Awards 2016-17

[Jim Hyla]

Slightly off-topic: I'd forgotten we have two games in hand over Quinnipiac, Harvard, and St. Lawrence (and one over Union), all of whom are still above us in the ECAC standings but that much more catchable as a result. We can and should get the first-round bye if we get business done.

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.781 Uni
.735 SLU
.706 Hvd
.667 Cor
.618 Qpc
.500 Clk


Let's just win tonight and we'll leapfrog over Q in points. Then everyone will be happy.

Well, almost everyone............

[upprdeck]

win the next 3 at home and we get all the way to 3rd at worst, possibly 1st, with no more than 3 pts ahead of us..

of course 2 weeks ago we thought the same thing.

Harvard plays union ,
harvard wins we can pass Union and Tie harvard
Union wins we can pass harvard
they tie we can tie Union and pass harvard

and we have 2 games to pass Quin for 4th

huge weekend

[Trotsky]

huge weekend

After Groundhog Day they're all huge.

[BearLover]

There hasn't been a single game all year where Cornell looked like the clearly worse team.  We've had an easy schedule overall, but we played H and U evenly.  I'm more confident in this team's ability to score than I was in the 2014 and 2016 teams' (the near-NCAA misses).  The offense is way more balanced than in past years--everyone is contributing and the top three lines are all legit threats.  The defense is solid as always, which is impressive given that two of our top four D-men have been out either most or all of the season.  We could really use Wedman back; not sure if there's any chance of Bliss returning.  Gillam's numbers aren't great--his .913 SV% coming into tonight's game is the lowest for a Cornell starting goalie since '06-'07--but he seems to make some flashy saves and it's likely a sample size issue more than anything (his career numbers approach Scrivens territory (.930ish)).  As I type this, he's working on a shutout.

Edit: Uh-oh.  Rauter playing as a 6th D-man now vs. Colgate as Brendan Smith has left the game.

[Al DeFlorio]

There hasn't been a single game all year where Cornell looked like the clearly worse team.  We've had an easy schedule overall, but we played H and U evenly.  I'm more confident in this team's ability to score than I was of the 2014 and 2016 teams' (the near-NCAA misses).  The offense is way more balanced than in past years--everyone is contributing and the top three lines are all legit threats.  The defense is solid as always, which is impressive given that two of our top four D-men have been out either most or all of the season.  We could really use Wedman back; not sure if there's any chance of Bliss returning.  Gillam's numbers aren't great--his .913 SV% coming into tonight's game is the lowest for a Cornell starting goalie since '06-'07--but he seems to make some flashy saves and it's likely a sample size issue more than anything (his career numbers approach Scrivens territory (.930ish).  As I type this, he's working on a shutout.

Edit: Uh-oh.  Rauter playing as a 6th D-man now vs. Colgate as Brendan Smith has left the game.

With one exception (I don't think opening the season with five games on the road makes for an easy schedule), I agree with what you've written.

And heading into the home stretch with an apparently depleted defense corps is very worrisome.

[Trotsky]

Gillam was great last night, but I'll agree that he waxes and wanes.  Maybe Mike can time his biorhythms to the schedule or something.  :-)

Last night was the more dominant performance by a Cornell team since the 2005 PBUH season (fuck Minnesota).  They easily outshone even the 2010 and 2012 editions.  

There are caveats: Colgate sucks, and they sucked even worse last night because apparently they were missing guys.  Likewise the Union win was against their Eddy Skazyk.  And we did need a miracle comeback to beat RPI. So this could all be an illusion.

But if the team runs on confidence, and if momentum is actually a thing and not just statistical rubbish, they've got to be feeling great going into this weekend.

[scoop85]

Gillam was great last night, but I'll agree that he waxes and wanes.  Maybe Mike can time his biorhythms to the schedule or something.  :-)

Last night was the more dominant performance by a Cornell team since the 2005 PBUH season (fuck Minnesota).  They easily outshone even the 2010 and 2012 editions.  

There are caveats: Colgate sucks, and they sucked even worse last night because apparently they were missing guys.  Likewise the Union win was against their Eddy Skazyk.  And we did need a miracle comeback to beat RPI. So this could all be an illusion.

But if the team runs on confidence, and if momentum is actually a thing and not just statistical rubbish, they've got to be feeling great going into this weekend.

Yeah, I was thinking after watching the team of late that it's the best Cornell team since the '05 edition.  Of course they still have some work cut out for them, but unlike recent years I think we have a team that is capable of winning the ECAC's this season. But we can't afford more meltdowns like against Dartmouth (I don't consider Harvard truly a meltdown as we only had a 1-0 lead against a better team, and their 1st 2 goals were rather flukey).

[upprdeck]

the games look so much better without multiple penalties in a row.

[BearLover]

Gillam was great last night, but I'll agree that he waxes and wanes.  Maybe Mike can time his biorhythms to the schedule or something.  :-)

Last night was the more dominant performance by a Cornell team since the 2005 PBUH season (fuck Minnesota).  They easily outshone even the 2010 and 2012 editions.  

There are caveats: Colgate sucks, and they sucked even worse last night because apparently they were missing guys.  Likewise the Union win was against their Eddy Skazyk.  And we did need a miracle comeback to beat RPI. So this could all be an illusion.

But if the team runs on confidence, and if momentum is actually a thing and not just statistical rubbish, they've got to be feeling great going into this weekend.

Yeah, I was thinking after watching the team of late that it's the best Cornell team since the '05 edition.

[RichH]

Big haul for the women's team for the Ivy Awards.
http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/2/24/womens-ice-hockey-bunton-o-neill-and-derraugh-sweep-major-ivy-league-awards.aspx

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Hanna Bunton, Cornell (Sr., F – Belleville, Ontario, Canada)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Kristin O'Neill, Cornell (Fr., F – Oakville, Ontario, Canada)

COACH OF THE YEAR
*Doug Derraugh, Cornell

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
*Hanna Bunton, Cornell (Sr., F – Belleville, Ontario, Canada)
*Karlie Lund, Princeton (So., F – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Phoebe Staenz, Yale (Sr., F – Zurich, Switzerland)
*Micah Hart, Cornell (So., D – Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada)
Kelsey Koelzer, Princeton (Sr., D – Horsham, Pa.)
*Steph Neatby, Princeton (Fr., G – Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
Kristin O'Neill, Cornell (Fr., F – Oakville, Ontario, Canada)
Sydney Daniels, Harvard (Sr., F – Southwick, Mass.)
Cassidy Tucker, Princeton (Sr., F – Plymouth, Mich.)
Briana Mastel, Harvard (Sr., D – Wallingford, Conn.)
Taylor Marchin, Yale (Sr., D – Algonac, Mich.)
Monica Elvin, Brown (Sr., G – Oakland, Calif.)
Marlène Boissonnault, Cornell (So., G – Dundee, New Brunswick, Canada)
Paula Voorheis, Cornell (Sr., G – Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada)
Robyn Chemago, Dartmouth (Sr., G – Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada)

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Kennedy Ottenbreit, Dartmouth (Sr., F – Grayson, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Carly Bullock, Princeton (Fr., F – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell (Fr., D – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
Stephanie Sucharda, Princeton (So., D – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
 
* Unanimous Selection
^ Second Team Expanded Due To Tie In Voting

[Jim Hyla]

Weidner Named Finalist for League's Best Defensive Forward Award.

If he doesn't win, then the award name should be changed. Look at the other 2 finalists and what they list as high points.

Troy Josephs, Clarkson: "The Golden Knights team leader in plus/minus (+12), Josephs also scored a team-high 19 goals..." Plus much more on offensive issues.
The only mention of defense is "The solid two-way player..."

Mike Vecchione, Union: "recently became the the all-time leading scorer in program history (171 points) and all-time assists leader (103)..." Plus much more on offensive issues. Not one thing mentioned about his defense.

Now for Weidner: "The senior from Grand Valley, Ont. registered 53 blocks on the season, while winning 318 face-offs in league-play, which was second most. His 2.14 blocks per game were nearly double that of his next counterpart, as only three others players recorded half that number. He was also the nation's leader in blocked shots."

So what is the meaning of defense?

He's my CU MVP, even though I didn't vote for him.

[Jim Hyla]

Not really an award, but where else do I put it?

Inside ECAC Hockey Features Freschi & Madsen.

Link to Freschi's segment.

[BearLover]

Cornell joins RPI as the only ECAC schools with no players on the First-, Second-, or Third-Team All-ECAC Teams.  But Kaldis did make the All-Rookie Team.

[Tcl123]

But as of 7pm Friday, I know of 9 teams that would love to trade places with us.

[dbilmes]

Weidner was named Defensive Forward of the Year.