11/27:Canisius 0 @ Cornell 0

[calgARI '07]

Luckily, the ref was way behind the play and not even close to being in position to make the call and the goal judge didn't seem to see it.

[puff]

Looked to me (middle of section D) that it went off the inside corner of the post and out... but then it could have just been my biased vision? I had a rather unobstructed view seeing that the front couple rows were mostly empty and/or sitting down.

[billhoward]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
Getting a little bit concerned with Cornell's offense, not because they didn't blow out Canisius tonight, but because it genuinely seems as if this team is struggling to get chances and convert them.[/q]

Defense is awesome. Nobody has gotten more than two goals against Cornell and the GA average is 1.22, more than half a goal better than anyone else.

Offense started out awesome: 23 goals in the first four games. Then 7 in the next five. And the power play hasn't been so powerful lately.

You'd think if you can hold opponents to 2 goals a game, you've got a shot at being unbeaten and instead it's 5-2-2. (Well, with a bit more luck on the Vermont/Dartmouth lost weekend, like no third period collapse from a 2-0 lead, and holding a tie for five minutes of OT, the record could be 6-1-3.) Is this deja vu all over again? Maybe Mike Shafer-coached teams start good and and only get better on defense, and it's the offense that takes a while to jell. Let us hope Cornell goes into exams at 7-2-2, maybe with a Topher Scott / Little Big Man reprise of the Ryan Vesce 7-point game against Princeton and something equally run-it-up against the Elis.

[Avash]

The results of the Top 15 this week:

1. Michigan             L, L (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
2. Wisconsin            L, W (Michigan State, Michigan)
3. Minnesota            W, W (Michigan, Michigan State)
4. Boston College       W, W (Holy Cross, Northeastern)
5. Colorado College     W, W (Massachusetts, Boston University)
6. New Hampshire        T, L (Mass.-Lowell, Vermont)
7. North Dakota         W, W (Michigan Tech)
8. Maine                T (Dartmouth)
9. Ohio State           idle
10. Denver              W, W (Boston University, Massachusetts)
11. Boston University   L, L, L (Harvard, Denver, Colorado College)
12. Minnesota-Duluth    L, W (St. Cloud State) 
13. Northern Michigan   L, W (Lake Superior)
14. Cornell             W (Canisius)
15. Vermont             W, W (Massachusetts, New Hampshire)

[calgARI '07]

Looks like UVM will be up to #11.  Cornell could be anywhere from 12-14.

[Will]

Or, knowing how fickle the voters can be sometimes, we'll drop out of the top 15 completely.  Sure, we won over Canisius, but let's face it, it's just Canisius.  Colgate and UNO, the effective #16 and #17, had good weekends.  So, who knows?  We'll find out later today.