St. Lawrence 0 @ Cornell 1 Postgame Thread

[Beeeej]

Sounds like Scrivens did a great job getting the shutout.  Looking forward to thoughts and opinions from people who were actually there.

[upperdeck]

hey he would have had one the night before if he handnt scored on himself..

[Trotsky]

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[dragonfan]

Gallagher played a great game and so did Scrivens,but I hate feeling like there just holding on,the second and third basically was controled by St.Lawrence.The only real stretch that we controled the game came after Gallaghers spectacular near goal in the first.

[Jim Hyla]

Ok, I was there and the game was schizophrenic. They never played better than the first period, but the third, wow, why can't they play better defense. Gallagher never looked better. Yes his first period rush was amazing, but throughout the whole game he performed. I finally see why he's been on the PP all year. He and Scrivens were no doubt the best players tonight. R. Nash showed flashes of brilliance with his passing. I just hope he can stay another year with Greening.

But we either have to score more when we are playing well, or the defense when we are ahead has to be a lot better. We used to be so good at protecting a lead. It was only a couple of lucky bounces that kept SLU off the scoreboard. We have to stop taking inopportune penalties. Other teams would have put it to us.

That said, there is definitely something special about this team. They remind me of earlier teams of the 2000's. Somehow they find a way to win.

SLU looked a lot better than their record. Better than either 'gate or Clarkson. If they can continue to improve they will be around come ECAC tourney.

Now I'm over to Sioux sports to read up.

[Trotsky]

[quote dragonfan]Gallagher played a great game and so did Scrivens,but I hate feeling like there just holding on,the second and third basically was controled by St.Lawrence.The only real stretch that we controled the game came after Gallaghers spectacular near goal in the first.[/quote]I'd prefer more games like Dartmouth and Clarkson, where Cornell controls play for large stretches, too.  They did do that tonight particularly in the first, when there seemed to be 5 five minutes stretches where the Saints did not control the puck in their offensive zone once.  But that sort of dominance is not going to be typical.


I think this weekend showed what Cornell can do when they are businesslike against an opponent playing a terrible game, and an opponent playing at the very top of their game, while the Grand Forks weekend showed what Cornell can do, against a businesslike opponent, playing a terrible game and playing at the very top of their game.  Out of that 2x2 matrix they played .750 -- a hopeful sign with the caveat that this squad cannot take a night off or they'll lose to Wayne State.  And those guys are disbanded.

[billhoward]

YouTube was invented for incredible scoring moves like the one by Blake Gallagher in the first period. Except it went wide. Damn.

Even for a team averaging 20% on the PP, odds are not wildly in favor of their scoring on a five-minute major. But that was a big disappointment that we didn't capitalize on that game misconduct / five minute opportunity.

You can't tell from the video webcast (even if it's improving each year) whether Scrivens was good, great, or spectacular, but it appears as if he saved Cornell in the third.

Pretty decent way to head into exams.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote billhoward]You can't tell from the video webcast (even if it's improving each year) whether Scrivens was good, great, or spectacular, but it appears as if he saved Cornell in the third. [/quote]

Scrivens was great, I don't know how to separate from spectacular, and lucky. There were many pipes and missed nets, so maybe that means not spectacular.

[BMac]

Short game notes from my last game as a student

Gallagher- fantastic all weekend long. The scoring opportunity today was sportcenter top play material. Split two guys, beat a third, spun left, beat the goalie, and barely missed a blind backhand in on the spin. Every single person in the rink groaned.

5-minute penalty for hitting M.Kennedy from behind- 100% textbook, he could have been seriously hurt. Didn't get up for 30 seconds. Very bad penalty, I'm glad he's ok.

It's 9 o'clock on a Friday night- honestly, 15 people in A were staring holes into the digital clock on the wall under the catwalk between 8:59 and 9:00. As soon as it turned, we ALL started the cheer, and the whole rink finished it, with a resounding "YOU CAN'T SCORE! YOU CAN'T SCORE!"  I don't care if it's 1-0, we did good.

Scrivens- is a Deity. Capital D. The glove save at the end was beyond McKee-like. The townies all spontaneously stood, it was that good.

This is the 2004 team in too many ways- find a way to win, strong and physical, 2-1 and 1-0 games, awesome goalie, all wins at home except for a tie against toothpaste. And oh yeah, they seem like they will always win.

[Beeeej]

[quote BMac]It's 9 o'clock on a Friday night- honestly, 15 people in A were staring holes into the digital clock on the wall under the catwalk between 8:59 and 9:00. As soon as it turned, we ALL started the cheer, and the whole rink finished it, with a resounding "YOU CAN'T SCORE! YOU CAN'T SCORE!"  I don't care if it's 1-0, we did good.[/quote]

For the love of God, would you please explain to the other fourteen people that the "9 o'clock" cheer is "It's 9 o'clock - do you know where your goalie is?" when we're up by a few goals, and "It's Saturday night, and you can't score" is completely different and has nothing to do with the time on the clock?!

[Rita]

[quote Beeeej][quote BMac]It's 9 o'clock on a Friday night- honestly, 15 people in A were staring holes into the digital clock on the wall under the catwalk between 8:59 and 9:00. As soon as it turned, we ALL started the cheer, and the whole rink finished it, with a resounding "YOU CAN'T SCORE! YOU CAN'T SCORE!"  I don't care if it's 1-0, we did good.[/quote]

For the love of God, would you please explain to the other fourteen people that the "9 o'clock" cheer is "It's 9 o'clock - do you know where your goalie is?" when we're up by a few goals, and "It's Saturday night, and you can't score" is completely different and has nothing to do with the time on the clock?![/quote]

I don't think the TV stations air those PSAs anymore, thus I'm not sure the kids today get it. The PSAs were very popular in the late 70's/ early 80's (but the time was 10 o'clock, IIRC). Actually, it might not be a bad idea to bring them back.

[ugarte]

[quote Rita][quote Beeeej][quote BMac]It's 9 o'clock on a Friday night- honestly, 15 people in A were staring holes into the digital clock on the wall under the catwalk between 8:59 and 9:00. As soon as it turned, we ALL started the cheer, and the whole rink finished it, with a resounding "YOU CAN'T SCORE! YOU CAN'T SCORE!"  I don't care if it's 1-0, we did good.[/quote]

For the love of God, would you please explain to the other fourteen people that the "9 o'clock" cheer is "It's 9 o'clock - do you know where your goalie is?" when we're up by a few goals, and "It's Saturday night, and you can't score" is completely different and has nothing to do with the time on the clock?![/quote]

I don't think the TV stations air those PSAs anymore, thus I'm not sure the kids today get it. The PSAs were very popular in the late 70's/ early 80's (but the time was 10 o'clock, IIRC). Actually, it might not be a bad idea to bring them back.[/quote]
The time in the PSA's was 10 o'clock, but I think you can see why Lynah moved it to 9.

[Chris '03]

[quote Rita]

I don't think the TV stations air those PSAs anymore, thus I'm not sure the kids today get it. The PSAs were very popular in the late 70's/ early 80's (but the time was 10 o'clock, IIRC). Actually, it might not be a bad idea to bring them back.[/quote]

It's 10 and they still air them in Connecticut.

[Cornell11]

at what minute in the redcast feed did gallagher make that incredible scoring move?

[Jordan 04]

I'm pretty air Fox 5 in NY still does them before the 10:00 news.