Cornell vs Yale 03/08

[DL]

We may set a "No Question About It" record tonight.

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[Dafatone]

An unreleasable major penalty in the final minutes of a game we have firmly in control with a seemingly insurmountable lead? Where have I seen that before?

Glad Cornell could send off Schafer at Lynah with a win. This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

Yale got sick of us arguing about whether or not a good Yale team was good or bad for Cornell, so they decided to stop being good.

[The Rancor]

An unreleasable major penalty in the final minutes of a game we have firmly in control with a seemingly insurmountable lead? Where have I seen that before?

Glad Cornell could send off Schafer at Lynah with a win. This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

We won 5-1 on Coach's last home game, in the playoffs, and you are somehow upset. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.

[BearLover]

An unreleasable major penalty in the final minutes of a game we have firmly in control with a seemingly insurmountable lead? Where have I seen that before?

Glad Cornell could send off Schafer at Lynah with a win. This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

We won 5-1 on Coach's last home game, in the playoffs, and you are somehow upset. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.

Who said I was upset?

[RichH]

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

Probably admissions, an athletic department that doesn't care about hockey, a bad AD, or all three combined.

When they decided to be a nepotism dumping ground for NHL All-Star's mediocre kids.

[The Rancor]

This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

 But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

We won 5-1 on Coach's last home game, in the playoffs, and you are somehow upset. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.

Who said I was upset?

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[marty]

An unreleasable major penalty in the final minutes of a game we have firmly in control with a seemingly insurmountable lead? Where have I seen that before?

Glad Cornell could send off Schafer at Lynah with a win. This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

We won 5-1 on Coach's last home game, in the playoffs, and you are somehow upset. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.

Who said I was upset?

Last night upset could be replaced with another word or MANY.  

Pessimistic, all-knowing, tiresome, less than elated on the team's win, unaware of the randomness of the game that makes it so fascinating and frustrating at the same time and therefore worth watching and still searching for the inside scoop on what it's like to be on the team and in the locker room this year.  

Unless a Jim Bouton on the team writes THE BOOK on THE GAME of the 24-25 season none of us will know that answers that you seem to think should be easy to decern. Please just enjoy the game.

[Al DeFlorio]

An unreleasable major penalty in the final minutes of a game we have firmly in control with a seemingly insurmountable lead? Where have I seen that before?

Glad Cornell could send off Schafer at Lynah with a win. This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

We won 5-1 on Coach's last home game, in the playoffs, and you are somehow upset. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.

Who said I was upset?

Last night upset could be replaced with another word or MANY.  

Pessimistic, all-knowing, tiresome, less than elated on the team's win, unaware of the randomness of the game that makes it so fascinating and frustrating at the same time and therefore worth watching and still searching for the inside scoop on what it's like to be on the team and in the locker room this year.  

Unless a Jim Bouton on the team writes THE BOOK on THE GAME of the 24-25 season none of us will know that answers that you seem to think should be easy to decern. Please just enjoy the game.

+1

[TimV]

Some light racism in this thread

Where?  "Safe travels" is a common wish, no?

[BearLover]

An unreleasable major penalty in the final minutes of a game we have firmly in control with a seemingly insurmountable lead? Where have I seen that before?

Glad Cornell could send off Schafer at Lynah with a win. This team still doesn't seem to have "it"—we are still lacking offensive vision—but we can certainly beat Dartmouth, who is not an impressive team. Obviously we can also lose to Dartmouth, as we have shown twice this year.

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

We won 5-1 on Coach's last home game, in the playoffs, and you are somehow upset. DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.

Who said I was upset?

Last night upset could be replaced with another word or MANY.  

Pessimistic, all-knowing, tiresome, less than elated on the team's win, unaware of the randomness of the game that makes it so fascinating and frustrating at the same time and therefore worth watching and still searching for the inside scoop on what it's like to be on the team and in the locker room this year.  

Unless a Jim Bouton on the team writes THE BOOK on THE GAME of the 24-25 season none of us will know that answers that you seem to think should be easy to decern. Please just enjoy the game.

Dude, what are you talking about?  We were tied with a really bad team at home in a do-or-die game in the third period!? Not good! How am I "unaware of the randomness" of hockey when I post about this topic constantly and focus on underlying stats that try to account for randomness!? You're the one who's tiresome and all-knowing. I was curious about why Yale has been extremely terrible for five years not long after being a dominant program, sorry if that offends! You want pessimism, check out Al Deflorio's posts in the football game threads! Where was YOUR post celebrating the women's league championship yesterday? Or celebrating the men's win? They must have gotten lost amongst all your posts attacking me, which constitute a solid 95% of your posts these days. Would you like to talk to abmarks about co-leading my fanclub? I can put you in touch.

In any case, I just want to say: thank you for following along with my posts this year! If it weren't for so many people reading and responding to my thoughts, I would never post this much. And thanks to your posts like this one, there's so much more to come.

Most importantly: Let's! Go! Red!!!!!

[BearLover]

Would be really interested to know what the hell happened to Yale. High octane offense from 2008 to 2013 culminating in a national championship, then morphed into a defensive focused team that was still very strong through 2016, then a few okay years during which they were still recruiting well, then COVID, and since that time they've been absolutely terrible and also managed to play the most boring brand of hockey I've ever seen. Every time Cornell plays them it seems Yale is playing for a 0-0 tie the entire game, just gumming up everything, creating almost zero chances.

But I appreciate them being so bad that we actually looked pretty good. Overall Cornell played well, but I think a lot of that was Yale being extremely bad. Shane looked fine, though he wasn't challenged much.

Probably admissions, an athletic department that doesn't care about hockey, a bad AD, or all three combined.

Those are likely problems Yale has to deal with, but I think they were also problems when it had a dominant program, so...what changed?

[upprdeck]

hockey is a random sport

You get 50-75 shots a game. often 30+ go on net

The margin between the best and worst offense is 1.5 goals.

one shot a game decides the winner and loser no matter how much better you play way too much

[BearLover]

hockey is a random sport

You get 50-75 shots a game. often 30+ go on net

The margin between the best and worst offense is 1.5 goals.

one shot a game decides the winner and loser no matter how much better you play way too much

I agree.

[upprdeck]

So on the goal review.  Did tv show any better review?  At the rink, the only one showed very little. Couldn't even see the puck to know where it was.

It wasn't clear that the goalie interference was before the puck went in or for pushing the puck in or what.

[RichH]

one shot a game decides the winner and loser no matter how much better you play way too much

But enough about basketball