Canisius 12/30

[redice]

Funny how Vanderlaan and Angello are barely visible now, when they used to stand out as beacons.  I don't think they've declined; everybody else has just joined / surpassed them.

It should be noted that Angello, driving hard, drew THREE penalties during this game....  I think, at least one, resulted in a PPG for CU...   That doesn't show on the scoresheet but certainly affects the game..

[upprdeck]

Angello played well as did Vandelaan, they also got very little open ice and mostly had to dig the puck out to create chances.  Who knows what the  Opp coaches are doing checking wise these days.. I dont even know which line would be our top line as a different group looks solid almost every game..

Coach mentioned Bliss still working hard to come back pre-game as well.. Would be nice if he could get back on the ice even for a limited time, just for more depth.

[Al DeFlorio]

Was there ever a game where we had two hat tricks?  

I found three occurrences in playoff games through 1986-87 where my record book ends.  Doug and Dave (4) Ferguson against BC (3/8/66), Bob Ferguson and Mike Doran against Brown (3/7/67), and Brian Marrett and John Stornik against BU (3/10/79).

Doug had his hat in the first period of that ECAC quarterfinal against BC, with the first on the opening shift at 0:14 and the third at 19:56 when he jumped on the ice, grabbed the puck, skated in little circles with it, and zipped it past BC goalie Pat Murphy as the period was about to end.  I can still replay all three of Doug's first period goals in my mind.  BC had been a preseason favorite featuring the great Cunniff-Dyer-Mullen line, but a series of injuries made them a very dangerous seventh seed after the injuries healed.

Murphy and his stunning wife lived down the hall from me in a Waltham apartment circa 1970, and we played his table hockey game with the spinning players turned by metal rods.  He was pulled after two with the score 7-0 and a save percentage of 66.7.  His replacement had an atypical name for a BC guy in the 60s:  Cohen.

[Trotsky]

It should be noted that Angello, driving hard, drew THREE penalties during this game....  I think, at least one, resulted in a PPG for CU...   That doesn't show on the scoresheet

It could though.  Penalties drawn would be a neat stat.