The Schafer system

[redhair34]

[quote Dafatone]Seminoff, from what I remember, had some offensive skill. He just had a tendency to shoot far too often for a pointman on the PP.

Toward the end of the year, he got somewhat better. One of the two OT goals against Clarkson in the ECAC's came when Seminoff faked a shot and passed near the net. At least, that's what I remember.
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That's correct.  It was the second game, on Moulson's double OT winner versus Clarkson last season he faked a shot from the point, skated in and found Moulson unchecked in the low slot.

[ugarte]

I'm not the sort of person to notice these things most of the time, but...

[quote Dafatone]Seminoff, from what I remember, had some offensive skill.  He just had a tendency to shoot far too often for a pointman on the PP.

Toward the end of the year, he got somewhat better. One of the two OT goals against Clarkson in the ECAC's came when Seminoff faked a shot and passed near the net. At least, that's what I remember.[/quote]

[quote redhair34][quote Dafatone]Seminoff, from what I remember, had some offensive skill.  He just had a tendency to shoot far too often for a pointman on the PP.
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That's correct, but by the end of the season he was getting better in this regard.  On Moulson's double OT winner versus Clarkson last season he faked a shot from the point, skated in and found Moulson unchecked in the low slot.[/quote]

Did you just not read to the end of Dafatone's opus, redhair? (Insert whatever smiley you think makes me look least like an asshole.)

[DisplacedCornellian]

[quote ugarte]
(Insert whatever smiley you think makes me look least like an asshole.)[/quote]

::asshole::

[redhair34]

[quote ugarte]
Did you just not read to the end of Dafatone's opus, redhair? (Insert whatever smiley you think makes me look least like an asshole.)[/quote]

Haha oops ::smashfreak::.  I fixed my post to make it somewhat helpful/useful ;-) .

[ugarte]

[quote DisplacedCornellian][quote ugarte]
(Insert whatever smiley you think makes me look least like an asshole.)[/quote]

::asshole::[/quote]That's the one!

[KeithK]

[quote Beeeej][quote Dafatone]Seminoff, from what I remember, had some offensive skill.  He just had a tendency to shoot far too often for a pointman on the PP.[/quote]

...which will make him very popular with some people.[/quote]PIX! PIX! PIX!...

[ugarte]

[quote KeithK]PIX! PIX! PIX!...[/quote]Ah. Nostalgia.

[Beeeej]

[quote Cactus12]Sarcasm aside... shooting the puck in college hockey (good shots or not) scores goals[/quote]

Absolutely.  As the Great One says, "100% of the shots you don't take don't go in."

On the other hand, constantly yelling, "SHOOT!" on the power play demonstrates that you (and I mean "you" generally, not "Cactus12") have absolutely no concept of what works on the power play.  In nineteen seasons of Cornell hockey I remember thinking fewer than ten times that there was no good reason for not shooting on our power play, where it seemed we were just being timid.  All the other times, I trusted that the guys on the ice knew what the situation was better than I did.  This was especially true last season when we just weren't cycling the puck well on the PP, and almost every team we played adjusted their PK to be much more aggressive, making it harder for us even to have the opportunity to shoot.

The Lake Superior State fan idiots behind me at this year's Frozen Four kept on shouting, "SHOOT!" on the power play even after poor shot selection resulted in a shorthanded goal.  I wanted to dump my nachos all over them.  (Instead, I showed them photos of ugarte having sex with lemmings.  That shut them up pretty quickly.)

[ugarte]

[quote Beeeej](Instead, I showed them photos of ugarte having sex with lemmings.  That shut them up pretty quickly.)[/quote]It is my understanding that it is very, very hard to look away.

[Cactus12]

Yeah, definitely. I was really referring to this past season... calling the PP ineffective would be an understatement in my opinion. I think a large part of the problem was the lack of a forward (some may call it a "lack of Hynes") setting up in front of the net and drawing one of the penalty killers away from our guys down low or the puck. The result, few opportunities and even fewer shots.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote ugarte][quote KeithK]PIX! PIX! PIX!...[/quote]Ah. Nostalgia.[/quote]

Speaking of which, isn't it obvious in retrospect that the chicks on The Magic Garden were lesbians?

[ugarte]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ugarte][quote KeithK]PIX! PIX! PIX!...[/quote]Ah. Nostalgia.[/quote]

Speaking of which, isn't it obvious in retrospect that the chicks on The Magic Garden were lesbians?[/quote]You (and anyone in the New York area) should try to see this show before it finishes its run at the NY Fringe Festival.

[Trotsky]

Awooga, awooga, thread drift, thread drift...

[Red Neophyte]

Let's get this thread back on topic! ::help::   Anyone want to respond to my original post...other than redice, of course, since he did not loose direction.:-P

[cth95]

That's a good question.  I can't imagine Shafer would ever get away from having his forwards play solid, two-way hockey.  However, if our defensemen prove that they are disciplined and avoid giving up odd-man rushes from pinching too much, the forwards may be given a little more freedom than they have in the past.  I agree with redice that Shafer will play more conservatively at first.  I think the team will have to earn the right to open up the game by showing it can play with few mistakes.

Once these guys have learned the ropes for 07-08 and 08-09, on the other hand......The Big Red Rockets?  :-D

(no South Park-related pun intended)