I don't recal seeing this in a game report, but St. Lawrence was one
second away from being eliminated from the playoffs when John Poapst
scored his overtime goal against Cornell.  It wasn't certain until
Harvard finished its game and beat Vermont that an SLU-Cornell tie
would mean SLU was out of the playoffs.  Fortunately, the
Harvard-Vermont game finished just as the SLU-Cornell overtime was
starting and Tim Danehy was able to get word to SLU's coach Marsh that
SLU needed to win.  Marsh, having confidence in Danzer's calculations,
then pulled the SLU goalie for the last 40 seconds of overtime.  SLU
got a face-off in the Cornell end with just five seconds remaining,
knowing that postseason was gone if they didn't score.  SLU's Anderson
won the face-off and DiFrancesco slid the puck out to Poapst at the
center blue-line.  Poapst waited for enough traffic to gather in front
of Ian Burt, then let fly and miraculously found an opening to the back
of the net with 0:01 on the clock.  Quite a celebration followed.
 
Robin Lock
St. Lawrence University
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