In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Brian Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>As previously noted...
>
>RPI/Clarkson 2/5/94
>Since I now have mail.  No comment on the winning RPI goal since my vantage
>point precluded any clear view of the events.  I saw Askew slap the shot home
>from the left of the goal and was surprised that the goalie missed it.  Then I
>noticed the goalie wasn't standing up.  According to the T-U Pasco says he was
>merely trying to get his stick out to catch the pass when the Clarkson
>defensemen pushed him into Curry.  At the time I thought it was a goal from
>God.  Of course it could also have been payback for the horrendous penalty
>called on Cuthbert previously.
>
The clarification:
Pasco drives to the net from left wing as Matthews has the puck on right wing.
Pasco is anticipating pass and leans forward.  He falls.  The Clarkson
defensemen (Mueller I believe) covers him up as he falls, like he is
suppossed to.  The two go flying into Currie as matthews shoots wide right. The
puck comes off the boards to the left wing position just at the top of the
faceoff circle.  Askew skates in and steps into it. Hits just below the
crossbar as Pasco, Mueller, and Currie are in a heap at the left post.
Referee counts it, says that Pasco was driven into the net. The net is NOT
off it's moorings. The official argument for Coach morris and Clarkson is
that, Pasco was in on his own power, and that the net was off its morrings.
Neither happened.
 
>First Period
>Clarkson gets on the board first at 4:36 on a power play.  Conroy parks to the
>left of Little and waits for Little to go down.  Little obliges and he flips it
>up and over the prone Little.  Not the best play by Little.
>
>At 12:05 RPI responds with Clarke sending in a rebound from Ron Pasco's shot.
>Majic also gets an assist.
>
>At 10:30 Brian Richardson put on his one-man wrecking crew show and takes the
>puck from in-front of Little, skates down the middle through center ice,
>and fakes and spins past an assortment of Clarkson skaters.  He then pulls
>the trigger which Curry blocks, but the rebound comes out front to Regan
>who finishes it off.  Brick also gets an assist.  Richardson in my mind is the
>one RPI player who is at a higher level.  He has the ability to take a game
>into his own hands and force the outcome.
 
Actually, after Richardson takes his shot, Brick comes flying in and gets off
a second shot which Currie also saves, and then the puck is still loose
ans Tim Regan comes flying in a in the air pokes the puck in.
 
>
>At 13:37 RPI mounts heavy pressure in front of Curry getting off 3 shots, with
>the third trickling into the net.  That goal however was waved off for a man-
>in-the-crease.  I thought it was an excellent call with no need for discussion.
>No further scoring the rest of the period, which included an early intermission
>when the ice cracked around the RPI net.  Play resumed with 2 minutes remaining
>and continued directly into the Second Period.
 
Ah, the cracking ice story.  The official word, is that the left marsh peg
on the East end of the Fieldhouse was broken.  This was the goal in front
of the RPI pep band.
 
>
>Second Period
>RPI lengthens its lead to 3-1 with a PPG at 3:19.  Clarke takes a great pass
>from Hamelin and scores from the glove side of Curry.  Pasco also with an
>assist.
 
Nope.  Hamelin controls at right point, and sends it to the left of Currie, for
Pasco.  Pasco spots Clarke and goes crosscrease for the tap in.
 
>  5:52 Rochon is called for holding and Clarkson goes out on a power
>play.  At 6:59 Conroy shoots a very quick wrist shot which stunned Little and
>most of the crowd.  A very impressive score with Mueller and Tuominanen
>receiving assists.
>
>The remainder of the period goes scoreless with RPI and Clarkson trading power
>plays.  RPI's revitalized power play is impressive, but can't score.  Their
>penalty kill is not so impressive, but Clarkson doesn't score either.
>
>Third Period
>For the first 7 minutes the third is humdrum.  RPI tries to play Johnny-bar-the
>door but shows it doesn't have the defensive muscle to pull it off.  Bartel
>did not suit up for Saturday, but Pirrong returned and played one of his better
>games.  But the only d with size and the ability to finish off checks is
>Layzell, and Buddy tried to save him as much as he could for the finish.  With
>Layzell on the bench SLU suddenly seizes a 3 on 1.  I still don't understand
>how it happened, but the result was de Ruiter sliding the puck past Little,
>who seemed to have misread the shot.  Robitaille and Mueller receive assists.
>
 
A pinch at the point by Cam Cuthbert was how this one developed.  Cuthbert
pinchses at right defense, gets hit, and loses the puck to a Clarkson player,
who starts the 2 on 1.
 
>At 10:75 SLU again roars down ice on a breakaway.  This time Cuthbert manages
>to get back and dive at the puck to dislodge the puck off the stick of the
>streaking Golden Knight.  (I make no apologies for not having the correct since
>Clarkson refuses to put names on their jerseys.)   But the official instead
>calls Cuthburt for a trip, an altogether AWFUL call.
>
 
Cuthbert goes back to try to get the puck. He is a full 2 strides behind
JF Houle, and catches up (how does that happen? :)) He swats the stick, and
hits all puck, and then trips Houle, and the refs call a penalty. Then
Houle skates to the right of Little where he is blindsided into the boards,
that is why he was hurt.
 
I agree that it was a bad call, and that if Cuthbert was a FULL 2 strides
behind Houle as he entered the offensive zone, it was a breakaway. Then
if the tripping call is indeed correct, and since Houle NEVER got a shot off
according to the referees, then Houle should be deserving of a penalty shot.
Am I not correct on this one?
 
>The official miscue however seems to wake RPI up.  They kill off the penalty
>and immediately thereafter score at 12:47.  Ron Pasco shoots from in front with
>Askew there to re-direct it past Curry.  The return of Askew from Friday
>night's banishment proves invaluable, as he scores the final two RPI goals.
>On the play Pirrong gets an assist.
 
Nope again.
Pasco gets the puck in neutral ice and sends it to Askew who skates in
on right wing and curls to the boards with it.  He skates around the
defensemen on him and takes a slow shot, which Currie should have stopped.
Right in the 5 hole.
>
>While RPI will play the remainder of the period with strong positional play,
>their defense is unable to prevent the tying Clarkson score.  At 16:52
>Robitaille sneaks down the left side of the RPI zone and beats Little with a
>low wrister on the glove side.  DeRuiter and Henrich are awarded assists.
>From my vantage point near where the puck was shot, it didn't look like a
>terrifically difficult shot.  IMO Little was not at his best the entire
>weekend.
>
 
Again, Cuthbert pinches and gets caught.
 
>At 18:33 the climatic event takes place with Askew saving the Engineers from
>a complete wash-out in the standings.
>
 
See above.
 
>All in all the weekend sees RPI playing good offensive hockey, but lackluster
>defense.
 
I totally disagree with this statement. It was not RPI playing good offensive
hockey, it was Richardson and Pasco playing good offensive hockey. Nobody
else on this team has shown me good offense.  Gabriel's 2 goals on Friday
were because of SLU miscues, most of the other goals, were because of sloppy
play.
>  Instead of cruising through a supposedly easy four point weekend, the
>Engineers barely emerge with two, as their trouble with the less-than-elite
>teams continues.
 
Once again, I do not agree. Who ever said it was a supposedly easy weekend?
And who said that either team was less than elite?
I may have said a 4 goal win over SLU and a 1 goal win over CU, but in no way
are these teams "easy" or "less than elite".
 
Other points from this weekend:
 
1) Officiating was horrible on both nights. The missed call on Houle's attempt
on Saturday, and Friday's offside debacle.  The Saints are in the RPI zone,
and the puck goes out to the point where it is a good way out of the zone,
where you can see substanstial white, and the play is called onside. Then the
same happens as RPI is in the Sints zone. Bad.
 
2) This team can not function with only 2 lines providing the offense.  It
prides itself on spreading the scoring around, but that has not happened.
 
3) Adam Bartell missed half of Friday;s game because of the elbow and the
head, NOT the knee. He recieved stiches on his elbow, and was knocked in
the head on his hit, where he flipped the Saint in the neutral zone.
He was DRESSED and in the tunnel as Pirrong got hit in the corner.
 
4) Consider Kelly Askew lucky. On Friday he crosschecked Mike Allain, in
retaliation and lost his cool. He only got a gamer, not a match.
 
5) And those indeed were boos for Houle and not the refs on Saturday.
Poor taste, as the boos started AFTER Houle got up, not after the call. Bad.
 
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