Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26

[Trotsky]

Also can anyone post the SO shots, I can't watch

Castagna GOAL / Wilson GOAL
Major never got the shot off / Wallace SAVE
Walsh never got the shot off / Tinling SAVE
Fisher GOAL / Buckley SAVE

2-1 final.

[Trotsky]

Cornell looked fine overall, just a too passive when RPI gave them chances which was every 18.3 seconds.

RPI was trying to swarm the pass and letting our carrier make progress, and had we been able to adjust we might have been able to stretch them more.

Bruveris was excellent in net.  Koeppel was perfect when he need to be down the stretch.

Dropping 3 points in back-to-back games against much worse teams is no fun -- equivalent to going 1-1.  But it isn't a disaster and it is good to be reminded that we have a serviceable backup goalie.

If we beat Union I will happily take a 5-point road weekend.

[Trotsky]

Okay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.

It was a pretty goal, too.  Go figure.

[ugarte]

Stopped 3/4 in the shootout after a hell of a game from RK. Very nice.

[Trotsky]

Is ELynah slower than Pam Bondi on a cognitive exam for others?

[stereax]

Okay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.

It was a pretty goal, too.  Go figure.

Hopefully the socials post it. Want to see it.

The cajones on Casey though to call Fisher fourth, when you have guys like Long, Ryan, Veilleux, DiGiulian. And it worked.

[stereax]

Is ELynah slower than Pam Bondi on a cognitive exam for others?

It's humming just fine for me. Check your dial-up.

[stereax]

Okay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.

It was a pretty goal, too.  Go figure.

I love Jane.

[imafrshmn]

Fisher... man. I've never seen anyone score in a shootout or penalty shot skating in so slowly. Mindgames and a very quick wrist.

[stereax]

Fisher... man. I've never seen anyone score in a shootout or penalty shot skating in so slowly. Mindgames and a very quick wrist.

Never seen Kuzy in the SO?

[chimpfood]

CHN has xG at 2.5 for us and 2.7 for them. Their xG isn't the best all end all but I think it's fair to say we didn't just get goalied so we need to play better. Keopple was the only guy who looked good today, I would give him the Princeton game next weekend and then senior night too. We're still in spitting distance of a 2 seed but also much closer to being out of the tourney all together now. We're gonna need a hell of a lot more than 1 goal tomorrow because Union has scored 7 goals in each of their last two games.

[chimpfood]

Oh yeah, and DiGiulian needs to be the 3rd line center again. Major isn't cutting it at the dot and I like his play with the puck better on the wing anyway.

[BearLover]

CHN has xG at 2.5 for us and 2.7 for them. Their xG isn't the best all end all but I think it's fair to say we didn't just get goalied so we need to play better. Keopple was the only guy who looked good today, I would give him the Princeton game next weekend and then senior night too. We're still in spitting distance of a 2 seed but also much closer to being out of the tourney all together now. We're gonna need a hell of a lot more than 1 goal tomorrow because Union has scored 7 goals in each of their last two games.

Yep agree with your analysis including the Major point. As I said before, faceoffs/zone entries/forecheck were abysmal. 2.5 xG is actually pretty good given we couldn't get possession/keep possession. Also don't forget Cornell had two PP to RPI's zero. I don't know how you let the 56th ranked team break it out of their zone cleanly the entire game.

Several times Cornell looked to be in a position where they had a 2x1 or some kind of partial break where they could either pass or shoot. They shot each time even though passing always seemed like the better option. Maybe the feed was just bad but the shots never looked close to going in. 

I was pretty bullish after Harvard/Dartmouth weekend but we've looked pretty bad for three straight games now. Now I'm just hoping we can limp across the finish line to the NCAA tournament. We basically have the ECAC bye and 2 or 3 seed locked up. If we go 3-2 the rest of the regular season and win our first round ECAC series then I think we'll be in...

[ugarte]

Okay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.

It was a pretty goal, too.  Go figure.

Hopefully the socials post it. Want to see it.

The cajones on Casey though to call Fisher fourth, when you have guys like Long, Ryan, Veilleux, DiGiulian. And it worked.

Didn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?

[sah67]

Okay but if you gave me like 15 shots to guess "who scores the shootout winner" I deadass probably would say Courns before Fisher.

It was a pretty goal, too.  Go figure.

Hopefully the socials post it. Want to see it.

The cajones on Casey though to call Fisher fourth, when you have guys like Long, Ryan, Veilleux, DiGiulian. And it worked.

Didn't Suda also shock the world with a shoot out goal?

Multiple times! Suda was a known commodity in the shootout:
https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/11/16/mens-ice-hockey-harvard-recap.aspx

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/1/10/mens-ice-hockey-sacred-heart-recap.aspx

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/1/18/mens-ice-hockey-quinnipiac-recap.aspx