Miami beat us 4-0.
No excuses. Miami was clearly the better team for 60 minutes. Sure, the officiating wasn't the greatest, but I've seen a helluva lot worse, and the referees had nothing to do with the end result. Miami was faster, beat us to the puck and had more energy. The scoreboard showed as much.
Miami did a very nice job of shutting our offensive chances down and carrying the play the majority of the night. Two goals off of bad bounces gave Miami the first two goals, a bad line change led to a defensive zone turnover, which led to Miami's 3rd goal on a 3 on 1. The 4th goal came on a delayed call where Miami got about 2 rebounds too many and buried one.
Outside of the power play, Ferris didn't do a whole lot offensively and it showed on the scoreboard. For the most part, Miami did a great job of forcing us to the outside on any rushes, and on sustained pressure, held us to the outside. Very very few point-blank chances, and Reicherd stopped everything.
Big game for Ferris tomorrow afternoon after a disappointing effort tonight, both on the ice and in the stands. This game should have been a sellout, and tomorrow's should as well.