Cornell vs. Princeton 1/17

The rink sold out for this game months ago but there are quite a few tickets on sale at Stubhub. Not sure what to expect tonight given the past two weekends

Call me crazy but I think this weekend will be the start of the turnaround

as bad as its been going we are still pretty good in betting odds to win the title. still the top pick in the ECAC

chimpfood
Call me crazy but I think this weekend will be the start of the turnaround

chimpfood: you are crazy

upprdeck
as bad as its been going we are still pretty good in betting odds to win the title. still the top pick in the ECAC

Lagging indicator?

I'm generally optimistic, but we do tend to struggle at Princeton.

Please post updates for those of us that can’t be there

upprdeck
as bad as its been going we are still pretty good in betting odds to win the title. still the top pick in the ECAC

I’m sorry, but this is insane. I don’t know much about betting odds but is it possible nobody has bet on this and so the odds haven’t been updated? We are far out from even getting a bye. Quinnipiac should be the clear favorite.

DirecTV says it's on SNY tonight....and replayed tomorrow...and replayed Sunday.

Dafatone
I'm generally optimistic, but we do tend to struggle at Princeton.

Hardly. Last year was an anomaly. That was the first loss in at least over 5 years at Princeton. The games are typically close, though, whereas at Lynah it's usually a Cornell blowout

Iceberg

Dafatone
I'm generally optimistic, but we do tend to struggle at Princeton.

Hardly. Last year was an anomaly. That was the first loss in at least over 5 years at Princeton. The games are typically close, though, whereas at Lynah it's usually a Cornell blowout

Confirmation bias, maybe. I went to one game at Princeton in the 00s and we lost. So every time it happens, I notice.

BearLover

upprdeck
as bad as its been going we are still pretty good in betting odds to win the title. still the top pick in the ECAC

I’m sorry, but this is insane. I don’t know much about betting odds but is it possible nobody has bet on this and so the odds haven’t been updated? We are far out from even getting a bye. Quinnipiac should be the clear favorite.

I have no idea. But we were 20-1 and now 28-1. So it has moved.

chimpfood
Call me crazy but I think this weekend will be the start of the turnaround

I hope you’re right. Did they lose a couple more guys to injury last weekend, or did I imagine reading that somewhere?

BearLover

upprdeck
as bad as its been going we are still pretty good in betting odds to win the title. still the top pick in the ECAC

I’m sorry, but this is insane. I don’t know much about betting odds but is it possible nobody has bet on this and so the odds haven’t been updated? We are far out from even getting a bye. Quinnipiac should be the clear favorite.

if we could post gifs this would be the first time i hit someone with the ***triggered*** (please do not post this, anyone else)

Lineup changes, according to WHCU pregame: Keopple in goal, Major out injured, O'Brien and Rayhill(!) playing up front.

I've been rereading The Sun Also Rises. Fuck Princeton. Those people are awful.

Trotsky
I've been rereading The Sun Also Rises. Fuck Princeton. Those people are awful.

What do you expect? It's only been a century. Patience.

marty

Trotsky
I've been rereading The Sun Also Rises. Fuck Princeton. Those people are awful.

What do you expect? It's only been a century. Patience.

Class of 1992

O’Brien and rayhill on the same forward line is brutal, let’s gut one out.

Those of you not at the game in person should consider yourselves lucky. You missed the very...bizarre music selections and puck drop ritual that was a clear posterization display by a rink sponsor.

These announcers are good.

Woof.

Let’s hold goalie tryouts when students get back.

Soft Princeton goal.

Nice move by Walsh

1 - 1

Beautiful!

ice
Soft Princeton goal.

It was actually a very good shot through a screen. Never a good idea to let a guy just skate up the slot like that.


And Walsh basically scores the same way after good work in the neutral zone except he didn't need a screen

ice
Soft Princeton goal.

No; screened and deflected.

Walsh really blew past those guys. Loved the no drama shot.

Exploding after the Walsh goal. 3 or 4 near misses.

Y'ello. How we lookin?

Will Liam Steele be the new Rayhill? Happy for Rayhill.

stereax
Y'ello. How we lookin?

Much better than some prior games. Princeton being beaten in the neutral zone, which is making a large difference in Cornell's ability to make plays in transition

Trotsky

ice
Soft Princeton goal.

No; screened and deflected.

He should have grabbed it.

2 - 1

Great pass by Psenicka.

Iceberg

stereax
Y'ello. How we lookin?

Much better than some prior games. Princeton being beaten in the neutral zone, which is making a large difference in Cornell's ability to make plays in transition

Love it!!

Trotsky

ice
Soft Princeton goal.

No; screened and deflected.

While there may have been a deflection and/or a screen, the shot was from outside. I think Keopple had time to adjust and stop it.

Trotsky
Great pass by Psenicka.

God I love that guy so much. Feels like he's always doing the right thing.

"Digs his nubs in"?

Ping

As in “…that bouncing shot might have had a chance of going in … for sure.”

Editorial neutrality matters now that Trump took ABC for $15 million. Cruz ‘92 may have one of his interns monitoring the feed.

Really good shift there to finish it. Great period.

Good period for Cornell. I saw one post and one crossbar.

More of that, please!

Bill Cleary looks exactly like Rudy Giuliani now.

Period One Thoughts:

Remi would have saved that if he was 6-12 inches further out. Soft, unfortunate. But, I guess some of us got their wish to see him start. I'm not mad about it.
Cornell looking like Cornell on the ice- the fore-check, the hustle. Maybe need to see a little more body on body. LGR!

Devlin?

The Rancor
Period One Thoughts:

Remi would have saved that if he was 6-12 inches further out. Soft, unfortunate. But, I guess some of us got their wish to see him start. I'm not mad about it.
Cornell looking like Cornell on the ice- the fore-check, the hustle. Maybe need to see a little more body on body. LGR!

Well, I wanted him to start last Saturday against SHU when the game didn’t matter. As for the goal, I think it was soft despite the slight screen/deflection. Need to see more being judging Keopple though. Still too early.

Psenicka's shot hit something before it got to Kovich. He definitely set that up by actually shooting the puck though.

And Keopple basically swept away what looked to be a sure goal after some funky deflections

Big save by Keopple.

This has been the Rego-Suda show so far.

3 - 1 Bancroft.

Good hard working goal.

It would be great if Bancroft and Castagna started potting them, especially on pp. They are so important.

Recommendation: Port City (Alexandria) Monkspell. It's a Tripel and it legit holds up against the Pantheon.

ice
3 - 1 Bancroft.

Nice to see us actually jumping on rebounds for a change. Among all the other things that haven’t been up to snuff, having dominance in the slot has been lacking lately.

That one had both Bancroft and Walsh with a chance on it.

Trotsky
Recommendation: Port City (Alexandria) Monkspell. It's a Tripel and it legit holds up against the Pantheon.

Port City has become my favorite DC-area brewery. Solid all around.

LOL. What was that guy doing? It's not like it helped with the play or positioning any. He just had the notion to mount him.

We never got inside.

Un-energetic Cornell PP.

Ufda. Official time of Harvard's 4th goal at Dartmouth: second period, 20:00.0

Feels like Walsh wins a lot of his faceoffs but also gets kicked out a bunch

Kraft tips a Robertson shot. 4 -1

Deflection in front; nicely done

Getting chippy at the end of P 2.

Keopple has looked good other than the goal

Great period, I think keopple has to start tmrw if he keeps them at 1.

The Rancor
Period One Thoughts:

Remi would have saved that if he was 6-12 inches further out. Soft, unfortunate. But, I guess some of us got their wish to see him start. I'm not mad about it.
Cornell looking like Cornell on the ice- the fore-check, the hustle. Maybe need to see a little more body on body. LGR!

My worry with Keopple is that he never seems to come out to challenge shots.

He's playing well tonight, all things considered.

Why couldn't Cornell have played like this last weekend when I was watching both games in person? And tomorrow night I'll be in Hamden, where I will be expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

Missed the first period entirely, listened to the second. Sounded like Keopple did a great job that period and that the ice was tilted toward the P goalie.

what a beauty from castagna

Castagna makes it 5-1

Trotsky
It would be great if Bancroft and Castagna started potting them, especially on pp. They are so important.

Done.

Second Princeton PP this period.

i want to see a successful pk followed by rayhill triple-shifting for glory

"Ze-bee-ska"?

Shoutout heafdog, hear you loud and clear on the ESPN plus stream.

Lots of after the whistle poking.

This would be so soft, not even a bad scrum at all.

A face masking major. That's a rarity

Kovich gets a 5 for hitting a P-man in the head with his hand.

5 - 2 PPG

Princeton's Wang scores his first career goal to make it 5-2.

I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish, okay?

9 mins of PP time for Princeton this period.

Just get out of here now without injuries or DQs.

That was a perfect deflection by Walsh

Accidental goal.

Bancroft PPG through traffic. 6-2

RAYHILL ICE TIME BITCHES!!!

“DeSantis, the water bug”

It's better than losing. -- Nuke LaLouche

Trotsky
I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish, okay?

Thank you for saying it.

Keopple played a good game after he got warmed up.

All the shoving/punching was surprising. Don't know who the instigators were but Cornell needs to be more disciplined, no matter what.

The biggest difference between Princeton and Sacred Heart was their goalies.

Cornell had a lot of puck luck in this game. Per CHN’s xG stat,* our expected goals were 2.4 and Princeton’s was 1.9. Cornell exceeded xG by 3.6 and Princeton by .1. This suggests Keopple played an average game, overall.

*AFAIK the CHN xG stat only takes into account shot location, not type of shot or other variables considered by more advanced xG models commonly used. I would guess that the CHN xG stat is more reliable than a layperson’s own eyes, despite its limitations, which is why I reference it here. I don’t have access to the more advanced xG models, though they seem to be out there for college hockey (eg. the RPI hockey blog seems to reference them).

BearLover
Cornell had a lot of puck luck in this game. Per CHN’s xG stat,* our expected goals were 2.4 and Princeton’s was 1.9. Cornell exceeded xG by 3.6 and Princeton by .1. This suggests Keopple played an average game, overall.

*AFAIK the CHN xG stat only takes into account shot location, not type of shot or other variables considered by more advanced xG models commonly used. I would guess that the CHN xG stat is more reliable than a layperson’s own eyes, despite its limitations, which is why I reference it here. I don’t have access to the more advanced xG models, though they seem to be out there for college hockey (eg. the RPI hockey blog seems to reference them).

Princeton played better than the final score. To keep beating the same drum, we were able to clear a bit of space down low on both ends and that seemed to make the difference.

BearLover
Cornell had a lot of puck luck in this game. Per CHN’s xG stat,* our expected goals were 2.4 and Princeton’s was 1.9. Cornell exceeded xG by 3.6 and Princeton by .1. This suggests Keopple played an average game, overall.

*AFAIK the CHN xG stat only takes into account shot location, not type of shot or other variables considered by more advanced xG models commonly used. I would guess that the CHN xG stat is more reliable than a layperson’s own eyes, despite its limitations, which is why I reference it here. I don’t have access to the more advanced xG models, though they seem to be out there for college hockey (eg. the RPI hockey blog seems to reference them).

Can't be happy at all with a win. Exhausting.

The Rancor

BearLover
Cornell had a lot of puck luck in this game. Per CHN’s xG stat,* our expected goals were 2.4 and Princeton’s was 1.9. Cornell exceeded xG by 3.6 and Princeton by .1. This suggests Keopple played an average game, overall.

*AFAIK the CHN xG stat only takes into account shot location, not type of shot or other variables considered by more advanced xG models commonly used. I would guess that the CHN xG stat is more reliable than a layperson’s own eyes, despite its limitations, which is why I reference it here. I don’t have access to the more advanced xG models, though they seem to be out there for college hockey (eg. the RPI hockey blog seems to reference them).

Can't be happy at all with a win. Exhausting.

Sorry for tiring you out. I’m satisfied with the win, and mentioned earlier Keopple looked good after the first goal. Sorry, do you want me to throw a parade for beating *Princeton* in a year we were supposed to compete for the national championship?

chimpfood
Shoutout heafdog, hear you loud and clear on the ESPN plus stream.

HA! That freaking rocks! Thanks!!