Cornell 2, CC 0 (game 1 Friday)

[billhoward]

Nice job by Cornell. 2 PPGs by Esposito. Nice game by Iles. Cornell and CC both will see special teams as the difference.

[Cop at Lynah]

A direct comment from CC staff..."This is the worst officating I have ever seen....there is so much whacking and hacking it's unbelievable".  My response ws "welcome to ECAC hockey"

[Robb]

Who's in charge of suspending CC staff members for comments on officiating?

[upprdeck]

the same coach that complained about every penalty call as well?  

i didnt really see either team whacking more than the other. thought CU controlled most of the game.. a couple shifts where CC had very good control but never really created much in the way of scoring threats. CU had many more quality chances.

thought they might replay the one chance cornell got early in the 2nd that either hit the cross bar or went under the bar and came back out. it came out very soft for hitting the bar.

cornell got much the better on the hits, several spurts knocking down multiple CC players.

[billhoward]

Bob Richie has officiated the world junior games IIRC. He lives nearby and he's a pretty level-headed guy. He did nail Cornell on the dislodged net play, which is one where there's a lot of leeway in making a call.

[Steve Rockey]

I thought the officiating was perfectly ok. It was a physical game and I think Cornell was the more physical team.   It was not a sticky game with lots of hooking, holding and interference that I hate to watch.   Cornell delivered some really hard open ice hits that they correctly did not call a penalty on.   Of course there were a couple of calls I did not see or did not quite agree with but given that what I saw clearly they called correctly I am willing to accept they had a better view than I did on the others.

[andyw2100]

thought they might replay the one chance cornell got early in the 2nd that either hit the cross bar or went under the bar and came back out. it came out very soft for hitting the bar.

I was also surprised they didn't take a look at that non-goal. If it hit the crossbar or a post it did it very quietly.

[css228]

Bob Richie has officiated the world junior games IIRC. He lives nearby and he's a pretty level-headed guy. He did nail Cornell on the dislodged net play, which is one where there's a lot of leeway in making a call.

A lot of leeway, but sitting in B my first reaction was, that could be a penalty, it looked pretty intentional.

[billhoward]

Bob Richie has officiated the world junior games IIRC. He lives nearby and he's a pretty level-headed guy. He did nail Cornell on the dislodged net play, which is one where there's a lot of leeway in making a call.

A lot of leeway, but sitting in B my first reaction was, that could be a penalty, it looked pretty intentional.

This is one of the things Redcast can't help the fan decide. No high-def, no replay and no multiple slow repeats of the play that let you see pretty well which way the play should have gone. From the announcers, it sounded as if this was one of those " boys will be boys ... that certainly was serendipitous if the net was accidentally dislodged" plays. Sounds as if most any ref would have made the call.

[Johnny 5]

A direct comment from CC staff..."This is the worst officating I have ever seen....there is so much whacking and hacking it's unbelievable".  My response ws "welcome to ECAC hockey"

Staff? I heard a CC parent tells his cohorts that, "Mike Schafer is just an a$$hole"!!
He also suggested that our team was so big that nobody else in the ECAC would have a chance??

I'd like to think he's only 50% wrong.

::asshole::

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

A direct comment from CC staff..."This is the worst officating I have ever seen....there is so much whacking and hacking it's unbelievable".  My response ws "welcome to ECAC hockey"

Staff? I heard a CC parent tells his cohorts that, "Mike Schafer is just an a$$hole"!!
He also suggested that our team was so big that nobody else in the ECAC would have a chance??

I'd like to think he's only 50% wrong.

::asshole::

Schafer may be an asshole, but he's our asshole.

[upprdeck]

yet it was the CC coach who was screaming and complaining after almost every call.. it took several minutes to started after the too many men on the ice call. geesh they had guys all over the place and they made the pass into the pile that caused the penalty to be called.

[Johnny 5]

yet it was the CC coach who was screaming and complaining after almost every call.. it took several minutes to started after the too many men on the ice call. geesh they had guys all over the place and they made the pass into the pile that caused the penalty to be called.

Tonight's game should be really interesting!!

::whistle::

[CowbellGuy]

Average Height
COR 6' 0.73"
CC 6' 0.27"

Average Weight
COR 191.96 lbs
CC 190.15 lbs

Average Age
COR 20y 10m
CC 21y 1m

Yeah, boo hoo. Mowrey was one of the biggest hitters out there last night and he's not exactly a giant. It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.

[Trotsky]

It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.

"In bed."