Cornell - Quinnipiac postgame

[ugarte]

OK, so apparently I can refrain from posting the final score on the list page. Enjoy the tension of the sparse game thread.

First time I've seen Cornell play this year and man were they choppy. The Red couldn't get it together on the PP. Q pressed the point men and Cornell didn't try to get it inside the open space. I watched the Q goal a bunch of times and I'm still not entirely sure what happpened. The best I can figure is that it skipped up off of McKee's pad and into the net. A little soft, but not really soft. I don't have much to say about Cornell either way, though.

Mostly I just want to congratulate Q on a hell of a game. I was impressed with them and since they are apparently a young team, they are going to climb the ladder in the ECAC over the next few years. I feel bad for Fisher - it looked like he was knocked down right before McCutcheon slowly slid the puck underneath him to win the game.

Cornell 2, Quinnipiac 1 and that, in the end is all that matters. Let's Go Red!

[Tub(a)]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

I feel bad for Fisher - it looked like he was knocked down right before McCutcheon slowly slid the puck underneath him to win the game.[/q]

I think that was from his own teammate dumping a Cornell player in front of the net.

[ugarte]

[Q]Tub(a) Wrote:

 [Q2]ugarte Wrote:

I feel bad for Fisher - it looked like he was knocked down right before McCutcheon slowly slid the puck underneath him to win the game.[/Q]
I think that was from his own teammate dumping a Cornell player in front of the net.[/q]
I think so too - it still sucks for the goalie. He played a great game.

[kate]

they should start calling that kid 'cutch in the clutch'

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:
The best I can figure is that it skipped up off of McKee's pad and into the net. A little soft, but not really soft.[/Q]

According to the tv guys, it was batted out of the air. Not sure if that's true, but it would explain it.


[Q]Mostly I just want to congratulate Q on a hell of a game. I was impressed with them and since they are apparently a young team, they are going to climb the ladder in the ECAC over the next few years. I feel bad for Fisher - it looked like he was knocked down right before McCutcheon slowly slid the puck underneath him to win the game.[/Q]

Amen.

And he was, I understand his complaint, although I don't know the letter of the rule. Reminds we of the Clarkson game at Lynah a couple season ago where we won late and the goalie was upset. Hard for the ref to see real time, but being upset is understandable.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

 [Q2]Tub(a) Wrote:

 [Q2]ugarte Wrote:

I feel bad for Fisher - it looked like he was knocked down right before McCutcheon slowly slid the puck underneath him to win the game.[/Q]
I think that was from his own teammate dumping a Cornell player in front of the net.[/Q]
I think so too - it still sucks for the goalie. He played a great game.[/q]

I watched the replay several times, it wasn't easy to see, but I don't think it was his own player. Just crashing the net, a bit more literally than you technically should.

[Jacob '06]

Quinnipiac has a lot more creativity and speed on offense than we do. They made some beautiful passes and had a lot of great opportunities. The defense and McKee actually kept us in a game that we were outplayed for the first time this season. I think we had almost as many blocked shots as Quinnipiac had shots on goal in that game.

It would be nice if our power play units could get something together this year. All the first unit has is the Topher to Moulson to O'byrne for the big slap shot play, no plays down low. (although the first goal was scored down low off a rebound). The second unit is just horrendous. They can never get the puck in the offensive zone, and when they manage to do that all that happens is seminoff and pokulok pass it back and forth. We need more offensive creativity.

Quinnipiac definitely looked like they were playing for the tie in the last 10 minutes of the game, and I think it came back to haunt them with that goal we got at the end. I'd be interested to see how many shots they had in the last 10 minutes compared to the rest of the game. I'd be surprised if its more than say 2 shots.

[ugarte]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:
According to the tv guys, it was batted out of the air. Not sure if that's true, but it would explain it.[/q]That was the assumption from the initial scoring decision, but they changed the scoring.

[imafrshmn]

Kudos to McKee for making key saves in dangerous situations tonight.

[imafrshmn]

Kudos to McKee for some very nice saves in dangerous situations.

[French Rage]

You know, we could have played alot better, but we also we're able to keep it up and get at it enough to win in a game we could have lost.

Mostly, though, this erases any thought in my mind that Q will be a pushover this year (after Cashman leaves, then it's another question).

[Oat]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:
The best I can figure is that it skipped up off of McKee's pad and into the net. A little soft, but not really soft.[/q]

Yea the puck kinda SIEVED through mckee's pad. I was surprised it only happened once tonight.

[LynahFaithfulS]

[Q]Jacob '06 Wrote:
I'd be interested to see how many shots they had in the last 10 minutes compared to the rest of the game. I'd be surprised if its more than say 2 shots. [/q]
yeah, but in the whole first period they only had 4 or 6 (i believe)

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]LynahFaithfulS Wrote:

 [Q2]Jacob '06 Wrote:
I'd be interested to see how many shots they had in the last 10 minutes compared to the rest of the game. I'd be surprised if its more than say 2 shots. [/Q]
yeah, but in the whole first period they only had 4 or 6 (i believe)[/q]
Q had 6...while we managed 4.

[billhoward]

Replay of the first goal appeared to show a beautiful deflection or redirection by Moulson.

At least because of the NESN feed, Web-feed viewers finally got to see replays. A lot of time, you figure whoever has his stick up soonest and highest must have scored.