Cornell VS Clarkson , Saturday Feb 23rd

[Jimmy Devellano]

This will be the discussion thread for the game in the subject field.

Kindest Regards,
JD

[Greg Berge]

Cornell leads 4-2 10 minutes into the second.  Vesce and Murray each with a pair.

[RedAR]

I've come, over the years, to have respect Clarkson's hockey program, most of their fans, and grudgingly their band.  However, tonight, I lost a good chunk of that respect because of the action of one player.

Deliberately shooting the puck into the opposing team's bench off the face-off with seconds left in a game is completely unacceptable.  What if it seriously injured someone, especially those in the bench without any protective gear?

I'm sure I'll get over it eventually, but this has definitely left a sour taste in my mouth.

[jy3]

what happened? another player shooting pucks at defenseless people??? did he get a DQ or anything for it?  ::twitch::

[Jim Hyla]

He got a 10 min. misconduct, but not game DQ. However they did get 2 game DQ's involving their best players with the fight right before the end.

[Val]

The same thing happened (I think) 4 years ago at Clarkson.  Willie Mitchell sent a puck into Cornell's bench, and it hit Schafer in the head.  He may have sustained a concussion from that incident.  They have a history of classlessness

I believe Willie is now in the NHL or on a NHL farm team.  He left Clarkson early.  Friggin goon.....

:-(

[Greg Berge]

> The same thing happened (I think) 4 years ago at Clarkson. Willie Mitchell sent a puck into Cornell's bench, and it hit Schafer in the head. He may have sustained a concussion from that incident. They have a history of classlessness

I was at that game, and Schafer surprised us afterwards by going out of his way to say he thought it was an accident.  Mitchell, who just laughed the whole thing off, had a mean streak and it seemed like a suspicious incident (he had to turn all the way around to shoot the puck into the bench).  I figure he was flailing in the general direction of the bench and got "lucky," but that's still irresponsible.

Grady thought the Clarkson player shot off the faceoff right into the bench.  This was seconds after the ejections, so again the timing was suspicious.  That having been said, although I think Morris is sometimes a loudmouthed buffoon, I don't think he actively encourages goonery.

[Josh '99]

Greg Berge wrote:

Grady thought the Clarkson player shot off the faceoff right into the bench.  This was seconds after the ejections, so again the timing was suspicious.  That having been said, although I think Morris is sometimes a loudmouthed buffoon, I don't think he actively encourages goonery.

In addition to having been seconds after the ejections, it was also with, what, like three seconds left in the game?  There's no call for him to do anything there except hold on to the puck until the buzzer went off.  We actually couldn't tell from the far side of the ice that the puck had gone into the Cornell bench, just that it had gone out of play.  Hearing that it went into the bench, it's even tougher to believe that it was an accident.

And speaking of things that didn't seem to be accidents, Willie Mitchell.  Sorry, but a guy who has a shot that good can tell where the puck is going when he does that, at least well enough to be able to tell whether it's going into the bench.  You can't make me believe he didn't do that on purpose.

[kaelistus]

So theoretically, coach Schafer could send tapes for review to the ECAC commitee to suspend said player. I also hear there is some buzz on the previous game when a goonish Clarkson player elbowed a Colgate player into unconciousness.

Four suspensions... That could kill anybody's chances...

(All theoretically of course, since I kind of doubt Schafer is going to much about things.)

[jtwcornell91]

Felix Rodriguez wrote:

I also hear there is some buzz on the previous game when a goonish Clarkson player elbowed a Colgate player into unconciousness.

The Techer in question is Poapst, who was one of the Knights DQed last night; if he gets a DQ for the Colgate game, he'll be suspended for three games (one for the first DQ and two for the second).

[Al DeFlorio]

I think Poapst was already DQ'd for a similar late game misbehavior--against Princeton maybe.  Grady referred to him as "one of the dirtier players in the ECAC."  Scuderi is apparently a real gem, too.

[tml5]

Poapst is a bit dirty.  Last year he cost Clarkson the game with two or three penalties in the same period (I believe it was the third, too).  The fight cost Clarkson Poapst and O'Flaherty, while Cornell lost a *very* angry Shane Palahicky.  I saw O'Flaherty and Cook trading slashes. O'Flaherty got Cook behind the knee on one, but it wasn't a vicious cut - Cook turned around and whacked him on the forearm, and then all hell broke loose in the corner and O'Flaherty apparently went and threw some punches.  I think the mismatched DQs was the right call, since I only saw 1 clear punch thrown by a white jersey and 2 clear punches thrown by guys in green, but it's tough to tell in that kind of a scrum.

[JordanCS]

The puck was not shot in off the faceoff.  Clarkson won the faceoff, and we just let them have it so they could run the clock out...no one came after the puck.  He stood there for a second with the puck, then shot it right into Murray, who I thought was about to kill someone.  The misconduct was definitely deserved.  Horrible class.

[Ben Doyle 03]

Whoever it was last evening was certainly aiming for Schafer. Not cool, defiantly not cool. Less class than bottles on the ice for sure!!! Pucks will do serious damage. We had a run-in with an usher at Cheel and then this nonsense. . . just goes to show you how little class the Clarkson hockey program has.

[tml5]

And the classless Clarkson band, how dare they applaud politely after our Alma Mater!  Oh, wait. . .

Don't stereotype.  I highly doubt that the Clarkson hockey program, as a whole, would condone intentionally firing a puck at an opposing coach.