Jason Patton said:
>Well, if you were wondering why Princeton got swept this weekend,
>please realize that they should have had a split and if it weren't
>for a ref who seems to think he is bigger than the game, that is
>what the Scores and Recaps would reflect.
 
Let's see - without attending the game, and without a recap, you've somehow
managed to divine the story behind Princeton's loss.  I applaud your
intuition, your psychic abilities, your unequalled powers of omniscience.
 
I'm getting ready for a business trip, so I won't spend too much time on
this (I'm sure Bill Fenwick will do it better in a day or so anyway), but
despite calling what seemed like "too many" penalties, IMHO Doiron called
them CONSISTENTLY, and he called the same types of infractions against both
teams, which is about all you can ever ask of an official.  I believe he
let the same things go for both teams as well - nobody got preferential
treatment.  I can even recall two separate instances where a Tiger
flattened and sat upon a Cornell player, yet Doiron called roughing on them
both.  The story of this game was Princeton's players - and veteran coach,
who you'd think would know better - letting their emotions get the better
of them.
 
Hockey is often a matter of who wants it more, not just who executes better
- and Cornell showed quite clearly Saturday night that they wanted it badly
enough not to give up after getting down 0-3 in the first fifteen minutes.
Neither team behaved pristinely, and having read the box score so
carefully, you'll notice that three of Princeton four goals also came on
power plays.
 
If you look even more closely, you'll notice that two of Cornell's goals,
including the game-winner, were 4 x 5, not 5 x 4.  That means shorthanded.
If you can find a way to blame those on Doiron, I'll shake your hand and
buy you lunch.
 
Princeton just happened to take a few more cheap shots in Doiron's line of
sight, and when Cornell started capitalizing, it should have been easy
enough for the Tigers to stop taking those shots, but they chose not to,
and suffered the consequences.
 
Jeffrey Anbinder '94
 
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