kr Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 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.
jimdahl Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 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.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 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".
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Savianno goes high on LeNeveu. 2-0 UNH, 18:30 remaining in 2nd. After a poor start where Cornell dominated, UNH has looked very, very good.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 2-0 UNH goal by Steve Saviano -- oh my -- nice break out passes to lead up to that goal. Just over 18 minutes left in the 2nd period. Penalty on UNH at 17:48 left in the 2nd.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 3-0 Saviano's 2nd of the game at 12:56 left in the 2nd. (on the powerplay) More: Announcers say that the goalie for Cornell (LeNeveu) he should've had that one.
U2Bad1 Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Am I the only one who thought the goaltender interference call was absolute BS???
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Saviano had a tough angle shot and beat LeNevue short side. Soft goal allowed. I think he caught the Cornell goalie looking towards the slot. U2 - I thought it was a weak call as well. He got pushed in Ayers as much as anything else.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 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?
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Vesce scores for Cornell. A redirection on the PP. 3-1 UNH, about 10 minutes to go in the 2nd.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 Cornell scores at 10:22 left in 2nd -- near end of pp -- by Ryan Vesce (19th goal of season/7th on the pp) .. More: 9:20 left in 2nd -- UNH takes a stupid penalty
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Doesn't it look like there are alot of empty seats for this game? The UNH-Maine afternoon semi-final in St. Paul last year was much better attended. Another bad penalty by UNH. Cornell on the PP, 3:50 left in 2nd.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 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.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 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.
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Ayers is having a solid game so far. Redemption for the mess in last year's semi game - of course he was left hanging most of the time.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 End of 2 3-1 UNH ahead. Stats courtesy of ESPN2: sog: UNH 14 Cornell 18 powerplay: UNH 1/3 Cornell 1/5 faceoffs: UNH 21 Cornell 27 hits: UNH 10 Cornell 14 scoring chances: both with 9
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 3rd period under way -- at 16:36 left in the 3rd Tyler Scott (a junior) takes a penalty for UNH -- retaliation penalty -- shoved the Cornell guy into the bench -- still 3-1 UNH
flatspin7 Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 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
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Chris Abbott for Cornell. 3-2 UNH. About 10 minutes to go.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 Cornell scores to close it to 2-3 at the 10 minute mark of the 3rd. One of the Abbott twins.
lawkota Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 Another good chance for Cornell. UNH looking a little ragged right now, playing not to lose.
Greyeagle Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 UNH is just plain dumb. Stupid penalties are going to kill them. CU can smell blood and the only thing saving UNH is their goalie.
kr Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 4:30 left in the 3rd still 3-2 UNH quick E2 stat: faceoffs: UNH 23 Cornell 37 so, that'd be a 10-2 advantage for Cornell in the 3rd period in faceoffs won ......
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