CU vs. Princeton Post-game

[mjh89]

Wow. Princeton is a terrible team. They played decently in the 2nd period, but in the 1st period, they looked like a Midget Snowbelt team. Probably the worst period I have seen a team play in years. Cornell looked good, but again there were many careless turnovers on our end of the ice. If Cornell is going to be a good team, those turnovers need to be eliminated. Though Carefoot played a solid game, and that the abbotts looked better as well. Anyone see what happened with Princeton's goal? I wasn't even paying attention yet.

[redhair34]

yeah um McKee just well....yeah he tried to make a glove save on a wrist shot from just inside the blueline and it deflected off his glove and in.  It was really really really soft.  I felt bad for him.

[SUCKS]

MCKEE BLOWS!

[calgARI '07]

Saying it was a soft goal doesn't do it justice because a soft goal has to actually be a shot on net.  This was a dump in and he caught it and dropped it in the net.  It was worse than the goal Salo let up against Belarus.  It was just horrendous.  Luckily, Princeton only managed to get a shot on goal on one of their five or six odd-man rushes in the second period.  They are awful.  This was the most physical game Cornell has played all year.  The Abbotts looked a lot better than they did last weekend.  O'Byrne was excellent again.  Cornell played very well but it doesn't take much against that team.

[Drew042]

Decent game by CU; although they are still plagued by defensive lapses that that you think would have been corrected by now.   Princeton really is a terrible hockey team.  Sawada played one of the better games that he has played this year and Carefoot looked solid in his return from injury.  The rest of the team was decent and no one had a real terrible night.  Krantz seems to have righted the ship insofar that he is not making the same hideous mistakes he was making in the first few weeks.  

As for Section O, I am not sure who brought the Princeton ponchos but all the kids that were wearing them were from the North York Hockey team (and based on the opinion of the kids next to me, they did not care the least about Princeton).  By the end of the game several of them seemed very proud of their newly purchased Cornell hockey shirts:-)  

[calgARI '07]

[Q]mjh89 Wrote:

 Wow. Princeton is a terrible team. They played decently in the 2nd period, but in the 1st period, they looked like a Midget Snowbelt team. Probably the worst period I have seen a team play in years. Cornell looked good, but again there were many careless turnovers on our end of the ice. If Cornell is going to be a good team, those turnovers need to be eliminated. Though Carefoot played a solid game, and that the abbotts looked better as well. Anyone see what happened with Princeton's goal? I wasn't even paying attention yet.[/q]

I agree with everything you said but I'm hoping things will get better in the turnover department when Gleed and Glover return.  Krantz and Pokuluk continue to struggle mightily and were responsible for the bulk of the turnovers.

[SUCKS]

McKee still sucks though ... start CHABOT!!!!!!!!!!!

[redhair34]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

 Saying it was a soft goal doesn't do it justice because a soft goal has to actually be a shot on net.  This was a dump in and he caught it and dropped it in the net.  It was worse than the goal Salo let up against Belarus.  It was just horrendous. [/q]

I know.  I was trying to downplay it.  I feel for the guy.

[redhair34]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

 [Q2]mjh89 Wrote:

 Wow. Princeton is a terrible team. They played decently in the 2nd period, but in the 1st period, they looked like a Midget Snowbelt team. Probably the worst period I have seen a team play in years. Cornell looked good, but again there were many careless turnovers on our end of the ice. If Cornell is going to be a good team, those turnovers need to be eliminated. Though Carefoot played a solid game, and that the abbotts looked better as well. Anyone see what happened with Princeton's goal? I wasn't even paying attention yet.[/Q]
I agree with everything you said but I'm hoping things will get better in the turnover department when Gleed and Glover return.  Krantz and Pokuluk continue to struggle mightily and were responsible for the bulk of the turnovers.[/q]

Krantz was especially bad in the first period.  He got a pretty big toungue lashing from Scott Garrow after one of his worst turnovers deep in our zone.

[JDeafv]

I remember watching Lenny do what sounds like the same thing against Brown in 2003.  He dropped a puck into his net on a wrist shot from the blue line late in the third period.  Cornell tied Brown that night 2-2.  

IT happens.  

[calgARI '07]

anyone else liking Salmela a lot?  i think he's been very strong since coming in and dangerous offensively.

[Will]

Thoughts:

- Yes, that goal on McKee was horrible.  He's got nobody to blame but himself for losing the shutout.  That being said, McKee did seem to make a few amazing saves tonight, though he wasn't really challenged.
- Princeton might actually have a good team if they could learn to pass correctly.
- The Abbotts are back.  Well, I'm of the opinion that Chris never left, but he still looked good and Cam looked much better than he did all of last weekend.
- Someone remind me again, why was Pokulok a first-round draft pick?  Based on most of his performances thus far this season, I'm having a hard time seeing why.
- Great to see both offense and defense clicking at the same time in the first period.  It seems like a rare treat this season to see both the offense and the defense show up in the same game.

[Will]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

 anyone else liking Salmela a lot?  i think he's been very strong since coming in and dangerous offensively.[/q]

I agree.  He's been impressive in most of his appearances thus far this season.

[nr53]

from what i saw right behind mckee he just flat out missed it. not sure if thats any better than him dropping it in himself but...

[redhair34]

[Q]nr53 Wrote:

 from what i saw right behind mckee he just flat out missed it. not sure if thats any better than him dropping it in himself but...[/q]

naw it deflected off his glove and in/caught it and dropped