2019-11-15: Cornell 4 Clarkson 2

[Trotsky]

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Probably won't cut in until about 7:02.  Until then it's WHCU.

[Dafatone]

Early game of the year and I have to go to a thing.

[Trotsky]

Early game of the year and I have to go to a thing.

There is no "have to."  There is only "choose."

[Trotsky]

Gonna run this one on Clarkson audio for guaranteed sync.  Let's hope they're competent.

[CU2007]

Sounds like we have a new scoreboard sponsor than last years Potsdam canton hospital scoreboard he referenced 2,000 times

[BearLover]

Cornell has no answer for the Clarkson forecheck and cycle so far.

[cufan]

SOG 15-6 Clarkson favor.
First period seemed to belong to Clarkson.
Warm in Florida but so far away.

[Trotsky]

Malone and Regush just had a great shift, followed up by Cam being unable to get off and so getting on with Barron where they worked some very clever magic in front and nearly created a goal from nothing.

[Swampy]

Cornell 2, Clarkson 0 in the 2nd.

[Trotsky]

That Regush shift changed all the momentum and we have ripped off 7 straight SOG since then.  Nearly netted a third and now back on the kill after Dirven takes down a streaking man with a head man pass.

[KenP]

And just like that two Clarkson goals. Even score 2nd intermission.

[Trotsky]

Even game overall, but uneven throughout with the teams alternating control.   A fun game to watch between two excellent teams, unless you have a rooting interest.

[BearLover]

Cornell was getting thoroughly dominated through the first 30:45 and finally managed to create some sustained offensive pressure following the 9:15 TV timeout. Clarkson has been the far better team overall tonight in all facets besides goaltending, so in that sense a 2-2 score going into the third is above expectation. I believe that both the Clarkson 5x5 goal and the Cornell penalty that led to the other Clarkson goal were created in transition. Not really great to give up two goals in transition when you're up by two on the road against a good team and you've nearly made it to the third period. With that said, not sure to what degree the goals were caused by Cornell playing too aggressively. They seemed to be in position on the second Clarkson goal and the CLK forward rang a nice shot off the post(?). Couldn't tell if Galajda was screened. On the first CLK goal, it looked like Barron got tangled with a CLK and Cornell player near Galajda leaving a CLK player wide open for the cross-ice feed. Very similar to at least one and maybe both of CLK's first-period PP goals in the ECAC championship game last year.

[The Rancor]

4-2 final. nice one!

[BearLover]

Cornell came to play in the third. CLK really took it to them in the first half of the game, but Cornell controlled play for nearly all of the third. Some slick moves by Donaldson on the play that led to the GWG. Would have been all sorts of ironic had Donaldson's GWG been overturned for an offsides that happened 30 seconds before the goal, seven months after the ECAC Championship GWG came five seconds after a missed offsides call.