Cornell 7 RPI 1 (postgame)

[Cactus12]

Great to finally get to a home game this season.The team looked really, really good and some of the goals were quite nice. From my view in section B, it looked like the Davenport goal was put top shelf on a backhand after waiting out the goalie??! Also, Topher had a nice move in close. There's not much you can say bad about a game like this. RPI's only goal came on a 5x3. Otherwise the kill was dominant, PP effective, and defense was good on both sides of the ice. It was a very lopsided contest. RPI's goalie Alford took quite a bit of abuse from the fans (well deserved I supposed).

[BMac]

This game was good. It seemed like everyone I talked to said "well, I'm here. Not because I'm excited for a Cornell hockey game. (bewildered face) I guess... I'm just here. Out of habit. They better f-ing win."

And you know what? Every goal we scored, we got louder and meaner. And we sang happy birthday to the sieve, felt bad and sang "always look on the bright side of life," sang "Alford is a great big sieve" and generally had a great Old Time Cornell Hockey Night.

And it felt great.

On another note, Topher had 5 points tonight. Five.

[ForkEmDevils]

It's nice to see a win, but I can't get too excited over beating RPI, the worst team in the ECAC.

Next week's games will define what happens in the post season.

[sah67]

[quote BMac]

On another note, Topher had 5 points tonight. Five.[/quote]

Almost...4 points: 1g 3a.  But he's now at 98 career points.  Can't wait to see him reach 100 (hopefully before the playoffs?)

[lynah80]

It seems your opinion of RPI is a bit cynical.

[Dpperk29]

[quote lynah80][quote Dpperk29]so is everyone still calling for Schafer's resignation?

sounds like Cornell dominated 'Tute...[/quote]

Seems your boys had a tough time away their little barn this weekend.  

Brown 4-3 in overtime and 2-5 against Yale?[/quote]

yeah... not really sure what happened in southern New England. it is totally unacceptable to lose like that to Yale. Sounds to me like Leggio had and off weekend and Billy Blaise stood on his head for Yale.

now, back to my original question... is everyone still looking for Schafer's resignation? it is a common flaw of sports fans to always think things are worse than they are or better than they are.

[Jacob 03]

[quote Dpperk29]now, back to my original question... is everyone still looking for Schafer's resignation? it is a common flaw of sports fans to always think things are worse than they are or better than they are.[/quote]*Yawn* Maybe nobody accepts your premise regarding "everyone," unless everyone consists of a couple people who don't post here too often. But we really do appreciate your telling us how common our flaws are.

[PAthologicalLynah]

According to USCHO, RPI had only 9 shots on goal total against Colgate on Friday night, and they are 7.5% (11/147) on the PP for the season.  Yikes.

  Still, its a huge win for the Red and big confidence booster since we had some, ahem, unusual goal scorers.

[oceanst41]

From over in the "Time for a change" thread

[quote billhoward]Maybe the team just wanted to get through Valentine's Day, catch their bearings on Friday, and start setting the world on fire Saturday.[/quote]

Done and done.

I like what I saw from the team last night, especially after dropping 3 in a row. The people who you expect to step up and lead the team (i.e. the captains) did so. Greening netted one, Krantz two, Sawada had a couple of assits and Topher, though I didn't listen to find out for sure, was clearly the #1 star of the game. The rest of the team followed their lead, and here's hoping they continue to do so.

[Killer]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote nr53]So were we just that on fire from last night or was RPI just that bad tonight?[/quote]
Seems to me that RPI has thrown in the towel.  Outscored 11-1 for the weekend?[/quote]

Looked like Quinnipiac threw in the towel last night as well.  After getting mauled 7-2 by Dartmouth on Firday, they looked pretty listless at Harvard last night.  Although they outshot Harvard 38-33, you never sensed they were putting any real sustained pressure on Richter.  Let's hope that performance carries over to next weekend.

BTW, here's the attendance joke of the week: Official attendance at Bright last night was 2822.  Had to be at least 1,000 empty seats.  There were huge blocks of empty seats in virtually every section except the one with the band and maybe the section next to it.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Dpperk29][quote lynah80][quote Dpperk29]so is everyone still calling for Schafer's resignation?

sounds like Cornell dominated 'Tute...[/quote]

Seems your boys had a tough time away their little barn this weekend.  

Brown 4-3 in overtime and 2-5 against Yale?[/quote]

yeah... not really sure what happened in southern New England. it is totally unacceptable to lose like that to Yale. Sounds to me like Leggio had and off weekend and Billy Blaise stood on his head for Yale.

now, back to my original question... is everyone still looking for Schafer's resignation? it is a common flaw of sports fans to always think things are worse than they are or better than they are.[/quote]

I would guess that if you have to ask your question twice, you should know the answer; or were you just throwing flames and trying to start a fire. Many of us respect Clarkson and what they have done over the years. I think most of us feel this is your year, but we don't appreciate you coming to this site and seeming to try and start a fight. Maybe that was not your intent, but to twice have to say "is everyone still looking for Schafer's resignation", when you know that that question is blatantly not true, well I don't want to type what I think.

I enjoy it when other fans come here and post comments about their team, or what they thought of our team when we played them. I enjoy gentle ribbing when one or another of us stretches too far and we have to be brought back to earth. What I don't enjoy is someone from another school trying to stir up things that have nothing to do with them. Do they have the right to do it, of course; but it does nothing but leave a bad taste in my mouth about their school and fans.

As my daughter might say, I've ranted too long; and maybe you had the most innocent intent, but I hope you can understand that coming to our forum and talking about our coach resigning does not bring us closer.

As a postscript, most of us are silently hoping for Clarkson to finish the season in first, and to then have their patented tourney flop. After all, it's the only way we can get to the NCAA's.:-)

[TimV]

Did I miss a post?  I didn't see any calls for resignations...just strategy/tactical/recruiting adjustments...::wtf::

[PAthologicalLynah]

I made the unfortunate mistake of asking if anyone else felt that Schaefer might be losing control over this team after last weeks hit from behind incident.  I certainly didn't call for his resignation.

 It seemed to me a legitimate question given some of the uncharacteristic behavior this season; the sloppy Saturdays, the lack of being able to seal wins at home, a general lack of urgency.  I think in a radio interview Jason even mentioned the coach was having a problem getting the team to be prepared on Saturdays after a home win.

   I realize now that is completely unacceptable to even raise such a question here.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote PAthologicalLynah]I made the unfortunate mistake of asking if anyone else felt that Schaefer might be losing control over this team after last weeks hit from behind incident.  I certainly didn't call for his resignation.

 It seemed to me a legitimate question given some of the uncharacteristic behavior this season; the sloppy Saturdays, the lack of being able to seal wins at home, a general lack of urgency.  I think in a radio interview Jason even mentioned the coach was having a problem getting the team to be prepared on Saturdays after a home win.

   I realize now that is completely unacceptable to even raise such a question here.[/quote]

I went back over and reread the "Time For A Change" thread. No one was throwing flames there, some of us just disagreed. I don't think you were wrong to bring it up, and I think the discussion was reasonable.

Don't carry over my resentment for the mention on this thread about "everyone calling for Schafer's resignation". That statement was uncalled for, and not at all related to your point that the team and coaches need to change.

Continue to post your constructive comments, positive or negative.

[TimV]

I saw that post, but didn't see it as a resignation call.  I saw it as a suggestion that it may be time to give the horse a taste of the whip, so to speak.

Nor do I see it as an unacceptable question as long as you're prepared for some strong responses.