POST GAME CORNELL 3-2 COLORADO COLLEGE

[oceanst41]

I would really prefer the Red stop making these two goal holes for themselves, because it is taking years off my life, but boy do the comebacks make for exciting games.

As bad as the two goal deficit was, Cornell really looked even or even slightly better when 5 on 5. They had a couple of shots from prime scoring areas that were blocked off of legs and the typical missed nets - so there were chances if there weren't shots. By the second period they were absolutely dominating 5 on 5, and CC barely had a sniff in the third. It will be hard for any WCHA fans to say circles were skated around the Big Red last night.

As much as Moulson may have had a tough year as captain, he still didn't make himself sound like an idiot between periods. Sertich did a great job of telling the country how McKee was shaky and Cornell's size won't help them because we couldn't hit CC. Well Marty, your analysis of the game was a tad off. Matt on the other hand talked about the team, saying they knew how they needed to play and that was by staying out of the box, and that Schafer made sure they were ready to play the second period, without taking a shot at the other team

They really need to avoid that one bad penalty period, this really needs to be a 60 minute effort.

Finally, the Sports Depot was great. Good crowd there, probably close to 50 people in the back room, made for a great game.

[schoaff]

[quote cth95]Congratulations to our band and fans.  You may have been few, but you were loud enough for my friends and I to cheer along- Hey Baby in the 1st, rounds of Davy, Sieve, it's all your fault cheers, cowbell, Alma Mater, Gary Glitter in the middle of the 3rd (commercial and announcers so couldn't hear at beginning of the 3rd).

Keep up the good work.  You will have to all be at the top of your game to compete with the numerous Bucky fans.

Be proud, Be loud!!  LGR!!!!!![/quote]

Ditto on that. The band was so clear all game it was like they had them mic'd and sound checked.

[schoaff]

[quote Jordan 04]
Enjoy what we just witnessed, savor the victory for 20 hours, and hit the rink (and bars) again tomorrow and hope for a similar result.
[/quote]

Excellent point. It's easy to get spoiled by the success of the last few years and the current students and younger alumns may not realize just how rare teams like these are.

Last years senior class and this years senior class each won 4 NCAA tournament games. The last senior class to do that was 1972. If they win today they will be the first senior class to win 5 NCAA tournament games in Cornell's hockey history.

For the players it's a slightly unfair comparison since for many years there were only 4 teams in the tournament, but I think it means a lot from the standpoint of a fan. Especially since we can actually watch most of these games in bars or via satellite dishes.

For the fans this really is a golden era of of Cornell Hockey.

[Liz '05]

Random thoughts:

- Yay!  We won! :-D

- We really did wear them out.  I didn't notice it as quickly as the people around me, but by the end of the game, CC was skating flat out to get to the pucks, and we were only skating as fast as we needed to beat them - we definitely still had the energy and the legs to skate around them.  This bodes well, I think, for future games.  You could see the beginnings of Cornell's second-half dominance in their periods of sustained pressure in the first period.

- Passing.  After Albany, where we couldn't complete two passes to save our lives, I was scared that this was going to be ugly.  We seemed to remember how to pass last night, with a lot of quick, crisp, sometimes long passes, including a few off well-positioned skates.  I loved it, because it finally seemed like we could get the CC PK/players out of position and open up our own game.

- I thought there were a number of missed calls last night, but I think that the refs, quite rightly, decided not to call much but the most egregious penalties, and I think that benefited us.  Our PK, especially against opportunistic power plays, is not as strong as it was, say, last year.  Staying out of the box, even at the expense of losing a bunch of PP opportunities, was a good thing.  Besides which, our 5x5 play was really strong.

- Yay!  We won!  Time to take on the Bucky fans...even if we'll "burn in hell" for yelling "RED!" during the anthem.  If I have to burn in hell for arguably being unpatriotic, but get a few more wins this season, bring on the brimstone and fire!  :-P

- LGR!

[Jordan 04]

[quote Liz '05]Random thoughts:



- Passing.  After Albany, where we couldn't complete two passes to save our lives, I was scared that this was going to be ugly.  We seemed to remember how to pass last night, with a lot of quick, crisp, sometimes long passes, including a few off well-positioned skates.  I loved it, because it finally seemed like we could get the CC PK/players out of position and open up our own game.
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Good point.  Excellent passing to break out of our zone and throught the netrual zone, as well as on odd-man rushes.

I still strongly believe, however, that we must lead the nation in centering passes to nobody.

[Townie]

[quote Liz '05]Random thoughts:


- We really did wear them out.  I didn't notice it as quickly as the people around me, but by the end of the game, CC was skating flat out to get to the pucks, and we were only skating as fast as we needed to beat them - we definitely still had the energy and the legs to skate around them.  This bodes well, I think, for future games.  You could see the beginnings of Cornell's second-half dominance in their periods of sustained pressure in the first period.

- Passing.  After Albany, where we couldn't complete two passes to save our lives, I was scared that this was going to be ugly.  We seemed to remember how to pass last night, with a lot of quick, crisp, sometimes long passes, including a few off well-positioned skates.  I loved it, because it finally seemed like we could get the CC PK/players out of position and open up our own game.


- LGR![/quote]

A tired opponent provides more opportunity for passing, shooting, etc..  Our overall play was not as crisp in the 1st period when they were still fresh.  CC did a good job of covering the lanes, and stuffing us in the neutral and offensive zones, until their stamina gave out later.  I can recall several instances last night where we were outmanned while in the offensive zone, and began wondering if the line changes were sound, with the play getting ahead of the line change.

Our body assault was not as effective vs Harvard.  I'm hoping that was not due to our efforts vs Colgate, which was similar to our efforts vs CC.

[ugarte]

I can't believe I had to leave last night after the 2d period. I also can't believe that I wasn't able to resist checking the score when I got home last night instead of driving over to my brother's in the AM to watch the 3d on his TiVo.

I have too much going on in my life. For the second night in a row, I can't join the Big Red posse at Ship of Fools and I'm going to have to watch the game alone. Pity me.

Alright, enough moping. I'm thrilled that Cornell won and I can't wait to take on Bucky tonight.

Let's Go Red!

[Jim Hyla]

OK, where do you guys get the idea that Moulson is not a good captain? Personally I don't have any ideas about how good he is. Captain activities are really not out front and open, mostly what happens at practice, in the locker room, and in between games. So where does all this about him not being good come from? Like most of these things, I'm willing to leave this to Coach and the team.

[jkahn]

Regarding Moulson, he played a great two way game last night.  The goal and assist were awesome, but he also made some big plays in our zone to take away CC chances.  Great effort by everyone (after the first period).

[Rich S]

[quote billhoward]We've been supportive of ECAC teams if they were fortunate enough to advance (some of us even extending that to Harvard), and Rich seemed reasonable in the same vein. He's just a different ape when it's Clarkson still in contention against the Big Red.[/quote]

I'll largely go along with that Bill.  Not sure about the
ape" part though.  :-D

No Red, no coronary here...lol.  I missed the game as I was coaching my Bantam team last night.  It's curious but not all together surprising however, that two weeks after Clarkson bowed out at Lynah, you seem preoccupied and are compelled to fire an expletive at me.  Would it not be a better use of your time and energy to support your own team instead?

Or in your particular case, direct the expletives at Wisconsin and their fans?  ::rolleyes::

Looks like you're the "ape" here...so get back in your cage until game time today.

[LaJollaRed]

[quote Liz '05]Random thoughts:


- Yay!  We won!  Time to take on the Bucky fans...even if we'll "burn in hell"for yelling "RED!" during the anthem.  If I have to burn in hell for arguably being unpatriotic, but get a few more wins this season, bring on the brimstone and fire!  :-P

- LGR![/quote]

I think there's nothing MORE patriotic than enjoying oneself during the Anthem. If you sing it without any attention to the words, you're a Gumby doll on the march.

[French Rage]

[quote LaJollaRed][quote Liz '05]Random thoughts:


- Yay!  We won!  Time to take on the Bucky fans...even if we'll "burn in hell"for yelling "RED!" during the anthem.  If I have to burn in hell for arguably being unpatriotic, but get a few more wins this season, bring on the brimstone and fire!  :-P

- LGR![/quote]

I think there's nothing MORE patriotic than enjoying oneself during the Anthem. If you sing it without any attention to the words, you're a Gumby doll on the march.[/quote]

And we don't modify the words, which is more than I can say about the stoned America-haters at Berkeley.