Results from the USAir Hockey Classic at Providence:
 
Friday, November 1:
     Lowell 9, Elmira 2
     Providence 7, Army 1
 
Saturday, November 2:
     Consolation:
          Elmira 6, Army 5 (OT)
     Championship:
          Lowell 4, Providence 1
 
Thanks to Kevin Yetman for the summary of the Lowell-Elmira game.  I don't
have anything on the championship game other than the score, but here are a
few (yeah, right!) details on Elmira's consolation win:
 
Elmira 6, Army 5 (OT)
     Elmira's first win of the season (and first win over a Division I team
     in who knows how long) did not come easy, as the Soaring Eagles blew a
     5-1 lead before netting the game-winner in overtime.  The Eagles were
     up 3-0 nine minutes into the game, on goals by Joe Caswell, Greg Moore,
     and Gord Law.  Army's Rick Berube notched a power-play goal at the
     16:06 mark, but Elmira regained its three-goal lead at 2:07 of the
     second, courtesy of Moore.  Twenty-one seconds later, Caswell scored
     for the second time, and at that point, Army goalie Brandon Hayes was
     lifted for Scott Boyle.
 
     All of a sudden, the Cadets got fired up, and Mark Stachelski picked up
     the first of what would be four unanswered goals at 10:25 of the
     second, on an unassisted tally.  Berube made it 5-3 with his second
     power-play goal of the night three minutes later.  Scott Tardif then
     brought the Cadets to within one at 11:52 of the third on another
     power-play goal, as Army's man-up unit went 3 for 7 on the night.  With
     the Eagles clinging to a 5-4 lead, Army's Rick Randazzo stole the puck
     in the Elmira zone and shovelled the puck to Ross Erzar, who beat
     goalie Dave Laudato with 1:13 left in regulation.  However, Caswell was
     able to complete his hat trick with 3:39 gone in the extra session, on
     Elmira's first and only shot in OT.  Laudato finished the game with 28
     saves; Hayes had eight and Boyle, who had a terrific night, wound up
     with 18.
 
Elmira will be taking on St. Bonaventure in its home opener Tuesday night,
in what should be a somewhat easier contest than either of the two the
Eagles played at Providence.
--
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86 and probably '94
LET'S GO RED!!
"My friend has a 16-month-old baby.  Ugly baby, really -- the doctor said,
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 -- Garry Shandling