Cornell 2 Yale 4 (Final)

[Al DeFlorio]

Update please.  Live stats doesn't seem to be working

2-2 after two

[Jim Hyla]

4 on 4 we look good. But all you Nash dislikers can change to Riley, terrible penalties.

[semsox]

Too many penalties.

On both teams.  No flow.  Not really enjoyable...

[Jim Hyla]

5 on 3 for us.

[Chris 02]

Ouch 3-2 Yale

4:25 to go.

[imafrshmn]

ugh.  what do we need to do to beat yale???

[Jim Hyla]

ugh.  what do we need to do to beat yale???

Play defense.

[TimV]

For one, I'd say the power play needs to be more aggressive than it was in the last two chances tonight, including 1:40 or so of 5 on 3.  Lots of clear looks at a freshman goaltender trying to preserve the score.  Gotta put it on net.  Just gotta.

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell recovered fairly nicely after that horrific first period, but managed few good scoring chances.  Yale's winning goal seemed too easy, but I'd need to see a replay to really say.  Seems to me we fiddly-farted around too much on the 5x3 and again on the last power play.

[ithacat]

ugh.  what do we need to do to beat yale???

Get faster and find some scorers.

[Trotsky]

ugh.  what do we need to do to beat yale???

Score more than they do.

[dadeo]

having just come from the game, I think except for the slow defensive start in the first period, the Red played well.
However, (someone chime in here if they don't agree), Schafer should not have left Greening/Gallagher/Nash in there for 2-3 consecutive shifts.  They were in there for the beginning of the 5x4 that led up to the 5x3.  Schafer is going to have to start relying on more than just one line.  A timeout is not enough time for these guys to re-fuel and go at it again for a whole another 1minute 40 seconds.

I wish we could have that power play back

Dave '02

oh yea, and for all you people who commented on the shots, the scorers DEFINATELY padded the number of Yale shots taken in the first period
(example, the puck would dribble across the crease, and Scrivens would cover up. not on goal, but a shot anyway according to them)

[ebilmes]

Interested to hear what the B.Nash support group has to say about the second Yale goal, or his taking yet another stupid penalty at the end of a period (this one with less than a minute left in the second).

Cornell played pretty well after the first period, but...
1. Nash cannot allow the puck to get through to Little on that second goal
2. Cornell needed to score on that 5x3 late in the 3rd. (Could barely hold the zone.)
3. The third Yale goal looked extremely soft. Scrivens has to stop that if the team is going anywhere this season.
4. Riley Nash needs to start putting the puck into wide open nets. This is getting ridiculous for a first-round NHL pick. And I know he was frustrated but striking a Yale player in the middle of the ice after the whistle was moronic. Very rare to see that kind of lack of discipline with a Schafer team.

Why did the band choose football over hockey? The football team is an embarrassment, and no one really cares about this season, while the hockey team and fans tangibly benefit from the presence of the pep band.

A winnable game which we gave away. Don't try to blame this one on inexperience -- it was the seniors who dropped the ball tonight. Four straight losses to Yale and counting.

[oceanst41]

Cornell recovered fairly nicely after that horrific first period, but managed few good scoring chances.  Yale's winning goal seemed too easy, but I'd need to see a replay to really say.  Seems to me we fiddly-farted around too much on the 5x3 and again on the last power play.

It sure looked like there was no "plan" on that 5X3, just a lot of excited passing and running around in the zone (which led to Yale clears). Especially surprising after a T.O. to draw up a play.

Other observations:

Yale beat Cornell to EVERY puck in the first. Every time Cornell took the puck back, it seemed Yale turned them over and transitioned back into our end. Second two periods were much more even, and Cornell was starting to find some holes in the Yale defense.

Shocked that Riley lost his cool like that. It's almost unfathomable that it was an unprovoked incident, because that would just be beyond dumb. Everyone knows that the instigator never gets the penalty (unless it's the NHL and they make up a rule so the retaliator becomes the instigator ::cuss:

The Yale GWG was another nice transition play after a Cornell turnover, where the two skaters crossed just inside the blueline and created a screen with the defenders. However, this was a wrister from the blueline, totally agree that this shot needs to be picked up and saved. I'm not one for the Scrivens bashing bandwagon, but he needed to make that stop. Of all the chances Yale had in the game, that one should have been a piece of cake.

I'm also very thankful for Redcast. I was reminded last night of why we ditched Some-Access. Aside from the random dropouts all game long, the final two minutes were all fits and starts to the point where I had to switch over to Jason on the Redcast. We are still some two weeks away, but I'm very thankful for a continuous feed, the "good afternoon (evenign/night/etc.)" greeting when I log in, replays, and on screen statistics.

[redhair34]

Riley was reacting to a slash he recieved as he carried the puck along the blueline.