Cornell 4 Dartmouth 3 Game 1 (Friday) Final (2OT)

[Robb]

Per email from Coach Schafer, Brian Ferlin is out for the season.  Ouch.  

I still think we get by Dartmouth in 2 games, but the ceiling for my expectations has lowered just a bit.

[css228]

Per email from Coach Schafer, Brian Ferlin is out for the season.  Ouch.  

I still think we get by Dartmouth in 2 games, but the ceiling for my expectations has lowered just a bit.

Really not at all surprising if you saw the cast/splint on his hand/wrist. Even if he gets it off he definitely wouldn't have been able to deal with all the demands hockey puts on that part of your body.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Per email from Coach Schafer, Brian Ferlin is out for the season.  Ouch.  

I still think we get by Dartmouth in 2 games, but the ceiling for my expectations has lowered just a bit.

Really not at all surprising if you saw the cast/splint on his hand/wrist. Even if he gets it off he definitely wouldn't have been able to deal with all the demands hockey puts on that part of your body.

It's not all too surprising with the recovery time and prognosis we expected back when we first heard of the injury. When we heard of it, the earliest that he would have seen playing time would have been beyond the NCAA Regionals Final. Esposito will be back Friday from what I have heard, that will boost the team.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Brian Sullivan's recent article on USCHO.com discusses Dartmouth and what Cornell might face this weekend.

...the Big Green have struggled mightily on special teams. Dartmouth's power play is mediocre at best, scoring on 15.5 percent of opportunities so far this season. The penalty kill has been downright horrific, successfully surviving barely 72 percent of Big Green penalties. Yet looking back on last weekend's surprising first-round sweep at St. Lawrence, Gaudet and the Green aren't terribly concerned...As for this weekend's trip to ever-intimidating Lynah Rink, the Big Green feel secure in their knowledge of Cornell as well as their own blossoming abilities.

[RichH]

Brian Sullivan's recent article on USCHO.com discusses Dartmouth and what Cornell might face this weekend.

From the same article, we're not the only one with injury woes.

Junior forward Dustin Walsh has played only eight games all season, and sophomore sniper Matt Lindblad missed a number of key contests late in the regular season. And the list goes on beyond that. "Jesse Beamish, as a good freshman player for us, is done for the season. Rick Pinkston's done for the season: He got hurt on Friday night and Beamish has been out for a few weeks now." But by far the biggest hurdle has been Walsh's absence up front. "He's done for the year," the coach sighed.

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Even one of Gaudet's top goalies has been playing through pain all year, a fact that was clearly not advertised. "[Senior James] Mello has been injured most of the season," he said. "It's hampered his game, but he's not the type of kid who's going to say much about it."

[Jim Hyla]

Brian Sullivan's recent article on USCHO.com discusses Dartmouth and what Cornell might face this weekend.

...the Big Green have struggled mightily on special teams. Dartmouth's power play is mediocre at best, scoring on 15.5 percent of opportunities so far this season. The penalty kill has been downright horrific, successfully surviving barely 72 percent of Big Green penalties. Yet looking back on last weekend's surprising first-round sweep at St. Lawrence, Gaudet and the Green aren't terribly concerned...As for this weekend's trip to ever-intimidating Lynah Rink, the Big Green feel secure in their knowledge of Cornell as well as their own blossoming abilities.

At least his take on Cornell is better than Ken Schott's from a Sunday column.

The fans of the Engineers are the most passionate in ECAC Hockey.

Don't worry, I've already set him straight.::smashfreak::

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Brian Sullivan's recent article on USCHO.com discusses Dartmouth and what Cornell might face this weekend.

...the Big Green have struggled mightily on special teams. Dartmouth's power play is mediocre at best, scoring on 15.5 percent of opportunities so far this season. The penalty kill has been downright horrific, successfully surviving barely 72 percent of Big Green penalties. Yet looking back on last weekend's surprising first-round sweep at St. Lawrence, Gaudet and the Green aren't terribly concerned...As for this weekend's trip to ever-intimidating Lynah Rink, the Big Green feel secure in their knowledge of Cornell as well as their own blossoming abilities.

At least his take on Cornell is better than Ken Schott's from a Sunday column.

The fans of the Engineers are the most passionate in ECAC Hockey.

Don't worry, I've already set him straight.::smashfreak::

Glad you did.

I listened to the Jell-O Mold Awarding Ceremony for Union this year and Welsh (I am almost positive it was him, it might have been Zajac) said that Union had the loudest and most dedicated fans in the ECAC, if not all of college hockey, and that he did "not care what those at Cornell had to say about it." I had to laugh. I still cannot get the image of Union fans plugging their ears and wincing in pain when Lynah erupted after each goal and especially after Craig's GWG against Union this season.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

I know that css228 posted this to another thread, but I figured that it was appropriate for the ECAC Quarterfinal pregame thread for those of you who might have missed it. I was waiting until this week to share it on ELF. It is a video that I made compiling what footage I could obtain of the successes of Cornell in the ECAC Tournament during the Schafer Era.

Cornell Hockey-The Dream-Crushing, Soul-Devouring Juggernaut of the ECAC

[jtwcornell91]

You could have filled it out to an even 10 minutes if you'd got a hold of the footage of the 1997 team icing the puck against Clarkson in the 3rd period of the title game. :-D

[Robb]

You could have filled it out to an even 10 minutes lifetime if you'd got a hold of the footage of the 1997 team icing the puck against Clarkson in the 3rd period of the title game. :-D

[Scersk '97]

You could have filled it out to an even 10 minutes lifetime if you'd got a hold of the footage of the 1997 team icing the puck against Clarkson in the 3rd period of the title game. :-D

That team won the championship through sheer willpower and discipline...  because it wasn't the talent...

"Oatsie, Oatsie, Oatsie!"

[Aaron M. Griffin]

You could have filled it out to an even 10 minutes lifetime if you'd got a hold of the footage of the 1997 team icing the puck against Clarkson in the 3rd period of the title game. :-D

That team won the championship through sheer willpower and discipline...  because it wasn't the talent...

"Oatsie, Oatsie, Oatsie!"

Now I feel like I have missed out. I do not know the stories of that 1997 game (even though I can imagine from the comments).

My video is kinda long-winded, I know, but I wanted to use the great footage I had and ending at 2010 it is around 4:10, but I wanted J. Devin's OT series-winning goal in the ECAC QFs from last season, and highlights from key wins and players from this season.

[Trotsky]

Now I feel like I have missed out. I do not know the stories of that 1997 game (even though I can imagine from the comments).

Picture dragging the puck along the boards while three guys try to dig it out from you.  Now imagine that for 35 minutes.

[KeithK]

Now I feel like I have missed out. I do not know the stories of that 1997 game (even though I can imagine from the comments).

Picture dragging the puck along the boards while three guys try to dig it out from you.  Now imagine that for 35 minutes.

leading 2-1 late against a much more talented Clarkson team, we spent the last 5+ minutes of the game (clock time) icing the puck. Literally. Dig the puck out of the corner and throw it down the ice. Change. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.... A very satisfying win but a very, very scary, tense way to do it.

Outshot 12-2 in the third that game.
http://www.elynah.com/news/PastYears/Box97/clarkF.0315

[marty]

Now I feel like I have missed out. I do not know the stories of that 1997 game (even though I can imagine from the comments).

Picture dragging the puck along the boards while three guys try to dig it out from you.  Now imagine that for 35 minutes.

leading 2-1 late against a much more talented Clarkson team, we spent the last 5+ minutes of the game (clock time) icing the puck. Literally. Dig the puck out of the corner and throw it down the ice. Change. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.... A very satisfying win but a very, very scary, tense way to do it.

Outshot 12-2 in the third that game.
http://www.elynah.com/news/PastYears/Box97/clarkF.0315

And no changes in personnel would be allowed under current rules.