Yale/Princeton thoughts

[Beeeej]

Hey, at least Dell didn't let Patton score with his helmet off, like that ass from Miami (Ohio) in '96-97.

Beeeej

[DeltaOne81]

Ya know, Patton may've been an ass for playing without a helmet (well, he was), but I don't think you hit a guy in that situation. It's bad to disrespect the rules. It's worse to disrespect the health of an opponent. Baby's lucky he only got a minor, IMHO.

[Al DeFlorio]

I suspect we'll see Chabot in one of the Western Michigan games, if not sooner.

[Al DeFlorio]

Mike Schafer, as quoted in Monday's Ithaca Journal:  "I thought their goaltender (Clay) played great. He had a phenomenal game."

[Adam \'04]

I disagree with you. The rule was made to protect players; if your helmet is off, then you are out of play. When you knowingly play the puck, you have chosen to reenter active play. Baby had every right to hit him. In fact there was technically no difference between that guy and another player on the ice for Princeton. The only difference was he dove head first into the boards when Baby hit him, so it looked much worse. It isn't Baby's fault that the guy dove into the boards. I don't think the guy thought anyone on our team had the balls to hit him. I am glad Baby finished his check. If Baby were trying to hurt the guy, he probably would have hit him up high. He wasn't trying to kill the guy, just check him.

[DeltaOne81]

Well I must say I only caught the hit out of the corner of my eye (I was watching Lenny play the puck). My impression therefore was he hit him into the boards. If the whole boards thing was just an act, and Baby's hit wasn't nearly that rough, then I retract the majority of my statement.

Fair or not, hitting a guy without a helmet is probably asking for a penalty though.

[Josh '99]

Quick thoughts...

-  Downs definitely has improved his skating.  He's the only defenseman I've noticed playing as a forward on the PK, and he's been doing it for a while now.

-  I don't think Vesce's shot (that would've been his third goal) was in.  I can't say for sure whether I remember a ping, but from the way it bounced out, it was post.

-  Clay was pretty good.  He made one save on Vesce (there's his name again involved in the offense) in the second period where he must've been horizontal and in mid-air.

-  Does anyone else get the impression that Doug really wants to put one in the net?

-  Let's hope the injury bug isn't as bad as it looks.  Moulson, Pegoraro, Chris Abbott, and Hughes all missed a game in which only 11 forwards dressed.

[CowbellGuy]

Well, along those points...

- I didn't think Clay was that great. I think he got lucky a lot, especially considering his propensity to go down faster than a drunk puck bunny. As soon as anyone got near the net he was sprawled out all over the ice. If a few more shots made it to the top half of the net, it would have been an ugly blowout.

- Coach commented that the 5-on-3 was a shooting gallery and he didn't want them to get fancy. Well, it's not too surprising that they didn't score with an umbrella PP. Didn't work for much of last year. They seemed to have better success moving the puck and getting it in close in the earlier games. But what do I know?

- I'm pretty sure that Vesce shot didn't go in either. Looked like it went off the top-right corner of the post. Still an impressive shot.

- Moulson's still aiming for the BU series, Pegoraro was probably banged up from that forward flip and landing on his back in the Yale game (shouldn't be too serious), Abbott has a shoulder injury which didn't sound too bad, and I'm not sure about Hughes, but none of them seem like they're too disastrous.

[Jordan 04]

[q]- Does anyone else get the impression that Doug really wants to put one in the net?[/q]

I don't know.  Maybe his slamming his stick against the ice after he failed to put home any of his half-dozen slappers during the 5 on 3 was just because his dry cleaning wasn't done in time  ::nut::

[CowbellGuy]

Maybe there were some Tiger droppings on it :-D

[Ben Doyle 03]

it wa the Yale game dude. . .;-)

[bigred apple]

I'm drawing a blank on why Lenny is going to miss Estero, etc.  National team obligations?

[cquinn]

He'll be playing for the Canadian National (Junior?) team in a tournament.  He'll miss the Florida tourney and the North Country games in January.

[gwm3]

You think either Marr or Chabot will see some action (either starting or coming into a game that is not close) to prepare them for those games?

[curoadkill]

Is it certain that Marr is the #2 goalie? Schafer has had some high praise for Chabot and I wouldn't be shocked to see him in net ahead of Marr.