Cornell @ UMass 11/1

[Trotsky]

Great win. I thought we got outplayed tonight so I'm no longer mad about yesterday. A split is a fantastic result for a young team yet to grow into itself.

That pass from Walsh on the last goal was fantastic, instead of forcing a tough angle shot he waited and then made a great pass. Of freshmen, Cournoyer, Ryan, and of course DiGiulian impressed me a lot this weekend. Also seems like Fisher can be a very solid defensive defenseman and Veilleux a good piece on offense.

I thought we were outplayed for the first 2 periods.  The third we were very strong.

I saw what you did on the individual players.  Ashton made some mistakes and was the only one who looked rattled which surprised me with his experience.  Geez we are big, and we play big.

Loved we didn't falter in period 6 despite so little ice training, I guess those fancy treadmills work.   

[stereax]

Congrats to Casey on his first win as Cornell Head Coach. Here's hoping it's the first of many.

Stick taps for Coach Jones.

[Give My Regards]

DiGiulian and Veilleux both lifted shots into the top of the net on their goals. I swear the Big Red went pretty much the entirety of last season without doing that.

[ugarte]

we've dropped into a crouch. doing it well but it has me nervous.

nothing like a 5x3 to get your scoring pose back

Knowing the Cornell powerplay, my ass was clenched for a shorty.

twss?

literally, Greg, so don't be gross.

anyway it's a new era with new kids who can apparently score on the power play.

Don't count the goals before the pucks are in the net.  Great win but a ricochet and a 5X3 score don't yet prove the powerplay is fixed.
 

I counted two

[Trotsky]

DiGiulian and Veilleux both lifted shots into the top of the net on their goals. I swear the Big Red went pretty much the entirety of last season without doing that.

This!  How many times last year we were all alone and just fed a hungry blocker.

I also feel like if we wheel Hiscock over to above the crease and uncrate him, nobody is moving him.  I don't know if he has the hands to do anything there but having a tree helps anyway.

[Trotsky]

Stay out of the box.

That is all.

And voila! 

[Iceberg]

Great win. I thought we got outplayed tonight so I'm no longer mad about yesterday. A split is a fantastic result for a young team yet to grow into itself.

That pass from Walsh on the last goal was fantastic, instead of forcing a tough angle shot he waited and then made a great pass. Of freshmen, Cournoyer, Ryan, and of course DiGiulian impressed me a lot this weekend. Also seems like Fisher can be a very solid defensive defenseman and Veilleux a good piece on offense.

Good job defensively to hold off UMass for much of the game. The tide turned once UMass started its parade to the penalty box in the 3rd

[VIEWfromK]

That kid Digiulian knows where to go to score goals!  The penalty kill did a great job of getting sticks on the puck and in the lanes.  Stanley got caught watching that guy make that move and lost his coverage on the UMASS goal.  Cournoyer wastes little movement and looks so calm.  Ryan had a couple of really nifty plays.  In the second he got a puck in his skates and still got off a hard shot through a defender that was draped on him.  Then in the third on a breakout he quickly got rid of a puck, saucing it over a forechecker's stick and out of the zone onto the tape of Walsh. I enjoyed that high end zone camera.  It really showed how quickly Cornell was moving on their power play.  They are wearing down the defense (like their guy said) unlike the back and forth at the top of the zone we have seen in the past that doesn't force the defense to move.  It's probably going to be weird to travel right back out that way next week.  I'm really pleased with two near complete efforts.  Hopefully they can keep checking off firsts for all these new guys.  Is it Friday yet?

[Chris '03]

. I enjoyed that high end zone camera. 

I thought the whole broadcast was very good but this stood out to me too. I'd have loved to see more of it. Gives you a much better sense of spacing and movement than the typical angles.

[upprdeck]

We should make use of that camera at Lynah for replays.  But it is a great view of Pks for sure.

[VIEWfromK]

We should make use of that camera at Lynah for replays.  But it is a great view of Pks for sure.

We'll have to raise (raze) the roof to get that kind of angle at Lynah.  What did that end of the ice look like to those who have been to that arena?  Is there seating clear up there on that end?

[TimV]

Yes, seating all the way. Capacity for hockey about 8500. Attendance Friday about 3300 according to USCHO, but arena looked and felt empty.  Plenty of places for good camera locations. Their pep band was big, loud, and sounded great.  They also had a cowbell, which they played to our traditional beat.

[Iceberg]

Also, there is another regular season game that starts before 7 (randomly the game at Brown later in the season) but nothing else at an oddly earlier time. I completely missed the first period because I thought this game was a 7 PM start.

[Snowball]

Congrats to Casey on his first win as Cornell Head Coach. Here's hoping it's the first of many.

So MUCH to love about the way Cornell played in those games, old players and new. And to see moving feet and crisp passing on the power play!!!

I was struck by the poise of 19 year-old Veilleux. Check this Islander's article and video on him:

https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/veilleux-caps-ushl-career-with-clark-cup

[andyw2100]

Also, there is another regular season game that starts before 7 (randomly the game at Brown later in the season) but nothing else at an oddly earlier time. I completely missed the first period because I thought this game was a 7 PM start.

I almost missed the start, and I had checked the Cornell site after the game on Friday night.

Earlier in the week I had noticed the 6:00 PM on the Cornell site. I didn't hear any mention of that during Friday's broadcast, so after the game I checked the Cornell site again. The main entry still said 6:00 PM, but the "Next Game" entry at the top of the page had the standard 7:00 PM time listed, so I figured the 6:00 PM in the other spot was just a mistake.

On a whim, at about 5:58 PM yesterday I looked again, and at that time the "Next Game" entry had been changed to 6:00 PM.

I rushed to get ESPN up. And had the "game will start soon" banner.

At that point I posted in the Friday night game thread, and then decided to also start a specific thread, hoping it may help some people who just didn't know.

Sorry, for your sake, that I hadn't figured it out earlier.

You would think that the announcers on Friday night might have thought to mention the odd start time for the next night at some point during the broadcast. Perhaps they did, and I just missed it.