Cornell vs. Minnesota post game thread

[Chief AA Bear]

That may be the case, we'll never know, but we have to be able toi win on all sizes of ice to win the BIg Crown. That's a fact.

What struck me most from this tourney was the small size of the Boston schools compared to NoDAK. BC & BU looked tiny.

Schafer holding at 199 wins..... Till next year. I still believe he's going to eventually eclipse Ned Harkness.

[abmarks]

BC and BU were tiny.  UNH not that big either.   But that's HE

[Chief AA Bear]

I'm proud of EVERYONE of those kids on the team, and it's now very apparent that had we been seeded in the East, we probably would have been in the Frozen Four, based on how poorly BU & BC played.

[redice]

Yes, there is a talent gap.   I think there probably always will be a talent gap between teams like North Dakota, Mich., Minnesota, etc and the ECAC teams.   But, I honestly feel that Mike Schaefer is the element that will allow Cornell to overcome that talent gap.   Yes, teams like Minnesota will appear to dominate Cornell.   But, in reality, if the team plays Mike's sytem, TO THE LETTER, like this year's team did, they can overcome the talent gap and win anyway.   They almost did that today!  And, it almost happened against a Minnesota team enjoying a definite home-ice advantage.    That's close!
I've been saying since the beginning of the 2003-2004 season:  "the 2005-2006 year is going to be Cornell's year."   The progress shown by the 2004-2005 team has been a pleasant surprise.   It gives me even more hope for that 2005-2006 team.    Look out hockey world, The Big Red's coming!!!   (unfortunately, that's next year).

[SCREW MINNE]

The size of the rink was not the problem. You have to play well on all ice to be the best team. I'm not pissed about the size of the ice. I'm pissed that they're playing at home. NCAA regionals were supposed to be held on neutral ices. Their fans got to go to the game and we didn't. Minnesota had been playing in that rink for how many years? That was our second game there.

My point is, you can make the rink as big as you want, but please please please don't allow any team to play at home next year when everyone else is playing on "neutral ice."

[atb9]

[Q]redice Wrote:

 [Q2]atb9 Wrote:

 [Q2]Facetimer Wrote:

 O'BYRNE SUCKS

Cost us both goals.[/Q]
O'Byrne is a sophomore.  He's going to be a great player.[/Q]
His Cornell career is now half over....How long do we have to wait for him to get his head into the game?    These types of mistakes can be justified in the first half of his freshman year.   After that, it's time to get with the program....Schaefer's program!




Edited 1 times. Last edit at 03/27/05 06:27PM by redice.[/q]

How good was Iggy when he was a sophomore?  How about Pegs?  How about Paolini?

OB is a sophomore and he is playing a huge role for the team.  How many minutes does he log each night?  That should say enough!

He was obviously trying to freeze the puck for his exhausted team, the ref wouldn't blow the quick whistle like he did all game, Minny got the puck loose and took advantage of our flatfooted, exhausted team.  OB's man DID NOT score the goal.

[CU at Stanford]

I think we lost because we did not generate nearly enough shots on goal.  We were lucky to make it past Ohio State on Saturday with an equally meager offensive output.  Granted, the three goals on Saturday were pretty, but we were almost outshot 2:1.  Today, basically the same story and we only managed to come up with a (very pretty 3-on-1) SHG.  Can't win a major tournament game if you don't put the puck on the net.  I'd dare say the larger sheet of ice had its effect on us.  But, you play to win, and today we just did not seem to have the killer instinct, which was too bad.

The loss did not negate the fact that our beloved Big Red had a fabulous season, with several records falling and a hot sophomore goalie among the ten Hobey Baker Award finalists.  It has been fun to follow this team, especially since January 8.  I, for one, thank Coach Schafer and the team--especially the seniors--for another outstanding season.

Until October.... B-]

[Chief AA Bear]

Amen ! I'm with yah brother on that one ! Otherwise let's have the regional at Lynah !! and see how the WCHA likes to play in front of the full-faithful !

I'm for NoDak know.. Screw BU and MINNIE tooo!!!!

[atb9]

[Q]abmarks Wrote:

 Noone can say we cant play with the big boys.  OT one-goal loss?  We played our game against them the way you had to on that big sheet.  On a normal sheet we'd have more shots, but I think it was well coached.  A TON of those shots had no chance at all - either bad angle or long shot that was seen all the way in.

We also didn't have too many PP chances either...especially with the whistles tucked in the third and OT.  Ans special teams was the hallmark all year.

Well-played I say.    I wonder what the result would be if we went back to lynah and played minny again?

Well done Red.  Keep going next year.  [/q]

I second that entire post.

[KP '06]

Let's keep in mind the regionals in our own backyard for the next two years ... :-D
http://www.ncaasports.com/icehockey/mens/schedules/divi

[nyc94]

[Q]KP '06 Wrote:

 Let's keep in mind the regionals in our own backyard for the next two years ...[/q]

And as we are NOT a host school we have no guarantee of being there.

[KP '06]

True. But the committee proved this year that it will move teams around for no reason, so we'll see what happens ...

In any case, plenty more hockey before we get to that point.

[atb9]

[Q]Chief AA Bear Wrote:

I'm for NoDak know.. [/q]

I could never bring myself to rooting for a team with leather seats in their stadium...gotta go with a small school, CC or Denver.  Denver won last year so I'm going with CC.   B-]

[CAAB]

We might as well be. I don't think rebuilding lynah to hold 8,000 would get us host status anyway, and you can be sure that RIP and ONION won't be around for the NCAA's with their woeful programs.

[Oat]

Wow, if we get NoDak in ND next year.. it will be the most messed up thing ever.