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UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

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Kenny L Parker said:
Cornell fan here. I've enjoyed this thread immensely. Thanks for the memories.

I agree with Carmine: it is a system, for better or for worse. They (Cornell)can be had by a quick team (see Bemidji game in NCAA last year), though they've added some offense this year.
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The Cornell-UNH game at the Whit earlier in the year had the feel of a varsity v. JV match as Cornell was strong on the puck keeping UNH bottled up from start to finish. UNH will need an inspired 60 minutes a la 1 year ago in Manchester.

As we all know Cornell owned hockey in the 60s early 70s. Saw em crush Dartmouth at the old Davis Rink in Hanover. (Will need to start a Davis Rink memories thread to see if Dartmouth has any hockey fans - old ones anyway.)
 
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Here's an article on the Junior class that makes two interesting points:

(1) Players (e.g., Sislo) aren't reluctant to talk openly about a run at the National Championship.

(2) How close knit the Juniors are. This is a major advantage for a team that's not loaded with NHL draft picks itching to skip out of college.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100325-SPORTS-3250431
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Here's an article on the Junior class that makes two interesting points:

(1) Players (e.g., Sislo) aren't reluctant to talk openly about a run at the National Championship.

(2) How close knit the Juniors are. This is a major advantage for a team that's not loaded with NHL draft picks itching to skip out of college.
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Definitely beats last years' articles about how the players hated each other, and didn't have a shot at a National Championship.
 
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snively said:
PS -- given that you came within a goal of winning the women's NCAA title in 3OTs, are the first Ivy team to make the Sweet Sixteen in hoops in 31 years (and still going strong), and took a second place in the NCAA wrestling NCAA finals, I'm not quite buying the "latter day Golden Age of athletics" -- sounds like a d***ed good month to me! ;)
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Hi there: don't forget lacrosse! (and yet, lacrosse furthers my argument above.... look at last year's title game, where we had it in our grasp and blew a 3-goal lead in the last 4 min. to super-hated arch-rival Syracuse. In fact, the men's b-ball team is the exception to the rule in that they're not just teasing - they're delivering!)

What I meant about "latter-day golden age" is that Cornell athletics are in a golden age right now, though some of our hockey fans seem to compare everything against late '60s / early '70s. 1970 isn't ever coming back. 63 straight home wins isn't ever coming back. Those days are gone with the wind, and so we should enjoy the current success. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
 
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In all seriousness - for those who have justifiably criticized the coaching staff for it's inability to recruit and/or retain NHL draft picks, there is an important incentive to pull for this team to make it to the Frozen Four this year. Making the Frozen Four attracts high quality prospects. Look at Vermont's recent success in recruiting Connor Brickley (Andy's nephew) and Zemgus Girgensons (a projected first-round NHL pick). Also, UNH's visits to the Frozen Four in the late 1990's begat the elite teams of 2002 and 2003. Advancing to the Frozen Four won't prompt Coach Umile to retire or Coach Borek to move on, but it could lead to the result we all want - elite recruits.
 
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Kenny L Parker said:
Hi there: don't forget lacrosse! (and yet, lacrosse furthers my argument above.... look at last year's title game, where we had it in our grasp and blew a 3-goal lead in the last 4 min. to super-hated arch-rival Syracuse. In fact, the men's b-ball team is the exception to the rule in that they're not just teasing - they're delivering!)

What I meant about "latter-day golden age" is that Cornell athletics are in a golden age right now, though some of our hockey fans seem to compare everything against late '60s / early '70s. 1970 isn't ever coming back. 63 straight home wins isn't ever coming back. Those days are gone with the wind, and so we should enjoy the current success. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
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Some schools seem to flirt but not be able to close the deal. UNH in Men's-Women's Hockey and in Football you point out a number of similar chances with Cornell.

My question is with schools that finish, are they doing something different from the sports psychology end?
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
In all seriousness - for those who have justifiably criticized the coaching staff for it's inability to recruit and/or retain NHL draft picks, there is an important incentive to pull for this team to make it to the Frozen Four this year. Making the Frozen Four attracts high quality prospects. Look at Vermont's recent success in recruiting Connor Brickley (Andy's nephew) and Zemgus Girgensons (a projected first-round NHL pick). Also, UNH's visits to the Frozen Four in the late 1990's begat the elite teams of 2002 and 2003. Advancing to the Frozen Four won't prompt Coach Umile to retire or Coach Borek to move on, but it could lead to the result we all want - elite recruits.
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Why did their visits to the Frozen Four in 2002 and 2003 not begat (beget?) elite teams for 2006-07? :p
 
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JB said:
Some schools seem to flirt but not be able to close the deal. UNH in Men's-Women's Hockey and in Football you point out a number of similar chances with Cornell.

My question is with schools that finish, are they doing something different from the sports psychology end?
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When it comes to Cornell hockey, I wonder whether it's the system and the lack of scoring (does Cornell's system scare away talented scorers? does the system lead them to focus on players other than "snipers"? does the system lend itself to close, low-scoring games where a bounce can go either way?) It doesn't seem to be a mental thing; on the contrary, Schafer seems to impart a mental strength to his teams.

For lacrosse, I can't figure it out at all. For the amount that this team has won, it should have "won big" more often over the last 10-15 years.

For other sports, it's a pure matter of talent. Tough academic standards, the lack of athletic scholarships, and the expectation to graduate all take many recruits out of the mix.
 
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Kenny L Parker said:
When it comes to Cornell hockey, I wonder whether it's the system and the lack of scoring (does Cornell's system scare away talented scorers? does the system lead them to focus on players other than "snipers"? does the system lend itself to close, low-scoring games where a bounce can go either way?) It doesn't seem to be a mental thing; on the contrary, Schafer seems to impart a mental strength to his teams.

For lacrosse, I can't figure it out at all. For the amount that this team has won, it should have "won big" more often over the last 10-15 years.

For other sports, it's a pure matter of talent. Tough academic standards, the lack of athletic scholarships, and the expectation to graduate all take many recruits out of the mix.
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For UNH in both Men's Hockey and Football there are teams that as the higher seed couldn't close the deal.

For example (answering a separate below question) in 06 and 07 the Hockey team was a 1 seed and couldn't get out of the first round. UNH Football hosted a I-AA playoff (I don't care what dumb new NCAA name is out there) game and couldn't get it done. In all three of those cases I don't think the teams showed up and the shows were just bad.

I hope the UNH hockey team learned "IT" last March and will arrive with "IT" win or not this weekend.
 
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JB said:
Some schools seem to flirt but not be able to close the deal. UNH in Men's-Women's Hockey and in Football you point out a number of similar chances with Cornell.

My question is with schools that finish, are they doing something different from the sports psychology end?
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Dave D'Onofrio of the Concord Monitor is reporting that Brett Kostolansky will play tomorrow.

http://www.blogsnh.com/drupal/blog_entry/monitor_unh_sports/cat_tracks_wednesday
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I think that is great news, will help them move the puck out of thier own end better. So is Harowa the odd man out? Probably, but do like the way he has been playing and like his added size. Out side shot of maybe dressing 7 defensemen and going with a short bench of 3 lines and 2 extra forwards, I for one would have no problem with that.
 
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