Re: RPI 2010-11: Houston, We've had a Facelift!
Good game. Great atmosphere. Beautiful arena.
The Engineers had another couple bone-headed mistakes (too many men on the PP?! REALLY!?) but none of them turned straight into goals. The refs were definitely a little whistle-happy, except when they decided to not call anything for 10 minutes in the third.
NU's power play was pretty sad. I'm hoping to attribute that to some great penalty killing, but I've heard that that isn't entirely the case. Overall, I want to see more from the team, but it's pretty clear Appert was experimenting today. Putting Koudys and Leboeuf on the same pairing for a number of shifts... Bailen, Bergin, and Polacek all quarterbacking the PP... Coach wants to see what the team can do.
And, one last request... this one goes out to the refs... DON'T CALL ONE TEAM FOR KEEPING THE VERY (and I mean, seriously, it was the very) EDGE OF HIS SKATE ON THE CREASE (not even in it) WITHOUT CALLING IT BOTH WAYS!!
Thank you. Love, burgie12
Overall, I love the effort given by the team, and I'm looking forward to seeing them back in Troy for their home opener.