Cornell vs. Princeton (5-3 FINAL)

[upperdeck]

short hander by princ. cu play poorly now.. they had a great chance on an open net on the power play but wiffed and them pokoluk overer played a puck at the top the point and the princton player poked it away and had a break away.. clean to the glove side.. now
CU going back on the Kill up 4-3

[Big Red Colonel]

Sounds like we are picking things up a bit.  We're on a PP with 9:40 to go.

[upperdeck]

Cam on a breakaway from center ice on the powerplay.. faked the goal down and they wen top shelf.. 5-3

[Big Red Colonel]

5-3.  Breakaway PP goal for Cam Abbott from Pegs and one other (couldn't hear the announcer over the background) .


... and another penalty on us with 8:30 or so to go.

[upperdeck]

CU back on the kill.. iffy call in Gleed who knocked someone down on a check. might have been an interference call but couldnt hear.

[upperdeck]

Good kill, very little pressure

[upperdeck]

clear 2 on 1 shot wide by CU  ..  under 3 to go..

[upperdeck]

empty net 2:30 left

[upperdeck]

2 good saves by McKee. onetimer from the slot about 10 ft out and then a glove save from faceoff circle.. timeout princeton

[upperdeck]

 mild pressure with the extra man but the puck never really got into a good shotting position. CU missed one empty net show..

its over..

[billhoward]

5-3 win, first time Cornell gives up > 2 goals this season; had to happen some time. The outcome could have been better say 6-2 but it could have also been a 4-4 tie. This was not the Princeton that was blown out by Yale.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 5-3 win, first time Cornell gives up > 2 goals this season; had to happen some time. The outcome could have been better say 6-2 but it could have also been a 4-4 tie. This was not the Princeton that was blown out by Yale. [/q]
All three were strange goals, from my perspective.  The first was a shot from the point on a PP that hit something in a crowd and went in.  The second apparently went in off Vart's skate.  And the third was shorthanded on a giveaway by Polulok.  

[calgARI '07]

Best team Princeton has had in years.  Cornell played pretty well, particularly the forwards.  The defensemen had an off weekend though.

[billhoward]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

Best team Princeton has had in years.  Cornell played pretty well, particularly the forwards.  The defensemen had an off weekend though.[/q]

Best team in years but not that many years. It does seem like a typo every time you see it, but there it is: 1997-98 - ECAC - tournament champion - Princeton.

That would be the year Princeton lost to defending ECAC tournament champ Cornell in the regular season 2-1 and 4-1 and then took out Cornell 6-2 in an ECAC "final five play-in" game in Lake Placid. Princeton only lost by 2-1 to eventual champion Michigan in the NCAA first round. Proof the puck can take odd bounces.

[Avash]

Results of the top 15 this weekend:

1. Minnesota            L, W (Colorado College)
2. Boston College       L, T (Boston University, Providence)
3. Colorado College     W, L (Minnesota)     
4. Wisconsin            W, W (Minnesota-Duluth)
5. Michigan             W, W (Notre Dame)
6. North Dakota         W, L (Alaska-Anchorage)
7. Denver               W, W (Michigan Tech)
8. New Hampshire        W, W (Clarkson, St. Lawrence)
9. Ohio State           W, W (Alaska-Fairbanks)
10. Maine               T, W (Merrimack)
11. Vermont             W (Northeastern)
12. Cornell             W, W (Yale, Princeton)
13. Colgate             W, W (Princeton, Yale)
14. Minnesota-Duluth    L, L (Wisconsin)
15. Northern Michigan   W, W (Nebraska-Omaha)