goalies

[littleredfan]

ok, not to reintroduce a 'controversy' that isn't really there (and forget about the argument about who is better), but what does everyone see as the advantages/disadvantages of both going with the current goalie system (underhill friday/leneveu saturday) versus schafer switching to playing one on a more consistent basis at this point in the season for the home stretch (in prep. for the playoffs?), seeing as how they are both playing amazingly? (or maybe this is a pointless discussion-if it ain't broke, don't fix it--the team as a whole is holding opponents to an incredible GAA, so why make individual changes?)

i sometimes wonder how it would be if one played a significantly larger share of the games--i'd guess we'd see a lot more individual accolades for them on a weekly basis (and maybe even for the season-say, if leneveu played the whole way through he could be ROTY). clearly though, this is secondary to the team success-im sure either of them would trade in individual accolades or playing time for a chance to play in the NCAAs...

[JordanCS]

Maybe they'll continue playing every other night...including the playoffs.  They obviously perform well on the current schedule, and having a fresh goalie for every playoff game wouldn't hurt.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if this happens.  It's not a lack of confidence in either goalie, it's an overwhelming amount of confidence in both goalies.

[KeithK]

Right now I think it'd be hard to bench either guy based on their performances.  If I were coach I think I'd stick with the rotation as long as neither guy shows any signs of slipping.

[Al DeFlorio]

Harvard won a national championship alternating goalies right through the Final Four.

[zg88]

The Big Red netminding duo is responsible for 4 out of the 9 shut-outs in the ECAC so far this season.

[Scott Kominkiewicz]

To allow one to play regularly might cause the other to get rusty.  The current system seems fine.

[Ben Doyle 03]

Since there's really nothing to add to this thread, I mean if it aint broke. . .don't fix it! It's that simple. Not a bad set of circumstances to have to deal with, two of the top five goalies in the nation on the same bench. On a lighter note, at this weekends Brown game, section A was quite creative in their jeers of Yann Danis. He is from Quebec and therefore his native language is French, so they yelled at him in french (seems obvious) but boy did they get into his head and it was more than amusing. During intermissions, their locker room door was ajar and these hecklers had the Brown assistant coaches laughing so hard at one point they had to leave the locker room. Oh well, I don't feel so bad about wrecking a nice French Canadian goalie when I know we have one of the best on our roster.


LGR!!!!

[littleredfan]

from the cornell athletics web site:

Big Red in the News: Cornell was recently featured by TSN Magazine and USCHO with columns highlighting the Cornell-Harvard game. The Dec. 31 issue of U.S. College Hockey Magazine also included a two-page feature on Big Red netminder Matt Underhill. Look for a feature on Cornell goalies Dave LeNeveu and Underhill coming soon on USCHO and for a Big Red story on NHL.com's "On Campus" feature section (www.nhl.com). Locally, the Ithaca Journal (www.ithacajournal.com) is also set to run a goalie feature.

has anyone seen that uschm feature on underhill?

[melissa]

wow! it's amazing to see all the national attention the team is suddenly getting. it's a great source of pride.

[RedAR]

http://www.uscho.com/news/2002/02/06_003796.php

A column about the goaltending "woes" that Cornell is facing.

[Chris \'02]

The cheers at Cornell in general tend to get everybody laughing.  In the closing minutes of the Brown game on Saturday night, when the "This team is the winning team" "This team is the losing team" cheer got going, the linesman whom was about to drop the puck near the Brown bench after an offsides, could not keep from smiling about that one.

LGR!!!

[CowbellGuy]

Boy, is anyone else getting tired of that picture of Undy from his freshman year? (Especially since it's in the USCHO banner at the top of the page)

[jeh25]

Dude. Only you would every notice that....B-]

I went and looked and sure enough, you are right. 3rd guy from the right is Undy, with the Cornell photoshopped off his jersey.

[CowbellGuy]

Just noticed USCHO has a new poll on the most impressive freshman. LeNeveu is second behind Sean Collins early in the voting.

[Greg Berge]

> Boy, is anyone else getting tired of that picture of Undy from his freshman year? (Especially since it's in the USCHO banner at the top of the page)

No more than of that pic of Schafer from his days as an assistant coach, which still surfaces every once in a while in stories on the wire.

Personally, I think they should use his pic from the cover of the '86 Media Guide.  He looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy in a Cornell sweater.