RPI Invitational Tournament
Preliminary Round, 12/27/91
5:30 game: (non-league)
Northeastern 1 0 0 - 1
St. Lawrence 2 1 1 - 4
St. Lawrence goaltender Paul Spagnoletti stopped 29 of 30 shots by
Northeastern as the Saints beat the Huskies 4-1. Northeastern goalie
Todd Reynolds also had 33 saves.
8:30 game: (ECAC League Game)
Union 2 2 0 - 4
R.P.I. 1 2 3 - 6
Scoring:
1st Period-
1) RPI, Hamelin 9 (from Robitaille and Majic) 6:46 (pp)
2) Union, Menhall 3, 18:27
3) Union, Clifford 4, 18:46
2nd Period-
4) Union, Burchill 2 (from Flowers and Clifford) 1:11 (pp)
5) Union, Whitney 2, 8:44
6) RPI, Clarke 4 (from Majic and Hamelin) 14:03 (pp)
7) RPI, Gabriel 3 (from Kummu and Pasco) 16:31 (pp)
3rd Period-
8) RPI, Dargaty 1 (from Bartell and Kummu) 9:40 (pp)
9) RPI, Clarke 5 (from Pasco and Hamelin) 10:53
10) RPI, Hamelin 10 (from Kummu) 16:51
Shots on Goal: Union 7-9-3--19, RPI 20-11-21--52!!
Goaltending: Union, Mike Gallant (L,0-4-0)(52 shots, 46 saves)
RPI, Sean Kennedy (14 shots, 10 saves)
Neil Little, 8:44 of second (W)(5 shots, 5 saves)
Power Play: Union 1 of 8, RPI 4 of 7.
Attendance: 4044
Summary:
Union jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but could not hold on, as RPI came
back to win 6-4. RPI outshot Union 52-19, as Union only managed 5
shots on goal in the second half of the game.
The first period has been a problem for Union in quite a few games
this season, but not in this game. Both teams had a few good chances
early, first with Union on a 5-on-3 advantage, then RPI on a 5-on-3.
RPI scored first with 2 seconds left on a power play at 6:46. RPI
dominated play through most of the first, but could not get another
shot past Union goalie Mike Gallant, who had 19 saves in the period.
Union got some breaks late in the period. RPI goalie Sean Kennedy was
trying to clear a puck into the corner, but he put it right on the
stick of Dalton Menhall, who beat Kennedy to tie it up. Just 19
seconds later, Rick Clifford came in on a partial break and beat
Kennedy to give Union a 2-1 lead at the first intermission.
A Union power play carried into the beginning of the second period,
and the Dutchmen took advantage, scoring with 10 seconds left on the
penalty. At 8:44, Scott Whitney took a shot from the left point that
Kennedy should have stopped easily, but somehow it got past him for a
4-1 Union lead. Kennedy was replaced with Neil Little, and that was
the end of the scoring for Union. Wayne Clarke scored on the power
play for RPI at 14:03 to pull RPI to 4-2. Then with Rick Clifford in
the box for Union, RPI kept the pressure on Mike Gallant. He got no
help from his defense, and Jeff Gabriel brought RPI within 1 at 16:31.
Union had a terrible chance on the power play at the end of the
second. They couldn't break into the offensive zone, and even iced
the puck twice.
The third period was all RPI. Union seemed to be afraid to attempt
any offense, hoping the one goal lead would stand up. The Engineers
tied it up with Rick Burchill in the box on Zachary Dargaty's first
goal of the season. Union's defense fell apart, and the pressure was
too much on Gallant. Clarke and Hamelin scored RPI's final 2 goals.
Although Little only faced 3 shots in the period, 2 were on breakaways
by Jayson Flowers and Dalton Menhall.
Union had a chance to get their first league win, but could not keep
up with RPI in the second half of the game. Union coach Bruce
Delventhal summed it up in 2 words, "Dumb penalties." RPI's first 4
goals came on the power play, some of which were set up by penalties
behind the play, and in the offensive zone. RPI improves to 2-5 in
the ECAC and 6-6 overall, while Union remains in last place at 0-6,
1-7.
Tonight Union faces Northeastern in the consolation game at 5:30, and
RPI will play SLU for the Championship at 8:30.
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