Clarkson @ Cornell 03/10-3/12?/17

Here we go again!
Time to untie this series.

"Go Cornell!!

Nice.

Thank you, sir!
This was the pre-Christmas break movie for my students every year as a reward for their hard work.
Many of them can still recite every line.
Strangely enough, the drama club is presenting Spamalot this year. Funny never dies?
Here's hoping it's a omen!!

Best one yet. Excellent.

Trotsky
Best one yet. Excellent.

Again, many thanks! One more chance to support the program. Glad to be able to contribute, even in this small way.

This is going to be one hell of a series. The teams match up well, play similar games, and although this is cliche I think it's going to come down to who wants it most. Cornell has had their system and consistency pay off for them in the regular season games, working back from two third-period deficits for ties. Clarkson has to have two things to win: killer instinct and consistent defense. We have to be able to put Cornell away. 1-2 goal leads aren't going to do it, because if games go to overtime, Cornell's endurance and play style will wear us out. We don't have enough power in the corners to stay with them physically for 4 periods of hockey a night, and I think we all saw that as the team wore down in the 3rd period to give up the leads this season.

Clarkson needs to score early and get out to 2-3 goal leads if at all possible, and hang on for dear life. We're playing great and our seniors have showed UP the last two weekends (10 points each for Josephs and deHaas in the last 3 games?!?!?) and if that continues, we have a strong shot at Lake Placid. If they regress to the mean, we're in trouble.

It will be a very good series. These teams have a storied history of post-season meetings.

Like you do...

or Nickerson today:

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underskill
or Nickerson today:

[twitter.com]

He seems pretty happy, actually.

i think about the 2004 playoffs too much

ugarte
i think about the 2004 playoffs too much

At all is too much, but yeah, that was berry, berry bad.

Current shot from Facebook:

Trotsky
It will be a very good series. These teams have a storied history of post-season meetings.

Not that I wasn't happy then, but I like this one.

Jim Hyla
Not that I wasn't happy then, but I like this one.

Second game in best of three series, with mini-game if necessary? I'm inferring from the fact that Clarkson pulled their goalie in a scoreless game.

andyw2100

Jim Hyla
Not that I wasn't happy then, but I like this one.

Second game in best of three series, with mini-game if necessary? I'm inferring from the fact that Clarkson pulled their goalie in a scoreless game.

Correct (best of two series, really, with a minigame resolving a tie in points).

The Schafer Era has really taken the shock out of that scoreless tie. The prior scoreless tie had also been against Clarkson, 66 years before. Since 2008 we've played 6 of them.

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
It will be a very good series. These teams have a storied history of post-season meetings.

Not that I wasn't happy then, but I like this one.

My personal favorite. You never forget your first time.

Game 2 of the 2004 series was my first ever introduction to playoff hockey, and it was an incredible game to be at. Nickerson not fighting Varteressian in game 1 was the key to the whole series.

Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

daredevilcu

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I'm saying the parking garage is all townies. The students walk.

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daredevilcu

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I'm saying the parking garage is all townies. The students walk.

I was a student in 2004, drove to the parking garage sober, and may have thrown a water bottle at some CCT students after game 3. Sorry if that was you, daredevilcu. I was not in a right mind.

French Rage

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daredevilcu

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I'm saying the parking garage is all townies. The students walk.

I was a student in 2004, drove to the parking garage sober, and may have thrown a water bottle at some CCT students after game 3. Sorry if that was you, daredevilcu. I was not in a right mind.

You mean you don't even know if you threw it?

daredevilcu

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I know we've beaten this subject to death and back, but as someone who got his first season tickets the year after the line died (the trampling episode), I'm tempted to agree.

It's 9000 other factors too (kids these days, smartphones, more social options, schoolwork, overzealous ushers, overzealous athletics dept policies, the earth's tilt, chemtrails, etc), but I think the line helped make sure that the most passionate kids got tickets. No line + expensive tickets = rich kids get tickets, others don't, and things go downhill. But there are students out there for whom a couple hundred bucks isn't a huge deal, and maybe they miss a bunch of games because it's not a big deal to them.

Not that rich kids can't be passionate.

Jim Hyla

French Rage

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daredevilcu

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I'm saying the parking garage is all townies. The students walk.

I was a student in 2004, drove to the parking garage sober, and may have thrown a water bottle at some CCT students after game 3. Sorry if that was you, daredevilcu. I was not in a right mind.

You mean you don't even know if you threw it?

He didn't say he remained sober.

Dafatone
Not that rich kids can't be passionate.

"Vampire Weekend in Concert!"

tickets may be over priced, but still far from expensive. about the same price as a movie these days.

French Rage

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daredevilcu

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daredevilcu
Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I'm saying the parking garage is all townies. The students walk.

I was a student in 2004, drove to the parking garage sober, and may have thrown a water bottle at some CCT students after game 3. Sorry if that was you, daredevilcu. I was not in a right mind.

Haha, it wasn't me. I didn't go to game 3.

Trotsky

Jim Hyla

French Rage

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daredevilcu

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Lynah has lost its fangs since then, and it is sad. I left that night feeling like I was definitely going to get beat up in the parking garage.

Nobody young, dumb and drunk enough to be a threat drove to the game.

The changes to "The Line" I think had a lot to do with it.

I'm saying the parking garage is all townies. The students walk.

I was a student in 2004, drove to the parking garage sober, and may have thrown a water bottle at some CCT students after game 3. Sorry if that was you, daredevilcu. I was not in a right mind.

You mean you don't even know if you threw it?

He didn't say he remained sober.

I remained sober, at least for the remainder of the driving portion of the night; not sure what I did once back at my house. As for the throwing, I'm hedging against the statue of limitations.

daredevilcu
We don't have enough power in the corners to stay with them physically for 4 periods of hockey a night

Even four might not be enough for these two.

Give My Regards

daredevilcu
We don't have enough power in the corners to stay with them physically for 4 periods of hockey a night

Even four might not be enough for these two.

That series was ridiculous.

Trotsky

Give My Regards

daredevilcu
We don't have enough power in the corners to stay with them physically for 4 periods of hockey a night

Even four might not be enough for these two.

That series was ridiculous.

That really was the year for absurd overtime playoff games, wasn't it?

Give My Regards

daredevilcu
We don't have enough power in the corners to stay with them physically for 4 periods of hockey a night

Even four might not be enough for these two.

That series was Leggio's coming out party. He was SUPERB both games, over 100 saves for the weekend, and then spent the next two years being a top goalie in the league.

Beeeej

Trotsky

Give My Regards

daredevilcu
We don't have enough power in the corners to stay with them physically for 4 periods of hockey a night

Even four might not be enough for these two.

That series was ridiculous.

That really was the year for absurd overtime playoff games, wasn't it?

Ugh.

Ah, wish we could make the trip. So long since we made it. This series brings back the first ECAC final as a student,
Championship[edit]
(1) Clarkson vs. (2) Cornell[edit]
March 15,1997 Clarkson 1 – 2 Cornell Olympic Arena

jy3
Ah, wish we could make the trip. So long since we made it. This series brings back the first ECAC final as a student,
Championship[edit]
(1) Clarkson vs. (2) Cornell[edit]
March 15,1997 Clarkson 1 – 2 Cornell Olympic Arena

[www.tbrw.info]

Hard to believe that was 20 years ago.

Trotsky

jy3
Ah, wish we could make the trip. So long since we made it. This series brings back the first ECAC final as a student,
Championship[edit]
(1) Clarkson vs. (2) Cornell[edit]
March 15,1997 Clarkson 1 – 2 Cornell Olympic Arena

[www.tbrw.info]

Hard to believe that was 20 years ago.

yes, it is! 20 years since Freshman year. Crazy

Adam's rag predicts Clarkson 2-1. Although there's a good description of the teams, they don't give a reason for us losing.

USCHO, on the other hand, picks us in 3.

So take your pick from "the experts".

game one we out shot them 31-16 and out chanced them by a ton.

game 2 up there it was much more even stats wise, but they had a good 2nd period.

both games we came from behind to tie. playing much better as the games went on

we have been the better team 3 of the 6 periods, 2 periods pretty even, one period clarkson too it to us.

will come out flying again in which case clarkson will be in trouble?

For that second game, I took a friend for his first Lynah game and a Japanese guy I worked with for his first hockey game ever. Any subsequent games for them must be a letdown.

I think we had to kill a back-to-back major and minor overlapping the end of regulation into OT. Lynah went nuts when those ticked off.

Leggio definitely stood on his head. He had so much work that he was pouring water over his head before nearly every faceoff.

Meh, I remember outlets talking up what was supposedly going to be a tight quarterfinal in 1996…

I have faith in this team, and we should be incrementally healthier to boot.

Scersk '97
Meh, I remember outlets talking up what was supposedly going to be a tight quarterfinal in 1996…

I have faith in this team, and we should be incrementally healthier to boot.

I think that with Smith gone we'll actually be less healthy than we were before the bye week.

Let the games begin!!!

BearLover

Scersk '97
Meh, I remember outlets talking up what was supposedly going to be a tight quarterfinal in 1996…

I have faith in this team, and we should be incrementally healthier to boot.

I think that with Smith gone we'll actually be less healthy than we were before the bye week.

Agree, unless there is some other miraculous recovery, we're back to 5 "normal" defensemen and Rauter moves back again.

Jim Hyla
Agree, unless there is some other miraculous recovery, we're back to 5 "normal" defensemen and Rauter moves back again.

Something is wrong with my math. We have 9 D on the roster. Bliss, Wedman, and Smith are out. That leave 6. Or is Shore hurt too?

I understand Mike might prefer to drop Rauter back and play Tschantz/Bauld rather than play Shore with Rauter up front, but he isn't forced too, right? Or is there a fourth D injury I don't know about?

Trotsky

Jim Hyla
Agree, unless there is some other miraculous recovery, we're back to 5 "normal" defensemen and Rauter moves back again.

Something is wrong with my math. We have 9 D on the roster. Bliss, Wedman, and Smith are out. That leave 6. Or is Shore hurt too?

I understand Mike might prefer to drop Rauter back and play Tschantz/Bauld rather than play Shore with Rauter up front, but he isn't forced too, right? Or is there a fourth D injury I don't know about?

Shore hasn't played since the first game, but I can't remember what the problem is/was. I don't expect to see him.

Jim Hyla

Trotsky

Jim Hyla
Agree, unless there is some other miraculous recovery, we're back to 5 "normal" defensemen and Rauter moves back again.

Something is wrong with my math. We have 9 D on the roster. Bliss, Wedman, and Smith are out. That leave 6. Or is Shore hurt too?

I understand Mike might prefer to drop Rauter back and play Tschantz/Bauld rather than play Shore with Rauter up front, but he isn't forced too, right? Or is there a fourth D injury I don't know about?

Shore hasn't played since the first game, but I can't remember what the problem is/was. I don't expect to see him.

Actually I do recall Shore played one other game after Smith got hurt the first time, but thereafter it's been Rauter playing D in Smith's absence.

scoop85
Actually I do recall Shore played one other game after Smith got hurt the first time, but thereafter it's been Rauter playing D in Smith's absence.

He got an assist in the 2/11 game against Yale.

Trotsky

scoop85
Actually I do recall Shore played one other game after Smith got hurt the first time, but thereafter it's been Rauter playing D in Smith's absence.

He got an assist in the 2/11 game against Yale.

Thanks, I didn't remember that. I guess Cornell didn't either, as they don't list it on his stats page. Oh well, but I still don't expect him back.

Jim Hyla
Thanks, I didn't remember that. I guess Cornell didn't either, as they don't list it on his stats page. Oh well, but I still don't expect him back.

I have no issue with him back there except the ripple effect seemed to disturb other lines too. I really enjoy that when we are surging we are putting out four lines that generate good chances. That's only happened a couple other times during my fandom. When Rauter drops back we become a team of two scoring lines and two hold the fort lines.

Is there video for tonight? I don't see the game on IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork's schedule... And Clarkson.tv, or whatever, is showing the Women's game only.

Help!

LaJollaRed
Is there video for tonight? I don't see the game on IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork's schedule... And Clarkson.tv, or whatever, is showing the Women's game only.

Help!

You have to buy it for $10 off the ECAC site. [ecachockey.com]

Think red thoughts, all.

So let's just all forget that happened and regroup tomorrow?

Dafatone
So let's just all forget that happened and regroup tomorrow?

Forget what happened?

Beeeej

Dafatone
So let's just all forget that happened and regroup tomorrow?

Forget what happened?

Wait… There was a game tonight? Wasn't tonight just another night off?

Scersk '97

Beeeej

Dafatone
So let's just all forget that happened and regroup tomorrow?

Forget what happened?

Wait… There was a game tonight? Wasn't tonight just another night off?

The team apparently thought it was another night off

Luckily they aren't total goal series...

Please don't remind me.

was there an issue with the ice on one end? there was like 40 shot at one goal and 15 at the other. i would rather blame the ice than how poorly we played.

we missed passes by 10-15 ft over and over. too bad the couple posts we hit, but we didnt deserve any better result anyway.


strange how the game turned so quickly on harvard tackling our dude and turning it into a 4x4 that led to the go ahead goal.

At least we're getting some help tonight with UNH pulling out the win among other things.

According to the ECAC box score, we had 2 shots in the first period. And 1 shot in the third period.

And I was sitting in section O... so not a lot of close up scoring views from my vantage point.
It seemed like CU had lots of chances, and I was shocked to see only 2 shots credited in the first.
From my perspective, Cornell was hurt by Clarkson's speed, quick transitional play and relentless forecheck.
CU's passing was not nearly as crisp as usual and they didn't use their bodies enough in the corners of clarkson's end.
Big Red couldn't catch a break as far as any lucky bounces of the puck are concerned and Clarkson got many.
Also a lot of empty seats tonight. I was surprised that the GA sections were so open.
Oh and... Clarkson's rag tag pep band was terrible... so off key. I love pep bands but when they can't hit the notes, it is like fingernails on a blackboard... I'll have to bring Tylenol as I am in that section again tomorrow night.
It seems that the crowd was getting to the Clarkson goalie a bit. At one point when it was 5-2 he was taunting them by pointing to the scoreboard and holding up 5 fingers and then 2 fingers and shaking his stick at the student section. I never saw anything like that happen before, but I only get to Lynah for 4-5 games each year. Is this as uncommon a I assume it is?

passing was so sloppy, just never connected except for about 10 min in the 2nd..

GBR1234
It seems that the crowd was getting to the Clarkson goalie a bit. At one point when it was 5-2 he was taunting them by pointing to the scoreboard and holding up 5 fingers and then 2 fingers and shaking his stick at the student section. I never saw anything like that happen before, but I only get to Lynah for 4-5 games each year. Is this as uncommon a I assume it is?

Good, they're in his head now. When a goalie (particularly a freshman) starts paying attention to sections A and B, that's a bad sign. A goalie's focus should be on the ice, period.

Such effective psychological warfare used not to be uncommon.

Iceberg
At least we're getting some help tonight with UNH pulling out the win among other things.

It's too bad Miami just barely lost to a top team for the 100th game in a row.

Quite a night to pick to play your worst game of the year.

Trotsky
According to the ECAC box score, we had 2 shots in the first period. And 1 shot in the third period.

Maybe the slow start was due to the players' shock at no one being in the stands? The Lynah crowds are a joke at this point. I was a student just a few years ago, and we packed Lynah for the ECAC quarterfinals. It's not just the students--the townies don't show up anymore either. Even more disgraceful was 2/3 of the crowd leaving before/during the Senior Night celebrations two weeks ago.

I don't know if it was Rauter or actual D-men on the ice at the time, but Cornell gave up a stupefying number of odd-man chances. The Smith injury was absolutely crushing. It's too bad the defense gets obliterated by injuries the one year Cornell's offense isn't anemic.

Putting one shot on goal when you're losing for the entire period, most of it by two goals, is embarrassing. Cornell could easily win this series, but if they don't, they didn't deserve to, and if they can't get to Lake Placid they won't be deserving of the NCAA tournament either.

My seat was low in sec L and looking directly across the rink in sec D and E, I was stunned that those sections were basically empty. So i moved across the rink for the final two periods for a much better view. Usher told me to sit where i wanted. At a big Cornell game, WHAT! Drove 350 miles for the excitement
of an ECAC quarter final game at Lynah and not only did Cornell play horribly, the poor turnout was more than disappointing. Two shots on goal in the 1st and 1 in the 3rd is nothing short of unimaginable. Let's hope Saturday's game is played with a little more urgency. Very likely an NCAA tourney bid is on the line.

Taking a look at the "highlights" from last night, I'd say the first Clarkson goal was the result of everyone trying to do a bit too much to protect Rauter, who was actually doing fine on the play. Indeed, one could make an argument that Rauter getting hooked down led to the goal, but it was perhaps difficult to see the Clarkson foul with so many white shirts around.

The second goal was a good deflection, but it still had the look of a fluky goal. We've had a bunch of those scored on us this season, and it would seem that the best way to prevent them is to limit opposing shots, which we weren't doing in the first.

The highlighted Vanderlaan miss in the third started with Weidner getting slashed from behind, after which Vanderlaan was absolutely tackled. Both penalties happened right in front of the refs. I mean, I know we had seen at that point our fair share of the penalties, but it frustrates me when refs reflexively put away their whistles in the third.

Power play did look good.

I don't know. I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to come out tonight and find a way to beat them. If there is a game on Sunday, I would say that it's always difficult to beat a team twice in a row. Yeeee…

Apparently Coach Casey Jones had a game plan which neutralized Cornell's offense in the first period, then changed and neutered Cornell's offense again in the third period. There is only a .000000356 probability that all of Cornell's players individually and simultaneously had a random bad game in the first period, recovered in the second period, and then all individually suffered a relapse in the third period.

Iceberg
At least we're getting some help tonight with UNH pulling out the win among other things.

To me that was a definite negative. We want either BU or UML to win Hockey East. If the 4 Hockey East quarters all go the same way as Friday's games, 3 of the 4 semi-finalists would be teams that jump ahead of us if the win they tournament - and even BC might do that if they get to the finals (obviously depending on how we do from here).

Hooking
Apparently Coach Casey Jones had a game plan which neutralized Cornell's offense in the first period, then changed and neutered Cornell's offense again in the third period. There is only a .000000356 probability that all of Cornell's players individually and simultaneously had a random bad game in the first period, recovered in the second period, and then all individually suffered a relapse in the third period.

Hooking, I thought I told you to watch all three periods! Bad Hooking!

we never have a big crowd game 1 of a series. the majority of the townies do not pre buy the playoff tickets anymore. there will be a bigger crowd tonight.

those 2 calls behind the clarkson net in the 3rd when we were still in the game didnt help. you knew we were going to have a couple calls go against us after the early run of clarkson penalties, but also those were so blatant i wasnt sure why the complained so much about them.

there was also a non-charging call where cornell kid got steamrolled behind the net by the D man who had about a 20 ft run up to the check.

still 3 shots in 2 periods is pretty bad hockey.

Interesting that there are no quotes from Schafer in the game story, and he didn't appear at the press conference. I assume his reasoning was that if you can't say something nice ...

BearLover
I don't know if it was Rauter or actual D-men on the ice at the time, but Cornell gave up a stupefying number of odd-man chances. The Smith injury was absolutely crushing. It's too bad the defense gets obliterated by injuries the one year Cornell's offense isn't anemic.

wakester2468
My seat was low in sec L and looking directly across the rink in sec D and E, I was stunned that those sections were basically empty.

I'm in C, so didn't have as good a view of D and E as you did from across the rink wakester, but D was definitely not "basically empty." Jim was there, giving out newspaper before the game, and there were plenty of students accepting the paper. (I saw one woman scrambling to get to Jim, as if he was giving out cash. I wonder at what point the students there will figure out it's really not that hard to bring your own paper.)

Looking across the rink at the townie side, there were empty seats, but not a heck of a lot of them.

Overall it felt like most regular season games to me. Not Harvard, and not what I would consider an appropriate crowd for a playoff game, but also not notably lacking from what has become the norm.

scoop85
Interesting that there are no quotes from Schafer in the game story, and he didn't appear at the press conference. I assume his reasoning was that if you can't say something nice ...

...and don't open your mouth you won't get suspended by the league.

andyw2100

BearLover
I don't know if it was Rauter or actual D-men on the ice at the time, but Cornell gave up a stupefying number of odd-man chances. The Smith injury was absolutely crushing. It's too bad the defense gets obliterated by injuries the one year Cornell's offense isn't anemic.

wakester2468
My seat was low in sec L and looking directly across the rink in sec D and E, I was stunned that those sections were basically empty.

I'm in C, so didn't have as good a view of D and E as you did from across the rink wakester, but D was definitely not "basically empty."

It may have been the camera angle, but during the lineups the stream made D look utterly empty -- so much so that I was shocked. I suppose it may have been E.

The team not giving the crowd anything to cheer about except in the middle frame probably did not help the atmosphere.

Let's hope there will be a good crowd for game three, even though that is statistically improbable.

Hooking
Let's hope there will be a good crowd for game three, even though that is statistically improbable.

Improbable for good or for three?

ok, i was at the game last night and have a question about the fight at the end. we were clearly frustrated but when the ice cleared it was all clarkson players on top of cornell players. and then the clarkson player w/o the helmet left the rink, but didn't receive a DQ or misconduct or penalty, and it resulted in two cornell minors, leading to the 5x3, leading to the 6th goal. so what was the deal with the clarkson player leaving the ice?

A-19
ok, i was at the game last night and have a question about the fight at the end. we were clearly frustrated but when the ice cleared it was all clarkson players on top of cornell players. and then the clarkson player w/o the helmet left the rink, but didn't receive a DQ or misconduct or penalty, and it resulted in two cornell minors, leading to the 5x3, leading to the 6th goal. so what was the deal with the clarkson player leaving the ice?

From the box,
Fiegl and Malott (x2) were called for three 2 minute minors,
D'Arrisso was called for a minor,
D'Arrisso and Malott were given 10 minute misconducts.

(I didn't notice Malott leave.)

Harvard and Union win, Q and SLU join us tomorrow at 4.

If we can take care of business tomorrow, we will play Union, presumably in the late SF.

Trotsky
Harvard and Union win, Q and SLU join us tomorrow at 4.

If we can take care of business tomorrow, we will play Union, presumably in the late SF.

Looks like Princeton's season ended on an overtime penalty shot? Oof.

Providence lost for the second night in a row; Penn State down 2-0 in the third.

As usual I didn't get to watch the game.

Looked like Clarkson was firing a lot more shots, both on goal and otherwise, and not just on the PP (where Cornell had the advantage). Was that indicative of the run of play?

Chris '03

Trotsky
Harvard and Union win, Q and SLU join us tomorrow at 4.

If we can take care of business tomorrow, we will play Union, presumably in the late SF.

Looks like Princeton's season ended on an overtime penalty shot? Oof.

Union also tied that game with 21 seconds to go in regulation.

Trotsky

Chris '03

Trotsky
Harvard and Union win, Q and SLU join us tomorrow at 4.

If we can take care of business tomorrow, we will play Union, presumably in the late SF.

Looks like Princeton's season ended on an overtime penalty shot? Oof.

Union also tied that game with 21 seconds to go in regulation.

Well after Princeton saved their season with :01 against Colgate last week ...

much better effort Still after last nights F I woulnt grade this much better than C+.

I dont think Clarkson has played all that well we just played so badly in many ways,

tonight we got a few shots on net. we finally got an odd man rush and scored.

We are really struggling to pass the puck. those offensive zone penalties up 2-0 were killer and almost cost us

we play like this for a 3rd game and i doubt we win.

upprdeck
much better effort Still after last nights F I woulnt grade this much better than C+.

I dont think Clarkson has played all that well we just played so badly in many ways,

tonight we got a few shots on net. we finally got an odd man rush and scored.

We are really struggling to pass the puck. those offensive zone penalties up 2-0 were killer and almost cost us

we play like this for a 3rd game and i doubt we win.

Great post, appreciate the analysis and the insight.

Passing was a bit better tonight.
Cornell managed to control Clarkson's speedy transitional game much better and used their bodies more aggressively in the corners of the offensive zone.
That, to me was the difference.
Also Lynah was nearly full tonight and the crowd was LOUD and relentless... That always helps!

still we gave up another 2-0 and breakaway.. you can get lucky on those every time.

this is by far the worst the team has looked all year. we never seem to get into the forecheck game and that 5 min major was awful PP.

CLuck Farkson!

So why am I more uptight for these games than I was years ago? I'll preempt the snark by acknowledging one reason may be that as I approach my mid-50's I'm closer to the end than the beginning

scoop85
So why am I more uptight for these games than I was years ago? I'll preempt the snark by acknowledging one reason may be that as I approach my mid-50's I'm closer to the end than the beginning

Same here, and I think it's because the last several years felt like a mediocre team trying to pull a Cinderella, but this year feels like a good team who needs to fit together some pieces threatened with having the PS end almost before it starts.

This year feels like we have something to lose.

Trotsky

scoop85
So why am I more uptight for these games than I was years ago? I'll preempt the snark by acknowledging one reason may be that as I approach my mid-50's I'm closer to the end than the beginning

Same here, and I think it's because the last several years felt like a mediocre team trying to pull a Cinderella, but this year feels like a good team who needs to fit together some pieces threatened with having the PS end almost before it starts.

This year feels like we have something to lose.

Yes, perfectly stated. The past few years I haven't believed that we were really an upper-echelon team. This year I think that while we're not as strong as a handful of teams, we are pretty darn good and capable of making a good run if we can get into the NCAA's. I think we need this win to validate the season, almost regardless of what might transpire at LP.

scoop85

Trotsky

scoop85
So why am I more uptight for these games than I was years ago? I'll preempt the snark by acknowledging one reason may be that as I approach my mid-50's I'm closer to the end than the beginning

Same here, and I think it's because the last several years felt like a mediocre team trying to pull a Cinderella, but this year feels like a good team who needs to fit together some pieces threatened with having the PS end almost before it starts.

This year feels like we have something to lose.

Yes, perfectly stated. The past few years I haven't believed that we were really an upper-echelon team. This year I think that while we're not as strong as a handful of teams, we are pretty darn good and capable of making a good run if we can get into the NCAA's. I think we need this win to validate the season, almost regardless of what might transpire at LP.

Agreed. For me, a good season is getting a 1st round bye in the ECAC tournament, making LP (or Albany or wherever), and making the NCAAs. This team's felt capable of all three, so it'd be more of a letdown than other years.

Also, we've won a whole lot of games. We have the 6th best win% in the country. More of a gut-punch if we come up short than in other years.

Dafatone
We have the 6th best win% in the country. More of a gut-punch if we come up short than in other years.

Just. Win. Bâby.

Trotsky

Dafatone
We have the 6th best win% in the country. More of a gut-punch if we come up short than in other years.

Just. Win. Bâby.

Done and done.

ugarte

Trotsky

Dafatone
We have the 6th best win% in the country. More of a gut-punch if we come up short than in other years.

Just. Win. Bâby.

Done and done.

I'm so excited that we get to move on to face Clarkson, with a ticket to the finals vs. Clarkson on the line!

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia, after all.

SOG, 32-13