Cornell vs. RPI 1/7/23

[George64]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
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[ACM]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
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Start with one power play opportunity. Scoring a goal starts another opportunity. So giving up 3 goals would be considered 3 goals in 4 opportunities.

[Iceberg]

Strange decision by Smith not to pull his goaltender given how RPI has looked better with a man up.

[Dunc]

lol...

[George64]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
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Final game statistics only show RPI 1-4 on power plays!  Is that the answer?
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[Iceberg]

Donaldson on the wrap around to give us a 6-3 cushion. RPI's defense is awful.

Between them and Union some of the worst I've seen this year. Almost half the teams in the league seem to be plagued with defensive issues, so it'll be interesting to see how the team matches up next weekend against a BU team that should have more sound blueliners

[scoop85]

Donaldson on the wrap around to give us a 6-3 cushion. RPI's defense is awful.

Between them and Union some of the worst I've seen this year. Almost half the teams in the league seem to be plagued with defensive issues, so it'll be interesting to see how the team matches up next weekend against a BU team that should have more sound
blueliners

Both Union and RPI backed up into the zone and let our skaters have free reign. And when we got puck deep, we were able to dominate possession.

Only negative was the PK and Shane giving up 4 goals on 14 shots. Hopefully an aberration.

[ACM]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
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Final game statistics only show RPI 1-4 on power plays!  Is that the answer?
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RPI game stats are screwed up. The major penalty doesn't show up at all.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
.

Final game statistics only show RPI 1-4 on power plays!  Is that the answer?
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RPI game stats are screwed up. The major penalty doesn't show up at all.

I think they said on WHCU that RPI was 4 for 7 on the PP.

[ACM]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
.

Final game statistics only show RPI 1-4 on power plays!  Is that the answer?
.

RPI game stats are screwed up. The major penalty doesn't show up at all.

I think they said on WHCU that RPI was 4 for 7 on the PP.

Should be 4 x 8. We took 4 non-coincidental minors, each of which counts as 1 power-play opportunity, and RPI scored once, on the last minor. We also took the Dirven major, on which RPI scored 3 PPG, which counts as 3 goals in 4 opportunities.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Before tonight, we were very successful on our penalty kill.  How does having three goals scored on a major penalty affect our penalty kill rate?  Not germane tonight, but in general, how is killing a five minute major accounted for?  The same as a minor?
.

Final game statistics only show RPI 1-4 on power plays!  Is that the answer?
.

RPI game stats are screwed up. The major penalty doesn't show up at all.

I think they said on WHCU that RPI was 4 for 7 on the PP.

Should be 4 x 8. We took 4 non-coincidental minors, each of which counts as 1 power-play opportunity, and RPI scored once, on the last minor. We also took the Dirven major, on which RPI scored 3 PPG, which counts as 3 goals in 4 opportunities.

OK, that works.

[upprdeck]

never saw a good view of he major.. seemed like it was more a result of the guy having his head 4 ft off the ice than anything Dirven did..

[scoop85]

never saw a good view of he major.. seemed like it was more a result of the guy having his head 4 ft off the ice than anything Dirven did..

That's what I thought too.

[Trotsky]

Must be fun to play us and think, "OK, who's their scorer so we can stop him?"

5 (1) DeSantis
4 (5) Bancroft, Mitchell, Psenicka, Seger, Tupker
3 (5) Andreev, Berard, Mack, Malone, Penney
2 (6) Donaldson, Malinski, O'Leary, Rego, Stienburg, Wallace
1 (4) Dirven, Kempf, Kovich, Lagerstrom
0 (5) McInchak, Muzyka, O'Brien, Rayhill, Suda

21 of 26 guys have scored, and of the 5 non-scorers 3 haven't played.

[dbilmes]

Some interesting stats courtesy of Cornell:
1) First time we scored six-plus goals in consecutive games in 5 years
2) First time we had consecutive 11-goal weekends in 31 years
3) Berard is first player with four consecutive multi-point games since Barron did it to open 2019-20 season
4) On the negative side, first time we gave up four power-play goals since we gave up five to Harvard in 2006 ECAC Championship game

A few other random thoughts:
1) When was the last time we had back-to-back games where the opposing coach had to pull the starting goalie?
2) If you could combine the Union announcers and the RPI production crew you would have a great hockey broadcast!