Brown 3 Cornell 3 Final OT

[Rita 00]

just curious...
adam wodon isn't doing the radio -internet broadcast tonight.. anyone know why? (i think the person doing it tonight is named Ed? last name?).

rita

[Rita 00]

cornell had to kill off a penalty in the final 2 minutes of ot to hang on to the tie.
here's hoping our first lynah win of the season comes tomorrow night.
rita

[Chris 02]

Well judging from the livestats only....this looks like a game from last year.  13 shots by the opposing team and 30+ for our team.  However, I'm beginning to get the feeling the Lenny probably faced the same kind of quality chances.  Being the better goalie, he saved them.  Lenny for Hobey!  Not so for McKee.  Kudos to the rest of the team and the PP unit for catching back up in this one.  

Guess that first victory at Lynah will have to wait for Harvard (sucks!).

[jy3]

best game i have seen cornell play this year. a well-played game throughout the whole game. i have no clue how murphy was able to rationalize not giving cornell a pp on both of the scrums  but oh well. the shorthander was the killer here but the team showed heart to come back. murphy was aweful but that isnt the cause of the loss.

on another note, the idiot usher who came down in A (not the woman, the man) saw me put my jacket in the isle at the bottom of the section and then came over and looked down at it and stepped on it. i could care less about the dirt on the jacket but why did he have to be such an ass? grrr...

[canucksfan]

I didn't get to catch much of the game besides OT (soccer practice in the turf room), but my team could hear the crowd all the way from the other side of the building! Definitely the loudest of the year.

CU played a really good OT. Danis thought that that one shot of Cam Abbott's had snuck behind him (I think it was sitting on the goal line but I'm not sure) and Cam had another great play behind the net...can't believe Chris skied the shot, though. And, finally, people were hitting today.

A note on goalies...I hear that McKee didn't play too well, but I doubt we'll see anyone else tomorrow. Schafer had to bring in two club goalies to practices this week because Marr and McKee were nursing injuries. I assume that they're both still a little banged up, which might explain McKee's performance tonight. But if they're both hurt, I guess Schafer would have to go with McKee since he's been starting all year. Marr is very, very good, but you can't hand a guy his first start on the biggest night of the year so far.

[jason]

Wodon was doing the intermission show on CSTV's college hockey broadcast again.

[Section A]

Cornell played much better today, cycling the puck well and controlling most of the play. The SHG was a shame because we won the faceoff in the offensive zone, but I think it was Wallace who hesitated with the puck for just a split second and then the Brown player took off. McKee didn't play spectacularly, but to his credit, he made stops after long periods of time without seeing much action.

The second goal CU goal was extremely flukey (a popup that somehow fell behind Danis and rolled into the net) and the third goal was from a terrific shot from Moulson, picking the corner. Danis came up big on a Vesce shot with a few seconds left in regulation and had a couple good saves in OT too. The missed opportunity of the night though was Chris Abbott all alone at the top of the crease in OT but he shot it high. Oh, and we hit a post earlier in the third period on a shot that I could have sworn went in.

Looking forward to tomorrow now. Hopefully tomorrow we don't commit a penalty in the first two minutes of the game!



Post Edited (12-05-03 23:06)

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]Avash '05 wrote:

Looking forward to tomorrow now. Hopefully tomorrow we don't commit a penalty in the first two minutes of the game![/Q]Agree, here's hoping WE don't commit a penalty before any period. ::worry::

[Will]

My thoughts on this game (because I know everyone love to hear what *I* think):
- Finally, the fans are back up to last year's level of loudness.  Personally, I tried to have a "conversation" with Danis during the second period, about how ugly he is and how he's scaring the children, and that he deserved punishment for ever taking off his mask.  I would've said more, but unfortunately, remote control goalie was a little too popular with the section G crowd, so I couldn't yell over them.
- I didn't see the third Cornell goal, really.  In fact, I think half the rink were taken by surprise by that goal.  What exactly happened there?  Did the puck just bounce into the net and behind Danis, then bounce right back out?
- I understand now why Brown is a much more formidable team than they were last year.  It isn't just Danis, who is a fairly good goalie on his own, but finally, they have the components to fill in the other questions marks they had last year.
- Starting the Hornby-Abbott-Abbott line seemed strange at first, but I have to say, they did well on the first line, and created a lot of scoring opportunities.
- Gleed continues to do well; undoubtedly, he's earned his place on the starting line.  He's come a long way.
- The second Brown goal was another of those rare mistakes given up that, unfortunately, Brown was able to capitalize on.
- I got my DVDs from Age!  Yay!  Watching the Hahvahd(sucks) one right now, to get myself pumped up for tomorrow night. :-D  Nice work on the DVD menu, Age!
- I know it's yet another tie for this somewhat lackluster season thus far, but we tied a ranked team, not to mention making an impact on Danis' GAA. :-D  Have we raised it above the 1.00 mark?

[Jim Hyla]

Third goal was in, hit the metal post in the rear or top bar and bounced right out. At least that's what it looked like by Murphy's call. He pointed right to the top, goalies left, of the net. The red light went on immediately. Anybody in A, B, or O really see it live? (Hey, how's that for a blood type?::rolleyes:: )

[Jim Hyla]

Overall, this was the best game I've seen them play this year. As everyone said, the intensity was there with solid hitting throughout. Offense is doing great. They controlled the play for most of the game. Defense still is lacking, but improved. Notably the forwards are coming back when a defenseman goes in deep. That was a big problem early in the year.

Defense takes a while to gel, with new, and almost new, players learning the system. However I don't expect the same tight defense that we have seen the last few years. It seems to me that Coach is alot happier with the offense, and letting them open it up alot more as the years go on. I think that means he is feeling he's now recruiting an overall better group of players. Certainly no one can complain that we just play the game by clutch and grab.

When we control the puck in the offensive zone, it's either because of great stick work and speed, Vesce and Hynes impressed me there, or great strength, you can name anyone here. The number of times we just overpowered one or more of their players in the offensive zone, was too many to count. We also wore them down, as evidenced by the shot's as the game went on. Also strikingly by that last powerplay for Brown. It was basically a nothing for them for most of it.

[MikeT]

From the back of B, I couldn't tell whether it was in, or we got a lucky break on the call.  It looked like it might have bounced off the top front bar rather than the top rear one, after going off the left post.
Either way though, I'll take it.

[Willy \'06]

I sit at the top of A, and I think it kind of grazed the top front post hit the top of the net or the back bar and somehow popped out. It was almost identical to the one that wasn't a goal that hit the top post a little before that, but it stayed in a tiny bit longer. I am pretty sure it was in, of course I'm biased, but I don't think we got a lucky break.

[rsafploc 03]

Even though I STAND ;-) in B and was supposed to get a great look at it.  I wasn't concentrating too well. But it was great that Murphy called it. 2 posts in one night. One called a goal.. that's pretty ok.

But am I glad that we had a GREAT checking game going tonight. Bitz and O'Byrne were hitting alot more and really hard too tonight. We even managed to keep the puck in Brown's defensive zone for extended periods of time while they had trouble trying to set up properly after their 3rd goal. We looked tons more confident along the boards. We did have a couple of defensive mishaps though. Just lucky that only one of them turned into a Brown goal. All in all.. I think this was probably the kind of pre-Harvard grudge match warm up game we were hoping for. Showing some more of that physical edge that made us so feared last season.



Post Edited (12-06-03 00:47)

[Eric \'04]

I'm in the third row of section A about 10 feet off of the goal line and the puck definitelly went in. It hit the back of the top shelf and immediatelly popped out. D. Murphy was right there and he called it right away, pointing to the back of the top shelf. What I really liked is that he wasn't taking any BS from D anus. It was a great goal and definitelly a great game. Lynah was on fire tonight. Although, I definitelly wanted to see Vesce connect with his point man on the last draw of OT. Who knows maybe we would've won. However, I'm satisfied with a tie. If we come out the same way tomorrow. we're killing Hahvard(sucks).

What did you guys think about the officials tonight?