Achilles Rink, Schenectady, NY Saturday, 2/15/92 Clarkson 4 1 1 - 6 Union 1 1 1 - 3 Scoring: 1st Period- 1) Clarkson, Thomas 20 (from Dubinsky and Fotheringham) 6:26 2) Union, Railton 8 (from Ferrero) 7:25 (sh) 3) Clarkson, Sanderson 4 (from Tuomainen) 11:42 (pp) 4) Clarkson, Dubinsky 16 (from Thomas) 18:38 5) Clarkson, Torrey 5 (from Robitaille and Marchant) 19:11 2nd Period- 6) Union, Flowers 7 (from Clifford and Ferrero) 3:13 (pp) 7) Clarkson, Tuomainen 7 (from Sanderson and Dubinsky) 6:33 (pp) 3rd Period- 8) Union, Ferrero 11 (from Kelley and Burchill) 2:37 9) Clarkson, Thomas 21 (from Dubinsky and Sanderson) 4:17 Shots on goal: Clarkson 16-11-13--40, Union 4-8-11--23. Power Play Opportunities: Clarkson 2 of 8, Union 1 of 6. Goalies: Clarkson, Currie (W,6-4-0)(23 shots, 20 saves) Union, Villa (L,2-8-1)(40 shots, 34 saves) Attendance: 2374/2504 Summary: Clarkson jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first period, then held on to beat Union, 6-3, at Achilles Rink. With the loss, Union was eliminated from the playoffs in their first ECAC season. The first period was sloppy on both sides, with quite a few penalties being called. Clarkson opened the scoring with a goal from Scott Thomas at 6:26. After the goal, all 5 Clarkson players ended up in the net on top of goalie Luigi Villa, who took a few minutes to get up. Clarkson went on the power play when Gary Edmands went to the box just a few seconds later. But Clarkson couldn't get anything going. Their defense gave up the puck to Union's Craig Ferrero, who sent Bill Railton in for the shorthanded score to tie the game. The Knights took the lead for good with a power play goal at 11:42. Late in the period, Union's power play defense gave up the puck to Thomas, who came in 2-on-1 with Dubinsky for their 3rd goal. Under a minute later at 19:11, Jeff Torrey beat Villa from a bad angle for the 4-1 lead. Union had a very strong power play early in the 2nd, and it paid off when Jayson Flowers scored on a rebound at 3:13. Clarkson regained the 3-goal lead just 4 seconds into a penalty on Greg Steele on a quick shot by Marko Tuomainen. The teams traded a few power plays late in the period, but neither team could manage another goal. Jason Currie stopped a breakaway by Union's Dalton Menhall midway through the period, and a partial break by Flowers soon after. Union came out very strong in the third. They were able to pull back within 2 at 5-3 on Ferrero's 11th goal of the season. But Clarkson came right back, with Thomas scoring for the second time, beating Villa from the top of the left faceoff circle. It looked like a shot that Villa should have saved. There was no more scoring, but there was one unusual problem, when the puck got lodged in the skate of one of the Clarkson players. It took a few minutes to get the puck out. Clarkson is now 12-5-1 in the ECAC, 17-8-1 overall. Union is 1-16-1 in the ECAC, 2-18-1 overall. Union will travel to Cornell and Colgate next weekend to complete their road schedule before finishing the season at home against Yale and Princeton. Union notes: - Craig Ferrero's 3 points give him sole possesion of 4th place on the all-time Union scoring list with 133 points. Terry Campbell (1987-91) tops the list with 170 points. - Coach Delventhal was very happy with the team's performance against both SLU and Clarkson. He felt it was the first time all season that the Dutchmen have played a full 120 minutes of good hockey in a weekend. Visiting Bands and fans: Clarkson was the third visiting band to come to Achilles this year. Cornell brought a small band early in January, along with about 1000 fans. These were probably the loudest visitors we've had all year. 3 weeks ago, RPI came in, with over 1000 fans and a good sized band. The RPI band takes the award for best music between periods. At this game, there were a lot of Clarkson fans, and a band of about 25. Compared to the Cornell and RPI fans, the Clarkson fans were quiet for the most part. A few chants of "Let's go Tech", but not much else. I was very impressed with the band, though. They had a lot of fillers during breaks in the action. They played for over a half hour before the game, and about 15 minutes after. They were louder than RPI and Cornell, sometimes too loud for a rink the size of Achilles. The Clarkson band gets the team spirit award for having a large enough group willing to make the trip to Troy and Schenectady. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jim Teresco Union College | | [log in to unmask] Schenectady, NY 12308 | | [log in to unmask] Owner/GM - Amsterdam Ice-9 of the BBL | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------