Women 2011-12 Main Thread

Since there isn't one, and I figured there ought to be...here it is.

Plug for something I wrote about the line combinations this weekend. Feel free to ignore or to criticize.

I agree with keeping the second line together (Campbell, White, Karpenko). I don't think we'll see cook at center. I think she's more likely to play defense if Paulson is not yet ready to play. I would probably try to get Fulton and Saulnier on the same line.

Canada's U-22 Team has been named for the 2012 MECO Cup which will be held from January 6-8.

[www.hockeycanada.ca]

CANADA ROSTER - 2012 MECO CUP

Name P S/C Ht Wt Born Hometown Club Team

Goaltenders
Genevieve Lacasse G L/G 5’9” 148 09/24/86 Kingston, Ont. Providence College (Hockey East)
Amanda Mazzotta G L/G 5’5” 155 03/20/90 London, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)

Defence
Hayleigh Cudmore D R/D 5’4” 146 05/25/92 Oakville, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)
Mellissa Channell D L/G 5’5” 130 12/16/94 Oakville, Ont. Burlington (PWHL)
Sarah Edney D L/G 5’5” 133 09/02/93 Mississauga, Ont. Harvard University (Hockey East)
Brittany Haverstock D L/G 5’6.5” 138 05/03/90 Hammonds Plains, N.S./N.-É. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Saige Pacholok D R/D 5’5” 140 04/05/91 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Tara Watchorn D L/G 5’10” 176 05/30/90 Newcastle, Ont. Boston University (Hockey East)
Jessica Wong D L/G 5’6” 142 03/29/91 Baddeck, N.S./N.-É. University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

Forwards
Bailey Bram F/A L/G 5’7” 163 09/05/90 Ste. Anne, Man. Mercyhurst College (CHA)
Jessica Campbell F/A L/G 5’4.5” 137 06/24/92 Melville, Sask. Cornell University (ECAC)
Sarah Davis F/A L/G 5’4” 168 06/23/92 Paradise, N.L./T.-N.-L. University of Minnesota (WCHA)
Chelsea Karpenko F/A R/D 5’5” 158 04/27/90 Winnipeg, Man. Cornell University (ECAC)
Jenelle Kohanchuk F/A L/G 5’7” 143 10/03/90 Winnipeg, Man. Boston University (Hockey East)
Nicole Kosta F/A R/D 5’5” 142 02/27/93 Mississauga, Ont. Quinnipiac University (ECAC)
Laura McIntosh F/A L/G 5’5” 152 01/21/90 Waterloo, Ont. Ohio State University (WCHA)
Isabel Ménard F/A L/G 5’6” 159 05/21/91 Ottawa, Ont. Boston University (Hockey East)
Marie-Philip Poulin F/A L/G 5’6” 160 03/28/91 Beauceville, Que./Qc Boston University (Hockey East)
Carolyne Prévost F/A L/G 5’4” 143 01/06/90 Sarnia, Ont. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Jamie Lee Rattray F/A L/G 5’6” 172 09/30/92 Kanata, Ont. Clarkson University (ECAC)
Jillian Saulnier F/A L/G 5’5” 144 03/07/92 Halifax, N.S./N.-É. Cornell University (ECAC)
Catherine White F/A L/G 5’10” 159 02/05/90 Brampton, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)

Congratulations to Jessica Campbell, Hayleigh Cudmore, Chelsea Karpenko, Amanda Mazzotta, Jillian Saulnier and Catherine White on being named to the 2012 Canadian U-22 team.

It looks like Cornell will be down 6 players for the early January series against RPI and Union. Not sure if they'll be available for the January 2 game against St. Lawrence.

The Athletics website says the tournament is January 3-8, so I can't imagine they'd play against St. Lawrence.

Jenner had an assist in Canada's 5-0 Four Nations Cup win over Finland today.

Women up 2-1 start of 2nd period.

Broadcast today said Mazzotta was injured against Dartmouth but stayed in the game. No word on how long she'll be out.

3-2 CU end of 2nd

Salnier just blocked a shot in a way that Schafer or Ratushny would have been proud of.

Harvard ties it 3-3, then Salnier scores 8 seconds later and Fulton makes it 5-3.

Final: Cornell 5 Harvard 3.

It'll be interesting to see if we drop in the rankings after this weekend. I was very impressed by the way the team performed, in difficult circumstances against two quality opponents.

Meanwhile, in Sweden, five Cornellians (Laura Fortino, Brianne Jenner, Rebecca Johnston, Lauriane Rougeau and assistant coach Doug Derraugh) earned silver medals with Canada in the Four Nations. Canada swept the round-robin against Finland, the USA and Sweden, but lost to the USA in a shootout after the gold-medal game ended in a 3-3 tie. None of the Cornellians figured much in the scoring; Johnston and Jenner each had an assist in Canada's 5-0 win over Finland last Wednesday, and Fortino had an assist and a hooking minor in their 3-1 win over Sweden on Saturday.

Anyone know what to expect from Princeton/Quinn on the women's side now that the four Sweden girls are back? Should it be back to 9-0 blowouts?

I hope so. With that said, Princeton and Quinnipiac should both be better than most of the competition we faced to date with the exceptions of Dartmouth and Harvard. However, I think it's quite possible that Cornell would have scored 9 goals against both Harvard and Dartmouth with the full team on the ice. The biggest issue against Dartmouth was a fair amount of confusion in Cornell's defensive end, which is understandable given who was missing.

Thomas Larson
Anyone know what to expect from Princeton/Quinn on the women's side now that the four Sweden girls are back? Should it be back to 9-0 blowouts?

3-1 final over Princeton with a last-minute ENG. Shots 39-18 Cornell, but goals were hard to come by.

Wisconsin just barely beats RPI 4-3? Yikes, let's hope RPI can do it tomorrow.

1-0 up over Quinnipiac, Karpenko from Fulton and Barley-Maloney. Six minutes left in the first.

White to Karpenko for 2-0, 17:05 gone in the first.

Johnston on a breakaway makes it 3-0, another assist from White. Under a minute left in the first.

Johnston from White...3-0 after one

For the Q game, are you following along with live stats, or is there a free audio/video link? According the Cornell press release/info on the women's home page, it was PPV event via Q.

Rita
For the Q game, are you following along with live stats, or is there a free audio/video link? According the Cornell press release/info on the women's home page, it was PPV event via Q.

Livestats and Twitter. No free video or audio, sadly.

Ben

Rita
For the Q game, are you following along with live stats, or is there a free audio/video link? According the Cornell press release/info on the women's home page, it was PPV event via Q.

Livestats and Twitter. No free video or audio, sadly.

Thanks. Then I'll crank up the tunes and continue with "domestic day".

4-0, Jenner from a Campbell rebound. Q has pulled Vigilanti.

This is great stuff -- Q were top of the league coming into the game, and this is our last conference game until January 6.

5-0, Fulton PPG from Jenner and Fortino at 13:54 in the second. They're setting down a marker.

Elsewhere, UW is 6-2 up against RPI, Harvard is ahead over St. Lawrence, and Dartmouth is trailing Clarkson.

6-0. I can't update this thread quickly enough. Campbell again from Leck and Jenner at 15:54 in the second.

I decided to pay to watch and have been enjoying it. We are crushing them and dominating all facets of the game, including the Q powerplay.

7-0, White from Saulnier.

Hagg pulls one back late for Q, 7-1 final. Back top of the table, BU next.

Ben
Hagg pulls one back late for Q, 7-1 final. Back top of the table, BU next.

18 shots on goal for Q in the third.

Al DeFlorio

Ben
Hagg pulls one back late for Q, 7-1 final. Back top of the table, BU next.

18 shots on goal for Q in the third.

They had 4 PP chances including a 5x3 right at the start. The PK was perfect, but we can't give up that many penalties against better teams like BU.

Wisconsin beat RPI 8-2, BU beat UConn 4-2, and Mercyhurst (who we visit for two games the weekend after next) got another big win over Yale, winning 6-2.

Ben
Hagg pulls one back late for Q, 7-1 final. Back top of the table, BU next.

I am bummed to have to miss the BU series. They should be playing a doubleheader at MSG.

ithacat

Ben
Hagg pulls one back late for Q, 7-1 final. Back top of the table, BU next.

I am bummed to have to miss the BU series. They should be playing a doubleheader at MSG.

The Rangers are playing Philly at 2 next Saturday, so they couldn't have scheduled a doubleheader.

Ben

ithacat

Ben
Hagg pulls one back late for Q, 7-1 final. Back top of the table, BU next.

I am bummed to have to miss the BU series. They should be playing a doubleheader at MSG.

The Rangers are playing Philly at 2 next Saturday, so they couldn't have scheduled a doubleheader.

I wasn't really being literal since scheduling is done in advance. I was just being wishful (and greedy).

Starting: Fulton, White, Karpenko, Fortino, Rougeau, with Mazz back in goal.

According to Coach Derraugh, Slebodnick suffered a concussion last weekend, so Pippy is backing up tonight. Slobes won't dress for either game this weekend.

We're dressing four full lines I think for the first time this season, but they're a bit different.

First line: Fulton-White-Karpenko

Second line: Campbell-Jenner-Leck

Third line: Johnston-Barley-Maloney-Saulnier

Fourth line: Hompe-Ogilvie-Cook

Six minutes in and we look pretty good so far. Shots 6-1 CU.

1-0 Red, Powerplay goal from Fulton, assists Fortino and Johnston at 14:28 in the first. 1 for 3 so for on the woman advantage against the best PK in the country (92%).

1-0 Red end of the first, shots 13-5 in favor of CU. Looking good, although BU improved a bit briefly after going a goal down. Several good chances, some good saves from Sperry, but we could be ahead by more. Mazz looks solid -- she had one acrobatic glove save at 0-0.

Well it looks like we're the only ones here as well.

2-0 Red, Johnston PPG from Rougeau. Funny sequence -- we weren't getting any traction on the PP, but Johnston flew down the right and then cut across the face of Sperry's goal and beat her on the back post.

2-1 BU on a bizarre goal. It looked like a shot from the slot bounced back off the end glass and Cardella stuck it in. But this is RedCast video, so I really don't know.

Ben
2-1 BU on a bizarre goal. It looked like a shot from the slot bounced back off the end glass and Cardella stuck it in. But this is RedCast video, so I really don't know.

No assists given on LiveStats.

2-1 end of the second after a rash of penalties for both sides. We killed about a minute of 5 on 3 and (I think) will have a bit of PP time at the start of the third.

What a period, we're definitely the better team, but... Two man PP for each team, and we still have 40 sec. left on ours.

And on our 2 man PK it looked like Karpenko, I think, had hurt her right hand, and was PKing with 1 hand on her stick.

After 2 periods, cornell leads 2-1. The big story right now is the physicality and bad refereeing. A secondary story is cornell not capitalizing on its chances, and they've had plenty of good ones. Having watched almost all of their games this year so far, this is their most passionate effort. In the first period, BU was able to match our speed for the most part, but it's evident that many of their players have slowed down at this stage. Advantage: Cornell, but it's too close for comfort.

On the men's side SLU up 3-0 on M. Tech. HVD and Dmth 3-3. RPI 2-0 RIT. UVM 1-1 gate. All OK for us.

3-1 RED! Another PPG, Johnston from Jenner and Fortino, before the band was even finished singing Gary Glitter. I believe that makes us 3 of 6 on the PP.

Jim Hyla
And on our 2 man PK it looked like Karpenko, I think, had hurt her right hand, and was PKing with 1 hand on her stick.

It was Karps, but she's taking shifts in the third, so she's probably okay.

3-1 final.

And that's a final, 3-1. What an effort and focus by the Big Red tonight. Very impressive.

3-1 Final. Big win after some dubious refereeing. Wakefield, BU's captain, spent 8 minutes in the box. Very good performance in spite of some shakiness on the PP.

I may miss out on tomorrow's game due to the Cornell Club of London's Thanksgiving posh-ness. Hopefully not.

Was Poulin playing for BU? I didn't hear her mentioned.

Well Ben, if you missed it, they made a statement, 7-1 over BU. Let's go men.

Jim Hyla
Well Ben, if you missed it, they made a statement, 7-1 over BU. Let's go men.

I watched the replay this morning. They were very impressive (as they almost always are). Between this weekend's games and next weekend's visit to Erie for two against Mercyhurst, we should have a much better idea of how good the team is relative to the rest of the country...except the WCHA. I've said it before, but we need to get games against Wisconsin, Minnesota, or North Dakota in our non-conference schedule in the next few years.

Whaddaya think, guys? Any trouble with #6 Mercyhurst this weekend? or more easy-ish wins a la (screw) BU?

Mercyhurst is good, but IMHO BU has a deeper roster and more overall talent. If Cornell comes out strong, Cornell should win both games by a couple goals or more.

Big surprise: Saulnier wins ECAC Rookie of the Month for November.

Dartmouth will face Providence at Fenway on January 10. I'd like to see what kind of attendance they get for this game.

Ben
Dartmouth will face Providence at Fenway on January 10. I'd like to see what kind of attendance they get for this game.

About the same as the Harvard/Union men's game on Jan. 13 @ Fenway I'd guess.

Per @CornellSports, same line combinations as last week. Slebodnick in goal, Mazz backing up.

Looks like the starting lineup is: Saulnier, White, Johnston, Fortino, Rougeau.

Even though I didn't see it (no video feed available), I'm sure that was a heck of a game last night. 1-0 down inside a minute, 2-0 down inside seven...they/we came back and won 5-4. Goals from White, Johnston, Karps (2), and Fortino. Tonight's game is the team's last until the scrimmage against St. Lawrence in Akwesasne on January 2.

Elsewhere, Q took over top spot in the ECAC by beating Brown 3-0 (we have two games in hand on them), Clarkson put up ten against RPI, #1 Wisconsin won (big surprise), and #2 Minnesota knocked off #5 UND 7-2.

What a great win for this team last night. They're never down so it was great to see them come from behind.

CBR story at the end says the game is going to be audio today on redcast, so that should be interesting. still sucks to have to pay for Mercyhurst video, but we'll see if this Big Red audio is any good. Any idea who is on the call?

Thomas Larson
What a great win for this team last night. They're never down so it was great to see them come from behind.

CBR story at the end says the game is going to be audio today on redcast, so that should be interesting. still sucks to have to pay for Mercyhurst video, but we'll see if this Big Red audio is any good. Any idea who is on the call?

I was looking for Mercyhurst video and couldn't find any. They only stream basketball from what I could find.

America One carries Mercyhurst women's hockey. It took me awhile to find it yesterday but I watched the game.

I just tried to find a link to the game tonight and could not do it even though I know that it is being broadcast. If anyone can solve this riddle, please share

Found the video here:

[www.b2livetv.com]

Eight bucks. Worth it? Thinking about just giving that Redcast audio a shot.

Thomas Larson
Found the video here:

[www.b2livetv.com]

Eight bucks. Worth it? Thinking about just giving that Redcast audio a shot.

I think I'll spring for it because it's our last game for a month.

The game is at 2:00 pm today, not this evening, sorry.

Anybody else having problems with the video?

Yes. Why can't this ever be easy?

dag14
Yes. Why can't this ever be easy?

I had to download their special video player. It's working for me now.

1-0, Karpenko PPG from White and Cudmore at 16:09 in the first.

Sure; last night adobe flash was fine; today it requires bells and whistles; I missed the entire period as a result

Redcast audio working fine! LGR

As per Twitter, MC with 4 2nd period goals to go up 4-1

scoop85
As per Twitter, MC with 4 2nd period goals to go up 4-1

Now 4-2 on a late second period Campbell goal. Just starting third period.

We looked awful. Wish I had saved my 8 bucks.

I came in late, but our faceoffs this series were terrible. That had to be a major hindrance.

dag14
We looked awful. Wish I had saved my 8 bucks.

I 100% agree. That was bad.

dag14
We looked awful. Wish I had saved my 8 bucks.

You won't win many when you give up four unanswered.

Long break to think about this game before they hit the ice again. 10-2 isn't too bad.

We're 3rd (behind Wisconsin and Minnesota) in every poll and ranking this week.

Makes sense. Didn't expect anything different. Team probably happy with almost a full month off right now. Some time to rest before the rest of the season's not-so-challenging schedule. At the halfway point, only Mercyhurst coming to Ithaca is a tough game the rest of the way.

Thomas Larson
Makes sense. Didn't expect anything different. Team probably happy with almost a full month off right now. Some time to rest before the rest of the season's not-so-challenging schedule. At the halfway point, only Mercyhurst coming to Ithaca is a tough game the rest of the way.

I'd say visiting Dartmouth and Sucks will be challenging as well.

Thomas Larson
Makes sense. Didn't expect anything different. Team probably happy with almost a full month off right now. Some time to rest before the rest of the season's not-so-challenging schedule. At the halfway point, only Mercyhurst coming to Ithaca is a tough game the rest of the way.

And that's the problem.

Jim Hyla

Thomas Larson
Makes sense. Didn't expect anything different. Team probably happy with almost a full month off right now. Some time to rest before the rest of the season's not-so-challenging schedule. At the halfway point, only Mercyhurst coming to Ithaca is a tough game the rest of the way.

And that's the problem.

Agreed. And while Harvard and Dartmouth are good teams, they are not great teams. I don't think we'll go far into the NCAA touranment, if we judge how well we need to play based on those games.

Dartmouth and Harvard -- based on the results in Lynah -- should be easier games this time around with the foursome of Rougeau, Fortino, Johnston and Jenner back. Can't see either of those games as a loss right now even if they are on the road. Quinnipiac, remember, was also considered a top team in the league and we killed them 7-1 in Camden Hamden.

Interesting discussion about the NCAA women's teams at "mid-season". They start by talking about the worst teams in the NCAA.

Women shorthanded again this weekend in the Capital Cities; Mazzotta, Karpenko, White, Campbell, Saulnier and Cudmore with the Canada U-22 team in Europe.

No explanation for the cancelled exhibition game on Monday against St. Lawrence...does anyone know what was behind it?

Anyone else get to see the domination at Union today? Minus six players and after a monthlong layoff, this team looks pretty good. Players like Hompe, Ogilvie and Barley-Maloney got in on the action. Union's not great by any stretch, but still pretty encouraging. RPI should be tougher tomorrow.

Thomas Larson
Anyone else get to see the domination at Union today? Minus six players and after a monthlong layoff, this team looks pretty good. Players like Hompe, Ogilvie and Barley-Maloney got in on the action. Union's not great by any stretch, but still pretty encouraging. RPI should be tougher tomorrow.

It's a good way to re-start after the long layoff, but Union was the worst team in the ECAC last year.

A couple of notes:
-Last night was Coach Derraugh's 100th win behind the Cornell bench
-Kaitlyn Pippy got on the ice for the last ten minutes, made three saves and allowed no goals in her first collegiate appearance
-Barley-Maloney scored her first goal for the Red
-Dartmouth knocked off Q 3-2 and Princeton beat Harvard 3-0 -- good for us in the ECAC, mixed news for the Pairwise (Harvard and Dartmouth were both TUCs coming into this week)
-Wisconsin and Minnesota tied 3-3 after OT, BC beat Clarkson 3-2, and Mercyhurst won 8-4 at Syracuse

Wondering if [url=

Good luck to Morgan & Taylor! @IIHFHockey: WW18: It's USA vs Canada in the gold medal game of the U18 Women's World Championship

— Cornell W Hockey (@CornellWHockey) January 7, 2012

]this Twitter post[/url] is a hint about future Big Red players ...

In Troy up 3-0 going into the third. They locked down RPI in the second. Only 6 + goalie on the bench for .Cornell

I met Jim Knowlton, the RPI AD, during the third period in Troy. He was impressed that the women were so strong with the short bench. He is a classy guy.

Weder
Wondering if [url=

Good luck to Morgan & Taylor! @IIHFHockey: WW18: It's USA vs Canada in the gold medal game of the U18 Women's World Championship

— Cornell W Hockey (@CornellWHockey) January 7, 2012

]this Twitter post[/url] is a hint about future Big Red players ...[/quote]

I heard that one of the players mentioned has committed to Cornell, and I was hoping the other one was also headed to Cornell. That is definitely a good sign!!

marty
In Troy up 3-0 going into the third. They locked down RPI in the second. Only 6 + goalie on the bench for .Cornell

I met Jim Knowlton, the RPI AD, during the third period in Troy. He was impressed that the women were so strong with the short bench. He is a classy guy.

I was impressed as well. We sat right behind the bench and you could see the ladies coming off the ice were gassed in the 3rd period. I knew they were missing players but did not expect that short of a bench. Great job this weekend!

Starting vs. Colgate:

Saulnier, White, Johnston, Fortino, Rougeau, Slebodnick

2nd line: Campbell, Jenner, Karpenko

3rd: Fulton, Ogilvie, B-M

4th: Cook, Hompe, Leck

Young is listed with Gagliardi in the d-pairings.

Coach Derraugh just keeps mixing things up.

1-0, Johnston. Easy shot into a half-empty net. Not sure what the Colgate goaltender was doing.

Couple of PP chances come to nothing, then Fortino got drilled behind our cage and had to go off. Down to four defensemen.

Johnston makes it 2-0, four minutes left in the first.

2-0 end 1st. Comfortable, but the injury to Fortino is concerning.