Re: RPI 2010-11: Houston, We've had a Facelift!
For the love of gawd, does anyone have a report about what happened on the ice?
Bergin scored on the power-play because Malchuk had tied up his man and the puck deflected off his stick and into the net. Malchuk was not very happy after that goal.
Rogic looks quick (yes, I know this was already known) and has the ability to be a force pretty soon. He almost scored in OT just by rushing past the D-man marked to him and putting it past York. Lebeouf is a big boy but needs a little help with his skating and decision-making. His penalties were the result of either being out of position or being too slow in making a decision. Koudys moved the puck pretty well, but I don't have a whole lot of comments otherwise.
The team definitely needs to gel a little more. Lots of sloppy passing and funky mishaps. I'm going to attribute that to the short bench, though.
With regards to the fieldhouse, the glass facade looks beautiful, but they need to find a way to block out the sun in afternoon games. The linesman was blinded (more than usual

) in the third period, and then it hit Sections 15 and 33 (I'm assuming it hit 16 and 17, too, but I wasn't sitting there, and they are also not looking west at such a severe angle). And, obviously, it would be nice to have the coaching boxes / SAJ suite / concessions finished.
The Phantoms-Devils match was an ugly, fight-filled game and something tells me there will be some blood on the ice when they open the regular season next week.