Cornell at Dartmouth, 1/27

[Iceberg]

It's too bad that puck bounced on Mack in the OT because there was a lot of open net after that rebound

[arugula]

Is it a trap game when it happens every time?

[BearLover]

Cornell's breakout was abominably bad tonight. As a result, they badly lost the possession battle and the hockey gods gave them what they deserved in OT/shootout. The PP troubles never improve so there's not much more to say about that. (Robertson's PP goal was 4x3 with a bunch of open ice so that doesn't really count—notably, though, it came off a shot that never made it to the net—something Cornell is deathly afraid of ever happening on a 5x4 PP.)

[chimpfood]

Just when I thought we were getting over our tendency to give away games to bad teams.

[nshapiro]

When we had the one bit of possession in OT, their skater backed into his own net and dislodged it with no push from a Cornell skater.  Shouldn't that be a delay penalty?

[arugula]

Appears that the pwr is not changed.

[BearLover]

Appears that the pwr is not changed.

Cornell lost RPI in the PWR. Because it was in OT and on the road, it wasn't as bad as it otherwise would have been against the 44th ranked team. But we dropped from ~.5528 to .5500, meaning we are closer to 16, and farther from 14, than we were when the night began.

[billhoward]

What a depressing finish, to wit being outshot in regulation and still be one lucky shot away from a 3-2 regulation win, then getting out-possessioned in the 3x3 OT then losing the shootout without getting even one goal. Some of the Cornell hockey good karma got siphoned into the Cornell basketball karma and that 16-point win over Princeton.

All that matters is we get enough points in the ECAC to finish 2 or 3, avoid Quinnipiac in the ECAC semis (assuming no collapse in the QFs), then hope for a strong game in the final and if not hope for a second ECAC bid.

[billhoward]

When we had the one bit of possession in OT, their skater backed into his own net and dislodged it with no push from a Cornell skater.  Shouldn't that be a delay penalty?

If the ref thought he backed or slid in as part of getting close to the net, then it's no penalty. And a penalty call also makes Cornell a likely winner with a 4x3 if  called, so the refs saw nothing callable.

[ugarte]

When we had the one bit of possession in OT, their skater backed into his own net and dislodged it with no push from a Cornell skater.  Shouldn't that be a delay penalty?

If Mack buried it, it would have been before the dislodging. Once he duffed it, it didn't matter since we weren't really in possession to do anything.

[arugula]

Appears that the pwr is not changed.

Cornell lost RPI in the PWR. Because it was in OT and on the road, it wasn't as bad as it otherwise would have been against the 44th ranked team. But we dropped from ~.5528 to .5500, meaning we are close to 16, and farther from 14, than we were when the night began.

Right. I see that now.  Could've been worse I guess.

[Trotsky]

When we had the one bit of possession in OT, their skater backed into his own net and dislodged it with no push from a Cornell skater.  Shouldn't that be a delay penalty?

If Mack buried it, it would have been before the dislodging. Once he duffed it, it didn't matter since we weren't really in possession to do anything.

He didn't duff it, it was bouncing. He actually managed to get stick on it and deflect towards the net; just not enough.

[upprdeck]

Cornell really played 1 great period yesterday and 5 blah ones after that.

[ugarte]

honestly the 3x0 that went between Tim Rego's legs is the one i'm going to be seeing in my nightmares for a while

[Trotsky]

honestly the 3x0 that went between Tim Rego's legs is the one i'm going to be seeing in my nightmares for a while

And the one on Ondrej that Big Foot somehow got over and got his skate against the left post.