Cornell vs. Minnesota post game thread

[Big Red Colonel]

It took us 50 minutes to play our game today.  I sure hope you are right - I am just real disappointed like everyone else here.  I actually thought we would come out and take the game to Minny today and that absolutely did not happen.  Credit the guys for playing as disciplined as they did on defense for most of the game.  
 

[ZooeyDog]

Sure, the first goal was slightly soft, and the second was the result of a mental breakdown and ill-advised attempt at starting a line change, but SOG were 38-16, and time-of-possession was probably 50 minutes to 15. Can't paint one player as villain in this one, folks. The seeding, the venue, it all stunk, but you've got to get more than 14 SOG in regulation if you're playing on the friggin' *moon*. Nice season. It was a fun, and somewhat unexpected ride. Man. I think my age is starting to show. I'm not throwing things.

[bs]

Don't worry we will make it back next season.

[Big Red Colonel]

Zooey ... I wished I could say the same:-/

[Chief AA Bear]

Great effort by our beloved RED!, but alas a dissapointing end to the season.

No, I disagree! O'Byrne should[\\u] not be taken easy on. He was doing a bonehead play deep in our own zone, where all he had to do was move the puck....What was he thinkin??

His play was poor in Albany and at the game I saw at Union earliert this season. He just has no concept when he's m\\not moving forward and should be benched for next year, until he learns the startegy of the game. He hasn't made any progress since last year, and he cost us a chance to get back to the Big Dance (Where WE BELONG !!!!)

The guy may be big, but he stinks as a stick handler and draws unnecssary penalties, because he's playin around behind the net line instead of moving the puck to the next open RED player... NO EXCUSES for that foolishness !

I screamed at him all night last night and this afternoon.. he's just not a good player for all the time he gets back there on "D". Maybe he would make a better forward?

The rest of the team did GREAT!!! and I loved Carefoot's goal todaya nd Ingulden's (sp?) goal last night.

We have the class program in the EAST (that includes H-E), but it's tough to win in gopher land.

Bummer but I think we'll be better next year !!!!  (potential recruits saw two great performances !)

Thank you Coach Schafer, Seniors and the whole team (yes, including O'Byrne) for a great runt his year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE A_R_E the BIG RED of CORNELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- da Bear

[KP '06]

Minny just controlled the puck for too much of the game. Looked like we turned it on for the 3rd, but couldn't handle how many skilled Gophers there were on the ice. I, for one, wasn't expecting the team to get so far this year, and can't wait for another shot next year.

I was watching at a bar, with no sound. Anything of note happen audibly? The cowbell got in?

[rYe]

O'Byrne did make a terrible play mid way through, followed by a penalty but that did not cost a goal.
I just dont see why he did not clear the puck off the glass. He had 2 chances to do so and then he gave up the puck and tried to tie it up behind the net. I thought McKee made a great save on the first shot but no help on the rebound and he had no chance.

[rYe]

[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]

Agree totally. What is it with him breaking out in front of the net? ex: clarkson goal.

[scoop85]

This weekend does point out the unfortunate talent gap that seems to have opened between the WCHA and everyone else (probably except for Michigan).  Not to say would couldn't have won today, we certainly could have.  But after putting up a phenomenal unbeaten streak and dominating the ECACHL, we are left on the outside looking in. Minnesota, which was third in their conference and lost in their conference tournament semis, was able to take advantage of the home ice and do what they had to do. Meanwhile North Dakota, which NO ONE was talking about this season, destroyed the alleged Boston powerhouses.

Now Kessel is heading to Minny next season.

I just hope the NHL starts soon so some of those guys will leave!

All that being said, I love where are program is and where it seems to be going.  Not that anyone should doubt it, but McKee is the real deal.  And, with our fabulous Juniors coming back to lead the way, an apparently strong recruiting class on the way, we should be right up there next season.  It's a nice thing to look forward to.

The Seniors will be sorely missed, but they should be so proud of what they have accomplished.

[bs]

Don't you think we looked slow?

[Chief AA Bear]

We had good flow going in the OT and Topher would have gotten the gamer (potentiallY) if he had turned his stick a little different. The puck was right there on the doorstep.


BUT!!!  O'Bryne blew the momentum by trying to tie it up in our own end and gave MN a chance to score, and this time they did.  I 'm not hear to make the kid feel bad, but his on-ice actions just bewilder me. It's like he doesn't know what to do most of the time, and he fiddles around trying to stickhandle while motionless, instead of getting it to an open man.  I just don't think he understands the game yet. Hopefully he'll get some instruction this summer or switch to forward or something. His size could be a real asset, but he just seems to cause more problems out there than are needed. Today was no exception.  A doug Murray, he is definietly NOT.

[abmarks]

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.  

[upperdeck]

I think had this been on the reg rink what took 2+ periods to take effect would have happened much sooner.. having to chase the puck makes it that much harder to forecheck like we want..

[Oat]

[Q]KP '06 Wrote:

 Minny just controlled the puck for too much of the game. Looked like we turned it on for the 3rd, but couldn't handle how many skilled Gophers there were on the ice. I, for one, wasn't expecting the team to get so far this year, and can't wait for another shot next year.

I was watching at a bar, with no sound. Anything of note happen audibly? The cowbell got in?[/q]

Overrated Minnesota got in.. I wanted us to be in MA and Boston College to be in Minnesota. EVERYTHING IS WRONG. :-/  ::bang::

[Rita]

Yes, MINNESOTA DOES SUCK!! (hey i need to direct all my anti-yankee anger somewhere else now that the sox have finally won a world series, and the gophers are as "deserving" a team as any).

I admit, I was getting nervous at the end of the game with o'byrne on the ice. that last sequence o'byrne had a chance to play the puck without a gopher right on him, but he opted to try and get a tie up by working the puck on the boards. the refs won't give him that. they wouldn't give that to me in women's rec hockey, so i couldn't imagine college refs allowing it.

however, before the puck wound up in the corner the red had at least one chance to clear the zone. and the gopher who scored the game winner was pretty open in the slot.

during the game, i wasn't as nervous about our "lack of shots/scoring opportunities" as the tv announcers were (btw, could that guy, was it bob, wear anymore maroon and gold???). we got chances, just came up a goal short today.  

although i'm disappointed right now, I am grateful that the BIG RED got as far as they did and competed very well. they had a GREAT SEASON! I'm grateful that I got to watch both games this weekend, AND have sound!!

and i'm hoping that colorado college wins it all. they are a small school and they got somewhat screwed by the ncaa. and they are from colorado, the home of the fabulous charlotte and altitude, who enable many of us "displaced cornellians" to watch the games this weekend.