Mike writes: >John gave me a lot to comment on here. And people said I was >prolific. :-) Hey, I only catch around six games a year; I have to make up for it somehow. This one'll be short before I head off to the North Country for more hockey. >Merrimack also had a bit of adversity to contend with on their own - the >team bus broke down at the end of the Mass Pike on Thursday and they missed >the pre-SIT banquet. Trip took about 10 hours and they did not arrive in >Syracuse until late Thursday night. Sounds like Cornell's difficulties at the Denver Cup last year. At least the Warriors didn't suffer the same fate (an 11-0 loss to CC). >> [Colgate] had an apparent goal waved off at the >> 12-minute mark [...] >BTW, the goal was waved off because the puck was ruled not to have entered >the net. I appreciated the fact that the PA announcer provided that explanation at the time. (At least we can say *something* nice about him.) >> Providence coach Paul Pooley complained that his team >> shouldn't have been charged a timeout because of the incident, and [his goalie vomiting] >> Mark pointed out that as a timeout is not supposed to be assessed in >> case of injury, he had a point. >I couldn't find anything in the rule book that covers this, so Gallagher >must have taken it upon himself to charge the timeout. Given that it was >necessary for a member of the rink crew to come out and clean the ice, I >think Pooley may have had a beef. On the other hand, it was a situation >that was "caused" by Providence, so it could have gone either way. When it first happened, my impulse was "Hey, they're holding up the game, they'd better be charged a timeout. Then Mark mentioned the injury analogy, and I had to agree with Pooley. >> Then in the late game, 6'6" Providence >> captain Hal Gill seemed to dedicate himself to baiting Cornell's Tony >> Bergin. >Didn't notice this, but I did think Gill had a pretty good >tournament...used his size well and was probably PC's best defenseman. >He's a strong candidate for All-HE. It was more noticeable from ice level, especially on the play that led to their coincidental minors. I couldn't help wondering if the Providence players had heard from their Terrier counterparts about Bergin's DQ at BU last November. (Then again, maybe I was looking for it after being at that game.) >[Cornell-Merrimack championship game] >I guess I didn't think the crowd was a factor. It was nice to see some >Cornell people turn out (although overall attendance at the tourney was not >great, only about 1,000-1,200 each night) and be enthusiastic, but I didn't >get the sense that any of the players were intimidated or anything. We could start a whole side discussion on whether intimidating the opposition is even the point... John T. Whelan Cornell '91 <[log in to unmask]> <http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jtw16960/joe.html> HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.