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Controversy right away!! Don Adam is the ref for the Cornell/UNH game. Under 9 minutes left in the 1st Cornell seemingly scored a goal on a deflection by Shane Palahicky -- after a delay of a couple minutes, video replay officials determined it was scored with a high stick. Very close call (I'm not saying it was a goal but it was close). Cornell is carrying the play but UNH is doing enough (read: Ayers the goalie hasn't let anything which counts by him) -- Cornell is 0-1 on the powerplay.

Abbott and Foley's line for UNH just had a really good chance ..... and now at 5:39 left in the 1st the 4th line of UNH (edit: Goal by Tim Horst (a junior from St Paul MN) from Robbie Barker and Tyler Scott) scores to make it 1-0 UNH.

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As the announcers said, it's pretty tricky to wave off a high stick goal on the basis of video replay when the high stick standard is no longer visually measurable (i.e. goal crossbar, some body part of the player), but rather 4 feet. It's sure to be a very controversial call. They need to put those height measurement lines like they have at 7-11 on the boards.

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End of 1st -- still 1-0 UNH. As the announcers are saying, Cornell really dicatated the play/tempo prior to the disallowed goal. The momentum did shift when there was "no goal". (With under 4 minutes left in the 1st UNH did have a powerplay- penalty on Travis Bell - chance so both teams are 0-1 on the powerplay.)

More: UNH had 11 sog compared to 7 for Cornell

Announcers giving props to Coach DU for putting the 4th line out right away after giving up the "no-goal" --- showed faith in their play and it resulted in a goal just a few minutes after a bad giveaway along the boards leading to the "no-goal".

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U2 - I thought it was a weak call as well. He got pushed in Ayers as much as anything else.

And surprise .... Cornell gets a powerplay with under 12 minutes left in the 2nd -- remember the WCHA marble theory -- aren't the powerplay chances even now?

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Saviano is having a really strong game -- earlier he had a nice short handed break (didn't get a shot on goal but a nice move and ate up clock time) and just a few seconds ago he was "rubbed into the board" but still fought through to get a shot on net.

Another penalty on UNH (Kevin Truelson) with under 4 minutes left in the 2nd. A senior d-man - just threw the guy down.

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With 30 seconds left in the pp Cornell came oh soooo close -- hit the post then a skate then the UNH d-man almost put it in --- goalie Ayers however may have pulled something .... announcers saying he looks like he's hurt.

More: since the point when Ayers may have been injured, he, Ayers that is, has been hit 2 more times -- #20 for Cornell slid on his knees (head down) into the back of Ayer's legs and took him down (Ayers was looking to the corner and didn't expect the hit -- not an intentional hit) and then just a bit after that Ayers was knocked into by another Cornell player.

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Ok... Ive come to the conclusion that I don't like UNH. One of their players just took a CHEAP shot at a player walking through an open bench door.... Dirty Dirty Dirty.

UNH is a really goonish (sorry goon- no comparison intended) team, No sir I don't like it.

Go Cornell... Comeback Time :)

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