> > Thus RPI was dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 90's, if for only one
> > night.  :)
>
> Yeah, finally, one of the new women drivers was given the opportunity to
> wield her zamboni skills.  Her first and last nite.  It was the most
> hilarious intermission I have ever been thru, however.  Around each turn,
> she sent the zamboni hurling into the boards.  At each crash, the fans
> applauded loudly.  Buddy Powers didn't find it so amusing, as he made sure
> that we were back to male drivers at the following game.  But hey, it was
> fun while it lasted, and a humorous point in RPI's "history".
>
Are female Zamboni drivers this uncommon?  My daughter drove the
Zamboni as part of her work at the Riverfront Park ice rink in Spokane
while she was between 16 and 19 years old!
 
 
>          North Dakota        6 at Northern Michigan   6 WC ot
>
Both of the UND-NMU games last weekend were great to watch!  This was
especially true of the Saturday night tie.  (NMU has about a .500
record on Saturdays, while being something like 9-0-1 on Fridays!)
The Wildcat players were very disappointed to fail to win Saturday,
(they had a 4-1 lead at one point but had a very weak 3-minute stretch
during which UND followed the 4th NMU goals with 2 quick ones of their
own--but frankly, the Fighting Sioux have LOTS of firepower and I think
we should give credit where credit is due; those were good efforts)
and so were a lot of the fans, but I think most of us had to admit
the Saturday game was a great way to spend the evening.  In the
overtime (shades of the '91-'92 NCAA championship final!) at least
one UND shot hit the crossbar, and at the very end of the ot Tony
Szabo of the Wildcats had an almost-point-blank shot the goalie
stopped (after the game Rick Comley said Tony should have passed off
to a teammate--maybe Mark Beaufait--who he said was wide open).
The only negative aspect of the game was a fight which started up
near the end and resulted in a double minor for Jim Hiller and a
misconduct (10 min) penaly for a UND player.  One other notable event
was the Wildcats'last goal of the evening, scored by Scott Beattie.
Our seats are down low and a little in front of the goal NMU attacks
in the first and third (and overtime) periods, so it was quite close
to us.  My wife was pretty certain Scott batted the puck in the net
with his hand.  The UND players argued with the referee quite a bit
about something.  Anyway, I stayed up late to watch the tape delay
broadcast, and was able to assure my spouse that Beattie knocked the
puck (which was on a rebound) down to his feet with his hand and then
shot it in the net with his stick.  But it was a bang-bang play, I'll
say that!  (Slightly biased query:  is there anyone in Division I who
is quicker than Scott Beattie?!)
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