At 08:35 AM 12/5/96 -0500, Karen Ambrose wrote:
 
> Maine could not handle the Wildcats at even strength and, as a result, took
>too many penalties, giving UNH too many opportunities which they capitalized
>on.
 
I disagree slightly here.  UNH had 13 power plays, and at least six of those
came in the final period with the game out of hand therefore that didn't
really impact the game.
 
In fact UNH only scored two power play goals, and Maine did kill off a two
man advantage.
 
The key was Maine took *two* penalties in the last 8 seconds of the first
period, thus started the second two men down.  UNH scored to set the stage
for a second period onslaught.  That goal though, was the game winning goal.
 
This was a penalty that could have been killed off, because the goal was
100% Alfie Michaud's fault because he didn't take his responsibility on the
5-on-3.
 
I don't want to give the impression that it wasn't a dominating performance
by UNH, it was.  However Maine clearly played with UNH in the first period,
and were let down by a poor goaltending performance.
 
 
---
Deron Treadwell ([log in to unmask])
 
HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey;  send information to
[log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.