There is also hockey this weekend, as the Big Red travel to Albany to begin their quest for an NCAA title. #2 Cornell plays #3 New Hampshire at 6:30 pm; the winner will play the winner of the game between #1 Denver and #4 RIT for a spot in the Frozen Four.
I haven't been doing much hockey analysis recently, and it's worked -- the team has given up one goal in the month of March. So I'll keep it that way, for now at least.
Here's what some other people are saying.
UNH is pissed off that most observers expect Cornell to win the game.
"We won the Hockey East regular season and they're writing us off like we're not a good team," UNH senior captain Bobby Butler said. "I think guys noticed that and were surprised, and it was definite motivation for a lot of us, and hopefully all of us. No respect for UNH. ... I think we feel like that happens a lot to UNH, so hopefully a couple wins this weekend will put us back on the map."Speaking to the Concord Monitor, Ben Scrivens expects a challenge against UNH.
"We're definitely not going to be able to prevent UNH from getting scoring chances," the goalie said this week, "and I highly doubt we're going to be able to keep them off the scoreboard for an entire game."
Does it even matter? The Ithacan speculates that basketball has replaced hockey as the big-time Big Red sport.
I wasn’t too sure about how much enthusiasm there would be, especially given Cornell’s history and prowess in ice hockey. But even with the Big Red hockey team set to make a run at a national championship, it seems like basketball is generating more excitement.
“In the past it’s mostly been about hockey,” Cornell senior Murli Gupta said. “But basketball is huge right now.”
After USCHO.com columnist Brian Sullivan's description of Cornell's playing style ("soul-devouring juggernauts") became so popular among the Lynah Faithful that you can now buy the t-shirt at the Cornell Store, it appears that the race is on to pen the next magical phrase.
This is a team that is as systematically thorough and precise as anything seen since perhaps the 1980s Soviets. They’re big, they’re strong, they’re very well conditioned and they’re smart to boot.
Watching Cornell hockey is like watching a plant die of thirst: It’s slow, but it’s inevitable.
CHN editor Adam Wodon has been watching too much LOST. Looking back on heartbreaking Big Red losses in 1996 (to Lake Superior in Albany) and 2003 (to UNH in Buffalo), Wodon decides that after seven more years, the stars are doubly aligned for a Big Red loss at the hands of UNH in Albany.
CHN also named Ben Scrivens to their All-CHN second team. Denver goalie Marc Cheverie was on the first team. Hopefully Scrivens will have a chance to show them the error of their decision on Saturday.
With basketball tonight, thesis obligations, and Albany this weekend, this will be my last post until Saturday or Sunday.
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