Last year, my apartment mate had every piece of hockey news taped up to a wall
in our house, and every time RPI came up mysteriously in the rankings, he would
make the comment "Oh, Buddy is voting for his own team again."
 
I don't know if Coach Powers has a vote, but it was amusing.  ;-)
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Friday night 14 Feb, Troy, New York
Clarkson	0-1-2-0--3
RPI		0-2-1-1--4
 
Second Period: RPI, Askew 4 (Gabriel, Perardi), 4:19;
	Clarkson, Thomas 19 (Conroy, Belanger), 11:55 pp;
	RPI, Perardi 3 (Askew, Kummu), 13:17.
 
Third: RPI, Pasco 9 (Majic) 6:05;
	Clarkson, Belanger 15 (Dubinsky) 8:51;
	Clarkson, Belanger 16 (Conroy) 16:58.
 
Overtime: RPI, Hamelin 17 (Robataille, Bartell) 2:24.
 
Shots on goal: Clarkson 9-15-7-6--37
	RPI 11-12-13-1--37
 
Goalies: Clarkson, Rogles (33 saves / 37 shots)
	RPI, Little (34/37)
 
Power Play: Clarkson 1/5, RPI 0/2
Attendance 4593 (max 5203); Referee John Galipeau.
 
What a ride!  This has to be one of RPI's best games of the season, and is
definately half of their best weekend.  They came out playing Clarkson well,
but really seemed to get fired up when they scored first.  From my vantage
point (far side of the ice), it looked like a sluggish Clarkson line change
helped RPI get the goal.  It wasn't until the second half of the third period
that Clarkson really took control of the game back.  They dominated that half
of the period (shots on goal notwithstanding) and much of the overtime.
 
Fortunately, the Engineers were helped by a few amazing saves by Neil Little,
including one (I don't remember if it was late in the 3d or in OT) where Neil
seemed to go down sprawled out, and lo and behold, the puck was in his
outstretched left hand.  For his efforts, Little earned ECAC Player of the Week
honors along with Cornell's Parris Duffus.  (Sets up an interesting
confrontation this friday!)
 
Ross
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Is anyone else wondering how on earth Ryan can graduate from RPI in NY and
Lawrence U in Wisconsin in the same year?  :)