Cornell-Colgate 11/29

[Beeeej]

Anyone else not getting any audio when they mirror from iPad to AppleTV? The iPad audio itself is fine, but don't want to watch it there with two people.

Never mind - it just suddenly came back after a few minutes.

[Iceberg]

I don't think I've heard an announcer as critical as this guy doing the game right now. One would think this edition of Colgate is good for nothing.

[ugarte]

I don't think I've heard an announcer as critical as this guy doing the game right now. One would think this edition of Colgate is good for nothing.

This is pretty much what I came over here to type! He seems palpably depressed by having to watch them all the time.

That said, having watched only the third period, Colgate didn't look very good. They had a couple of bursts on offense - one of which led to their second goal - but mostly spent the period getting knocked off of the puck.

Cornell looked very good defensively and even had some good work in the offensive zone. It was a fun period to watch.

[scoop85]

I don't think I've heard an announcer as critical as this guy doing the game right now. One would think this edition of Colgate is good for nothing.

Yeah, that guy was the anti-homer

[Beeeej]

I don't think I've heard an announcer as critical as this guy doing the game right now. One would think this edition of Colgate is good for nothing.

This is pretty much what I came over here to type! He seems palpably depressed by having to watch them all the time.

That said, having watched only the third period, Colgate didn't look very good.

Yeah, I don't think he was overly critical, he just knows Colgate's weaknesses well and doesn't sugarcoat them. He was clearly knowledgeable about the game, about Cornell, and about Vaughan and Schafer, and offered a pretty steady stream of genuine analysis. I'd be thrilled if all the play-by-play guys in the ECAC were this good.

[Trotsky]

I think that may have been the best PBP I've heard since Grady.  The guy knew all the personnel, called a very good game, appeared to actually be proficient with the rules (I know, but hey, listen around the league sometime) and even dispensed timely grooming tips for Matt Nuttle.

This is in contrast with the Colgate PA moron, who is without doubt the most embarrassing in the league if not all of college hockey.

[dbilmes]

Considering the fact that we have four regulars out with injuries, and have had only two home games at Lynah, having a 5-3-1 record at this point is respectable.

As for the Colgate announcer, it was nice not to have a "homer" announcer doing the broadcast. Colgate is now 3-8-4 and it sounds like he's bracing for a long season.

[Trotsky]

Considering the fact that we have four regulars out with injuries

Jason made it sound like Bliss, Kubiak, and Tschantz might be gone for the whole season.  Ugh.

[Trotsky]

having a 5-3-1 record at this point is respectable

I agree and I think they look good so far.  My two worries are: (1) if the injuries are long term those kids are going to get banged up with no reserves, and (2) we've played some bad teams so far, and the two good squads we have played beat us.

League games 9-12 ("Amen Corner"?) will be Qpc, Clk, SLU, and Hvd.  A 14-day stretch against the current PWR 10, 18, 17, and 11.  That's when we're going to find out what's what.

[BearLover]

Considering the fact that we have four regulars out with injuries

Jason made it sound like Bliss, Kubiak, and Tschantz might be gone for the whole season.  Ugh.

What did he say?

[scoop85]

Considering the fact that we have four regulars out with injuries

Jason made it sound like Bliss, Kubiak, and Tschantz might be gone for the whole season.  Ugh.

I thought I'd heard/read that Bliss and Kubiak would likely be back after the New Year and that only Tschantz was likely gone for the long-haul.  But if Bliss and Kubiak are in fact gone for the year, that will be a tough blow.

[Jim Hyla]

I don't think I've heard an announcer as critical as this guy doing the game right now. One would think this edition of Colgate is good for nothing.

This is pretty much what I came over here to type! He seems palpably depressed by having to watch them all the time.

That said, having watched only the third period, Colgate didn't look very good.

Yeah, I don't think he was overly critical, he just knows Colgate's weaknesses well and doesn't sugarcoat them. He was clearly knowledgeable about the game, about Cornell, and about Vaughan and Schafer, and offered a pretty steady stream of genuine analysis. I'd be thrilled if all the play-by-play guys in the ECAC were this good.

#1 Colgate is not a good team this year.

#2 After leaving the game, I only caught the last minute or so of his post-game report. It sounded like the same announcer that has been calling Colgate games for years, by himself, which is a lot harder.

#3 I didn't hear the broadcast, but if it was the same person, he loves Colgate hockey and I'd have to agree that he was probably only being realistic.

[Jim Hyla]

I don't think I've heard an announcer as critical as this guy doing the game right now. One would think this edition of Colgate is good for nothing.

This is pretty much what I came over here to type! He seems palpably depressed by having to watch them all the time.

That said, having watched only the third period, Colgate didn't look very good. They had a couple of bursts on offense - one of which led to their second goal - but mostly spent the period getting knocked off of the puck.

Cornell looked very good defensively and even had some good work in the offensive zone. It was a fun period to watch.

Too bad you didn't see the first period. It was like Colgate wasn't even on the ice.

We looked good, but Colgate is bad and I have to go along with "Trotsky's" comments:

we've played some bad teams so far, and the two good squads we have played beat us.

League games 9-12 ("Amen Corner"?) will be Qpc, Clk, SLU, and Hvd. A 14-day stretch against the current PWR 10, 18, 17, and 11. That's when we're going to find out what's what.

I'll believe this team can go far into the postseason when they put away teams like Colgate (and we don't have to worry that somehow this will go to OT and we might end up losing) and they start beating some good teams. Time will tell, but considering that we're injured and a young team, this has been a good way to start a season.

As a few asides, I was overjoyed to see McCarron get those goals. He's been a great D man for all his time here. His offensive talents were always evident and I hope he can have a breakout year.

This year Angello has reminded me of Ferlin, a player with great offensive talents, but who for some reason just can't get everything to come together to score a lot. Hopefully that'll change.

I hope that this game can put to rest the idea that we don't want to play an uptempo offense. It truly showed in possession and aggressiveness, if not in goals. We sholud have had 5 or 6.

[marty]

#1 Colgate is not a good team this year.

#2 After leaving the game, I only caught the last minute or so of his post-game report. It sounded like the same announcer that has been calling Colgate games for years, by himself, which is a lot harder.

#3 I didn't hear the broadcast, but if it was the same person, he loves Colgate hockey and I'd have to agree that he was probably only being realistic.

At the end of the video streaming (before the post game that you heard) he made a comment after they went to commercial that he wanted to get home and into bed. He's surely at his day job this morning and is probably glad the Tuesday night games are few.

I did think he was the antithesis of a homer. He's looking at Colgate with sadness I think.

[upprdeck]

I too am hearing good shot at getting two of them back at some point.

to have played this many games and not really be at home is crazy.   the merrimack loss wasnt good but it was game one and we were down 3-0 and amlost came back, then Dartmouth who is pwr 20 and harvard pwr 11 to start out.   since then only scored less than 3 once and that was Quin in a game that had a couple tough bounces and was pretty evenly played.

long season and really need to get these 2 at home this weekend and play well in florida so that PWR doesnt come back and haunt us again late in the year.