ECAC '25 semifinal Red vs. Q

[stereax]

Peckerhead continued his hissy fit into the postgame presser (from the Sun recap):

" Pecknold made an eye-opening comment about the officiating in the postgame press conference.

"I just want to get clarity right out of the gate — I'm not going to take any questions, for NCAA rules, on the officiating tonight. Any questions on that you can ask [ECAC commissioner] Doug Christiansen," Pecknold said.

He can hold the other L personally. We're rebranding to Corne.

At least Schafer was never afraid to incur a league suspension and criticize the officials on occasion. Grow a pair, Rand, and tell us how you really feel.

You have nothing left to lose. C'mon. Let's hear it.

[chimpfood]

If you think they missed a call you challenge, you don't sit on it so you can bitch after the game. Glad we sent that bum back to Connecticut. Go UND

[Snowball]

If you think they missed a call you challenge, you don't sit on it so you can bitch after the game. Glad we sent that bum back to Connecticut. Go UND

100%

Unbecoming

[sah67]

Q fans seem to think Pecknold was more upset about Castagna's penalty being downgraded from a major to a minor.

[RichH]

Don't remind me.... '94 checking in.

Posting for probably the first time in years - kids'll do that to you.

Just felt fitting to update one of the Cornell hockey stats I'm most in awe of:

When an underdog in the ECAC playoffs (not counting consolations - c'mon), Cornell is now 29-30-2 (.492) all time, advancing in 25 out of 51 series (also .490).  Buried within that are the 15 series where they've been on the road for a first round or quarterfinal series...where they have advanced 11 times (.733) on the strength of a 15-8-2 record (.640).  .640 on the road against demonstrably better teams is just....nuts.

In other words, in the 61 seasons since Cornell first particpated in the ECAC playoffs (1965), Cornell has only lost a series on the road 4 times.

Knowing how to step it up when the chips are down is a part of this team's DNA.

Fuckin' A.

(Since you asked, when Cornell is favored in the ECAC playoffs, overall record is 88-25-2 (.774) advancing in 63 out of 76 series (.829), including 63-19-2 at Lynah (.762) with 38/45 series advances (.844) and 25-6 (.806) and 25/31 advances (.806) at neutral sites (play-in games, Semis, and finals))

Welcome back, Robb!  Great job looking this up.  The first paragraph is crazy. The last paragraph: 80% for any stretch is ridiculous...doing that when the games count the most is just...cosmic.

[RichH]

The end of this game was so similar to the 2003 final against Harvard (my favorite Cornell game in over 40 years of watching Cornell hockey) in a lot of ways. More on the line than usual. (It was Harvard, and they had beaten us in the finals the year before in double OT / Schafer's last season.) Almost miraculously tie it with little time left. Win it in OT at the other end of the rink from where most Cornell fans were sitting. Unbelievable! If we pull it off tomorrow night, tonight's game will move to number two in my favorite games list.

I'm going to wear out the YouTube video of the end of this semifinal when Marty posts it.

This pretty well has it convered from what I can see on my phone.

Thanks!  And thanks for all your video work when it's needed.

My favorite part of the GWG is the timing of the play. Rego was in the slot alone looking for the first pass when Walsh emerged from the corner scrum. Walsh instead saw Bancroft at the top of the circle, and immediately whipped it to him.  Bancroft calmly received it and that gave Rego a second to push away from the defenders who had moved over to cover him.  Bancroft was in the perfect position to see that, and again, calmly sent it to Rego.

And what did Rego do???  Did he get the pass and settle it on his stick before thinking a second and then wristing it into a sliding defender?  Like everyone on this team has done for months and months of frustrating set-pieces??  NO!!!  IT WAS A CLEAN, IMMEDIATE ONE-TIMER.  RELEASED INSTANTLY.  GODDAMNED PERFECT.  

All season, my biggest pet peeve, other than hugging the blue line when the opponent has given up territory is this:  The receiving and settling and looking and thinking and not just letting it fly. All that waiting just gave defenders and goalies the chance to react and adjust, and the scoring chance is greatly diminished.  Geeez.  Was that so hard?  THANK YOU TIM REGO!

And yes, the corner camera was the only one that captured it, but it did catch the near pipe and bounced in.

Ah, damn, this still feels good. Somebody bottle this.

[BearLover]

The end of this game was so similar to the 2003 final against Harvard (my favorite Cornell game in over 40 years of watching Cornell hockey) in a lot of ways. More on the line than usual. (It was Harvard, and they had beaten us in the finals the year before in double OT / Schafer's last season.) Almost miraculously tie it with little time left. Win it in OT at the other end of the rink from where most Cornell fans were sitting. Unbelievable! If we pull it off tomorrow night, tonight's game will move to number two in my favorite games list.

I'm going to wear out the YouTube video of the end of this semifinal when Marty posts it.

This pretty well has it convered from what I can see on my phone.

Thanks!  And thanks for all your video work when it's needed.

My favorite part of the GWG is the timing of the play. Rego was in the slot alone looking for the first pass when Walsh emerged from the corner scrum. Walsh instead saw Bancroft at the top of the circle, and immediately whipped it to him.  Bancroft calmly received it and that gave Rego a second to push away from the defenders who had moved over to cover him.  Bancroft was in the perfect position to see that, and again, calmly sent it to Rego.

And what did Rego do???  Did he get the pass and settle it on his stick before thinking a second and then wristing it into a sliding defender?  Like everyone on this team has done for months and months of frustrating set-pieces??  NO!!!  IT WAS A CLEAN, IMMEDIATE ONE-TIMER.  RELEASED INSTANTLY.  GODDAMNED PERFECT.  

All season, my biggest pet peeve, other than hugging the blue line when the opponent has given up territory is this:  The receiving and settling and looking and thinking and not just letting it fly. All that waiting just gave defenders and goalies the chance to react and adjust, and the scoring chance is greatly diminished.  Geeez.  Was that so hard?  THANK YOU TIM REGO!

And yes, the corner camera was the only one that captured it, but it did catch the near pipe and bounced in.

Ah, damn, this still feels good. Somebody bottle this.

I agree, that has been my absolute biggest pet peeve all year as well. Way too much hesitating, particularly on the PP.

Cornell played really well today. Lost in the miraculous comeback is the fact they clearly outplayed Quinnipiac and deserved the win. At this point the team has found its game.

But they still need to win one more.

[Tom Lento]

The power play looked pretty solid in general in this game. They were moving with and without  the puck and taking shots instead of just passing it around the perimeter.

Rego's goal was a thing of beauty, from Cornell winning the puck along the wall all the way around to the finish.

[Scersk '97]

All season, my biggest pet peeve, other than hugging the blue line when the opponent has given up territory...

Yes, that too! How many times have I the puck go low on the power play, causing the opponent kill to collapse down, yet our D decides not to float into the slot? Beyond frustrating.

But not tonight! If the power play is really clicking, we are a dangerous, dangerous team, because we are so good 5 on 5.

[Chris '03]

Bancroft calmly received it and that gave Rego a second to push away from the defenders who had moved over to cover him.  Bancroft was in the perfect position to see that, and again, calmly sent it to Rego.

And what did Rego do???  Did he get the pass and settle it on his stick before thinking a second and then wristing it into a sliding defender?  Like everyone on this team has done for months and months of frustrating set-pieces??  NO!!!  IT WAS A CLEAN, IMMEDIATE ONE-TIMER.  RELEASED INSTANTLY.  GODDAMNED PERFECT.  

So calm it looks like slow motion here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHes4AcxtGv/?igsh=MXNmc2Vub3lrdW9hMA==

[ugarte]

That highlight reel was so satisfying. Playing Clarkson for the title in Schafer's last ECAC tournament feels so right.

[CU77]

Reminds me of the epic QF game v Providence in 1979 (yes, I am old!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tj9qagrJ5A

[redice]

Reminds me of the epic QF game v Providence in 1979 (yes, I am old!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tj9qagrJ5A

Ah yes, the Randy Wilson game.   There will never be another like that one!!

[dag14]

I was texting game updates to someone and, after describing the OT goal, noted that it was ironic that the GWG was a PPG, given that our PP was about 59th in the NCAA.  After the game I looked up that stat, since I was being sarcastic when I posted.  I knew it was bad, but I didn't realize that our PP rank is 62 out of 64 ranked teams.  13 goals on 99 chances. Before tonight.

[marty]

The after game press conference is posted.