-- [ From: Adam Wodon * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- > My first game at Hobey Memorial Arena shed some light on > Tiger Hockey. Small rink, small ice surface, different > tactics. When things opened up (4 on 4 situations), Brown > dominated play, and kept the Tigers entrenched in their > defensive zone. 5 on 5 however was a different story as > grabbing and holding slowed play to a dull pace. DO WE HAVE TO START THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. Since there are so few Princeton people here, I usually wind up as one of the few that goes crazy -- but why is it that every time Brown and Princeton play, the Brown people make untrue statements about Princeton's clutch and grab hockey. The Princeton ice surface is not small -- and once AGAIN, I'll go back to what I said ad nauseum during last year's playoffs: Princeton would prefer 4-on-4 hockey. When we do the games on the radio, we always comment how 4-on-4 benefits Princeton. They tied the game on 4-on-4 even though their best player, Jon Kelley, was in the box. We joked how Kelley may have done a smart thing by getting a penalty (even though it wasn't). The notion that Brown DOMINATED play is so ridiculous that I can't believe anyone watching the game could have said that. Princeton had a heavy shot advantage for most of the first part of the game. Konte rarely face a tough shot until the third. The team that has taken grabbing and holding to an artform is BROWN. I'm sorry no one at Brown can admit this, but I'll stop here, because I argued until I was blue in the fingers last season. Who holds a lot of the league penalty minute records? -- It's not Princeton. As a matter of fact, Princeton is one of the least penalized teams in the league this year. Sorry, but hearing once again the notion that Princeton is a clutch and grab team (this always only comes from Brown people) drives me crazy. AW HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.