Cornell 2, Harvard 6

canuck89 · March 18, 2006, 10:41:39 PM

hahaha, wow...

Travis 02 · March 18, 2006, 10:43:47 PM

Goodbye? We're both going to the tournament.

PinkyGen · March 18, 2006, 10:44:57 PM

Wait. Harvard has a fan? ::screwy::

PinkyGen · March 18, 2006, 10:45:39 PM

I was joking.

The lack of offense is this team's big weakness. When Dave and the defense have off nights (and they do), this will happen.

Edit: The glaring weakness of the last two weeks has been the horrible PP. That unit needs to become much more effective. We've had games where we have gone 0 or 1 for 11.

Al DeFlorio · March 18, 2006, 10:52:16 PM

[quote Travis 02]Goodbye? We're both going to the tournament.[/quote]
Where Harvard's recent performance has been abysmal.

Redscore · March 18, 2006, 10:53:08 PM

[quote PinkyGen]Wait. Harvard has a fan? ::screwy::[/quote]

I was at the third Harvard St. lawrence (8-4) game at Bright on Sunday and there were, no kidding, not more than 400 to 500 people in the entire rink.
These tools now find the time to crawl out of their holes but its back into the hole next weekend.

jy3 · March 18, 2006, 11:34:25 PM

just got back. glad we could make it. unfortunately it was not a great game to watch if you are a cornell fan. the first period was one of the worst periods of hockey I have witnessed cornell play (how many times have I said that this season?). That combined with hahvahd playing well and cashing in on their opportunities -> 3-0 deficit. cornell turned it up the rest of the game. the breakaway goal was sweet. the missed empty net on the pp had it gone in would have made the game 3-1, and if the other two goals had occurred it would have been 3-3. hahvahd was quicker to the puck, got the bounces and played a better game to get the lead and then just cashed in on 2 crazy goals and another loose puck in fron of the net. there were seriously at most 20 hahvahd fans at the game, not couting the band.

if any SUCKS bandies are here, the "warm up the gorge" cheer was classless.

lets hope the team picks up their heads and wins some games out of their likely #8 spot against michigan.

LGR!

Dafatone · March 19, 2006, 12:42:11 AM

Everything went wrong for us today. Everything.

1) The rink was an NHL lined rink, with the new blue lines. Larger offensive zones mean more offense, and this really hurt us, espcially because...

2) Feola was awful. Like, unbelievably awful. This had to be the worst officiating I've ever seen. Given I've only been following Cornell for a couple years, but still. He made all sorts of ridiculous calls against us in the 1st period (the interference on Sasha where Sasha didn't make contact with the player, who was diving into the net for a rebound, for example.) Then he tried to make it up to us in the 2nd, only to make a bad call on Krantz for hooking at the end of the period. Then he went back to penalizing us for any contact in the 3rd. The line judges also refused to drop the puck on faceoffs, leading to Pegs getting tossed out of the circle often, directly causing Harvard's momentum-killing 4th goal. Feola screwed us, and then made it up to us with calls that were honestly unfair for us, then screwed us again. And last...

3) No Chris Abbott. After I realized he wasn't dressed, I thought about what Abbott does for the team. He anchors a line that has beaten the stuffing out of everyone it plays. He solidifies the 2nd powerplay line, which was pathetic tonight. And he's one of our best penalty killers. No coincidence that this was our first game where our penalty kill sucked (did it against Dartmouth? I don't remember...)

Add these together, we barely stood a chance. If Abbott's not back for the NCAA's, things look grim.

Lynah Losers · March 19, 2006, 12:49:36 AM

Quit the whining, you got handily beat by Harvard, Cornell just sucked the big fatty tonight! =) BC's going to crush you as well, so unpack your golf clubs, your season is over.

French Rage · March 19, 2006, 12:54:45 AM

[quote Lynah Losers]Quit the whining, you got handily beat by Harvard, Cornell just sucked the big fatty tonight! =) BC's going to crush you as well, so unpack your golf clubs, your season is over.[/quote]

We're gonna reach the Final Four? Awesome!

Rita · March 19, 2006, 12:57:40 AM

[quote Dafatone]

3) No Chris Abbott. After I realized he wasn't dressed, I thought about what Abbott does for the team. He anchors a line that has beaten the stuffing out of everyone it plays. He solidifies the 2nd powerplay line, which was pathetic tonight. And he's one of our best penalty killers. No coincidence that this was our first game where our penalty kill sucked (did it against Dartmouth? I don't remember...)

Add these together, we barely stood a chance. If Abbott's not back for the NCAA's, things look grim.[/quote]

Keeping in mind that it is playoff hockey time, any general news on Chris? Did he get hurt in the Colgate game? or in the early part-warm-up of this game? I missed the pre-game and the first 10 minutes. Hopefully they kept him out for "precautionary" measures, knowing that we were pretty much assured a 5-8 seed and where exactly we end up would ultimately be decided by the committee.

Dafatone · March 19, 2006, 01:19:46 AM

One other thing. McCutcheon was fantastic tonight. Had a few great breakaways that led to Harvard taking penalties. Bitz also looked solid. Besides, this wasn't an official Cornell game. Seminoff stayed out of the box.

Al DeFlorio · March 19, 2006, 07:03:41 AM

[quote Dafatone]One other thing. McCutcheon was fantastic tonight.[/quote]
No question.

Killer was the fourth goal, coming right after O'Byrne made it 3-2 and momentum appeared to have shifted. It looked like Harvard scored it off the same offensive-zone face-off play that they used to get the second goal (by Meintel) at Lynah. Fool us twice, shame on us.

jy3 · March 19, 2006, 08:44:17 AM

i agree that the officiating was aweful. BUT the penalties of the third all looked legit except the charging call, it looked to me like he didnt take enough strides or leave his feet to get that call. the other calls in the 1st were STUPID penalties. the hooking call was bogus that gave them their pp and eventual 4th goal. feola missed a lot of calls both ways, though. including a few dangerous hits. cornell was outplayed though.

Rita · March 19, 2006, 08:54:42 AM

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote Dafatone]One other thing. McCutcheon was fantastic tonight.[/quote]
No question.

Killer was the fourth goal, coming right after O'Byrne made it 3-2 and momentum appeared to have shifted. It looked like Harvard scored it off the same offensive-zone face-off play that they used to get the second goal (by Meintel) at Lynah. Fool us twice, shame on us.[/quote]

Yeah, that was the faceoff where the linesman threw out Pegs and then the Harvard guy from the face-off. Cam Abbott, who replaced Pegs, did not look set on the draw. I thought he just should have tied up the puck and the player rather than trying to win the draw.