Cornell 3 at Colgate 1 postgame thread

Beeeej · February 03, 2008, 12:00:00 PM

[quote RichH]At this point, pretty much most of the cheers that many of us think are traditional "Lynah cheers" are done everywhere in one form or another. Blame the internet, blame people picking up things gradually from visiting fans. Even Union does "It's all your fault!" now. UNION!!! The only things I used to hear at Achilles out of their fans were "Red and White make pink! You're gay!"[/quote]

Sadly, I also used to hear them yell "Scoreboard!" fairly often, and it never backfired to my satisfaction.

imafrshmn · February 03, 2008, 12:22:45 PM

[quote BMac]
BTW, are ALL colgate cheers just Lynah copies? From the TV, it sounded like all they have is "let's go gate" and "and they still suck."
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A funny thing happened during the pre-game time last night... one of the Colgate spirit people got on the ice and with a microphone in hand reminded the 'Gate student section to review their Cheering Cheatsheets!

oceanst41 · February 03, 2008, 12:25:46 PM

[quote Trotsky][quote oceanst41]Add to that the weather being absolutely freezing, and how is that not your typical North Country trip?[/quote]No food poisoning.[/quote]

I knew I was leaving something out. While it was no Pizza Hut, we did spend the better part of Saturday at a gas station/fast food place all rolled into one. Still doesn't top the motel/bar/diner in Canton we ate at on Sunday morning, no seriously that was the name of it.

ebilmes · February 03, 2008, 01:11:25 PM

I was impressed by this team's play last night. Colgate was fired up and looking to avenge Friday's loss, but our guys played a focused, physical game. I've been a pessimist for much of this season, but if this team can work out a few kinks, we might see another impressive stretch run.

Scrivens' numbers speak for themselves at this point: 1.90, .935. However, it's unfair and unreasonable to assume that he'll be able to continue to keep us in games in which we only score 1 goal heading in the 3rd. With the 8th best scoring offense in the EZAC, our only chance of winning most games is to have Ben keep the opposition to 1-2 goals. The lack of offense isn't due to a lack of opportunities -- I wish I'd started keeping track of how many looks at open nets Sawada has had. We have a weak offense in a weak conference, and for this team to finish strong some other guys will have to figure out ways to score.

It's tough to fault the team for this in a physical game, but our guys have to cut down on the penalties. Last night, Mike Devin went to the box for knocking a guy down near our net -- on our PP. This could have been avoided if he hadn't been so out of position. Later in the 3rd, Mugford decked a Colgate player who had fired a shot from the blue line after the offsides whistle had blown. I understand the need to retaliate, but a Colgate goal at that point would have put them up 2-1.

Clearing the zone and (still) the breakout play are two other areas in which I'd like to see improvement. Powerplay and penalty kill (Scali!!!) looked good last night. Berk looks over his head on defense, but I'll trust Schafer's judgment as to whether he should be playing. It was good to see Taylor Davenport back on the ice after the report of his serious injury.

Great four-point weekend -- it was the first time in a while that this team played with the same intensity on Saturday that they did on Friday, so I'm cautiously optimistic about the rest of the season. If the team plays this way again next weekend, I can see us coming back with three points.

Doug '08 · February 03, 2008, 01:26:54 PM

A hard fought weekend, great 4 points. Both games could have gone either way, especially last night when we were outplayed for most of the third period. PK is still the strength of this team and did an excellent job. Throught Scrivens played well although he will certainly want to have that one goal back.

Good to see Davenport back in the lineup, surprised to see him dressing as a forward, didn't know the guy could play left wing.

Colgate's Burton-Winchester line can skate with anyone in the conference, past that though the rest of their guys generated very few chances.

I thought Colgate's fans were surprisingly tame and well behaved, as opposed to years past, 2005-2006 in particular. To be honest it was kind of disappointing.

Chris '03 · February 03, 2008, 05:02:57 PM

[quote Beeeej][quote mhand06]is there a bus that goes to the clarkson game? Is there tickets? how much does it cost?[/quote]

Can't remember there having been a CHA bus to Clarkson/St. Lawrence before... it's an extremely long trip. [/quote]

That's an exaggeration. It's four hours from Ithaca. It's further than Cap District and Colgate, on par with Princeton, and closer than everywhere else. It's a boring trip, but not particularly long. I round-tripped to Cheel in a day one year when I couldn't stay for SLU. Even that didn't seem extremely long.

Jim Hyla · February 03, 2008, 10:33:10 PM

[quote Chris '03][quote Beeeej][quote mhand06]is there a bus that goes to the clarkson game? Is there tickets? how much does it cost?[/quote]

Can't remember there having been a CHA bus to Clarkson/St. Lawrence before... it's an extremely long trip. [/quote]

That's an exaggeration. It's four hours from Ithaca. It's further than Cap District and Colgate, on par with Princeton, and closer than everywhere else. It's a boring trip, but not particularly long. I round-tripped to Cheel in a day one year when I couldn't stay for SLU. Even that didn't seem extremely long.[/quote]

I've round-tripped both games, in fact I'll probably do it this year, since my family won't be going. Yes, I'm a hour closer, but it's not that hard.

Roy 82 · February 04, 2008, 01:04:28 AM

[quote nyc94]Clarkson getting crushed 6-1 about halfway through the third at Colorado College so the Championship Belt stays in the WCHA. Clarkson lost 5-2 last night.[/quote]

From USCHO's game recap:
"The Tigers host St. Cloud State next weekend for a pair of games, while the Golden Knights head home for a pair of games against Cornell University"

I'll bet this correspondent doesn't make it to too many ECAC games and doesn't understand the different scheduling systems.

Beeeej · February 04, 2008, 07:16:29 AM

[quote Roy 82][quote nyc94]Clarkson getting crushed 6-1 about halfway through the third at Colorado College so the Championship Belt stays in the WCHA. Clarkson lost 5-2 last night.[/quote]

From USCHO's game recap:
"The Tigers host St. Cloud State next weekend for a pair of games, while the Golden Knights head home for a pair of games against Cornell University"

I'll bet this correspondent doesn't make it to too many ECAC games and doesn't understand the different scheduling systems.[/quote]

At least they get game recaps. ::rolleyes::

mhand06 · February 04, 2008, 06:01:28 PM

I need to get on a bus to Clarkson game i want to go

Beeeej · February 04, 2008, 06:05:48 PM

[quote mhand06]I need to get on a bus to Clarkson game i want to go[/quote]

Have you considered calling or e-mailing someone at the CHA to find out if such a bus exists or is planned?

mhand06 · February 04, 2008, 06:14:52 PM

How do you find out if there is a bus?

mhand06 · February 04, 2008, 06:15:32 PM

CHA? Nope i'll get on it what is cha?

Doug '08 · February 04, 2008, 06:23:06 PM

There won't be a bus for the games, the only CHA bus trips done lately have been to rochester and hamilton. It's a shame though, because Clarkson/SLU are only 4 hours away and along with Colgate are my two favorite places to see an ECAC game. Definitely the most fun road trip of the year.

Hope to see at least a few students there, it seems the notorious traveling fan base has been limited only to alums and townies this year. I'd offer rides if I didn't already have a full car.

mhand06 · February 04, 2008, 06:25:35 PM

oh darn...do u know anyone who is willing to give my friend and her dad and me a ride? We really want to go...so you know for sure that there isnt a bus?