R1 Game 3: Dartmouth 0 @ Cornell 6 (Final)

[ebilmes]

Hooray Townies for giving the Dartmouth bench so much crap after the Gaudet hit on Davenport that Arthur had to page security to hurry over to the M/N aisle.

[Jim Hyla]

This had to be one of the worst officiated games I've seen. In addition to the called off icings in the first period, Murphy was very inconsistent. It went both ways, but mainly favored Dartmouth. The most blatant missed call on us was when Brendon Nash just took down one of their players by climbing over his back along the boards. I had to yell "Murphy sucks" on that one it was so blatant. I still can't figure out the icings in the first period.

[BCrespi]

Another great idea for a TBRW table would be the number of times, "This had to be one of the worst officiated games I've ever seen!" was uttered per game/season.  You could also see how that correlates with winning/losing seasons, strength of officiating, etc.

Seriously though, I feel like I hear this a lot, especially this year (which I guess proves my point).

[Jim Hyla]

Yeah, I know, why couldn't I put everything in one post. However I need to post two more points. First, this weekend shows why it's so important to have senior leadership. Sawada really stepped it up on offense, although defense suffered yesterday. Five goal weekend, and he's certainly not an offensive power. If our underclassmen can pick it up as upperclassmen we can have some good years coming up.

Second, I know Ari doesn't like the line matchups that Schafer goes for, but Fontas' line has been great. No goals by their first line and Johnson and Wyman have 35 and 30 points this season. They far outdistance anyone else on their team. They are a big reason why we win.

[duffs4]

[quote Jim Hyla]The most blatant missed call on us was when Brendon Nash just took down one of their players by climbing over his back along the boards. I had to yell "Murphy sucks" on that one it was so blatant. I still can't figure out the icings in the first period.[/quote]

The funny thing about that particular incident is that Murphy watched it happen and waved it off.  Officiating was horrible both ways; it was only a matter of time before someone got hurt. Hopefully Taylor is alright.

[Trotsky]

[quote Jim Hyla]Fontas' line has been great. No goals by their first line and Johnson and Wyman have 35 and 30 points this season. They far outdistance anyone else on their team. They are a big reason why we win.[/quote]Seconded.  I really enjoy just watching them work.  They do, also, generate some scoring chances, which is remarkable considering that their job is to shut down the other team's top line.

Union isn't top-heavy the way Dartmouth was.  I would be surprised if Mike changed any of the lines, since they all worked well this weekend (with the Sawada and Fontas lines off the charts), but that will change the checking line's usage.  It's a good thing, too, since we don't have last change.

[upperdeck]

I think arthur was calling security to protect himself.. not dartmouth.