> The match-up that every Engineer fan dreaded the most has now been
> realized--Union vs. RPI at the Fieldhouse.  The way that the Dutchman grab
> fifth place though has to hurt.  With 45 seconds left in a stirring stand
> at Princeton Jason Moi and Co. run down the playoff match-ups stating
> what seemed to be correct: whoever wins the game gains home ice and faces
> the other next weekend.  But wait!  Union wins with under a minute left on
> a...huh? empty net goal.  Good strategy by Tim Taylor to go for home ice
> in the play-down round.  Very bad turn of events for the Engineers.
 
Yale could not have gotten home ice .... what makes this so bizarre is that
Taylor was only gunning for 9th, and a game against Harvard, as opposed to the
one against Colgate that they got anyway.
 
So, instead of Princeton at RPI --- and Union-Vermont ... it's
Princeton-Vermont, Union-RPI.  In fact, had Vermont also not rallied from a 4-1
deficit, it still would have been Union-Vermont, Princeton-RPI.  These matchups
were created because the planets aligned themselves in a unique way on
Saturday.
 
AW
 
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