2008 Woodie Awards
Bobcats fall to Union, down RPI
Brian Stevenson
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: Sports
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The inconsistent play of the men's ice hockey team continued last weekend with a loss to Union 4-3 Friday night and a redeeming win over nationally ranked Rensselaer 3-2 Saturday night.
It has been a season of highs and lows for the Bobcats (6-5-2 overall, 3-3-2 ECAC) thus far according to head coach Rand Pecknold, and last weekend's pair of home games was much of the same.
The Bobcats entered the year with high expectations, and Pecknold blames part of his team's lackluster play on complacency.
"We overachieved last year because we played hungry. We have so many returning players this year, they just don't want it as badly. It's frustrating," he said following Friday's loss.
The Bobcats found themselves in an early hole after Union netted their first goal of the game just 65 seconds in. Mike Schreiber scored his first goal of the season to give the Dutchmen the lead, and Torren Delforte beat Bud Fisher for a power play goal with 7:33 left in the first to send the Bobcats to the locker room down 2-0 at the intermission.
Brandon Wong put a loose puck past Union goalie Corey Milan on the power-play to cut the deficit in half. Union responded with a goal just over a minute later to regain a two goal advantage.
Jean-Marc Beaudoin scored two goals in under two minutes late in the second to pull the Bobcats even. His shot on the penalty kill from a bad angle deflected off Milan and into the net for his fourth goal of the year. With 18 seconds left in the period, Wong won a faceoff in the offensive zone and played the puck to Beaudoin, who slapped a shot through traffic to tie the game.
As the period concluded, a hit after the whistle led to a scrum between all 10 players on the ice, resulting in 20 minutes of penalties and two fired up hockey teams.
"It got the guys fired up. We wanted the win, but couldn't get the bounces," Beaudoin said.
The physical contest had 29 penalties called between the two teams.
It has been a season of highs and lows for the Bobcats (6-5-2 overall, 3-3-2 ECAC) thus far according to head coach Rand Pecknold, and last weekend's pair of home games was much of the same.
The Bobcats entered the year with high expectations, and Pecknold blames part of his team's lackluster play on complacency.
"We overachieved last year because we played hungry. We have so many returning players this year, they just don't want it as badly. It's frustrating," he said following Friday's loss.
The Bobcats found themselves in an early hole after Union netted their first goal of the game just 65 seconds in. Mike Schreiber scored his first goal of the season to give the Dutchmen the lead, and Torren Delforte beat Bud Fisher for a power play goal with 7:33 left in the first to send the Bobcats to the locker room down 2-0 at the intermission.
Brandon Wong put a loose puck past Union goalie Corey Milan on the power-play to cut the deficit in half. Union responded with a goal just over a minute later to regain a two goal advantage.
Jean-Marc Beaudoin scored two goals in under two minutes late in the second to pull the Bobcats even. His shot on the penalty kill from a bad angle deflected off Milan and into the net for his fourth goal of the year. With 18 seconds left in the period, Wong won a faceoff in the offensive zone and played the puck to Beaudoin, who slapped a shot through traffic to tie the game.
As the period concluded, a hit after the whistle led to a scrum between all 10 players on the ice, resulting in 20 minutes of penalties and two fired up hockey teams.
"It got the guys fired up. We wanted the win, but couldn't get the bounces," Beaudoin said.
The physical contest had 29 penalties called between the two teams.
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Dr. Q
posted 12/30/07 @ 12:30 PM EST
Assuming you are not still in a communications lockdown I'd like to have Doc Lahey comment on the current basketball season, its return on investment to date and the progress of one of the shooters - I think his nickname is Pistol Pete for an incident of about a year ago. (Continued…)
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