On Tue, 26 Feb 91 00:06:05 EST Bill Fenwick said:
> This was not just a bad night by McDonough; things like that have
> happened just about every time I've seen him do a game, whether it was
> a physical contest or not.
>
Sorry, Bill, gotta disagree with you here. I didn't find a whole lot to
complain about McDonough's work in this game. He let a lot go, but he
kept the game under control all the way and let the players decide the
game. His penalty calls reflected the game: RPI received about twice
as many penalties as Cornell did. I've seen a lot worse, and so have
you (take Galipeau at Yale, for example, or McConaghy vs. BC).
>
> Near the end of the second period, with DeCosty already in the box,
> Coles picked up a delayed slashing call off a faceoff to Little's left.
> Hughes corralled the loose puck and sent a low shot past the screened
> goaltender with just six seconds left in the period. There was a
> little confusion about the penalties after this goal, as it took the
> officials a few minutes to agree that DeCosty should come out of the
> box and Coles should go in, but they eventually got it straightened
> out.
Actually, the only guy who was confused here was McDonough, but we got him
straightened out pretty quickly.
>
> One side note: Understandably, the Lynah Faithful were keeping close
> tabs on the Clarkson-Harvard game, and when the final score was
> announced (with several dramatic pauses by Arthur Mintz), the fans
Thank you. Thank you.
> cheered wildly as they were leaving the rink. That's one of the rarest
> things you'll ever see: Cornell fans cheering for the Harvard team.
>
It's sad that that's what we were reduced to this weekend--cheering for
Harvard, cheering for Dartmouth, cheering for Princeton--because our
team couldn't do what it had to do by itself.
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