CLARKSON VERSUS the yale bulldogs February 16, 2008

[Goldie Knight]

This is information from the pre-game talk with Bob and George. George was impressed with the way Brown played last night, and he was pleased with the outcome. The Golden Knights felt pretty good about their victory.

Scott Freeman is not feeling well enough to play toknight...he will be replaced by Jon Marshall. George had a lot of praise for the play of the Golden Knights last knight. He said that Yale has gotten some good players on their team. Finally, our defensive zone needs to do a better job toknight.

BULLY THE BULLDOGS TOKNIGHT, CLARKSON GOLDEN KNIGHTS.

[Goldie Knight]

Steve Zalewski begins the game with a faceoff. Steve along the boards is hit from behind...no call.

David Cayer would have had an empty side of the net to shoot at, but his stick wasn't in the proper place on the ice.

[Goldie Knight]

Good pressure by Clarkson, but yale gets possession.

Yale just went in on a two-on-one...and did not score.

But on their next possession, the bulldogs did score.:mad: on a turnover inside the Clarkson zone.

And now, Phil Paquet is called for interference....too bad.

[Goldie Knight]

Under Clarkson protest because David Leggio was taken out of the play...those bulldogs just scored their second goal....two bummers.

It often seems so easy for our opponents to score, yet the Golden Knights seem to have to work so hard to get any goals.

[Goldie Knight]

IT'S KNIGHT TIME...LET'S SCORE SOME GOALS, CLARKSON.

[Goldie Knight]

Oh Lord no, Tim Marks is called for an interference penalty....another power play for those dogs.

Nick Dodge goes in alone on a breakaway, but he is prevented from scoring by the bulldog's goaltender. Nick took a backhanded shot.

The power play is over for the bulldogs.....let's hope this is their last power play.

[Goldie Knight]

Tim Marks's shot just missed.

Next David Leggio makes two outstanding saves to keep his team still in the game.

Now Tyrell Mason took a shot.

David Cayer is roughed up by a bulldog, and Clarkson goes on the power play.

We need a goal....especially on the power play.

Phil Paquet is being held and Yale is called for that infraction.

Clarkson will have 22 seconds of a 5 on 3 advantage.

Grant Clitsome takes a shot.

[Goldie Knight]

Chris D'Alvise's shot was just tipped out of Shea Guthrie's reach.

Ty Mason just missed the net on his shot.

Well, Clarkson is going on its third straight power play.

Steve shot on the short side, but he could not score.

David Leggio made a great save.

LET'S GO TECHERS.......SCORE PLEASE.

Yale takes the puck away again during our power play....and they did the same thing again.

Clarkson could not score on three straight power play advantages.:mad:

John Marshall knocks down his man, and Jon is off to the sin bin.

[Goldie Knight]

About 3 minutes remain in Period 1.

Clarkson seemed to be on top of their game during the bulldog's power play, which just ended.

David Leggio was called upon to make three more consecutive saves....David has made 11 saves this period.

CLARKSON'S FIRST GOAL WAS SCORED BY MATT BECA FROM STEVE ZALEWSKI AND LAURI TUOHIMMA.

Matt's shot went off the backside of the goaltender and into the net. And you know what folks? We will take it!

End of Period 1 CLARKSON 1 the bulldogs..... 2 (I would like to call them something else, but I don't dare.)

[Goldie Knight]

Now, Clarkson fans, let's all cheer for Steve Zalewski to either score or get an assist toknight. Steve now has 99 points, just one point away from that prestigious 100 Point Club.

[Goldie Knight]

David Leggio made ten saves and the bulldog's goalie made 12 saves in Period 1.

Period 2 has begun.

Ty Mason is hit from behind....no call.:confused:

Adam Bellows shoot on goal...now Dan Tuttle has the puck....Grant Clitsome takes a shot on goal.

Yale penalty....contact to the head...roughing results in a Clarkson power play.

Shea Guthrie takes a shot in hopes of scoring.

Steve takes and wins the faceoff.

David Cayer takes a shot on goal but the bulldog's goalie grabs it.

Nick Dodge blasted the puck towards the net on the short save, but to no avail.

David Cayer is hit from behind by a bulldog....roughing is called.

Clarkson has a 25 second two man advantage.

[Goldie Knight]

LET'S GO TECHERS.

Steve tries to push the puck into the net, but he can't quite do that.

Yale wins the faceoff and clears the puck down the ice.

Shea Guthrie passes to Chris D'Alvise who simply cannot place the put past the bulldog's goalie....too bad guys....great Clarkson pressure though.

Brandon DeFazio is knocked off the puck, and it is passed down the ice.

The power play is over. Clarkson has had FIVE power play opportunities and scored on zero of them.

THAT WONDERFUL MATT BECA JUST SCORED HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME.

SCORE IS TIED AT 2 EACH.

[Goldie Knight]

Tim Marks is called for roughing and goes to the sin bin.

LET'S THINK ABOUT A SHORT-HANDED GOAL, CLARKSON.:)

Yale loses the puck, but regains possession, and shoots at David Leggio.

Well, thank goodness, the bulldog's power play is over....after three shots....all misses.:)

9:22 left in Period 2.

[Goldie Knight]

Dan Tuttle takes the puck over the blue line; now Mike Arciero has the puck.

Brandon DeFazio takes the puck and passes it to David Cayer. The bulldogs take the puck and drive it down the ice....icing called.

Momentum belongs to the Clarkson Golden Knights, who have come back from a two-goal deficit.

23 ~ 17 shots on goal...Clarkson advantage.

Matt Beca attempts a hat trick.

Lauri Tuohimma is called for a penalty....the Clarkson bench is very angry.

Yale power play begins....we wish them bad luck.

[Goldie Knight]

Once again, Steve Zalewski wins the faceoff.

BE TOUGH, CLARKSON GOLDEN KNIGHTS....NO MORE GOALS FOR YALE.

The power play ends with no damage done....yale only had one shot on goal during the power play.:)

Nick Dodge attempts a wrap around. Next, Brian DeFazio and David Cayer go in one a two-on-one, but the yale player tips the puck away....how sad.

Chris D'Alvise is called for a penalty....absolutely unjustified....the Clarkson bench is incensed.

[Goldie Knight]

We can't afford to give the bulldogs any more power plays....and I literally mean "give"...as in gift from the referee.

David Leggio makes a couple of good saves in the waning seconds of the yale power play.

The power play is unsuccessful for yale again.:)

One of the bulldogs jumps on Tim Marks....unfortunately Tim and a bulldog go to the penalty box. We are playing 4 on 4.

David Cayer had a good shot on goal.

Period 2 ends with a 2 ~ 2 tie.

[Goldie Knight]

David Leggio has made 19 saves and the bulldog goaltender has made 25 saves.

Period 3 has begun. No room for mistakes in this period, Clarkson.

Brandon DeFazio took a one-timer shot, but the bulldog goalie made the save.

Icing called against Clarkson.

Grant Clitsome is hooked, and the Golden Knights will soon begin their sixth power play.

WE NEED A GOAL FROM THE GOLDEN GUYS.

Clarkson has a couple of good chances, but the bulldogs shoot the puck down the ice.

Ty Mason shoots, the puck is tipped, but the save is made.

The power play is over....without any good results.

[Goldie Knight]

Yale exerts some pressure, but Clarkson passes the puck out of the zone.

Dan Tuttle to Mike Arciero....Clarkson retains possession for a while.

13:13 remains in this third period.

OH MY, too many men on the ice called against the bulldogs.

Power play # 7 for Clarkson.

Clarkson controls the puck for a reasonable amount of time, but yale sends it down the ice.

Power play over for Clarkson.

[Goldie Knight]

David Leggio, on his back with his glove in the air, stops a yale shot...wow!
This was a game-saving stop for David.

Yale is now on another power play....be tough Clarkson Golden Knights.

Adam Bellows is tripped up and Clarkson goes on the power play too.

David Leggio attempted to stop the puck, but it goes through the five hole into the back of the net off David. George Roll has requested the referee come over to speak to him.

Darn it, yale now has 3 goals and Clarkson has only 2.

[Goldie Knight]

Yale is starting to win the battles along the boards.

Matt Beca shoots, Nick shoots, Steve shoots, and the puck would not go into the net.

A shot goes over David Leggio's shoulder into the net.

Score is 4 ~ 2 bulldogs.....yale scores two goals in a little over two minutes....how bad is that? very very bad.

[Goldie Knight]

Yale is still exerting pressure inside the Clarkson zone.

Brandon DeFazio shoots the puck, but it is stopped by the bulldog's goaltender.

Yale penalty for interference....is there still hope?

Darn it, yale sends the puck down the ice.

And they do the same thing again.

Clarkson may have an empty net?

Dan Tuttle was knocked down and hurt, but he get ups and skates off the ice.

Yale knocks the puck down the ice again...the power play is over.

48 seconds remain in the game.

[Goldie Knight]

Oh rats, yale just scored another goal....into an empty net.

David returns to his goal.

FINAL SCORE

CLARKSON...2 the bulldogs...5

I don't think Clarkson deserved to win this game because they were outplayed by yale....what a shame at a time when points are so vital....a most disconcerting evening.

[Goldie Knight]

Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:20 AM

Well, the morning after is as dismal as the knight before. Coach Roll had some comments published in an area newspaper about the game against Yale. And I have paraphrased some of the other information.

"We had a very good start to the game....it was probably the best we played all weekend. We made one mistake and turned the puck over....then we took a penalty." On both occasions, Yale was able to capitalize on Clarkson's mistakes and score. After Yale's second goal, David Leggio and Nick Dodge protested that David had been run over by a Yale player....obviously to no avail. In regard to Yale's third goal, George believes the referee blew the whistle three seconds BEFORE the puck crossed the line. Yale's fourth goal hit a CU player and hopped into the net. "Yale's fourth goal was just a lucky bounce. David Leggio never saw it go in." The fifth Yale goal was shot into an empty net.

"Our guys played hard tonight. I have no issues with the way we played. The power play was the big thing."

Undoubtedly, the long bus trip back to Potsdam was not a happy one...even though we are still clinging to first place....a mere two points ahead of the Princeton Tigers, who currently stand alone in second place.

Will the season go right down to the wire again with our final game to be thankfully played at Cheel Arena on March 1 against Quinnipiac?

OPTIMISM IS THE FAITH THAT LEADS TO ACHIEVEMENT......PRACTICE THAT POWER PLAY PLEASE!

[daredevilcu]

HOW can Roll have no issues with the way we played tonight??? All season long after what appears to fans as mediocre effort Roll continues to say he's pleased with how we played and the effort we put out. I can't understand how losing to a middle-of-the-pack team and going 0-9 on the power play (even if Yale got 4 lucky goals) can possibly be construed as acceptable effort.