Louis Chabot- Senior Weekend

[Avalanchefan]

I'm not too sure what everyone else thinks but I believe that Louis should play senior weekend considering it's his last season with the Big Red.  Not only would he be playing on the big weekend, but he would also be playing against Harvard making it a good way to finish off his career as a part of the Cornell Big Red.:-)

[Dpperk29]

I think it depends on what the standings look like... if we have everything all wrapped up... maybe... if not play mckee

[French Rage]

Yeah, we should play what will likely be an important game in the RPI and PWR with a guy who's played like 10 minutes in the last 4 years.  He should be where he always is, opening the bench door for the other players. :-P

[Jordan 04]

If Schafer can reasonably start him or get him into a game, I expect he will.

See Jan Pajerski.

(Although, IIRC, comments here have had starkly different things to say about Pajerski and  Chabot's respective attitudes and work ethics).

[Josh '99]

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
If Schafer can reasonably start him or get him into a game, I expect he will.

See Jan Pajerski.

(Although, IIRC, comments here have had starkly different things to say about Pajerski and  Chabot's respective attitudes and work ethics).[/q]I certainly don't mean any offense to Jan, but IIRC, didn't his playing time also partially owe to a lot of injuries to defensemen?

[Robb]

Schafer has also been very explicit in the past that his philosophy is always to put the team on the ice that gives Cornell the best chance to win.  I can't recall the exact situation, but it involved "meaningless" games and/or possibly injured players who were coming back early - something like that, anyway.

[Avalanchefan]

I can understand the situation with it potentially being an important game and I want the team to excel this year but how would you feel if you played 10 minutes over your 4 years?  I mean everyone desrves a chance to express themselves and he hasn't had a chance so I'm pretty sure he deserves one in his Senior year?

[jtwcornell91]

Neither Todd Marr nor Ian Burt got to play Senior Night their senior years.

[Will]

Put the best team possible on the ice every night.  If the best goalie is McKee, then McKee should start.

That being said, if Cornell happens to take a commanding lead over Sucks and McKee isn't riding a shutout, I don't see any reason why Chabot shouldn't take the ice for the last few minutes.

[Robb]

...particularly if it's a chance to say to Harvard, "we're beating you so badly, we're willing to put in a guy who's only played 10 minutes in the last 4 years..."  :-}

[calgARI '07]

I disagree.  It doesn't matter what the standings look like.  Like we saw last year, every game counts in the PWR and Cornell needs to win every single game they play, especially with their cupcake schedule.  Schafer knows this and that's why Marr and Burt didn't play on their respective senior nights and that's why Chabot will never play a game, regardless of the situation, unless the other two goalies are injured.

[ben03]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
 I disagree.  It doesn't matter what the standings look like.  Like we saw last year, every game counts in the PWR and Cornell needs to win every single game they play, especially with their cupcake schedule.  Schafer knows this and that's why Marr and Burt didn't play on their respective senior nights and that's why Chabot will never play a game, regardless of the situation, unless the other two goalies are injured.[/q]
can we all knock on some wood right about now ...;-)

btw ... i agree the best goalie plays.

[calgARI '07]

[Q]ben03 Wrote:

 [Q2]calgARI '07 Wrote:
 I disagree.  It doesn't matter what the standings look like.  Like we saw last year, every game counts in the PWR and Cornell needs to win every single game they play, especially with their cupcake schedule.  Schafer knows this and that's why Marr and Burt didn't play on their respective senior nights and that's why Chabot will never play a game, regardless of the situation, unless the other two goalies are injured.[/Q]
can we all knock on some wood right about now ...

btw ... i agree the best goalie plays.[/q]

Yeah I know, seriously.  Davenport leaving really put this team one injury away from a major crisis.  Schafer isaying that DiLeo will compete with Chabot for playing time only further highlights this.  I'm pretty sure that a big time goalie (potential-wise that is) will be a freshman at Cornell next year.  For this year, all we can do is pray.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

If you have to live in touchy-feely land, where everybody has to feel good about themselves, then you just don't understand life in the real world (and I'm not talking MTV).

I respect Louis for sticking it out even though I think he probably knows he'll never see any significant playing time.  But you don't sacrifice everything all of the other players have worked for to give him a warm and fuzzy.

[JordanCS]

I feel for Chabot, and admire him staying with the team playing so little for so long.  According to USCHO, though, Chabot has played 2 min. 58 sec in his Cornell career.