Game Thread: Cornell 4, Notre Dame 0 (FINAL)

[atb9]

thanks for the correction!

[atb9]

Ohio State 4, Maine 2 F

Maine was underprepared for this game.  They came out slow and were very sloppy for much of the game.  We have an opportunity to get some revenge on Ohio State tomorrow

[Will]

Am I crazy to have actually wished to take on Maine instead of Ohio State tomorrow?  Granted, Maine has been ranked higher in the polls, but Ohio State already played us this year and would theoretically remember how we play better than Maine would.

[CowbellGuy]

Well, half the team didn't make it down there until 3am because of flight cancellations and delays due to fog.

[canucksfan]

How bout McKee today??? He's really stepped up his game. While some of his saves were very acrobatic, it's even more encouraging that he was making a lot of solid stops just from having good positioning on the shooter.

His current shutout streak is now at 151 minutes, 39 seconds. The Cornell record is 189:48, set by Brian Cropper during the season.

Two more periods will do it.

[RedAR]

I was actually hoping that we would play Maine tomorrow, but for a different reason (if my reasoning is sound).

Our non-conference performance up to this point in the season had been bad.  So, my reasoning was that playing and beating a higher ranked team would help us out more, and losing to them can't do too much damage.  Playing a lower ranked team (albeit higher than us) seems to me would be a 0 sum gain.

As to the point of OSU knowing how we play, 2 points against that reasoning.  1st, I think we've developed quite a bit from the beginning of the season, so in effect, I think we are a different team.  2nd, if, however, they do know how we play, then we know how they play, and Coach Schafer is pretty good at figuring teams out, so I don't think we'd be at any particular disadvantage.

Just my $0.02.

[jkahn]

Report from Estero:  Very impressed with McKee - terrific positioning and poise, despite heavy ND pressure in 2nd period and parts of third.  Never seemed to get flustered at all.  Our penalties were either on freshman, who will learn to get better position rather than take the penalty, or on Hornby.  Of all the freshman, O'Byrne appeared to be the one having the most trouble adjusting to playing at this level - but that's a quick one game conclusion and I'm sure he'll improve immensely.
On a lighter note, in between the 1st and 2nd period, Traveling Faithful Larry Weintraub and Jeff Newman defeated two ND fans in the "alligator race."  Although Mike Craine didn't win the bicycle race after the 2nd period, he quickly reminded his ND opponent of the real contest, by pointing up to the center ice scoreboard.

[Al DeFlorio]

For anyone who missed yesterday's CSTV broadcast, they're showing the Cornell-Notre Dame game again at noon today (Sunday) and also at midnight tonight.

The CSTV schedule shows the Cornell-OSU broadcast starting at 4pm today.

[ugarte]

Al DeFlorio wrote:

For anyone who missed yesterday's CSTV broadcast, they're showing the Cornell-Notre Dame game again at noon today (Sunday) and also at midnight tonight.

The CSTV schedule shows the Cornell-OSU broadcast starting at 4pm today.

Thanks! Great catch.

[Al DeFlorio]

As is CSTV's wont, the Everblades games will be repeated several times during the week.  Check here for specifics:

http://cstv.com/

[Chris 02]

The recap of this game has finally been posted at:

http://uscollegehockey.com/recaps/20032004/m/12/27/nd-cor.php

[atb9]

Frank Doyle just made an awesome save to keep Maine down by only one to Notre Dame with seven some minutes left in the second.  A win by Notre Dame would be...um...good

Link to listen to the game is here:
http://www.warpradio.com/popTuner.asp?id=4418

[Will]

Notre Dame wins over Maine 1-0...undoubtedly, an indirect victory for us. :-D

[atb9]

Notre Dame pulls out the win 1-0 as Maine drops two this weekend!  I guess Ari was right about Maine...  ;-)

[jnachod]

Second year in a row that the favored team does very poorly in this tournament.