Cornell at St. Lawrence post-game thread (2/11/06)

[Lauren '06]

[quote billhoward]As opposed to recalling the final scores, not many people will remember how sick David McKee was this weekend, if reports of the stomach flu were accurate. (I remember wondering Friday night when WHCU announcer Ted Baker repeatedly talked about McKee getting "yanked" that being down 2-0 wasn't really reason to yank a goaltender unless there was something else at play.) [/quote]
If it's true, geez.  He's a trooper.  Two years ago in Florida, the local papers were reporting that he was playing in the Everblades with pneumonia.  And that was the year he pitched a shutout against Notre Dame.

[ebilmes]

[quote Section A Banshee]And that was the year he pitched a shutout against Notre Dame.[/quote]

With all due respect to McKee, I don't remember him facing too much pressure that game. Still, if he was sick, it was impressive for him to play. I think that was the year of the "forgive me Father, for I'm a sieve" line.

[oceanst41]

The way Cornell was clicking on the PP, I beg to differ. A few more chances could've made a difference in that game. SLU got more than enough calls in that game as evidenced by their 10 chances.

Now McKee, recovering from whatever he had, played out of this world. He had a few saves that were truly jaw dropping. I was at the opposite end of the ice, but he made a save in the second when he was flat on his chest and was able to knock it out of the air with his glove, reaching back. He kept Cornell in the game in the first and second, and helped them earn the point in the third.

All of that without three of our top D-men, Sasha was out, O'Byrne left early, and Glover was noticeably absent for the third. Especially noticeable when Bitz and Pegs played the point for a stretch during that period.

That is one heckuva team to come back on, because they can transition on you quickly. I'm impressed that they were able to earn that point, with the way that game started off.

[juke]

Had cornell come out in the first period ready to play, they would have burried SLU!!!  Second period through the end of ot big red looked best all year! Still would like to see players set up and ready to take the shot off the pass instead of receive pass, set, then shoot. whats wrong with one-timers and rebounds.  go red!!

[calgARI '07]

[quote bothman]Do a little research on how Cornell scored its 4th goal before complaining about officiating.  Go to the game recap which  basically says that Cornell got away with a blatant hook / trip.  Then go to USCHO.com and see how everyone that was at the game can't believe the call was not made which gave Cornell its 4th goal instead of being a man down.

An absolute travesty and horrendously blown call...[/quote]

If reseach entails me being at the game and watching then I guess I'm alright in regards to the research that you want me to do.  I thought the officiating was terrible both ways.  However, SLU benefitting a lot more from it than Cornell.  Pegoraro was taken down on a 2-on-1 shorthanded and then Cornell gets away with a handpass that isnt called and SLU goes the other way and scores.  TWO plays in the same sequence that definitely should have been blown down and they are not.  Cornell can't change and SLU scores.  Then Seminoff gets called for charging on maybe the worst call of the season mainly because Cornell had just tied up the game and was dominating.  Abbott goes in on a breakaway shorthanded getting hooked at the entire time and because he doesn't take a fall or dive and gets his shot, there is no call.  O, and a SLU player gets beaten to the puck in overtime, he falls down and they get the call IN OVERTIME.  That's fair.  That makes sense.  In general, there was a ton of interference not called both ways and it was an absolute embarrassment.  Why don't you try doing some research buddy.

[Josh '99]

[quote bothman]Do a little research on how Cornell scored its 4th goal before complaining about officiating.  Go to the game recap which  basically says that Cornell got away with a blatant hook / trip.  Then go to USCHO.com and see how everyone that was at the game can't believe the call was not made which gave Cornell its 4th goal instead of being a man down.

An absolute travesty and horrendously blown call...[/quote]What, you mean like how Harvard scored the only goal in the game at Bright last January?

[calgARI '07]

[quote billhoward][quote calgARI '07]They really showed a lot playing through the very difficult circumstnaces surrounding the game.  Cornell should have won and definitely would have if not for the most disgraceful officiating I've ever seen.[/quote]
Difficult circumstances as in McKee's health and O'Bryne's injury, or the officiating, or some other factor?[/quote]

All of the above plus a few other players playing with injuries and the fact that they were down 3-0 on the road on a Saturday night during just an awful weekend.

[cp20]

Hats off to Dave McKee great goaltending kept us in the game.

[redhair34]

After witnessing the game first hand I will say that Ari is absolutely right regarding the officiating.  The biggest no-call of the year was when Pegoraro was taken down on that 2 on 1.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I looked at Kotyra and didn't see his arm go up.

[Cactus12]

I couldn't agree more. I think getting through the ECAC's is going to be a big challenge... But for NCAA, based on the way we seem to play to the level of competition, I like our chances as well.

[CM cWo 44]

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bothman
Do a little research on how Cornell scored its 4th goal before complaining about officiating. Go to the game recap which basically says that Cornell got away with a blatant hook / trip. Then go to USCHO.com and see how everyone that was at the game can't believe the call was not made which gave Cornell its 4th goal instead of being a man down.
An absolute travesty and horrendously blown call...[/Q]

If reseach entails me being at the game and watching then I guess I'm alright in regards to the research that you want me to do. I thought the officiating was terrible both ways. However, SLU benefitting a lot more from it than Cornell. Pegoraro was taken down on a 2-on-1 shorthanded and then Cornell gets away with a handpass that isnt called and SLU goes the other way and scores. TWO plays in the same sequence that definitely should have been blown down and they are not. Cornell can't change and SLU scores. Then Seminoff gets called for charging on maybe the worst call of the season mainly because Cornell had just tied up the game and was dominating. Abbott goes in on a breakaway shorthanded getting hooked at the entire time and because he doesn't take a fall or dive and gets his shot, there is no call. O, and a SLU player gets beaten to the puck in overtime, he falls down and they get the call IN OVERTIME. That's fair. That makes sense. In general, there was a ton of interference not called both ways and it was an absolute embarrassment. Why don't you try doing some research buddy.[/Q]

Bothman, you just got housed.

[Rich S]

do you think the opposition's play had anything to do with the "awful weekend."  I haven't seen any mention of that here.

[jaybert]

[quote Rich S]do you think the opposition's play had anything to do with the "awful weekend."  I haven't seen any mention of that here.[/quote]

no.

[oceanst41]

Yeah accepting the fact that our goalie was recovering from the flu and we were short a couple D-men for most of the weekend will suffice.

Plus you forget this team knows how to make their competition look good ;-)

[calgARI '07]

[quote Rich S]do you think the opposition's play had anything to do with the "awful weekend."  I haven't seen any mention of that here.[/quote]

I think you raise an important point.  No question that Clarkson and SLU were playing at the top of their games - well SLU was for the first half of the game while they were dominating.  It's funny how in all sports, the fans of the team that loses usually say they played terribly and the fans of the team that wins says they played great.  Last weekend when Colgate was awful on Friday night and Cornell dominated while both teams played at the top of their games (although Cornell was without their top two defensemen) on Saturday night.  This weekend, Cornell was beat up but even so, they didn't consistently play at the top of their game while Clarkson was playing extremely well and SLU was as well in the first half.  In the second half against SLU, Cornell played really really well while SLU was average.