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[Dafatone]

While goaltending is the key question this season, I'm not super concerned.  After all, when was the last time Cornell had lousy goaltenders. Or even mediocre goaltending for that matter?

2006-2007 was Ben Scrivens' freshman year when he split time with Troy Davenport. Together, they were better than mediocre, but not by a ton.

[Trotsky]

While goaltending is the key question this season, I'm not super concerned.  After all, when was the last time Cornell had lousy goaltenders. Or even mediocre goaltending for that matter?

Edmands and Fawcett in 84 were both bad and came in with zero experience.

And then in 87 the whole team was terrible.

94 is the last year we didn't have at least a very good goalie.  Since then:

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95-98 Elliott    2.89  .910
99-02 Underhill  2.32  .913
02-03 LeNeveu    1.29  .938
04-06 McKee      1.71  .926
07-10 Scrivens   1.93  .930
11-14 Iles       2.26  .917
14-17 Gillam     2.15  .923
18-20 Galajda    1.61  .931



We have been SUPER fortunate.

[billhoward]

In the past, when a goalie departed early, the coaching staff had someone coming in already, or got someone to come to Ithaca a year early. We'll see we happens. Good defensemen make goalies look good. The system.

[cbuckser]

Both Matt Underhill and Ben Scrivens improved their rebound control tremendously during their time on East Hill. Not coincidentally, aside from Mike Schafer's first season as head coach, Underhill and Scrivens's freshmen years are the only seasons during the Schafer Era in which Cornell goaltenders had a collective save percentage under .900.

The recent exhibition game against Princeton reminded me of the scrimmage we played at Baker Rink in October 1998. Matt Underhill kicked so many rebounds into the slot that day, I didn't dare dream that he would give up fewer than two goals per game in his junior and senior years.