2019-01-26: Colgate 3 Cornell 2 (ot)

[Trotsky]

Second verse.  Same as the first?

[upprdeck]

dreadfully bad TO late in the first leads to a tie game..   those are the simple mistakes that have to be corrected.

[BearLover]

Colgate is utterly incapable of creating offense. Lucky for them, Cornell creates plenty for them. This is embarrassing.

[Trotsky]

We dominated the second period, the difference is a 20-second lapse with a bad turnover and a soft goal.

[Trotsky]

In before the Suicide Squad.  We played extremely well for most of the game.  A few mistakes and Mitch Benson standing on his head.  Bah, but it happens.

[Dafatone]

In before the Suicide Squad.  We played extremely well for most of the game.  A few mistakes and Mitch Benson standing on his head.  Bah, but it happens.

Yup. If Benson were only playing great and not very great, we win that 4-2.

[Iceberg]

Yeah, Benson definitely kept the game close. Things just didn't look right after the tying goal, though. It's almost as if the play was more tentative. Maybe that was because of Colgate's more aggresive forecheck in the 3rd, but who knows

[BearLover]

Colgate is hands-down the worst team we've played this season. Topher can talk all he wants about their defensive positioning or how strong the ECAC is but this was an absolutely terrible loss.

Cornell played well following the 2nd Colgate goal and their goalie stole it. But the first 80 minutes and 15 seconds this weekend were embarrassing.

[Iceberg]

Also, I can't recall the last time I've seen a Cornell team that looks dominant in OT. It's definitely been a while since any wins in the extra period.

Edit: 2016 in the playoffs against Union, so almost 3 years.

[RichH]

Also, I can't recall the last time I've seen a Cornell team that looks dominant in OT. It's definitely been a while since any wins in the extra period.

Interesting point: March 2016 in the QF clincher was the last OT win. Surprisingly, CU hasn't had many OT games the last 2 years. Two this season, and two last season. The last OT loss was December 2016.

[Dafatone]

Benson stole the game. He made three saves that were unbelievable and a bunch of other good ones. If he were only great, we would've won 4-2.

[ugarte]

Somehow only dropped to 9th in PWR. I was expecting a much more dramatic fall.

[GBR1234]

Classy...Snodgrass flips the bird to Lynah fans after goal.

[RichH]

Classy...Snodgrass flips the bird to Lynah fans after goal.

To be fair, he was doing the "shhhh" gesture, not flipping the bird.

Still, it struck me that this was the first thing he thought to do after scoring a very big OT goal, and not, say, celebrate with his teammates standing 5 feet away.

[Iceberg]

It just goes to show how much a good student section gets into the heads to certain players. That game will probably go down as the highlight of Colgate's season.