I think Shaky was the proper term, I  used worse muttering to
myself:).  On the first goal He was definetely moving to the left
while the puck was on the right side of the ice, the vermont shooter
had the whole net. I thought he had a clear view of it but his
movement ot the left allowed the goal. Sitting back in the net doesn't
sould like the normal goalie speak we all hear. Don't you come out and
challenge the shooters?
 Jon

On Nov 27, 2007 12:52 AM, Wayne T Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mahoney actually called Bishop's play "extremely shaky while allowing
> five goals over the game's first 23:25".
>
> I think that unfair ... Bishop sat back in his net and dared VT shooters
> to hit him ... and they made great shots just below the crossbar and
> inside a post to beat him. During his color commentary, Mahoney said
> Bishop had a clear look at a shot from the point (the first goal of the
> game), yet I was on perfect line with the (Carlson) shot and could see
> that Bishop was totally screened ... he may have even been moving left,
> expecting a pass from his right to left. In any event, the shooter had a
> 1'x3' area to Bishop's right and hit it.
>
> During much of the first half of the game, it didn't seem like either
> goalie could stop a shot. At one point, Mahoney reported 7 Grade-A shots
> for each side, with Fallon stopping all 7 and Bishop stopping 2 (it was
> 5-3 VT at that point, I recall).
>
> Had not the players been tough playing from behind, and had the Pep Band
> not showed up during their Thanksgiving Break (along with 50 or so
> Maineiacs), it might have been a dismal afternoon at the Alfond.
>
> Unlike some other games, I thought UMaine did a much better at not
> hanging their heads when something bad happened ... as VT goals extended
> a 1-goal lead several times. To their credit, UMaine battled back each
> time. However, though Sweetland no doubt has a lot of game-tying and
> game-winning assists in his future, I doubt Bellamy will be scoring many
> of those goals (Yes, I know Bellamy had an unbelievably great assist and
> "the" goal, and was probably first-star of the game) ... the team needs
> some other scorers, or for the goalie and team defense to be much better
> (in order to win games). (IMHO)
>
> Trivia Q1: How many minutes of play has UMaine gone without holding a lead?
>
> Finally, I'll comment that one "tradition" has turned this season. (Many
> of) the fans don't have the confidence in a UMaine rally, and the
> opponents don't have the same fear of that rally happening. VT was
> stunned to have UMaine tie the game, and almost stumbled to a loss, but
> regained their play to end the game with some chances of their own and
> earn a tie. Said another way, (IMHO) neither the fans nor VT expected
> the rally to succeed ... yet it did. That's more than a little something
> for the players to hang their hat on.
>
> Next up is a surprisingly good New Brunswick team that beat New
> Hampshire 6 weeks ago. UNB was last year's University Cup Champion and
> currently sports an 18-2 record, losing only to UMass-Lowell, a 5-3
> exhibition, and UDEM, a 5-4 loss in OT to a school of 55,000 students.
>
> Trivia Q2: What was the UNB nickname before the current "Varsity Reds"?
>
> cheers, wayne
>
>
> Deron Treadwell wrote:
> > Pretty quiet here...
> > Here's Larry Mahoney's recap:
> > http://bangornews.com/news/t/maineblackbears.aspx?articleid=156938&zoneid=225
> > <http://bangornews.com/news/t/maineblackbears.aspx?articleid=156938&zoneid=225>
> >
> > He calls Ben Bishop "shaky" in the piece, which would have been my
> > guess just looking at the box score. With this team, 5 goals should
> > always be enough to win.
> > He also notes that the six-game winless streak is the longest for the
> > program since 1985-86. (Gasp).
> > -Deron
>