Quinnipiac at Cornell 11/22

[Big Dingus]

16 shots against a team that won't come close to the tourney this year.. team just isn't that good

[ER]

Still plenty of time to turn things around.

If we want an at-large bid, we do not have time.

They've got four games left before the holiday break, which I suspect is what the team will need to get it together. It's tough to practice effectively between games when the lines are getting disrupted due to injuries every week, there just isn't enough ice time.

2-2 in those 4 games leaves an at large as a reasonable possibility with a strong post-holiday run. 0-4 leaves them almost no margin for error.

Try to enjoy the ride. Remember, this team is no longer a squad that returned its whole roster save one player. It's a team that returned a lot of young talent but lost its top center and at least 4 impact players, which is tough enough in rebuilding but even worse when a lot of those guys were in preseason practices and suddenly aren't there anymore. Adjust expectations accordingly and hope they get healthy while a solid run is all it takes to remain in contention.

Did everyone already forget last year? Started out slow and then went on a 9 game or so unbeaten streak to get to the NCAAs?

[ER]

Did everyone forget last year already? Started out slow and then went on a 9 game or so unbeaten streak to make it to the NCAAs?

[BearLover]

Did everyone forget last year already? Started out slow and then went on a 9 game or so unbeaten streak to make it to the NCAAs?

Cornell has dug themselves such a big hole that it's going to take a similar unbeaten streak to have a chance at an at-large bid. They're in terrible shape. And that's assuming the coaches can figure out what's led them to be this awful, and fix it. Step one is fixing the problem, step two is getting lucky and winning like nine games in a row.

[arugula]

Postgame comments from Schafer in the Sun recap: https://cornellsun.com/2024/11/22/no-8-mens-hockey-bested-by-no-18-quinnipiac-3-1/

Jane mentions something I was thinking.  Very difficult when you are behind all the time.  We have not led for one second of any of the last three.

[BearLover]

16 shots at home against an average team. That is incredibly bad. This team was supposed to complete for a national championship.

[dbilmes]

This quote from Schafer sums it up:
"It's hard to explain," Schafer said. "We just have no connection with each other on the forecheck, we have no connection coming out on breakouts, we have no connection on the power play, and that's my job. My job as a coach is to get them connected."

[BearLover]

This quote from Schafer sums it up:
"It's hard to explain," Schafer said. "We just have no connection with each other on the forecheck, we have no connection coming out on breakouts, we have no connection on the power play, and that's my job. My job as a coach is to get them connected."

Only a fool, or perhaps a clown, would blame coaching.

[The Rancor]

No one hates this team as much as Bearlover. Please stop whining. It's still November.

[VIEWfromK]

No one hates this team as much as Bearlover. Please stop whining. It's still November.

I think it's bewilderment and not hate.

[stereax]

Self-care for us all.

It helped.  We'll get Princeton tonight.  Let's Go Red.

Oh gosh, they're adorable... :')

Back at it. Let's go Red

[Iceberg]

I thought Cornell started to find their game the last five minutes of the first and at least the first five minutes of the second.  They just couldn't sustain it.  Sure would like to have the Rego open net chance back from the second period.  The past couple of weeks he sure has picked his spots to activate.  It was nice that they controlled a few of those offensive zone face offs after they had pulled Shane.  It gave them a chance to get some good looks.  Quinnipiac blocked a ton of shots, especially late when trying to protect the lead.  The puck sure had a lot of english by the time it got to Castagna with the chance to tie it up.  This felt like their best game taking the body.  Bancroft had a handful of hard hits.  Walsh chipped in with a couple of his own.  It's hard to get used to a Cornell team that shies away from playing below the goal line.  There were a few times where from the half wall the puck carrier had a choice to put the puck into the open corner but instead chose to try and get it to the point where it seemed that Quinnipiac outnumbered Cornell all night. These guys most often choose to try and carry the puck into the zone over dumping it in and going to get it.  So many of their possessions ended at the blue line.

I actually thought they looked good in the first until the unnecessary Walsh cross-checking penalty in the offensive zone. That totally flipped the momentum to Q, who was able to get a very fortunate PP goal. From that point, it seemed like things were mostly not going well.


I don't know what to expect from tonight, frankly. Around this time last year, they looked just as poor against a weak Princeton team, which they're facing tonight under a different, but very familiar coach.

[chimpfood]

We looked better but not dominant against Princeton in the exhibition. All I need is a win, I don't care how it comes.

[fastforward]

Time to start benching guys who take stupid penalties

[chimpfood]

Time to start benching guys who take stupid penalties

And replacing them with Jimmy Rayhill? Pass. Schafer said he's going to mix up the powerplay so I imagine changes will come but hopefully not benching our good players.