As I have said in my previous post, I have a
video of the hit on Spiro Goulakos, from my own point of view. He clearly got hurt on that play. I didn't get the aftermath of the hit, but he was slow to get up, and two of our players had to help him off the ice. But what REALLY angered me was that the Union player didn't get called for a penalty on the play! Not long after the hit, we get called for a penalty (making it 4x4), and Union scores on the 4x4 to take a 2-0 lead. At that point I thought this game was going to turn into an ugly train wreck.
Then the second period. Absolute penalty parade. And even worse, Darcy Murphy committed ANOTHER contact-to-the-head penalty, getting yet ANOTHER Game DQ. Given our luck (and possibly due to this being a 2nd offense), I won't be surprised to see him get further discipline. But Ugh! Now we're down two players for the rest of the game? At the 2nd intermission, I thought we still had a chance, because we were only down 2-1. Then the 3rd period starts, and Union scores 30 seconds into the period, still on a major power play. I start thinking it's gonna be a long night. Then the comeback. In just 3:35 of game time, we score 3 unanswered goals to take a 4-3 lead. The 3rd and 4th Colgate goals were only 12 seconds apart! Talk about a sudden turn of events! But it wasn't over just yet. Union tied it 4-4 with a goal that came almost immediately after an offensive zone faceoff. Then the Spink twins put us up for good, just like they did at Clarkson. The Cornwall line (Spink-Spink-Baun) remains a force to be reckoned with.
This was one of the best games I've ever seen since I started following Colgate hockey back in 2005. Okay, last March's win in Lake Placid remains my favorite, but this game ranks #2 for me right now. Other mumbo jumbo from the game: I got there about 45 minutes before puck drop, and only standing room tickets remained. The rink was still somewhat empty when I entered it, but by the start of the game, it was full. In fact, attendance for last night's game was higher than it was for Union-Cornell the night before! Fortunately I was able to find a section of Colgate fans and band with them. When Joe Wilson scored his first goal, he immediately turned around and pumped his fists at us. We made our presence felt.
Lastly, Union has strobe lights now that go off only when they score? Not cool. What if someone gets an epileptic seizure? At least it's not our problem.
At least RPI gave us the feed and didn't charge for it 
What's up with the Dutch? GR called a good game; very exciting. GR described many times the fact that Stephens (sp?) punched one of our players (Baun, Murphy?...I forget) in the head after he collided with the net. He was not called for the blatant penalty. So, another call missed by the refs in a game that got way out of hand in the 2nd. 
