goaltending possibilities

[DeltaOne81]

I'm gonna go out on a bit of a limb here and say that this is the weekend that Schafer finally kills the traditional 'goalie rotation' that he's set up. He said a couple weeks ago that he would pick a goalie for the playoffs and that he already "had a pretty good idea" who it'd be. Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that it's Underhill? He's the senior, it's his last shot, and although Lenny may have lightly better stats, Undy's played the better teams (Clarkson of Clarkson/SLU, Harvard (sucks) of Harvard/Brown twice, Dartmouth this past weekend).

Why this weekend? Well, given that Schaefer considers Underhill our #1, he would certainly want to pair him against Clarkson as opposed to the lowly SLU (this year at least). Why Saturday? Why bc it's Senior night of course and it's just not right to play the frosh goalie on Sr Night :-). Finally, bc if Undy's gonna be expected to do back to back starts in the playoffs, he should probably have done it once or twice recently. I wouldn't rule out LeNevue playing Friday, but I think, starting on Saturday, Underhill's our man for the rest of the way... and that's fine by me.  B-]

Just my $0.02.

-Fred, DeltaOne81 '03

[jtwcornell91]

Of course, Undy did play Senior Night when Burt was a senior...

[DeltaOne81]

Yeah, I realized that, but as much as I appreciated Burt's efforts, I think everyone knew that Underhill was #1 and is/was the better goalie by a long shot. I'm not saying Senior Night is the only factor, the team comes first so you do what's best for the team, and last year that was playing Underhill.

But this year, as great as LeNevue's been, Underhill's still going to get the reins when crunch time comes (aka: the playoffs), and since the switch has to start some time, I dunno, everything seems to add up on this weekend.

Not playing the better, senior goalie on senior night, against the better opponent? I dunno, just sorta seems wrong. Not that Underhill would take it badly (nor should he), he's far to good of a sport for that, but it all just leads to a gut feeling of mine.

-Fred, DeltaOne81 '03

[Josh '99]

I've been told by a reliable source that the rotation will continue through (at least) this weekend.  I'm going to guess that the order will be switched up so that Underhill can start on Senior Night.

[CowbellGuy]

It would be nice to have 2 10-game winning goalies in the same year, after all... When was the last time that happened?

[Give My Regards]

For the Big Red... that's never happened.

[DeltaOne81]

Ok, damn good point, so I'm definitely routing for LeNevue to play Friday then and beat the pants off of SLU... with Underhill going the rest of the way this season and getting his 10th win Senior night... yeah, that'd be nice < drifts off to a land of lollypops and gumdrops >

[Beeeej]

I usually try to make a habit of not correcting people's spelling around here (especially because I then usually make an error of my own that people gleefully point out), but it's LeNeveu.  It's pronounced /LEH-ne-vyoo/, so your spelling is intuitive, but not correct.

Just preparing y'all for three more years of spelling his name properly as we talk about his dominating goaltending performances.  :-)

Beeeej

[Greg Berge]

> Just preparing y'all for three more years of spelling his name properly as we talk about his dominating goaltending performances.

Arthur Mintz told me a great story that this reminds me of.

He was announcing a red-white game, and a freshman had a bunch of points, and Arthur was pronouncing his name as he'd been told, with emphasis on the second syllable.

After the game, the kid -- very soft spoken and shy -- skated over and told him, "it's actually pronounced "NIEU-wen-dyk, and you're going to be saying it a lot."

[Greg Berge]

I would vote for Schafer to continue the rotation all the way through the Quints.  That would give David a game of post season experience and reward him for his incredible freshman season.

I agree that if Cornell gets to Lake Placid, Matt probably gets the nod for all the games thereafter.

[CowbellGuy]

Actually, it SHOULD be pronounced leh-ne-VOO, but I've had to listen to Paolini mispronounced for 3 years, so... ::rolleyes::

[Beeeej]

Yeah, and "Anbinder" should be pronounced /ahn-BIHN-der/ instead of /AN-bine-der/, but it ain't.  Far as I know, Arthur and Grady go by what the players tell the coaches.

Beeeej

[Greg Berge]

"It's spelled Sir Walter Luxury Yacht, but it's pronounced Throatwarbler Mangrove."

[gtsully]

That's a very good point.  I guess we all know that Underhill is the man for the playoffs, and even though I've been riding shotgun in the LeNeveu bandwagon since Harvard I, it'd be nice to see Underhill beat a tough team on senior night.  I do think LeNeveu should start Friday night, though - if you want to end the rotation and get Underhill his back-to-back starts, do it next weekend.

Damn, I hate that I'm missing senior night.

[The Radio Guy]

I hope it's not inferred that I'm mispronouncing Paolini's name as his father has told me that I'm one of the few that gets it right.  As far as David's name, I haven't heard it that way (Leh-ne-VOO) at all from coaches, teammates, or the freshman phenom himself (unless he's holding out on me!).  More along the lines of Leh-ne-VIEW which is in line with the actual spelling (LeneVEU).  But if David corrects me, I'll gladly change my call on the air.  After all, who would argue with the nation's GAA leader???

Arthur taught me a very easy but valuable lesson in my first or second year of broadcasting the games.  When in doubt on the proper way to say someone's name, go to them and have them tell you how it's pronounced.  That ploy backfired atleast once when Eddy Skazyk was asked that very question and said "however you guys want to say it."  Phonetic spellings can be confusing at times, but straight from the horses mouth rarely steers you wrong.