CU vs. Princeton Post-game

[canuck89]

I was very happy to see a return to the hard-hitting style we had tonight (Though I think Princeton's players had more to do with this than us).  Let's hope we keep it up.  It was definitely a large aspect of our success last year.  LGR!

[PinkyGen]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 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.
[/q]

I agree. It was not an utterly dominating peformance, but it was 17 saves out of 18 shots, which is better than the past few weeks. Not super, but better.

(Albeit I listened on radio and couldn't see the quality of Princeton's shots).

[TwoLinePass15]

I thought Pokulok looked much better last year (pre-injury) than in any game this year. Does anyone else think he may be playing a less physical game because of the first-round pick?

[Molgestron]

McKee was OK except for the fluke. There were two quality Princeton chances- one brakeaway and one nasty slop shot that he made a great save on. All I care about is that McKee plays well enough for us to win and he certainly did that tonight. I thought Krantz played better than I have remembered and that our PP was pretty good tonight.

Princeton is a terrible team but we played a good game. The team was clicking tonight. They just need to keep it up.

[BCrespi]

I actually thought he was playing more physically the first few games of this year and that was definitely exciting.  Unfortunately since his DQ that seems to have disappeared again.  Oh well.  I just hope he can play some good solid D and get that offensive game that we're all expecting in order.  Right now, he's a disappointment for sure.

[BCrespi]

[Q]Drew042 Wrote:

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[/q]

Speaking of youth teams, I saw a few kids wearing Notre Dame Hockey jackets around the back of section F.  Could this have been the same Notre Dame that Gallagher plays for?

[Jacob '06]

Theres no way Krantz played better. There were at least 4 times that he bobbled the puck and turned it over breaking out from behind the net. Krantz and Pokulok both look terrible handling the puck. When Gleed and Glover get back, I would sit Krantz and Pokulok in that order. O'byrne is looking great.

[Dafatone]

The goal McKee let up was just...  yeah.  It was that bad.

But he made three great saves, to my count, in the third period, and a good stop on a breakaway in the second.  Other than the goal, McKee looked really good.  There was one shot in the first period where he got beat to his left, but the shot went wide.  But really, he looked solid.

I thought we looked great, but that could be Princeton's being terrible.

[marty]

[Q]SUCKS Wrote:

 McKee still sucks though ... start CHABOT!!!!!!!!!!![/q]

Yeah, I agree.  When I was a Division 1 goalie I never made a miscue.

Oh, wait not Div 1, that was intra-mural hockey wasn't it.  No it was Pee-Wee.  Oh crap,  I remember now, I never played goalie in my Effen Life.

Maybe I need a little bit of a nip to get my head back, eh?

[DisplacedCornellian]

Aside from the goal...I thought McKee looked great.  He seemed to have his confidence back, and was making saves when he had to.  It was also good to see him come out of the net and skate around during stoppages...for a while he was just sort of cowering in his net.  

[jim]

Actually what happened is it was a "knukle ball" type shot that hit the top of his glove, over his shoulder hit the post and went in.  An unusual goal but very hard to handle

[upprdeck]

the ND kids were HS kids from Burlingtion Ontario.. down to play a couple of academies outside buffalo.. the coach has some connections with Coach/Natashac? etc from the mid 80's  they will back again tonight.. he said noone on his team had talent to play at US Colleges.. Nice Guy.. said they had been there several times, but I dont recall them before.  The kids loved the atmoshere..  they have been to Mich and many other places but he felt Lynah was the best..

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]upprdeck Wrote:

 the ND kids were HS kids from Burlingtion Ontario.. down to play a couple of academies outside buffalo.. the coach has some connections with Coach/Natashac? etc from the mid 80's  they will back again tonight.. he said noone on his team had talent to play at US Colleges.. Nice Guy.. said they had been there several times, but I dont recall them before.  The kids loved the atmoshere..  they have been to Mich and many other places but he felt Lynah was the best.. [/q]
Peter Natyshak was a classmate of Schafer's.  Scored 44 and 51 points his last two seasons.  Anyone recall if he played on a line with Nieuwendyk and Moeser?

[mjh89]

I like Salmela alot, as I've been flooding this board with pleas for him to get in the line-up all season. The forwards just need to be sure to cover for him sometimes, as he loves to jump in on the rush.

[cth95]

I didn't see the shot, and I sure as hell am not much of a goalie, but someone took a wrister on me the other night from some rough ice which knuckled all over the place.  It seemed like an easy save, but I never could get it lined up squarely.  After it got by me, all I could think of was Jason Variteck's nightmares trying to handle Tim Wakefield's knuckle ball.  To give benefit of the doubt, maybe it should have been saved, but was more difficult than it looked.