Cornell 3 SLU 1 Post-game thread

[Trotsky]

Clarkson and Gate tied at 1 late in the third.

[Trotsky]

Now in OT in Hamilton.

[Trotsky]

Union 2 RPI 1 in the third.

[Trotsky]

1-1 final at Gate.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Trotsky]Now in OT in Hamilton.[/quote]
Tied.  Final.

[imafrshmn]

Story of the game: Riley Nash is a ****ing sniper!!! I thought Scrivens played very well, as we are beginning to expect from him.  He had almost no chance to stop the SLU oddman rush goal.

[sah67]

Anyone know why Petizian was pulled in favor of Justin "Baby Daddy" Pesony with 2:30 to go, only to have Pesony pulled for the extra attacker a minute later?  Petizian didn't seem injured at all.

Riley Nash is amazing with the calmness and focus he has with his shot...it seems like he waits almost too long, only to pick a top corner with ease.

[upperdeck]

it was just a plot to kill time..

[Trotsky]

Union wins 2-1.  They've won 5 in a row and move into 5th place in the ECAC by winning percentage.

[grizzdan24]

Just got back from the game, overall I thought it was a pretty solid performance.  PK looked very strong until the last 20-30 seconds of each kill.  Riley's patience and shooting ability continues to payoff and result in high level goals.  

Any word on why their were 2 refs and 2 linesman tonight?

[Jim Hyla]

The most interesting part to me, OK not the most, but still interesting, was seeing Dan Murphy working as Assit. Ref with John Murphy and Mike Baker as refs. I thought the 2 ref system worked OK. Always some complaints, but nothing more than with 1 ref.

[sah67]

Any thoughts on why Schafer didn't put Riley out there with the SLU goalie(s) pulled to try for the hat trick?  Obviously with the final penalty, he put the PK unit out there, but there was still some time before that.  Barlow and M. Kennedy got extra shifts at the end of their 2-goal game against Niagara.  Perhaps because this game was much closer?

[grizzdan24]

Any thoughts on why Schafer didn't put Riley out there with the SLU goalie(s) pulled to try for the hat trick? Obviously with the final penalty, he put the PK unit out there, but there was still some time before that. Barlow and M. Kennedy got extra shifts at the end of their 2-goal game against Niagara. Perhaps because this game was much closer?

Barlow and Kennedy also routinely get PK time, which is essentially what the situation was at the end of the game.  I would assume that you were right, that it had to do with the game being much closer.  Schafer focused on getting his checking lines more time.  Would have loved to see Riley get a hat trick though::banana::

[KeithK]

[quote sah67]Any thoughts on why Schafer didn't put Riley out there with the SLU goalie(s) pulled to try for the hat trick?  Obviously with the final penalty, he put the PK unit out there, but there was still some time before that.  Barlow and M. Kennedy got extra shifts at the end of their 2-goal game against Niagara.  Perhaps because this game was much closer?[/quote]
Putting a guy out there just to get the hat trick is kind of the coaches equivalent of jingling your keys.  Don't do it unless the game is clearly in hand.  A two goal lead is not big enough, IMO.  When it comes down to it hat tricks just aren't important enough.

[oceanst41]

[quote grizzdan24]Any word on why their were 2 refs and 2 linesman tonight?[/quote]

I saw the DC/QU game on NESN a week or so ago and they had Paul Stewart on. He was talking about how this year they were going to try out the 2 ref system in some games to see how it worked. One of the ways they hope to improve officiating, by putting less pressure on the single ref to catch everything.