ECAC '25 Final Red vs. Clarkson

Worked out well today so thought would start the next one LGR!

In '86, I had just moved from CT to Seattle, but came back for a friend's wedding in Burlington the weekend of the ECAC Finals. Fortunately the Saturday wedding was an early afternoon event, so I hightailed it to Boston with a buddy from CT who had gone to Clarkson. Clarkson had a history back then of finding interesting ways to lose in the ECAC Tournament; the whole way down to Boston, my friend was griping about "getting the monkey off his back". Needless to say, all I could do was smile when we met up after the game; couldn't give him too much of a hard time, as I needed a place to stay that night!

This will be the 6th time these two have faced off for the league title:

Clarkson won in: 1966 and 2019
Cornell won in: 1970 (duh), 1986, 1997.

Reminder since it's not obvious and keeps catching me off guard: the game is at FIVE eastern tomorrow.

1997 was so good. Soooooo good. Suck it, Todd White! (damn that guy had a much better nhl career than i realized)

ugarte
1997 was so good. Soooooo good. Suck it, Todd White! (damn that guy had a much better nhl career than i realized)

Yeah, we really had no business winning that game. That game at Lynah they dominated us. Absolutely dominated us.

But we won! Pretty much sheer will and guile.

Scersk '97

ugarte
1997 was so good. Soooooo good. Suck it, Todd White! (damn that guy had a much better nhl career than i realized)

Yeah, we really had no business winning that game. That game at Lynah they dominated us. Absolutely dominated us.

But we won! Pretty much sheer will and guile.

And an embarrassing amount of icing as the clock wound down in the 3rd. An embarrassing amount. Whatever it takes.

We were manically applauding every icing, because what else could we do? One JF Houle scored in the 3rd to make it a miserably tense time for everyone. Christ, what a game. Schafer knows how to get the most out of overmatched teams.

[www.tbrw.info]

Didn't see this mentioned anywhere, so...

Near the end of the Clarkson win over Dartmouth, Clarkson scored an empty netter. In the celebration one of the Clarkson players got hurt and had to be helped off the ice. He wasn't putting weight on one leg. He was wearing an "A", and checking their roster it looks like they only have one assistant captain, in which case it was Kaelan Taylor.

oops wrong thread!

andyw2100
Didn't see this mentioned anywhere, so...

Near the end of the Clarkson win over Dartmouth, Clarkson scored an empty netter. In the celebration one of the Clarkson players got hurt and had to be helped off the ice. He wasn't putting weight on one leg. He was wearing an "A", and checking their roster it looks like they only have one assistant captain, in which case it was Kaelan Taylor.

It was Trey Taylor - who was ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman Award winner this year. Martino Edwin Diaz'ed him.

adamw

andyw2100
Didn't see this mentioned anywhere, so...

Near the end of the Clarkson win over Dartmouth, Clarkson scored an empty netter. In the celebration one of the Clarkson players got hurt and had to be helped off the ice. He wasn't putting weight on one leg. He was wearing an "A", and checking their roster it looks like they only have one assistant captain, in which case it was Kaelan Taylor.

It was Trey Taylor - who was ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman Award winner this year. Martino Edwin Diaz'ed him.

Thanks.

My wife thought it was number 4. Turns out she was right.

Here's a screenshot of how I came up with the wrong Taylor.

RichH

Scersk '97

ugarte
1997 was so good. Soooooo good. Suck it, Todd White! (damn that guy had a much better nhl career than i realized)

Yeah, we really had no business winning that game. That game at Lynah they dominated us. Absolutely dominated us.

But we won! Pretty much sheer will and guile.

And an embarrassing amount of icing as the clock wound down in the 3rd. An embarrassing amount. Whatever it takes.

We were manically applauding every icing, because what else could we do? One JF Houle scored in the 3rd to make it a miserably tense time for everyone. Christ, what a game. Schafer knows how to get the most out of overmatched teams.

[www.tbrw.info]

In those days you could change after an icing, so less of a disadvantage than it is today.

Its crazy that Clarkson manages to win these games, 4 goals on 15 shots.

scoop85

RichH

Scersk '97

ugarte
1997 was so good. Soooooo good. Suck it, Todd White! (damn that guy had a much better nhl career than i realized)

Yeah, we really had no business winning that game. That game at Lynah they dominated us. Absolutely dominated us.

But we won! Pretty much sheer will and guile.

And an embarrassing amount of icing as the clock wound down in the 3rd. An embarrassing amount. Whatever it takes.

We were manically applauding every icing, because what else could we do? One JF Houle scored in the 3rd to make it a miserably tense time for everyone. Christ, what a game. Schafer knows how to get the most out of overmatched teams.

[www.tbrw.info]

In those days you could change after an icing, so less of a disadvantage than it is today.

Yeah - I figure that game was what led to the rule change!

upprdeck
Its crazy that Clarkson manages to win these games, 4 goals on 15 shots.

They shut down in the 3rd. I figured J.F. was having them practice sitting on a lead. When it was "close," which it wasn't for long, Clarkson and Dartmouth were about tied in shot attempts and shots on goal.

Lord help anyone being sat upon by coach Houle.

Robb

scoop85

RichH

Scersk '97

ugarte
1997 was so good. Soooooo good. Suck it, Todd White! (damn that guy had a much better nhl career than i realized)

Yeah, we really had no business winning that game. That game at Lynah they dominated us. Absolutely dominated us.

But we won! Pretty much sheer will and guile.

And an embarrassing amount of icing as the clock wound down in the 3rd. An embarrassing amount. Whatever it takes.

We were manically applauding every icing, because what else could we do? One JF Houle scored in the 3rd to make it a miserably tense time for everyone. Christ, what a game. Schafer knows how to get the most out of overmatched teams.

[www.tbrw.info]

In those days you could change after an icing, so less of a disadvantage than it is today.

Yeah - I figure that game was what led to the rule change!

I'm so old I forgot the rule changed.

imafrshmn
Lord help anyone being sat upon by coach Houle.

Makes Mike look svelte.

Clarkson’s 5 starters are their top 5 scorers. They’ll probably be double shifting their top line and we need to shut them down. We have much more scoring depth so hopefully that comes through for us and allows us to play more defensive against their first line.

adamw

andyw2100
Didn't see this mentioned anywhere, so...

Near the end of the Clarkson win over Dartmouth, Clarkson scored an empty netter. In the celebration one of the Clarkson players got hurt and had to be helped off the ice. He wasn't putting weight on one leg. He was wearing an "A", and checking their roster it looks like they only have one assistant captain, in which case it was Kaelan Taylor.

It was Trey Taylor - who was ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman Award winner this year. Martino Edwin Diaz'ed him.

Trey Taylor is dressed for warmups.

Same lines as last night.

Got my sandwich, let's go Red!

PSENICKA!!!

YES!!!!

MY BOY MY STAR

Already! Some good play so far. Working the boards.

Keep pushing, this won’t be a 1-0 win

TWO NOTHING

Nope -- 2 on 1, DeSantis!

DeSantis!!!! let's goooooo

LETS GO, TEXTBOOK 2 on 1

What a tournament for Kovich!

Keep it up.

Chatted with a Section B'er while the CTB people were getting the game up, finally.

Highlights:

Him: "This team is finally playing like the number 6 ranked team preseason - OH WAIT..."

Him: "They're like me with assignments, do it at the last possible minute."

Me [after we were trying to figure out if Quinnipiac was in or out]: "I think quantum physics is slightly LESS confusing than the pairwise..."
Him: "I'm a comm major, I wouldn't know!"

Great start, please limit the penalties the rest of the way.

chimpfood
Great start, please limit the penalties the rest of the way.

Shhhh!!!

Well goddamn I should shut up

chimpfood
Great start, please limit the penalties the rest of the way.

They didn't hear you. Louder.

IAN. GET YOUR ASS IN THE NET.

Kind of a weak call. It’s not like anyone’s stick went “15 feet in the air.”

sah67
Kind of a weak call. It’s not like anyone’s stick went “15 feet in the air.”

Hat tip to a friend of mine who started a "Take the fall! Act hurt! Get indignant!" chant at a game 20 years ago.

Was that Kovich who had the SH chance? Screen's a little too far for me to read numbers well.

Wow Clarkson looks rattled. As they should.
GBR!

So close, Sully!

stereax
Was that Kovich who had the SH chance? Screen's a little too far for me to read numbers well.

Mack.

sah67

stereax
Was that Kovich who had the SH chance? Screen's a little too far for me to read numbers well.

Mack.

Copy! Would have been devastating (for Clarkson, of course) if he buried it.

These annnouncers are saying the exact same stuff as yesterday, do they not think that the same people from yesterday are watching this one?

Looks like their 27 is in pain after that one. He any good?

End 1st. Good guys up 2-0. Fuck yeah.

Great save by Ian in last seconds of the first period.

Shane coming up with a big left leg stop just before the buzzer. Great period, let's keep it going boys!

Can’t be missing those breakaways, those chances cost you

Incredible start. Cornell was moving the puck, moving their feet, and supporting exceedingly well.

Clarkson looked sluggish the first 10 minutes but it seemed like they got it together, last half of the period looked much more even. I suspect the next two periods will be tight but I love the way Cornell is executing right now.

Who on earth was that cuddly grandpa they interviewed and what have they done with hardass Mark Morris?!?!?

Every word of this:

Tom Lento
Incredible start. Cornell was moving the puck, moving their feet, and supporting exceedingly well.

CTB's playing Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand...

Pierre McGuire always sounds like he's a couple shots of whiskey deep

stereax
CTB's playing Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand...

Uprising. Muse. Much better.

imafrshmn
Pierre McGuire always sounds like he's a couple shots of whiskey deep

Yes. Such a buffoon.

We’ve been on our heels this period

I would pay to hear what Schaf is yelling at the D right now.

This PBP guy is straight up making up information

SEE YA, ASSHOLE! boooooooooooo.

Iceberg
This PBP guy is straight up making up information

He's probably getting his banter generated by ChatGPT.

Iceberg
This PBP guy is straight up making up information

Silver lining that CTB's got the game on mute, then?

got back from Philly, turned on the game and goddamn it is nice to see that score.

can't believe that Clarkson would play with fire letting this power play unit on the ice!

Iceberg
This PBP guy is straight up making up information

Yes, like "Both teams have Harvard transfers?"

WTF

Iceberg
This PBP guy is straight up making up information

Pierre McGuire is well known to NHL fans as pretty useless.

Snowball

Iceberg
This PBP guy is straight up making up information

Yes, like "Both teams have Harvard transfers?"

WTF

Is that a good thing?

Snowball

Iceberg
This PBP guy is straight up making up information

Yes, like "Both teams have Harvard transfers?"

WTF

Wat.

Bancroft took a real stinger. Hope he's okay.

Fuck.

Ooof, that replay on Bancroft’s stinger hurts me.

And Clarkson finally cashes in. Cornell’s been scrambling too much the last 10 minutes or so.

Clarkson got the kind of the goal they wanted. They've been trying to force something from the crease and it worked

This is not good. Bad feeling about this

I hate one goal games. Get another one, boys.

Hope we're not tiring.

Al DeFlorio
Hope we're not tiring.

Yesterday, Jack O'Brien got some third period shifts and it was good to have fresh legs. I wonder if we see the same today.

Cornell looking much better the last couple of shifts but next goal is anybody’s.

That’s such a flop

PK again.

Stupid pen to take there... gotta kill this period off

Weak call, though.

Exhale. Skin of our teeth hockey

I don't know if I'm mad at Stanley for taking that penalty or the refs for calling it. But I know that I'm mad.

Up 1 going into the third is good. The way we played that period was not. Hopefully yesterday’s OT isn’t catching up to us. We can not play that period again and expect to win this game. Get the next goal or make sure there isn’t a next one.

I am imagining Jimmy Rayhill is airdropping this to the entire team during intermission.

If we somehow win this I’ll admit everything wrong I did to Bearlover

Shane was huge the last 10+ minutes of that period. Cornell needs to regroup, Clarkson smells blood.

chimpfood
Up 1 going into the third is good. The way we played that period was not. Hopefully yesterday’s OT isn’t catching up to us. We can not play that period again and expect to win this game. Get the next goal or make sure there isn’t a next one.

Yep. We have like 20 seconds of PK, then figure it the hell out.

20 minutes. We play 20 minutes, we win. That's it.

Dafatone
I don't know if I'm mad at Stanley for taking that penalty or the refs for calling it. But I know that I'm mad.

Didn't seem like much of a call.

whew on that post. shane coming up big on the shots that are actually on net and has had great instincts on the ones that are bound for the post.

Shane and a little bit of good luck has us holding onto the narrow margin. We weren't completely impotent going forward there either--CLK's goalie has also come up with some good/fortuitous stops... a great game for the neutral... Cornell's gotta try to control the tempo a bit more.

Small contingent of watchers here at CTB. A few Clarkson fans with Cornell partners. Had to explain to someone that you can't ice the puck while on the PK...

The next twenty minutes might kill me. Let's see how it goes.

I'm liking this flurry of shots off the faceoff rn.

Power play time. C'mon, boys.

stereax
Power play time. C'mon, boys.

Do you hear yourself?

Jeff Hopkins '82

stereax
Power play time. C'mon, boys.

Do you hear yourself?

I know better than to expect anything on the snooze play. But it is two minutes we should be in their o-zone.

stereax

Jeff Hopkins '82

stereax
Power play time. C'mon, boys.

Do you hear yourself?

I know better than to expect anything on the snooze play. But it is two minutes we should be in their o-zone.

Sadly, that's how I've come to think of it, too.

Jeff Hopkins '82

stereax

Jeff Hopkins '82

stereax
Power play time. C'mon, boys.

Do you hear yourself?

I know better than to expect anything on the snooze play. But it is two minutes we should be in their o-zone.

Sadly, that's how I've come to think of it, too.

Well, that was a good two minutes of nap time... now 12ish of pure stress.