In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Luiz F. Valente <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Brown is currently tied for first (with Harvard) in the ECAC, after a
>four-point weekend in New York. Although with only slightly over one
>third of the season played any predictions are premature, the Bears
>appear to be a stronger team than the experts expected, and a top four
>finish is not out of the question.
>
>Brown played an excellent game against RPI, a team that in terms of raw
>talent is arguably the best in the ECAC. I was very impressed with RPI.
>The Engineers have an awesome combination of size, skill AND speed, plus
>first-rate goaltending. And yet the Bears, which match the Engineers
>in terms of speed, but are considerably smaller, were able to control
>long portions of the match with precise passing and tenacious
>forechecking. To sum up my rambling comments:
>
>1. RPI is definitely one of the best teams in the nation.
 
    Having only seen home games, I'm still unconvinced, although
they did show their promise against Harvard.
 
>2. As was the case last year, Brown is a better team than it is given
>credit for.
>3. The Brown-RPI game was as good as college hockey gets.
 
    Not to take anything away from an excellent Brown team but
I thought RPI played poorly with moments of true spirit.  They
did NOT hussle to the puck, which they must do in order to win.
 
>I didn't see the Brown-Union game, but I was glad that after two
>overtime losses (to Harvard and Colgate) and two overtime ties
>(against Harvard and Providence), Brown finally got an overtime win.
>And I was particularly happy the overtime goal against Union (as was
>the case with the winning goal against RPI) was scored by Erich Trach,
>a guy who works so hard all the time, but who was having little
>success scoring. If you pardon the pun, I hope Erich has finally gotten
>untracked.
>
>Scores: Brown 5 at RPI 3
>        Brown 6 at Union 5 (OT)
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