2019 Achievements (Team and Individual)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

pretty clear this year had we not been so injured across the board we probably win the league by 5-7 pts

We'd more than likely have won one of our ties and thus won the league, at any rate.

With Andreev returning we will have everybody back and healthy except Cody and Misha ("Cody and Misha" sounds like an undercard donkey act in Tijuana), so anyway we mostly timed our injuries right.

Sounds like an act in the Moscow circus,

[CU2007]

pretty clear this year had we not been so injured across the board we probably win the league by 5-7 pts

We'd more than likely have won one of our ties and thus won the league, at any rate.

With Andreev returning we will have everybody back and healthy except Cody and Misha ("Cody and Misha" sounds like an undercard donkey act in Tijuana), so anyway we mostly timed our injuries right.

Healthy enough to play, at least.

[Trotsky]

Healthy enough to play, at least.

A little bird told me he was probably already "healthy enough to play" this weekend but Schafer held him out just to be sure.  Assuming he has been skating with the team and was cleared to play, with another two weeks he could be more than just Barely Minimally Compliant.

I'm just really glad they all have some rest.

[Trotsky]

Galajda's 13th career shut out ties him with Dryden for 3rd all-time at Cornell.  Dryden did it in 83 games.  Galajda in 54.

OTOH, Matt is 35-13-5.  Ken was 78-4-1.

[Jim Hyla]

Galajda's 13th career shut out ties him with Dryden for 3rd all-time at Cornell.  Dryden did it in 83 games.  Galajda in 54.

OTOH, Matt is 35-13-5.  Ken was 78-4-1.

Which shows the value of stats.

[Al DeFlorio]

Galajda's 13th career shut out ties him with Dryden for 3rd all-time at Cornell.  Dryden did it in 83 games.  Galajda in 54.

OTOH, Matt is 35-13-5.  Ken was 78-4-1.

Which shows the value of stats.

There was a time when a goalie looked like a human, with legs, arms, and a recognizably human form.  A save required moving a glove, a stick, a blocker, or a leg.  No more.  Today a goalie is so padded he just stands in the way.  A snapped glove save causes wonderment in an announcer.  

Compare any photo of Dryden in a Cornell or Montreal uniform with any goalie today.  No wonder it's so difficult to score anymore, and why teams like this year's RPIs and Colgates can hang in with and beat much better teams even though dominated on the ice.

[upprdeck]

for all the complaining i dont know why they dont reduce goalie pads to just what is needed for safety. Same with the glove.

[redice]

for all the complaining i dont know why they dont reduce goalie pads to just what is needed for safety. Same with the glove.

I agree!!  You would see the Dryden-like stats disappear, probably forever.

[andyw2100]

for all the complaining i dont know why they dont reduce goalie pads to just what is needed for safety. Same with the glove.

I agree!!  You would see the Dryden-like stats disappear, probably forever.

Just playing devil's advocate here, but isn't it possible that to some extent the bigger goalie pads are offsetting the advances made in stick design? I would have to think that with today's composite sticks the players are shooting harder and with more accuracy than they were fifty years ago with wooden sticks. Just a thought.

[Trotsky]

Galajda's 13th career shut out ties him with Dryden for 3rd all-time at Cornell.  Dryden did it in 83 games.  Galajda in 54.

OTOH, Matt is 35-13-5.  Ken was 78-4-1.

Which shows the value of stats.

It shows the value of a stat in a vacuum.

[CU2007]

Nuttle wins best defensive defenseman. Well deserved.

[Trotsky]

Nuttle wins best defensive defenseman. Well deserved.

Since the award was re-instituted in 1993, Cornellians have won it 6 times in 27 seasons:

99 Burgoyne
02 McMeekin
03 Murray
10 Krueger
18 McCrea
19 Nuttle

6 Cor
5 SLU
4 Brn
4 Clk
3 Uni
3 Yal
1 Hvd
1 Prn
1 Qpc
1 Ver
0 Cgt
0 Drt
0 RPI

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Ver = UVM ?

[Trotsky]

Ver = UVM ?

Yes

[jtwcornell91]

Ver = UVM ?

Yes

Surprised your Shea Stadium scoreboard algorithm didn't come up with "Vmt" or something.