Cornell v Yale, 11/3/23

[RichH]

Are the Yalie announcers on ESPN+ having a competition to see how many inaccuracies the can sneak in? Between pronouncing Seger "See-Jer" and how Cornell's head coach was a goaltender, it been hammering on my inner fact-checker.

[scoop85]

The good news is we have the lead after 2. But that was clearly our worst period so far this season. Lots of fumbling pucks, undisciplined penalties, and we're struggling with Yale's forecheck. Shane and the PK have been solid and the power play continued its hot streak, but otherwise not so good

[Dafatone]

Are the Yalie announcers on ESPN+ having a competition to see how many inaccuracies the can sneak in? Between pronouncing Seger "See-Jer" and how Cornell's head coach was a goaltender, it been hammering on my inner fact-checker.

The See-Jer thing is getting to me.

[Al DeFlorio]

Total shots Yale 38, Cornell 21. Second period 21-6, Yale.  Yikes!

[jtwcornell91]

Total shots Yale 38, Cornell 21. Second period 21-6, Yale.  Yikes!

What's with the Yale announcers keeping track of "total shots" separately from "shots on goal"?

[Al DeFlorio]

Six penalties aren't helping.

[BearLover]

Sullivan Mack has to be injured, right? I know the kids are good but I thought he looked solid last year.

We'll find out tomorrow night whether he's injured. I'm sure Schafer would like to sit about half of tonight's lineup.

[Beeeej]

...and just like that, however temporarily, we're #1 in the pairwise.

[Dafatone]

Not our best-looking game, but we kept Yale from getting a lot of good chances and took advantage of ours. Wouldn't shock me if Yale is decent this year.

[Trotsky]

...and just like that, however temporarily, we're #1 in the pairwise.

And Brown is 13.

[ugarte]

Walsh makes it 2-1 on the PP with 15:55 left in the second

i wonder if that one gets switched to robertson. i think it may have been tipped by an eli in front.

watched it again and i'm even more sure it was an own goal.

[Iceberg]

Not our best-looking game, but we kept Yale from getting a lot of good chances and took advantage of ours. Wouldn't shock me if Yale is decent this year.

They're certainly better than they were last season--much quicker and tenacious. Cornell still has more talent but Yale is obviously a team not to be taken lightly

[dbilmes]

Just got back from the rink. This was an ugly win. Yale dominated the second period, even though we scored the only goal of the period. We did a great job all night blocking shots, though (19-3 advantage), making Shane's job easier. The PK had to be called upon too many times, but did a great job, especially of mucking the puck along the boards in the Yale for lengthy stretches. We got lucky on the five-minute major to Psenicka that Yale took two penalties during that time. We were also lucky that Psenicka didn't get a game misconduct. I'm sure Schafer wasn't pleased with Rego taking two ill-advised penalties.
It was nice to see Seger get rewarded with an empty-netter. He played well all night, and only a great backchecking effort by him kept Yale from getting a clean look on a 2-on-1 break.
Our biggest problem was our inability to carry the puck into the Yale zone. Most of the night we ended up dumping and chasing. I know we can't compare this year's team to last year's, but last year it seemed we were able to carry the puck into the zone on a regular basis.
As for the atmosphere at the rink, there were no pep bands, just annoying piped-in music. A good Cornell contingent, Felt like it was close to 50-50 ratio.
We'll need to play better at Brown, especially since its win over Colgate will give it some confidence going into Saturday's game.

[BearLover]

Just got back from the rink. This was an ugly win. Yale dominated the second period, even though we scored the only goal of the period. We did a great job all night blocking shots, though (19-3 advantage), making Shane's job easier. The PK had to be called upon too many times, but did a great job, especially of mucking the puck along the boards in the Yale for lengthy stretches. We got lucky on the five-minute major to Psenicka that Yale took two penalties during that time. We were also lucky that Psenicka didn't get a game misconduct. I'm sure Schafer wasn't pleased with Rego taking two ill-advised penalties.
It was nice to see Seger get rewarded with an empty-netter. He played well all night, and only a great backchecking effort by him kept Yale from getting a clean look on a 2-on-1 break.
Our biggest problem was our inability to carry the puck into the Yale zone. Most of the night we ended up dumping and chasing. I know we can't compare this year's team to last year's, but last year it seemed we were able to carry the puck into the zone on a regular basis.
As for the atmosphere at the rink, there were no pep bands, just annoying piped-in music. A good Cornell contingent, Felt like it was close to 50-50 ratio.
We'll need to play better at Brown, especially since its win over Colgate will give it some confidence going into Saturday's game.

I think one of Rego's penalties was hooking a Yale player who was wide open in the slot, which may have prevented a goal. Yale seemed to win the vast majority of loose pucks. Blocking shots is nice, but when you block way more shots than the opponent it usually means you're badly losing the possession battle. It was a very ugly win.

[scoop85]

Duluth lost to the Goophers 5-1. Not sure how good Duluth is this year, and Yale sure looked like a more difficult opponent, for one night at least.