Cornell 4 at Dartmouth 1 postgame

[billhoward]

Very nice game for Cornell in an arena that has been unkind to Cornell the last decade. Two-point weekend is better than none and L-W is a better pattern than W-L. We (fans) would probably feel better about beating Harvard but it's probably better for the team to chase away the demons of Dartmouth. And we didn't get blown out by Harvard.

Scrivens 1.5GAA this weekend, 120x125 (.960) saves last couple games . Wonder how Davenport's feeling now. I thought he was the #1 goalie going into the season.

Good way to go into the BU game.

0x4 on power play for Cornell. (Same for Dartmouth) Not enough opportunities to make a statistical difference. We shouldn't have given up the SHG.

Dan Nicholls with his first 2 goals ever at Cornell has to feel good about the weekend.

Downside: We didn't look controlling in either third period. Nicholls' second goal (in the third) was nice but a lucky (or skillful) takeaway.


Downside II: Fisticuffs at game's end. Don't need anybody tossed going into BU. [Edit add:] They were. Dan Nicholls took (on receiving end of) a cheap shot at game's end, Joe Scali and Justin Krueger got game DQs (can't play next game) for the BU game, along with 2 Dartmouth players. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

We must've worn Harvard down. Colgate beat Harvard 2-1.

[ACM]

Since someone asked for the lines:

P. Kennedy / M. Kennedy / Sawada
Greening / R. Nash / Barlow
Scott / Gallagher / J. Devin
Scali / Fontas / Nicholls

Krantz / Krueger
Berk / Seminoff
Ta. Davenport / M. Devin

Scrivens

[Al DeFlorio]

I'm quite pleased with the weekend and the ECAC season to date.  Gave up five goals in four ECAC games on the road and one was a virtually-meaningless EAG.  I thought this young team (skating six frosh) played a more-experienced Harvard team (with whom we are now tied) fairly even early in the season in their barn.  Now we get six non-league games to gain experience and--I hope--confidence before resuming the league schedule in January.

[Omie]

Jason's three stars:

1 - Nicholls
2 - Sawada
3 - Scrivens

Scali and Krueger won't be able to play against BU. Not too good heading to play BU considering Krueger has been solid in defense... but Brendon Nash is playing.

[Al DeFlorio]

Bah.  Krueger and Scali will miss MSG.  Dumb.

[KeithK]

The Dartmouth broadcast reported two DQs for the Big Green out of the post-game fracas.  They didn't mention whether Cornell recieved any.

Edit: Al has the Cornell DQs. :-(

[Rosey]

Krueger and Scali should be benched until February for that shit.  Stupid, stupid...

Kyle

[ACM]

Krueger and Scali get game DQ's at the end of the game.

[Rita]

[quote krose]Krueger and Scali should be benched until February for that shit.  Stupid, stupid...

Kyle[/quote]

Or at least not be allowed to change before boarding the bus back home to Ithaca, However, having two sweaty smelly players on the bus might be unfair to everyone else who played well and kept their wits about them at the end of the game.

[billhoward]

Moral victory for Dartmouth even if they lost 2 guys. They're not playing in the self-proclaimed world's greatest sports arena. (Also one of the shabbiest.)

[calgARI '07]

With Mugford expected back, Scali wouldn't have played anyways.

[redhair34]

[quote krose]Krueger and Scali should be benched until February for that shit.[/quote]

Let's get em' kicked out of school.


Edit: I don't think it's a coincidence that after Dartmouth took a cheap shot at Gallagher in the final minute Schafer had a line of Devin, Scali and Nichols on the ice for the remainder of the game.

[Scersk '97]

Exactly.  A Gaudet-coached team is still a Gaudet-coached team, whether brown or green.

[sah67]

Too bad about Krueger...he's been playing excellent out there; quite possibly our best defenseman after Seminoff.  Hopefully Nash isn't too rusty come next weekend.

Pretty amazing how Dartmouth fills their barn way better than Sucks, yet they manage to be library-silent unless they score.  Never thought I'd see a quieter home-crowd than at Bright.

P.S. I think it's safe to say that Dan "The Sniper" Nicholls has surpassed both Biegas for Hobey candidacy ::rock::
Now if only he would learn not to end up sprawled all over the ice every time he goes to deck someone.

[RichH]

[quote sah67]Too bad about Krueger...he's been playing excellent out there; quite possibly our best defenseman after Seminoff.  Hopefully Nash isn't too rusty come next weekend.[/quote]

I thought Krueger had a terrific game until the end buzzer.  He's definitely one of our most skilled at shot-blocking.  Right now, the defense all seems to be really getting into that skill, and overall is getting good at it.  One reason why many shots that our goaltenders are seeing are low-percentage ones from the outside.

The Dartmouth goal was a well-executed 2-on-1.  Li'l Gaudet just had to hold onto his stick and it was going in.  Our guy (can't remember who) played the carrier to take the shot and not the pass and got burned.  Can't fault Scrivens.

So now we know who can finish breakaways:  Dan Nicholls.  I haven't been so stunned for a breakaway-finish since Jeff Oates scored shorthanded vs. Harvard.