Re: RPI 2010-11 Part II: RPI, the Other Team, the Refs -- We're outnumbered 10 to 6.
I actually enjoy this thread and wish Yale fans were as intense about hockey as you guys. I just don't understand why even you rabid RPI fans can't see that your penalties are your undoing. The Coach may be great, but even he complained about his guys not staying out of the box yesterday. If they keep the hands of the masks and stop hitting after the whistle they avoid what this whole thread is about, whining about the refs every week. The coach needs to instill that discipline in his team.
Nice win tonight, Brown is a good team.
Some video from Friday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKNp_tkZss
Part of real hockey is physical intimidation. From time to time that translates into penalties. The downside of penalties is that the other team might score. However, the upside of physical intimidation is that teams who play the fast style start to keep their heads up and the tempo can be affected.
Penalty Summary
-- 1st --
Rensselaer 1st - 00:34 Foss, Jeff: TRIPPING
Yale 1st - 05:47 Root, Jesse: INTERFERENCE
Rensselaer 1st - 16:10 Higgs, Brock: BOARDING
-- 2nd --
Rensselaer 2nd - 00:20 Brutlag, Bryan: BOARDING
Rensselaer 2nd - 04:22 Foss, Jeff: CROSS-CHECKING
Yale 2nd - 06:59 Mason, Brendan: TRIPPING
Rensselaer 2nd - 11:38 Dolan, Bo: HITTING AFTER WHISTLE
Yale 2nd - 20:00 Cahill, Chris: TRIPPING
-- 3rd --
Rensselaer 3rd - 06:46 Higgs, Brock: TRIPPING
Rensselaer 3rd - 09:11 Leboeuf, Guy: TRIPPING
Rensselaer 3rd - 10:08 Bailen, Nick: TRIPPING
Yale 3rd - 11:32 Anderson, Jeff: HOOKING
Yale 3rd - 17:31 Martin, Jimmy: HOLDING
Rensselaer 3rd - 17:31 Cullen, Patrick: FACEMASKING
Yale 3rd - 19:58 Miller, Andrew: CROSS-CHECKING
Penalty Totals
Rensselaer: 18 minutes on 9 infraction(s) Yale: 12 minutes on 6 infraction(s)
The face mask call resulted from the overlooked Yale 'hug-athon' by Martin...which the ref didn't seem to want to notice. Hitting after the whistle will happen ANY time our net gets crashed or an opponent tries to set up shop in the crease. I would have accepted your argument if you'd referenced the tripping penalties (and some of those were debatable). But that would negate your argument that the coach needs to discipline the "chippiness" as a good number of all tripping calls are spontaneous or incidental.
Your video is a Yale scoring recap. Please tell me that was done in good faith and not to rub anything in? Because I want to believe that you showed up to be 'sportsmanlike'...
