2010 Post-season Thread

[Trotsky]

he's become a very responsible two way player

And he did it at Cornell, rather than on the Olympic team afterward. :-)

[heykb]

I ran into an Ottawa Senators scout in the hotel after the UHN loss. They have the rights to Colin Greening.

The scout said a couple of interesting things. He noted that Schafer's style of play "is no fun the for the players" and he thinks if the style were a bit more offense oriented (for example using two forecheckers routinely), that Cornell would be very tough in the NCAA's every year. He also said Cornell has a great reputation in hockey and that "you can have any players you want" because we provide both an Ivy education and good hockey.

I'm not passing judgement on the comments, but I was intrigued to hear something from someone who sees a lot of hockey for a living.

Karl '77

[RatushnyFan]

he's become a very responsible two way player

And he did it at Cornell, rather than on the Olympic team afterward. :-)

Manderville dig?  I'm with you T.

[ajh258]

I ran into an Ottawa Senators scout in the hotel after the UHN loss. They have the rights to Colin Greening.

The scout said a couple of interesting things. He noted that Schafer's style of play "is no fun the for the players" and he thinks if the style were a bit more offense oriented (for example using two forecheckers routinely), that Cornell would be very tough in the NCAA's every year.

Hear, hear. And sometimes it's no fun for the fans either. Did you record that and sent it to the coaching staff? :-}

[cbuckser]

The scout said a couple of interesting things. He noted that Schafer's style of play "is no fun the for the players" and he thinks if the style were a bit more offense oriented (for example using two forecheckers routinely), that Cornell would be very tough in the NCAA's every year.

Karl '77

I'm perplexed.  When Cornell isn't making a player change, it sends in two forecheckers the overwhelming majority of the time.

Also, Cornell had its defensemen pinch this season more often than it has in years past.  The adjustment made a lot of sense, given the mobile defense corps on the team.

[Anonymous User]

this is a beautiful part of the game...mobile defenceing

[Jim Hyla]

Final USA Today Poll. I'm too lazy to post it. We flip-flop with RIT. They move down from 9 to 10, we do the opposite.::screwy:: Of course that makes sense, after all, we lost and they won.::screwy::::screwy:: Maybe there were some undisclosed intangibles?

[billhoward]

I ran into an Ottawa Senators scout in the hotel after the UHN loss. They have the rights to Colin Greening.

The scout said a couple of interesting things. He noted that Schafer's style of play "is no fun the for the players" and he thinks if the style were a bit more offense oriented (for example using two forecheckers routinely), that Cornell would be very tough in the NCAA's every year. He also said Cornell has a great reputation in hockey and that "you can have any players you want" because we provide both an Ivy education and good hockey.

I'm not passing judgement on the comments, but I was intrigued to hear something from someone who sees a lot of hockey for a living.

Karl '77

Nice way of passing along information and having us take it for what it is. Thanks.

[KeithK]

Final USA Today Poll. I'm too lazy to post it. We flip-flop with RIT. They move down from 9 to 10, we do the opposite.::screwy:: Of course that makes sense, after all, we lost and they won.::screwy::::screwy:: Maybe there were some undisclosed intangibles?

I'd guess that the drubbing RIT received in the semi convinced some voters that the Tigers had just gotten lucky/hot in the regional so they lost some support. Yes, we got beat pretty solidly in the tournament too, but that was a couple weeks ago and besides Cornell is an "established top program" these days.

Boilerplate about meaningless polls removed. It is the offseason after all.

[marty]

Final USA Today Poll. I'm too lazy to post it. We flip-flop with RIT. They move down from 9 to 10, we do the opposite.::screwy:: Of course that makes sense, after all, we lost and they won.::screwy::::screwy:: Maybe there were some undisclosed intangibles?

Maybe they lost points because Gary Thorne referred to them as RPI during the waning moments of the semi.
::whistle::

[Rita]

Final USA Today Poll. I'm too lazy to post it. We flip-flop with RIT. They move down from 9 to 10, we do the opposite.::screwy:: Of course that makes sense, after all, we lost and they won.::screwy::::screwy:: Maybe there were some undisclosed intangibles?

Maybe they lost points because Gary Thorne referred to them as RPI during the waning moments of the semi.
::whistle::

Poor RIT. Three simple letters and very few people with the NC$$ and TV could get it right.

Some of the NC$$ FF clothing for sale had "Rochester Institute" on it. We pointed out to one of the guys that it should be Rochester Institute of Technology. His reply was that they were charged by the inch for the lettering. Our response: Well, you could have saved money and been correct by using RIT.

It was a nice jacket and probably due to low (no?) sales destined to end up in Africa somewhere along with the "Wisconsin 2010 NC$$ hockey champions" t-shirts.

[Trotsky]

Final USA Today Poll. I'm too lazy to post it. We flip-flop with RIT. They move down from 9 to 10, we do the opposite.::screwy:: Of course that makes sense, after all, we lost and they won.::screwy::::screwy:: Maybe there were some undisclosed intangibles?

They just missed out (swap UNH and RIT) on ranking the teams in our regional in the opposite order in which they performed. :-P

[marty]

Not only on the Cape of Hope is the "destroyed " merchandise sold.  There was a hat store on Cape Cod that had 2000 Frozen Four B.C. championship hats a while back.

[RichH]

Maybe they lost points because Gary Thorne referred to them as RPI during the waning moments of the semi.
::whistle::

Poor RIT. Three simple letters and very few people with the NC$$ and TV could get it right.

The guy from Ohio (and "Big Ten Country") next to me at the baseball game Saturday called them "RTI" and had never heard of 'em.  I also talked to the group of Gopher fans about how RIT had sent a bus from Rochester, and had to correct them when they asked "Rochester, Minnesota?"

Some of the NC$$ FF clothing for sale had "Rochester Institute" on it. We pointed out to one of the guys that it should be Rochester Institute of Technology. His reply was that they were charged by the inch for the lettering. Our response: Well, you could have saved money and been correct by using RIT.

Before leaving for the airport Sunday, I looked over the leftover merchandise and a hotel employee was asking the vendor how he did over the weekend. The response was a shake of the head and a "not good."  I think he was holding back because I was around, but he mumbled something about the Frozen Four "just isn't as big" as what I assumed to mean "as the basketball tournament."  Which...well DUH.  And frankly, I'm happy about that.

[KeithK]

Before leaving for the airport Sunday, I looked over the leftover merchandise and a hotel employee was asking the vendor how he did over the weekend. The response was a shake of the head and a "not good."  I think he was holding back because I was around, but he mumbled something about the Frozen Four "just isn't as big" as what I assumed to mean "as the basketball tournament."  Which...well DUH.  And frankly, I'm happy about that.

A vendor who goes to the Frozen Four expecting it to be just like the basketball tournament deserves to lose money.