ECAC Quarterfinals at Colgate

So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

jtwcornell91
So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

Not sure where but I just googled and seating capacity is 2222 which could make it difficult to get tickets

jtwcornell91
So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

Hopefully there will be enough of us that anywhere we sit will have other Cornell fans.

I'm planning on going Friday night, and Sunday if necessary, but will stay in Ithaca for the women's NCAA game on Saturday. If their game was a 3:00 PM start instead of the 4:00 PM start I would have seriously considered making the drive and being a little late for the men's game. But I think as it stands I'd be looking at missing about half of the men's game if I left Lynah at the end of the women's game, and that would be for a standard length game.

andyw2100

jtwcornell91
So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

Hopefully there will be enough of us that anywhere we sit will have other Cornell fans.

I'm planning on going Friday night, and Sunday if necessary, but will stay in Ithaca for the women's NCAA game on Saturday. If their game was a 3:00 PM start instead of the 4:00 PM start I would have seriously considered making the drive and being a little late for the men's game. But I think as it stands I'd be looking at missing about half of the men's game if I left Lynah at the end of the women's game, and that would be for a standard length game.

Colgate goes on Spring Break Friday....tickets should be numerous as the Bahamas is more attractive than hockey to the student body.

andyw2100

jtwcornell91
So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

Hopefully there will be enough of us that anywhere we sit will have other Cornell fans.

I'm planning on going Friday night, and Sunday if necessary, but will stay in Ithaca for the women's NCAA game on Saturday. If their game was a 3:00 PM start instead of the 4:00 PM start I would have seriously considered making the drive and being a little late for the men's game. But I think as it stands I'd be looking at missing about half of the men's game if I left Lynah at the end of the women's game, and that would be for a standard length game.

I was going to ask where Colgate puts the visiting band but maybe I should ask what the band is doing (travelling back and forth, split band. ...?)

BlueSky

andyw2100

jtwcornell91
So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

Hopefully there will be enough of us that anywhere we sit will have other Cornell fans.

I'm planning on going Friday night, and Sunday if necessary, but will stay in Ithaca for the women's NCAA game on Saturday. If their game was a 3:00 PM start instead of the 4:00 PM start I would have seriously considered making the drive and being a little late for the men's game. But I think as it stands I'd be looking at missing about half of the men's game if I left Lynah at the end of the women's game, and that would be for a standard length game.

Colgate goes on Spring Break Friday....tickets should be numerous as the Bahamas is more attractive than hockey to the student body.

Being the parent of a recent Colgate graduate, the students there seem rather apathetic when it comes to attending sporting events. Even without spring break it likely wouldn’t be too difficult to get tickets.

jtwcornell91
So where do visiting fans sit at StarrClass of 1965 Arena?

The Band has lately been in the corner between Section 13 + 14. Their band is in the 12-13 corner. Sec 13 is for Colgate students and the end that we usually defend in periods 1 & 3.

Most Cornell fans are in the Section 6-12 side. The Cornell bench is on that side and the Colgate townies and their bench is opposite.

I usually go with Sec 8 and stand. It's our offensive end for 1 & 3.

But there are Cornell fans throughout that side, as well as scattered everywhere.

scoop85
Being the parent of a recent Colgate graduate, the students there seem rather apathetic when it comes to attending sporting events. Even without spring break it likely wouldn’t be too difficult to get tickets.

Yeah, but somewhere along the line, “the Cornell game” for Colgate became something on the level of “the Harvard game” for us. Everyone needs a Hated Rival(tm) for the greek system to show up once a year, and we’ll do. (Playoffs are different)

Also, free pizza.

But will there be free gum? We have almost exhausted our stash from the early December game there.

RichH

scoop85
Being the parent of a recent Colgate graduate, the students there seem rather apathetic when it comes to attending sporting events. Even without spring break it likely wouldn’t be too difficult to get tickets.

Yeah, but somewhere along the line, “the Cornell game” for Colgate became something on the level of “the Harvard game” for us. Everyone needs a Hated Rival(tm) for the greek system to show up once a year, and we’ll do. (Playoffs are different)

Also, free pizza.

Not for eating, though.

I like that arena but it's been a tough place for this senior class.

L
SOL (Shane pulled)
W
L (Shane pulled)

Two wins this weekend and they can totally redeem themselves.

VIEWfromK

Two wins this weekend and they can totally redeem themselves.

And get revenge for 2022, when Colgate came into Lynah for the quarter-finals series and prevented us from advancing to Lake Placid.

andyw2100

VIEWfromK

Two wins this weekend and they can totally redeem themselves.

And get revenge for 2022, when Colgate came into Lynah for the quarter-finals series and prevented us from advancing to Lake Placid.

YES! Current seniors were freshman in 2022.

Revenge is a dish best served........on cold ice!

Having to possibly buy pizza to entice students to attend for 3 whole games might bankrupt Colgate.

French Rage
Having to possibly buy pizza to entice students to attend for 3 whole games might bankrupt Colgate.

We have a moral imperative to win in 2, then.

French Rage
Having to possibly buy pizza to entice students to attend for 3 whole games might bankrupt Colgate.

They don't actually do this... right?

RichH

scoop85
Being the parent of a recent Colgate graduate, the students there seem rather apathetic when it comes to attending sporting events. Even without spring break it likely wouldn’t be too difficult to get tickets.

Yeah, but somewhere along the line, “the Cornell game” for Colgate became something on the level of “the Harvard game” for us. Everyone needs a Hated Rival(tm) for the greek system to show up once a year, and we’ll do. (Playoffs are different)

Also, free pizza.

Rich, still have the Ballad of Matt Weder kicking around somewhere?

stereax

French Rage
Having to possibly buy pizza to entice students to attend for 3 whole games might bankrupt Colgate.

They don't actually do this... right?

They famously used to do this at Starr, but I don't know if they need to at the new place, which looks nice on TV anyway, and with a good team to root for.

Chris '03
Rich, still have the Ballad of Matt Weder kicking around somewhere?

Heh, I guess it's impossible to find after missing the migration from Age's old forum software. Until now, as I just happen to have my trusty old drive with me. It's a bit fitting that Coach Schafer opened his run here with this QF opponent, and it's also interesting to note that current Colgate coach Mike Harder played in that series.

Anyway, I wrote this for some reason late at night in 1999, while homesick in...wait for it... Manhattan Beach, CA. (Ian Shane was born the following year.) Please to enjoy.

---

With Apologies to Theodore Geisel,

The Ballad of Matt Weder

Gather 'round all ye faithful, and I will tell,
the REAL story of a sieve whose name we all yell.
His name was Weder...played for the Red Raiders,
Just at about the time we started being Colgate haters.
Winter of '96 was the time this all took place,
And our beloved Red were on the home-ice chase.

In January to Hamilton we trekked, it wasn't that far,
but a small group of Cornell fans stomped into Starr.
What luck! Colgate's sieve Dan (not too dull)
Was out for 3 weeks with a groin muscle pull.
The shaky backup came off the pine with some jitters,
He approached warmup pucks like they were some sort of critters.
Matt Weder was his name and we knew that without trying,
by the end of the game, we'd have this boy crying.

But what's this? Before we even knew it,
It was *our* team, not theirs, that was playing like sh*t.
"Fraud!" we screamed, as Colgate scored four,
They were swarming our zone, and looking for more.
We scratched for 3 quick goals, maybe a bit late,
but we could see weakness in the team from the 'gate.
Our comeback fell short, even with a stick check,
Final 4-3.....arghhh...blast it to heck!!
Weder survived this day, his grin extended to China,
but we all knew, he wouldn't be this lucky in Lynah.

A few days later, Colgate's bus rolled to town,
And the Faithful were all ready to taunt them all down.
Colgate looked confident, a-rarin' to go,
they even brought fans that packed Section O.
We were revving up pre-game and starting to taunt,
But Weder egged us on, like he had something to flaunt.
OUTRAGE! How dare he act cocky,
We'll see about that...it's time to play HOCKEY!

The puck was dropped, and granted, he made an OK save,
as Section O went bonkers!! And started to rave:
"WEDER...WEDER...WEDER!" was their forceful yell,
it seemed, almost, that they wrote off Cornell.
A couple of chants later, and shots that juuuust missed,
but there was that sieve Weder shaking his fist!
Section B roared with anger and disgust,
he was taunting us! We'll have his head...we simply must!
You see, no opponent...not even a fool
should act like he owns us...particularly this tool.
A bench-sitter, a nothing! We wanted him dead.
But as a few of us noted...we got in his head.

First came the shots, and then came the goals
Cornell made all the passes, found all the holes.
We kept pouring it on, and ran up the score,
Section B led the cheers, we ALL wanted more!
Now it was our turn. To mock Section O:
"Weder....Weder..." It started to grow.
He certainly didn't act very big anymore.
We pointed out his 5-hole had gotten quite sore.
We laughed in glee as Weder hung his head low,
It was a big mistake to have put on that show.
5-0 we went up, and man it felt sweet!
Payback for the previous game...it was quite a treat.
The mocking chant "Weder" as it had grown,
slowly and surely, turned into a drone:

"Weeeeeeeeederrrrrrrr.....Weeeeeeeeeeeederrrrrrrrr"

The final score was just 6-3,
From the Colgate jinx, we were finally free.

The season marched on, the team continued to gel,
it was apparent the playoffs would go through Cornell.
Coach Schafer delivered some magic of the past,
A cry rose to the rafters: HOME ICE AT LAST!
Once we saw just who we'd be playing,
We smiled and said "Weder better start praying."
It was Colgate, by gum! No way we'd be nice,
Matt would start twitching the minute he hit ice.
But Brenzavich was back, and started in net,
we still wanted Matt to know we didn't forget.

Cornell was ready and dented the twine,
over and over sent us to cloud nine.
And what reappeared after every Red score?
Our new favorite chant...we were writing the lore:

"We want Weder! clap clap clapclapclap We want Weder!"

When what did our wondering eyes should occur??
It was Brenzavich to the bench...and out stepped Matt Weder.
We couldn't believe it! What was Coach Vaughn thinking?
Like sending sheep to the slaughter...he must have been drinking.
We hooted and hollered. Up arose laughs and cheers!
We'd be talking and laughing about *this* over beers.
Some felt sorry for Matt, it seemed like a dream,
A few cheered for *him* as well as our team.
He let in one goal, and that's all we saw,
Vaughn called him back and then that was all.

Cornell won 8-3, game 1 in the books
Our wish for game 2 was that the refs were not crooks.
Game 2 on Saturday saw more of the same:
More Cornell glory and more Colgate shame.
It was over early, Section O melted like acid,
As all of Lynah knew: We were headed to Placid!
"We want Weder" grew louder and louder,
Even the townies could not have been prouder.

8-1 was the final, and the fans stormed the ice,
The team took a victory lap, the seniors went around twice.
We all know in Placid, Cornell lit even more lamps,
when it was all over, we returned home as champs!

And so, young Faithful, keep this story in mind
when you use the "Weder" chant, you know the reason behind.
It's the eve of the Colgate series, still filled with ire,
Perhaps this lesson will help light the fire.
What have we learned? I'll help serve this reminda...

Nobody...but NOBODY...can act cocky in Lynah.

I must make one more rhyme before I slog off to bed,
Cheer loud for me, and of course...

LET'S GO RED!!!

Faithfully submitted, RichH '96

Trotsky

stereax

French Rage
Having to possibly buy pizza to entice students to attend for 3 whole games might bankrupt Colgate.

They don't actually do this... right?

They famously used to do this at Starr, but I don't know if they need to at the new place, which looks nice on TV anyway, and with a good team to root for.

I don't believe it happened at this year's Cornell @ Colgate regular season game, but then again I got to the game late so maybe I missed it.

It's also worth mentioning (for those who weren't there or weren't yet with us) that at least once about two decades ago, the Colgate students got it in their heads to use said free pizza as projectile weapons against us visiting Cornell fans. Suffice it to say, I personally rank the Colgate student pizza hockey fans among the worst in the ECAC.

RichH

Chris '03
Rich, still have the Ballad of Matt Weder kicking around somewhere?

Heh, I guess it's impossible to find after missing the migration from Age's old forum software. Until now, as I just happen to have my trusty old drive with me. It's a bit fitting that Coach Schafer opened his run here with this QF opponent, and it's also interesting to note that current Colgate coach Mike Harder played in that series.

Anyway, I wrote this for some reason late at night in 1999, while homesick in...wait for it... Manhattan Beach, CA. (Ian Shane was born the following year.) Please to enjoy.

---

With Apologies to Theodore Geisel,

The Ballad of Matt Weder

Gather 'round all ye faithful, and I will tell,
the REAL story of a sieve whose name we all yell.
His name was Weder...played for the Red Raiders,
Just at about the time we started being Colgate haters.
Winter of '96 was the time this all took place,
And our beloved Red were on the home-ice chase.

In January to Hamilton we trekked, it wasn't that far,
but a small group of Cornell fans stomped into Starr.
What luck! Colgate's sieve Dan (not too dull)
Was out for 3 weeks with a groin muscle pull.
The shaky backup came off the pine with some jitters,
He approached warmup pucks like they were some sort of critters.
Matt Weder was his name and we knew that without trying,
by the end of the game, we'd have this boy crying.

But what's this? Before we even knew it,
It was *our* team, not theirs, that was playing like sh*t.
"Fraud!" we screamed, as Colgate scored four,
They were swarming our zone, and looking for more.
We scratched for 3 quick goals, maybe a bit late,
but we could see weakness in the team from the 'gate.
Our comeback fell short, even with a stick check,
Final 4-3.....arghhh...blast it to heck!!
Weder survived this day, his grin extended to China,
but we all knew, he wouldn't be this lucky in Lynah.

A few days later, Colgate's bus rolled to town,
And the Faithful were all ready to taunt them all down.
Colgate looked confident, a-rarin' to go,
they even brought fans that packed Section O.
We were revving up pre-game and starting to taunt,
But Weder egged us on, like he had something to flaunt.
OUTRAGE! How dare he act cocky,
We'll see about that...it's time to play HOCKEY!

The puck was dropped, and granted, he made an OK save,
as Section O went bonkers!! And started to rave:
"WEDER...WEDER...WEDER!" was their forceful yell,
it seemed, almost, that they wrote off Cornell.
A couple of chants later, and shots that juuuust missed,
but there was that sieve Weder shaking his fist!
Section B roared with anger and disgust,
he was taunting us! We'll have his head...we simply must!
You see, no opponent...not even a fool
should act like he owns us...particularly this tool.
A bench-sitter, a nothing! We wanted him dead.
But as a few of us noted...we got in his head.

First came the shots, and then came the goals
Cornell made all the passes, found all the holes.
We kept pouring it on, and ran up the score,
Section B led the cheers, we ALL wanted more!
Now it was our turn. To mock Section O:
"Weder....Weder..." It started to grow.
He certainly didn't act very big anymore.
We pointed out his 5-hole had gotten quite sore.
We laughed in glee as Weder hung his head low,
It was a big mistake to have put on that show.
5-0 we went up, and man it felt sweet!
Payback for the previous game...it was quite a treat.
The mocking chant "Weder" as it had grown,
slowly and surely, turned into a drone:

"Weeeeeeeeederrrrrrrr.....Weeeeeeeeeeeederrrrrrrrr"

The final score was just 6-3,
From the Colgate jinx, we were finally free.

The season marched on, the team continued to gel,
it was apparent the playoffs would go through Cornell.
Coach Schafer delivered some magic of the past,
A cry rose to the rafters: HOME ICE AT LAST!
Once we saw just who we'd be playing,
We smiled and said "Weder better start praying."
It was Colgate, by gum! No way we'd be nice,
Matt would start twitching the minute he hit ice.
But Brenzavich was back, and started in net,
we still wanted Matt to know we didn't forget.

Cornell was ready and dented the twine,
over and over sent us to cloud nine.
And what reappeared after every Red score?
Our new favorite chant...we were writing the lore:

"We want Weder! clap clap clapclapclap We want Weder!"

When what did our wondering eyes should occur??
It was Brenzavich to the bench...and out stepped Matt Weder.
We couldn't believe it! What was Coach Vaughn thinking?
Like sending sheep to the slaughter...he must have been drinking.
We hooted and hollered. Up arose laughs and cheers!
We'd be talking and laughing about *this* over beers.
Some felt sorry for Matt, it seemed like a dream,
A few cheered for *him* as well as our team.
He let in one goal, and that's all we saw,
Vaughn called him back and then that was all.

Cornell won 8-3, game 1 in the books
Our wish for game 2 was that the refs were not crooks.
Game 2 on Saturday saw more of the same:
More Cornell glory and more Colgate shame.
It was over early, Section O melted like acid,
As all of Lynah knew: We were headed to Placid!
"We want Weder" grew louder and louder,
Even the townies could not have been prouder.

8-1 was the final, and the fans stormed the ice,
The team took a victory lap, the seniors went around twice.
We all know in Placid, Cornell lit even more lamps,
when it was all over, we returned home as champs!

And so, young Faithful, keep this story in mind
when you use the "Weder" chant, you know the reason behind.
It's the eve of the Colgate series, still filled with ire,
Perhaps this lesson will help light the fire.
What have we learned? I'll help serve this reminda...

Nobody...but NOBODY...can act cocky in Lynah.

I must make one more rhyme before I slog off to bed,
Cheer loud for me, and of course...

LET'S GO RED!!!

Faithfully submitted, RichH '96

Give this man a Grammy.

Goalie, Sieve, Weder

Goalie, Sieve, Weder

A Grammy and a Pulitzer.

You look at the advanced metrics vs Colgate.

We won in OT in a game we outshot them by 30

We lost by 3 in a game that was even but they had 2 PP and an EN goal in the last 12 min.

When we score more than 1 we win

Colgate is scoring 4 goals a game the last 7 but allowing 3.5
Cornell since Feb is scoring 3.8 and allowing 2.1

Lets hope thats a sign of a team getting healthy and creating more.

We had 46 close chances vs Clarkson and scored once. Union 36.
More than enough quality chances those 2 losses we scored once

Wow The Ballad of Matt Weder, the quality content i come here to see all-time classic!

I see Colgate didnt sell many tickets for tonights game. Almost half or more of every section is available

If I were still in upstate NY tonight, I definitely would've gone to this game. It would've been the opportunity to check Hamilton off the list because I don't see when I'd be going there otherwise

Line chart. DeSantis out, Donaldson in.

ACM
Line chart. DeSantis out, Donaldson in.

Damnit.

I assume that is our band and the horns sound excellent.

Division 3 college hockey has enough interest that I'm seeing betting odds. This from sportsbetting.ag (ag = Antigua). Q and Clarkson are favorites in the ECAC. Cornell, the third favored, is +625. Meaning, bet $100 and win, you'd get a $625 payout, plus your $100 bet back. The strongest favorite is Michigan State at -150, meaning you'd have to bet $150 to get back $100.

Odds of winning their conference championship.

ECAC
Quinnipiac +175
Clarkson +275
Cornell +625
Colgate +700
Union College +800
Dartmouth +900

Atlantic
Holy Cross +125
Sacred Heart +180
Bentley +375
Army +1000



Big Ten
Michigan State -150
Ohio State +325
Penn State +450
Notre Dame +1000



CCHA
Minnesota State -115
St. Thomas +275
Bowling Green +450
Bemidji State +750



Hockey East
Boston College +120
Maine +375
Providence +600
Boston University +600
UConn +725
UMass +1200


NCHC
Western Michigan +125
Denver +275
Arizona State +400
North Dakota +725
Omaha +1000
Colorado College +2200

"What has not he done"

“A good crowd on hand”

My ESPN is not seeing the Internet even though we have the Internet. Am I the only one work this problem?

marty
My ESPN is not seeing the Internet even though we have the Internet. Am I the only one work this problem?

Fine for me

scoop85
“A good crowd on hand”

If you count us.

God bless Spring Break at prep schools.

marty
My ESPN is not seeing the Internet even though we have the Internet. Am I the only one work this problem?

Very nice here. Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

Good start.

Like Colgate's sweaters. These are their nicest by far.

This guy’s always been a knowledgeable and earnest announcer, and he’s not a homer. But he could learn to take a breather ever once in awhile.

He's a great TV guy but he does no PBP so he'd be murder on radio.

Oh Shane, I'm too old for that shit.

LOL Castagna checks a guy into the bench.

I swear Belpedia has been there for 10 seasons.

Quite the pace to this game. Colgate’s forcing us into too many turnovers. We’ve had a few looks, especially Kempf, but are having trouble getting pucks through to the net.

PENNIES ARE NOT OBSOLETE YET!

Look at us, figuring out how to score on odd-man rushes!

Penney, 1-0 good guys. Beautiful odd man rush, with Major making a great drop pass.

sah67
Look at us, figuring out how to score on odd-man rushes!

Really nice awareness and pass by Major.

sah67
Look at us, figuring out how to score on odd-man rushes!

finally, the patient decision is the right one.

RichH

sah67
Look at us, figuring out how to score on odd-man rushes!

Really nice awareness and pass by Major.

And great shot placement by Penney, knowing that Takacs was going to drop into the butterfly.

Brn 0 @ Qpc 1
Hvd 1 @ Clk 0
Cor 1 @ Cgt 0
Drt 1 @ Uni 1

Trotsky
PENNIES ARE NOT OBSOLETE YET!

FUCK YEAH I JUST GOT THE NOTIF LESGOOO

stereax

Trotsky
PENNIES ARE NOT OBSOLETE YET!

FUCK YEAH I JUST GOT THE NOTIF LESGOOO

Wait? You're not there? Bad stereax. Bad.

Trotsky

stereax

Trotsky
PENNIES ARE NOT OBSOLETE YET!

FUCK YEAH I JUST GOT THE NOTIF LESGOOO

Wait? You're not there? Bad stereax. Bad.

it's at COLGATE ((( I wish I could be there!

scoop85
This guy’s always been a knowledgeable and earnest announcer, and he’s not a homer. But he could learn to take a breather ever once in awhile.

John McGraw has been doing it since 2007, and for my money is one of the most prepared broadcasters in the league. I do wish they could find him a decent color commentator, but he does a good job filling the breaks alone.

A quick search shows he’s not as old as he sounds, a 2002 grad of I.C.

Best of the league (no particular order): Jason, Grady, John McGraw, Bob Ahlfeld (Clarkson).

There are some really good people these days. The ECAC has improved tremendously.

Obviously nobody will ever be better than the blond from Yale in the early 00's who Iam not sure ever spoke but JFC.

I'm sure she's a GOP Congressman from CT now or something equally tragic.

is this a powerplay? Get it the fuck out, boys.

We are getting beaten to the puck early this period. Son, I am disappoint.

pp #1

Let’s see if the PP can at least look like a competent unit.

We refuse to have a man between the circles.

That! That right there? Do that 10x FFS!

You know it’s bad when the other team’s announcer points out that the Cornell fans are getting impatient with all the blue line passing on the PP.

scoop85
Let’s see if the PP can at least look like a competent unit.

Well, it was competent compared to most of what we’ve seen, but too much of the same perimeter passing without any real threat.

sah67
You know it’s bad when the other team’s announcer points out that the Cornell fans are getting impatient with all the blue line passing on the PP.

Well, we've been stuck watching it all season.

sah67
You know it’s bad when the other team’s announcer points out that the Cornell fans are getting impatient with all the blue line passing on the PP.

Can we start counting at them again?

The thing is we do everything right except run some interference in front of the net. We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

Even though we control possession we make it so easy for them.

scoop85

scoop85
Let’s see if the PP can at least look like a competent unit.

Well, it was competent compared to most of what we’ve seen, but too much of the same perimeter passing without any real threat.

It looked the same as it’s been all year. Continuous perimeter passing that’s way too slow to spread out the defense, culminating in the same bad shot from the outside a full minute into the PP that they could have gotten five seconds into the PP.

Trotsky
We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

I recall Psenicka doing that a whole bunch his freshman year and scoring multiple PPGs: not sure what happened since.

FAN FAVORITE JACK O'LEARY

Who needs a power play when there’s Jack O’Leary?

That was a nice little surprise.

sah67

Trotsky
We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

I recall Psenicka doing that a whole bunch his freshman year and scoring multiple PPGs: not sure what happened since.

Penney would have been my choice, with his soft hands.

ugarte
FAN FAVORITE JACK O'LEARY

JAAAAAAAAACK

OH FUCK ME, 4 PASSES TOO MANY, STAHP!!!

sah67

Trotsky
We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

I recall Psenicka doing that a whole bunch his freshman year and scoring multiple PPGs: not sure what happened since.

He still does it sometimes! My guess is this year, he's been injured a lot and that's why he's shying away from the grittiest areas.

Really liking our dogged forecheck so far: we’ve created quite a few chances by forcing turnovers and intercepting passes in the neutral zone.

Cornell still dressing a defenseman at forward and he’s getting regular shifts. Yes, I know it’s because DeSantis is out. But it continues to be nuts.

Honestly, that’s the type of goal this team hasn’t been scoring. Lacking a finishing-type of player like Moulson or Greening, this team has needed to score more dirty goals. Get two guys on the doorstep hacking away until it squibs in.

This announcer is actually excellent.

BearLover
Cornell still dressing a defenseman at forward and he’s getting regular shifts. Yes, I know it’s because DeSantis is out. But it continues to be nuts.

I have been impressed by O'Brien. He knows what he is capable of and plays within his game. He's a good foot soldier and I have no compliants.

Trotsky
The thing is we do everything right except run some interference in front of the net. We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

Even though we control possession we make it so easy for them.

I haven't heard the phrase "elegantly twirling oak tree" in far too long.

And there’s the high slot tip we need but it’s Colgate that does it on the PP. 2-1.

Let's not go a man down again please.

sah67
And there’s the high slot tip we need but it’s Colgate that does it on the PP. 2-1.

incredible to watch how simple that was as long as you don't have five guys hugging the boards

Con-FLAG-er-ation. Hmm...

Trotsky
This announcer is actually excellent.

yup. fast pace, descriptive, full of information, nothing gratuitous or corny.

pjd8

Trotsky
The thing is we do everything right except run some interference in front of the net. We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

Even though we control possession we make it so easy for them.

I haven't heard the phrase "elegantly twirling oak tree" in far too long.

Well you me and Anne need to meet up in LP. God willing.

sah67
And there’s the high slot tip we need but it’s Colgate that does it on the PP. 2-1.

Quite right, and something we’ll need to figure out next season. It’s not like we’ve never had a respectable power play, but whether it’s personnel, structure, or both, it just isn’t working for us.

scoop85

sah67
And there’s the high slot tip we need but it’s Colgate that does it on the PP. 2-1.

Quite right, and something we’ll need to figure out next season. It’s not like we’ve never had a respectable power play, but whether it’s personnel, structure, or both, it just isn’t working for us.

It's not for lack of me yelling at them I'll tell you that much

So few whistles and the game is racing along. The Union-Dartmouth game is just halfway through the 2nd period.

Print media sometimes get paid by the word. But broadcast announcers?

OK, so I would like to take personal responsibility for the Red Raiders goal. Kitty was kneading my Lopatka sweater, and it was adorable, so I took it off and slung it across the top of her cat tree for her to sleep on and, BOOM!, immediate Colgate goal.

I have it back on and, until the game is over, kitty can suck it.

I s nt there a way to move thar screener out of Shane's face?

Brn 0 @ Qpc 2
Hvd 1 @ Clk 0
Cor 2 @ Cgt 1
Drt 1 @ Uni 2

TimV
I s nt there a way to move thar screener out of Shane's face?

Billy Smith says hi.

Trotsky
OK, so I would like to take personal responsibility for the Red Raiders goal. Kitty was kneading my Lopatka sweater, and it was adorable, so I took it off and slung it across the top of her cat tree for her to sleep on and, BOOM!, immediate Colgate goal.

I have it back on and, until the game is over, kitty can suck it.

you have a sweater with a shovel on it?

If Cornell’s PP had a rule that they have to shoot it on net after 20 seconds or 7 passes, whichever comes first, they would score more goals off of screens/rebounds/deflections than the amount they score off their current awful strategy.

Trotsky

pjd8

Trotsky
The thing is we do everything right except run some interference in front of the net. We are missing the elegantly twirling oak tree who parks above the slot and makes their goalie nervous enough that an oblique shot can get through.

Even though we control possession we make it so easy for them.

I haven't heard the phrase "elegantly twirling oak tree" in far too long.

Well you me and Anne need to meet up in LP. God willing.

Won't be this year, but needs to happen soon.

The Colgate announcer is.... pretty good. I mean, he was knew how long Cornell's second line was on the ice for the PP. His awareness of what is going on is better than normal college level announcers. Not too much of a homer, Calls the weak penalties etc pretty fair... He should get picked up by AHL or maybe guest call NHL games.