Cornell-Wisconsin postgame thread (post-season thread?) NCAA quarterfinals 2006

redhair34 · March 27, 2006, 01:51:01 PM

I know everyone is commending Earl for playing throuh his cramps (rightly so), but no one has even mentioned that Mitch more than likely played two periods with a concussion--think about it.

ithacat · March 27, 2006, 03:13:02 PM

[quote Hayek]Anyone know the link to where the eBadger forum is?[/quote]

Be warned: there are some less than flattering comments made regarding Cornell fans. For the most part respect leads to respect. Remember, every board has its ::nut:: (lordy, let that not be me...)

http://mb28.scout.com/fwisconsin36703frm6

schoaff · March 27, 2006, 03:22:33 PM

Looks like our fans really got under their skin...

Excellent!

Jordan 04 · March 27, 2006, 03:31:33 PM

You've got to appreciate the hilarious irony of a thread that lambastes the Faithful cheering sections for being wholly "uninformed," and then proceeds to excuse the poor showing by their band as compared to ours by explaining how ours is made up of mostly music majors.

But to schoaff's point, the threads on USCHO and on the Badger page make it clear what a strong showing the Faithful had. Most "complaints" and derisions are merely observations (i.e. "Their fans were so terrible and annoying! They spelled Elliot's name and then said it spelled "sieve"!).

ebilmes · March 27, 2006, 03:34:54 PM

The crowning accomplishment of the Badger fans was the "Harvard rejects" cheer. Not that we haven't heard that one anywhere else.

Still, a great game by both teams that shouldn't be overshadowed by a "fan superiority" discussion.

RichH · March 27, 2006, 03:48:33 PM

[quote ebilmes]The crowning accomplishment of the Badger fans was the "Harvard rejects" cheer. Not that we haven't heard that one anywhere else.[/quote]

Well, they really have no reason to pay attention to such things, so I'll pat them on the head and give them a cookie for coming up with that.

Now, had someone come up with the ever-so-original "Where's Waldo?" they may have thrown themselves a parade complete with confetti. ;-)

Thanks for that link, since someone over there has put up a video clip of the SportsCenter coverage.

KP '06 · March 27, 2006, 03:57:07 PM

Yesterday was just a phenomenal hockey game, clearly our best of the season and the most exciting hockey game I've ever seen. We played like the #2 team in the country, and I couldn't have been more proud.

Wisconsin fans were overwhelmingly nice, wishing us luck before the game and some giving condolences afterwards. My only beef during the game was when one of our players (Carefoot?) was down on the ice and the entire rink was booing him. They may have been booing to indicate they didn't want a penalty (which didn't happen), but that was still fairly classless in my book.

If we want to talk about not understanding the cheers of another fan base: on several occasions in the first period, McKee made a nice save, which was followed by a "Sieve" chant by the Wisconsin crowd. Kind of an odd time to call him a sieve, eh?

Their pep band was typical Big-10 style, play every note perfectly of all 8 songs in their folder, but don't play too loud or (gasp) they might get a little out of tune, faculty-run band. This weekend confirmed for me (again) that Cornell has the best pep band in college hockey, and we're damn proud of it. They think we're music majors? That's cute.

Good luck Wisconsin!

Trotsky · March 27, 2006, 03:59:17 PM

[quote KP '06]My only beef during the game was when one of our players (Carefoot?) was down on the ice and the entire rink was booing him. They may have been booing to indicate they didn't want a penalty (which didn't happen), but that was still fairly classless in my book.[/quote]

According to many posts on USCHO, they were booing the ref for stopping the play, with Wisco in possession, not Carefoot. They applauded Carefoot when he got up.

KP '06 · March 27, 2006, 04:02:10 PM

[quote Trotsky][quote KP '06]My only beef during the game was when one of our players (Carefoot?) was down on the ice and the entire rink was booing him. They may have been booing to indicate they didn't want a penalty (which didn't happen), but that was still fairly classless in my book.[/quote]

According to many posts on USCHO, they were booing the ref for stopping the play, with Wisco in possession, not Carefoot. They applauded Carefoot when he got up.[/quote]

I would say half the rink applauded when he got up, and the other half continued to boo.

Again, my only beef with an otherwise great fan base.

ebilmes · March 27, 2006, 04:03:41 PM

Surprised they didn't show any of the post or crossbar shots on SC instead of Topher's shot. It's clear that Cornell didn't need all four guys back around the net to retrieve the puck. But still, an amazing pass to set up the goal.

DeltaOne81 · March 27, 2006, 04:13:43 PM

[quote ebilmes]Surprised they didn't show any of the post or crossbar shots on SC instead of Topher's shot. It's clear that Cornell didn't need all four guys back around the net to retrieve the puck. But still, an amazing pass to set up the goal.[/quote]

We weren't really out of position though, which is what I thought. There was a Cornell guy there (didn't notice who) covering Skille, but it was just a perfect no/little-look, tape-to-tape pass.

Al DeFlorio · March 27, 2006, 05:14:56 PM

[quote DeltaOne81]We weren't really out of position though, which is what I thought. There was a Cornell guy there (didn't notice who) covering Skille, but it was just a perfect no/little-look, tape-to-tape pass.[/quote]
I think it was Gleed near Skille. The whole sequence would be near impossible to duplicate. The pass to Skille was a one-timer backhand of a puck coming off the boards precisely on target for a one-timer shot by a player skating hard.

[Edit: INCH picture here shows Gleed next to McKee after the goal. And in no way should anyone knock Jon for this goal happening.]

sockralex · March 27, 2006, 05:33:20 PM

[quote RichH]
Thanks for that link, since someone over there has put up a video clip of the SportsCenter coverage.[/quote]

I can't find it. Granted I haven't searched through it very thoroughly. Can you please post the sports center clip link?

RichH · March 27, 2006, 05:56:55 PM

[quote sockralex][quote RichH]
Thanks for that link, since someone over there has put up a video clip of the SportsCenter coverage.[/quote]

I can't find it. Granted I haven't searched through it very thoroughly. Can you please post the sports center clip link?[/quote]

http://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jrosenkrantz/web/Sportscenter%20Men-women%20hockey%20highlightssmalledit.mpg

It's also been posted on the USCHO forum. Who knows if this guy has a bandwidth limit. It's about 9.5 Mb.

ChipJ · March 27, 2006, 06:13:15 PM

Yep. #5 Jon Gleed was the one coming from behind the net that was closest to being able to intercept that pass off the boards. He probably should never have been behind the net. But it was a monster of a game - maybe the best one I've ever watched. I was proud of the whole team. If they had played that way against Harvard they would have ended up in the easier bracket and perhaps on their way to the FF now.