Cornell at Harvard 11/16

[stereax]

Not a good weekend but could've been way worse. Sweep next weekend will fix it all.

Well, it couldn't have been that much worse.

We could have gotten dumpstered both games and left with zero points and a broken Ian Shane (knocking on wood) soooooo. It's fine. Regroup, enjoy the win tonight, back at it next game.

[chimpfood]

7 games went to OT today and they were all settled in a shootout. I totally think 3 on 3 is exciting in the NHL but it's so useless in college hockey. I want nothing more than for them to bring back the 20 minutes of 5 on 5 and I think most coaches agree at this point.

[ugarte]

... I can't tell how much of it is missing the players who are hurt and how much is the resulting line shuffling ...

since you know this i wish you would calm down. i know you didn't like the casey jones hire but he's not even in charge yet. let the team weather the injuries and see what the full strength squad looks like instead of rending your garments after every bad shift.

[Iceberg]

Ian Shane really prevented this from being ugly. Very important tie/SO win

[Trotsky]

Come home.  Sweep.  All is well.

[cth95]

In the post game interview, coach said he was very proud of the guys' gutsy effort tonight.  He said they are down seven players, and the biggest thing they need to do is just get bodies back.  I don't think he sees this team the way bearlover does.

[BearLover]

... I can't tell how much of it is missing the players who are hurt and how much is the resulting line shuffling ...

since you know this i wish you would calm down. i know you didn't like the casey jones hire but he's not even in charge yet. let the team weather the injuries and see what the full strength squad looks like instead of rending your garments after every bad shift.

Oh I didn't really have issues with the CJ hire. I was skeptical then that CJ would bring success, and I am even more skeptical now, seeing that Clarkson is off to a good start this year and Cornell seems to have regressed. But it's not clear to me who would have been a better realistic option anyway.

Cornell has been extremely error-prone this year. It's not just the injuries. That plus heinous special teams tells me it's a strategic issue more than anything. If I didn't think the team were capable of being good I wouldn't be so aggravated. It feels like we're blowing a great opportunity.

[BearLover]

In the post game interview, coach said he was very proud of the guys' gutsy effort tonight.  He said they are down seven players, and the biggest thing they need to do is just get bodies back.  I don't think he sees this team the way bearlover does.

Considering the two problems I keep harping on are injuries and coaching, well...

[stereax]

In the post game interview, coach said he was very proud of the guys' gutsy effort tonight.  He said they are down seven players, and the biggest thing they need to do is just get bodies back.  I don't think he sees this team the way bearlover does.

hOW MANY? christ almighty it's that bad?

[marty]

7 games went to OT today and they were all settled in a shootout. I totally think 3 on 3 is exciting in the NHL but it's so useless in college hockey. I want nothing more than for them to bring back the 20 minutes of 5 on 5 and I think most coaches agree at this point.

It was only 5 minutes of 5 x 5 before the bastardization, but otherwise I agree.

[chimpfood]

7 games went to OT today and they were all settled in a shootout. I totally think 3 on 3 is exciting in the NHL but it's so useless in college hockey. I want nothing more than for them to bring back the 20 minutes of 5 on 5 and I think most coaches agree at this point.

It was only 5 minutes of 5 x 5 before the bastardization, but otherwise I agree.

Maybe I'm going crazy but I thought they had a whole period and called it a tie if it was nobody scored. But even if I'm wrong I would honestly take 5 minutes of 5 on 5 over 3 on 3.

[Trotsky]

Tie resolution has been:

10 mins 5x5
5 mins 5x5
5 mins 3x3

The last of which is garbage but what isn't since, say, the death of D. Boon.

[ER]

I remember full periods too of OT from when I was a student bc I remember some games being really long but I could be wrong. Was a long time ago.


It was only 5 minutes of 5 x 5 before the bastardization, but otherwise I agree.[/quote]Maybe I'm going crazy but I thought they had a whole period and called it a tie if it was nobody scored. But even if I'm wrong I would honestly take 5 minutes of 5 on 5 over 3 on 3.[/quote]

7 games went to OT today and they were all settled in a shootout. I totally think 3 on 3 is exciting in the NHL but it's so useless in college hockey. I want nothing more than for them to bring back the 20 minutes of 5 on 5 and I think most coaches agree at this point.

[billhoward]

Not a good weekend but could've been way worse. Sweep next weekend will fix it all.

Well, it couldn't have been that much worse.

Well, it could have been worse. That youth team in yellow jerseys, sitting up and to the right of the player benches, suppose one of the Cantabs exposed himself in a different form of post-game handshake. #lossmanagement

[Iceberg]

I looked back at the highlights and a few things:

There were several stupid or unnecessary penalties...on both sides. The Bancroft hit that resulted in the major got a lot of attention but the boarding penalty Harvard's MacDonald took late in the 3rd was peak idiocy and resulted in Cornell tying the game on a nice low-slot passing play.

The 2nd Harvard goal should've been called back for being offside. I wasn't sure at first in real time since I was at the other end of the ice, but on the highlights, it's clear that a portion of the puck was over the blue line. Too bad Cornell couldn't challenge at that point.

The 1st Harvard goal was some of the worst PK coverage I've ever seen. No way should a player be left alone like that in front of the net. Net front defense improved as the game went on but definitely some of the same issues we saw last weekend