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 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> 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 < > [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask] > > > *Reply-To: *- Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List < > [log in to unmask]> > *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 > [log in to unmask] >