, 1999.  (The year of Willie Mitchell's last-second goal from the red line to put CCT past Princeton in the semis.)

Oh, and so actually the answer is never, since the ECACs were still in Placid back then.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote DisplacedCornellian]No Harvard and no Cornell in Albany.  When's the last time that happened??[/quote]

No later than 1999.

2000 - Cornell lost to SLU in Semi, loses Consy
2001 - Cornell lost final to SLU (beat Harvard in semis)
2002 - Cornell lost final to Harvard
2003 - Cornell wins final over Harvard
2004 - Harvard wins final over Clarkson
2005 - Cornell wins final over Harvard
2006 - Harvard wins final over Cornell


Yup, 1999, the final 5 were (5) Colgate, (4) Princeton, (3) RPI, (2) SLU, and (1) Clarkson

[Rich S]

an unfortunate development.  I was looking forward to a Clarkson-Cornell match up...as well as those beers! :-)