CU-BU 2023

[RichH]

Cornell extends it's winning record (26-23-3) against BU.

And moves the "Red Hot Hockey" record to 4-3-2 after starting it 0-3-2.

[RichH]

Just back from MSG and watching some of the broadcast on demand.  God I Love Bernie Corbett.

Terrific crowd if well below a sellout.

I bought my ticket at 7:20pm. Available tickets at that time were very sparsely scattered across approximately a dozen sections, and I thought a majority of the tickets left were from resellers. They closed the extreme upper deck and bridge seats. It was much more full than in the recent past, and as noted the crowd was terrific.

[Trotsky]

The Sun reported the game in great detail https://cornellsun.com/2023/11/25/mens-hockey-defeats-no-5-boston-university/

That is a great write up.  Good job to those writers.

[scoop85]

The Sun reported the game in great detail https://cornellsun.com/2023/11/25/mens-hockey-defeats-no-5-boston-university/

That is a great write up.  Good job to those writers.

Hopefully to be updated with quotes

[Dunc]

The games at MSG always have additional stoppages due to broadcast commercials. Definitely not a Hockey East thing

My confusion is that I was watching the ESPN+ broadcast and all I saw was Fan Cam.  I scratched my bald head as I longed for the East Hill Car Wash jingle.

Was the game also on the MSG cable channel?

I'm pretty sure that for MSG games, it's just whatever is on the Jumbotron with the announcers audio piped in (hence the ugly power play/goal text animations, get loud animations, fan cam, and the random 20 second times with just the red hot hockey logo)

[CAS]

Schafer's postgame presser is up on Cornell's Athletics write up of the game

[marty]

The games at MSG always have additional stoppages due to broadcast commercials. Definitely not a Hockey East thing

My confusion is that I was watching the ESPN+ broadcast and all I saw was Fan Cam.  I scratched my bald head as I longed for the East Hill Car Wash jingle.

Was the game also on the MSG cable channel?

I'm pretty sure that for MSG games, it's just whatever is on the Jumbotron with the announcers audio piped in (hence the ugly power play/goal text animations, get loud animations, fan cam, and the random 20 second times with just the red hot hockey logo)

I think that the explanation that MSG just treats the time outs as if it were an NHL game is the best explanation.  I was simply wondering why there were so many time outs.

[marty]

The Sun reported the game in great detail https://cornellsun.com/2023/11/25/mens-hockey-defeats-no-5-boston-university/

That is a great write up.  Good job to those writers.

And the Cornell highlight crew did a great job here!

The post game interview is worth a watch too.

[arugula]

Just back from MSG and watching some of the broadcast on demand.  God I Love Bernie Corbett.

Terrific crowd if well below a sellout.

I bought my ticket at 7:20pm. Available tickets at that time were very sparsely scattered across approximately a dozen sections, and I thought a majority of the tickets left were from resellers. They closed the extreme upper deck and bridge seats. It was much more full than in the recent past, and as noted the crowd was terrific.

That's the thing.  They didn't sell the blue seats or the bridge so available seats were mostly sold but they didn't sell whole building.  Attendance was around 15,200. Building holds 18,200 for hockey.  More than good enough.  

My daughter got her pair late yesterday in the lower bowl for below face.

[arugula]

We can win this but it has to be a tactical masterpiece and we just take advantage of the few chances we get.

Just wanted to highlight this. Was it a tactical masterpiece? No. But the D got their asses in line and Shane came up big where he had to. One particular toe save in the 3rd stood out to me. And the PP showed signs of actual creative movement. Keep that going.

I was wrong.  We picked up our forecheck and played more aggressively and lo and behold were able to keep up.  Shane was great.  The pp finally got out of its own way.

[arugula]

Thoughts about Caron?  It was an interesting reversal. In the past two years we would dominate Brown and Caron would keep them
close. Today BU mostly controlled the first two half of the game and Shane kept us close.

[marty]

We can win this but it has to be a tactical masterpiece and we just take advantage of the few chances we get.

Just wanted to highlight this. Was it a tactical masterpiece? No. But the D got their asses in line and Shane came up big where he had to. One particular toe save in the 3rd stood out to me. And the PP showed signs of actual creative movement. Keep that going.

I was wrong.  We picked up our forecheck and played more aggressively and lo and behold were able to keep up.  Shane was great.  The pp finally got out of its own way.

The defense is maturing nicely.  As I said last week, it's got to be a bear to feel everything needs work. There are a finite number of practice hours in a week.

[George64]

That makes sense.  It's in the contract.

I started watching Ranger hockey at MSG in the mid-50s.  In those days, four guys on skates, with those plow-like shovels, would clear the snow off the ice.  They were followed by another four guys on skates pushing two ice-making contraptions.  They were essentially 55-gallon drums on wheels or skids that spread water on the cleared ice.  Zambonis were in general use everywhere else, so why not at MSG?  I was told it was because of a union contract.

[JasonN95]

I thought it was a great crowd. Does Cornell bring recruits to MSG? Would like to think it helps up Cornell's appeal. Some random observations from the game:

Shortly after Walsh's tying goal Cornell had to play defense with one stickless player and a one legged skater because the former's stick got harpooned through the skate blade hole of the latter. I've watched a lot of hockey and don't remember seeing that happen to teammates before.

Also, unless I missed one, there were no shots off the pipes or crossbar. That struck me for some reason. Maybe in my head I think hitting the iron happens more than it does.

There's no doubt that Schafer still has a fire in his belly. He left the ice for a moment after meeting with BU's coaches and as he headed for the door he did a fist pump and then a full throated "yeah!" or roar (no way to hear what came out of his mouth but he put all his lungs into it).

[Iceberg]

Thoughts about Caron?  It was an interesting reversal. In the past two years we would dominate Brown and Caron would keep them
close. Today BU mostly controlled the first two half of the game and Shane kept us close.

Caron played well but Shane was definitely better. The former has gotten some criticism from BU folks this season and I'm not convinced he doesn't give up more goals if Cornell doesn't have more quality opportunities during the game. He let up some rebounds that a Cornell player either overskated or the puck was bouncy and it was hard to finish. Either way, I'm sure he's glad to play in front of a talented BU team rather than whatever teams Brown had managed to muster during his years in Providence