Cornell @ Princeton 2/26/22

Final game of the regular season, Saturday, 7pm. Princeton has been warning of low ticket availability but Monday night I was able to grab 2 seat-specific tickets behind the Cornell goal, not standing room, not way upstairs with the bands.

Putin's pussies are still blathering on WHCU as we hit 6:30.

Ben Tupker has apparently "learned something today," as he is out of the healthy scratch dog house and back in, for Kovich who still seems really dinged up.

Trotsky
Ben Tupker has apparently "learned something today," as he is out of the healthy scratch dog house and back in, for Kovich who still seems really dinged up.

Was there any more word on Andreev? He wasn't in the lineup last night and it sounds like he's out tonight as well.

andyw2100

Trotsky
Ben Tupker has apparently "learned something today," as he is out of the healthy scratch dog house and back in, for Kovich who still seems really dinged up.

Was there any more word on Andreev? He wasn't in the lineup last night and it sounds like he's out tonight as well.

Nothing other than he is not in the lineup. He's been hurting for months, I'm not shocked.

Trotsky

andyw2100

Trotsky
Ben Tupker has apparently "learned something today," as he is out of the healthy scratch dog house and back in, for Kovich who still seems really dinged up.

Was there any more word on Andreev? He wasn't in the lineup last night and it sounds like he's out tonight as well.

Nothing other than he is not in the lineup. He's been hurting for months, I'm not shocked.

Right. But wasn't the word from Schafer that he was a healthy scratch on Saturday night because he needed to learn a special lesson or something? (I read that here...was at the game so didn't hear pre-game stuff.)

Assuming that is true, I guess he could have just aggravated the old injury during practice this week.

andyw2100

Trotsky

andyw2100

Trotsky
Ben Tupker has apparently "learned something today," as he is out of the healthy scratch dog house and back in, for Kovich who still seems really dinged up.

Was there any more word on Andreev? He wasn't in the lineup last night and it sounds like he's out tonight as well.

Nothing other than he is not in the lineup. He's been hurting for months, I'm not shocked.

Right. But wasn't the word from Schafer that he was a healthy scratch on Saturday night because he needed to learn a special lesson or something? (I read that here...was at the game so didn't hear pre-game stuff.)

Assuming that is true, I guess he could have just aggravated the old injury during practice this week.

Maybe he hasn't learned the lesson yet?

The coaching staff was clearly not pleased with the stupid penalties we had been taking, and Ben and Andreev were the two worst offenders. But I assume for this weekend if Max could have been back he would have been; he is just so valuable.

Mack finally finds the net! 1-0.

PU ESPN+ PBP is, ahem, minimalist.

Trotsky
PU ESPN+ PBP is, ahem, minimalist.

How many times are they going to refer to Ian Shane as a senior?

At the game. Definitely not “sold out” unless they have limited seating. Love baker rink. So far so good. Should be 2 or 3 nill. All one way traffic. As to andreev, I think two weeks ago he got drilled and was laid out on the ice for a minute or two. Came back later but I wonder if that shot either exacerbated a prior injury or concussed him. My wife says “Kempf is a pretty skater”

Unfortunately ESPN blocks streaming from outside the US. They really need to find some resolution to that.

Iceberg
Unfortunately ESPN blocks streaming from outside the US. They really need to find some resolution to that.

Or you need a better VPN. Is ESPN able to block all of them?

Iceberg
Unfortunately ESPN blocks streaming from outside the US. They really need to find some resolution to that.

ECAC says this is an international feed.

We are in control but we need more goals for insurance.

Trotsky

Iceberg
Unfortunately ESPN blocks streaming from outside the US. They really need to find some resolution to that.

ECAC says this is an international feed.

My year as an expat in Asia, one of the Big Red Twitter feeds always gave an international link. One of the few times I could turn my VPN off.

Trotsky
PU ESPN+ PBP is, ahem, minimalist.

And he’s got that weird game show announcer or bad morning zoo DJ tone to his voice.

2-0 after 2, with Colgate losing 4-0.

Wow, Toxic Masculinity Coffee is about the worst ad I’ve seen on the espn addition era of ECAC games.

I miss hearing about Arcy Holmes’ patellar tendon saga. I hope he’s doing ok in Watkins Glen.

Are we chippier, or is every other team chippier? Cause it's every single game.

Dafatone
Are we chippier, or is every other team chippier? Cause it's every single game.

Honestly, I think we’ve engaged in fewer fisticuffs and shoving matches than past teams (until recently) and I also think fighting is just much less of a thing in recent years. Good.

Great revenge for Motley for that crosscheck on him -- his laser gives us a 3-0 lead with 9 mins to go.

RichH
Wow, Toxic Masculinity Coffee is about the worst ad I’ve seen on the espn addition era of ECAC games.

I miss hearing about Arcy Holmes’ patellar tendon saga. I hope he’s doing ok in Watkins Glen.

Great reference. I’m impressed he can get a ball off the rim with that build. Must have some ups

I wonder who will be the ECAC Goalie of the Week.

CU2007

RichH
Wow, Toxic Masculinity Coffee is about the worst ad I’ve seen on the espn addition era of ECAC games.

I miss hearing about Arcy Holmes’ patellar tendon saga. I hope he’s doing ok in Watkins Glen.

Great reference. I’m impressed he can get a ball off the rim with that build. Must have some ups

What a difference in this generation!

ok that was nice. especially mack finally breaking through. i also didn't realize dirven was goalless on the year.

After all that, we finish with the same RS record as 2018-19 (17-8-4).

Nice job by the players and coaches to turn things around the past few games.

ugarte
ok that was nice. especially mack finally breaking through. i also didn't realize dirven was goalless on the year.

I mean that’s how we’re supposed to handle a team like Princeton. They really heavily on a talented guy like Forget. Get the lead, and chisel away, then lock it down.

Look I’m thrilled we can beat anyone in the top 5. But allowing these types to get on the board with 1-2 flukey goals before we established control is the recipe for pressing and letting them set up Pylon Hockey. That’s exactly what happened with those mid-season letdowns against the bottom of the league.

We’ll, one mak of a good team is that its players know not to overlook teams they’re supposed to beat. With a very young team like ours, there’s a learning curve.

RichH

ugarte
ok that was nice. especially mack finally breaking through. i also didn't realize dirven was goalless on the year.

I mean that’s how we’re supposed to handle a team like Princeton. They really heavily on a talented guy like Forget. Get the lead, and chisel away, then lock it down.

Look I’m thrilled we can beat anyone in the top 5. But allowing these types to get on the board with 1-2 flukey goals before we established control is the recipe for pressing and letting them set up Pylon Hockey. That’s exactly what happened with those mid-season letdowns against the bottom of the league.

generous to call it "mid-season" but i agree. i just wanted to type something nice after a game for once.

ugarte

RichH

ugarte
ok that was nice. especially mack finally breaking through. i also didn't realize dirven was goalless on the year.

I mean that’s how we’re supposed to handle a team like Princeton. They really heavily on a talented guy like Forget. Get the lead, and chisel away, then lock it down.

Look I’m thrilled we can beat anyone in the top 5. But allowing these types to get on the board with 1-2 flukey goals before we established control is the recipe for pressing and letting them set up Pylon Hockey. That’s exactly what happened with those mid-season letdowns against the bottom of the league.

generous to call it "mid-season" but i agree. i just wanted to type something nice after a game for once.

Sure. The loss to Princeton was game #17 of 29 but the “we can’t do anything right” panic for me really didn’t sink in until the Brown loss.

Weird season. The fall semester I remember actually admiring the stickhandling top to bottom. You rightly pointed out the ineptitude of that very skill during the struggles the past 2 months.

I don't think we know what we are going to get on any given night. Which is maybe not so good when you hit elimination games. But I have no complaints about this season. I didn't see any reason coming to expect even a .500 team, with all the losses to graduation and transfers and the year off.

They hit the ground running and after the 9-1-1 start it's just been playing with house money. Right now I just want them to get to Lake Placid so I can see them for the first time since 11/9/19.

Heard Max has a concussion.

gored
Heard Max has a concussion.

and took it on a play the refs ruled no contact to the head.

Trotsky
I don't think we know what we are going to get on any given night. Which is maybe not so good when you hit elimination games. But I have no complaints about this season. I didn't see any reason coming to expect even a .500 team, with all the losses to graduation and transfers and the year off.

They hit the ground running and after the 9-1-1 start it's just been playing with house money. Right now I just want them to get to Lake Placid so I can see them for the first time since 11/9/19.

6-1-4 start against weak opposition (after which we were 19th in the pairwise). 7-6-5 second half against stronger opposition (after which we were 22nd in the pairwise). Not a crazy disparity between first and second half.

the bigger problem is doing well against the Quin/clark/harv/ND/BU types and failing against the bottom types in the 2nd half.

even not finding away to lose to Colgate a couple weeks ago puts us right on the pairwise edge.

a young team with lots of injured parts and no dominant play maker to carry them

BearLover

Trotsky
I don't think we know what we are going to get on any given night. Which is maybe not so good when you hit elimination games. But I have no complaints about this season. I didn't see any reason coming to expect even a .500 team, with all the losses to graduation and transfers and the year off.

They hit the ground running and after the 9-1-1 start it's just been playing with house money. Right now I just want them to get to Lake Placid so I can see them for the first time since 11/9/19.

6-1-4 start against weak opposition (after which we were 19th in the pairwise). 7-6-5 second half against stronger opposition (after which we were 22nd in the pairwise). Not a crazy disparity between first and second half.

i've been plenty critical of this team, but i have to say that 6-1-4 start against weak opposition was fun but infuriating because of how clearly we were outplaying with teams that we couldn't finish off. The results said 6-1-4 but the Alaska games alone should have indicated that the season was going to be weird. In our first three games we clearly outplayed Alaska twice and Harvard and had 0-1-2 to show for it. That part of the season felt fine. Annoying, but promising. Even the cave-in against Clarkson felt like a fluke (though you and I disagreed about that game lol) but the aftermath of that game was torture. Aside from the still-incomprehensible North Dakota sweep, the results are a Superfund site until the second Clarkson game.

And somehow this weirdo squad finished the season by putting together three great games and giving themselves a bye and home ice. I will probably be processing my feelings about this team for a long time but I really do think the young players show a ton of promise.

ugarte
but the aftermath of that game was torture. Aside from the still-incomprehensible North Dakota sweep, the results are a Superfund site until the second Clarkson game.

The first Q win was right in the middle of that streak, too.

Trotsky

ugarte
but the aftermath of that game was torture. Aside from the still-incomprehensible North Dakota sweep, the results are a Superfund site until the second Clarkson game.

The first Q win was right in the middle of that streak, too.

tbh that "win" just made everything else more annoying!

For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

I mentioned the concussion several posts back, but everyone was locked in to the stream issues! Sometimes it’s not the head contact but the whiplash which causes the concussion.

coming off the ice he motioned he got hit in the head.. he played a bit more as well.. one good thing is he will have had 2-3 weeks to hopefully get ready before he plays again.

RichH

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

+1

toddlose

RichH

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

What do you think it is? Are you insinuating something? Speak your mind.

I'm guessing it has something to do with tigers.

Swampy

toddlose

RichH

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

What do you think it is? Are you insinuating something? Speak your mind.

I'm guessing it has something to do with tigers.

+1

Swampy

toddlose

RichH

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

What do you think it is? Are you insinuating something? Speak your mind.

I'm guessing it has something to do with tigers.

Your guess suggests a blissful ignorance of the most recent 276 years of the American ruling class.



(But, yeah, happily it was just tigers this time.)

Trotsky

Swampy

toddlose

RichH

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

What do you think it is? Are you insinuating something? Speak your mind.

I'm guessing it has something to do with tigers.

Your guess suggests a blissful ignorance of the most recent 276 years of the American ruling class.

OTC-DispatchWaiterNew.jpg

(But, yeah, happily it was just tigers this time.)

Ah, thanks Trotsky. Given this seed that it’s a student fan organization I did a search and it seems to have gotten its start as “The Jardin Jungle” similar to “Newman Nation” in basketball and how all nicknamed things must be alliterative these days. Beware this website I found; It’s so old, it’s best viewed using Internet Explorer and it was made when Princeton tuition was only $40,000.

[www.princeton.edu]

And, no. I didn’t mean to insinuate anything. I was a bit curious if Princeton (of all places) was trying a “Big Red Freakout” style event, that’s all.

RichH

Trotsky

Swampy

toddlose

RichH

billhoward
For our final RS home game, Cornell has Senior Night. Princeton has Kids Club Day. (Four free tickets for the Harvard game if you're a member.) Or was there a senior night ceremony Saturday and we all left too early?

(Tigers down 2-0 to Harvard midway through the third.)

Care to tell us what the heck “Princeton Jungle Night” was all about?

What do you think it is? Are you insinuating something? Speak your mind.

I'm guessing it has something to do with tigers.

Your guess suggests a blissful ignorance of the most recent 276 years of the American ruling class.

OTC-DispatchWaiterNew.jpg

(But, yeah, happily it was just tigers this time.)

Ah, thanks Trotsky. Given this seed that it’s a student fan organization I did a search and it seems to have gotten its start as “The Jardin Jungle” similar to “Newman Nation” in basketball and how all nicknamed things must be alliterative these days. Beware this website I found; It’s so old, it’s best viewed using Internet Explorer and it was made when Princeton tuition was only $40,000.

[www.princeton.edu]

And, no. I didn’t mean to insinuate anything. I was a bit curious if Princeton (of all places) was trying a “Big Red Freakout” style event, that’s all.

Jadwin Jungle
Yet, in trying to support Princeton athletics, the club can only be as effective as the number of members which we have.

I can almost see this sentence fragment surviving a "which hunt" (Strunk & White). But can one pass 1^st year English Composition at Princeton with such superfluous verbiage as the redundant "which we have"?

"Tigers?" Nah. "Jungle night" is the Princeton version of slumming it.They stand around drinking lite beer and exchanging dreadful oaths.