{"id":54632,"date":"2013-12-01T00:14:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T06:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=54632"},"modified":"2013-12-01T00:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T06:18:20","slug":"cornell-dominates-but-boston-university-gets-the-w-in-red-hot-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/12\/01\/cornell-dominates-but-boston-university-gets-the-w-in-red-hot-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell dominates, but Boston University gets the ‘W’ in ‘Red Hot Hockey’"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK<\/b> –Every other year, Boston University and Cornell play in front of a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden over Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
And every other year – so far, at least through four meetings – Boston University somehow comes away with a win or a tie.<\/p>\n
For the last three meetings, Cornell and its terrific fan base had to come away feeling like they deserved a better fate.<\/p>\n
In 2009, only a last-minute extra-attacker goal pulled out the tie for BU, who went on to a national championship.<\/p>\n
The last time around in 2011, a hard-fought game went to overtime before Ross Gaudet got the game-winner. And that only happened after a Cornell goal was controversially called back due a blown whistle on a freak play – a puck went high in the air and out of sight for a good three seconds before bouncing on BU goalie Kieran Millan’s neck and going in the goal.<\/p>\n
This year was the first time Cornell really dominated the game – with a little help from a 6-2 edge in power plays.<\/p>\n
So what happens? Cornell gets skunked with the man advantage, while BU goes 1-for-2. Cornell outshoots BU 39-11 and the Big Red had an 80-42 margin in shot attempts. The Big Red consistently outmuscled the Terriers, as BU players routinely bounced off of Cornell players in the corners.<\/p>\n
So we had to ask Cornell coach Mike Schafer what it’s going to take for the Big Red to win one of these Madison Square Garden matchups.<\/p>\n