Cornell VS Clarkson , Saturday Feb 23rd

[CowbellGuy]

No, the incident with the usher was classless and significant. Going to the powers that be to have the guy fired or otherwise reprimanded would be petty. I'd like to think we're above that, even if their ushers aren't.

[jeh25]

Does it count in terms of the score? No

However, if you were to ask any individual who has ever played team sports at a competitive level if a waived off goal has a psychological impact, I suspect you would be hard pressed to find someone would said no.

Note that this impact can swing both ways; occasionally a trailing team that dodges a bullet may rally and answer the non-goal with one of their own, causing momentum to shift.   However, more often than not, the non-goal will only serve as another nail in the coffin for the losing team.  Likewise, if a trailing team has a goal waived off, it may serve to either catalyze them to make a comeback or take the wind out of their sails. These results are had to quantify given that box scores don't include this information, thereby preventing any meta-analysis.

Thus, can we predict what effect a non-goal has? Not really. But to simply say "it doesn't count" is rather simple minded.

[Ben Doyle 03]

Just let it go RichS. . .let it go. My comments have been rescinded and there is no need to refer to me as "him or he" I have a name. . .it's Ben THANK YOU very much! A little respect for the people on this  board would be greatly appreciated!!!

[Adam 04]

Rich S,
I enjoy your contributions to this forum. You seem to be deeply endowed with hockey knowledge, and positively contribute to many discussions, but this thread is not a good example. Don't you have anything better to do? You should leave well enough alone, and stop provoking everyone on this forum. You are whining. By definition, whining is, " to complain in a childish way - n ". Nobody likes whining, sooooooo, STOP WHINING!

[Al DeFlorio]

No, you're the dodo who can't read.  We put six pucks in the net.  The ref that all of you on the Round Table claim stole the game from you took one of them away from us.  Weren't you there to see it?

[Al DeFlorio]

Typical cheapshot from a master.  RichS reads an anonymous one sentence posting on USCHO and immediately it's gospel.  If RichS wants to believe it, then it must be true.  He's probably repeated it on at least ten different fora already as a way to purge his grief over Saturday night's loss.

Why don't you tell us, RichS, why you give all of us the third degree for daring to attack Willie Mitchell's unnecessary shot into our bench, but, given no information whatsoever about the incident, you repeat something that some other smarmy goofball writes anonymously?  Because you'd like to believe it?  Because it makes you feel good to write it?  Because it's something negative about Cornell, which we know you love to hate?  Or simply because you're a jerk.