Next year's line-up

[Will]

My wild guesses at the lines:

Offense:
Moulson   Scott     Bitz
Abbott    Abbott    Sawada
Knoepfli  Iggulden  Hynes
Mugford   Carefoot  McKeown
After that, fill-in order is McCutcheon, Varteressian, McLeod, and Pegoraro.

Defense:
Cook   Glover
Downs  Krantz
Gleed  Grenier-Pokulok

Goaltending:
McKee starts every game, barring any injuries or WJC-like trips (and I don't think the WJCs are a possibility for McKee).  Davenport is next in line to fill in, and Chabot is obviously last.

[Greg Berge]

Dis anybody keep good cumulative stats for where people played last year (LW, C, RW; LD, RD)?  I know I didn't...

[DisplacedCornellian]

You don't think O'Byrne is going to be one of the top 6 d-men, Will?  I think he could turn some heads this season.  Apparently he was impressive at the Canadien's Development Camp.  Incidentally...so was Yann Danis.

My guess is no better than yours, but I'm going to speculate....

Cook       Glover/Grenier-Pokulok
Downs     O'Byrne
Gleed       Krantz




(Edited because I realized my original lineup wouldn't quite work..)

[billhoward]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 My wild guesses at the lines:
Offense:
Moulson   Scott     Bitz
Abbott    Abbott    Sawada
Knoepfli  Iggulden  Hynes
Mugford   Carefoot  McKeown
After that, fill-in order is McCutcheon, Varteressian, McLeod, and Pegoraro.
Defense:
Cook   Glover
Downs  Krantz
Gleed  Grenier-Pokulok
Goaltending: McKee starts every game, barring any injuries or WJC-like trips (and I don't think the WJCs are a possibility for McKee).  Davenport is next in line to fill in, and Chabot is obviously last.[/q]

What is the combined weight and height of this potential lineup? It would be interesting to compare Cornell to the rest of the east and to the western teams.

[Avash]

As far as the defense goes, you have to figure that the top 4, in no particular order, are Cook, Downs, O'Byrne, and Gleed. They all played well in the stretch run last season, before the Clarkson series, as we wrapped up the #2 seed. Then, in the Clarkson series, Glover was back in the lineup, and look what happened. 10 goals against in the final two games. I get the feeling that if Krantz and Grenier-Pokulok crack the lineup, it'll be Glover (and Salmela, of course) who'll be left out. Then again, Schafer might use Salmela because of his power play skills.

Anyhow, my bold prediction for next year's lineup is that McKee will start in goal against Army to start the season :-)

[Avash]

[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:

 Dis anybody keep good cumulative stats for where people played last year (LW, C, RW; LD, RD)?  I know I didn't...[/q]


Our left-wingers from last year (who are returning this year): Cam Abbott, Matt Moulson, Mike Knoepfli, Paul Varteressian, Mitch Carefoot, Kevin McLeod

Our right-wingers: Shane Hynes, Mark McCutcheon, Byron Bitz (and Carefoot also played some games on the right side). And of course, Bitz CAN play center if needed.

Centers: Chris Abbott, Pegoraro, Iggulden

Left Defense: Downs, Glover, Salmela (who also played right defense last season)

Right Defense: Gleed, Cook, O'Byrne

[Brian]

I think Glover will shock everybody.  I have a feeling his poor play last season was due to his injuries and the inability to adjust to our system quickly.  If he has been working out in the off-season and staying healthy he will crack the line-up!:-(

[mehhh]

Krantz and Pokulok are both Left Handed Defensemen.

[TShen]

Wait a sec. . . . the recruit page lists Krantz as RD and Pokulouk as LD.  

[Greg Berge]

[Q]Avash '05 Wrote:
Our left-wingers from last year (who are returning this year): Cam Abbott, Matt Moulson, Mike Knoepfli, Paul Varteressian, Mitch Carefoot, Kevin McLeod

Our right-wingers: Shane Hynes, Mark McCutcheon, Byron Bitz (and Carefoot also played some games on the right side). And of course, Bitz CAN play center if needed.

Centers: Chris Abbott, Pegoraro, Iggulden

Left Defense: Downs, Glover, Salmela (who also played right defense last season)

Right Defense: Gleed, Cook, O'Byrne
[/q]


Thanks.

[mehhh]

mybad

[jkahn]

I was very impressed with Salmela in the games I saw him play last year (in Florida and on TV at Harvard).  He didn't make mistakes against top caliber opponents, and I wouldn't be afraid to have him out there in big games.  Were it not for some great McKee saves after O'Byrne turnovers in Florida, the perspective of this Forum on O'Byrne might be greatly different.  While they both may be more dynamic than Salmela, O'Byrne and Glover to a lesser extent were more mistake prone.  O'Byrne also took bad penalties far too often.  

[CowbellGuy]

The eLynah database has specific positions in each game's box score. The stats page shows the position(s) played during the year in order of number of times in each position. "LW, C" means a player played left wing and center, but left wing more often than center.

[billhoward]

Can you blame the Clarkson Game 2/3 losses one one player? It seems more like a team effort. Unless you want to lay it on our game one pugilist who thought punching out Clarkson's goon would inspire Cornell to greater heights in Games 2/3?  

[Will]

Yeah, I wasn't sure what to do with O'Byrne.  Maybe sub him in for Glover in my lineup.  I think our defensemen, new and old, are going to be really competitive with each other, so I really don't know who will make it into the regular lineup.  Cook and Downs seem to me to be the only definites, as I truly believe they are our top two.  After that, your guess is as good as mine.

I also wasn't sure about McCutcheon, so I figure he might make it into the fourth line.  I'm fairly confident in the rest of my offensive lines, though, based on what I've seen of the returning players and what I've heard of the new players.