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9 weeks 1 day ago the view from Lynah

[sorry for the loooong comment, don't have enough points to diary]

i'm almost certainly the only person on here who's actually a Cornell season ticket holder (M alumnus, doing grad school here now). Brian didn't say anything inaccurate, but i figured i'd chip in a few additions:

overall, Cornell was a very solid team this year, definitely tournament-caliber. most of their losses were nights that they came out and looked inexplicably slow, distracted, and just plain bad for 60 minutes. (i didn't see last weekend's Harvard game, but by all accounts, it was one of them.) by the end of the first period on Friday, you'll know if it's one of those nights. otherwise, they will definitely contest the full 60.

Cornell does almost all of its work around the boards, and their neutral ice game is next to nonexistent. they are a dump and chase, dump and change type of team. in a dozen games that i made it to this year, i remember just a couple odd man rushes, and i think most of them were shorty attempts. Michigan should have no trouble keeping them from walking over the blue line in numbers.

on offense, Miller and Collins are the workhorses who have points in quantity. senior Locke Jillson doesn't show up on the scoresheet every day, but when he scores, the goals are pretty, high degree of difficulty pieces of work. John Esposito is your speedy midget — he's listed at 5'10" on the roster but that's either a joke or they measured him with skates on.

Iles is definitely solid, and it's a major benefit to have him as the all-time starter after unsuccesfully platooning him last year. he has a tendency to lackadaisically wander behind his own net. "ANDY GET IN THE NET" is frequently heard in the Lynah stands. Cornell also likes to have players stick-handle in their own crease when setting up a possession, which draws a lot of "AARGH" from me.

dunno what to say about the PK numbers. all i know is that ECAC refs make the Gongshow guys look like they know what they're doing. during a playoff game a couple weeks ago, Dartmouth got whistled offsides for carrying the puck into their own zone. it was the second overtime, but COME ON GUYS.

i have so much fear. it's very, very, very small consolation that i'll be watching the Saturday night game regardless of Friday's outcome. go blue.
9 weeks 4 days ago i am apparently bad at

i am apparently bad at reading. i DEFINITELY need to go to bed.
9 weeks 4 days ago no chance for Air Force?

i know it's a bigger flip, but is there no chance that the committee gives us the other non-CCHA four seed? i know one of the factors is travel, and as an M alumnus and current Cornell student, trust me, i spent way too much of my time on hipmunk tonight. bottom line is it costs over $1K to fly to Green Bay from central NY, or it's a 14 hour drive. Worcester is 4.5 hours by car. AFA has to fly no matter where they're put.

also, i'm just praying they don't give us Cornell because then i'll really want to go. at least the temptation will be mitigated by the strong rumors that we have a regular season matchup in the works for this fall.

anyway, might as well quit speculating and go to bed. we'll know in less than 12 hours…
13 weeks 2 days ago i love the attempted foot

i love the attempted foot block by Craft on the Morgan pass. what's he doing, playing ultimate?
33 weeks 5 days ago 6 in 13?

yes, 6 games in 13 days, but more importantly, 5 in 8(!) and 4 in 6(!!!)  the team is going to be dead tired after the first week of the season.

@mlaw2010: i'm a Michigan alumnus, current Cornell grad student.  haven't heard any rumblings around here about potential Michigan matchups, but i too would be very excited.  i'll ask around among people who might be in the know here.

[semi-OT: of course, not renewing with BU would make some of Cornell's cheers even more outdated and ridiculous.  i'd also like to see Cornell play home-and-home with Penn State when the time comes.]
39 weeks 20 hours ago fantastic summary.  could

fantastic summary.  could have used it before i made a couple (rare) stops in A^2 this summer.  looks like there's a lot of new, quality stuff since when i graduated in 2007.  in three meals i did manage to hit BTB, Silvio's, and Blimpy Burger.

also, whoever mentioned it before, i second Afternoon Delight for a brunch option.  they do a good eggs benedict (with interesting variations, including smoked salmon), with half the wait of Angelo's.
1 year 2 weeks ago thanks for pointing it out. 

thanks for pointing it out.  since that space is usually occupied by advertising cruft, AdBlock Plus de-wolverined the background for me.
1 year 6 weeks ago birds in gloves

i think it has sadly been lost, but one of my friends was a Daily photog during the 2004-05 season and had a brilliant (unpublished, obvs) photo of Milan Gajic flipping off the ref through his glove because there were five Wolverines in the penalty box and they didn't have anywhere to sit.  if i can find it i'll be sure to post it.
1 year 8 weeks ago i'm surprised they gave us

i'm surprised they gave us the goal.  but the end zone cam was conclusive.

if that puck isn't flush on the ice, it's magically hovering 6 inches above the goal line, perfectly flat.  and then somehow continued to levitate forwards in a perfectly smooth motion.  white space = lateral space, not vertical space, and it's a goal.

complainers aren't just wrong, they hate physics.

(one thing i was confused by: they blew the play dead to go to review. is that a rule change? i thought they had to wait until the next whistle, even if like in that very uncomfortable review scenario last year where the puck went through the net, it meant letting them play for several more minutes and giving the other team the chance of putting the puck in the net and [wrongly!] thinking they won the game.)
1 year 20 weeks ago an absurd and overbearing

an absurd and overbearing rule.

it was still a terrible call, not just accurate enforcement of a terrible rule.  i did see this live, and it was none of "delayed, excessive, prolonged or choreographed." in fact it was immediate, moderate, brief, and spontaneous.
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