ECAC QF Game 3: Cornell 4 Union 2

[upprdeck]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

[Trotsky]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

It was Early Stage Gaudet.   The theory is you knock the shit outta the better team to get them off their game and into Hulk Mode.  You bring them down to your level.  We did the same thing in 1987.  It's the last refuge of the desperate.

I do not like Bennett -- he seems like a punk.  But he did win it all, playing a really interesting style with a team that wasn't overwhelming with its talent, so he has cred.  He may also just happen to be an asshole.

[upprdeck]

he even dissed his goalie who was the only reason there was a game 3.

[jtwcornell91]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

It was Early Stage Gaudet.   The theory is you knock the shit outta the better team to get them off their game and into Hulk Mode.  You bring them down to your level.  We did the same thing in 1987.  It's the last refuge of the desperate.

I do not like Bennett -- he seems like a punk.  But he did win it all, playing a really interesting style with a team that wasn't overwhelming with its talent, so he has cred.  He may also just happen to be an asshole.

He also looks a bit like a monster out of a Ray Harryhausen movie.

[drs48]

......or a scoundrel.

[Dafatone]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

Honestly, I wasn't completely sold on the 5 minutes on the knee hit. Wasn't a BAD call, certainly, but I was a little surprised we got it. Then again, Vidmar should have been sitting for game 3 because of the punches he threw Saturday night.

Union displayed an impressive amount of goonery.

[Trotsky]

Honestly, I wasn't completely sold on the 5 minutes on the knee hit. Wasn't a BAD call, certainly, but I was a little surprised we got it.

I wasn't until the slow mo replay.  Then it seemed to me that Foo put his leg out there on purpose.  If that's not intent to injure then it's at least being heedless of whether he does or not, and fuck that noise.

I think he deserved a big ol' DQ.

[Trotsky]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

It was Early Stage Gaudet.   The theory is you knock the shit outta the better team to get them off their game and into Hulk Mode.  You bring them down to your level.  We did the same thing in 1987.  It's the last refuge of the desperate.

I do not like Bennett -- he seems like a punk.  But he did win it all, playing a really interesting style with a team that wasn't overwhelming with its talent, so he has cred.  He may also just happen to be an asshole.

He also looks a bit like a monster out of a Ray Harryhausen movie.

This is perfect.  He really does move in stop motion.

[andyw2100]

not sure how to complain about the refs. penalties were almost even.  they really let the game get out of control late though with union really taking liberty with stuff the last 5-10 min.

I'd say the embellishment call is, perhaps, the one against Union that the refs didn't have to call. But there were so many little BS "goonery" things that went uncalled against Union that Bennett has no reason to complain. There was one with Mallott (I think) and someone on Union where our player was definitely the less at fault, and where taking both involved players would have been fine. But as the two were tangling, our guy was jumped from behind, and taken down to the ice by a third player. And somehow that resulted in a minor penalty for each team!

There was also a really late cross-check to the head, after the whistle, that went uncalled.

Earlier in the game a small child sitting in C, who had generally been surprisingly loud and vocal for a small child, yelled out, in a voice that sounded like a six-year old girl's, (but looking later, may have been an eight-ish year old boy's)--"You're screwing us again, ref." I found that highly amusing!

[scoop85]

Honestly, I wasn't completely sold on the 5 minutes on the knee hit. Wasn't a BAD call, certainly, but I was a little surprised we got it.

I wasn't until the slow mo replay.  Then it seemed to me that Foo put his leg out there on purpose.  If that's not intent to injure then it's at least being heedless of whether he does or not, and fuck that noise.

I think he deserved a big ol' DQ.

On the replay it looked quite intentional and dangerous.  I'm with you.

[cbuckser]

https://twitter.com/cbuckser/status/1107397051673776128

[slh10]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

It was Early Stage Gaudet.   The theory is you knock the shit outta the better team to get them off their game and into Hulk Mode.  You bring them down to your level.  We did the same thing in 1987.  It's the last refuge of the desperate.

I do not like Bennett -- he seems like a punk.  But he did win it all, playing a really interesting style with a team that wasn't overwhelming with its talent, so he has cred.  He may also just happen to be an asshole.

Trotsky, I agree with you as far as disliking Bennett. We must also remember Nate Leahman built that team and Bennett was lucky enough to get the rewards. And Leahman followed it up later on at Providence. I find his teams to be a bunch of thugs similar to the Clarkson teams of George Rolls.

[BearLover]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

It was Early Stage Gaudet.   The theory is you knock the shit outta the better team to get them off their game and into Hulk Mode.  You bring them down to your level.  We did the same thing in 1987.  It's the last refuge of the desperate.

I do not like Bennett -- he seems like a punk.  But he did win it all, playing a really interesting style with a team that wasn't overwhelming with its talent, so he has cred.  He may also just happen to be an asshole.

Trotsky, I agree with you as far as disliking Bennett. We must also remember Nate Leahman built that team and Bennett was lucky enough to get the rewards. And Leahman followed it up later on at Providence. I find his teams to be a bunch of thugs similar to the Clarkson teams of George Rolls.

I'm no fan of Bennett either but taking a random tiny school in upstate New York to the Frozen Four and then to the National Title is almost unfathomably difficult. Plus, Bennett was an assistant in the Leahman years and probably handled much of the recruiting.

[Iceberg]

Also, Union was a very dominant team (keyword being team) that year. They took out some very good teams on their way to the championship. And up until Makar at UMass this year, I can't recall seeing any defenseman as consistently effective or dominant as Gostisbehere was. The Hobey Baker would've been his if Gaudreau weren't still at the college level.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

listening to his pre game on the radio he doesnt come across very well.

What was the complaint about the knee penalty call?  not that it was wrong or that they reviewed it?

Union got away with a ton.. even when the game was almost over, I forget who they tripped at center ice, but then when that player was trying to get over the wall on a line change they went over and tried to check him from behind over the boards too..

It was Early Stage Gaudet.   The theory is you knock the shit outta the better team to get them off their game and into Hulk Mode.  You bring them down to your level.  We did the same thing in 1987.  It's the last refuge of the desperate.

I do not like Bennett -- he seems like a punk.  But he did win it all, playing a really interesting style with a team that wasn't overwhelming with its talent, so he has cred.  He may also just happen to be an asshole.

He also looks a bit like a monster out of a Ray Harryhausen movie.

This is perfect.  He really does move in stop motion.

While I love the Harryhausen reference he actually reminds me of Lon Chaney Jr.