Cornell vs. UNH scores and updates- spoilers inside

[Lenny is a GOD!]

Three words:

We were robbed. :-(

[Skulk]

I was sure that last shot was going in.  But it was right off the goalies face...
And the shot off the post...
And the called back goal...

A great season, though, and lots to be hopeful about.  I'm crushed though. ::worry::

Thank you seniors, thank you team; for the most exciting season I've ever watched.

[Kyle Rose]

No, we were not robbed.  The called-off goal was called off perfectly legitimately: it broke the 4' rule pretty obviously, even from the TV replay, and like it or not, THAT'S THE RULE.

The fact is, we gave it away.  Cornell played very poorly compared to how they have played for most of the rest of the season, and deserved to lose.  Does it hurt?  Yep.  Life's a bitch sometimes.

Kyle

[Section A]

Three things:

1. We very well may have been robbed.

2. That shouldn't have mattered. They hung their heads after that disallowed goal, and didn't step it up.

3. Lenny wasn't a God today at all. Second period: UNH had three shots. 2 went in.

[gwm3]

I hate to blame the officials after a tough loss, but the no goal call may have cost us a chance at the national championship.  We came out of the gate looking very strong, got the first goal, and then had all the wind taken out of our sails.  This is exactly the kind of thing that instant replay should NOT be used for.  How the hell are you supposed to tell definitively if the guy's stick was 4 feet off the ground on TV??!!  If it takes you 5 minutes to make a decision, you've gotta go with the call on the ice.  It may have been a high stick, but there is no way in hell that you can make that call in that situation.  Unbelievable...

And I think with the exception of a couple very bad turnovers in the defensive zone we did not play that poorly.  I think we outshot them pretty handily, didn't we?



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[nobody@nowhere.com]

Avash...simmer down.  Don't be a dick.  You have no idea what was going through the players heads.

[ZooeyDog]

[Q]Avash...simmer down. Don't be a dick. You have no idea what was going through the players heads.[/Q]


I second that emotion. Simmer down.

And Graham's points echo my own from between the first and second periods: there's no way you should *ever* take 5 minutes to review a goal and then reverse the on-ice call. Horrible.

But you know what? It's sports, and no one ever promised that there is absolute justice in sports. We had our cracks. We didn't put 'em in. We go home. I, for one, am really proud of the Cornell jersey I'm still wearing right now.


ZD

[Dan]

I'm as proud of Cornell today as I was when I graduated in 1981.  It was a great run, especially for us old alums who still follow the team....I was in Albany for the ECAC championship win.  Great, great fun.

[ZooeyDog]

Class of '91 here. Proud as can be.

ZD

[Section A]

Okay okay....

I'm not saying I'm not proud of what they accomplished this season; all I'm saying is that I really don't think they were prepared enough for this game. Maybe it had to do with the time off, who knows. But they were so sloppy; I just couldn't believe what I was watching.

I've calmed down a bit now, but this one's going to take a while...

[ZooeyDog]

I hear ya. It's frustrating. Really, I didn't think they played that poorly...I still think we're the better team, but UHN does seem to have some kind of voodoo on us. A couple lousy turnovers, and the killer: the bad Lenny goal. But hell, the kid probably deserves the Hobey, so I think I'm willing to cut him some slack.

This senior class could've used just *one* more winger with a golden pair of hands. We had a lot of grunts who loved to do the dirty work, but never had that single sniper (a la Colin Hemingway who, come to think of it, was invisible this afternoon) to finish off hard-working plays.

Ah, well. Here's hoping Lenny stays, though I kind of think he'd be crazy if he did....

ZD

[Dan]

Too bad we didn't play the whole game like we played the first and last ten minutes.  It was like two different Cornell team.  Oh, well.

[gwm3]

You're not helping your case Avash.  Not prepared enough?  What are you talking about?  UNH was the best team we've played all year and, despite a bad stretch in the late 1st and early 2nd periods, we had our chances to beat them.  Hockey is a funny sport; whole games can turn on a few minutes or even seconds of play.  We definitely had a bad letdown for a while after the no-goal, but I don't see how you can attribute that to a lack of preparation.  Lenny let in a soft one.  It happens.  No way am I going to accuse him of not having his head in this game.

This hurts like crazy now.  But I don't think that a sophomore who has been on campus for two of the best seasons in recent Cornell history can fully understand what this team has done, notwithstanding this loss.  If you had told me when I came to Cornell in 1998 that the team would be ranked #1 in the nation within 5 years I never would have believed you.   I think we lose sight of that because of how great the team has been all year.  

Of course someone is going to come on here and say,"well the season means nothing if you can't win the big one."  Well this team has won the big ones all year.  Unfortunately they lost today.  If they played UNH again tomorrow, they might win.  I'm not going to say this season has been a failure because of one loss.  This team has put three banners in the rafters, gained a lot of respect for our storied program, and given a lot of us quite a bit to be happy about for the last four some-odd months.  

LGR!



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[JohnnieAg\'99]

n phoenix 12, you are scum for rooting for someone on the other team (especially the goalie, after Exter) to be hurt - grow up or leave so you don't give us all a bad name.

Lenny was mortal today, and we didn't play our best game.  THE CALL was doubtful, IMHO, but we've benefitted alot from waved off goals ourselves in the last few games ( 2 v. Hahvahd, 1 v. BC), and we should have  been able to shake it off - instead we crumpled, for the first time all year.  

We picked a bad time for our worst effort of the year, just like UNH did last year.  We'll be back next year.  LGR!!!

[gwm3]

I'm sorry, but this was not the worst effort of the year.  One goal loss to UNH is a little better than a one goal loss to Colgate, a 3 goal loss to Dartmouth, or even a 1 goal win over Princeton.  It just feels the worst because of how much was riding on it.



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