Mercyhurst 5 Cornell 4

[Trotsky]

If Livestats is to be trusted, here are the lines and pairings:

Esposito-Miller-Ferlin
Lowry-Collins-McCarron
Jillson-Bardreau-Mowrey
Craig-Axell-de Swardt

Birch-Ross
Gotovets-Whitney
D'Agostino-Ryan

Iles in net

[RichH]

I guess Mercyhurst didn't even bother to send a broadcast team, as their usual radio station for hockey games is just playing jazz music.

[Al DeFlorio]

An offensive zone penalty followed by a neutral zone penalty shift the momentum as well as the score.

[Al DeFlorio]

If livestats is accurate, one Cornell SOG in the last 12-13 minutes of that period.

[ajh258]

Hurst leads 2-1 end of first. SOG is 9-6.

[ugarte]

uh oh. let the rending of garments begin.

[ScrewBU]

Big and slow is no way to go.  Cornell's slide into obscurity continues.

[Scersk '97]

Big and slow is no way to go.  Cornell's slide into obscurity continues.

So you didn't watch the game?  Neat.

The D needs work, missing coverages all night long.  The O looks further along than they usually are at this point.

So, given that I am very sure that Schafer teams eventually lock down defensively, I'm not too worried.

[Ben]

Collective response: ::panic::


It's a bad result, but at least we can score. There's enough talent in the team and quality in the coaching staff that we should be fine.

[scoop85]

Big and slow is no way to go.  Cornell's slide into obscurity continues.

So you didn't watch the game?  Neat.

The D needs work, missing coverages all night long.  The O looks further along than they usually are at this point.

So, given that I am very sure that Schafer teams eventually lock down defensively, I'm not too worried.

I didn't see the game either, but I doubt team speed was the biggest issue tonight.

[ajh258]

Big and slow is no way to go.  Cornell's slide into obscurity continues.

So you didn't watch the game?  Neat.

The D needs work, missing coverages all night long.  The O looks further along than they usually are at this point.

So, given that I am very sure that Schafer teams eventually lock down defensively, I'm not too worried.

I didn't see the game either, but I doubt team speed was the biggest issue tonight.

Ya speed wasn't the issue. D definitely needs work, especially on breaking up passes and possession. Otherwise, we were pretty good offensively compared to years past.

[ithacat]

Big and slow is no way to go.

It's a nice rhyme, but it's inaccurate this time.

[Trotsky]

Big and slow is no way to go.  Cornell's slide into obscurity continues.

I would found an institution where obvious troll is obvious.

[css228]

I think a lot of this game comes back to the fact that this was Mercyhurst's sixth real game whereas its our first. If we played them 2 weeks ago we'd probably have won.

[ScrewBU]

Big and slow is no way to go.  Cornell's slide into obscurity continues.

I would found an institution where obvious troll is obvious.

They were in behind our defensemen the entire game.  How long did it take them score the tying goal---3 seconds after the faceoff?  The D looked like statues on that play.  I guess the party line this year is "Isles sucks."

Also, way to keep up with the times with a witty retort such as "obvious X is obvious."  The last time I saw that used Cornell's style of play was still relevant.  What's next, an "Oh, snap?"  Is this the mid-90's?  Do you post your messages using the Cello web browser?