NCAA regionals in Springfield

[upprdeck]

yea classes matter.  but so does the special stuff that being a student is about.

in the bigger picture a test will never be remembered for most kids. winning this will

[upprdeck]

cornell is a small dog
rit is a big dog

mtech bigger dog
quin small dog

[Iceberg]

Whether Seger is healthy or not for Thursday will be huge as there's only one guy in the tournament who has won more faceoffs, and he's not in this regional. Maine has the very talented Nadeau brothers so the more possession Cornell has, the better. All things considered, this isn't the worst placement given what we've seen the committee do for certain other teams (e.g. BU)

[sah67]

Anyone have more to share about Maine's strengths/weaknesses/style? I haven't seen them play this season and know only about the Nadeau brothers, who, while not twins, have nearly identical scoring stats (cute!)

[Trotsky]

They have annoying fans and one endlessly repeated monotonous cheer.

They're Michigan.

[upprdeck]

talented and sloppy the 4-5 times i watched them.

[arugula]

If that analysis holds than we can take advantage.

[jtwcornell91]

I missed the first two periods of the famous "Providence Game" because I had a Chem 208 prelim.  A bunch of us asked the prof to move it, but he refused.

The TA's were also pissed they had to be there.

FTR, I aced the exam.

When RIT went to the Frozen Four, their semifinal happened to land during a prelim I had on the calendar for an afternoon class I was teaching.  I let anyone who wanted take it early.  And I had someone proctor the exam for me.

[chimpfood]

I've watched a decent bit of Maine this season and they seem to do really well at home and not great away from it. They play with a ton of energy and have a solid goalie, though he hasn't been amazing as of late.

[sah67]

A few of the Maine posters on USCHO seem to be concerned about us being a bad stylistic matchup for them, but they're also resigned to the same tired old tropes about Cornell being a team of "big slow goons who can't skate and only clutch/grab/obstruct their way to 1-0 or 2-1 wins"(paraphrased).

I'm not even convinced we have a discernible "style" this year: we've had different strengths and weaknesses at different points in the season (other than the PP mediocrity...that's been pretty consistent.)

[Dafatone]

A few of the Maine posters on USCHO seem to be concerned about us being a bad stylistic matchup for them, but they're also resigned to the same tired old tropes about Cornell being a team of "big slow goons who can't skate and only clutch/grab/obstruct their way to 1-0 or 2-1 wins"(paraphrased).

I'm not even convinced we have a discernible "style" this year: we've had different strengths and weaknesses at different points in the season (other than the PP mediocrity...that's been pretty consistent.)

For the last few years, I think we've transitioned from the clutch and grab stereotype (which really hasn't been true for a while anyway) to a team that plays a defensively responsible style while having a lot of offensive talent. We have the defensive discipline to play well against other offense-first teams, but we struggle against the sorts of clutch and grab teams that we get accused of being.

[sah67]

but we struggle against the sorts of clutch and grab teams that we get accused of being.

Definitely this. It's been the first season in a while where I really noticed us struggling badly against aggressive forechecks, and our players (especially our D) frequently getting muscled around in our zone and coughing up pucks due to the opponents' physical play.That used to be us!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

but we struggle against the sorts of clutch and grab teams that we get accused of being.

Definitely this. It's been the first season in a while where I really noticed us struggling badly against aggressive forechecks, and our players (especially our D) frequently getting muscled around in our zone and coughing up pucks due to the opponents' physical play.That used to be us!

I've noticed a lot of teams in general using a two man forecheck.  That's when we have trouble.

[upprdeck]

the more wide-open the games they better we do on offense,  we have the skills for a more open game on O.  not sure how we handle it on D

[arugula]

Any thoughts about tickets?  Goi g through the venue-the seating chart is offering g hardly anything and every time I check, the sections change.  The Cornell link requires buying both games. I can't make Saturday.  Any idea what's going on with the venue?or if the package requirement will go away?

I just recall regionals in Albany which were empty so kinda surprised.