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[HOTELCALIFORNIA]

Age's  'would you start David McKee next weekend?' poll got me wondering what people's thoughts of McKee's performance this weekend.. how do you think he did? Do you think Todd is a better goaltender? Do you think our defense slipped? What about Chabot.. when do you think he will be able to play..?



Post Edited (11-06-03 16:12)

[Ben Rocky \'04]

Todd didn't impress many people vs. the USA under-18 team, but he could have been having an off- night
McKee got so much better as the weekend went along.  Im much more willing to grant him a break as he has so little NCAA experiance them I am Marr.  McKee is learning fast.  He handled the W Mich breakaways really really well, and one of the saturday goals on him was through a screen of every player on the ice save himself and Foster.  I feel that he needs better defense support and he'll be quite respectable.
Chabot, on the other hand, does have that 1.00 save percetage.....

[Small Person]

I think that Marr is great and that he's much quicker than McKee. Can't wait until he's better, and back in the game.

McKee did okay, but sometimes he screwed up, but things happen.

Chabot looks great, and he should get more chances to play.

Our defense needs to improve (Murray graduationg was a huge loss).

[jtwcornell91]

My take on things (both a prediction and what I would do myself) is that if Marr is ready, we platoon Marr and McKee, but if he's not, we start McKee both games.  So I voted for "yes" because I think he should start at least one game.

Any thoughts on who's the "A" and "B" opponent next weekend?  Princeton stayed a lot closer to St. Cloud than Yale did to NoDak.

[Ack]

I think McKee will rise to the challenge if he's presented with more opportunities, and I'm thinking he will be. Once he settled down, he played quite well - quick and aware.

Does anyone know the story of his helmet? Lucky one perhaps?


Our defense was a bit flat, but that doesn't excuse all our missed chances on offense. It's good to see most people aren't blaming McKee for the loss - just a few bad breaks. It's going to be an exciting season.

[Will]

Ack wrote:

Our defense was a bit flat, but that doesn't excuse all our missed chances on offense. It's good to see most people aren't blaming McKee for the loss - just a few bad breaks. It's going to be an exciting season.

Blame McKee, no, but I suspect had the only difference rosterwise in the first game been that Lenny was in goal, it probably would have been a 4-2 or 4-3 win for us, and perhaps a 2-2 tie for the second game.

[Richard Stott \'70 (110-5-1)]

I agree that with LeNeveau (or Elliott or Underhill) in goal we definitely would have won the first game and probably tied the second.  Mckee was fighting the puck the puck most of the first game and part of the second, but I thought at about the ten minute mark of the second period of the second game he really settled down.  He seemed visibly more confident, his puck handling improved and he made some very good saves that nice poke check on the wraparound.

I think it's likely Schafer will play both goalies this weekend, I McKee has to be the guy if we're to have a good season.

[jtwcornell91]

So far our empty net has comparable stats to Chabot last year: 0.00 GAA, 1 save on 1 shot, 1:15 played, +2.  It's still got a way to go to match the empty net from 1999-2000, which finished with a better GAA than most Clarkson goalies and even registered an assist in the Dartmouth game.
:-D

[Jacob 03]

my memory may be lapsing, but didn't the empty net go something like seven minutes @princeton/yale in the 1999-2000 season without getting scored upon?  in a very miserable weekend it might have been the mvp.

[Will]

And now, the starting lineup for the Big Red!  Starting in goal, a freshman from Nowheresville, Ontario, #0 M.T. Nett!!!

[A-19]

i have the most confidence in mckee in net. on a note completely unrelated to his performance, i think he's gotta get a new helmet. it's green and it says "texas tornadoes." you're in the big leagues now. step up and get your helmet painted red.
i saw marr in florida last year against ohio state, and again vs rpi, and i thought he did a good job as well.
i have no confidence in chabot. i have said that before on this board, and everyone jumped down my throat. i can't even mention chabot without someone firing back the phrase "highly touted." no, i am not an nhl talent scout. no, i have not watched him for countless hours. but i have seen him in several practices, and he doesn't hussle to get the puck. he just sits there and sort of hopes it hits his pads. with or without our defensive woes, that's just not the kind of goalie cornell needs in net.
i want somebody who will work to stop the puck and is always paying attention to the game and repositioning in net even when the puck is down at the other end. that's why i go with mckee. after all, he's the only goalie who actually played in a significant number of games last year, and he has the recent experience in the tie-breaker with marr. but i would go with new-helmet mckee.

-mike 04

[Robb \'94]

Give the guy's helmet a break - he only found out in July that he was coming to Cornell this fall, and goalie mask art is expensive and takes time! $$$$  He probably wanted to wait to actually get on campus before coming up with a design, too, so he could have SOME sort of idea of what would fit in with the team, etc - I mean, how embarassing would it have been if he'd gotten a helmet that had a Brown-style bear on it?

I assume that the team doesn't pick up the tab for custom art, either, but I don't know that.  I assume they'd issue him a factory-white helmet and he can choose to get it painted if he so desires, so he may have only had his Cornell mask since October 15 (when official practice starts).

[Keith K \'93]

The fact that McKee played both games this weekend, after being shaky on Saturday, tells me that Coach isn't too high on Chabot.  If Marr is healthy I'd expect him to platoon with McKee because at this point in the season you need competition in net.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think last year was the only season that Schafer didn't use a goalie platoon early in the season.

[cbuckser]

The one other exception was the 1997-98 season, in which Jason Elliott played every game for which he was able to skate.

[Josh '99]

Mike wrote:
i saw marr in florida last year against ohio state, and again vs rpi, and i thought he did a good job as well.

Marr didn't play against RPI...  are you possibly confusing them with Clarkson?  In any case, I thought Marr performed quite creditably during the stretch last season when Lenny was away at the WJC, certainly well enough to get a shot this season once he's healthy.