Cornell 5 vs. Union 3 2/3/17

[Jim Hyla]

Remember there is a rebroadcast on SNY at 12:30 PM later today.

Thanks! I'll record it. I wonder, though, what the chances are that it will be the complete game, as there is a women's game scheduled at 3:00.

I'm sure they will cut out enough stoppages to fit it into 2.5 hours. That's pretty common. It always happens when the NCAA regional games are delayed broadcasts.

[Jim Hyla]

From Brandon Thomas's recap on CU site.

"It's an intriguing game. We had in hand," said Mike Schafer, the Jay R. Bloom '77 Head Coach of Men's Hockey. "Similar things happened to us in the game where we're struggling to find out where we took some (penalty) calls. Our guys didn't respond very well; I didn't respond very well (last week). But I thought our team handled it well tonight."

I think I understand what coach was saying.

We've had games in our grasp, like last weekend, but took bad penalties and lost. But at Union we were able to overcome it.

Interesting that he talks about how he didn't handle it well. I'd think that would help the team to put past discretion behind them.

I still think Brandon is one of the best college hockey writers, at least in the ECAC.

[Jim Hyla]

It seems like one of the best moves by Schafer, in this part of the season, has been to break up the JAM line. Vanderlaan may have lost some scoring, but all the lines seem to be meshing well and are threatening.

Of course, as soon as I post this, he'll put it back together and they'll all get hat tricks.::banana::

[Al DeFlorio]

See TA Trotsky for assistance.  ::crazy::

Not until Trotsky spells LeNeveu correctly.

[Trotsky]

It seems like one of the best moves by Schafer, in this part of the season, has been to break up the JAM line. Vanderlaan may have lost some scoring, but all the lines seem to be meshing well and are threatening.

Agreed.  The contrast with Union was stark -- they have great speed everywhere but that Vecchione line towers above the others.  It reminds me of our HAD (Hughes-Andison-Derraugh) line in 91, where everybody got 50+ points but if you stopped them we were dead.

Vecchione belongs in the NHL right now.  He's ridiculously better than anyone we've played this year, like Nieuwy in 87 when it just wasn't fair.

[Trotsky]

See TA Trotsky for assistance.  ::crazy::

Not until Trotsky spells LeNeveu correctly.

Fixed.  Tough crowd.

[Jim Hyla]

To continue my streak of posts:

Last night was the first time in a while where I had that great feeling of being in a visiting CU crowd and going home a winner. Some Union fans were mouthing off before and during the game, especially at 3-3. But our fans were really into it and never quit supporting the team. Of course having a band that comes in and takes over is really nice.

Comments from U fans as we were leaving, about how CU fans travel well and that we have one of the few bands that regularly travels, meant I didn't have to say anything, just walk out smiling.

I can remember that feeling going all the way back to the 60s in the Boston Garden. I hope it continues.

P.S. If you appreciate the pep band, give them a donation. More money means more travel and they really add to the fun at the rink.

[Trotsky]

To continue my streak of posts:

Last night was the first time in a while where I had that great feeling of being in a visiting CU crowd and going home a winner. Some Union fans were mouthing off before and during the game, especially at 3-3. But our fans were really into it and never quit supporting the team. Of course having a band that comes in and takes over is really nice.

Comments from U fans as we were leaving, about how CU fans travel well and that we have one of the few bands that regularly travels, meant I didn't have to say anything, just walk out smiling.

I can remember that feeling going all the way back to the 60s in the Boston Garden. I hope it continues.

P.S. If you appreciate the pep band, give them a donation. More money means more travel and they really add to the fun at the rink.

I dunno if it was mic placement, but our crowd sounded tremendous on the TV broadcast.  Towards the end of the game it did sound like Olden Days, with constant noise and a dominant presence, and going back and forth between the crowd and the band just blowing the home crowd out.  If the Youngins want to know why we senile old bastards are always on about the crowd and how it can help, last night was Exhibit A.

[Trotsky]

Speaking of Vecchione, the ECAC Class of 17 is going to graduate some very significant guys from our major rivals.  Leading ECAC senior scorers:

Code Select Expand


 1 Uni Vecchione
 3 Yal Hayden
 5 Hvd Kerfoot
 7 Hvd Moy
10 Hvd Malone
13 Drt Crema
14 Uni Taylor
21 Clk Boucher
23 RPI Bourbonnais
30 SLU Bayreuther
35 Hvd Esposito


[scoop85]

I finally got to see the embellishment call on Weidner; WTF was that call?  That about an all-time worst.

We certainly carried the play and the win was well-earned.  Really like the way Angello played -- certainly one of his better performance.

Boy can Vecchione shoot. I can certainly see him being an effective NHL player.

[Bahnstorm]

I finally got to see the embellishment call on Weidner; WTF was that call?  That about an all-time worst.

I don't know if that particular play warrented a call, but he has deserved that call in several of our last games. I suspect the refs saw something earlier and were watching for it. Not behavior you like to see from a wearer of the C.

[andyw2100]

I finally got to see the embellishment call on Weidner; WTF was that call?  That about an all-time worst.

We certainly carried the play and the win was well-earned.  Really like the way Angello played -- certainly one of his better performance.

Boy can Vecchione shoot. I can certainly see him being an effective NHL player.

After the play, as Weidner was being helped off the ice, the announcers were suggesting that he may have had his skate broken on the play. Perhaps the way the broken skate caused him to look somewhat "wobbly" caused the ref to think he was embellishing.

That's the only thing I can think of, as little sense as that makes.

[marty]

I finally got to see the embellishment call on Weidner; WTF was that call?  That about an all-time worst.

We certainly carried the play and the win was well-earned.  Really like the way Angello played -- certainly one of his better performance.

Boy can Vecchione shoot. I can certainly see him being an effective NHL player.

After the play, as Weidner was being helped off the ice, the announcers were suggesting that he may have had his skate broken on the play. Perhaps the way the broken skate caused him to look somewhat "wobbly" caused the ref to think he was embellishing.

That's the only thing I can think of, as little sense as that makes.

But he was almost immediately in the box. How could a skate be fixed that quickly? Loose Bauer pop off blade?

Is there any chance they could access the embellishment for the alleged acting job as he was getting up or pretending he couldn't get to his feet without difficulty?

[upprdeck]

is the fact you dont get up even part of the penalty phase?

[dbilmes]

One more leftover note from our win over Union, is that I don't recall the TV announcers saying anything about the fact that Union's starting senior goalie missed the game due to an injury, and the goalie who did play hadn't been in a game since November. That could have helped explain his struggles in the first period.