SHU 1/10-11

[Dafatone]

Don't suppose we can convince Gundarah to transfer next season.

[BearLover]

Nothing left to say. This is just a terrible season and I'm happy with my decision to not watch and barely follow along this weekend. (Obviously, nothing wrong with watching, if that's your preference.) It's sad but I am going to try to move on and stop thinking about it.

[dbilmes]

I listened to the game and it seemed like they got to the shootout pretty quickly after OT ended.  I was also getting my youngster to bed so maybe it wasn't as quick as I thought but anyone who was there or watched on TV, did they do an ice scrape?

I know a lot of times they'll scrape one lane down the middle and that's it.

They did not scrape the ice at all after the conclusion of OT and the beginning of the shootout on Friday night. I was surprised when I didn't see a Zamboni come out to do so during the break.

[Big Dingus]

Will be watching at placid.


Depressing season.

[dbilmes]

Gotta say the band has sounded great all weekend.

It was an alumni pep band both nights, with a range of 30 different years of classes, including some current students.
On Friday night, the pep band barely got a chance to play. They had to try to sneak the alma mater in during a play stoppage during the third period, and weren't able to finish it before play resumed. I spoke with the person in charge of the pep band for the weekend before Saturday's game, and she told me it had been an even worse experience then playing at Quinnipiac. But she promised me things would be better Saturday, and they were. The pep band was able to play much more, and they played the complete alma mater during the first intermission. They also teamed up in the third period with the Sacred Heart pep band to play a song. The director told me this was the first time a visiting team had ever brought a pep band to Sacred Heart, so I guess it was a learning curve for whomever was making the music decisions in the arena.

[ice]

I think Keopple should start against Princeton.  Sadly, Ian just isn't as sharp as he was last year.

[BearLover]

Did Shane let up soft goals again?

Why did Keoppel not start tonight? The world will never know.

[Chris '03]

Gotta say the band has sounded great all weekend.

It was an alumni pep band both nights, with a range of 30 different years of classes, including some current students.
On Friday night, the pep band barely got a chance to play. They had to try to sneak the alma mater in during a play stoppage during the third period, and weren't able to finish it before play resumed. I spoke with the person in charge of the pep band for the weekend before Saturday's game, and she told me it had been an even worse experience then playing at Quinnipiac. But she promised me things would be better Saturday, and they were. The pep band was able to play much more, and they played the complete alma mater during the first intermission. They also teamed up in the third period with the Sacred Heart pep band to play a song. The director told me this was the first time a visiting team had ever brought a pep band to Sacred Heart, so I guess it was a learning curve for whomever was making the music decisions in the arena.

The band spanned '96-'28 and will be similarly mixed at Q next week.

The sense I get is SHU wants a pro vibe even more intensely than Q with overproduced noise. And it was not great for either band or the eardrums of anyone.

[Iceberg]

I couldn't watch most of the game after the 1st period but I do know Shane was pulled because I started watching again midway through the 3rd when it was 3-1. I'd have to see the highlights when they come out to get a better idea, but at this point, I'd be very surprised to not see Keopple actually starting at Princeton next weekend

[BearLover]

I couldn't watch most of the game after the 1st period but I do know Shane was pulled because I started watching again midway through the 3rd when it was 3-1. I'd have to see the highlights when they come out to get a better idea, but at this point, I'd be very surprised to not see Keopple actually starting at Princeton next weekend

I still don't understand how Keopple didn't get the start yesterday. Shane had given up at least one soft goal like five straight games, he hadn't had a night off all season, and yesterday's game didn't even matter! Per Casey's comments in the Sun article, the three goals Shane allowed last night weren't even his fault. It would be pretty wild if this is what caused him to finally lose his starting job.

[Al DeFlorio]

I couldn't watch most of the game after the 1st period but I do know Shane was pulled because I started watching again midway through the 3rd when it was 3-1. I'd have to see the highlights when they come out to get a better idea, but at this point, I'd be very surprised to not see Keopple actually starting at Princeton next weekend

I still don't understand how Keopple didn't get the start yesterday. Shane had given up at least one soft goal like five straight games, he hadn't had a night off all season, and yesterday's game didn't even matter! Per Casey's comments in the Sun article, the three goals Shane allowed last night weren't even his fault. It would be pretty wild if this is what caused him to finally lose his starting job.

Won't know until Friday if he's "lost his starting job."  Sometimes a change is made to wake up the team.

[fastforward]

Anyone find it odd that Casey did the post game interview with Jane and not Shafer?

[BearLover]

Anyone find it odd that Casey did the post game interview with Jane and not Shafer?

I was wondering the same.

[VIEWfromK]

Did Shane let up soft goals again?

The first was a flutterer over his head off of a tip (boy it feels like that happens a lot).  Second was a back door slam dunk when a guy went unchecked.  The third was a rebound off his glove that he lost track of that went right to an open Pioneer on the backside who put it in before anyone could react.  Cornell did come to life after the switch.  They had multiple odd man rushes but mistakes (offside on a four on two and later a rink wide pass on a three on one that was intended for and just out of reach of the far winger instead of going to the closer player headed to the net) squandered some golden opportunities.  The power play had it's moments but a couple of unforced errors led to lost possession time and ultimately no goals.  They didn't give up and they made it a game and when they avoided a couple of close calls in their zone with the empty net I thought they were going to complete the comeback.  A 190 footer sealed their fate though.

[VIEWfromK]

I listened to the game and it seemed like they got to the shootout pretty quickly after OT ended.  I was also getting my youngster to bed so maybe it wasn't as quick as I thought but anyone who was there or watched on TV, did they do an ice scrape?

I know a lot of times they'll scrape one lane down the middle and that's it.

They did not scrape the ice at all after the conclusion of OT and the beginning of the shootout on Friday night. I was surprised when I didn't see a Zamboni come out to do so during the break.

I wish everyone would adopt that practice.