Carol writes:
> The Ref listened but was having no nonsense, so play resumed. At the end of
> the period, Schoen again approached the Ref to protest and was given a 10
> minute misconduct penalty. In my opinion Schoen was benched by the coach for
> being very unsporstmanlike. Even though he was not playing, another player
sat
> in the box for the penalty. Which seemed really ridiculous, because it put
> the West a player short when it didn't need to. Anyway, I have a question....
> Shouldn't the goalie have sat in the box himself??? I know they usually
don't,
> but for a misconduct penalty, it would seem appropriate to me.
Unless the rule has just been changed without me knowing, goalies still
serve their own misconduct penalties. If Schoen only got a misconduct, the
West should not have been short a man, although Schoen would have had to
go to the box and be replaced in net anyway (so it doesn't sound like it
was Eaves' choice). Maybe Schoen got a minor in addition - you say he
was being unsportsmanlike. That would have made the West shorthanded.
I didn't see ESPN's coverage of the gold medal game Saturday, but on the
11:30 (Eastern) edition of Sportscenter, they showed highlights of the
North's 2-1 win over the East. Both teams' goalies were from the
University of Maine (North's Matt DelGuidice, Maine's expected starter
this year as a senior, and East's Mike Dunham, an entering freshman), and
Maine head man Shawn Walsh directed the North to victory. After Mark Karpen
gave the East a lead at 6:45 of the 2nd (from Marty Schriner of North
Dakota and Cory Laylin of Minnesota), Northeastern's Brian Sullivan beat
Dunham twice to give the North the win. Sully's first goal came at 14:14
and was from Jeff Blaeser of Yale. His second came on the power play
at 18:37 with Karpen in the box; it was from Keith Carney of Maine and
Jim Dowd of Lake Superior. Both goals were scored from right in front
of Dunham on what looked like East defensive breakdowns.
Anyway, the reason I mention this (knowing that Carol will probably give
another great wrapup!) is that those two goals may prove to be big ones
for Sullivan. There's still a question mark hanging over him for 90-91,
his senior year. He came to St Botolph Street in 1987 as a highly-touted
freshman, having been drafted in the (third?) round by New Jersey, and he
lived up to that billing, setting a new Northeastern record for goals by
a freshman with 20 - which helped the Huskies to the Hockey East title.
But he was the left wing on a line with seniors Kevin Heffernan and
Dave O'Brien, who tied for the team lead in scoring in 87-88. The next
season, Sullivan was dropped to the second line as Dave Buda, Harry Mews,
and Rico Rossi made up NU's top line, and Sullivan's production plummeted.
Last year, with Buda and Rossi graduated, Sully moved back up to the top
line with the great playmaker Mews, and again he was one of Hockey East's
top scorers. Mews has graduated now, so the question for Northeastern
is: who will give Brian Sullivan the puck?
- mike
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