NCAAs 1st rd. Cornell vs. MSU

[ugarte]

oh my god i can finally breathe and sit down and type.

i had to leave after the second period to go to a local show in my neighborhood that i help run. the plan was to pop out and pop back in because the show is just around the corner but yadda yadda yadda i ended up staying at the show. i even got distracted, but i refreshed eLF to catch up on the game thread and saw that we'd tied it, so i stood in the back, took my phone out, muted it and turned on the game. espn had logged me out, of course, so by the time i finally had the game on my screen, we were setting up for a faceoff to start a power play inside of two minutes. i don't need to recap the next 90 seconds for you but when Mack popped the puck in, i literally WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A SOUND out of respect for the person on stage. i'm still buzzing.

i can't believe how ecstatic i am after the most infuriating season in memory. i live for this.

[stereax]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

[stereax]

oh my god i can finally breathe and sit down and type.

i had to leave after the second period to go to a local show in my neighborhood that i help run. the plan was to pop out and pop back in because the show is just around the corner but yadda yadda yadda i ended up staying at the show. i even got distracted, but i refreshed eLF to catch up on the game thread and saw that we'd tied it, so i stood in the back, took my phone out, muted it and turned on the game. espn had logged me out, of course, so by the time i finally had the game on my screen, we were setting up for a faceoff to start a power play inside of two minutes. i don't need to recap the next 90 seconds for you but when Mack popped the puck in, i literally WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A SOUND out of respect for the person on stage. i'm still buzzing.

i can't believe how ecstatic i am after the most infuriating season in memory. i live for this.

how did you manage to stay quiet??? god damn!

[jtwcornell91]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery.  In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored.  It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

[Beeeej]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery.  In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored.  It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

Immortalized: https://barmaidblog.livejournal.com/55792.html

[Chris '03]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/27_Michigan-State-Left-Haunted.php

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/27_The-Beat-Goes-On-For-Cornell.php

[ugarte]

oh my god i can finally breathe and sit down and type.

i had to leave after the second period to go to a local show in my neighborhood that i help run. the plan was to pop out and pop back in because the show is just around the corner but yadda yadda yadda i ended up staying at the show. i even got distracted, but i refreshed eLF to catch up on the game thread and saw that we'd tied it, so i stood in the back, took my phone out, muted it and turned on the game. espn had logged me out, of course, so by the time i finally had the game on my screen, we were setting up for a faceoff to start a power play inside of two minutes. i don't need to recap the next 90 seconds for you but when Mack popped the puck in, i literally WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A SOUND out of respect for the person on stage. i'm still buzzing.

i can't believe how ecstatic i am after the most infuriating season in memory. i live for this.

how did you manage to stay quiet??? god damn!

i think i bent an iron rail that i was holding on to

[scoop85]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery.  In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored.  It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

That's a good summary of what transpired at UNH, a game I believe we won 5-2 with a team led by Scrivens, Nash, and Greening. Unfortunately, I think that's the same season (2010) when we lost badly to UNH as a higher seed in Albany in the 1st round of the NCAAs, which might have been the worst 1st round game of the Schafer era.

[imafrshmn]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery.  In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored.  It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

The Shift starts at 6:25 on this highlight package: https://youtu.be/nUO7OYN57Xg?si=hW802UoY1LW3dp-C

One of the few times Schafer hockey has looked at home on an Olympic sized ice sheet.

[617BigRed]

I remember wanting to go to that UNH game up in Durham that year but didnt, maybe because of a big snowstorm?

I dont recall losing to them in the NCAAs later that season.

I do recall losing to them in Buffalo, since I was there, my sophomore year...

[stereax]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery.  In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored.  It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

Immortalized: https://barmaidblog.livejournal.com/55792.html

God damn. Absorbing this lore. The livejournal really makes it so much better.

[stereax]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/27_Michigan-State-Left-Haunted.php

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/27_The-Beat-Goes-On-For-Cornell.php

AND NOW I'M CRYING. THANKS JANE.

[stereax]

This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ;-)), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery.  In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored.  It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

The Shift starts at 6:25 on this highlight package: https://youtu.be/nUO7OYN57Xg?si=hW802UoY1LW3dp-C

One of the few times Schafer hockey has looked at home on an Olympic sized ice sheet.

...Wow. That's genuinely impressive.

[David Harding]

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/27_Michigan-State-Left-Haunted.php

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/27_The-Beat-Goes-On-For-Cornell.php

YAY Jane!

[BearLover]

That was one of the best games I've EVER seen.

But I really thought, based on the chances each team had, that was a game Cornell loses at least 8 times out of 10. Shane was great other than the giveaway, some guys had unbelievable individual efforts (Walsh, Robertson, Major, ...). But other than that...Cornell is going to need to play MUCH better as a full unit to beat BU.

That's not to take anything away from this win. It was an extremely gutsy win that will never be forgotten by any of us who watched.