Cornell - Brown

[Iceberg]

I can't really blame Galajda for any of those goals. On every instance there were uncovered guys near the crease or below the faceoff dots. That sequence was some of the worst defense all year easily.

[scoop85]

I can't really blame Galajda for any of those goals. On every instance there were uncovered guys near the crease or below the faceoff dots. That sequence was some of the worst defense all year easily.

I wasn't intending to blame him, just making an observation. You're correct that the defense left him pretty much to dry on all 3 goals.

[abmarks]

I can't really blame Galajda for any of those goals. On every instance there were uncovered guys near the crease or below the faceoff dots. That sequence was some of the worst defense all year easily.

I wasn't intending to blame him, just making an observation. You're correct that the defense left him pretty much to dry on all 3 goals.

Tru.  Looked to me like he was giving up way too so many rebounds all night though.

[BearLover]

I can't really blame Galajda for any of those goals. On every instance there were uncovered guys near the crease or below the faceoff dots. That sequence was some of the worst defense all year easily.

I wasn't intending to blame him, just making an observation. You're correct that the defense left him pretty much to dry on all 3 goals.

Galajda did misplay the initial shot that led to the second Brown goal. But the third period as a whole was one continuous mental lapse by Cornell. The first Brown goal was the result of the entire team pinching when up 3-0 and then being too far behind the play/being too tired/being too lazy to back-check as a result. After Brown tied it, Cornell lost any semblance of awareness on offense and, rather than pass the puck, everyone on the team tried to go to the net on individual efforts, resulting in zero scoring changes and plenty of turnovers.

[Jim Hyla]

I took some time getting out of Providence and to I95 on the way to New Haven. Surprised was I when I passed a Swarthout bus. Was that the team? Did Coach put the guys on the bus without showering?

It wasn't the band, they were staying with the Brown band for the night. Who else could it be?

[ACM]

I took some time getting out of Providence and to I95 on the way to New Haven. Surprised was I when I passed a Swarthout bus. Was that the team? Did Coach put the guys on the bus without showering?

It wasn't the band, they were staying with the Brown band for the night. Who else could it be?

Women's basketball team also played at Brown last night.

[sah67]

After Brown tied it, Cornell lost any semblance of awareness on offense and, rather than pass the puck, everyone on the team tried to go to the net on individual efforts, resulting in zero scoring changes and plenty of turnovers.

That was one of Schafer's specific critiques in his post-game comments to the Sun:

"[Brown] played well, we got point hungry and it came back and bit us in the ass. They just don't chip pucks down on the boards in the neutral zone," Schafer said. "We had a 2-on-1 and we decided our forward and our defensemen also wanted to join and make it a 4-on-1 so if we miss the net like we did, then it goes back the other way into a 3-on-1 and they end up scoring and we didn't back check."

Also not happy with the officiating:

Schafer, citing his lineup already shorthanded due to injuries, was especially irked about two knee-on-knee plays he said should be submitted for "supplemental discipline." Cornell was also penalized for a bizarre faceoff violation in the final seconds of overtime.

"All the stuff they let go and then all of a sudden they call the weakest call in the book," Schafer said of the referees. "The kid drops his stick so it's an automatic call, forget about holding, cross-checking, boarding and all that stuff. We've gotta get that dropping the stick out of the game, it's frickin dangerous."

"It's frustrating when you have the lead three-nothing and absolutely it's dictated by not gonna call anything more [for] the team that's got the three-nothing lead," Schafer said. "That's happened in officiating for years and years and years. It's just that we gotta overcome that and not cheat the game and get frustrated with it."

[upprdeck]

if they give an A effort vs Yale a tie wont be a bad thing,

[scoop85]

He did that after an embarrassing loss at Army about 20 years ago

[Beeeej]

He did that after an embarrassing loss at Army about 20 years ago

Yup, he did it his first season as head coach (1995-96) after losing at Army 4-1, including having them run around Army's rink for a while still in their gear before letting them on the bus. He regretted it so much (because he had to suffer with the players' stench, too) that he swore he'd never do it again.

[Dafatone]

Brown is 28th in the pairwise. What a world.

[Jim Hyla]

I took some time getting out of Providence and to I95 on the way to New Haven. Surprised was I when I passed a Swarthout bus. Was that the team? Did Coach put the guys on the bus without showering?

It wasn't the band, they were staying with the Brown band for the night. Who else could it be?

Women's basketball team also played at Brown last night.

Thanks, that makes sense.

[Trotsky]

Brown is 28th in the pairwise. What a world.

Good.  Way better than dumping points to, I dunno, RPI or Colgate.

[dag14]

I was at that Army game, and waited outside by the bus afterward to give a care package to the player who lived with my family.  Needless to say, the care package did not get on the bus.  The guys didn't look at any of the waiting fans, let alone stop to talk, as they went to the bus.

[scoop85]

I was at that Army game, and waited outside by the bus afterward to give a care package to the player who lived with my family.  Needless to say, the care package did not get on the bus.  The guys didn't look at any of the waiting fans, let alone stop to talk, as they went to the bus.

IIRC, the weather was crappy that night, and I decided not to go even thoug I live less than 30 minutes from West Point. A decision I've never regretted.