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Colgate 2025-26

Kepler said:
I am not sure he had a chance. The Gate rider had him hoist up with a stick between the legs like a wheelbarrow. That was pure momentum, he didn't have any steering left. At that point he was just a curling stone.

I don't believe the Gate defender set it up nullify a potential goal. (1) Nobody thinks that far in advance and (2) he just saw a guy bearing down on his goalie and the reptile brain said "crush, kill, destroy." That's just good in the paint hockey.
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HE HAS TO STOP, I understand he didn’t have anywhere to go if he wanted to be in the play but once you enter the blue paint the rule is clear. The offending player has to stop and do anything to not hit the goalie. Period, stop, end of sentence
 
If an attacking player enters the goal crease

and, by his or her actions, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his or

her goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.

If an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending

player and causes contact with the goalkeeper, such contact will not be

deemed contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule,

provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such

contact.


This is the rule book. Even if pushed, he needed to try to avoid contact. There was absolutely no attempt to avoid contact. So no way this should have counted

Sorry about the formatting, I just copied it from the rule book and posted without editing so no one could claim I altered it
 
sshablak said:
I always thought Gate benefitted more from teams playing against Cornell first. Cornell is normally more physical, I think Gate was actually the more physical team this weekend !
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red133883 said:
If an attacking player enters the goal crease

and, by his or her actions, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his or

her goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.

If an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending

player and causes contact with the goalkeeper, such contact will not be

deemed contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule,

provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such

contact.


This is the rule book. Even if pushed, he needed to try to avoid contact. There was absolutely no attempt to avoid contact. So no way this should have counted

Sorry about the formatting, I just copied it from the rule book and posted without editing so no one could claim I altered it
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Good job Red, puts more clarity in it. Thanks !
 
red133883 said:
Know the rules. Your player skated into the blue paint. The defender does not have to allow the player a “pathway out” or anything. So guiding someone in the offensive player has the responsibility not to make contact with the goalie.

Third, if there is any contact with the goalie that prevents him from playing his position there is no goal. You want it to stand but if you actually know the rules it isn’t close. Stop seeing it with red glasses and read up on the rule book before commenting it should have stood
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I won't be as nice as Kepler. If it weren't for the legitimate Cornell penalties and poor officiating, that game wouldn't have been close. Both nights, there were quite a few Colgate players trying to instigate retaliations and even when it worked on Saturday, the game was still within one goal! If it weren't for Dyck making some very good saves, the result would've been the same as it was on Friday night. Harder seems to be the right guy for the head coach job and I don't expect this to be regular behavior between these two teams in future seasons but there's clearly a skill gap between Colgate and the teams that are currently in position for a first-round bye.
 
I'm not so sure about that Red ! Cornell usually beats us with physicality, They weren't able to do that last weekend as Gate has some very big players this year. Colgate is faster and I think more talented than your team. Major #9 is your exception, he's phenominal ! Is he a Bruins draft pick ?
 
Red Hockey said:
I won't be as nice as Kepler. If it weren't for the legitimate Cornell penalties and poor officiating, that game wouldn't have been close. Both nights, there were quite a few Colgate players trying to instigate retaliations and even when it worked on Saturday, the game was still within one goal! If it weren't for Dyck making some very good saves, the result would've been the same as it was on Friday night. Harder seems to be the right guy for the head coach job and I don't expect this to be regular behavior between these two teams in future seasons but there's clearly a skill gap between Colgate and the teams that are currently in position for a first-round bye.
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“If it wasn’t for the goalie on your team it would be different. Well last time I checked he is part of the team. If your team didn’t use Cornell’s immaturity wanting to retaliate it would have been different. So basically if your coach could keep your team in line it would have been different.

If if if if if, it would not have been close. If your goalie could stop a high blocker shot you would have won, except he can’t, let up 4 of them this weekend alone.

You sound like the reason when Cornell makes it to lake placid the other three teams fans will converse with everyone but your fans.
 
Red Hockey make it sound like trying to get under the skin of the other team is a bad thing. As long as you do it within the rules, it’s a tactic and your coach needs to be a better teacher on how to control anger. Last time I checked Cornell was the only one to get a major (2 of them this week, and a game DQ, which means real dirty).

Saturdays was so obvious. It came after a goal front scrum, Cornell couldn’t handle it and just cross checked our player in the boards as hard as he could lost respect for the game and health of opponent.
 
sshablak said:
I'm not so sure about that Red ! Cornell usually beats us with physicality, They weren't able to do that last weekend as Gate has some very big players this year. Colgate is faster and I think more talented than your team. Major #9 is your exception, he's phenominal ! Is he a Bruins draft pick ?
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Major is fantastic but he's not drafted as of now. His uncle played at Cornell in the 80's and he has a younger brother getting to campus in a year or two along with a sister who may go D1. Funny enough, though, the two players that received major penalties this past weekend are draftees. I'm definitely not going to deny that Cornell did not play its best this weekend but I'll always take a clean game without instigators or retaliators any day.
red133883 said:
Red Hockey make it sound like trying to get under the skin of the other team is a bad thing. As long as you do it within the rules, it’s a tactic and your coach needs to be a better teacher on how to control anger. Last time I checked Cornell was the only one to get a major (2 of them this week, and a game DQ, which means real dirty).

Saturdays was so obvious. It came after a goal front scrum, Cornell couldn’t handle it and just cross checked our player in the boards as hard as he could lost respect for the game and health of opponent.
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This and the other post are pretty much drivel, and you seem to forget that Panetta decided to take a run at one of Cornell's players near the end of the Friday game and a pathetic unsportsmanlike the next night. It was an ugly weekend for both teams but I'll take the four points given the recent history with this series.
 
I was recently told by someone with credibility that the Gate players love playing at Lynah, and I always thought they hated it because of the intimidation etc. This really surprised me !
 
Red Hockey said:
Major is fantastic but he's not drafted as of now. His uncle played at Cornell in the 80's and he has a younger brother getting to campus in a year or two along with a sister who may go D1. Funny enough, though, the two players that received major penalties this past weekend are draftees. I'm definitely not going to deny that Cornell did not play its best this weekend but I'll always take a clean game without instigators or retaliators any day.


This and the other post are pretty much drivel, and you seem to forget that Panetta decided to take a run at one of Cornell's players near the end of the Friday game and a pathetic unsportsmanlike the next night. It was an ugly weekend for both teams but I'll take the four points given the recent history with this series.
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The unsportsmanlike was only 2 min
 
Just noticed in the small chance of a home ice bye. Princeton has a brutal schedule, Q-Pac two games, Colgate and Cornell,
then Harvard and Dartmouth. Harvard has an easier schedule but play four games away from home. Ya never know !
 
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sshablak said:
Just noticed in the small chance of a home ice bye. Princeton has a brutal schedule, Q-Pac two games, Colgate and Cornell,
then Harvard and Dartmouth. Harvard has an easier schedule but play four games away from home. Ya never know !
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The league schedule makers didn't do us any favors with back to back road weekends down the stretch. Colgate, Cornell, Harvard, and Dartmouth all play 4 road games in a row starting tomorrow. Colgate and Dartmouth are in the midst of playing 5 road league games in a row going back to last weekend.

Meanwhile, RPI and Union get to enjoy 4 home games in a row starting tomorrow. The league should have scheduled the Feb 27-28 games for Feb 20-21 and vice-versa.

And I'm sure Clarkson and St. Lawrence fans aren't happy their teams have a bye this weekend. (Unless they have banged up players lol)
 
It should be pointed out that twice this season, we have had four straight home games (Nov. 14-15, Nov. 21-22; Jan. 16-17, Jan. 23-24).

Our 2025-26 schedule hasn’t dictated our NCAA Percentage Index (NPI) number nor our points and standing within ECAC Hockey, however our play during said schedule has.
 
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CU13 said:
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red133883 said:
If an attacking player enters the goal crease

and, by his or her actions, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his or

her goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.

If an attacking player has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by a defending

player and causes contact with the goalkeeper, such contact will not be

deemed contact initiated by the attacking player for purposes of this rule,

provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such

contact.


This is the rule book. Even if pushed, he needed to try to avoid contact. There was absolutely no attempt to avoid contact. So no way this should have counted

Sorry about the formatting, I just copied it from the rule book and posted without editing so no one could claim I altered it
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Posting the language of the rule is not the definitive answer you seem to think it is. Under Cornell's interpretation of what occurred, the goal should have counted. "And, by his own actions" is the key phrase. In this case, a Colgate player prevented the Cornell player from moving out of the way. How, then, did the Cornell player impair the goalie's ability to defend "by his own actions"? You say there was no attempt to avoid contact, but that is because the Colgate player prevented the Cornell player from moving. You may disagree with Cornell's interpretation, but what you're disagreeing with is Cornell's interpretation of the facts, not Cornell's interpretation of the rule.
red133883 said:
You sound like the reason when Cornell makes it to lake placid the other three teams fans will converse with everyone but your fans.
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As I understand it, in your totally unbiased opinion, the reason no one talks to Cornell fans at LP is because some dude on an internet forum makes excuses for Cornell losing. Here's an alternative theory: Cornell brings more fans than the other three teams combined, and the others teams' fans need to find people to talk to. Here's one more theory, and the obviously correct one: you completely made this up.
 
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