-- [ From: Adam Wodon * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --
 
> RPI did look good; however, they got help from Princeton.
>  The Princeton forwards just could not get their sticks on
> the puck in the RPI slot. Tamburro faced few hard shots in
> close mostly due to the poor puck handling by the
> Princeton forwards.
 
This was Princeton's worst-played game since a 6-1 loss to Union 2
months ago.  They know it, and hopefully it doesn't carry over to the
playoffs because they had been playing much better than this.
   I agree that RPI did nothing special in this game.  They did
forecheck very well, but I absolutely agree that Princeton's passing
wasn't sharp, and a lot of potential quality scoring chances never
materialized.  Tamburro, was solid, he was always in good postion, but
he never had to be spectacular.
 
>  Two of RPI's 4 goals were also on unscreened slapshots
> from outside of the face off circle that went through the
> Princeton goalie's legs.  Word was definitely out on the
> RPI bench to just try the long slap shot in odd man rush
> situations because they kept hammering away at that.
 
Jim Konte has had trouble with this over the years, - more a mental
thing, I think -- he has always been, literally, awesome down the
stretch of seasons, and this year was is no exception, except, for some
reason, this weekend. Princeton was able to battle back to beat Union,
but it was too much to overcome Saturday.  I have a feeling we'll see
the dominant Konte on Tuesday.
 
>> The Freakout crowd was the lowest in volume I have seen
>> in a long time, it was also not a sell-out as Kurt noted.
>> Man, what a shame.
>
> It was pretty close to a sellout.  There were very few
> seats unfilled and those that were were in the low corner,
> obstructed view areas.  Not a place I would want to sit.
 
This was my first freakout, and I was underwhelmed.  No offense, but it
didn't seem different than any other game I've been to at RPI.  I mean,
the band is loud, and that horn is loud, but the crowd never seems to
be that loud.
 
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