Here are the results of the game played 1-11-92 between Kent State and Alaska-Anchorage. It was a slow skating game which ended in a 4-4 tie. AA : 2-0-2== 4 KS : 1-3-0== 4 FIRST PERIOD AA-KS 1. AA1: Kevin Brown (Derek Donald, Lorne Knauft) PP 9:47 1-0 2. KS1: Claude Morin (unassisted) 10:44 1-1 3. AA2: Mitch Kean (Dean Larson, Troy Norcross) 13:43 2-1 SECOND PERIOD 4. KS2: Bob Krosky (Steve McLean) 1:14 2-2 5. KS3: Steve McLean (Roger Mischke, Jay Neal) 11:17 2-3 6. KS4: Neal Purdon (unassisted) 13:29 2-4 THIRD PERIOD 7. AA3: Jeff Batters (Derek Donald, Dean Larson) SH 16:22 3-4 8. AA4: Mitch Kean (unassisted) 17:50 4-4 SHOTS ON GOAL: AA: 11-15-19-6==51 KS: 10-11-11-3==35 GOALIE SAVES: KS: Mario Lacasse - 60:00, 51 shots, 47 saves AA: Paul Krake - 21:14, 11 shots, 9 saves AA: Shaun Gravistin - 38:46 22 shots, 20 saves PENALTIES: AA: 11 penalties/22 minutes KS: 10 penalties/22 minutes Comments -------- This was a rather poorly played game. It could have easily been a 9-9 tie instead with all of the open nets missed in this game. Skaters were sluggish, the officiating was atypically poor (yes, that's right... it is usually good), and boredom was the name of the game with the exception of the last 10 minutes of play. The scoring began with UAA scoring on the power play. It was a simple deflection on a shot from the top of the right circle. Kent State came back less than a minute later with their first score. Claude Morin took a slow shot from 10 feet _outside_ the blueline. By the way that Krake reacted to the shot, it looked like he was screened by his defensemen on the shot. Regardless, it was a very soft goal. UAA finished off the scoring in the first period with the rebound of Dean Larsons' shot being stuffed in by Mitch Kean. In the second period, things slowed down and the ref took the stage. Three sets of concurrent penalies (which were played 3-3 or 4-4) occured, making 10 of the first 12 minutes of play 3-3 or 4-4. Talk about slow. Of course, Kent State also scored 3 times in the second which may affect my judgement :). It started with another soft goal when a Steve McLean took the puck behind UAAs' net. He was knocked off it, hard, but the puck was picked up by Bob Krosky off the right side. Problem is, Krake thought McLean went all the way around and was guarding the left side of the net. Krosky shot it into the open net without hindrance. After this play, Krake was yanked from the net and Gravistin was put in. Although he gave up two goals later in the period, he did quite well IMHO. The end of the third period was very interesting. The score was 4-2 Kent State with less than four minutes left in the game and UAA shorthanded. It didn't look good for UAA. However, Dean Larson set up a 2-1 break with a long pass. Derek Donald drew off the defenseman and passed it perfectly to Jeff Batters for the 1-0. Batters first shot hit Lacasse in the pads but he stuffed the rebound through. Then, a little more than a minute later, Mitch Kean tried a centering pass which deflected off of a Kent State players' skate and into the net. Although not pretty, this tying goal leaves UAA 8-0-1 against other Independents. The crowd was rocking for the overtime period. UAA had several open net opportunities but did not capitalize. The best chance they had was when Mario Lacasses was given a two minute penalty for delay of game with 3:08 left in the game. UAA had four centers, one wing, and one goalie playing the power play. Although they completely dominated the power play and got several close shots, they failed to score. The time ticked down and the game ended a tie. The Seawolf team I saw last night is not the same one I saw at the beginning of the season. They lacked hustle and had a horrendous team defense, allowing 35 shots by another independent. I will give Mario Lacasse my player of the game Virtual Ceramic Dalmation for his 47 saves. Kent State played, as a team, very inconsistantly with a huge number of missed passed and other miscues. This is definitely a game I don't want to watch the tape of. ---Tom McCarty a.k.a. [log in to unmask] ---Student At Large, i.e. I don't need a disclaimer.