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Re: Dartmouth BIG Green Hockey: 2017-18 Season
The Morning After.in a very hard fought battle with battle tested Cornell team losing 3-1 with an EN at the end. In my viewing it was a pretty even game . It was tightly contested all night with very little open ice and odd man breaks. The Big Red scores early with a defensive breakdown deep in the BG D zone leading to an easy tap in goal. After that goal, admittedly I believe it he BG would be in for a long night but not more than a couple minutes later BG evens it out while peppering the goalie. After that BG stabilized and actually played a good game getting more chances although Cornell had the better quality chances. With BG on a PP not generating anything Rutherford goes back for a puck retrieval and stops skating thus reaching out and interfering with a Cornell PK killer thus neutralizing the PP making it 4 on 4. Cornell wins the ensuing face off and both Michkowski and Matthews goes after the same man at the right point leaving Angello alone in the high slot where promptly buried a goal. Mistake and/or miscommunication led to that goal. Then Cornell tightens and locks it up making it very difficult for the BG to O zone time and if they were it was on the perimeter. Then with the goalie pulled instead of sustaining momentum Rutherford decides to re group while most of the attackers and sitting on the blue line. He plays catch with Less and they both were responsible for their EN. Who knows what would have happened if BG gets the puck deep and retrieves the puck in the O zone instead of a neutral zone re group. This is NOT picking on Rutherford who is turning into a good player as freshman getting ice on the first unit PP. He will be alone or two center when he is done at BG.
While the loss stings a bit, Cornell proved they are up there with the very best with great structure, timely scoring , great defending and goaltending. The only questions is can they score when coming from behind ...they already have shown thy can lock down with a lead.. Their two best players were Angello and Kaldis. Angello big power forward with skill and a good nasty while Kaldis can skate like the wind ala Paul Coffey, making it look effortless.
BG, let’s regroup and not dwell of what coulda shoulda and prepare for Harvard next weekend. You are in a much better place physically and mentally compared the first time thy played.. Go BIG Green! FYI BG captain Kilistoff is injured and DNP this weekend....big loss on that checking and grinding line.
The Morning After.in a very hard fought battle with battle tested Cornell team losing 3-1 with an EN at the end. In my viewing it was a pretty even game . It was tightly contested all night with very little open ice and odd man breaks. The Big Red scores early with a defensive breakdown deep in the BG D zone leading to an easy tap in goal. After that goal, admittedly I believe it he BG would be in for a long night but not more than a couple minutes later BG evens it out while peppering the goalie. After that BG stabilized and actually played a good game getting more chances although Cornell had the better quality chances. With BG on a PP not generating anything Rutherford goes back for a puck retrieval and stops skating thus reaching out and interfering with a Cornell PK killer thus neutralizing the PP making it 4 on 4. Cornell wins the ensuing face off and both Michkowski and Matthews goes after the same man at the right point leaving Angello alone in the high slot where promptly buried a goal. Mistake and/or miscommunication led to that goal. Then Cornell tightens and locks it up making it very difficult for the BG to O zone time and if they were it was on the perimeter. Then with the goalie pulled instead of sustaining momentum Rutherford decides to re group while most of the attackers and sitting on the blue line. He plays catch with Less and they both were responsible for their EN. Who knows what would have happened if BG gets the puck deep and retrieves the puck in the O zone instead of a neutral zone re group. This is NOT picking on Rutherford who is turning into a good player as freshman getting ice on the first unit PP. He will be alone or two center when he is done at BG.
While the loss stings a bit, Cornell proved they are up there with the very best with great structure, timely scoring , great defending and goaltending. The only questions is can they score when coming from behind ...they already have shown thy can lock down with a lead.. Their two best players were Angello and Kaldis. Angello big power forward with skill and a good nasty while Kaldis can skate like the wind ala Paul Coffey, making it look effortless.
BG, let’s regroup and not dwell of what coulda shoulda and prepare for Harvard next weekend. You are in a much better place physically and mentally compared the first time thy played.. Go BIG Green! FYI BG captain Kilistoff is injured and DNP this weekend....big loss on that checking and grinding line.
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