Last year, my apartment mate had every piece of hockey news taped up to a wall in our house, and every time RPI came up mysteriously in the rankings, he would make the comment "Oh, Buddy is voting for his own team again." I don't know if Coach Powers has a vote, but it was amusing. ;-) -------- Friday night 14 Feb, Troy, New York Clarkson 0-1-2-0--3 RPI 0-2-1-1--4 Second Period: RPI, Askew 4 (Gabriel, Perardi), 4:19; Clarkson, Thomas 19 (Conroy, Belanger), 11:55 pp; RPI, Perardi 3 (Askew, Kummu), 13:17. Third: RPI, Pasco 9 (Majic) 6:05; Clarkson, Belanger 15 (Dubinsky) 8:51; Clarkson, Belanger 16 (Conroy) 16:58. Overtime: RPI, Hamelin 17 (Robataille, Bartell) 2:24. Shots on goal: Clarkson 9-15-7-6--37 RPI 11-12-13-1--37 Goalies: Clarkson, Rogles (33 saves / 37 shots) RPI, Little (34/37) Power Play: Clarkson 1/5, RPI 0/2 Attendance 4593 (max 5203); Referee John Galipeau. What a ride! This has to be one of RPI's best games of the season, and is definately half of their best weekend. They came out playing Clarkson well, but really seemed to get fired up when they scored first. From my vantage point (far side of the ice), it looked like a sluggish Clarkson line change helped RPI get the goal. It wasn't until the second half of the third period that Clarkson really took control of the game back. They dominated that half of the period (shots on goal notwithstanding) and much of the overtime. Fortunately, the Engineers were helped by a few amazing saves by Neil Little, including one (I don't remember if it was late in the 3d or in OT) where Neil seemed to go down sprawled out, and lo and behold, the puck was in his outstretched left hand. For his efforts, Little earned ECAC Player of the Week honors along with Cornell's Parris Duffus. (Sets up an interesting confrontation this friday!) Ross ----- Is anyone else wondering how on earth Ryan can graduate from RPI in NY and Lawrence U in Wisconsin in the same year? :)