I tried to send this on Monday, but never saw it posted. My apologies if this is old news. Steve T. wanted ome insight on SLU players for this weekend's game at Lowell. I'll send him something privately but if anyone else is interested let me know. ************************************************************************** Haven't seen a boxscore for SLU-UNH game on Sunday yet so here goes.. SLU 1 + 0 + 0 = 1 UNH 0 + 2 + 2 = 4 First Period 1:41 SLU Laamanen (Perry, McLaughlin) Second Period 15:42 UNH Sullivan (Flinton, Hall) Shorthanded 18:09 UNH Flinton (unassisted) Third Period 6:52 UNH Sullivan (Muir, Woodman) 13:42 UNH Royal (Nolan, Poole) Saves: SLU Bracco 17, Owen 10 UNH Heinke 33 Key points (with obvious SLU emphasis): SLU scored early with soph center Laamanen getting his first collegiate goal. Nice start, but you've got to worry a bit when your first line center has never scored a goal - especially when your other three centers consist of two other sophs and a freshman with a grand total of 4 career goals among them. The assist going to freshman Derek McLaughlin occurred within his first couple of seconds on college ice as the lines were changing. Half empty or half full? Both teams rang up 0-8 records with their power plays, although UNH's final goal happened just as a power play had ended. Do we bemoan the quality of the power plays or applaud the effectiveness of the penalty killers? SLU nursed the 1-0 lead until fairly late in the second period when UNH executed a classic 2-on-1 shorthanded break with Flinton making the pass at just the right moment and Sullivan putting it away. The Flinton, Sullivan, Bogunieki group played particularly well for UNH, especially as the game went along. The most critical play occurred as time was running down in the second with the score knotted at 1-1. SLU's Brian Kapeller rang a wicked shot off the inside of the post and the puck went to UNH's Flinton who went down and unloaded on SLU's goalie Jon Bracco. Bracco made the initial save but went down in a heap with an injured knee. He couldn't get ambulatroy again in time as Flinton weakly tapped at the rebound and it drifted into the net. Bracco finished the last minute+ of the period but was clearly hurting. This gave freshman Clint Owen an unexpected first appearance for the third period. Owen played pretty well as both UNH 3rd period scores were very nice goals. Sullivan got his second goal by tipping a blast from the point just under the crossbar. Royal got the final tally by tapping in a great pass from Nolan(?) who had skated behind the net and appeared to be going for a wrap around when he slid the puck across the crease to Royal on the other side. The brightest note for the Saints was the play of an all-freshman line (McLaughlin, Ladouceur, DiFrancesco). They may become a force to be reckoned with before the season is over. In the short run though, SLU faces a tough starting schedule with four of their first five games against teams from last year's NCAA tourney (UNH, Lowell, Northeastern, and RPI) - plus Lake State at Thanksgiving and a home and home series with Clarkson in early December. Robin Lock St. Lawrence University [log in to unmask]