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Subject: Rules Ques. & Misc/Maine-USA
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I'll have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by Maine's performance
against the Olympic Team the other night... when it was 3-1 USA
after 2 periods I was hoping Maine would keep it close in the 3rd,
hoping that USA wouldn't blow the game open...
 
instead Maine played a VERY solid defensive game, especially the
role players... I was impressed with the way the 4th line of
Clukey, Texiera, and Mahoney (I think there was also another
skater coming in once in a while) played within themselves... it
seems that when a 4th line plays well the play is consistently
right around their own blue line and in the corners...
 
after watching guys come and go for 8 years at Maine, I'm convinced
that it truly is Walsh's system doing it year after year...
someone recently mentioned that it's the program getting the
number 4 USA ranking, not the personnel... it makes sense
that it's Walsh doing it out there... you give him a nucleus of
talent (which Standbrook gives him), and the SYSTEM plays the game
well...  that's why the rich are always rich...
 
Questions:
 
1. Peter Ferraro lost his helmet and skated for close to a full
minute afterward until play stopped... what rules were they playing
under?.. not college rules...
 
2. How else do the rules USA plays under differ from college rules?
 
Observations:
 
1. The fastest USA skater (or at least the one that impressed me
the most) -> John Lillie... they say he was with BU in '91-'92...
is this true? I don't remember him...
 
2. Paul Kariya logged an awful lot of ice time... on the surface it
seemed that he was out a lot primarily for the win, but I'm not
sure Walsh has a clear picture of who his linemates are going to be
as yet...  in any case, it was amazing how many quality passes he
made in front of the goal crease, and all night I was moaning that
Cal Ingraham wasn't out there to tip them in (he's out 2-14 games
as result of an NCAA rules infraction two years ago)...
 
3. Both Black Blair's (Marsh and Allison) were sharp enough in goal
that most fans had little grins on their faces as if to say,
"we're back"...
 
Larry Latour