ECAC SF Lake Placid: Cornell 6 Brown 0

[RichH]

cornell had almost 4 k at the 3 games this weekend.. the other 3 teams combined 5k+.. Harvard with 900..  Quin/Clark around 2.

not sure that points at any big crowds up in lake placed.

A lot of the locals throughout the Adirondack region mostly identifies with Clarkson. If they wander in for the tournament, you'll have a good chunk of people cheering for Tech, especially when they're up there with three Ivies.

[jtwcornell91]

cornell had almost 4 k at the 3 games this weekend.. the other 3 teams combined 5k+.. Harvard with 900..  Quin/Clark around 2.

not sure that points at any big crowds up in lake placed.

A lot of the locals throughout the Adirondack region mostly identifies with Clarkson. If they wander in for the tournament, you'll have a good chunk of people cheering for Tech, especially when they're up there with three Ivies.

I would assume a Cornell-Clarkson final would mean overall good attendance in the tournament.

[Trotsky]

cornell had almost 4 k at the 3 games this weekend.. the other 3 teams combined 5k+.. Harvard with 900..  Quin/Clark around 2.

not sure that points at any big crowds up in lake placed.

A lot of the locals throughout the Adirondack region mostly identifies with Clarkson. If they wander in for the tournament, you'll have a good chunk of people cheering for Tech, especially when they're up there with three Ivies.

I would assume a Cornell-Clarkson final would mean overall good attendance in the tournament.

It's by far the best permutation for attendance, as well as the moral health of the universe.

[Beeeej]

CHN's weekend preview:

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2019/03/20_ECAC-Tournament-Final-Four.php

[Jim Hyla]

Cornell game notes

The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ in the U.S. with Perry Laskaris on play-by-play and former Cornell captain and assistant coach Topher Scott '08 providing color commentary. The same production can be viewed by international viewers through a different platform via Stretch Internet. The game can also be heard on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) and worldwide via the station's website with 15th-year play-by-play man Jason Weinstein on the call and Grady Whittenburg providing commentary and interviews from rinkside.

The Big Red's sophomore class averages 1.34 goals per game, which is highest in ECAC Hockey and fourth-highest in the nation.

Senior forward Mitch Vanderlaan (10-18–28) ranks second on the team in overall scoring and third in assists. The Big Red's second-year captain is also the team's active leading scorer with 95 points in 128 collegiate games.

Freshman forward Michael Regush (11-3–14) scored nine of his goals in ECAC Hockey play, which tied for the most in the league among newcomers.

Cornell ranks sixth in the nation in team faceoff percentage (54.4%). The Big Red won 43 of 69 draws (62.3%) in last Saturday's Game 2 vs. Union — including a monster night from sophomore Kyle Betts, who was 19-2.
•  Michael Regush (56.2%) and Max Andreev (55.6%) and both rank in the top 10 nationally among rookies. Senior Beau Starrett once again leads the Big Red in draws taken with a 55.9% success rate.

[billhoward]

So anyone have a view whether meeting Brown on Olympic ice favors or disfavors Cornell? The old thinking when Cornell was big and bruising was the extra surface was a disadvantage. Is Cornell now built to take advantage of the ice vs Brown? Or is the regulation vs Olympic debate overblown?

If you think of Brown as a team with the skating finesse of the 2014 Union team and us having defenders all with the speed of Douglas Murray in his final year with San Jose, then there's an added advantage of the wider rink for Brown. But this is a Brown that was 8-9-5 in ECAC play and 15-13-5 overall. They no longer have Yann Denis is goal. Cornell should win. Look, people all already talking about how overall #1 seed Duke will need make it out of its region. (Uh, basketball.)

[Swampy]

So anyone have a view whether meeting Brown on Olympic ice favors or disfavors Cornell? The old thinking when Cornell was big and bruising was the extra surface was a disadvantage. Is Cornell now built to take advantage of the ice vs Brown? Or is the regulation vs Olympic debate overblown?

If you think of Brown as a team with the skating finesse of the 2014 Union team and us having defenders all with the speed of Douglas Murray in his final year with San Jose, then there's an added advantage of the wider rink for Brown. But this is a Brown that was 8-9-5 in ECAC play and 15-13-5 overall. They no longer have Yann Denis is goal. Cornell should win. Look, people all already talking about how overall #1 seed Duke will need make it out of its region. (Uh, basketball.)

Good points. Mike has been making changes in our approach that should be advantageous on the bigger ice. I'm looking for our speed and stick-handling finesse to help. We just can't lose concentration the way we did in Providence, even for 53 seconds.

[upprdeck]

it was interesting how many times Cornell was able to go wide on union last weekend. it didnt lead to goals but a ton of solid chances. other than than the  5 min collapse at brown we controlled them pretty good.. As coach said we were running on fumes that weekend. we had 1 period each game vs them where they got good chances.. need to limit that

[osorojo]

These 5 minute collapses, are they due to personnel, preparation, or are they just the gods messing around?

[marty]

These 5 minute collapses, are they due to personnel, preparation, or are they just the gods messing around?

Yes.

[Swampy]

These 5 minute collapses, are they due to personnel, preparation, or are they just the gods messing around?

As upprdeck pointed out, Schafer explained it as the team being exhausted. Because of injuries he had been using fewer lines and few defenders. We're pretty healthy this weekend, and relatively rested, so shortage of personnel should not be too much of an issue.

[djk26]

We're pretty healthy this weekend, and relatively rested, so shortage of personnel should not be too much of an issue.

I see that Andreev played in the series against Union, but I assume he is not 100%?

[Sperris]

Just a few more minutes, how does the crowd look?

[nshapiro]

4pm game right?  ESPN+ still saying "event about to begin"

[ugarte]

Amazing start. Nuttle and Bauld on the PP off of the major.