RPI 0 @ Cornell 4 (FINAL) - Game 2, 3/14/09

[ugarte]

[quote marty]RIP announcers complaining that they can't enjoy a game with their team in the box.[/quote]
This is a little unfair. I think they were complaining that nobody can enjoy a game where play is stopped so often by the officials (with an unspoken caveat that the winning team will find it enjoyable anyway).

I found that they were pretty levelheaded about the whole thing. I didn't hear them complain that any particular penalty call wasn't justified, though they found the game was called unusually tight in general.

[Trotsky]

[quote ugarte][quote marty]RIP announcers complaining that they can't enjoy a game with their team in the box.[/quote]
This is a little unfair. I think they were complaining that nobody can enjoy a game where play is stopped so often by the officials (with an unspoken caveat that the winning team will find it enjoyable anyway).

I found that they were pretty levelheaded about the whole thing. I didn't hear them complain that any particular penalty call wasn't justified, though they found the game was called unusually tight in general.[/quote]

I only wish it had been St. Lawrence.

[Robin]

I missed it.  where was Schafer tonight?

also, the team may have looked "tired" at the end, because with a 3 goal lead, and on the PP most of the third period, they didn't have to give it their all.  also, more play time for players like Ross, Punches, etc.

[lynah80]

RPI was thoroughly defeated and they looked like a really bush league team tonight.  They were incapable of staying out of the penalty box: slashing, hooking, roughing, hitting after the whistle, whatever.  Let's hope that no one was seriously hurt (on either team).  The mood in the hotel for RPI tonight will be grim and hopefully, they will be thinking a lot about the long wait for 2009-2010.

Power Plays:

Cornell: 2 for 18
RPI: 0 for 8

Shots:

Cornell: 56
RPI: 9

Shutout for Scrivens.  He didn't have to stand on his head, but he has to feel a lot better than he did last night.

[David Harding]

[quote Robin]I missed it.  where was Schafer tonight?

also, the team may have looked "tired" at the end, because with a 3 goal lead, and on the PP most of the third period, they didn't have to give it their all.  also, more play time for players like Ross, Punches, etc.[/quote]Suspended for his comments last night about the officiating.

[lynah80]

BC upset UNH 1-0.  UMass Lowell upset Vermont 4-2.  UNH and Vermont are eliminated from the Hockey East playoffs.  The losses will help Cornell in the Pairwise.

[KeithK]

[quote Robin]I missed it.  where was Schafer tonight?/quote]
Schafer got suspended for criticizing the officiating in last night's game.  He got his wish - a different pair of refs who called everything.  (Oh, and a win.)

[lynah80]

[quote KeithK][quote Robin]I missed it.  where was Schafer tonight? [/quote]
Schafer got suspended for criticizing the officiating in last night's game.  He got his wish - a different pair of refs who called everything.  (Oh, and a win.)[/quote]

I think the ECAC had to suspend Schafer because of what he said.  But also, they probably watched the game and decided he was right.

[Rita]

Wisc 3-1 in 3rd (v. MSU).

UMD beating CC in 3rd,

Denver v. Anchorage tied at 2.

Sorry, I didn't catch the North Dakota score. I am at the age where I can barely remember team/scores for 2 games (and remember Pi to two numbers past the decimal point :-P).

[Trotsky]

All I can say is, poor Arthur.  He has to certify the official score. ;-)

[Trotsky]

[quote Rita]Wisc 3-1 in 3rd (v. MSU).

UMD beating CC in 3rd,

Denver v. Anchorage tied at 2.

Sorry, I didn't catch the North Dakota score. I am at the age where I can barely remember team/scores for 2 games (and remember Pi to two numbers past the decimal point :-P).[/quote]

That's only 2 fewer than there are. ::burnout::

[andyw2100]

[quote Trotsky]Is that "you can't do that!" for icing?  Funny.[/quote]

Answering late, after just getting back from the game and reading through everything. But no, the "You can't do that" was in response to one of the refs (I think it was Murphy) retrieving Lange's stick for him. And as luck would have it, based on how quickly play came back into the RPI end, it's not clear that Lange would have been able to retrieve it himself. I was shocked. I'm pretty sure I've never seen that before. It seems to me that a goalie losing his stick is part of the game, and that having to weigh the option of leaving the net to retrieve it versus playing without it is also part of the game. I don't understand how a ref could essentially change the game by retrieving it for him.

Anyone that knows something about officiating care to comment? Dpperk, perhaps?

[marty]

[quote ugarte][quote marty]RIP announcers complaining that they can't enjoy a game with their team in the box.[/quote]
This is a little unfair. I think they were complaining that nobody can enjoy a game where play is stopped so often by the officials (with an unspoken caveat that the winning team will find it enjoyable anyway).

I found that they were pretty levelheaded about the whole thing. I didn't hear them complain that any particular penalty call wasn't justified, though they found the game was called unusually tight in general.[/quote]

I agree - I was listening to two games, reading the message board, checking the Onion game tracker and doing the WSJ crossword.  It was hard to make a fair comment.  I was just enjoying their pain and at the same time I was being somewhat of a pain, myself.

[CowbellGuy]

It was Kotyra that got the stick. Almost positive refs can't do that. I know a player can't pick up another stick and hand it off. I've seen refs and linesmen pick up sticks and hold onto them until stoppages, but I've never seen an official hand a stick to a player or goalie.

[abmarks]

[quote CowbellGuy]It was Kotyra that got the stick. Almost positive refs can't do that. I know a player can't pick up another stick and hand it off. I've seen refs and linesmen pick up sticks and hold onto them until stoppages, but I've never seen an official hand a stick to a player or goalie.[/quote]

THe only time they can do this is in a rec league.

MAJOR breach IMO.