Bemidji State

[Avash]

[quote sah67]I also believe that BSU is one of the few remaining active D-1 programs that Cornell has never played before.

Trotsky, can you confirm?[/quote]

Teams Cornell has never played before: Bemidji State, Alaska-Anchorage, Nebraska-Omaha, Connecticut, Bentley, Holy Cross.

Cornell trying to join Brent Brekke and Justin Milo in the FF...

[lynah80]

The complete game: Niagara Purple Eagles vs Bemidji Beavers CHA Hockey 11/22/2008

is available on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw4RQut29QA

[nr53]

[quote lynah80]
How small are they exactly:

Average weight without goalies, based on rosters listed on home pages:

Cornell: 193 +/- 16
Beimidji: 187 +/- 15

mean +/- stdev

Number of players > 200 lbs

Cornell: 10
Beimidji: 4

That includes everyone, injured or not.  No guarantee that the info on the websites is 100% accurate.[/quote]

CHN has a page that compares that stats of each team for any given game and I give it a look before games. It shows average size, weight, age, pp/pk%.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/taleoftape.php?gid=1242

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Having watched the  BSU - UND game my observations:

Bemidji is small.  Notre Dame looked huge compared to them (especially in those gold "Romulan Centurian" helmets).  And ND is not bigger than we are.  One guy to watch out for is #13, Tyler Scofield.  He was all over the ice in the offensive zone.  Fast and good sense with the puck.  He's listed at 5'8" but seems much smaller.

Defense: Clog up the middle on defense, especially in front of the goalie.  Block a lot of shots.  Patient on the break-out.  They definitely played really strong in their defensive zone.  

Offense: they rarely tried to skate the puck into the zone.  Their offense was a lot of dump and chase with the occasional rinkwide pass down the right wing.  Good cycle along the offensive boards.  

Sound familiar?

One thing I noticed was that Notre Dame consistently tried to skate the puck right up the middle of the ice.  It wasn't working, but they didn't seem to have much else in the play book.  Also ND's power play kept three men high / two men low with lots of shots from the point.  That wasn't going to work against 4 defenders in the slot.

In summary, Ned Dykes had an observation about Bemidji that hits the nail on the head: A team-full of Tophers.  They're small, aggressive, hard skating, and not afraid to take or give a hit against a bigger opponent.

BTW, speaking of Topher, his mom and dad say "Hi!" to everyone.  They came up from Chicago for the game.  Topher is skating for the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees in McAllen, Texas.  Somehow, "Killer Bee" fits him, don'tcha think?

[andyw2100]

You were on TV quite a bit yesterday, Jeff. With a little luck perhaps we'll see you cheering happily at the end of the game tonight.

[Beeeej]

I spotted RichH, Jeff Hopkins '82, ebilmes, and Jeff Kahn in the crowd yesterday... probably a few others as well, but I can't recall.

[andyw2100]

I'm not as good as Beeeej at matching faces with names, but Annie Dykes was definitely on TV quite a bit as well.

[gored]

Fast and small.  I believe that is what Mrs. Donato said.  
Go Big Red!!!!!!!!

[BMac]

Other random question for Trotsky/ACM/other historians: How many teams has Cornell played that no longer exist?

Penn and Wayne St. come to mind.

It would be funny if the number of teams we haven't yet played in D-I was smaller than the number of teams we have played but no longer exist.

[lynah80]

[quote nr53][quote lynah80]
How small are they exactly:

Average weight without goalies, based on rosters listed on home pages:

Cornell: 193 +/- 16
Beimidji: 187 +/- 15

mean +/- stdev

Number of players > 200 lbs

Cornell: 10
Beimidji: 4

That includes everyone, injured or not.  No guarantee that the info on the websites is 100% accurate.[/quote]

CHN has a page that compares that stats of each team for any given game and I give it a look before games. It shows average size, weight, age, pp/pk%.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/schedules/taleoftape.php?gid=1242[/quote]

The heights and weights listed at Collegehockeynews for Cornell and Beimidji do not agree with those at the individual team homepages.  That's why I recalculated the means.

[Mike Hedrick 01]

I believe Syracuse is another.

[lynah80]

Steaming video for ESPNu tonight

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seminoles-station

Currently showing UNH vs ND

[ACM]

[quote BMac]Other random question for Trotsky/ACM/other historians: How many teams has Cornell played that no longer exist?

Penn and Wayne St. come to mind.

It would be funny if the number of teams we haven't yet played in D-I was smaller than the number of teams we have played but no longer exist.[/quote]

Take a look at pp. 46-47 of the Cornell Men's Ice Hockey media guide for 2008-09.

[David Harding]

Bemidji Pioneer report on the Notre Dame game.

"That was a huge goal," Serratore reported. "You know what I always say, the first team to four in college hockey wins. I don't care who the team is, coming back from four goals down is very tough."

Bemidji Pioneer had previewed the game.  

In watching film, [ND Coach] Jackson said he's very impressed with BSU's team speed.

"They try to spread the ice which allows their speed to be effective," he said. "They use speed on the power play as well, so we have been concentrating on playing the guys without the puck strong. The guys without the puck become dangerous with teams using that style and that's where you have to really concentrate on defense.

"They also have a good goaltender in Matt Dalton and good defensemen. They bring a lot of energy to the game and are a reflection of (Serratore) in that regard. We expect this to be a difficult game."

[BSU Coach] Serratore reported the Beavers have concentrated on being on their toes against the Fighting Irish.

"The biggest thing is, you can't the way you play. You have to realize the tougher the opponent and the bigger the game the better you have to take care of the puck. In games of this magnitude against a team like Notre Dame, mistakes get magnified. They have a multitude of people who can beat you."

Also note their links out on the topic.

[Trotsky]

[quote BMac]It would be funny if the number of teams we haven't yet played in D-I was smaller than the number of teams we have played but no longer exist.[/quote]

It's significantly smaller.  US teams no longer D-1:

Bowdoin
Buffalo
Cascadilla
Case
Columbia
Hamilton
Lehigh
Middlebury
MIT
Norwich
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural College
Penn State
Penn
Plattsburgh
Seneca
St. Louis
Swarthmore
Syracuse
Wayne State
Western Reserve

A few are D-3; most have dropped to club.  A few schools actually don't exist anymore.