Jerry Stephens <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>At any rate, I recall that LSSU radio broadcaster Bill
>Crawford stated that the Lakers outshot the Catamounts in every period,
>with a final differential of something like fourteen in the Lakers
>favor, and the Lakers having more than thirty SOG.  This doesn't seem
>like offensive futility to me, rather it seems like a very typical Laker
>game, but in this case they ran into a white-hot goaltender.
 
Shots according to the USAToday box:
 
LSSU 11-13--9 = 33
UVM   5--6--9 = 20
 
The shot differential was a bit deceiving in this case.  Quality
chances seemed a lot closer.  Vermont had a lot of great chances that
were shot wide in the first two periods.  Adam Wodon pointed this out.
However, it was still the case that LSSU carried the play in the first
two periods.
 
>RE: Doug Garn's post regarding Bill Crawford, radio broadcasts, Frank
>Cole, etc.  I don't think there should be any doubt in anyone's mind who
>heard Saturday night's radio broadcast that neither Bill, nor Scott
>Monaghan, nor the rest of the Laker staff care for Frank Cole in any way,
>shape or form.  In fact, I distinctly recall the broadcast team of Bill
>Crawford and Scott Monaghan state that the Laker officials would be
>requesting of the NCAA that Frank Cole no longer be allowed to officiate
>any game in which the Lakers are involved.
 
IMO, the crew of Frank Cole, Drew Taylor, and Bill Jones is the best
in college hockey.  I thought they called a pretty decent game
Saturday night.  I was surprised to hear afterward that the LSSU side
had a problem with the officiating.  I've seen poorly officiated
games, and this was not one of them.  Did Bill and Scott think that
officiating decided the game, and in what way?
 
And for the record (I seem to be saying that a lot lately), as the
people near me will no doubt attest, I was neutral throughout the game
and didn't particularly mind who won.  In fact, in a sea of people
cheering for Vermont, it didn't seem too healthy to be a neutral
person who kept pointing out things from the Laker point of view. :-)
However, I never got a sense that the officiating was bad or hurt one
team or the other.  Take that for what it is worth.
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