Quinnipiac QF

[RichH]

We can hope, but that aint gonna happen.  It's going to be nip and tuck all the way.  I'll be extremely pleased and relieved just to get by them.  

Very true. Despite their record, few teams have played Cornell as tightly as QU in our two games.

[dbilmes]

I'm uptight about this series.  As others have said I think it will be close; I think we're looking at more one-goal games, and I just hope our success in close games will carry us through.

I agree 100 percent. Once the first-round pairings were set, I was hoping we could avoid playing either Yale or Q in the quarters. Unfortunately, none of the bottom-feeders could pull off an upset.
We beat Q twice during the regular season, but both games were tight, and we were helped out down there by a fluke goal. As I noted earlier, Q was picked to finish second in the preseason ECAC coaches poll, and they dominated Yale last weekend.
If you go by the Pairwise rankings, we're getting a tougher first-round matchup then Clarkson (which plays No. No. 36 Colgate) and Harvard (which plays No. 35 Dartmouth). Q is ranked No. 29,and you could make a good argument that it will be a tougher opponent this weekend than No. 27 Princeton. Yes, Princeton can score a ton of goals, but most of them have come against the weaker teams in the league, and their defense is shaky. So much for the No. 1 seed being a big advantage!
We've won a ton of close games this year. Let's hope we can pull out two more this weekend.

[jeff '84]

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a strong of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

It's a shame you didn't get to enjoy Roy Ives....   He was the best...   Take a radio to the game & compare his play-by-play to the action on the ice....  He's the most accurate of the bunch... And, it's not even close.

ACM has told me about how good Roy was.  I may have caught a few years of him.  My first year was 81-82.  Not sure when he left.  But honestly I didn't listen to them on radio until later.

Am I crazy, or didn't Chris Moore (who went on to broadcast for the Devils and Panthers, and now fills in on WFAN sports talk in NY) broadcast Cornell hockey in the early 80's? Thought he was very good.

[ACM]

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a strong of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

It's a shame you didn't get to enjoy Roy Ives....   He was the best...   Take a radio to the game & compare his play-by-play to the action on the ice....  He's the most accurate of the bunch... And, it's not even close.

ACM has told me about how good Roy was.  I may have caught a few years of him.  My first year was 81-82.  Not sure when he left.  But honestly I didn't listen to them on radio until later.

Am I crazy, or didn't Chris Moore (who went on to broadcast for the Devils and Panthers, and now fills in on WFAN sports talk in NY) broadcast Cornell hockey in the early 80's? Thought he was very good.

You may or may not be crazy, but Chris Moore did broadcast Cornell hockey for WHCU (and play third base for my league-champion Kay Jewelers softball team) for four years.

[redice]

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a strong of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

It's a shame you didn't get to enjoy Roy Ives....   He was the best...   Take a radio to the game & compare his play-by-play to the action on the ice....  He's the most accurate of the bunch... And, it's not even close.

ACM has told me about how good Roy was.  I may have caught a few years of him.  My first year was 81-82.  Not sure when he left.  But honestly I didn't listen to them on radio until later.

Am I crazy, or didn't Chris Moore (who went on to broadcast for the Devils and Panthers, and now fills in on WFAN sports talk in NY) broadcast Cornell hockey in the early 80's? Thought he was very good.

Chris was the worst of the bunch!!   Again, as someone who takes a radio to the game AND listens to the broadcasts on the radio, he didn't have a clue as to what was happening on the ice, as evidenced by his use of the words:  "mystery whistle"...  He used those words often...  It always amazed me that he left Ithaca and had such success...  He must have worked VERY had at his trade... He was not a natural!!

[adamw]

Chris was the worst of the bunch!!   Again, as someone who takes a radio to the game AND listens to the broadcasts on the radio, he didn't have a clue as to what was happening on the ice, as evidenced by his use of the words:  "mystery whistle"...  He used those words often...  It always amazed me that he left Ithaca and had such success...  He must have worked VERY had at his trade... He was not a natural!!

Trying to stay out of this - but as a fellow IC alum of Chris Moore - and someone who got to hear his Devils broadcasts on the radio fairly frequently ... Let's just say, I was never a fan myself either, unfortunately. Always interesting to see who gets NHL jobs and who doesn't.

[jeff '84]

Chris was the worst of the bunch!!   Again, as someone who takes a radio to the game AND listens to the broadcasts on the radio, he didn't have a clue as to what was happening on the ice, as evidenced by his use of the words:  "mystery whistle"...  He used those words often...  It always amazed me that he left Ithaca and had such success...  He must have worked VERY had at his trade... He was not a natural!!

Trying to stay out of this - but as a fellow IC alum of Chris Moore - and someone who got to hear his Devils broadcasts on the radio fairly frequently ... Let's just say, I was never a fan myself either, unfortunately. Always interesting to see who gets NHL jobs and who doesn't.

I thought he had a real good radio voice, as to the nuts and bolts, I have no comment or recollection (and never took the radio to a home game to see how he matched up to the action)...

[jtwcornell91]

You kids are about to get a treat.

"The Cornell men's hockey team's postseason begins with its final home games of the season, when it hosts Quinnipiac this weekend in a best-of-three ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series at Lynah. The entire series will be broadcast through the platforms of Eleven Sports USA, with Grady Whittenburg handling play-by-play with color commentary from Will LeBlond."

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a string of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

+1 (I'm also too young to have heard Roy Ives.)  One warning: if you're listening on earphones, watch out for the volume level when someone scores. :-)

[upprdeck]

Looks like a solid crowd for Sat night... very few tickets left online.. Friday has quite a few and sunday wont be sold until after the sat game.

[Tom Lento]

We can hope, but that aint gonna happen.  It's going to be nip and tuck all the way.  I'll be extremely pleased and relieved just to get by them.  

Very true. Despite their record, few teams have played Cornell as tightly as QU in our two games.

Q is third in the nation in even strength possession metrics and way down in both shooting % and save %. They're 7-3-0 in their last 10, which have largely featured decent goaltending (separated by some absolutely awful nights) and higher shooting percentages. This is a dangerous matchup. I have not seen them play but by the numbers they look like a team that's been pretty unlucky for a good chunk of the season. They could pull an upset with two decent games from their goaltender.

Hopefully Cornell fully returns to health and starts firing on all cylinders again - down the stretch Union has looked like the best team in the league, and it felt a little like CU was limping to the RS finish line.

[Larry72]

You kids are about to get a treat.

"The Cornell men's hockey team's postseason begins with its final home games of the season, when it hosts Quinnipiac this weekend in a best-of-three ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series at Lynah. The entire series will be broadcast through the platforms of Eleven Sports USA, with Grady Whittenburg handling play-by-play with color commentary from Will LeBlond."

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a string of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

I too would add Roy Ives to that mix. Cornell has been fortunate over the years to have a number of outstanding hockey play-by-play announcers.

[Jim Hyla]

You kids are about to get a treat.

"The Cornell men's hockey team's postseason begins with its final home games of the season, when it hosts Quinnipiac this weekend in a best-of-three ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series at Lynah. The entire series will be broadcast through the platforms of Eleven Sports USA, with Grady Whittenburg handling play-by-play with color commentary from Will LeBlond."

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a string of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

I too would add Roy Ives to that mix. Cornell has been fortunate over the years to have a number of outstanding hockey play-by-play announcers.

I loved both of them. I'd like to listen to Grady again, but I'll be in Lynah.:-)

[RichH]

You kids are about to get a treat.

"The Cornell men's hockey team's postseason begins with its final home games of the season, when it hosts Quinnipiac this weekend in a best-of-three ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinal series at Lynah. The entire series will be broadcast through the platforms of Eleven Sports USA, with Grady Whittenburg handling play-by-play with color commentary from Will LeBlond."

Grady is the second best hockey play by play I've ever heard, after Dean Vrooman in Portland.  He was with Cornell for 13 seasons (I had no idea it was that long).  We've been blessed to have a string of terrific announcers in Grady, Adam, and Jason, but Grady is in a class by himself.

I too would add Roy Ives to that mix. Cornell has been fortunate over the years to have a number of outstanding hockey play-by-play announcers.

I loved both of them. I'd like to listen to Grady again, but I'll be in Lynah.:-)

Hopefully it'll be good enough to want to watch the tape-delayed broadcast!

[BearLover]

Hopefully it'll be good enough to want to watch the tape-delayed broadcast!

It's being streamed online live. The article was misleading; the delayed broadcast is with regard to their real (non-stream) channel. (I think?)

Let's hope the Red absolutely blitzes QU, so that Vanderlaan, in what will hopefully be only a two-game series, can play as little as possible so that he can move from a "hopeful" to a definite.

As others have said, this is pretty far beyond what most of us are realistically hoping for from this series. First of all, Q is a difficult matchup and Cornell can easily lose. Second, and relatedly, if Vanderlaan is healthy, given that he is one of the best players on the team, he won't be playing "as little as possible." It's the playoffs and Cornell isn't going to have an easy matchup the rest of the way. It's all hands on deck.

[BigRedHockeyFan]

We've won a ton of close games this year. Let's hope we can pull out two more this weekend.

Cornell has Galajda.  

Looking forward to puck drop.