Cornell at Princeton postgame thread 1/14/06

[Give My Regards]

[quote Beeeej]Coach Schafer was so disgusted by the team's performance that he had them run around the rink a few times before heading home[/quote]

The running around the rink was reportedly team captain Brad Chartrand's idea -- it sounded like a "maybe we'd better give Coach time to cool off" kind of situation.  Seems like it didn't work so well...

[Trotsky]

It sounds, from the sum of those who were there, like this wasn't the sort of game that will provoke Schafer's ire.  If they played pretty well and just got stoned by a plexiglass goalie and a suffocating D... well, he's not happy, but he's also not going to read the team the riot act.

OTOH, if he feels the effort was lacking, not even a 6-goal win would save them from an exhausting practice.

Nice long homestand coming up.  It's all a question of whether the '06 team will play at Lynah like '03 and '05 (21-1-0 in ECAC RS), or '04 (6-3-2 in ECAC RS).  So far, they're 2-1-1, and the toughest opponents have yet to come in.

[KeithK]

[quote Beeeej]You're a cruel man, Keith.  :-)
[/quote]Yes, I am. :-D

[KeithK]

[q]Agreed that Baker isn't up to par with the newer rinks but it has that old style "flavor" that many of us "older" college fans love.[/q]I agree Rich.  Baker is one of my favorite road rinks.  But I much prefer the old barns with character to the new "facilities".

[RichS]

I'd be inclined to think that McKee made his decision on factors more important than the quality of the home dressing room.

If that were key, I'd bet Clarkson would get nearly all the guys they recruit. :-}

Agreed in general about Baker's capacity.  However, when they hosted North Dakota with Parise a few years back, and Notre Dame, another year, the place was PACKED!  We went and there were people practically hanging off the rafters, much like there used to be at Clarkson Arena in the old old old days.  ;-)

[billhoward]

We sat in the row right behind the Cornell bench (this with "standing room only" tickets) and saw one of the coaches' clipboards had badly chipped corners. We wondered how that could happen. When it got flung to the concrete in the third period, the answer was clear. Emotions sometimes overtake the coaches.

[Rich S]

Agreed 100 %

[Rich S]

[quote Beeeej]You're a cruel man, Keith.  :-)

Coach Schafer was so disgusted by the team's performance that he had them run around the rink a few times before heading home, and didn't let them change clothes or shower.  So they all rode back from West Point to Ithaca on the smelliest bus in history.

Including Coach Schafer, which is why he regretted the whole idea.

Beeeej[/quote]

So then Coach Morris at Clarkson, who was lambasted here for using a similar "no shower" tactic, learned it from Schafer?

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Rich S]So then Coach Morris at Clarkson, who was lambasted here for using a similar "no shower" tactic, learned it from Schafer?[/quote]

Who in the what now?  When did that happen?  I remember Morris being lambasted for slagging off his goalies in the press and getting into a tustle with one of his players.  (Was that a neutral enough way to say it without starting a flamewar?)

I do remember Don Vaughn calling for a stick check in an S*IT game once and wondering why the moral outrage displayed by Gilligan and Grillo over Schafer actually challenging their use of illegal equipment didn't manifest itself in whatever Hockey Least team the Red Raiders were playing.  Sorry, was that totally incomprehensible?

[Roy 82]

Alan Greenspan would be proud. I didn't understand a word. ::twitch::

[Scott Kominkiewicz]

From the Princeton sports website:

Leroux made 35 saves on Saturday against Cornell to become the first Princeton goaltender to blank the Big Red in 42 years.

Not exactly history I had hoped to witness.

[Beeeej]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote ugarte]It hit Gleed's skates and went five hole. It looked like Gleed freaked out a little when he saw where the puck was coming right at him. I'd like to see a replay.[/quote]

That's how I saw it too - although I was on the otherside of the rink - N-2. Nonethless, it seemed like all stars aligned and I felt I somehow got a great view of that play, and that's what I saw. But I could be mistaken.[/quote]

That's exactly what I saw, too (first period I was sitting basically on the goal line, not behind the net as I was for the third).  No question in my mind, it hit Gleed's skate or stick.

Beeeej

[Josh '99]

[quote Beeeej]That's exactly what I saw, too (first period I was sitting basically on the goal line, not behind the net as I was for the third).  No question in my mind, it hit Gleed's skate or stick.[/quote]It was his skate.

[dave]

i really think baker is a class act rink with a lot of character.  I just can't stand that damn organ (or whatever it is).

[KeithK]

Given the choice between "Jock Jams" and an organ I'll take organ music any day.