Cornell 2 Dartmouth 1 (OT), 1/23/26

[stereax]

My biggest secret is I get such a kick of dropping an "I wasn't born then" whenever people who are significantly older than I am reminisce about the past to me. It gets 'em every time.

No, it just means you never got to enjoy the greatest time in Cornell Hockey!

Including watching something that will never happen again!

Ahhh, beans. You got me there! 🥲

[stereax]

I haven't watched any of the game back but I swear that Major had gained the line on that late icing.

In my "VIEWfromC", the players were similarly distraught over that being called an ice. Pretty sure Walsh, Castagna, Major, and two other guys were all arguing with the ref by the bench. Casey called his TO there in part to get some rest on the legs stuck out there.

[upprdeck]

the puck left Majors stick about 2 ft behind the line. major was about 6 ft behind the line

[Snowball]

I loved this about our game last night:

Cornell homed in on Dartmouth's Hayden Stavroff, who entered the night tied for the nation's lead in goals (20) and points per game (1.58), limiting the sophomore forward scoreless for just the sixth time in 20 games this season. He generated just one shot on goal.

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2026/1/23/mens-ice-hockey-dartmouth-recap.aspx

We were on him all night—right from the opening faceoff, when Kraft tied up his stick. Brought back memories of how we shut down eventual 2025 Hobey Baker winner Isaac Howard of Michigan in last year's playoffs.

[andyw2100]

Speaking of icings.  That had to be the most Cornell has been forced into this season.  They really struggled to get the puck out of their zone, then through the neutral zone and then into the zone. 

I think I can safely say this now.

Casey had said at the luncheon that Dartmouth was very good between the blue lines and that he didn't want to play there. All the icings were a result of the game plan to not play to Dartmouth's strength.

[Snowball]

Speaking of icings.  That had to be the most Cornell has been forced into this season.  They really struggled to get the puck out of their zone, then through the neutral zone and then into the zone. 

I think I can safely say this now.

Casey had said at the luncheon that Dartmouth was very good between the blue lines and that he didn't want to play there. All the icings were a result of the game plan to not play to Dartmouth's strength.

Thank you - that makes sense given how dominant we are on face-offs.

[Weder]

the puck left Majors stick about 2 ft behind the line. major was about 6 ft behind the line

Watching the broadcast live, it was clearly icing.

[VIEWfromK]

Kraft NEEDED a game like that.

There were two times where Kraft was in on the forcheck with one Dartmouth defender and both times he came away with the puck because the defender wanted nothing to do with Kraft.

[VIEWfromK]

the puck left Majors stick about 2 ft behind the line. major was about 6 ft behind the line

Watching the broadcast live, it was clearly icing.

That could have been a devastating decision.  Major was going for a change and I thought he had enough room to gain the line and dump it in safely.  Even though Cornell won the faceoff, Ashton wasn't able to pin the puck and sure enough those last few seconds got hairy as the puck came into the middle.  Phew

[VIEWfromK]

Me sitting here waiting for ViewfromK's analysis of the game-I enjoy his perspective
UPDATE: WOW, ask, and you shall receive instant instantaneously 🤣

There's also a running commentary during the game much to my wife's chagrin

[Trotsky]

Speaking of icings.  That had to be the most Cornell has been forced into this season.  They really struggled to get the puck out of their zone, then through the neutral zone and then into the zone. 

I think I can safely say this now.

Casey had said at the luncheon that Dartmouth was very good between the blue lines and that he didn't want to play there. All the icings were a result of the game plan to not play to Dartmouth's strength.

Excellent observation.  Thanks!

[RichH]

the puck left Majors stick about 2 ft behind the line. major was about 6 ft behind the line

Yeah, it was pretty clear to me in real time that he hadn't gained the line on the broadcast, and I'm a notorious homer on calls like that.

Edit: Ok, 4 others already said this. Wait until you finish reading the thread, dumdum

[Trotsky]

the puck left Majors stick about 2 ft behind the line. major was about 6 ft behind the line

Yeah, it was pretty clear to me in real time that he hadn't gained the line on the broadcast, and I'm a notorious homer on calls like that.

I am a notorious catastrophist (thanks, Mets), and I was surprised we were arguing so vehemently.

[RichH]

Speaking of icings.  That had to be the most Cornell has been forced into this season.  They really struggled to get the puck out of their zone, then through the neutral zone and then into the zone. 

I think I can safely say this now.

Casey had said at the luncheon that Dartmouth was very good between the blue lines and that he didn't want to play there. All the icings were a result of the game plan to not play to Dartmouth's strength.

I could tell there were several purposeful attempts to loft the puck softly over the neutral zone in the 3rd to avoid the icing call, but a couple of those were still too hard or the puck landed on edge and rolled.

[RichH]

Speaking of Major's stick, the all-white tape job looks ghostly cool from ice-level, but damn if it doesn't completely vanish on tv when it's in front of white ice. It looks like he's pretending to hold a stick - I can't even see the blade.

Also, some of the ice looked purple on the video. (Circle in front of E and part of the neutral zone). Lynah lighting weirdsies + digital camera effects?