NCAAs 1st rd. Cornell vs. MSU

Larry72

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[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

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Larry72

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[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

“You just kind of laugh it off. It's a tough goal, not one you want to let in,” Shane said. “But like I said earlier, you can't really get too far ahead of yourself. Can't worry about it.”

“I wasn't laughing, by the way,” Schafer said. “It was frustrating to give up that third one.”

Dafatone
Two pucks skittered off the corner weirdly to Shane's right. The first one led to a goal.

Ohio, build better rinks. Maybe we can take advantage next period.

I've been saying it since 1996: do not play NC$$ tournament games in the state of Ohio.

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This team is looking a lot better...

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Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

Jeff Hopkins '82
I just scared the crap out of the cat.

Worth it.

I jumped up and down so hard an ornament fell off the Christmas tree(*). Which the kids pointed out to me after the high fiving was finished.

(*) yes, it's still up. Helps keep the winter cheerful.

oh my god i can finally breathe and sit down and type.

i had to leave after the second period to go to a local show in my neighborhood that i help run. the plan was to pop out and pop back in because the show is just around the corner but yadda yadda yadda i ended up staying at the show. i even got distracted, but i refreshed eLF to catch up on the game thread and saw that we'd tied it, so i stood in the back, took my phone out, muted it and turned on the game. espn had logged me out, of course, so by the time i finally had the game on my screen, we were setting up for a faceoff to start a power play inside of two minutes. i don't need to recap the next 90 seconds for you but when Mack popped the puck in, i literally WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A SOUND out of respect for the person on stage. i'm still buzzing.

i can't believe how ecstatic i am after the most infuriating season in memory. i live for this.

jtwcornell91

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stereax
This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

ugarte
oh my god i can finally breathe and sit down and type.

i had to leave after the second period to go to a local show in my neighborhood that i help run. the plan was to pop out and pop back in because the show is just around the corner but yadda yadda yadda i ended up staying at the show. i even got distracted, but i refreshed eLF to catch up on the game thread and saw that we'd tied it, so i stood in the back, took my phone out, muted it and turned on the game. espn had logged me out, of course, so by the time i finally had the game on my screen, we were setting up for a faceoff to start a power play inside of two minutes. i don't need to recap the next 90 seconds for you but when Mack popped the puck in, i literally WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A SOUND out of respect for the person on stage. i'm still buzzing.

i can't believe how ecstatic i am after the most infuriating season in memory. i live for this.

how did you manage to stay quiet??? god damn!

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jtwcornell91

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stereax
This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery. In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored. It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

jtwcornell91

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jtwcornell91

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stereax
This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery. In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored. It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

Immortalized: [barmaidblog.livejournal.com]

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Larry72

fastforward
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

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ugarte
oh my god i can finally breathe and sit down and type.

i had to leave after the second period to go to a local show in my neighborhood that i help run. the plan was to pop out and pop back in because the show is just around the corner but yadda yadda yadda i ended up staying at the show. i even got distracted, but i refreshed eLF to catch up on the game thread and saw that we'd tied it, so i stood in the back, took my phone out, muted it and turned on the game. espn had logged me out, of course, so by the time i finally had the game on my screen, we were setting up for a faceoff to start a power play inside of two minutes. i don't need to recap the next 90 seconds for you but when Mack popped the puck in, i literally WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE A SOUND out of respect for the person on stage. i'm still buzzing.

i can't believe how ecstatic i am after the most infuriating season in memory. i live for this.

how did you manage to stay quiet??? god damn!

i think i bent an iron rail that i was holding on to

jtwcornell91

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jtwcornell91

stereax

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This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery. In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored. It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

That’s a good summary of what transpired at UNH, a game I believe we won 5-2 with a team led by Scrivens, Nash, and Greening. Unfortunately, I think that’s the same season (2010) when we lost badly to UNH as a higher seed in Albany in the 1st round of the NCAAs, which might have been the worst 1st round game of the Schafer era.

jtwcornell91

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jtwcornell91

stereax

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stereax
This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery. In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored. It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

The Shift starts at 6:25 on this highlight package: [youtu.be]

One of the few times Schafer hockey has looked at home on an Olympic sized ice sheet.

I remember wanting to go to that UNH game up in Durham that year but didnt, maybe because of a big snowstorm?

I dont recall losing to them in the NCAAs later that season.

I do recall losing to them in Buffalo, since I was there, my sophomore year...

Beeeej

jtwcornell91

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jtwcornell91

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stereax
This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery. In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored. It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

Immortalized: [barmaidblog.livejournal.com]

God damn. Absorbing this lore. The livejournal really makes it so much better.

Chris '03

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Larry72

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[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

AND NOW I'M CRYING. THANKS JANE.

imafrshmn

jtwcornell91

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jtwcornell91

stereax

fastforward

stereax
This team is looking a lot better...

Yes
Settling in

Holy fuck that was a WONDERFUL shift. More of that, please.

It reminded me of The Shift vs UNH (when you were probably in elementary school ), except we didn't score at the end of it.

(HAHA) what's the lore behind The Shift?

From memory, it was about 15 years ago, a non-conference game against UNH (I think on the road), before all the games were televised, but this one was, so the Cornell Club of Rochester was having a viewing party at The Distillery. In the third period, 5x5, Cornell had a shift where they controlled the puck in the UNH zone for a full two minutes, changed all five players at least once if not more, completely tired out the defense, and then scored. It was like watching a power play, except it was even strength.

Cornell won the game, of course.

The Shift starts at 6:25 on this highlight package: [youtu.be]

One of the few times Schafer hockey has looked at home on an Olympic sized ice sheet.

...Wow. That's genuinely impressive.

Chris '03

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Larry72

fastforward
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

YAY Jane!

That was one of the best games I’ve EVER seen.

But I really thought, based on the chances each team had, that was a game Cornell loses at least 8 times out of 10. Shane was great other than the giveaway, some guys had unbelievable individual efforts (Walsh, Robertson, Major, …). But other than that…Cornell is going to need to play MUCH better as a full unit to beat BU.

That’s not to take anything away from this win. It was an extremely gutsy win that will never be forgotten by any of us who watched.

One of the absolute wildest things about this game was that I can’t recall Cornell completing more than a few cross-ice passes on the PP this ENTIRE SEASON. That pass was never available, to the point where it seemed Cornell gave up even looking for it. And then somehow with 10 seconds left in the NCAA tournament they completed two such passes CONSECUTIVELY.

I noticed earlier in the season that the second PP unit looked kind of okay, maybe they should have gotten more opportunities over the course of the year.

617BigRed
I remember wanting to go to that UNH game up in Durham that year but didnt, maybe because of a big snowstorm?

I dont recall losing to them in the NCAAs later that season.

I do recall losing to them in Buffalo, since I was there, my sophomore year...

There was a huge snowstorm. I recall driving home with my then girlfriend (now wife) and being genuinely terrified.

The first round NCAA loss to UNH was the same weekend as basketball in the sweet 16 vs Kentucky.

snert1288

617BigRed
I remember wanting to go to that UNH game up in Durham that year but didnt, maybe because of a big snowstorm?

I dont recall losing to them in the NCAAs later that season.

I do recall losing to them in Buffalo, since I was there, my sophomore year...

There was a huge snowstorm. I recall driving home with my then girlfriend (now wife) and being genuinely terrified.

The first round NCAA loss to UNH was the same weekend as basketball in the sweet 16 vs Kentucky.

Yep. I went to the game in Syracuse and then drove to Albany the next day.

Sadly, I drove home the day after that.

while the whole sequence was nice, on replay how good the saucer pass from Mack to Major was stood out
Major made that look easy, and I would venture there arent many guys on the team with the hands to collect that and then send it back

David Harding

Chris '03

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Larry72

fastforward
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

YAY Jane!

Her graduation will be a big loss for Cornell hockey fans. Maybe she'll continue with College Hockey News.

djk26

David Harding

Chris '03

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Larry72

fastforward
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

YAY Jane!

Her graduation will be a big loss for Cornell hockey fans. Maybe she'll continue with College Hockey News.

Agreed. Hopefully there’s a successor who will provide similar quality content as Jane has given us.

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

I was sitting two rows directly in front of the Judges table at an adjudicated concert band competition watching the end of the game in my lap. I didn't let myself twitch but I'm pretty sure I did start crying.

djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

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djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

May I post that to Facebook please???????

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djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

Forget about new poster of the year, you have ascended to poster of the decade.

Beeeej

May I post that to Facebook please???????

I think you meant stereax's cartoon (which I love), but if you happened to mean my comment about the second round--sure.

Beeeej

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djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

May I post that to Facebook please???????

Hell yeah you can!! Link it when you do, haha! (if you note that I made it, would be appreciated, but I definitely didn't draw it hahaha)

scoop85

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djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

Forget about new poster of the year, you have ascended to poster of the decade.

It's still early in 2025! This is a heavy burden to lay upon me!!!

stereax

Beeeej

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djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

May I post that to Facebook please???????

Hell yeah you can!! Link it when you do, haha! (if you note that I made it, would be appreciated, but I definitely didn't draw it hahaha)

Who exactly am I crediting...?

Beeeej

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Beeeej

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djk26

Dafatone
We're playing the #2 team in the country. By polls, the #1. They're way outshooting us, but we're doing what we have to in limiting their big chances. Through two, we're only down one.

We're still in this.

I thought of a dark (and perhaps funny only to me) joke when Cornell was down 3-2 but still very much in the game, "Well, we've probably done enough to earn an at large bid to the second round."

NOT NECESSARY, said Shane and Major and Walsh and Mack...

Oh man... HAHAHA.

May I post that to Facebook please???????

Hell yeah you can!! Link it when you do, haha! (if you note that I made it, would be appreciated, but I definitely didn't draw it hahaha)

Who exactly am I crediting...?

Nevermind - I see the credits at the bottom now!

Immortalized: [barmaidblog.livejournal.com]
God damn. Absorbing this lore. The livejournal really makes it so much better.

Well just perused this for first time, instantly in love - anyone know where she is now? Lol

617BigRed
Immortalized: [barmaidblog.livejournal.com]
God damn. Absorbing this lore. The livejournal really makes it so much better.

Well just perused this for first time, instantly in love - anyone know where she is now? Lol

lolllllll

As I mentioned last night, I missed almost all of the third period. So, with some time to kill sitting in my car during alternate-side parking, I watched the third period. That was the best period I've seen Cornell play all year. Maybe since Barron left? I got chills as soon as FFJOL got hacked, when the first golden chance on the PP got stopped, when Mack saucered the puck over to Major... it's worth reliving if you haven't relived it yet.

I am going to miss this senior class more than I expected but goddamn Major has taken huge leaps in the last month. The growth potential of the team that Casey Jones gets handed is insane. Ready for BU and whatever comes after.

Any chance Schafer unretires and comes back for a few more seasons? j/k but lets send him out with a national title win!

Maybe around like '14-15 or before the shift to more attacking style when we hadnt won much for few years was walking back from Sucks game over that bridge back towards Harvard Sq. and was about to talk with friends again about how Schafer had to go, just one FF trip we need new coach to win in modern game etc. then turned around and guess who was walking right behind us with his staff...

Lesson learned and on to success in the years since! LGR

djk26

David Harding

Chris '03

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Larry72

fastforward
[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Jane McNally's Cornell Daily Sun article CU-Sun

I love her. God. I'm getting chills reading that article.

Jane's CHN piece: [www.collegehockeynews.com]

YAY Jane!

Her graduation will be a big loss for Cornell hockey fans. Maybe she'll continue with College Hockey News.

Shes 2026 if you read her bio for the sun

ugarte
As I mentioned last night, I missed almost all of the third period. So, with some time to kill sitting in my car during alternate-side parking, I watched the third period. That was the best period I've seen Cornell play all year. Maybe since Barron left?

I’m surprised you say this. It was by far Cornell’s best period of the game—periods one and two were really bad—but even in period three things could easily have gone south in a hurry. I will have to go back and rewatch, but I recall around four grade-A scoring chances from MSU in between the two Cornell goals. MSU played too defensively early in the period, allowing Cornell to gain traction, but Cornell didn’t actually come especially close to scoring until the Walsh goal. On the other hand, MSU easily could have scored multiple goals that period. Some they missed eg. Howard back door), some Shane made a great save on, and I think at least one in the third hit the post?

BearLover

ugarte
As I mentioned last night, I missed almost all of the third period. So, with some time to kill sitting in my car during alternate-side parking, I watched the third period. That was the best period I've seen Cornell play all year. Maybe since Barron left?

I’m surprised you say this. It was by far Cornell’s best period of the game—periods one and two were really bad—but even in period three things could easily have gone south in a hurry. I will have to go back and rewatch, but I recall around four grade-A scoring chances from MSU in between the two Cornell goals. MSU played too defensively early in the period, allowing Cornell to gain traction, but Cornell didn’t actually come especially close to scoring until the Walsh goal. On the other hand, MSU easily could have scored multiple goals that period. Some they missed eg. Howard back door), some Shane made a great save on, and I think at least one in the third hit the post?

First, we had a few great scoring chances before the walsh goal. We were swarming in that end. It was different from the many times this season when we've had long possessions that consisted of fecklessly passing the puck back and forth along the blue line. We were attacking. Second, the Howard goal was not as close as it looked; his positioning was great but the entry pass sucked.

The four grade-A chances that you are attributing to MSU were no different than our missed opportunities in the third period. Yes, things could have gone south but they didn't because we were dispossessing Spartans with hard hits and active sticks. The most important thing to remember, though, is that we didn't play the third period against St. Lawrence. We did what we did against Michigan State. Of course they had opportunities to break it open: they are, based on the body of work across the season, a much better team than we are! They are faster than we are, with a more creative vision. I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

And still, we had a period where we flat outplayed them. Maybe they were coached into a defensive crouch, but that isn't our problem. We took the punches for two periods and emerged down by a single goal because of Shane. In the third, we played great hockey.

MUS had more team speed. And there were times they just knew where the teammate would be and made that blind pass. That is tough to defend.

BearLover
That was one of the best games I’ve EVER seen.

But I really thought, based on the chances each team had, that was a game Cornell loses at least 8 times out of 10. Shane was great other than the giveaway, some guys had unbelievable individual efforts (Walsh, Robertson, Major, …). But other than that…Cornell is going to need to play MUCH better as a full unit to beat BU.

That’s not to take anything away from this win. It was an extremely gutsy win that will never be forgotten by any of us who watched.

MSU wins that more often than not, but I thought we played extremely well. When given the opportunity, MSU scored practically at will, such as a weird bounce off the zamboni door or their one PP. They had other high danger chances and Shane had a great game, but we kept MSU from having chances good enough that they could score easily with their massive talent.

On the other end, we attacked well and converted the big opportunities we got. Augustine's save percentage on the day was awful, but none of the goals were the least bit soft other than giving up a big rebound leading to the tying goal.

Save for a could've-been-backbreaking-but-wasn't third goal against, we played almost exactly how you'd deaw up a win for us.

This clip of the GWG includes the penalty drawn by Jack O'Leary.

marty
This clip of the GWG includes the penalty drawn by Jack O'Leary.

One of our PP issues all year has been the bumper position not moving enough. Usually we have a guy camped in the center slot, allowing defenders to stick to him and clogging up the ice.

Here, Mack made the first pass above the bumper, then recognizing what was up, Psenicka drops down to screen the goalie, opening up the center of the ice for the feed back to Mack.

Dafatone

marty
This clip of the GWG includes the penalty drawn by Jack O'Leary.

One of our PP issues all year has been the bumper position not moving enough. Usually we have a guy camped in the center slot, allowing defenders to stick to him and clogging up the ice.

Here, Mack made the first pass above the bumper, then recognizing what was up, Psenicka drops down to screen the goalie, opening up the center of the ice for the feed back to Mack.

Ondrej Psenicka, doing the little things right. On the goal cam from above, you also see him lock up the stick of the defender closest to the puck.

stereax

Dafatone

marty
This clip of the GWG includes the penalty drawn by Jack O'Leary.

One of our PP issues all year has been the bumper position not moving enough. Usually we have a guy camped in the center slot, allowing defenders to stick to him and clogging up the ice.

Here, Mack made the first pass above the bumper, then recognizing what was up, Psenicka drops down to screen the goalie, opening up the center of the ice for the feed back to Mack.

Ondrej Psenicka, doing the little things right. On the goal cam from above, you also see him lock up the stick of the defender closest to the puck.

Watching it again (and again, and again), I'm starting to see a set play there. Boy, it looks like someone saw something in how MSU was setting up its kill, whether on tape or in the moment. Yes, I think Psenicka has great sense, but he moves almost before the play has a chance to develop.

Amazing, amazing, amazing.

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

I think this is completely wrong. The lane was open, Mack threaded the needle to Major, Major threaded it back to Mack, Mack was rewarded with an extremely high likelihood scoring opportunity, which he buried. I don’t see where luck comes in, at all. It didn’t deflect off anybody, just perfect tape-to-tape passes and great finish.

BearLover

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

I think this is completely wrong. The lane was open, Mack threaded the needle to Major, Major threaded it back to Mack, Mack was rewarded with an extremely high likelihood scoring opportunity, which he buried. I don’t see where luck comes in, at all. It didn’t deflect off anybody, just perfect tape-to-tape passes and great finish.

I may not have included enough of the original quote. The "their" was MSU. ugarte and I were referring to the blind behind the back pass that resulted in MSU's second goal.

Apologies for the confusion I caused.

andyw2100

BearLover

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

I think this is completely wrong. The lane was open, Mack threaded the needle to Major, Major threaded it back to Mack, Mack was rewarded with an extremely high likelihood scoring opportunity, which he buried. I don’t see where luck comes in, at all. It didn’t deflect off anybody, just perfect tape-to-tape passes and great finish.

I may not have included enough of the original quote. The "their" was MSU. ugarte and I were referring to the blind behind the back pass that resulted in MSU's second goal.

Apologies for the confusion I caused.

Ah. Thanks for clarifying haha

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

For me, the most impressive thing was that the passer was on his ass a half second before the puck arrived. To get on your feet and instantly make that pass shows pure instinct. Same with the shot. You can’t expect the puck will be there can you?

Didn’t Mack score on a spin-o-rama at Colgate in the QF series? That’s probably the prettiest goal we’ve scored.

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

Exactly. I feel the same way about most of the sports center top 20 type of saves for goalies too. It’s the ones where they are just flailing and hoping for the best that look coolest, but it’s mostly luck when it happens.

BearLover

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

I think this is completely wrong. The lane was open, Mack threaded the needle to Major, Major threaded it back to Mack, Mack was rewarded with an extremely high likelihood scoring opportunity, which he buried. I don’t see where luck comes in, at all. It didn’t deflect off anybody, just perfect tape-to-tape passes and great finish.

He's talking about the second MSU goal. (EDIT: As he already pointed out.)

chimpfood

andyw2100

ugarte
I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

I guess I am less impressed with that pass than most.

Yes, it was absolutely beautiful. But it was also incredibly lucky. I think it was more of a "throw the puck in that direction and hope someone is there" kind of play than an actual intended pass. 49 out of 50 times it doesn't connect. The 1 in 50 that it does, they look like gods.

Exactly. I feel the same way about most of the sports center top 20 type of saves for goalies too. It’s the ones where they are just flailing and hoping for the best that look coolest, but it’s mostly luck when it happens.

Luck is the residue of design my brother.

Is this a Elynah record for posts on a game thread?

Charlie Major!! Told you guys before he got to Ithaca that he was going to be good. He played a great game.

RatushnyFan
Charlie Major!! Told you guys before he got to Ithaca that he was going to be good. He played a great game.

Yes you did! Thank you for being so correct.

Swampy

RatushnyFan
Charlie Major!! Told you guys before he got to Ithaca that he was going to be good. He played a great game.

Yes you did! Thank you for being so correct.

YES!
Can't wait for Henry too.

RatushnyFan
Charlie Major!! Told you guys before he got to Ithaca that he was going to be good. He played a great game.

Major had a little adjustment period, but it was clear he “gets it” by the playoffs. Every broadcaster who hasn’t seen us before loves him. Big leadership potential, too.

<gratuitous Skaneateles mention>

The story behind the loud goal horn in Toledo...

www.toledoblade.com/sports/walleye/2011/01/07/S-S-Boyer-horn-now-signals-Walleye-goals/stories/201101070032

Big Dingus
Is this a Elynah record for posts on a game thread?

Just wait until tomorrow!

Prob not but we can go for the record going forward!

RatushnyFan

<gratuitous Skaneateles mention>

Every announcer has mentioned Skaneateles so much that I wonder if they are getting comped by the NY State Tourism Board. Must be the new Hamptons because every year the Hamptons are over: too crowded.

Snowball

RatushnyFan

<gratuitous Skaneateles mention>

Every announcer has mentioned Skaneateles so much that I wonder if they are getting comped by the NY State Tourism Board. Must be the new Hamptons because every year the Hamptons are over: too crowded.

It’s the new Manhattan Beach, California for hockey broadcasts.

I noticed yesterday that Shane has McGraw Tower on one side of his mask and the Manhattan Beach Pier on the other. I’ve spent a lot of time at both places.

Snowball

RatushnyFan

<gratuitous Skaneateles mention>

Every announcer has mentioned Skaneateles so much that I wonder if they are getting comped by the NY State Tourism Board. Must be the new Hamptons because every year the Hamptons are over: too crowded.

It is pretty incredible

ER

Snowball

RatushnyFan

<gratuitous Skaneateles mention>

Every announcer has mentioned Skaneateles so much that I wonder if they are getting comped by the NY State Tourism Board. Must be the new Hamptons because every year the Hamptons are over: too crowded.

It is pretty incredible

I think the announcers just like saying the name. I have friends who live there and it is a nice place.

Snowball

RatushnyFan

<gratuitous Skaneateles mention>

Every announcer has mentioned Skaneateles so much that I wonder if they are getting comped by the NY State Tourism Board. Must be the new Hamptons because every year the Hamptons are over: too crowded.

Add in all the other NY guy’s hometowns are mentioned! It really surprises me how many there are on this team

MSU Athletics' very 'spartan' game recap says Mack Sullivan and Ryan Welch scored for Cornell.

[msuspartans.com]

Al DeFlorio
MSU Athletics' very 'spartan' game recap says Mack Sullivan and Ryan Welch scored for Cornell.

[msuspartans.com]

Oh brother
Wonder how they would pronounce Psenicka

Al DeFlorio
MSU Athletics' very 'spartan' game recap says Mack Sullivan and Ryan Welch scored for Cornell.

[msuspartans.com]

“ Daniel Russell's 13th goal of the season – scored in the final minute of the period on the power play – was his 13th of the year. ”

stereax

Big Dingus
Is this a Elynah record for posts on a game thread?

Just wait until tomorrow!

At this rate tomorrow's is going to pass this one before the game starts.

ugarte

BearLover

ugarte
As I mentioned last night, I missed almost all of the third period. So, with some time to kill sitting in my car during alternate-side parking, I watched the third period. That was the best period I've seen Cornell play all year. Maybe since Barron left?

I’m surprised you say this. It was by far Cornell’s best period of the game—periods one and two were really bad—but even in period three things could easily have gone south in a hurry. I will have to go back and rewatch, but I recall around four grade-A scoring chances from MSU in between the two Cornell goals. MSU played too defensively early in the period, allowing Cornell to gain traction, but Cornell didn’t actually come especially close to scoring until the Walsh goal. On the other hand, MSU easily could have scored multiple goals that period. Some they missed eg. Howard back door), some Shane made a great save on, and I think at least one in the third hit the post?

First, we had a few great scoring chances before the walsh goal. We were swarming in that end. It was different from the many times this season when we've had long possessions that consisted of fecklessly passing the puck back and forth along the blue line. We were attacking. Second, the Howard goal was not as close as it looked; his positioning was great but the entry pass sucked.

The four grade-A chances that you are attributing to MSU were no different than our missed opportunities in the third period. Yes, things could have gone south but they didn't because we were dispossessing Spartans with hard hits and active sticks. The most important thing to remember, though, is that we didn't play the third period against St. Lawrence. We did what we did against Michigan State. Of course they had opportunities to break it open: they are, based on the body of work across the season, a much better team than we are! They are faster than we are, with a more creative vision. I don't see us making the pass for their second goal once if the season was 200 games.

And still, we had a period where we flat outplayed them. Maybe they were coached into a defensive crouch, but that isn't our problem. We took the punches for two periods and emerged down by a single goal because of Shane. In the third, we played great hockey.

I’ll just say I don’t think MSU went into a defensive posture by plan. Cornell put them there.

That dominant 2 minute shift early on in the third put MSU on their heels. Cornell was changing one guy at a time at will while the 5 guys in green and white had to keep slowly collapsing towards the center of their zone. Defending for that long kills the legs.

That wasn’t the only shift where that happened, either, it was just the longest. Cornell was a bit more disciplined and a bit more lucky with clears and stoppages in the second when MSU was dominating, so they didn’t have the same level of awful long dragging defensive shifts, and by the last half of the third Cornell had the jump and energy for sustained bursts.

MSU was winning every race and board battle in the second. They were losing nearly all of them by the middle of the third. They were still faster and still dangerous, and we saw that right after the game tying goal, but they couldn’t keep it up.