SLU   2  5  1  0  = 8
    Yale   0  3  5  0  = 8
 
(This is going to take a while)
 
First period:
   SLU  Yale
    1    0     12:34   SLU  Massoud      (Verbeek, Giacin)
    2    0     14:07   SLU  McCarthy     (Meany,  Allain)
Second period:
    2    1      2:31  Yale  Sorem        (Yoshino, Lombardi)
    3    1      2:48   SLU  McCarthy     (Allain , Meany)
    4    1      7:45   SLU  McCarthy     (Allain, Spagnoletti)
    4    2      9:46  Yale  Leroux       (Kaufmann, Duffy)  pp
    4    3     11:56  Yale  Leroux       (Kaufmann, Duffy)  pp
    5    3     12:14   SLU  Kapeller     (Perry, Skene)
    6    3     15:37   SLU  Carvel       (Albert, Meany)  pp
    7    3     16:57   SLU  Murphy       (Meany, Kungle)  pp
Third period:
    8    3      2:25   SLU  McGeough     (Verbeek, Massoud)
    8    4      3:55  Yale  Lavish       (Cipolla, Kaufmann)  pp
    8    5      5:03  Yale  Kaufmann     (Cipolla, Maltby)    pp
    8    6     11:01  Yale  Maltby       (Leroux, Allen)
    8    7     19:02  Yale  Leroux       (Maltby, Lavish)
    8    8     19:21  Yale  Lavish       (Maltby, Kaufmann)
 
 
Saves
    SLU - Spagnoletti    10   11   13   3   = 37
    Yale - Hockin        10    7    7   1   = 25
    Yale - Kamatovic           4            =  4
 
Pick an adjective: discouraging, disheartening, disappointing,
frustrating, or from the other side of the ice "the greatest point
of my coaching career" (Yale's Tim Taylor).  Yes, the Saints
managed to pull out to an 8-3 third period lead in their bid to
overtake Yale in the ECAC standings and then fritter it all away
as Yale scored the last five goals - the last two coming in the
last minute of play with the Yale net empty. Almost all of the
Yale goals followed the same blueprint - the sort of "amoeba"
hockey you see in Pee Wee games where the scrum just keeps moving
towards the goal until the puck eventually goes in. Yale may
have managed to score 8 times and never once have the puck hit the
back of the net!   This is not meant at all to denigrate the
quality of Yale's comeback, but rather to highlight SLU's
inability to either control the puck or keep the goalmouth clear
of bodies.
   Yale also had a very productive night on the power play,
4 goals in 7 tries, including both parts of a full 2:00
5 on 3 at the start of the third.  So, counting the last two,
they had 6 man advantage goals with essentially the same
group of players (Leroux, Kaufmann, Lavish, Maltby) involved
in each.
   It's tough to remember that SLU played a pretty good game
also - highlighted by Brian McCarthy's hat trick and freshman
Burke Murphy's team-leading 17th goal.  The Saints also managed
to regroup and have much the better of play in the overtime
period - particularly when Allain couldn't quite get a good shot
off on a semi-breakaway and later when Carvel couldn't  get
the puck to sit down after getting a great feed in the slot.
   The ending soured the Saints final (regular season) home game
and made the home ice road much more difficult (looks like they'll
need to sweep Brown and Harvard on the road and still hope for
at least one loss  by either Yale or Clarkson).  Of course a
Tuesday night home game is still possible if they lose both
on the road and Vermont sweeps Cornell and Colgate - but
we don't want another game THAT badly!
     So this may have been the final Appleton appearance for
11 seniors: Lee Albert, Greg Carvel, John Massoud, Mark McGeough,
Gerard Verbeek, Ted Beattie,  Brady Giroux, Jim Giacin, back-up
goalie Dave McTavish, and injured defensemen John Roderick and
Mike Terwilleger (wouldn't it have been nice to have them available
to unclog the middle in this game!).
 
Robin Lock
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