I would just like to add a couple of comments to Mike's, which hit right on the mark. From RPI's perspective, something is wrong on the offensive side of the puck. I can not put my finger on it, and I think neither can many other people. The Engineers have only scored 4 goals against Div I opponents in the last 14 periods dating back to the Clarkson game at Lake Placid. Even worse yet, the Engineers have not scored a power play goal against a Div I opponent since the 3rd game of the ECAC quaterfinals against Union. They have gone a combined 0-32 since then. 0-3 in Unionsince their last goal, 00-7 against Clarkson, 0-2 against Harvard, 0-7 against UNH, 0-13 against BU and Merrimack. Youth was very evident, especially on defense, as Merrimack continually out muscled the Engineers in the corners and along the boards as BU did on Friday evening. Injuries for the Engineers at Merimack occurred to Jeff Brick and Pat Brownlee. Brownlee somewhere in the 1st period, and Brick in the 2nd. Not sure what their prognosis is. Jeff Matthews is still out with a sprained knee, but hopes to get back on the bike this week. I want to echo Mark Cornforth's play for Merrimack. Without him, the Warriors are a different team. He leads them inspirationally and on the ice. I totally believe that if he had not taken a 10 minute misconduct, the Warriors would have been victorious. One other note, Volpe was balmy yesterday, 14 degress celsius for the entire afternoon. ***************************************************************************** * Jayson Moy RPI '89 '93 * One of the Voices of Rensselaer Engineer * * [log in to unmask] * Hockey, Baseball, Football, and Basketball * * The "Asian Invasion" * on Crystal Clear 91.5FM WRPI, Troy *EASM* * *****************************************************************************