ECAC Prelims

[Iceberg]

One loss away from the most disappointing season in a while. Scary thought.

[BearLover]

for the first period it looked only a  matter of time until Cornell got one.

How many times in the past half decade has it looked like only a matter of time until Cornell gets one?  (Spoiler: they never get one.)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

for the first period it looked only a  matter of time until Cornell got one.

How many times in the past half decade has it looked like only a matter of time until Cornell gets one?  (Spoiler: they never get one.)

Another spoiler:  Then the defense makes a couple mistakes, they let in two in a span of about 5 minutes, and it's game over.

[Iceberg]

Not ECAC, but the UMass/Notre Dame playoff game last night went to 5 OT, surpassing Yale/Union from however many years ago. UMass got the game-winner on the road.

[ithacat]

for the first period it looked only a  matter of time until Cornell got one.

How many times in the past half decade has it looked like only a matter of time until Cornell gets one?  (Spoiler: they never get one.)

Another spoiler:  Then the defense makes a couple mistakes, they let in two in a span of about 5 minutes, and it's game over.

Neither of those things appear likely to change (on a consistent basis) anytime soon. Tonight, however, would be a good night to go off script.

[upprdeck]

did anyone else not hear the whistle before the first goal? our section did. they the funny response from the ref as he froze before finnally waiving it good?

and the goal after ryan got his head ripped off didnt help either.

still 2 of the union goals were nice shots and the faceoff one  clean goal too.

bardreau needs to score.  had 5-6 clean chances with nothing to show.

what is the rule on a penalty shot?  he was standing in front of the goalby himself when he got slashed from behind in the stomach and never got a shot?  it doesnt have to be a breakway does it.

[Jim Hyla]

So I was watching the video highlights of the games last night and noticed the Harvard game had "no crowd". I suppose it's not a surprise, but really, 533 fans for a playoff game! Looks like most others, aside from ours, were sparsely attended as well. If fact our announced attendance of 3624, almost equalled the total of the other 3 games, 3863. What gives? I've often wondered why people who buy season tickets fail to show up for playoff games? It's not just this year, but most years.

[billhoward]

So I was watching the video highlights of the games last night and noticed the Harvard game had "no crowd". I suppose it's not a surprise, but really, 533 fans for a playoff game! Looks like most others, aside from ours, were sparsely attended as well. If fact our announced attendance of 3624, almost equalled the total of the other 3 games, 3863. What gives? I've often wondered why people who buy season tickets fail to show up for playoff games? It's not just this year, but most years.

Jim, you forgot to consider the obvious reason, that Harvard spring break begins. I looked it up and, uh, it's not for another week.

[marty]

So I was watching the video highlights of the games last night and noticed the Harvard game had "no crowd". I suppose it's not a surprise, but really, 533 fans for a playoff game! Looks like most others, aside from ours, were sparsely attended as well. If fact our announced attendance of 3624, almost equalled the total of the other 3 games, 3863. What gives? I've often wondered why people who buy season tickets fail to show up for playoff games? It's not just this year, but most years.

Interesting that RPI which isn't known for sellouts does OK with ECAC series.  To bad they don't know how to drive to Albany to support the league.  We'll see what happens next year when the regionals return.

[Greenberg '97]

But it's pretty telling that I straight forgot that we had a playoff game tonight.

[Dafatone]

did anyone else not hear the whistle before the first goal? our section did. they the funny response from the ref as he froze before finnally waiving it good?

and the goal after ryan got his head ripped off didnt help either.

still 2 of the union goals were nice shots and the faceoff one  clean goal too.

bardreau needs to score.  had 5-6 clean chances with nothing to show.

what is the rule on a penalty shot?  he was standing in front of the goalby himself when he got slashed from behind in the stomach and never got a shot?  it doesnt have to be a breakway does it.

If Bardreau could shoot better, he'd be the best Cornell player I've seen.  As is, he's still very good, with a lot of missed opportunities.

[redice]

did anyone else not hear the whistle before the first goal? our section did. they the funny response from the ref as he froze before finnally waiving it good?

and the goal after ryan got his head ripped off didnt help either.

still 2 of the union goals were nice shots and the faceoff one  clean goal too.

bardreau needs to score.  had 5-6 clean chances with nothing to show.

what is the rule on a penalty shot?  he was standing in front of the goalby himself when he got slashed from behind in the stomach and never got a shot?  it doesnt have to be a breakway does it.

If Bardreau could shoot better, he'd be the best Cornell player I've seen.  As is, he's still very good, with a lot of missed opportunities.

Bardreau's biggest problem seems to be his inability to keep his shots down on the ice.   That has remained a problem throughout his career.   It's nice to be able to lift the puck like that.   But, the goal is only four feet high......  

It seems that, after his freshman year, he should have been sent home with orders to develop a drill to practice shooting at a lower target.    What a sniper he could have been.    This could have been fixed.

[Dafatone]

did anyone else not hear the whistle before the first goal? our section did. they the funny response from the ref as he froze before finnally waiving it good?

and the goal after ryan got his head ripped off didnt help either.

still 2 of the union goals were nice shots and the faceoff one  clean goal too.

bardreau needs to score.  had 5-6 clean chances with nothing to show.

what is the rule on a penalty shot?  he was standing in front of the goalby himself when he got slashed from behind in the stomach and never got a shot?  it doesnt have to be a breakway does it.

If Bardreau could shoot better, he'd be the best Cornell player I've seen.  As is, he's still very good, with a lot of missed opportunities.

Bardreau's biggest problem seems to be his inability to keep his shots down on the ice.   That has remained a problem throughout his career.   It's nice to be able to lift the puck like that.   But, the goal is only four feet high......  

It seems that, after his freshman year, he should have been sent home with orders to develop a drill to practice shooting at a lower target.    What a sniper he could have been.    This could have been fixed.

For all we know, he did exactly that, and still can't keep his shots down.

[Greenberg '97]

For all we know, he did exactly that, and still can't keep his shots down.

[upprdeck]

killer player last night were we had 2 guys all alone out front, made the nice pass and one tipped it from the other and the shot went 2 ft over the cross bar..  add in the non call on the ryan head shot and the half a dozen missed from pt blank.

but if they play with that 3rd period energy all game they have a pretty good shot even with a team that cant shoot straight.

one bad 10 min stretch just compounded the loss last night they were the better team most of the game.