Cornell vs. Clarkson, Game 2 POSTGAME

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote Roy 82]Warning: Middle-Aged Codger Pontificating Follows
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While I accept you're a codger (you were something of a codger even when we were in school ;-) ), I will not accept you - or myself - as middle aged.  Matured like a fine wine maybe, but never middle aged.   ::rolleyes::

[Will]

[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![/quote]

Glad you liked the Truck.

--a former Hot Truck employee

[Drew]

I liked the hot truck employee's response to one drunk impatient underclassman "Yeah, you can have it now, or you can have it right, YOUR CHOICE!"

[Drew]

Yes and McKee reciprocated with a big hug, and before you call him a baby let's remember the kid played in 2 double OT losses..Do I condone it? No not even close.  But I won't kill the kid.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- Teddy Roosevelt

[redhair34]

[quote Drew]Yes and McKee reciprocated with a big hug, and before you call him a baby let's remember the kid played in 2 double OT losses..Do I condone it? No not even close.  But I won't kill the kid.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- Teddy Roosevelt[/quote]

One of my all time favorite quotes.  And I completely agree with you re: Leggio.  After battling like that for 180+ minutes of hockey on the weekend it's understandable that his emotions got the best of him.  When Greg asks for TBRW "Most Respected Opponent" nominations this spring you can be sure that I will suggest Leggio.  I'm glad you enjoyed Ithaca (especially the Chapter House and the Hot Truck--two of my favorite Ithaca institutions).  And I hope you liked Lynah enough to pay us a visit post-renovation.

[Lauren '06]

[quote Drew]I liked the hot truck employee's response to one drunk impatient underclassman "Yeah, you can have it now, or you can have it right, YOUR CHOICE!"[/quote]
I am so thrilled to hear that one of them finally said this.  Few things piss me off more than the idiots at Hot Truck who make a scene when they figure out they have to wait for their sandwich to be made to order.  Why don't you pile into your Escalade and come back in half an hour, morons.

[jy3]

some things about this weekend...
first, the games were well-worth the inflated price we paid to go to them.

leggio looked much better as the series progressed, after the second period of game one he really was consistent and solid. nothing too flashy and sometimes overaggressive but he deserves a nod after those two nights.

Cornell had long stretches of domination during both games interrupted by clarkson pressure and taking advantage of mistakes. I disagree with whomever stated that clarkson did not earn their goals. when you stay in the game and play transition you get scrappy goals. you take advantage of turnovers in the slot, you throw the puck at the net. cornell teams have been there before...

the OB penalty looked to me to be the product of the player turning after OB was committed to the hit. this is not a penalty in the NHL. it usually is not a penalty in the ncaa. i have not seen the replay.

clarkson needs to quit taking penalties while on the PP. whether it is Roll going onto the ice (after OB??) or a clarkson player doing it on the ice, they KILLED most of their PP by taking penalties. that hurts badly.

the cornell D looked solid besides the turnovers that lead to goals. consistent use of the safety D man on breakout, solid backchecking by the forwards, great use of the pokecheck, solid use of hits and the boards. overall an excellent effort.

I hope mckee got the fluke goals out of his  system this weekend. that blue liner was a knuckle puck but normally he makes that save.

the fans in E and D and F were great. they all stood, they were loud and reactive. i was impressed and remembered my days in D (best seats in the house)

for whomever commented on clarkson players handing out a little extra and cheap shots, cornell is not innocent.

the officiating was horrible both ways in my opinion. plenty of missed dangerous calls. too much crosschecking in front of the net for sure. the disallowed goal friday was horrible.

kudos to clarkson for a great series. this series will go far in educating the cornell team. they know what it takes to play a FULL game, whether it be 60 or 90 minutes long. the freshman will learn a lot for sure.

wish i could be there friday. we will be in town saturday but not at the games.
we will be watching cstv though
lgr!

[nr53]

thats the beauty of phones. call it in and by the time you walk from collegetown to west its pretty much done :-)

[billhoward]

[quote Drew]Yes and McKee reciprocated with a big hug, and before you call him a baby let's remember the kid played in 2 double OT losses..Do I condone it? No not even close.  But I won't kill the kid.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- Teddy Roosevelt[/quote]

[quote Damon Runyon]"It may not be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that is the way to bet."[/quote] ... especially this past weekend: 113 shots on goal to 55.

[canuck89]

Good enough an explanation for me.  By the way, Hansen still sucks!  :-P

[Drew]

Bill, Shots are very indicative of which team carries the play. However,  I am Machiavellian by nature, and if we won both games in 2 OT and were outshot 400-8 so be it.  All I can ask was that my team give me a chance to win each game.  They gave me that.  That is why the losses sat "OK" in my belly.

[Roy 82]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote Roy 82]Warning: Middle-Aged Codger Pontificating Follows
[/quote]

While I accept you're a codger (you were something of a codger even when we were in school ;-) ), I will not accept you - or myself - as middle aged.  Matured like a fine wine maybe, but never middle aged.   ::rolleyes::[/quote]

Speak for yourself. I have not matured one bit since I left school. ::smashfreak::     

[Now don't get me started on why you showed up on the forum halfway into the game asking what the score was. I hope it was a very good dinner

[Beeeej]

Sorry I missed you, Drew - I didn't spend an awful lot of intermission time at my seat either night.  If I'd known you were coming I'd have been there.  :-)

Beeeej

[Drew]

No worries. Good Luck in Albany!
Cheers!
Drew

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Drew]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.[/quote]

RichH, jmh, and I each ended up with a "luxury" room at the Hillside the weekend of the Hahvahd game.  (Double bed instead of twin.)  I'm not sure if it's because we're regular customers or just hockey fans.