Cornell vs Denver, NC$$ First Round, 3/27/26

[Trotsky]

Cornell went to the tournament 4 times in a row from 2017 to 2020 also. They were locked for a 1 seed in 2020.

I do not accept falso sequitur quodlibet.

[chimpfood]

A reminder this is the first time Cornell had gone to the NC$$s 4x in a row since 1967-70.

All these underclassmen are a year older next year.

This team is going to get better.

Cornell went to the tournament 4 times in a row from 2017 to 2020 also. They were locked for a 1 seed in 2020.

Next year is going to be very rough if Walsh and Castagna aren't back, and realistically we need both back to be nationally competitive.

I'm hopeful today left a bad enough taste in their mouth that they won't want to go out this way.

We lost a lot more in talent last season than we will this season, even if both Walsh and Castagna go. Kempf, O'Leary, Rego, Bancroft, Kovich, Mack, Robertson, Penney, Psenicka, Suda, Shane.

That's two whole entire lines and d-pairs and a goalie.

We can recover from losing two star centers and a few fringe players (no offense, Keopple, Donaldson, DeSantis, Wallace, and O'Brien).

Do we have centers coming in this year? Hopefully at least one good one.

Gio, Charlie, buds, time to step it up if both Walsh and Casty go.

I don't expect any to come in. Could be Major, DiGiulian, Devlin, Catalano, Arsenault as the center depth next year, which would be rough.

[iowabasedtraveler]

For Alexis Cournoyer...

"It's all Your Fault!"
"It's all Your Fault!"
"It's all Your Fault!"
"It's all Your Fault!"

Obviously the fifth and final (Empty Net) Goal wasn't.  But, fair is fair for the other four, even if three were deflections. 5-0.  Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword.

[stereax]

Head coach Casey Jones on Denver:

"That's a deep, talented team. By far the best team we played this season."

Ryan Walsh on Denver:

"They're an extremely talented team. Their goalie played well. They got Pohlkamp back there. They're a really deep team, right? They're going four lines all night."

[BearLover]

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A reminder this is the first time Cornell had gone to the NC$$s 4x in a row since 1967-70.

All these underclassmen are a year older next year.

This team is going to get better.

Cornell went to the tournament 4 times in a row from 2017 to 2020 also. They were locked for a 1 seed in 2020.

Next year is going to be very rough if Walsh and Castagna aren't back, and realistically we need both back to be nationally competitive.

I'm hopeful today left a bad enough taste in their mouth that they won't want to go out this way.

We lost a lot more in talent last season than we will this season, even if both Walsh and Castagna go. Kempf, O'Leary, Rego, Bancroft, Kovich, Mack, Robertson, Penney, Psenicka, Suda, Shane.

That's two whole entire lines and d-pairs and a goalie.

We can recover from losing two star centers and a few fringe players (no offense, Keopple, Donaldson, DeSantis, Wallace, and O'Brien).

Do we have centers coming in this year? Hopefully at least one good one.

Gio, Charlie, buds, time to step it up if both Walsh and Casty go.

I don't expect any to come in. Could be Major, DiGiulian, Devlin, Catalano, Arsenault as the center depth next year, which would be rough.

Time to start looking ahead to 2027-28?

[stereax]

Jones on how Cornell responded after Denver dominated the first period:

"We certainly had a chance in the second period to get that game close. It didn't help that they had a little puck luck with them tonight, to add to the fact that they played really well."

[BearLover]

Thank you to Casey Jones, the athletic department, hell, the whole team for embarrassing ourselves like this on a national stage.

You signed up to post this crap?

I, and I'm guessing most here, are proud of this team.

Oh, well, some people have higher expectations than two losses to your former assistant coach and a blowout in the NCAAs. Sorry! See you next year for our scheduled loss to BU in the NCAA regional.

What makes you think this team will make the NCAA next year?

Probably the fact we've made it 8 of the last 9 years.

[stereax]

Time to start looking ahead to 2027-28?

nah next year we win the natty going like 37-0-0 with all our wins being 1-0 shutouts. trust the process.

[andyw2100]

I prefer the Russian bots...

[stereax]

I prefer the Russian bots...

I was gonna say can we lock the forums again 😂

[BearLover]

I prefer the Russian bots...

I think these people are fans of some of the abysmally bad teams in our conference and decided to register here to troll when they saw Cornell's season was ending. Which is totally fine IMO, I have plenty to chat with them about.

[chimpfood]

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A reminder this is the first time Cornell had gone to the NC$$s 4x in a row since 1967-70.

All these underclassmen are a year older next year.

This team is going to get better.

Cornell went to the tournament 4 times in a row from 2017 to 2020 also. They were locked for a 1 seed in 2020.

Next year is going to be very rough if Walsh and Castagna aren't back, and realistically we need both back to be nationally competitive.

I'm hopeful today left a bad enough taste in their mouth that they won't want to go out this way.

We lost a lot more in talent last season than we will this season, even if both Walsh and Castagna go. Kempf, O'Leary, Rego, Bancroft, Kovich, Mack, Robertson, Penney, Psenicka, Suda, Shane.

That's two whole entire lines and d-pairs and a goalie.

We can recover from losing two star centers and a few fringe players (no offense, Keopple, Donaldson, DeSantis, Wallace, and O'Brien).

Do we have centers coming in this year? Hopefully at least one good one.

Gio, Charlie, buds, time to step it up if both Walsh and Casty go.

I don't expect any to come in. Could be Major, DiGiulian, Devlin, Catalano, Arsenault as the center depth next year, which would be rough.

Time to start looking ahead to 2027-28?

Nah, the centers will be by far our weakest position group (assuming Walsh and Castagna go) but everything else should be improved from this year.

I know you said that in jest but I just want to say that I am pretty optimistic about next year.

[stereax]

Casey Jones on his team's play down the stretch:

"I thought we might have peaked maybe a month too early. I'm not sure if we hit a wall a little bit with our youth. I'm not sure. ... But we were trying to find our A-game down the stretch. We were really trying."

[andyw2100]

Casey Jones on his team's play down the stretch:

"I thought we might have peaked maybe a month too early. I'm not sure if we hit a wall a little bit with our youth. I'm not sure. ... But we were trying to find our A-game down the stretch. We were really trying."

Unlike some other coaches in our league, Casey is never going to throw our guys under the bus.

[Scersk '97]

"They're an extremely talented team. Their goalie played well. They got Pohlkamp back there. They're a really deep team, right? They're going four lines all night."

There was a time when we were the really deep team, but I feel like it's been while since we had three dangerous, wear-em-down lines and a checking line, if that's a thing anymore. I'd like to see us get back there.

As far as I'm concerned, the weakest part of our play this year was puck possession by forwards in the offensive zone. Sure, when we win a lot of face-offs our possession numbers are good. But we lose the puck a lot on rushes, and we haven't seemed to have a lot of cycling time; hence, we don't have the dwell time necessary to force in "greasy" goals when we need them. It's the difference between 22-11-1 and 31-5-1.