Yale 11/23

[Trotsky]

Clint Bourbonais has left the building.

[Johnny 5]

Clint Bourbonais has left the building.

So, does this suggest that we may have a chance Saturday night?

::help::

[Trotsky]

Clint Bourbonais has left the building.

So, does this suggest that we may have a chance Saturday night?

::help::

The last four games have been two wins and two one-goal losses, one of them in overtime, so we certainly have a shot.

[hockeyfan23]

any way to view the game tonight? free stream??

[billhoward]

any way to view the game tonight? free stream??

Last night there were people close to giving away extra tickets outside Lynah.

[BearLover]

If Lynah isn't full for the national champs...

[BearLover]

Lynah's full, the crowd is loud, and the boys are playing hard!  LGR

[ugarte]

I don't want to start a fight or anything, but I'm going to side with BearLover and say that I definitely don't think it is in Cornell's interest for Yale to win this game.

[BearLover]

::banana::::banana::::banana::

[Trotsky]

Great game by both teams and great result!

[Scersk '97]

What a great game! I haven't seen such an exciting 2-1 game in a long time.

My two, admittedly trivial in context, consternations:

(1) We're being slightly cute with the puck on 2-on-1s and 3-on-2s. Ferlin, Lowry, Mowrey, and, in particular, Ryan ought to have the green light to be as cute as they want. The rest of the boys (even Bardreau, I think, because his snap shot is his best weapon) need to learn to get the puck on net, low and hard, and look for rebounds.

(2) To my eyes, the problem with our defensive shell right now is that there seems to be a little bit of confusion on the part of the forwards, I think, as to the role of the defensemen in that style of play. The defensemen are going to hang back a bit, naturally, and not pinch, generally. Right now, I think our non-puck-side forward is getting a bit too deep, thinking that the defenseman behind him is there to back up for the pinch. (Five-on-five, the defensemen are fantastic at this; indeed, I'm not sure I've seen a Cornell team where the defensemen pinched as effectively as these guys do. In 2003 and 2005, the puck possession was mostly due to cycles by the forwards, so our defense could hang back a bit more.) So, there's a bit of a gap between forward and defender, and when we're not able to set up the shell the other team can come through the neutral zone with speed, exactly what we're trying to avoid. I almost wish we wouldn't play the shell because our pinching defensemen are so effective. I know it's important; I want us to be able to sit on one-goal and two-goal leads with confidence again. But maybe practice it against teams that aren't Yale?!

[Trotsky]

There haven't been many nights lately when I wished I was in Ithaca.

This is one of those nights.

[dag14]

I am going to disagree with Bearlover regarding the crowd.  I thought it was pretty dead except at obvious times like when we scored a goal or Andy made a save.  This was the defending national champions, for crying out loud.  Cornell dominated every facet of the game and the place was silent.

The band was presumably missing the football component so was a little rag-tag.  The group that did perform did not do well in its cheerleading.   No rousing tunes when play stopped and no LGR.  I went to watch wrestling between periods so don't know what they played during the intermissions.  I did not hear GG at the start of the 3rd period.

[css228]

I am going to disagree with Bearlover regarding the crowd.  I thought it was pretty dead except at obvious times like when we scored a goal or Andy made a save.  This was the defending national champions, for crying out loud.  Cornell dominated every facet of the game and the place was silent.

The band was presumably missing the football component so was a little rag-tag.  The group that did perform did not do well in its cheerleading.   No rousing tunes when play stopped and no LGR.  I went to watch wrestling between periods so don't know what they played during the intermissions.  I did not hear GG at the start of the 3rd period.

Not sure we dominated every facet of the game, but it was clearly our best game so far. The band... well they were bad, but GG did play at the beginning of the 3rd.

[dag14]

You are right.  We were outshot 31-29.  What other facet of the game did we not control?  Time of possession?  Hits?  PP?  PK?  Not only was this our best game so far this season, this was the best game I have seen a Lynah since I can't remember when.  Gives one hope for the rest of the season.