-- [ From: Adam Wodon * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --
 
I've already made my picks (1-for-2 so far), but just a quick response:
 
> #4 Cornell vs. # 5 Colgate
>
> The most intriguing match-up for many reasons. The
> schools' proximity, for one. More importantly, two very
> different styles
 
Also because Vaughn and Schafer were both assistants under McCutcheon,
and they had just both left when these teams last met in Postseason, a
two-game drubbing by Cornell of Colgate in the 2-7 series in 1991.
 
> - Cornell plays a more free-wheeling,
> wide-open style and relies heavily on its special teams
> (league-best net +21). Colgate has learned to play team
> defense, control the neutral zone and win at 5-on-5.
> Cornell is much more physical, though, and may wind up on
> the penalty kill far more often than the power play.
 
That hasn't hurt them too much so far because they are so good at SHG
And PPG (is this really Cornell we are saying this about? <G>), and
they can score some SHG.
 
> A hot goaltender is absolutely essential in the playoffs,
> and Cornell doesn't have one.
 
Not yet....and I'm not a big Brenzavich fan (even though he killed
Princeton at Starr). Colgate's team D, as Geoff said, is the real
story.
 
> If Colgate loses this one, it is because the Red Raiders
> didn't put enough fore- checking pressure on the Cornell
> defense.
>
> My prediction: Colgate in 3.
 
Geoff forgot maybe the biggest thing ... L Y N A H!
   If you don't think that's a big difference, you've never been there -
especially for the playoffs.
 
AW
 
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