Cornell 5 Alaska-Fairbanks 2, 1/10/26

[stereax]

Castagna is inclined to slap his blade on the ice to call for a pass; not something I remember another recent Cornell player doing regularly. You can hear it clearly on the break away play right before the pass. 

That's a very standard thing hockey players do lmao. I saw it like four times last night alone. Castagna was just very loud and insistent about it, and Ryan (iirc) managed to spring him for the break.

[BearLover]

Castagna is inclined to slap his blade on the ice to call for a pass; not something I remember another recent Cornell player doing regularly. You can hear it clearly on the break away play right before the pass.

Kudos to the ECAC for doing a very good job of putting together nice game highlight packages and getting them quickly posted to YouTube. The league has been doing that for a couple seasons now.

Hank Kempf did it all the time

[VIEWfromK]

There was not much room to move out there Saturday night.  Even on the late four on four Cornell had a hard time even getting out of their zone.  Alaska mostly did a nice job limiting Cornell's movement.  A few times early Alaska got behind the Cornell defense but it really was mostly a tough night for creativity at even strength.

It has been fun watching Castagna continue to mature.  He has shown at times a better understanding of how to control his body (embellishment notwithstanding).  He has always been a player with speed but now more often I see him figuring out how to find the right pace to play at where he can finish plays more regularly.

I don't remember if I have seen him try the between the legs shot before but that was a terrific spot to try it.  Too bad he got under it because that would have been an all timer if he roofed that one.

I missed this but my father in law noticed Castagna tried to shoot for the empty net off the faceoff after the first empty netter but they had a faceoff reset.  I then noticed him before he settled in to take the draw glance back at Fegaras.  As soon as he won the puck back the set play was on and Fegaras sent it off the end boards to the streaking Castagna who had easily beat his guy to negate icing.  It was a thing of beauty. 

[scoop85]

The lopsided scores (especially Saturday) were a bit deceiving. As noted in the prior post we didn't have a lot of room to make plays; in his post-game interview Casey said these two games were great preparation for getting back into league play, and I think he's spot-on.

[Snowball]

I missed this but my father in law noticed Castagna tried to shoot for the empty net off the faceoff after the first empty netter but they had a faceoff reset.  I then noticed him before he settled in to take the draw glance back at Fegaras.  As soon as he won the puck back the set play was on and Fegaras sent it off the end boards to the streaking Castagna who had easily beat his guy to negate icing.  It was a thing of beauty.

On the call, Jason Weinstein initially said that Fegaras missed wide of the empty net. Tony Eisenhut '88, providing color commentary for ESPN, immediately recognized the intentional play between Castagna and Fegaras. For the record, there was no risk of icing or a defensive-zone faceoff for Cornell, since Alaska was on the power play. Yes a smart, beautiful play!

FWIW, I think Jason and especially Tony are quite good, though I miss the enthusiasm of Grady and Tim.

[Snowball]

Near sweep of the ECAC awards this week with Castagna, Stanley and Ryan all getting much deserved recognition.

[VIEWfromK]

For the record, there was no risk of icing

You are right!  I forgot about the Stanley penalty

[Jim Hyla]

I used to park at the crescent lot or garage, but it's probably not much of a walk from the wing lot.

I am almost positive Cornell now charges to park in The Crescent lot. I think the garage may still be free, but is likely tough to get out of after the game.

Here's a screenshot of info Cornell sent before yesterday's game, which seems to support the above.

For the record the Crescent lot is $12/game.

Steep for Ithaca, but worth it for me. Less lugging the newspaper bag in and I take it back to the car in first intermission. Also quick exit after the game, even though I stay around until after the stick salute.

[VIEWfromK]

I used to park at the crescent lot or garage, but it's probably not much of a walk from the wing lot.

I am almost positive Cornell now charges to park in The Crescent lot. I think the garage may still be free, but is likely tough to get out of after the game.

Here's a screenshot of info Cornell sent before yesterday's game, which seems to support the above.

For the record the Crescent lot is $12/game.

Steep for Ithaca, but worth it for me. Less lugging the newspaper bag in and I take it back to the car in first intermission. Also quick exit after the game, even though I stay around until after the stick salute.

It looked like you had moved seats late in the game right before they scored so if we are in anymore tight games coming up you know what to do for luck

[The Rancor]

I'd also like to shake my old man fist at the sky and say the scoreboard is awful- too much space given to jumbotron and adverts, and not enough given to actual scoreboard stuff. The opposite end scoreboards are even worse, with score and time on one side of the rink and penalties on the other.

Behold the GLORY of what is possible (and pre loaded into the system)!!! Seen next day at the kids game. Please make this the default. Jumbotron begone!

edit: the jumbotron is actually less distracting in person than on TV, but the set up is awful.

[stereax]

I'd also like to shake my old man fist at the sky and say the scoreboard is awful- too much space given to jumbotron and adverts, and not enough given to actual scoreboard stuff. The opposite end scoreboards are even worse, with score and time on one side of the rink and penalties on the other.

Behold the GLORY of what is possible (and pre loaded into the system)!!! Seen next day at the kids game. Please make this the default. Jumbotron begone!

edit: the jumbotron is actually less distracting in person than on TV, but the set up is awful.

Agree
The advertising portion seems to have gotten significantly larger this year and leaving less viewing space for the actual game, unless it's my imagination

I mean, you shouldn't be looking at the jumbotron to watch the game. It's in front of you.

But also, the jumbotron is just a fancy advertisement conveyor that sometimes shows shots on net, penalties, and time left accurately.

[BearLover]

I'd also like to shake my old man fist at the sky and say the scoreboard is awful- too much space given to jumbotron and adverts, and not enough given to actual scoreboard stuff. The opposite end scoreboards are even worse, with score and time on one side of the rink and penalties on the other.

Behold the GLORY of what is possible (and pre loaded into the system)!!! Seen next day at the kids game. Please make this the default. Jumbotron begone!

edit: the jumbotron is actually less distracting in person than on TV, but the set up is awful.

Agree
The advertising portion seems to have gotten significantly larger this year and leaving less viewing space for the actual game, unless it's my imagination

I mean, you shouldn't be looking at the jumbotron to watch the game. It's in front of you.

But also, the jumbotron is just a fancy advertisement conveyor that sometimes shows shots on net, penalties, and time left accurately.

It should be able to show replays though. Which based on my recent visits to Ithaca it does a terrible job of because (1) whoever is in charge doesn't queue up the replay in time before play resumes and (2) even when they do, the screen is way too small to see anything. Replays of goals is all I ask for and they don't even get that right.

[stereax]

I'd also like to shake my old man fist at the sky and say the scoreboard is awful- too much space given to jumbotron and adverts, and not enough given to actual scoreboard stuff. The opposite end scoreboards are even worse, with score and time on one side of the rink and penalties on the other.

Behold the GLORY of what is possible (and pre loaded into the system)!!! Seen next day at the kids game. Please make this the default. Jumbotron begone!

edit: the jumbotron is actually less distracting in person than on TV, but the set up is awful.

Agree
The advertising portion seems to have gotten significantly larger this year and leaving less viewing space for the actual game, unless it's my imagination

I mean, you shouldn't be looking at the jumbotron to watch the game. It's in front of you.

But also, the jumbotron is just a fancy advertisement conveyor that sometimes shows shots on net, penalties, and time left accurately.

It should be able to show replays though. Which based on my recent visits to Ithaca it does a terrible job of because (1) whoever is in charge doesn't queue up the replay in time before play resumes and (2) even when they do, the screen is way too small to see anything. Replays of goals is all I ask for and they don't even get that right.

Oh absolutely. Goal replay or even penalty replay (though that one's apparently contentious).

The jumbotron also has about ten pixels total lmfao.

[Trotsky]

I know I am in the minority but I think replay has done more to hurt sports than anything other than advertising.

It destroys the moment, which used to be a fragile, kinetic experience.  It's now just analytical data.

cf. everything else since roughly 1955.

[stereax]

I know I am in the minority but I think replay has done more to hurt sports than anything other than advertising.

It destroys the moment, which used to be a fragile, kinetic experience.  It's now just analytical data.

cf. everything else since roughly 1955.

Eh I mean... if it's something like, only a quarter of the rink COULD see, a penalty replay is useful. Goal replays are always appreciated bc you get different views.

Also, the amount of times I've missed goals bc I'm refreshing eLynah 😭