To answer a few questions about the ice.  The problem occurred, according to
the guy sitting in front of me who was there when it happened and we're just
above that goal, when they were drilling the holes for the goal posts.  They
drilled too deep and ruptured a coolant pipe with the drill.  Apparently they
had a big, green geyser of fluid that left a circle of coolant 25 ft. across on
the ice.  They shut the cooling system down completely, stuffed the hole with
rags and then sealed it with water and by spraying it with CO2 fire
extinguishers from time to time.  By the overtimes we could see water standing
on the ice in the corner in front near that goal, so it had to be getting
pretty bad.  They cut a square hole in the ice between games and repaired the
problem and by the second period of the second game the ice looked pretty good.
The best comment on the situation came from the woman in front of me (a Minn.
fan).  When they were warning us before game 2 not to throw debris on the ice,
she simply yelled "What Ice?"   Exactly.
      I thought, at first glance, that the goal by CC looked good.  We were
just above that goal and a little off to the side from which it was scored.
The CC player did try to direct it with his hand in the net but then it hit
the goalie and, I thought, one or two sticks before going in.  Chris Paine, who
was with me thought it was hand passed in and neither of us has seen a replay
soooo....   If indeed it hit his hand and then Remackel (sp?) hit it in, is
this a hand pass or not?  The defensive team did touch it between the time he
gloved it and the time it hit his teammates stick so I'm not sure.
       The officiating (yes, Cole was there) was bad, but it was bad both ways.
Vermont fans were extremely upset when, late in the second period, the play was
blown dead during a Vermont breakaway because the OPPOSITE goal was off the
pegs.  IMHO, it should not have been.  I believe that the rule is that they
have to blow it dead when they notice it, but in that situation he should have
just "not noticed" it for a second.  It was irrelevant to the play and that
breakaway could have made the difference in the game.  It's possible that he
didn't notice that UVM was on a breakaway but if he did, and blew it dead
anyhow, I think it was an extremely poor decision.
      As for the second game.  michigan showed up, BU didn't.  'nuff said.  It
was hardly what could be described as exciting and we left after michigan's
last goal so we could get SOME sleep last night.
      Thursday had to be the worst nightmare come true for the coordinators of
this event.  From the ice problems right on down to the time they had to stop
play because the puck got caught between sections of the doors in the end of
the arena, everything went wrong.  That last factor was amusing, (also right in
front of us) as they had to move the goal judges booth and open the doors to
get the puck out.  Bad Boards, bad ice, very embarrassing for Riverfront.
                     Hoping Saturday goes better.
                                     --Steve Moerland
                                       MSU '92, UK, next Wednesday
 LET'S GO TIGERS!!!!!
 
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