Cornell 4 at Colgate 1 Post-game Thread

sah67 · November 13, 2008, 10:00:10 PM

Starr looked devoid of any Colgate "fans" with more than a minute left. Nice game. A bit undisciplined, but at least the offense showed up...and Scrivens was excellent again, despite the shutout streak ending.

Sooner or later, the whole "letting the other team outshoot us by 3-to-1 and bank on Scrivens"-strategy isn't going to pan out.

I hope Mugford is alright.

Trotsky · November 13, 2008, 10:05:46 PM

Shots were 41-19 Colgate. No arguing with results, though: 2-0-1 on the road including a win at the consensus league favorite. Next 5 ECAC games are at Lynah.

JDeafv · November 13, 2008, 10:10:02 PM

[quote Trotsky]Shots were 41-19 Colgate[/quote]

Funny, Age gave the shots as 29-9 Cornell after 2 on Elynah live.

redhair34 · November 13, 2008, 10:13:20 PM

It will be a big loss if Mugford is out for any significant amount of time.

Trotsky · November 13, 2008, 10:13:27 PM

[quote JDeafv][quote Trotsky]Shots were 41-19 Colgate[/quote]

Funny, Age gave the shots as 29-9 Cornell after 2 on Elynah live.[/quote]

Jason gave the shots as:

Cornell 7-5-6
Colgate 11-19-11

puckbunny · November 13, 2008, 10:15:04 PM

any updates on mugford's injury?

who took him down?

MB · November 13, 2008, 10:30:09 PM

Good first, we were in the box most of the second (some crap calls, some stupid penalties), and they seemed to phone it in for most of the third. Scrivens looked awesome, but he's wandering again. If this keeps up, my coworkers will start giving me odd looks when I yell at the screen.

Trotsky · November 13, 2008, 10:33:45 PM

From the "Oddities" file. Schafer as coach has a perfect record in Game 3 of the season (14-0-0). This is true of no other game, and hasn't been since he lost a Game 21 in the 2003-04 season after being 8-0-0.

Liz '05 · November 13, 2008, 11:19:32 PM

[quote Trotsky]From the "Oddities" file. Schafer as coach has a perfect record in Game 3 of the season (14-0-0). This is true of no other game, and hasn't been since he lost a Game 21 in the 2003-04 season after being 8-0-0.[/quote]
It scares me that your statistic-keeping is such that you know this.

On a side note, moving to California has thrown off my Cornell hockey schedule...I missed this game not because I forgot it was tonight but because I forgot it was at 4:30 PST. ::help::

RichH · November 14, 2008, 12:12:25 AM

[quote Trotsky]From the "Oddities" file. Schafer as coach has a perfect record in Game 3 of the season (14-0-0). This is true of no other game, and hasn't been since he lost a Game 21 in the 2003-04 season after being 8-0-0.[/quote]

Dude...step away from the spreadsheet. It's gonna be OK. We're here for you.

nr53 · November 14, 2008, 12:19:11 AM

[quote puckbunny]any updates on mugford's injury?

who took him down?[/quote]

If I remember correctly, it was more that he was fighting for the puck going behind the net, lost his balance and footing and just fell awkwardly. The replay looked pretty painful so I hope he's doing ok.

ebilmes · November 14, 2008, 12:21:29 AM

Shots on goal, at least according to the scoreboard, were really screwy this game. At one point in the second period, they started giving every shot on goal to Colgate (including the ones we shot) and then at one point subtracted three or four from our total. I'm not sure if this was negligence or some plan to decrease their own goalie's save percentage? Either way it was bizarre.

Colgate students turned out for the free pizza, but things were pretty empty on the townie side. As others mentioned in the game thread, the 'gate fans were classless as usual. Some of them left after 1 period, and most had left by the start of the 3rd.

As for Mugford, he was hobbling around the stands a few minutes after the injury. Let's hope it's nothing major.

Scrivens had another great game. He was hung out to dry by the defense on that one goal tonight...just left the puck in front of the net and there wasn't much Ben could do. He had some other nice saves...and a few near-misses he didn't see. Davenport and Garman were both on the bench tonight; not sure what that's about.

The offense was great to see, but we still have some major problems that are going to cause trouble against NoDak, in FL, and against better teams. First and foremost is the breakout play, which has been awful for two years now. As some of us have commented at the games, what is Schafer having them practice during the week? Our breakout plays, starting from behind our own net, usually result in our having lost possession by the red line, if not before. A couple times tonight, we lost the puck trying to carry it out of the zone and gave up a good scoring opportunity. It didn't matter if Colgate only sent one forward to harass, or if 'gate was changing, we still looked terrible. These kinds of blunders are going to cost us if we play a team that can finish.

Of course, it's hard to knock this team at 2-0-1. Let's keep the momentum going.

sah67 · November 14, 2008, 12:24:57 AM

[quote ebilmes] Davenport and Garman were both on the bench tonight; not sure what that's about.

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According to Brandon Thomas in his coverage in the IJ, Davenport is just getting back to full-strength after some elbow surgery and wasn't supposed to dress tonight, but apparently did.

I assume Garman was Scrivens's backup only while Davenport was side-lined with the surgery and he might turn into #3 behind Davenport now. That is of course unless Schafer really does have that much confidence in him from what he saw in the exhibition games and from what he sees during practice.

Doug '08 · November 14, 2008, 12:34:53 AM

Am I remembering this right, or isn't Colgate the wacky rink that records "saves" and not "shots" on the scoreboard? Perhaps that could have caused some of the confusion... always pissed me off, ALMOST as much as the big red chewing gum and free pizza give aways. Although hey, at least we brought our jerseys this game.

ebilmes · November 14, 2008, 01:47:37 AM

[quote Doug '08]Am I remembering this right, or isn't Colgate the wacky rink that records "saves" and not "shots" on the scoreboard? Perhaps that could have caused some of the confusion... always pissed me off, ALMOST as much as the big red chewing gum and free pizza give aways. Although hey, at least we brought our jerseys this game.[/quote]

Actually I think you're right, it was probably saves. I just assumed it counted shots like every other scoreboard.

As for the chewing gum, it took 3-4 minutes to clear the ice of the damn things AFTER the refs were ready to drop the puck. I thought that was legitimate grounds for a penalty.