NC$$ games Friday 3/27/09

[Larry72]

UMD ties it with .8 seconds left.

[Rosey]

Ah Princeton... trying valiantly to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory. :-P

[dag14]

4-4.   0.8 sec left

[Rita]

OMG!

Boneheaded play by Princeton's goalie. He made the save with 5 seconds left, then careless (IMHO) threw puck in the corner. UMD scores to tie it at 4-4 with 0.8 seconds left.

He probably should have held it, skated a bit and taken a face-off.

[lynah80]

again...

[Jordan 04]

Poor Princeton.

[Larry72]

Unbelievable - again.  Hard to believe!  Princeton needs to regroup and try to end it quickly in OT.

[lynah80]

[quote Rita]OMG!

Boneheaded play by Princeton's goalie. He made the save with 5 seconds left, then careless (IMHO) threw puck in the corner. UMD scores to tie it at 4-4 with 0.8 seconds left.

He probably should have held it, skated a bit and taken a face-off.[/quote]

Princeton starts burning tomorrow's fuel again.  Let's hope they can score quickly.

[HockeyMan]

Foolish (if understandable) play by Kalemba with five seconds left, throwing the puck behind the net rather than hanging on for a faceoff. Unbelievable finish.

[scoop85]

Too bad, as Princeton has been the better team tonight.  I agree that Kalemba surely wishes he had that last play back.  I'm sure that UMD's dominance on the face-offs played into his thinking, as he must have been determined to avoid a defensive zone face-off in that spot.

[Rita]

How difficult is it to tie the other team's faceoff guy and have your D-man or winger come in and get the puck?

The few times they had me playing center in Rec Hockey (against guys bigger and better than me), that is what I would do. Tie the guy up, and not worry about the puck. That should kill about 3 seconds.

[Rosey]

Princeton is being eaten alive at the moment.

For reference, I only started watching in the second half of the third period, and UMD has been the superior team during the time I've been watching: they've kept play in Princeton's end and dominated puck possession.

[Larry72]

In the 3rd, Princeton looked best on the PK with several good chances and a shorty.  Other than that it's been all UMD.

[Larry72]

UMD PP

[Rosey]

Princeton blows.