Cornell vs. Clarkson, Game 2 POSTGAME

[Drew]

I just got back from Ithaca, my first time there.  My thoughts, in a nutshell:

We pulled in about 3:30 ( which made for a 3 1/2 hour drive, yes we were driving at a good clip and no stops).  Had a couple of cocktails at Ruloff's I like the place and the proximity.
We were suprised at the lack of hotels/motels in college town.  We found the Chapter House and enjoyed that very much, since we wanted to stay on foot, we checked in at the Hillside, tough place, but we had fun with it (If my wife ever divorces me and takes my every dime this is the place I blow my brains out)... seeing it was in between the chapter house and the hot truck was key...location  location location:-P
My friend and I really liked the gorge that cuts though College town, it was great to see.

The game was dominated by Cornell, I disagree with some early posts "it sould have been 6-0, Clarkson should not have been in the game......etc"  We were the 8 seed playing at the 3 seed.  I think our job was to keep the score close so that we can STEAL a game and both nites we had opportunites to steal the game. Had we won 3-2 in 2ot and been out shot 50 to 25 I would have been thrilled.  I don't care about moral victories just the final score.

The hit from behind, In the context of what they have been calling all year, I think it was a 5 min.  I dont think it was a DQ and I don't think it was malicious.  Dodge, did he act it up, sure, would have been stupid if he didn't. Will the video show differently maybe, but the linesman doesn't have that luxury.

I sat right behind McKee, looked shaky at times but was not tested consistently.

Tough two losses for our guys, if it doesn't kill ya it will make you stronger.
I was not a fan of the antics after the game, breaking sticks etc.. I hate that shit....young or not, I just don't like it.

I walked over to Section C to intorduce myself, I met Andy,wished him luck, he said Beeeej was on the other side of C, I walked over and was not able to find him.  I was wearing a green Clarkson Poncho.

Well that's it for us this year, see ya next year, good luck along the way this  year, however far your travels take you.

Cheers,
Drew

PS
The lynah crowd was good, the students were vocal and into it the entire nite. I loved the hot truck advertisement on the scoreboard, good stuff!

[nr53]

thats what i heard from the dumb girls sitting behind me

"oh my god!!! i should have been to his party 20 minutes ago! if we don't score soon i'm leaving"


 ::yark::

[cth95]

I agree that there were some quiet points, but I think a lot of that has to do with nervousness when such a tight game continues for a long time with no goals or specific, energizing plays to rally around. I think most people become tense and more focused on the game and therefore less boisterous. Every time something exciting happened for either team the crowd got much louder.  Despite the more quiet parts, carrying on the amount of noise we did throughout 4 1/2 periods is far beyond anything I have seen at the other rinks I have been to.  For example, Gutterson supposedly has a good atmosphere, but in the 4-5 times I have been there they have not really been that loud except when Vermont scores.  We at least fill most dead spots with a good round of Let's Go Red!  Except for their small student section, Cheel was totally dead the last couple of times I was there, and I even had some old lady get mad at me for loudly cheering on Cornell last year. (no swears or anything, just enthusiastic)  It seemed like she thought we should all politely applaud like at play or something.

[cth95]

What was their reaction?  I was in F so I saw the balloon finally get sent into their section, but I couldn't tell what they did.

[TimV]

It's not "dirty"  but it IS illegal.... Simple.  Unfortunately, the rule is what it is.  In lacrosse if the hittee turns so as to cause a hit to become illegal, the rules specify that no penalty be called.  Hockey doesn't have that specification as far as I know.  Hence illegal.

BUT NOT DIRTY!

[Tub(a)]

[quote TimV]In lacrosse if the hittee turns so as to cause a hit to become illegal, the rules specify that no penalty be called.  Hockey doesn't have that specification as far as I know.[/quote]

I don't think they do either, and they definitely should IMO.

[nr53]

the person who caught it looked at the balloon, looked at us chearing, back at the balloon and the back at us with a look of disbelief on her face. I think they were pretty speachless. Who knows, if we were lucky it might have been his sister...er mom... um family-web member  ::nut::

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Drew]
We were suprised at the lack of hotels/motels in college town.  We found the Chapter House and enjoyed that very much, since we wanted to stay on foot, we checked in at the Hillside, tough place, but we had fun with it (If my wife ever divorces me and takes my every dime this is the place I blow my brains out)... seeing it was in between the chapter house and the hot truck was key...location  location location:-P
[/quote]

And the Hillside gains another convert. :-D  There used to be a place called the Collegetown Motor Lodge, but it went under long ago, so if you want to walk back from the Chapter House, Dunbar's or Hot Truck, it's basically the Hillside or the Statler.

[quote Drew]
The hit from behind, In the context of what they have been calling all year, I think it was a 5 min.
[/quote]

That's the key thing.  A hit from behind into the boards has consistently been 5 + a game this season.

[quote Drew]
The lynah crowd was good, the students were vocal and into it the entire nite. I loved the hot truck advertisement on the scoreboard, good stuff![/quote]

So what did you think of Hot Truck itself?

[DeltaOne81]

Hey Drew,

First of, awesome post. Nice to get the other perspective without attitude insults attached to it. Thanks.


[quote Drew]We pulled in about 3:30 ( which made for a 3 1/2 hour drive, yes we were driving at a good clip and no stops).  Had a couple of cocktails at Ruloff's I like the place and the proximity.
We were suprised at the lack of hotels/motels in college town.[/quote]

Yeah, its all too valuable living real estate. There use to be the Collegetown Motor Inn where that open parking lot is now (at the corner of College/Dryden - on your left as you walk down Dryden from that intersection). But that was torn down sometime in the late 90s. I only know about it thanks to my dad, class of '73.

There *is* a little B&B down on College Ave, but you probably woulda had to ask here to know about it. And even then most Cornellians probably don't. I guess I'm not even sure if it's still there, but I stayed there when we visited Cornell in the summer of '98, and I know it was there for at least most of my time on the hill.

We found the Chapter House and enjoyed that very much, since we wanted to stay on foot, we checked in at the Hillside, tough place, but we had fun with it (If my wife ever divorces me and takes my every dime this is the place I blow my brains out)

Best... description... of the Hillside... *ever*. :-D  I think I'll be quoting that for years to come if you don't mind

But yeah, other than that little hidden B&B and the Statler ($$$), its the only thing within walking distance of the Cornell campus. Otherwise you have to stay downtown or up near East hill plaza. Which I guess is walkable if you're really in the mood for some exercise .

My friend and I really liked the gorge that cuts though College town, it was great to see.

Ithaca *is* gorges


I'm not gonna waste everyone's valuable space and bandwidth by quoting your whole post on the game, but I think your take is very fair. Certainly a different perspective as ours, but you're right, your guys had the opportunity to steal both games and that's about all you can ask. Hopefully you and your guys can be in Albany one of these years when the path *doesn't* run through Ithaca.

[Drew]

JTW, I love the entire Hot Truck Concept and I went for "The Full Sui"  It seemed most apropo after the 2 double OT losses and the Hillside accomodations  :-D it was great!

Delta, We were going to stay at the Statler, but we got a load of the hillside and both of us could not stop laughing, we were home....it was just missing Archie Bunker, since they already had his furniture.


Sorry I didn't get to meet more of you guys. Next time.

Drew
Clarkson '90

[TimV]

When the OB hit extended power play was successfully killed and the Red made their first offensive thrust up ice.

[Roy 82]

Warning: Middle-Aged Codger Pontificating Follows

[quote nr53]......I was much more pleased that the crowd stayed put into the second OT on Saturday rather than on Friday when half of E, F and G were empty after the first OT.[/quote]

What?? Are you serously saying that a large number of students actually left after the first OT?

That is absolutely unacceptable. Take names and photos and do not allow them season tickets next year (or just have them send me their Harvard tickets . If they are seniors make them promise to travel to Albany on their knees.

These are students. It is not like they have a baby sitter at home waiting for them or something (Note: I have been out of school for a while. Perhaps they do:)) If they didn't understand that there was another overtime then they shouldn't be there in the first place.

We are not called the Lynah Faithful becuase we attend when it is convenient. It is a priviledge that comes with some serious responsibility. You scream and cheer when the team is up and even more when the team is down. If the Big Red lose and you can still talk then you did not do your job. You schedule your social and academic life around the games (I once dropped a class becuase the prelim conflicted with a Clarkson regular season game). You do NOT walk out of a game in OT - ever. The fact that it was during a playoff game that has ECAC and NCAA ramifications is mind boggling.

Red-faced Roy:-(

[French Rage]

[quote Roy 82]Warning: Middle-Aged Codger Pontificating Follows

[quote nr53]......I was much more pleased that the crowd stayed put into the second OT on Saturday rather than on Friday when half of E, F and G were empty after the first OT.[/quote]

What?? Are you serously saying that a large number of students actually left after the first OT?

That is absolutely unacceptable. Take names and photos and do not allow them season tickets next year (or just have them send me their Harhard tickets . If they are seniors make them promise to travel to Albany on their knees.

These are students. It is not like they have a baby sitter at home waiting for them or something (Note: I have been out of school for a while. Perhaps they do:)) If they didn't understand that there was another overtime then they shouldn't be there in the first place.

We are not called the Lynah Faithful becuase we attend when it is convenient. It is a priviledge that comes with some serious responsibility. You scream and cheer when the team is up and even more when the team is down. If the Big Red lose and you can still talk then you did not do your job. You schedule your social and academic life around the games (I once dropped a class becuase the prelim conflicted with a Clarkson regular season game). You do NOT walk out of a game in OT - ever. The fact that it was during a playoff game that has ECAC and NCAA ramifications is mind boggling.

Red-faced Roy:-([/quote]

Kids today!  Don't respect nothing!  I blame these iPods I keep hearing about. :-P

[sen '08]

The LGR right after we killed off the seven minutes of penalties was one of the loudest I have ever heard in several years of Cornell hockey games.  It made my ears ring.  

That said, I was dissapointed with the idiots who threw things on the ice both on Friday and Saturday.  I yelled at a few people who I saw throwing things.  It's really sad they even exist though.  Maybe next year we'll get a ticket process that allows fewer facetimer...but probably not:-/  ::help::

[David Harding]

[quote Drew]JTW, I love the entire Hot Truck Concept and I went for "The Full Sui"  It seemed most apropo after the 2 double OT losses and the Hillside accomodations  :-D it was great!

Delta, We were going to stay at the Statler, but we got a load of the hillside and both of us could not stop laughing, we were home....it was just missing Archie Bunker, since they already had his furniture.


Sorry I didn't get to meet more of you guys. Next time.

Drew
Clarkson '90[/quote]By choosing the Hillside over the Statler you saved a LOT of bucks.::rolleyes::