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Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

But if Parker controls the weather, who's to say he didn't create a localized microburst to propel the puck upwards? Seems a good as any theory of where that puck went!
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

bu hasn't been to lynah since nov 2002. i really, really want to go (which means these stupid msg games are pizzing me off to no small degree!!! :mad:)

[and bu got smoked that weekend... we need to go back and right that wrong ;)]
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rx8h5lSki0&feature=player_embedded

Gorgeous tip by Gaudet for the GWG.

Man, Cornell had A LOT of good scoring chances and made our D look foolish a bunch of times. Surprised they were only able to score once. Thank you Millan?
Just watched the highlights for the first time - I have to agree.

I just hope Cornell's coaching staff figures out a way to keep winning while suppressing Ferlin's stats a bit so we can hang onto him for 3+ years... :)
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

I don't understand why the concept of penalty+embellishment is so hard to grasp. Why can't both players be in the wrong? That's like saying if two guys get in a fight, only the one who threw the first punch should get the roughing penalty. Embellishment (after legit penalties) is most definitely a slippery slope to diving (after non-penalties) creeping into the sport, and nobody wants that. Skate hard, keep your legs moving, play through the penalty, and leave the drama to the Italian soccer players.

(I'm a Cornell fan but did not watch the game and have not seen video of the incident in the Cornell-BU game; this is just my general opinion on the topic)

The soccer analogies are interesting. The reason I find them interesting is because soccer officials do not simultaneously call a penalty on a defending player and a diving/embellishment penalty on the offensive player. It's one or the other. Soccer, the NFL, the NBA do not have such calls. Only hockey chooses to live in such twilight.

PS, I don't believe that call had anything to do with the outcome of the game. This is just a side conversation.
 
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Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

bu hasn't been to lynah since nov 2002. i really, really want to go (which means these stupid msg games are pizzing me off to no small degree!!! :mad:)

[and bu got smoked that weekend... we need to go back and right that wrong ;)]

That was a 2 game series. BU was beaten up on the scoreboard and on the ice. As I recall, Parker said he had a team that wasn't eager to leave the locker room for the second game, but that may be hearsay.
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

The soccer analogies are interesting. The reason I find them interesting is because soccer officials do not simultaneously call a penalty on a defending player and a diving/embellishment penalty on the offensive player. It's one or the other. Soccer, the NFL, the NBA do not have such calls. Only hockey chooses to live in such twilight.

PS, I don't believe that call had anything to do with the outcome of the game. This is just a side conversation.
You're kind of proving my point - diving creeps into the game if the refs don't have an option to call both fouls. In soccer, it's one or the other, so there is a significant potential reward for a player who embellishes what was otherwise marginal contact. If soccer refs had the option to call both as fouls, I would expect to see less diving in soccer (though obviously, they'd have to actually change the rule before we'd know for sure).
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

I just hope Cornell's coaching staff figures out a way to keep winning while suppressing Ferlin's stats a bit so we can hang onto him for 3+ years... :)

Ferlin stood out in my eyes. Was impressed by his play @ RHH. His skill, size, skating, and north-south style of play fits very well w/ Schaefer's system (and eventually the B's if he develops and if Julien is still behind the bench). Wouldn't be surprised to see him make the World Jr. team this and/or next year. I expect the B's scouts to monitor his development closely.
 
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You're kind of proving my point - diving creeps into the game if the refs don't have an option to call both fouls. In soccer, it's one or the other, so there is a significant potential reward for a player who embellishes what was otherwise marginal contact. If soccer refs had the option to call both as fouls, I would expect to see less diving in soccer (though obviously, they'd have to actually change the rule before we'd know for sure).

I still hold that "embellishment" is a stupid penalty. (For the record, I have officiated hockey and soccer.)
It should be one or the other, but not both.
Embellishment forces the official to make a judgement on intent of the player being fouled, beyond the actual call.

If a player is brought down by a foul, it is a penalty whether the player goes down hard or goes down easy.
If the player goes down and it wasn't a foul, then it is a dive and that should be penalized.
An official should not have to make a judgement call on something in-between.
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

The soccer analogies are interesting. The reason I find them interesting is because soccer officials do not simultaneously call a penalty on a defending player and a diving/embellishment penalty on the offensive player. It's one or the other. Soccer, the NFL, the NBA do not have such calls. Only hockey chooses to live in such twilight.

PS, I don't believe that call had anything to do with the outcome of the game. This is just a side conversation.

Everything that occurs during a game has something to do with the outcome of the game, even penalties. What would a Hockey East official conclude if he saw a person get pushed off a stair, tumble to the ground, and then cry out in pain and writhe on the ground? Is a H.E. official (or any other zebra) so gifted that he can immediately tell if the guy on the ground is "embellishing" his fall to initiate a lawsuit, and the guy writhing on the ground is faking the pain he feels for the same reason? Wouldn't it be cool if convicted perpetrators of assault could counter-sue victims of assault for "embellishment?"
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

Jeez, it took you long enough to get in this thread with that. No lie, as soon as they called it no goal I knew this would come up. What took you so long????

i had a problem figuring out which disallowed goal that helped BU would be brought up;) but i guess that one fits the bill.............that was a goal, this at MSG wasn't, of course IMO
 
Re: Red. Hot. Hockey. III. - BU vs. Cornell

i had a problem figuring out which disallowed goal that helped BU would be brought up;) but i guess that one fits the bill.............that was a goal, this at MSG wasn't, of course IMO

Ref lost sight of the puck on both, and therefore both should have been blown dead.

Unlike UML, no one on Cornell hooked Kieran's arm away from the puck, and thus we can all agree no goal for Cornell, jabbing at the goalies arm once the puck is covered is key to any legal goal. Glad that is settled.
 
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