Cornell @ Colgate, 12/01/2023

[Trotsky]

After Robertson tried that one shot on the first power play he got the puck another time in the same spot with the same opening but chose to force a pass into traffic in front instead of taking the shot.  It's a unique spot for a defenseman to find themselves in.  I'd say it's not typical for recent Cornell power play designs but I'm all for trying to see what sticks.  The first two power plays yesterday played out without any whistles.  They had full posession of the puck in their first opportunity for 1:45.  They had two nice chances but they do not subscribe to the theory or peppering the goalie with shots and finding a rebound.  It worked on the second goal when 5 on 5 Penney entered the zone, peeled back to wait for traffic, shot the puck and Seger banged in the rebound.  They generally have the size for mismatches in front but they tended to prefer to look for tips off the pass instead last night.

I was fine with our pp last night. Lots of snappy passing and we were actually moving our bodies and changing the shape rather than sticking in a doctrinal 1-3-1 and waiting for the inevitable tip or missed pass to wreck the possession.

We put the puck into good position close in to their freak 9-foot tall goalie a buncha times, we just had a knack for missing the net.

[Trotsky]

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