BU hung on to beat Cornell 4-3 tonight at Lynah.  From about the
middle of the first period onward, things were pretty even; at the very
start of the game, it looked as if BU would blow the Big Red out of the
building.  Cornell actually managed to score a power play goal *and* a
shorthanded goal.  After the Red had tied the game at 3 (having been
down 2-0 and 3-1) at the end of the second period, BU scored a rather
questionable goal in the third to win it.  It was one of those where
the folks standing near me (near the goal, in fact) and I felt that the
referee *must* have lost sight of the puck and should have blown the play
dead before the puck (along with Cornell goalie Skazyk, two defensemen,
and at least one BU forward) crossed the goal line.  Oh, well.
 
        A minor highlight: in the first period, a Cornell clearing pass
floated lazily out of play, over the penalty boxes, and toward the PA
announcer -- hockey-L's own Arthur Mintz.  The puck looked eminently
catchable from where we were sitting (to Arthur's right), but he failed
to catch it cleanly.  Too busy with stats, perhaps.  In any case, like a
good Wrigley Field bleacher bum, Arthur picked the puck up off the floor
and offered it back to the "puck person" in the penalty box.  Good citizen!
 
 
                                        Dave Delchamps
                                        Cornell University
                                        Let's Go Red !!
 
 
P.S.  It occurred to me tonight that "Terreri" is an anagram for "Terrier."
Maybe he went to the wrong school.