If it helps a little bit, In the 2002 Big Red Freakout, RPI was down 3-0 to
Clarkson halfway through the third period. Battled back to tie the game
with i think about 22 seconds left in regulation and won 4-3 about 2
minutes into OT.
-Rich Vehlow RPI '91 '93 '02
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 8:04 AM Keller, Sean <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Maybe not so bad as (from UVM hockey archives)…….
>
>
>
> Biggest Rally vs. Princeton (2/10/90)
>
> “Princeton scored the first goal in the third period at 1:04 and built a
> 7-1 lead against UVM. Vermont scored eight unanswered goals to win 9-7 in
> what is considered to be the biggest comeback in college hockey history, as
> only 18:56 remained in the game. Beginning at 1:18 of the third period on a
> goal by Leif Selstad, UVM rattled off eight goals in 18:30, highlighted by
> Scott Jagod’s game-winner at 16:58. Mike McLaughlin added an empty-netter
> at 19:48.”
>
> -------Sean Keller
>
>
>
> *From: *- Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List <
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> *Date: *Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 11:17 PM
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: *Cornell at Clarkson 12/4
>
>
>
> Argh. Argh argh argh argh argh. Pardon me, but I feel the need to vent a
> little bit. You might want to skip this one.
>
> I'm trying to distract myself by remembering Great Sports Collapses of the
> past in the hopes that I'll feel better by comparison. How about the Red
> Sox in 1986 in Game 6, one strike away (twice, I think) from their first
> World Series victory since Babe Ruth was a pitcher? Or Atlanta up 28-3 in
> the Super Bowl five years ago? Or how about my own beloved Big Red in 1973
> against Wisconsin, up 4-0 early in the second and 5-2 in the third before
> bowing 6-5 in OT? That one was an NCAA semifinal, for crying out loud!
>
> Nope, this ain't working.
>
> I'm not up for much commentary on this one, so let's just consider the box
> score and see how things were going relatively swimmingly for Cornell at
> Cheel on Saturday night:
>
> First period:
> Cor Jack Malone (Tim Rego, Brenden Locke), 10:29 1-0
>
> Second period:
> Cor Sam Malinski (Locke, Matt Steinburg), 2:30 (PP) 2-0
>
> Third period:
> Cor Max Andreev (Ben Berard), 7:44 (PP) 3-0
> Cor Andreev (Locke, Malinksi), 11:53 4-0
> Cla Chris Klack (George Grannis), 14:43 4-1
>
>
> Oh well, lost the shutout, that's the way it goes. Still, it was looking
> quite good for the Big Red when, with a little over four minutes remaining,
> Clarkson pulled goalie Ethan Haider for the extra attacker.
>
> Now, we all know what happens when a team who is down by multiple goals
> desperately yanks its netminder with four minutes left. Like maybe, in
> your
> wildest dreams (or worst nightmares, depending on which side you're on),
> something like this:
>
> Cla Lucas Kaelble (Mathieu Gosselin, Alex Campbell, 17:07 (EA) 4-2
> Cla Anthony Romano (Gosselin, Kaelble), 18:27 (EA) 4-3
> Cla Zach Tsekos (Kaelble, Gosselin), 19:59 (EA) 4-4
>
>
> And if that's not enough of a gut-punch, that last one was off a face-off
> with four stinkin' seconds left. Yeesh.
>
> Cornell goaltender Nate McDonald is likely to get roasted for this one, and
> he did let in a couple of what-the-frippety-fripp-was-that goals, but he
> also put up 34 saves, including some pretty stellar ones over the first 50+
> minutes to keep the Golden Knights off the board. And this meltdown was,
> as
> they say, a total team effort. McDonald may have dumped a rebound or three
> right there in the slot, but it’s really not asking too much for some of
> his
> teammates to try and make sure there isn't an unmolested opponent somewhere
> nearby, casually skating over and flicking the puck toward the net Yet
> Again. These were efforts that were being made fairly consistently by the
> Big Red earlier in the game, but over the last four minutes not so much –
> really, hardly at all.
>
> Grumble, grumble –- even the officials got into the act. Or, what in the
> world constitutes icing these days? When I was relatively new to watching
> hockey, I didn't really get what icing was, and I used to thing (half-
> seriously) that it was a call made when the official felt that the game was
> getting away from him, so everybody would stop and he could catch his
> breath. Let's just say that, toward the end there, this particular group
> of
> officials was not doing a great deal to disprove that theory.
>
> Clarkson deserves full credit for this one. They kept pressing and
> absolutely did not back down despite the unpleasantness on the scoreboard,
> and it obviously paid off. And yes, I'm far enough off the ledge to
> realize
> that, as bad as the taste left by this one is, it wasn't quite a total
> collapse. It goes into the books as a tie, so the Big Red got one point
> anyway. (Yes, that means they lost the shoot-out. Shut up and go away.)
>
> Another silver lining from the Cornell standpoint would be that at least
> this one was relatively early in the season, and the Big Red does have a
> coach who is capable of saying "See, I told you so!" in a variety of ways
> to
> his charges over the next month they'll have off before taking on Arizona
> State in the new year. But if the Big Red ends up, say, one point out of
> fourth place (or victimized by the ECAC's god-forsaken tiebreakers), or
> thousandths-of-an-RPI-point away from an at-large postseason bid – well, I
> know exactly where my mind is going to go.
>
> Argh.
>
>
>
> Bill Fenwick
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