During the game as a whole, there was plenty of end to end action.  During
the power plays there were plenty of exciting scoring chances (and great
goaltending!), and plenty of excitement, but not so much end to end.
 
We don't know what the game would have been like if the game had been called
differently.  Perhaps it would have been chippy and clutch and grab.  I
don't think so.  I think it's more likely that there would have gotten even
more end to end than there was.  As many scoring chances?  Maybe not.  More
exciting?  Well, that could be a matter of taste.
 
Without a doubt Saturday was an exciting game, and I don't mean to say
otherwise.  Two days before (BC/Maine) and the Saturday before
(Michigan/UNH) were also exciting games, and if I had to pick the style and
flow of one, I'd pick Michigan/UNH, or the Maine/BC semifinal.
 
Clay
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 4:13 PM
> To:   Satow, Clay
> Subject:      Re: anyone impressed with Noeth?
>
> At 12:18 PM 4/5/99 -0400, Clay wrote:
> >I can't point to any one call that I thought was outrageously bad (though
> of
> >course I don't know exactly what was said for the unsportsmanlikes and
> the
> >bench minors).  Still, this felt like an overcontrolled game to me.  I
> >personally hate games with too many power plays; they're too static, too
> >much perimeter play, and lack end to end action.
>
> This game didn't seem to lack end to end action.
>
> I think that the fact that
> >there were unsportsmanlikes called, and the fact that BOTH coaches ragged
> on
> >the ref were indications that the game was called too tightly for a
> national
> >finals game.
>
> I think if any other coach in any other college sport would have spoken to
> Noeth in such close proximity and with the tone that Umile did he would
> have
> been tossed, penalized, etc.  I thought he showed incredible cool not to
> do
> something in that situation.  He would have been easy to lose your head
> there.
>
> Unfortunately or fortunately, depending how you look at it, I watched the
> game with a bunch of non- college hockey loving strangers.  It started
> with
> 2 and ended with 15-20.  Most of these people had never seen a college
> game.
> They loved the action, especially the powerplays.  The 5 on 3's had them
> jumping out of their seats.  They just loved the action.
>
> If only all the games could be this exciting!
>
>
>
>
>
 
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