Though I'm sure Bill Fenwick will have a detailed post later, I thought I'd make some observations. This team is far different than the one playing in Lynah last year in two big ways: goaltending and goal scoring. First the netminding. Junior Andy Bandurski started for Cornell. Last year he was most noted for his continual flopping,and it was a great surprise to see him stand up in net last Saturday. Maybe it's just that those new pads aren't broken in yet so they're holding him up, but this is a major style change for him. He looked rather stiff, but he probably just needs some playing time to get comfortable with the new style. My biggest criticism of him was that he didn't do a good job of clearing rebounds. With a young defense in front of him, this will get Cornell in trouble sooner or later. Fortunately Western Ontario didn't capitalize on this. Despite this, he is clearly our number one goalie. Eddie Skazyk came into the game at 9:55 of the second half and showed us that, unlike Andy, he hasn't changed one bit since last season. If he wants serious playing time he's got to learn to concentrate and anticipate. I attributed the few good saves he made more to luck than skill. He let in a very soft goal (a slap shot with not much of a screen on his glove side) early on (granted he didn't have much of a warm-up), and that didn't even wake him up. McCutcheon will probably rotate Andy and Eddie early on in the season. My prediction is the rotation won't last long. The other big news is our offense. Cornell fans may have a hard time working that word back into their vocabulary, but it looks like we will have some this year. I expected captain Shaun Hannah to be skating with center Brad Chartrand and Mark Scollan, as this line worked well late last year. Instead, McCutcheon has Hannah and Chartrand with Jiri Koublechek (is that even close to the correct spelling?), and Scollan skated with Jake Karam and Mike Sancimino. I'm certainly not complaining. Jake's line had four goals and Hannah got the fifth. What impressed me most was that these players knew where their linemates were going to be and passing and playmaking was much improved because of it. Last year so many players were out with injuries and illnesses that lineups were constantly being juggled. If the Red can stay healthy, they are going to score their share of goals. Overall, I was very pleased with the teams performance. This is still a very young team, and they are going to make a lot of mistakes due to lack of experience. There were several times in the Ontario game when things got disorganized. I expected that. What I was glad to see was that they didn't stay disorganized. The team was able to regroup and get back on track. They didn't have any long term lapses or a second period slump. If they keep up the work ethic, they will not end up an 11th place team. They could very well give teams like Dartmouth and Brown a run for their money. Paulette Dwen Cornell '89 Let's Go Red!