3/8/08: Dartmouth 5 Cornell 3 (final)

Trotsky · March 08, 2008, 09:47:59 PM

[quote metaezra][quote pfm10]Mugford 2:00 slashing, 10 min misconduct in the last five seconds[/quote]

Classy guys, classy.[/quote]Meh. It wasn't murder; but it was frustration. And a message for tomorrow.

sms257 · March 08, 2008, 09:51:41 PM

Are you allowed to leave the game and come back. I have a mandatory meeting right in the middle of tomorrows game, if I want to be there for the end, can I not come to the beginning?

imafrshmn · March 08, 2008, 09:53:58 PM

The Dartmouth players, including Devine, were being very cocky and provocative towards the end of the game, taunting the Cornell players--not classy at all, and pretty stupid considering the series is not over yet. They say hockey teams are reflective of the coach, and it certainly holds true for these guys. This is war, my friends. Tomorrow we bring the heat.

Killer · March 08, 2008, 09:58:32 PM

Dial in...to the meeting, that is.

redhair34 · March 08, 2008, 09:59:18 PM

[quote sms257]Are you allowed to leave the game and come back. I have a mandatory meeting right in the middle of tomorrows game, if I want to be there for the end, can I not come to the beginning?[/quote]

yes, as long as you have your ticket

sms257 · March 08, 2008, 10:00:47 PM

Thanks!!

ithacat · March 08, 2008, 10:12:54 PM

[quote imafrshmn]The Dartmouth players, including Devine, were being very cocky and provocative towards the end of the game, taunting the Cornell players--not classy at all, and pretty stupid considering the series is not over yet. They say hockey teams are reflective of the coach, and it certainly holds true for these guys. This is war, my friends. Tomorrow we bring the heat.[/quote]

Why wouldn't they? They smell blood. Cornell has lost 3 of their last 4 playoff games at Lynah. Cornell got out-skated and out-worked tonight. Dartmouth has been chompin' at the bit both nights -- they're the first team out of the locker before warmups, before each period, and they have nothing to lose. Cornell has brought very little intensity to the rink this weekend.

The good news is that they never quit and they're battling out there. The puck didn't bounce their way tonight.

LGR...

TVMohr · March 08, 2008, 10:29:11 PM

We won't carry the misconduct penalty into the next game , will we?

redhair34 · March 08, 2008, 10:30:48 PM

[quote TVMohr]We won't carry the misconduct penalty into the next game , will we?[/quote]

no

Jim Hyla · March 08, 2008, 11:20:43 PM

[quote ithacat][quote imafrshmn]The Dartmouth players, including Devine, were being very cocky and provocative towards the end of the game, taunting the Cornell players--not classy at all, and pretty stupid considering the series is not over yet. They say hockey teams are reflective of the coach, and it certainly holds true for these guys. This is war, my friends. Tomorrow we bring the heat.[/quote]

Why wouldn't they? They smell blood. Cornell has lost 3 of their last 4 playoff games at Lynah. Cornell got out-skated and out-worked tonight. Dartmouth has been chompin' at the bit both nights -- they're the first team out of the locker before warmups, before each period, and they have nothing to lose. Cornell has brought very little intensity to the rink this weekend.

The good news is that they never quit and they're battling out there. The puck didn't bounce their way tonight.

LGR...[/quote]
Let's see, no intensity; 43 shots on goal, 9 shots on 7 PP & 1 goal (1 SHG); on PK, 3 shots given up on 6 opportunities; 20 SOG in third period.

Our problem was not a lack of intensity (I'd take those stats for any game), but a failure to cover up on defense. Many too many 2 on 1 and near breakaways.

redice · March 08, 2008, 11:35:32 PM

[quote Jim Hyla]

Our problem was not a lack of intensity (I'd take those stats for any game), but a failure to cover up on defense. Many too many 2 on 1 and near breakaways.[/quote]

Am I alone in noticing that Doug Krantz seems to be getting beat an inordinate number of times (leading to 2-on-1 & breakaways) the past couple of weekends?

Jim Hyla · March 08, 2008, 11:46:57 PM

[quote redice][quote Jim Hyla]

Our problem was not a lack of intensity (I'd take those stats for any game), but a failure to cover up on defense. Many too many 2 on 1 and near breakaways.[/quote]

Am I alone in noticing that Doug Krantz seems to be getting beat an inordinate number of times (leading to 2-on-1 & breakaways) the past couple of weekends?[/quote]

True, he's trying to get more involved in the offense, but what comes first?

redice · March 08, 2008, 11:59:44 PM

[quote Jim Hyla][quote redice][quote Jim Hyla]

Our problem was not a lack of intensity (I'd take those stats for any game), but a failure to cover up on defense. Many too many 2 on 1 and near breakaways.[/quote]

Am I alone in noticing that Doug Krantz seems to be getting beat an inordinate number of times (leading to 2-on-1 & breakaways) the past couple of weekends?[/quote]

True, he's trying to get more involved in the offense, but what comes first?[/quote]

Under Mike Schafer? Defense comes first.

calgARI '07 · March 09, 2008, 01:07:29 AM

Much better performance tonight for Cornell despite the result. They had a lot more energy and got after it a lot more. Dartmouth had four great chances and scored on all of them. Cornell had about 15 and scored on three of them. Devine was outstanding and put forth one of the better individual performances I've ever seen at the college level. It wasn't that Scrivens was bad (only the third goal was questionable); he played fine but Devine was a lot better so goaltending was the difference. It would be nice if Scrivens can elevate his game tomorrow as Devine did tonight and make some big saves. Tonight would have been a blowout for Cornell if not for Devine.

Still baffling that Schafer puts the fourth line out in the third period when the team is down by two goals. Every shift that line is out is one where they aren't going to score. They're a great shutdown line but when you need a goal (or two), they should not leave the bench.

Good move by Schafer to pull the goaltender to give them the 6-on-4 and get them that third goal.

The Barlow-Gallagher-Devin line is brutal and not contributing a thing. Barlow has gotta contribute more at this point in his career though he has never gotten much confidence going because he makes one bad play for every good one he makes (last night's neutral zone turnover that led to the powerplay goal against).

That was one of the better games I've seen Cornell play this year and they will usually win after performances like that so if they can do it again tomorrow, I think the result will be different.

Tomorrow will be a good character test for a lot of these guys. First period will be key. I think back to last year when Cornell gave up that very early goal against Quinnipiac in Game 2 and they never seemed to recover emotionally from that. Same thing happened in Game 3 against Clarkson in 04. The start will huge.

ithacat · March 09, 2008, 10:07:42 AM

[quote Jim Hyla]
Let's see, no intensity; 43 shots on goal, 9 shots on 7 PP & 1 goal (1 SHG); on PK, 3 shots given up on 6 opportunities; 20 SOG in third period.

Our problem was not a lack of intensity (I'd take those stats for any game), but a failure to cover up on defense. Many too many 2 on 1 and near breakaways.[/quote]

Good performance on PK by a team that has better talent. Ok. Lots of shots on goal for 20 minutes. Ok.

Intensity to me is about effort, focus, and attention to detail in all phases of the game. I didn't see that for close to 60 minutes. It's probably an unfair expectation to have.