Re: RPI 2009 - 2010 -- RIP Nathan Marsters
Indeed. Saw several people complain about the call on Pirri that made the penalties matching late in the third, for example. From my look on B2, Pirri's hit after the whistle was arguably worse than the original hit that sparked the penalty against Alaska. That's a downright stupid penalty for us to take, and most likely cost us the win.
Not to say the refs were perfect either. There was a HUGE hold by Alaska in OT that prevented a scoring chance (not necessarily a breakaway, but a chance nonetheless). Alaska player threw our guy to the ice with both hands not 5 feet away from the ref, who watched it happen without so much as flinching. That kind of wishy-washy, pick-and-choose officiating gets me riled up every time. I don't care if it's 5:00 of the first in an exhibition or overtime of the national championship, it's a clear cut penalty and needs to be called.
The box score tells the story though. Outshot 18-2 in the third we were clearly trying to hold on for dear life. And when you get outworked that bad in a period, you're going to take stupid penalties. Credit to RPI for scoring early and putting good pressure on through the first two periods. There just wasn't enough left in the tanks to hold it up through the late game penalties.
Originally posted by DavidSec17
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Not to say the refs were perfect either. There was a HUGE hold by Alaska in OT that prevented a scoring chance (not necessarily a breakaway, but a chance nonetheless). Alaska player threw our guy to the ice with both hands not 5 feet away from the ref, who watched it happen without so much as flinching. That kind of wishy-washy, pick-and-choose officiating gets me riled up every time. I don't care if it's 5:00 of the first in an exhibition or overtime of the national championship, it's a clear cut penalty and needs to be called.
The box score tells the story though. Outshot 18-2 in the third we were clearly trying to hold on for dear life. And when you get outworked that bad in a period, you're going to take stupid penalties. Credit to RPI for scoring early and putting good pressure on through the first two periods. There just wasn't enough left in the tanks to hold it up through the late game penalties.
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