Brown at Cornell

[Trotsky]

We can still salvage a season by beating Sucks.

The "I'd be overjoyed" mark this year is getting to Atlantic City, likely by winning a First Round series at home and then a QF upset on the road.

Now, if you make the Lynah series Clarkson and the QF win at Bright, nobody here will complain.

[Rosey]

We can still salvage a season by beating Sucks.

The "I'd be overjoyed" mark this year is getting to Atlantic City, likely by winning a First Round series at home and then a QF upset on the road.

And even if Cornell doesn't make it, the silver lining would be hearing the crickets at the AC rink, which would be one step toward getting the finals back in Albany.  Along these lines, my dream would be something like Colgate/Dartmouth/Harvard/Brown, virtually guaranteeing a nearly empty arena.

[ajh258]

Any word on Jillson's condition?

Broken forearm - secondhand source from a Sun sports writer.

[Chris '03]

Any word on Jillson's condition?

[specific injury] - second-hand source from a Sun sports writer.

[insert annual discussion about discussing the health of student athletes on elynah or any other public space here]

[Trotsky]

Any word on Jillson's condition?

Broken forearm - secondhand source from a Sun sports writer.

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[Trotsky]

And even if Cornell doesn't make it, the silver lining would be hearing the crickets at the AC rink, which would be one step toward getting the finals back in Lake Placid.

FYP

[jtwcornell91]

And even if Cornell doesn't make it, the silver lining would be hearing the crickets at the AC rink, which would be one step toward getting the finals back in Lake Placid.

FYP

::cheer::

[Josh '99]

Any word on Jillson's condition?

[specific injury] - second-hand source from a Sun sports writer.

[insert annual discussion about discussing the health of student athletes on elynah or any other public space here]

[Insert annual discussion about how one of our players gets seriously injured seemingly every time we play Brown here]  ::cuss::

[Jacob '06]

Any word on Jillson's condition?

[specific injury] - second-hand source from a Sun sports writer.

[insert annual discussion about discussing the health of student athletes on elynah or any other public space here]

[Insert annual discussion about how one of our players gets seriously injured seemingly every time we play Brown here]  ::cuss::

I felt that the hit looked pretty clean to me. The Brown player did approach Jillson a little bit from behind, but he hit Jillson shoulder to shoulder into the boards. It looked like a good shoulder-shoulder hit to me and Jillson just unfortunately got crunched up funny in the process and got injured.

[Jim Hyla]

Mike called it a significant upper body injury, but didn't give any details.  He is quoted in the Ithaca Journal:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20101121/SPORTS03/11210347/Cornell-is-ice-cold

That would be shoulder or collar bone.  Ouchie.

Well, there is a lot more upper body than that. Upper body usually equals above the belt line.

[Trotsky]

Mike called it a significant upper body injury, but didn't give any details.  He is quoted in the Ithaca Journal:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20101121/SPORTS03/11210347/Cornell-is-ice-cold

That would be shoulder or collar bone.  Ouchie.

Well, there is a lot more upper body than that. Upper body usually equals above the belt line.

I know, but that's the Standard Operating Euphemism, just as "lower body injury" generally means knee or unmentionables.

[BigRedHockeyFan]

Locke wrote to me and implied that he will be back later this season but was very non-specific.  The team tends to be very quiet about injuries so I guess those of us off the ice should remain respectful (aren't we always!) and patient.

[Jim Hyla]

Mike called it a significant upper body injury, but didn't give any details.  He is quoted in the Ithaca Journal:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20101121/SPORTS03/11210347/Cornell-is-ice-cold

That would be shoulder or collar bone.  Ouchie.

Well, there is a lot more upper body than that. Upper body usually equals above the belt line.

I know, but that's the Standard Operating Euphemism, just as "lower body injury" generally means knee or unmentionables.

Frankly, I didn't know that standard, as lower body injury could mean a torn quad or hamstring, couldn't it? Anyway I've never heard that, so be it.

[Swampy]

I, too, am  disappointed with our start to this season. However,let's not forget the success of last year's team [ECAC tournament champs, generally strong regular season].  And perhaps what's most encouraging for the future is the outstanding group of recruits headed to Ithaca the next two years.  In fact next year's class may be Schafer's best.
See you next Saturday at the Pru Center.

Perhaps more than style of game, the fact that the non-Ivy ECACHL schools offer athletic scholarships and the scholarship policies of Ivies with bigger endowments per student, notably the HYP schools, may be playing a bigger role. It may be that other teams have gotten better, faster players than before but we've lagged behind.

That said, after the HYP schools started offering "need-based" financial aid scholarships even to students with family incomes well into six figures, Cornell adopted strategies to keep up. The quality of the incoming recruiting class may reflect this strategy, since it seems that this class matches not only the rest of the ECACHL as well as lots of the top-tier power schools.

However, this alone does not completely explain this year's slow start. Other years under Schafer have also seen the graduation of pillars of the team without a drop-off like this year. The lack of four lines or perhaps leadership on the part of the upperclassmen might be better explanations.

[Trotsky]

Frankly, I didn't know that standard, as lower body injury could mean a torn quad or hamstring, couldn't it?

I always assumed it had to do with hiding injuries that opponents could target.  It's hard to aim for a hammy; easy to hunt a knee.

I first ran into it as a sort of inside joke with Brent Peterson and some other coaches in the WHL (he's now with the Preds and, pardon the drift, DESERVES A HEAD COACHING POSITION if anybody out there needs a new coach, I'm looking at you, Islanders) and perhaps now I just read into it whenever I hear those magic words.  In any event, I hope Locke is back soon.