[log in to unmask] (Leigh Torbin) wrote: >On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Adam Wodon-Around the Rinks wrote: >> > I thought ( was hoping ) Amherst would fare better last night. If you >> > haven't heard, Princeton whalloped them 7-2. I was hoping to have seen >> > a post here, since the box scores on USA Today don't even show >> > penalties. >> >> You can read all about the game at US College Hockey Online. >This is why I never posted a box (Sorry), but I'll tack it on at the end >of this. We send one to uscho anyways, but when both Adam and Jason Moy are in >the house, you have to assume it will end up there anyways. And you didn't even say hi? :) >> > Attendance was over 3,000. Is this typical? >> >> I don't know who was counting. Obviously this was tickets sold. There were >> MAYBE 1,000 people there. >Attendance at Mullins is tricky just because of the size of the place and >also because student tickets are free so it's hard to gague how many show >up on the Friday before exams. That, and for some bizarre reason, several >left early. When I walked in (after the first period was over), I remarked that there seemed to be a good 3,00-3,500 people there. It looked like a pretty good attendance to me. As for people leaving early, I believe a few of them were escorted out during the whole penalty fest that occurred during the third period of play. >Anyways I would have said that last night's crowd was slightly smaller >than average and since we averaged 3,500 per game last year I have no gripes >with 3,027. Yes Paul, 3 grand is typical, but it still looks really empty. Especially after seeing a packed house on tv the night before for the basketball game. >. Their day-glo >orange uniforms aren't the scariest part of this team. I thought Halloween had come again. >Not much to say from the UMass side so I won't. Just a lack of defense >that led to the four goals in the second. A lack? The defense was horrible. Princeton owned the Minutemen behind the net, along the boards, and in the corners. My unofficial count saw a least 10 odd man rushes for Princeton in the second period, and at least 5 in the third. Plus three goal in the second from behind the net? >Honestly I thought Regan (7 ga, >35 saves) played alright, he couldn't be faulted for too much. The last >pair came on and extended 5x3 advantage after everyone on both teams >stopped caring. I have to disagree with Regan playing well. He allowed rebounds, wraparounds, things that a goalie should be prepared for. It did not look like he played well at all. One of the goals was a point shot, and then a beautiful feed to Horst. Both teams still cared. The one thing I saw from Princeton which I did not see much of in recent years - the passing was tremendous. Especially the first pass out of the defensive zone. Odd man's are not created without great passing, and that's what the Tigers did. Jayson Moy [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.