Cornell at Princeton postgame thread 1/14/06

Dafatone · January 15, 2006, 05:02:55 PM

A few points about the game.

First, I had a great view of one end of the rink (where Princeton defended in the 3rd). I'm pretty damn sure, about 6 minutes in the 3rd period or so, I saw the puck in the net, against the left post. It quickly got kicked out by someone. I wouldn't bet on it, but I'm pretty confident it was in there.

Pokulok was playing well, up until that awful turnover for the second goal. And it was awful. I missed exactly what happened on the first goal, but someone went to hit a Princeton player behind the net, bounced off the guy, and allowed him to make a nice pass in front of the net. Guess the pass went off Gleed's skate.

Our offense was lacking offense. We had lots of chances, but none of them were great. Leroux was very solid, but made maybe one great save all night. Someone mentioned we need a forward at the far post on wraparounds, and that could have generated at least 3 goals. Also, we need shooters who can put the puck on goal. Our defensemen were firing a lot of slapshots that went wide. Putting those on allows for rebounds, and besides, you need to shoot on goal to score.

On the other hand, our penalty kill looked fantastic. But our power play, after a few good in the early 2nd period, fell apart. Our 2nd PP line needs a lot of work.

Maybe we should reassemble the Barlow, Kennedy, Kindret line? It looked good against Niagara. And I'd like to see Kindret get some time, I've been impressed by him so far. At least, he's fast.

Moulson looked good against Princeton. So did O'Byrne, Mugford, and Cam Abbott. That's about it.

jtwcornell91 · January 15, 2006, 11:20:25 PM

[quote Jacob '06]It was also really annoying how much Princeton just iced the puck for the third period.[/quote]

To be fair, we once won an ECAC championship by icing the puck for seven minutes.

KeithK · January 16, 2006, 12:48:12 PM

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Jacob '06]It was also really annoying how much Princeton just iced the puck for the third period.[/quote]

To be fair, we once won an ECAC championship by icing the puck for seven minutes.[/quote]It was only seven minutes? It felt like hours at the time...

KeithK · January 16, 2006, 12:56:16 PM

Do keep in mind that Princeton did beat Colgate on Friday night and also beat Denver earlier this season. They may be near the bottom of the ECAC ranks but they're not American International.

Do we ever want to see Cornell lose? No. Should we be concerned about the performance? Sure. But is a two point weekend on the road the end of the world? No. Especially in January. Anyone reemmber a 4-1 loss at Army ten years ago at this time?

Al DeFlorio · January 16, 2006, 01:03:33 PM

[quote KeithK]Anyone reemmber a 4-1 loss at Army ten years ago at this time?[/quote]
Certainly all of us who were there. Watching future generals taking bellyflops on the ice between periods while wearing garbage bags was equally memorable.

KeithK · January 16, 2006, 04:09:23 PM

[q]Certainly all of us who were there. Watching future generals taking bellyflops on the ice between periods while wearing garbage bags was equally memorable.[/q]I wasn't at the game - only listened to it. Apparently the radio listeners missed some interesting between period action...

Trotsky · January 16, 2006, 04:24:40 PM

[quote oceanst41]My take, is it possible this team coming off a big win over QU was looking ahead to a huge game this friday at home against SLU?[/quote]
When teams look ahead, they're almost always forgetting to show up Friday because of a big game Saturday. I'd be willing to bet that between Schafer's insistence on focus and kids' attention spans, half the team gives zero thought to the next week's opponent until about Tuesday. IMHO, rightfully so.

Josh '99 · January 16, 2006, 05:25:11 PM

[quote KeithK]Do we ever want to see Cornell lose? No. Should we be concerned about the performance? Sure. But is a two point weekend on the road the end of the world? No. Especially in January. Anyone reemmber a 4-1 loss at Army ten years ago at this time?[/quote]I remember an interesting story about what happened after that game, and even went so far as to suggest that the events of that story should have been repeated last Saturday night after the Princeton game.

CowbellGuy · January 16, 2006, 05:40:33 PM

But they were in Jersey. Would they have been able to tell the difference?

cth95 · January 16, 2006, 05:41:44 PM

Do tell.

Scott Kominkiewicz · January 16, 2006, 05:53:25 PM

At least Princeton's organist was pretty cool. Anything is better than the canned music they used to play. I especially thought it was funny when he (or she?) played "Kashmir" and "Sympathy for the Devil."

As smart as Princeton folks are supposed to be, I can't believe that the rink folks there put up white narrow-gauge netting to protect spectators in the balcony. Thankfully, I didn't have to sit up there. Otherwise it would be like trying to watch a hockey game with gauze over your eyes. ::nut::

MattShaf · January 16, 2006, 06:01:05 PM

[quote Scott Kominkiewicz]At least Princeton's organist was pretty cool. Anything is better than the canned music they used to play. I especially thought it was funny when he (or she?) played "Kashmir" and "Sympathy for the Devil." ::nut::[/quote]

That organ was the worst in game music I had ever heard. It felt like being in a church.

Josh '99 · January 16, 2006, 06:06:56 PM

[quote MattShaf]That organ was the worst in game music I had ever heard. It felt like being in a church.[/quote]Agreed. "Tiny Dancer"? The theme from "Jeopardy"? I'll take "Songs that shouldn't be played at a hockey game" for $400, Alex.

Drew042 · January 16, 2006, 06:08:20 PM

I don't know, I enjoyed the Jeopardy theme music. Even the Princeton fans around us laughed when I yelled "What is Princeton sucks":-)

KeithK · January 16, 2006, 06:29:39 PM

[quote jmh30][quote KeithK]Do we ever want to see Cornell lose? No. Should we be concerned about the performance? Sure. But is a two point weekend on the road the end of the world? No. Especially in January. Anyone reemmber a 4-1 loss at Army ten years ago at this time?[/quote]I remember an interesting story about what happened after that game, and even went so far as to suggest that the events of that story should have been repeated last Saturday night after the Princeton game.[/quote]Listening to the game I don't think Cornell's performance last Saturday was on par with the game against the Black Knights. So a repeat of those post-game activities probably wasn't warranted. (Besides, didn't Schafer get reprimanded?)