Clarkson @ CU - 1/25/14

[MattS]

I see there are some lineup changes for tonight. I'm a little surprised by Knisley being out but not at all by P. McCarron.

Hopefully I will avoid the wrath of the neon ushers!

[flyersgolf]

The second Clarkson goal the ref dropped the puck before the players were set.  Clarkson had two men in motion while puck was dropped.  Ref should have whistled the play dead as soon as puck was dropped.  Otherwise Cornell is flat and standing still too much.

[MattS]

The second Clarkson goal the ref dropped the puck before the players were set.  Clarkson had two men in motion while puck was dropped.  Ref should have whistled the play dead as soon as puck was dropped.  Otherwise Cornell is flat and standing still too much.

Agreed. That goal should not have counted.

Horrible effort except for the Weidner-Kubiak-Buckles line.

[MattS]

This game has been a tale of two periods. CU bad if the first but looked tons better in the second and the score indicates it.

[BMac]

They just looked dialed in tonight. That was great.

[BearLover]

Terrible officiating two nights in a row, but it only cost us the first night.  What the hell is up with these refs?

[MattS]

Solid two final periods of hockey. This game has the feel of it being a character building win. A come from behind win after last nights disappointing tie just feels like it could be a momentum builder.

 I'm excited to see Hilbrich starting to come into his own and really use his size.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

The other thing I found encouraging is that in a close third period we stayed out of the box and let Clarkson take the stupid penalties.

[MattS]

The other thing I found encouraging is that in a close third period we stayed out of the box and let Clarkson take the stupid penalties.

+1

[Towerroad]

The other thing I found encouraging is that in a close third period we stayed out of the box and let Clarkson take the stupid penalties.

+1

+1

[MattS]

Its odd how emotions and thoughts about games work. Going into this weekend I would have been satisfied with CU getting three points. However afterword it obvious they missed out on getting 4 points and I am left feeling a little bit disappointed. Ah, hockey..........

[Robb]

I was driving last night, so I missed the game.  I checked the CHN ticker before setting out and we were already down 2-0.  Ouch.  After leaving the point on the table the night before, I was really afraid that we were headed for a catastrophic collapse.  I was so pleasantly surprised to find the opposite when I arrived!  Really gutsy win over a really good opponent - extremely encouraging to see, especially since it looks like we're going to be duking it out with Clarkson for the last bye spot.  According to a KRACH-based Monte Carlo simulator that an RPI fan runs (USCHO thread) this weekend raised our probability of getting a bye from 40% to 50%.  Our recent ties vs. bottom-feeding Dartmouth and SLU show that there's no opponent we want to face in the first round....