========================================== 1 2 3 OT ------------------------------------------ Cornell 0 2 2 - Michigan 0 3 3 - ========================================== Don't quote me on this line score, but the overall result is right. Michigan lead all the way, but Cornell capitalized on 4 power plays to make it a game. Felsner had 2 for Mich, Helber, Neaton, Stewart, Ouimet had the others. Shields (Mich) and Crozier (CU) deserve mention for some all around terrible net minding. Neither was effective at stopping anything unless it hit them, in which case a nice rebound was awaiting the alert player. Crozier was lost playing the puck as he gave it to Mich forwards as much as he gave it to his defense. Shields played most of the game inside his own net. CU noticed this and scored 3 pp goals on the old back door play from deep on the wide side of the rink. Shields also had an awful day controlling the puck and his rebounds. Some of the blame must be shared by a Mich defense which isn't always on the same page of the play book. CU's defense didn't quite play as well as last night, but Vanini (#3) did a good job of moving the puck. They saved Crozier on numerous occasions. Manderville (#22) continued his strong counter-attack against Mich's physical play, but the CU offense wasn't much of a force when at even strength. Now on to Cole..... Last night I said he did an OK job, but one must remmeber that their was very little to heat up these 2 teams as they've only played twice in their history. Neither side wanted to take that stupid penalty. I also noticed that Friday's game had as the "Violation of the Night" : INTENTIONAL OFFSIDES. Well tonight Cole decided that he would much more to say in the game. Although both teams took some stupid penalties, Cole was very inconsistent as to what would be called and when. Tonight's "Violation of the Night" was Man in the Crease, but Cole also added a new catagory "Penalty of the Night" which was Cross Checking, anything penalty or not, could and would be called cross checking, not interference or holding or charging, just Cross Checking. Another new Cole rule was that he only blows his whistle for a penalty, which means when the puck is tied up along the boards (at times for more than 12 seconds), he would wait until 2 dead tired players would finally attempt to remove each other's teeth. Then and only then would he blow his whistle, which instigated many pushing and shoving matches after the late whistle. Another new reffing technique made popular last night was a lengthy conversation between Cole and each player going to the box. While I'm certain that most of these conversations were very enlightening :-), additional scuffles were breaking out all over the ice. As the teams were leaving ice between periods, Cole would quickly insert his head up his ass as the two teams would continue their shoving matches. All in all, Cole had no control of the game and had it not been an NCAA playoff game, there certainly would have beaucoup d' fisticuffs. Please HE, take him back! Back to hockey. Congrats to the Fighting Sea Wolves of UAA on completing their upset of BC 3-1 (I think) and winning the series 2-0. Sorry this was so long, Sean Hames =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= __ \ / _||_ / \ \/ _||_ \__/ hockey /\ || / \ __/ \__ \__/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-