Sucks Game Thread 2/18/06

I wasn't going to start this, but I just heard the CSTV announcer say that O'Byrne is out for the season

No score in the thread title in case people are taping it for later viewing.

No score in the game so far, 5 minutes in. They have a pretty heavy damper on the crowd, so you can't hear much unfortunately.

Still 0-0 11:30 left.

Not many scoring chances either.

Harvard to the PP, Glover for "holding."

Abbott pressure forces Harvard to take a penalty to quickly end the PP.

"Harvard's been in the trap" yet the announcer continually refers to Cornell as slow and "clutch-and-grab."

7 minutes left in the first, no score.

Come on
Salmela
atTack
hahVahd

*sigh*

Abbott!!!!!!

1-0!

Chris Abbott from Ray Sawada on a turnover deep in Harvard's zone.

Harvard smashes Mugford into the crossbar, Mugford gets a coincidental for "unsportsmanlike conduct." Weird.

Krantz hits the post.

Matching minors. On a sucks player and Mugford.

Still 1-0 CU

A couple offsides in a row against Cornell, Harvard is just stacking up the line and forcing Cornell to dump or carry. Carrying isn't working so well right now.

Harvard to the PP with a minute left in the First.

1:02 to go in the first. Glover to the box and sucks to the PP.

Carefoot called for boarding. Awful call.

End of 1st. 1-0 Cornell.

End of 1, Harvard will start the 2nd with a 5X3 advantage.

Pelle: "We were told there would be no more fish, that was a lie."

Lynah Faithful during the interview: "Uuuuuuugly! Uuuuuuugly! Uuuuuuugly!"

Start of the 2nd, Cornell leading on the scoreboard, but will be down 3x5 for the first bit.

2 man killed...

Whistled in the Cornell zone with 11 seconds left on the Harvard PP.

Penalties killed.

McCutcheon to the box for interference off of a faceoff, which happens every play.

40 seconds left on the H PP.

Harvard scores on a deflection. Not a PP goal.

Harvard scores off of a faceoff. 2-1.

Harvard dumps Barlow and takes a penalty. Cornell to the PP.

PP ends as Bitz fires 3 shots wide, Harvard takes another penalty and Cornell heads right back to the PP. Time to tie it up...

Pokulok and Seminoff on the point for this PP.

Bitz is really struggling on the point.

PP over.

GOAL!!!!

Score 2-2!!!

Scott right off of the faceoff!

Seminoff called for elbowing/contact to the head. Harvard to the PP.

Penalty killed..

End of 2, Topher with a clutch goal to tie it up.

The 3rd period begins.

Cornell putting some good pressure on, 18 minutes left in the third period.

Harvard ices it with 15 minutes left.

Sucks seems content to take icing after icing. They may be starting to get tired after the Beanpot/Colgate.

Crap.

Abbott hits someone from behind in the most stupid fashion. Probably a 5 minute major.

Awww.. Keep it clean guys.

5 minute major. The color man says it's the dumbest play he has seen all season, and I would be hard pressed to disagree.

I believe it was Cam Abbott by the way.

Harvard 3-2 on a wraparound.

I am still in shock that Abbott made such an awful play.

2 minutes left in the major. 9 in the game.

Woo! 4 on 4 cuts the 5 minute penalty a bit

Harvard takes a penalty to knock out the rest of the PP.

Cornell will have about a 12 second PP when the 4X4 expires.

4-2 Harvard on a 2-0 after Seminoff fell.

Booo... 4-2 Harvard

8 minutes left in the game.

Icing on Cornell with 6:30

Harvard takes a very stupid interference call, Cornell to the PP.

5 minutes left in the game.

Harvard takes ANOTHER stupid penalty, hitting from behind!

5X3 for Cornell.

Schafer takes a TO.

Age gets some facetime

Harvard clears with 20 seconds left in the 2 man.

Faceoff in Harvard's zone with 52 seconds left in the 1-man and 3:30 left in the game.

Harvard kills it.

Scrum around the net, the Ref waves it off...

2:23 left and McKee is out of the net. Faceoff in the Harvard zone.

We pull McKee!

BITZ!!!!!!!!!

from Pegoraro!

1:42 left!

SCOOOOREEE!!!!

Uh oh... doesn't look like it crossed the line...

The "un-biased" color man is bitching and moaning about the call despite it's inconclusiveness.

Walsh gets kicked out for bumping into a Ref.

Another huge scrum in front of the net, 1:13 left! Faceoff in the Harvard zone...

Strange that Walsh gets kicked but they still get 5 players. Not complaining, but I didn't know that could happen.

Another faceoff with 1:01 left.

The color-man from "Hartford" is still whining.

Another faceoff with 30 seconds left

Chippyness abounds, 20 seconds left. Matching minors coming up.

Magura lying on the ice, color man wonders who this "tactically advantages"

Icing on Harvard, 12 seconds left.

Cornell has lost the last 4 draws.

12 seconds left... Harvard Ices the puck

Game.

Abbott's penalty killed the team.

Awful second period, and awful mental lapse by Cam. Disappointing in such a big game.

kaelistus
Strange that Walsh gets kicked but they still get 5 players. Not complaining, but I didn't know that could happen.

It was a 10 minute misconduct instead of a 2 minute unsportsmanlike conduct.

Jared had a Semin Off-Night.

Colgate is losing 2-0 in the third.....

Now Dartmouth 3-0 ...... Colgate is letting us off the hook.

If that was worth a 5 minute major, then the hit they had on us later in the 3rd was too.

French Rage
If that was worth a 5 minute major, then the hit they had on us later in the 3rd was too.

No, the hit later in the third wasn't boarding because he didn't hit the boards. And before you say that's random luck, boarding is a penalty for a reason - you need to give your opponent more concern at a dangeous distance from the board. The blood streaming from his forehead didn't help either.

Cam's hit was particularly dangerous and uniquely uncalled for.

Agreed, but the fighting that followed was instigated by Sucks (they might say Cam started it), and they showed no restraint after that hit. A 2 minute penalty for roughing or unsportsmanlike should have been called (on Sucks). Not whining, just thought that would have been right. Oh well, shit happens.

well just watched the game on tivo after a good day of skiing. Both teams looked good. I thought Cornell had a good chance to take it and then the worst penalty I have seen in a long time happened. Probably it seems worse because of the 2 goals that it caused. That loss will hurt in many ways. Just glad to see that the hahvahd dman was ok (forgetting his name). Now lets get a sweep next weekend, especially since I will be at both games

canuck89
Agreed, but the fighting that followed was instigated by Sucks (they might say Cam started it), and they showed no restraint after that hit. A 2 minute penalty for roughing or unsportsmanlike should have been called. Not whining, just thought that would have been right. Oh well, shit happens.

I'm not surprised that it was a 5. Salmela (I think) probably should have received a 5 himself earlier in the game. There was no way the ref was going to give just 2 for a second wicked boarding by Cornell. Plus the dude was leaking like crazy.

any call other than a 5 minute major to cam would have been horrible.

another thing I thought of during the game....what is the benefit of having the other team called for a 10 minute major. who cares if rocky bullwinkle isnt on the ice for 10 minutes. shouldnt they be a man down in terms of numbers as well for at least 2 minutes? I do not like that rule...

jy3
any call other than a 5 minute major to cam would have been horrible.

another thing I thought of during the game....what is the benefit of having the other team called for a 10 minute major. who cares if rocky bullwinkle isnt on the ice for 10 minutes. shouldnt they be a man down in terms of numbers as well for at least 2 minutes? I do not like that rule...

Although you don't like it, that rule has been around forever. It's basically for mouthing off, or other, to the ref. It has nothing to do with the play, so no man down. Bad manners would explain it.

I meant a 2 minute for roughing or unsportsmanlike on Sucks, not us. I have no complaints with the game misconduct + 5 min.

He's lucky he got a 10. Initially when he hit the ref, the ref motion towards the locker room for a game misconduct. I guess the penalty was "talked down."

I'd love to find a sport where you can charge at a referee and make contact with him and not get tossed and/or suspended. Frank Murphy and his linesmen did a good job of asserting control at the wrong times. We certainly had a lot of problems with faceoffs and that may have been a result of overly technical linesman. As well, I didn't really understand why all those misconduct penalties (Walsh, Bitz, etc) had to sit in the box.

So... who looked good for us tonight?

Bitz, although I cringe whenever he has the puck in our zone and there's a man putting pressure on him.

Someone mentioned that Seminoff wasn't playing well. He looked good, except he simply fell over once, leading directly to a goal. He slipped. So the goal was his fault and all, but that happens. Other than that, he was fine.

McKee really was pretty good. Stopping any of those goals would have been nothing short of spectacular. Well, a save on the third goal would have only been great.

Dafatone

McKee really was pretty good. Stopping any of those goals would have been nothing short of spectacular. Well, a save on the third goal would have only been great.

I thought the third goal was bad. He had plenty of time to get over and didn't.

McKee kept Cornell in the game at some points. It was hard to tell whether two of those shots should have been stopped. Not a bad game for him overall, though, especially given that Harvard had some very nice sustained pressure tonight. Cornell got outworked, particularly in the second period.
Gleed played really well tonight defensively. Scott, Bitz, and Sawada all had pretty solid individual efforts, although they didn't all end up in the box score. The team didn't look horrible, and was able to shake up the initially troubling Harvard forecheck by using the cross-ice pass through the neutral zone about 4000 times. They just didn't have the bounces tonight, and one penalty killed them. A tough loss, but at least they can still control their own destiny for a top seed.

Jim Hyla

jy3
any call other than a 5 minute major to cam would have been horrible.

another thing I thought of during the game....what is the benefit of having the other team called for a 10 minute major. who cares if rocky bullwinkle isnt on the ice for 10 minutes. shouldnt they be a man down in terms of numbers as well for at least 2 minutes? I do not like that rule...

Although you don't like it, that rule has been around forever. It's basically for mouthing off, or other, to the ref. It has nothing to do with the play, so no man down. Bad manners would explain it.

oh, I know jim. there are 10 minute penalties that are due to plays on the ice that involve the other team. It just seems like a severe penalty should be called to penalize the offending team and benefit the other team

mckee did look really good for sure. the 3rd goal was a tough one. I thought it was a bad goal too but the problem was he was not sure to which side of the net the scorer was going, he tried to look back but it happened so quickly he couldnt get over. I am not sure if the D let him know either...

Disappointing loss as the up and down trend continues. I thought Cornell outplayed Harvard until Harvard scored to tie it at 1. It was one of those games where we should have been up by more than 1 goal when Harvard scored its first. I think Harvard was really doubting its ability to win until they scored their first, which was kind of a fluky goal. That second Harvard goal was well executed and poorly defended by the Red. After Cornell tied it at 2, it could have gone either way until the Abbott penalty. Then, the loss seemed inevitable. No complaints about that call either; it was a dumb, dumb play for a senior to make in the third period of a tied game on senior night no less.

Dafatone
Someone mentioned that Seminoff wasn't playing well. He looked good, except he simply fell over once, leading directly to a goal. He slipped. So the goal was his fault and all, but that happens. Other than that, he was fine.

We should all remember that without him falling it would still be a 2 on 1 which doesn't mean a guaranteed no-goal either.

The reason I harshed on Seminoff a little bit is also because of the fact that on the set play that led to Harvard's second goal (I think it was the second goal -- it was the one where they scored right off the faceoff during the second period), Harvard's man crashed the net and had all sorts of position on Seminoff. It was a bang-bang play, so there wasn't really any chance for Jared to knock him away from the crease, but on the TV replays, it looked like Jared got manhandled, pretty much. The Crimson player was left with an easy tap-in from point-blank.

So, the odd-man rush that the Crimson scored on wasn't the only time last night where Seminoff's defense was a little less than rock solid.

Seminoff wasn't great... and of course continued his pension for dirty hits leading to penalties. Seeing the hits he made that lead to penalties last night, he needs to learn what's clean and whats not. But he's a freshman, he'll learn.

DeltaOne81
Seminoff wasn't great... and of course continued his pension for dirty hits leading to penalties.

My "pension" is deposited in the bank the first of each month. Whether Seminoff has a penchant for dirty hits is an altogether different question.