Re: RPI Hockey 2019 - 2020 Part II: Moving on with 2020 Vision!
You mentioned the one player that we have that does play a physical game - Gornal. Wish more played with his style and determination. And your assessment of our defensive emphasis is spot on. Have not seen many hard checks all year.
The review was to determine if they missed a penalty and if it was a major penalty. Had the officials determined they had indeed missed a major penalty (it can't be a minor) they could have then assessed the call of a major penalty. The goal though would have stood. RPI would only have received the benefit of a 5 min power play. The signalling of 5 to the benches was that there was not a penalty and that play would be 5 on 5.
As for this team and how it is built, the team doesn't have to be built to play physical. UMass isn't built that way, their players just hit. RPI doesn't except for some of the smaller players like Marrello, Polino or Gornal. We have defensemen that care more about caring the puck then playing physical. We have 6'+ forwards who have no idea what physicality is .... you don't have to hit to play a physical brand of hockey.
You mentioned the one player that we have that does play a physical game - Gornal. Wish more played with his style and determination. And your assessment of our defensive emphasis is spot on. Have not seen many hard checks all year.