Better late than never -- I guess I kept hoping somebody else would type this in! By the way, if anyone has the Clarkson-Brown boxscore, I'd really like to get it (mail me offline, please.)
(1) The Brown game.
I was unfortunately not at this game, but I wish I had been! A friend who could listen to the game on Clarkson's radio station said he'd give me a quick call on every goal. Boy was he sorry! After the 10-2 finish, his phone bill really took a beating. (He actually called 13 times, once just before a Brown goal was waived off.) Clarkson won the regular season ECAC title with this win, their 6th overall and first since '90-91.
So, the only decent information I can offer are some quotes from the Boston Globe regarding the game.
First off, the cutesy headline was "Clarkson downs Brown for crown".
The following post-game quotes were reported:
Brian Mueller, D, Clarkson -- "We had four games at home, and all we had to do was win two of them. We played well for two out of four, but we ran into hot goaltenders, and they shut us down. We felt we were playing well coming into tonight. We haven't won a league title in my four years. We wanted to leave a legacy behind. We worked hard tonight and it meant alot to us and now we've got a bid to the NCAAs. I don't think we've reached our true potential yet."
Bob Gaudet, coach, Brown -- "We just didn't get it done tonight. I thought we played a good first period, but then we started to press. They're good. They've got some snipers. We found ways to become unlucky. You're going to have some adversity. We've got to bounce back. They really beat us tonight. It was very decisive. It's disappointing. We've worked hard to get the program to this point."
Other facts reported in the article: Brown had a 15-12 first period edge in SOG, but Clarkson took better advantage of their opportunities, taking the 3-1 lead. Gaudet sat Parsons down after Clarkson took a 6-1 lead at 6:31 of the second. It was Brown's worst defeat since a 10-1 loss at Umass-Lowell in January 1994.
MINI-BOXSCORE -- gleaned from article (?? means the article didn't specify)
Clarkson 3 4 3 =10
Brown 1 1 0 = 2
PD-TM GOAL ASSIST(S) TIME ARTICLE COMMENTS
1-CU K Murphy Seitz 7:29 low wrist shot from in front
1-CU White ?? 9:53 from inside the left circle
1-CU Mueller ?? ??:?? just inside the circle trickled past
1-B Traggio Mulhern 19:00 from center ice through traffic
2-CU Tuomainen Morin 2:33 from the right wing
2-CU Windsor ?? ?:?? off a rebound
2-CU Mulvihill ?? 6:31 outside the blue line!
2-CU White ?? 11:25 PPG
2-B Maretino ?? 17:39 off DiRenzo's rebound
(^^^ is this an assist?)
The rest of the scoring was not reported:
3-CU ?? ?? ??
3-CU ?? ?? ??
3-CU ?? ?? ??
(2) The Harvard game.
This game I did have the pleasure of seeing! I'll try to make my comments brief, then include Boston Globe quotes, then the boxscore:
o This was the first regular season win at Harvard for the Knights since the
1980-81 season! (I knew I hadn't seen them win since I've lived in the
Boston area.)
o Clarkson DID manage a win and a tie AT Harvard in '83-84 (@ Bright?) to win
an ECAC tournament first round matchup. (Clarkson ended that particular
season with a loss to Minn-Duluth in a total goals NCAA match, 2-6 & 6-3.)
o Back to THIS game: I was struck by several things about the Harvard crowd.
On several occasions they cheered an upcoming penalty, only to finally
realize it was on them! Also, my friend's wife was on crowd patrol: 8 fur
coats and a KNITTER in the Pep Band!
o As you'll see from the box, a penalty-ridden game. Several calls were kind
of tight and could have been let go. These went both ways, I thought.
o Dan Murphy was incredible for the first 35 minutes, and after a tough
stretch, most of which Harvard was on the Power Play, he returned again to
outstanding form. He had (by my count) 2 "GREAT" saves in the 1st and 2 more
in the 3rd. A couple were one on one. He also came up with 6 saves late in
the 1st while Harvard had a 2-minute 2-man advantage.
From the Globe:
Headline: "Clarkson on top of game"
Subhead: "ECAC champ rises to occasion with comeback win over Harvard"
The Globe called the game "raucous ... punctuated by a rash of penalties", and said the game "got out of hand as referees John Melanson and John Gallagher called 31 penalties, 18 on Clarkson." The article went on to say that "...Clarkson's freshman goaltender Dan Murphy performed a number of acrobatic feats in a 17-save first period."
Quotes:
Ronn Tomassoni, coach, Harvard: "We finished where we started, but I think we're feeling alot better about ourselves than we were. I think there's been many a time this year people have put the nail in our coffin. To the credit of these guys they haven't given up. We've obviously got to be focused each night no matter who we play." He also said: "There's too much banging just for the sake of banging. I think it's ruined the game."
Mark Morris, coach, Clarkson: "It was hard to get any type of flow going. I'm sure it's not fun for the fans. It's not fun for our team. Trying to find enough guys rested that you could throw out on the ice to kill penalties was quite a chore. It's too bad it has to be that way. You've got two of the best skating and most skilled teams in the league and you'd like to see more of a flow game."
BOXSCORE
Clarkson (20-8-4) 2 1 2 = 5
Harvard (14-13-1) 0 2 2 = 4
SCORING
PD-TM GOAL ASSIST(S) TIME NOTES
1-CU Robitaille Tuomainen, Lipsett 11:35 PPG (5 on 3)
1-CU Lipsett Mueller, Tuomainen 12:03 PPG (5 on 4)
2-CU Houle Ricci 13:14 breakaway
2-H Lonsinger Coughlin, Konik 14:43 PPG (5 on 4)
2-H Konik Cohagan, Martins 17:08 PPG (5 on 3)
3-H Halfknight Holmes 1:04
3-H Cohagan Lonsinger, Coughlin 2:50 PPG (5 on 4)
3-CU Clark unassisted 5:19 PPG (5 on 4)
3-CU Tuomainen Pagnutti, Morin 7:31 semi-breakaway
PENALTIES
(sorry, I couldn't hear the PA very well, so I don't have the violations.)
PD-TM PLAYER TIME
1-CU (got there late) 1:46
1-H Halfknight 3:20
1-CU Clark 5:59
1-H Sproule 9:40
1-H Holmes 10:26
1-H Cohagan, Tracy 11:19
1-CU White (4 min) 11:19
1-H Konik 13:11
1-H Briestroff 15:09
1-CU Palmer 15:09
1-CU deRuiter 16:00
1-CU Bartell 16:00
1-H Martins 19:25
1-CU Palmer 19:25
2-CU Clark 3:48
2-CU Weisel 5:25
2-H Martins 5:25
2-CU bench 7:17 (bench penalty for too many men served by Mulvihill)
2-H Cohagan 7:37
2-H Swenson 9:45
2-CU Mueller 13:50
2-CU Seitz 14:59
2-CU Houle 16:37
2-CU Bartell 16:37 (delayed :22 until Seitz gets out of box)
2-H Martins 18:46
3-CU Mueller 2:30
3-H Halfknight 3:53
3-CU Mulvihill 8:29
3-CU Mueller 10:15
TOTAL PENALTIES 31 (two lines above are doubles)
Clarkson 18
Harvard 13
SOG
Clarkson 13 6 11 =30
Harvard 17 12 9 =38
GOALIES
Murphy, CU 17 10 7 =34 saves
Tracy, H, 11 5 9 =25 saves
(Tracy skated off with :52 left in the game for the extra skater)
OFFICIALS
Gallagher (R)
Melanson (R)
Falvey
You must be a Clarkson fan if you got this far!
Rick O'Donnell
Clarkson '87
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Clarkson Hockey: http://heron.tc.clarkson.edu/~odonnell/
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