Impressions from SLU(t)/Clarkson weekend at Lynah

[DeltaOne81]

[quote BMac]I remember last year in B we were quite noticeable, but then again last year we felt invincible.[/quote]

Don't get spoiled :-P . We've been doing that since we were mediocre (and probably bad too, luckily that was before my time ).

[Robb]

[quote DeltaOne81]
Don't get spoiled :-P . We've been doing that since we were mediocre (and probably bad too, luckily that was before my time ).[/quote]

You're right on one count: we were definitely doing LGR after goals even when we were bad.  I mean, you can only do "the refs **** sheep" so many times. ::pissed::  

However, I'd say that you're wrong to think you're lucky to have missed the lean years.  The more Cornell hockey, the better - I really have some fond memories of even "those" years...  :-)

[Trotsky]

Also, the lean years make the good years indescribably sweet.

[Liz '05]

[quote Trotsky]Also, the lean years make the good years indescribably sweet.[/quote]

I'll extrapolate from the Dartmouth game, if you please.  I'd rather not go through years of that.

[KeithK]

We all hope you don't have to either...

[French Rage]

[quote BMac]
Rows 6 and down are generally ok, other than the guy who insists on doing the motion for gary glitter backwards. It's pretty much accepted that the first motion is always with the right hand, but people up front can't really tell...[/quote]

Wow, I must be getting old if we've gotten to the point where there's a consensus "first hand" to that cheer.

[Trotsky]

[quote Liz '05][quote Trotsky]Also, the lean years make the good years indescribably sweet.[/quote]

I'll extrapolate from the Dartmouth game, if you please.  I'd rather not go through years of that.[/quote]

OK, here are two thought experiments:


#1

Think of that Dartmouth game.

Imagine doing that 11 consecutive times.

You have just had a brief taste of January 23 - March 5, 1993.


#2

Think of the Princeton loss.

Imagine doing that for 20 straight regular season games against Harvard.

You have just had a brief taste of Fish 'N Fowl and Lynah East, in the decade from December 8, 1985 - February 10, 1995.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Trotsky][quote Liz '05][quote Trotsky]Also, the lean years make the good years indescribably sweet.[/quote]

I'll extrapolate from the Dartmouth game, if you please.  I'd rather not go through years of that.[/quote]

#2

Think of the Princeton loss.

Imagine doing that for 20 straight regular season games against Harvard.

You have just had a brief taste of Fish 'N Fowl and Lynah East, in the decade from December 8, 1985 - February 10, 1995.[/quote]

This ones probably not apt... unless you meant controlling the flow and getting the better of the play, shots, and attempts, while the other team clings to the lead and tries to kill off time... for 20 games in a row.

But with Harvard very good in the, oh, 89-ish time frame , and Cornell's poor record at that point, I kind of figure that's not what you meant.

The Dartmouth game, in which we just didn't show up, is probably your much more legit example.

[Trotsky]

I needed an icky, painful loss, but not one quite so rotten on the scoreboard.  My first thought was the Albany Harvard loss, but that's not apt because of the stakes.  The Clarkson's QF loss captures the depression and letdown of all those losses, but that was a shock, and the Harvard losses became so depressingly inevitable that the shock was finally beating them in the 90 QF and then, of course, with Schafer.

Have we all said "thank you, Schafer," lately?  Cuz we should.

[cth95]

Agreed.  Can appreciate success much more when have experienced failure.  Otherwise begin to take success for granted.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Trotsky]I needed an icky, painful loss, but not one quite so rotten on the scoreboard.  My first thought was the Albany Harvard loss, but that's not apt because of the stakes.[/quote]

You mean Lake Placid.  We've swept the ECACs (every time we've made it there) since Albany.

[JasonN95]

I enjoy these occasional reflections back to the "dark days" of Cornell hockey. Personally, having witnessed firsthand the modern nadir of the program (as a member of the class of '95), I pretty much had resigned myself after the '94-'95 season to the belief that the team would never get anywhere near to its old glory. How happy am I that I was wrong.

I'll be at Lynah for this weekend's games --Friday cannot get here soon enough.

[Trotsky]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Trotsky]I needed an icky, painful loss, but not one quite so rotten on the scoreboard.  My first thought was the Albany Harvard loss, but that's not apt because of the stakes.[/quote]

You mean Lake Placid.  We've swept the ECACs (every time we've made it there) since Albany.[/quote]

Huh.  I hadn't thought of that.  You're right, I must mean LP.

[KeithK]

[q]But with Harvard very good in the, oh, 89-ish time frame , and Cornell's poor record at that point, I kind of figure that's not what you meant. [/q]OTOH, Cornell was actually pretty good from 86-92 when Harvard was peaking (with the exception of Reycroft's last year in '87).  It was only the last few years of the drought where Cornell teams were pretty bad.

Year    W       L       T        Pct
1986    21    7    4    .719
1987    11    16    0    .407 
1988    19    9    0    .679   
1989    16    13    1    .550
1990    16    10    3    .603
1991    18    11    3    .609
1992    13    10    4    .556
1993    6    19    1    .250
1994    8    17    5    .350
1995    11    15    4    .433

[lhayes]

[quote Trotsky][quote jtwcornell91][quote Trotsky]I needed an icky, painful loss, but not one quite so rotten on the scoreboard.  My first thought was the Albany Harvard loss, but that's not apt because of the stakes.[/quote]

You mean Lake Placid.  We've swept the ECACs (every time we've made it there) since Albany.[/quote]

Huh.  I hadn't thought of that.  You're right, I must mean LP.[/quote]

Weren't the ECACs in Albany in 2002?  I'm pretty sure they were.  I missed them (keeping my perfect record of seeing every victorious Cornell ECAC championship game since 1980), but recall wishing I was in Albany that night.