11/1 vs North Dakota

A little early to be looking ahead but I’m overeager for this series. Coming into the series 3-2, North Dakota seems like your typical NCHC powerhouse, a great offense that they use to cover up what honestly seems like a pretty poor defense. Their powerplay has been unbelievable so far, above 45% on the season, the highest in the nation. Their penalty kill has been very weak though at just 75%. Still I would not want to see us get into a scrappy game with tons of penalties against them because I don’t trust our powerplay enough yet. They are going to be a very skilled team so I’d love to see us lean into our reputation of a big, physical, defensively strong team (but it might be hard to do that while staying away from penalties).

Their goalie situation is up in the air with their newest rental goalie TJ semptimphelter having been disappointing so far. Semptimphelter should be a familiar name because we faced him 3 times last year when he was on ASU and we did progressively better against him each game. The backup Hobie Hedquist has only played one game this year and didn’t get many reps last year but he had a good game against Mankato but came away with the loss. I would guess that they split the series between the goalies, Semp on Friday and Hedquist on Saturday. Hopefully we can solve Semp like we did in our last game against him when we chased him in the second period after 3 goals and just 10 saves.

It has already been an up and down season for Nodak as they started with a 4-1 exhibition loss to Augusta. They then turned around to beat providence 5-2. The next weekend they split with Mankato before a 7-2 win over BU but they lost on Saturday. As you can tell by their schedule and their NCHC membership they are going to be much more comfortable big games and close games than us. As for expectations for the series I would say that I would be disappointed with a sweep, fine as long as we get a tie, happy with a split, and ecstatic with a sweep. My prediction is a 6-3 win on Friday as our guys hopefully know how to solve semptimphelter by now, and a 5-3 loss on Saturday. Let’s go red!

Great preview, thank you. I’m happy to read that their goaltending has been shaky. The seems like one of the most likely ways for us to win. Between having zero games under our belt, us having significantly less talent, and us already having major injuries, I think we are going to need to be lucky or steal it with better goaltending. Like you, I would be disappointed with a ND sweep, satisfied with a split, and ecstatic with a Cornell sweep.

I can't believe there's still a few hundred seats left for Friday and Saturday both.

arugula
I can't believe there's still a few hundred seats left for Friday and Saturday both.

Hotel prices are ridiculous and could be a factor

Yes. I reserved way early and was high. We're coming anyway to visit the daughter so its a cost of doing business for us.

For most games how many people do we think come it from out of town vs just being locals?


I think its mostly because its still warm outside and people dont know hockey has started around here.

its not like the school promotes it in any way.

upprdeck
For most games how many people do we think come it from out of town vs just being locals?


I think its mostly because its still warm outside and people dont know hockey has started around here.

its not like the school promotes it in any way.

I would think that many players families on both teams travel
At least that’s the impression I have
We do have a large local draw as well

Last year after Harvard -Dartmouth, we were in the next booth from Castagna and parents having breakfast. So players families definitely come particularly if relatively close.

Nodak fans are supposed to travel really well too.

They travel to big events. Do they want to travel to upstate NY though?

Other than Clarkson and few playoff games, how many fans ever travel to Lynah?

if all the players families came to a game we are talking 20-30 people.

upprdeck
They travel to big events. Do they want to travel to upstate NY though?

looking at orbitz, flying in thursday and leaving sunday, it's $1500 from Fargo to Ithaca RT, obviously not direct and with significant layovers. Flying to Syracuse is still around $1000 and you have to drive almost 50 miles. I don't know how popular a trip like that is.

If UND came to MSG I think people make a weekend out of it if they aren't scared of midtown when they can't open carry.

BearLover
Between having zero games under our belt, us having significantly less talent, and us already having major injuries, I think we are going to need to be lucky or steal it with better goaltending. Like you, I would be disappointed with a ND sweep, satisfied with a split, and ecstatic with a Cornell sweep.

While NoDak is more “talented” on paper, I don’t believe that the difference is “significant”.

chimp-food
Nodak fans are supposed to travel really well too.

I’ll be driving down from Rochester with a friend and his son who went to North Dakota, so the Fighting Hawks will have at least two fans. I was in grad school in 1967, so I saw us beat the Fighting Sioux (1-0) at the Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium in our penultimate win in a very memorable season.
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upprdeck
They travel to big events. Do they want to travel to upstate NY though?

Other than Clarkson and few playoff games, how many fans ever travel to Lynah?

if all the players families came to a game we are talking 20-30 people.

We were in Rochester to see an RIT game last weekend, woke up at the something something Marriott in Victor, and half the car license plates read Ontario. There was a girls tournament and it looked like a lot of parents drove rather than put the kids on a bus. But I think we know a lot of American sports parents who buy Suburbans and put on 25,000-plus yearly miles.

upprdeck
They travel to big events. Do they want to travel to upstate NY though?

Other than Clarkson and few playoff games, how many fans ever travel to Lynah?

if all the players families came to a game we are talking 20-30 people.

I know a fan who travels 5 weekends a year from Boston to Lynah. I used to as well; I'll be driving up this weekend from DC. We know fans who have been coming from Elmira or Binghamton to every home game, even weekdays, for 40 years. I think that's the general circle of out-of-town fans who come regularly. Always a buncha PA plates in the parking lot, too, since it's an easy climb up 81 from Scranton. A bunch of parents of players who have long graduated come down from Ontario as do former players and their families. It starts to add up.

If the amount of available seats is anything close to what it is now by game day I’m going to be hugely disappointed. We’ve been waiting for this series for four years and it’s a top 10 matchup that lynah hasn’t hosted any thing like in a long time. As a student I have seen literally no advertising for the game. We have no reason not to sell this weekend out.

chimpfood
If the amount of available seats is anything close to what it is now by game day I’m going to be hugely disappointed. We’ve been waiting for this series for four years and it’s a top 10 matchup that lynah hasn’t hosted any thing like in a long time. As a student I have seen literally no advertising for the game. We have no reason not to sell this weekend out.

Get out the Vote (so to speak)

chimpfood
If the amount of available seats is anything close to what it is now by game day I’m going to be hugely disappointed. We’ve been waiting for this series for four years and it’s a top 10 matchup that lynah hasn’t hosted any thing like in a long time. As a student I have seen literally no advertising for the game. We have no reason not to sell this weekend out.

I don't know if the super-casual student fans--the ones who don't pay attention to the college hockey world beyond when they get to throw fish at Harvard--are really aware that North Dakota is a really good team most years, so the weekend is bound to be exciting. So it's up to other, more knowledgeable student fans to get the word out.

Doesn't the sun pump this stuff up? Or do they wait until Thursday to start the weekend stories...?

abmarks
Doesn't the sun pump this stuff up? Or do they wait until Thursday to start the weekend stories...?

Thursday’s when they run their porn stories so I’m not sure if they have room for sports

abmarks
Doesn't the sun pump this stuff up? Or do they wait until Thursday to start the weekend stories...?

is the print edition still daily? i feel like it stopped coming out every day at some point but i don't remember where i got this idea.

I’m coming from Florida!

mscg2000
I’m coming from Florida!

On Thursday?

ugarte

abmarks
Doesn't the sun pump this stuff up? Or do they wait until Thursday to start the weekend stories...?

is the print edition still daily? i feel like it stopped coming out every day at some point but i don't remember where i got this idea.

For a number of years now the print edition is only 2/3 days a week.

upprdeck
For most games how many people do we think come it from out of town vs just being locals?


I think its mostly because its still warm outside and people dont know hockey has started around here.

its not like the school promotes it in any way.

We aren’t able to travel meaningfully yet due to my knee replacement surgery last month, but be assured two asses will be in our two seats nonetheless. Just not ours.

scoop85
Thursday’s when they run their porn stories

I hope the demo has changed since we were there.

Friday night's North Dakota game will be televised on SNY as well as on ESPN Plus.

ugarte

upprdeck
They travel to big events. Do they want to travel to upstate NY though?

looking at orbitz, flying in thursday and leaving sunday, it's $1500 from Fargo to Ithaca RT, obviously not direct and with significant layovers. Flying to Syracuse is still around $1000 and you have to drive almost 50 miles. I don't know how popular a trip like that is.

If UND came to MSG I think people make a weekend out of it if they aren't scared of midtown when they can't open carry.

I have to imagine that 50 miles for anyone from a Dakota is like a run to the corner store.

From our visits to Grand Forks, there’s a number who think the entire state of NY is all skyscrapers, traffic, subways, and depending on their news network of choice, DANGER DRUGS AND CRIME EVERYWHERE FOREVER.

NoDak travels VERY well. It's going to be a great road crowd and I look forward to it. Everyone should see Lynah.

Yes! Just arrived. At Homewood Suites. Overpriced!

When I set my DVR to record tonight’s game on SNY, our opponent’s logo presented as “North Dakota State University”

scoop85
When I set my DVR to record tonight’s game on SNY, our opponent’s logo presented as “North Dakota State University”

The Skating Ralphies.

fined $1.5 million by the Nevada Gaming Control Board for damaging the reputation of the state

That is a high bar.

scoop85
When I set my DVR to record tonight’s game on SNY, our opponent’s logo presented as “North Dakota State University”

For the series in 2008 at The Ralph, the tickets read “North Dakota Fighting Sioux vs. Cornell Bears”

Sorry, no Nazi bear imagery available.

Edit: Nazi-fighting bear more appropriate. Meet Wojtek:

Wojtek (1942 – 2 December 1963; in English, sometimes phonetically spelled Voytek) was a Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) adopted by soldiers of the 2nd Polish Corps during World War II. As a young cub, his mother was shot by hunters, and he was found in the mountains of Iran by a young boy. The boy then sold him to a group of Polish soldiers who were in the country after being evacuated from the Soviet Union. In order to provide for his rations and transportation, he was eventually enlisted officially as a soldier with the rank of private, and was subsequently promoted to corporal.

On an entirely unrelated topic, everyone please vote.

Not much love from USCHO on our chances this weekend.

UND hockey podcast spent second half of the most recent episode previewing the series: [www.grandforksherald.com]

Chris '03
UND hockey podcast spent second half of the most recent episode previewing the series: [www.grandforksherald.com]

kind words but if you thought watching paint dry was dull, close your eyes and let the sound wash over you

Great start, but so many empty seats.

Student section looks pretty full.

Dafatone
Student section looks pretty full.

section o sucks

catalano with the deflection out in front that we always beg for to go up 2-1

I guess the sections behind our goal have a bunch of space in them.

Man Robertson is fun go watch.

Dafatone

Man Robertson is fun to watch.

Charlie Major is going to be a problem for the ECAC.

3-1 on a slapper from Wolfenberg and Semptimphelter gets the hook.

So far i think NoDak had some individual players with incredible speed but we are more cohesive and grittier.

Und looks disorganized but fast. The place is disappoingly empty. Daughter says lots of parties tonight. Goal aside, wolfenberg looks very good. Major too.

Also prelims this week.

Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

And everyone shows up late....

arugula
Und looks disorganized but fast. The place is disappoingly empty. Daughter says lots of parties tonight. Goal aside, wolfenberg looks very good. Major too.

I always found it weird to have any such parties in November. Last weekend was ample time and that's what most sensible people did. Even yesterday would be understandable.

On topic, UND's defense looks disorganized and suspect. That was a good 1st period

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

What party starts before 10 pm anyways?

The crowd looks full now to me.

Except section A, which is empty?

I know they're probably spelled differently, as I am listening to the radio webcast, but it's very distracting they have players named "weeb" and "schmaltz".

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

Don’t get mad it’s facts.

Scersk '97

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

Aware of the football schedule, but lamenting we couldn't put on a full house show at Lynah or a visiting team with a strong fan base.

Amazing game, great defensive hockey after the first period.

Sections d e and f were empty. Why wasn’t there a handshake line?

Also stop grousing about the crowd for gods sake, we just beat a top ten team by three and home. Besides it was plenty loud enough even if it wasn’t totally packed.

Scersk '97

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

That makes sense. Can I complain about football getting top billing over hockey for band?

arugula
Sections d e and f were empty. Why wasn’t there a handshake line?

I believe for a 2-game series they save the handshake line for after the 2nd game.

no handshake until series is over normally

Good first period

Sluggish 2nd

Better 3rd

I thought they got a bit tired, which is expected.

still the better team for most of the game

Tomorrow will be a tougher effort

Number 2 in the pairwise…..

Few things I enjoy more than having dinner with dss28 and our toddler Isaac, then reading him a book before bed, so I can’t say as I’m too terribly disappointed to have missed the first period as a result, even with all of the non-ENG scoring having happened within. That said, what a great way to start the season! NoDak won’t be as easy tomorrow; they will surely test the refs’ limits in trying to shut us down now that they’ve had a taste of what’s possible. Gonna enjoy this W for the next twenty hours and then it’s back to business.

The refs did a poor job of keeping the game under control. Ignored penalties early and that led to too many scrums later.

Beeeej
Few things I enjoy more than having dinner with dss28 and our toddler Isaac, then reading him a book before bed, so I can’t say as I’m too terribly disappointed to have missed the first period as a result, even with all of the non-ENG scoring having happened within. That said, what a great way to start the season! NoDak won’t be as easy tomorrow; they will surely test the refs’ limits in trying to shut us down now that they’ve had a taste of what’s possible. Gonna enjoy this W for the next twenty hours and then it’s back to business.

and since it was on espn+ you can watch the first period anyway. you know how citizen kane ends too.

as for tomorrow i think nodak is going to try more intimidating goon shit for all that it was effective today.

The Sun makes the point that NoDak was missing their leading scorer. [cornellsun.com]
There were others out, too. [fightinghawks.com]

David Harding
The Sun makes the point that NoDak was missing their leading scorer. [cornellsun.com]
There were others out, too. [fightinghawks.com]

Meh, we have a buncha guys out too. Doubt Berg would’ve had a hat trick to get them the win tonight.

David Harding
The Sun makes the point that NoDak was missing their leading scorer. [cornellsun.com]
There were others out, too. [fightinghawks.com]

PWR doesn’t give even a quarter of a shit.

arugula
Number 2 in the pairwise…..

Absolutely I just laughed out loud at this brewpub

Bahnstorm

Scersk '97

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

Aware of the football schedule, but lamenting we couldn't put on a full house show at Lynah or a visiting team with a strong fan base.

Yeah, I hear you. Look, apparently it’s summer-ish temps still, and the campus is still buzzing with other social stuff for the moderate fans. This weekend always gets moderate crowds. Honestly, I was pleased by the look. Only G looked 2/3 full on TV. I was more disappointed by the silence in the last 5 minutes. MAKE NOISE!

As for the band, Marching Band pays the bills and is a commitment for much of the talent. Don’t think there haven’t been generations of bandies willing to do a Friday at Lynah - overnight travel to football - back to Ithaca for Saturday at Lynah weekend. For no real recognition. It’s a small number, but there are people that dedicated and interested.

Section A/Section E attendance has been pretty awful for years at this point. I wish some portion of the band could attend all hockey games. It’s a lot more exciting with them in attendance.

Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

Big Dingus
Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

Yeah, but maybe now we can get rid of that fucking COR 1 - BU 2 score from two years ago.

Berg hasn't played in 5 games. They beat BU 7-2 without him

UND lost a few guys during the game last night and already had some guys out. They're hobbled by injuries

As did I as I typed that.

Get off my lawn

Big Dingus
Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

Get off my lawn.

RichH

arugula
Number 2 in the pairwise…..

Absolutely I just laughed out loud at this brewpub

As did I when I typed that.

Dafatone

Scersk '97

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

That makes sense. Can I complain about football getting top billing over hockey for band?

"Back in my day," the pep band would've headed down to Princeton overnight and then left after halftime to make it back for the second period. "Kids these days!"

But whatever. I'm glad they pulled together whatever they could. Any game without piped-in music is a win.

Big Dingus
Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

While it’s difficult to tell on a telecast, it seemed to me the place was lacking the type of energy you might expect for the opener against a top-flight opponent.

Scersk '97

Dafatone

Scersk '97

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

That makes sense. Can I complain about football getting top billing over hockey for band?

"Back in my day," the pep band would've headed down to Princeton overnight and then left after halftime to make it back for the second period. "Kids these days!"

But whatever. I'm glad they pulled together whatever they could. Any game without piped-in music is a win.

I think piped in music would have been preferable to silence (though far worse than band music). It’s important to keep the casual fans coming back.

scoop85

Big Dingus
Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

While it’s difficult to tell on a telecast, it seemed to me the place was lacking the type of energy you might expect for the opener against a top-flight opponent.

Not sure the casual fan understands what a game in Lynah with NoDak means, sadly enough. And college students will make their own choices. I would've been pretty fired up for a game like this, but I'm not sure anyone outside that day-and-age's pep band--even other bandies--would've been similarly engaged. But everyone gets fired up for the Harvard game, and many used to get fired up for the Clarkson and Vermont games, because they were, along with Harvard, the class of the league at that time.

The Town sections were definitely full.

Even when Cornell got beat up the ice by the speed, they were still able to get back into the play. The most obvious was Walsh diving to thwart the two on one. O'Leary had one back check where he stripped someone at their blue line and took it the other way. There was a strip in the third that I think involved a Mack chance but I don't remember the details. They had a nice approach early just getting shots toward the net without being too cute. It wasn't until later where I saw a few unnecessary drop passes that went right to a defender. Really nice start. Shane probably their best player.

BearLover
I think piped in music would have been preferable to silence (though far worse than band music). It’s important to keep the casual fans coming back.

We obviously agree, but I'll quibble: this notion of "the casual fans love" [whatever thing] is part of what peeves me about every sporting event these days. I think a lot of the dross prevents converting casual fans into serious fans, and I don't think anyone really gets that right now. So it's QU-style wall-to-wall "entertainment" everywhere.

Scersk '97

Dafatone

Scersk '97

Bahnstorm

Big Dingus
Time to accept that Cornell hockey is dead.

No one watches anymore, all on social media.

Even with Halloweekend and other activities, the surprising number of empty seats and tiny pep band is tough to see for a high caliber game and when ND traveled well.

Marching band is on the road, you doofuses.

That makes sense. Can I complain about football getting top billing over hockey for band?

"Back in my day," the pep band would've headed down to Princeton overnight and then left after halftime to make it back for the second period. "Kids these days!"

But whatever. I'm glad they pulled together whatever they could. Any game without piped-in music is a win.

For those wanting a more robust pep band on an away football weekend:

You'd need athletics to ask the marching band to help make that happen in advance. Independent as it is, the brb reports to the athletic department. Also, as said above, the vast majority of pep bandies are in the marching band. And if you're in the marching band, you've made a commitment.

Performance wise, The marching band really needs to plan in advance when they know someone will not be able to perform a halftime show. It's not just plug and play when it comes down to the choreography on field.

Simply speaking, each group of moving pieces is a rank. There's a rank leader and asst rank leader. When the rank shifts formation, the rank leader is responsible for leading that move, following the proper path and ending in the right place. The player at the other end of the rank (iirc that'd.have been the asst rank leader) makes sure that the tail of the rank ends up properly positioned as well...and the players in between need to properly space between the front and back.

It's not a huge deal if you lose one of the players in the middle, but if a rank leader or asst rank leader isn't going to be there, it's not something you can easily substitute on the fly. Whoever is next in line has to learn those cues and moves etc...and generally speaking, the next one line isn't having to learn that the move ends with the rank on the 41 yard line, 5 steps to the right of the hash, and aligned at 45 degrees to the tuna section.

That's a bit simplified, as there are exceptions, but while anyone knowing the music, or anyone who can sight read decently, could fill in during a pep band performance, it's at minimum a disruption, and possibly a major disruption, to take players away from a marching band halftime show.

Edited to remove crap at the end.

Students have plenty of work to do but the townie sections definitely were not full. There are so many factors that contribute to lower student turnout (parties, more stuff to do with better technology, playing schools that half the students have never heard of) but I think the most important is that nobody comes alone. I imagine that back in the days when most of you were students, people came to the hockey games to find friends, now nobody comes without friends. This isn’t just true true for hockey but for almost everything, think of parties where people pregame before and go together so they never have to be alone. I think it’s terrible for society overall but it’s definitely bad for the crowds at lynah.

I wish the lunatics board would spend more energy on the hockey and less on the fact that the non-lunatics aren't lunatics.

As for the band, appreciate the insight @abmarks. I wonder if "play halftime and take off back to campus" is something a couple of vans of hockey-first pep bandies would be allowed to do if they wanted to (or if it would implicate school liability or something). But other than a yes or no on the permission question, I imply no judgment.

Great highight package. Includes Walsh breaking up the 2on1 and saves from Shane and Hedquist.

Scersk '97

scoop85

Big Dingus
Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

While it’s difficult to tell on a telecast, it seemed to me the place was lacking the type of energy you might expect for the opener against a top-flight opponent.

Not sure the casual fan understands what a game in Lynah with NoDak means, sadly enough. And college students will make their own choices. I would've been pretty fired up for a game like this, but I'm not sure anyone outside that day-and-age's pep band--even other bandies--would've been similarly engaged. But everyone gets fired up for the Harvard game, and many used to get fired up for the Clarkson and Vermont games, because they were, along with Harvard, the class of the league at that time.

The Town sections were definitely full.

Exactly. I’m talking to my daughter’s friend, they had no clue the significance of North Dakota. Town side was good.

arugula

Scersk '97

scoop85

Big Dingus
Agreed.

Crowd has never been the same since the 70s. Can hear a pin drop at Lynah these days.

While it’s difficult to tell on a telecast, it seemed to me the place was lacking the type of energy you might expect for the opener against a top-flight opponent.

Not sure the casual fan understands what a game in Lynah with NoDak means, sadly enough. And college students will make their own choices. I would've been pretty fired up for a game like this, but I'm not sure anyone outside that day-and-age's pep band--even other bandies--would've been similarly engaged. But everyone gets fired up for the Harvard game, and many used to get fired up for the Clarkson and Vermont games, because they were, along with Harvard, the class of the league at that time.

The Town sections were definitely full.

Exactly. I’m talking to my daughter’s friend, they had no clue the significance of North Dakota. Town side was good.

Good but not full. We were in L and had our feet on the row in front.

People in Greek life are mostly pregaming/partying on Friday and Saturday nights. In my experience a high proportion of students who purchase season tickets are freshmen. Many of these students joins frats/sororities and don’t buy season tickets in future seasons. If you’re a girl who wants to get ready to go out or a guy whose frat is throwing a party that night, you can’t really attend a game that night.

To be clear, none of the above describes my own experience at Cornell (or the experience of most on the forum, probably). But I do think that’s part of what’s going on. Unlike at a football or basketball school where social life during football/basketball season revolves around the school’s biggest sport, at Cornell social life conflicts with the school’s biggest sport (hockey).

upprdeck
Berg hasn't played in 5 games. They beat BU 7-2 without him

Berg has played in 5 games. It says so on all the stats websites, such as this one:
[www.hockeydb.com]

Is your point that he left the BU game early with an injury?

ugarte
I wish the lunatics board would spend more energy on the hockey and less on the fact that the non-lunatics aren't lunatics.

As for the band, appreciate the insight @abmarks. I wonder if "play halftime and take off back to campus" is something a couple of vans of hockey-first pep bandies would be allowed to do if they wanted to (or if it would implicate school liability or something). But other than a yes or no on the permission question, I imply no judgment.

It's telling of just how good we've been lately that we just beat UND to open the season and even looked on par with them and nobody here is losing their shit.

ugarte
I wish the lunatics board would spend more energy on the hockey and less on the fact that the non-lunatics aren't lunatics.

As for the band, appreciate the insight @abmarks. I wonder if "play halftime and take off back to campus" is something a couple of vans of hockey-first pep bandies would be allowed to do if they wanted to (or if it would implicate school liability or something). But other than a yes or no on the permission question, I imply no judgment.

The university would not allow self driving by band members.

When I was a student we did split trips a few times to ensure coverage. I remember leaving a Princeton football game at halftime to make it back to campus for an exhibition hockey game even. But the band traveled with four buses then and one would take the pep band and leave the remaining three for the rest of football. I think the band runs only three buses now, which is among the complicating factors.

To anticipate the future wringing of hands, the last home football game conflicts with Lynah east this year so the students are not going to hockey. Alumni are planning to cover it.

oof. that video board is so distracting.

The Rancor
oof. that video board is so distracting.

Would also be nice if whomever is in charge of that could avoid playing their crap over the cowbell, which is that they did last night in period 3.

Dafatone
It's telling of just how good we've been lately that we just beat UND to open the season and even looked on par with them and nobody here is losing their shit.

And Schafer, in his typical fashion, was all over them for their neutral zone turnovers in his postgame interview. Ah, love ya coach.

No penalty on the linesman for overly aggressive wrestling?

What an atrocious period by the entire team.

BearLover
What an atrocious period by the entire team.

Their lack of legs to start the season is showing. Getting beat and chasing the play all over the place. They had the benefit for TV timeouts last night but not tonight.