Cornell-Clarkson postgame thread

[billhoward]

(Suggest this thread for postgame comments but keep out of town scores on the adjacent thread)

Almost deja vu all over again in 2005 but this is definitely a better team.

Clarkson did well to hang in there. It didn't degrade into a slugfest in the third period (looked as if it might based on the second period).

24 straight penalty kills.

Cornell may have the nation's #1 power play but that's on average over the course of the season. Anybody else worried about what happens when we run up against another good PK team?

[Drew]

Best of luck to you fellas........I will keep posting......staying with the tradition of leaving it all in the rink and remaining a gentleman when the game is over.
Cheers, boys!
Do us proud, ECAC !
Drew

[Ken71]

Some random thoughts from a weary and hoarse fan:

Thank you, Dave McKee, pipes, and crossbar for keeping us in the game.

Thank you, Topher Scott for the VERY big goal and for salvaging the evening.

NO thanks to Peter Feola whose calls seem truly random or maybe based in a fantasy I certainly don't understand.  Are there ANY good officials in the East?

While we dominated play almost completely Friday night, we certainly had our troubles tonight.  I think Clarkson stepped things up a notch, and our usually crisp passing and adept stock-handling were both off a lot tonight.  We'll need to get more of our game together for more of the time to do well in Albany.

Still, an undefeated season in Lynah is a fabulous gift to those of us who fill the stands, and I thank everyone in the hockey program for a job very well done.

GO RED!

Ken '71

[calgARI '07]

Didn't play well tonight, but they found a way to win, and considering winning is the only important thing in the playoffs, I'll take it. Conversely, I thought Clarkson played extremely extremely well - very possibly their best game of the season (although I haven't seen them much obviously).  Anyways, that was the loudest I have heard Lynah in my lifetime certainly.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Thanks, Drew.  Your boys gave us a hell of a game.  Let's hope the Red use it as a wake up call for Albany.

God bless Dave McKee.

[Josh '99]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
24 straight penalty kills. [/q]More directed at Jason Weinstein than at you, but....

Stop SAYING that!  Are you TRYING to jinx them?  :-(

[CM cWo 44]

I think Topher Scott is the most excitable, child-like player I have ever seen (with no elusion to his hight). Whenever his line scores he shows far more emotion than any other player, and from interviews he seems to be very appreciative of the Lynah crowd. It's really nice to see, and why he is a fan favorite (along with the novelty of his size).

[Dpperk29]

*swallows red pride for one minute*

I would just like to say that I thought it was a nice gesture for the Clarkson team to salute thier fans after the game. I really showed that maybe those goons have collective heart. But in all seriousness, the clarkson fans were good fans, and they deserved a salute.

On another note, I thought Cornell was horrible tonight. They did not play well. but they did get a win and that is what good teams do. Thanks for a great home season guys!

[Will]

Some thoughts, likely ones many others have already had:

- Ryan O'Byrne. What. The. Fuck.  I'm sorry, but if tonight doesn't prove he's a liability simply because half the time he's horrid (though to be fair, the other half he's pretty solid), I don't know what will.  We can't get Pokulok back quick enough.  I don't know if O'Byrne would be the one bumped from the lineup, but I hope he is.

- Clarkson did their usual amount of gooning (which is to say, quite a bit), but they still played a hell of a game tonight.  Their second goal was an excellent shot.  I expect them to be better next year, probably somewhere around 5 or 6 in the RS.

- Topher Scott, the unlikely hero!  Okay, maybe not that unlikely, but given that he's the smallest guy on a team of giants, I'm overjoyed to see him score the gamewinner.

- Both McKee and Traylen played an excellent game tonight.  Traylen can only get better and is bound to have one hell of a senior year.

- Cheers to the players for welcoming us onto the ice.  Even if they have done it four out of the previous five seasons, it's still nice to see.

- Jeers to David Cayer for attempting to stick it to the Faithful after his goal.  Way to go, douchebag, you just proved that we can get inside your head!  Also jeers to Matt Curley for doing much the same, though without a goal to his credit.

- As that one townie sign said, C U in Albany! :-D

[Drew042]

-I thought that Hynes, Pegs and Scott were consistenly the best players on the ice.  Whenever one of them touched the puck they tried to make things happen more than the rest of the team.  O'Bryne and Krantz I thought were the worst of our players.  Maybe this will teach O'Byrne to stop bringing the puck in front of the net like that!!!  I thought that Krantz was caught out of position more than usual.  
-It was great to see Topher score the game winning goal after being ridden by the Clarkson fans all night and being ridden by anyone in a Clarkson jersey for the entire weekend.  
-And a special thanks to whomever decided to bring the lady over in N (sorry I don't know her name) over to B to cheer during overtime.  It was great for some of us to see who have been at games watching her for several years.  
-See everyone in Albany...

[calgARI '07]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 Some thoughts, likely ones many others have already had:

- Ryan O'Byrne. What. The. Fuck.  I'm sorry, but if tonight doesn't prove he's a liability simply because half the time he's horrid (though to be fair, the other half he's pretty solid), I don't know what will.  We can't get Pokulok back quick enough.  I don't know if O'Byrne would be the one bumped from the lineup, but I hope he is.

- Clarkson did their usual amount of gooning (which is to say, quite a bit), but they still played a hell of a game tonight.  Their second goal was an excellent shot.  I expect them to be better next year, probably somewhere around 5 or 6 in the RS.

- Topher Scott, the unlikely hero!  Okay, maybe not that unlikely, but given that he's the smallest guy on a team of giants, I'm overjoyed to see him score the gamewinner.

- Both McKee and Traylen played an excellent game tonight.  Traylen can only get better and is bound to have one hell of a senior year.

- Cheers to the players for welcoming us onto the ice.  Even if they have done it four out of the previous five seasons, it's still nice to see.

- Jeers to David Cayer for attempting to stick it to the Faithful after his goal.  Way to go, douchebag, you just proved that we can get inside your head!  Also jeers to Matt Curley for doing much the same, though without a goal to his credit.

- As that one townie sign said, C U in Albany![/q]

Absolutely no chance does O'Byrne get bumped from the lineup.  He has led the team in ice time several times this season proving that the coaching staff loves him.  I can see where you are coming from but he isn't as bad as you are saying.  Considering how much ice time he gets, I think he does pretty well.  I didn't think he played badly tonight at all although he definitely has his moments.

[calgARI '07]

[Q]Drew042 Wrote:

 -I thought that Hynes, Pegs and Scott were consistenly the best players on the ice.  Whenever one of them touched the puck they tried to make things happen more than the rest of the team.  O'Bryne and Krantz I thought were the worst of our players.  Maybe this will teach O'Byrne to stop bringing the puck in front of the net like that!!!  I thought that Krantz was caught out of position more than usual.  
-It was great to see Topher score the game winning goal after being ridden by the Clarkson fans all night and being ridden by anyone in a Clarkson jersey for the entire weekend.  
-And a special thanks to whomever decided to bring the lady over in N (sorry I don't know her name) over to B to cheer during overtime.  It was great for some of us to see who have been at games watching her for several years.  
-See everyone in Albany...[/q]

You can see my O'Byrne comments about.  Regarding Krantz, I thought he sort of had a weird game in that he was either making amazing plays or brutal ones.  The pinch in ot that led to the 2-on-1 was ridiculous and I was surprised that he got another shift after that.  The guy has the hardest shot on the team and has outstanding ability to rush the puck as he displayed a couple times tonight, going end to end.  Bottom line is he's a freshman and they all make mistakes.

[Drew042]

-Yeah, I agree that O'Bryne can be decent at times, but still he gives me ulcers when he handles the puck at times behind the net...and then other times he can bring it out and beat the other team to the other end of the ice.  
-I also thought the McKee was a little shaky in the first period (I wonder how much that first goal got under his skin).  He definetly got better by the end of the game and played his usual stellar self in the 3rd period and overtime.  

[Jim Hyla]

1. We won while we played a terrible game. That says something.
2. Clarkson played it's usual dirty game. I hope Roll can change things over time; I look forward to the games of old. I'm glad, in some ways, that it was as close as it was. (Yeah right) Well, it did keep the goon squad in check late in the game.
3. McKee did not have his best game, but neither did anyone else. Many more rebounds than I remember. However he got much better as the game went on, so that speaks well.
4. We'll have a difficult time in Albany, regardless of who we play. We've won alot of close games, so you never know how far we can go. Remember how close our wins were 2 years ago. We could easily have lost the ECAC and not gone to the Frozen Four.
5. Being home reading the Forum, and watching the SU-G'town Lax game on CSTV, on my Apple-Priceless. I'll post it on the Analog to Digital Converter thread that I started in Feb., but Age, thanks for the input on the Formac converter. It's wonderful, both for watching TV on the Mac, and for converting my analog tapes to the Mac and DVDs. THANKS.
6. SU just tied it up. 6-6

[atb9]

just got confirmation from a group of female friends at JO's...the bars are bumping... :`(