2020-02-01: Cornell 5 Princeton 3

[Scersk '97]

Oh, absolutely. Those anemic power plays really set the tone and it should've been more than 2-0.

Also, this isn't my first time seeing Bauld live, but he is really fast. If he had the hands he would be a star

Also there tonight. Bauld was dynamite but as you say no hands.

On the second breakaway, the Princeton guys were draped all over him and he did the best he could. (Edit: Looking at it again, there wasn't much upstairs, but one stick definitely got in his skates and almost tripped him up.) Should've been a penalty—not a penalty shot, but he was really interfered with. On the first and third breakaways, I think that, unlike most of the rest of the team, Bauld should suppress his urge to blast it as soon as he can. He's moving so fast that a quick change of direction to a backhand flick might serve him very well. You know, the kind where the goalie is left with his legs splayed out to both side in desperation leaving the whole mid-height area of the net open on either side.

I don't know. Some guys have got it and some don't. The real tragedy was that he had two open trailers on that first one. Any rebound and that puck was in the net.

[Trotsky]

Seriously, is Song a player with any possibility of playing?

no

Do we ever cut anyone?

No.  Song seems to be a Nice Young Man who practices diligently with the team so there's no harm.  Wang drafted him as a show of Chinese hockey strength or as a business deal or something.  Mike recruited him because... I dunno... maybe he owed Triad a favor from his days as an underground drift driver.

[Trotsky]

The thing about Bauld's breakaways is he's so fast and he's in on net so quickly that he's going to have some maneuvering and space problems -- it's not the Cody Haiskenen Gerald Ford-class aircraft carrier saunter.

Now, there are guys who can still dependably make all those adjustments and judge whether to shoot or leave it and pick the perfect spot.  But those guys are in the NHL.

[Trotsky]

He's moving so fast that a quick change of direction to a backhand flick might serve him very well. You know, the kind where the goalie is left with his legs splayed out to both side in desperation leaving the whole mid-height area of the net open on either side.

IIRC on one of them he did the fore/backhand double deke but was just stoned.  And hey, he got shots on net all three times.  Baby steps.  We typically either bugger the set up or shoot the puck into the rafters.

[Swampy]

Oh, absolutely. Those anemic power plays really set the tone and it should've been more than 2-0.

Also, this isn't my first time seeing Bauld live, but he is really fast. If he had the hands he would be a star

Also there tonight. Bauld was dynamite but as you say no hands.

On the second breakaway, the Princeton guys were draped all over him and he did the best he could. (Edit: Looking at it again, there wasn't much upstairs, but one stick definitely got in his skates and almost tripped him up.) Should've been a penalty—not a penalty shot, but he was really interfered with. On the first and third breakaways, I think that, unlike most of the rest of the team, Bauld should suppress his urge to blast it as soon as he can. He's moving so fast that a quick change of direction to a backhand flick might serve him very well. You know, the kind where the goalie is left with his legs splayed out to both side in desperation leaving the whole mid-height area of the net open on either side.

I don't know. Some guys have got it and some don't. The real tragedy was that he had two open trailers on that first one. Any rebound and that puck was in the net.

Or faking a shot while dropping a pass to the trailer. (See, if you can find it, the Doug Ferguson - Mike Doran tournament-winning OT goal against MSU at the 1966 ECAC Holiday Tournament @ Boston Garden. That's how it's done! This was one of the greatest goals in Cornell Hockey history.)

If it's not part of regular practice, Bauld should stay later and work with one of the goalies on this. Even better would be working with his line mates and a goalie. Of course, this assumes they have time for such things.

Hopefully, Bauld will have the chance to play at a higher level, if he wants to. If not here, then there he should practice these last pieces of using his speed to breakaway.

[French Rage]

Seriously, is Song a player with any possibility of playing?

no

So a Song isn't forever?

[Trotsky]

Song remains the same.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

The thing that I wasn't thrilled about was our power play.  It seemed like three guys passing it around above the circles, and one guy at each side of the net who never moved.  Princeton simply packed four guys around the goalie and blocked any cross-pass that made it to the low guys. The guys at the point never shot and the low guys never did anything to get the defense out of position.  

OTOH, our PK ran around like the proverbial headless chickens.  Two goals on 3 shots in the second period.  Just ugh.

The first few minutes of the third we looked like our old selves, but then we took a stupid penalty, and we went back into the shell.

[arugula]

The thing that I wasn't thrilled about was our power play.  It seemed like three guys passing it around above the circles, and one guy at each side of the net who never moved.  Princeton simply packed four guys around the goalie and blocked any cross-pass that made it to the low guys. The guys at the point never shot and the low guys never did anything to get the defense out of position.  

OTOH, our PK ran around like the proverbial headless chickens.  Two goals on 3 shots in the second period.  Just ugh.

The first few minutes of the third we looked like our old selves, but then we took a stupid penalty, and we went back into the shell.

Totally agree on the pp.  The three goals are great, but for long stretches, there was aimless passing and no motion.  That usually won't get it done.  I'm not a big believe in the just shoot all the time approach, but shoot the damn thing.  

On the pk, same, a lot of puck watching and scrambling.  So strange that we can't that element together with such a good disciplined defensive group.

[Trotsky]

Totally agree on the pp.  The three goals are great, but for long stretches, there was aimless passing and no motion.

I was standing in my basement screaming "MOVE YOUR FEET!!!" at the screen, with my headphones on.  Since then Dr. Mrs. has been looking at me kinda funny.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Totally agree on the pp.  The three goals are great, but for long stretches, there was aimless passing and no motion.

I was standing in my basement screaming "MOVE YOUR FEET!!!" at the screen, with my headphones on.  Since then Dr. Mrs. has been looking at me kinda funny.

Since then?  Like she hasn't been to enough games with you to know your idiosyncrasies?

I'm a firm believer in the "Get a big guy in the goalies face" kind of power play.  It frustrates me when we don't do that, even part of the time.

[Dafatone]

Totally agree on the pp.  The three goals are great, but for long stretches, there was aimless passing and no motion.

I was standing in my basement screaming "MOVE YOUR FEET!!!" at the screen, with my headphones on.  Since then Dr. Mrs. has been looking at me kinda funny.

Since then?  Like she hasn't been to enough games with you to know your idiosyncrasies?

I'm a firm believer in the "Get a big guy in the goalies face" kind of power play.  It frustrates me when we don't do that, even part of the time.

For me, it's moving the puck vertically. Get the puck down low, take it behind the net, then back up to the point. Opens everything up.

Big guy in the goalie's face is good too. I think we're too focused on going point to wing to center slot with the puck. A lot of broken up centering passes.

[Trotsky]

For me, it's moving the puck vertically. Get the puck down low, take it behind the net, then back up to the point. Opens everything up.

Malott is great at this.

[upprdeck]

I mean we are complaining about a top 8 PP unit..

the bigger issue is lack of chances for that unit..

for a team thats physical and cycles we dont draw many. we have had
 82 chances vs teams that have had 120/+  now some/much of that is playing fewer games so for the ivies we probably stack up ok.

the PK is the much bigger issue giving up 3 in so few shots is not good.

[osorojo]

Back in the day Cornell hockey coaches and teams were not too proud to resort to dumping the puck into the offensive zone and try to outrace or outhit the defenders. It kept the opposition blue liners honest and frequently resulted in goals - not pretty ones but they counted just the same.