Re: SCSU Season Thread 2-Do We Hate Everybody as Much as They Hate Us?
"We just made some colossal mistakes," SCSU coach Bob Motzko said. "One, we had too many penalties. What we're doing taking those is ridiculous. That got them two power-play goals in the first. But we fought to get back in it and we put ourselves back in that game a couple of times. But when we made mistakes, they ended up in the back of our net."
"I missed it," Motzko said of Marvin's hit on Geoffrion. "Our bench was saying it was a good hit, but I know with the rule changes we'll have to see. I haven't seen the replay. I'm getting from other people that (Marvin's) shoulder hit (Geoffrion's) head. But (Marvin's) stick is down. I don't know. I have to watch it. Until I do that, it's hard for me to make a comment."
Motzko said Raboin's injury "was his own fault."
"He threw (the puck) off a shin pad and then he's battling for a loose puck," Motzko said. "It's unfortunate that he went into the boards like that."
Roe said neither Raboin's injury nor Geoffrion's crossed the line.
"Raboin's was kind of like a freak accident," Roe said. "He just kind of went (into the boards) the wrong way. It might've been a push from behind, but I think even (Raboin) wouldn't say it was a dirty hit. Marv's was just a solid hit. Sometimes injuries happen. Sometimes people get clipped when they're not looking. That was one of those plays where (Geoffrion) was wrong-place, wrong-time."
There was no debate about how losing Raboin impacted SCSU.
"It certainly wears on the defense, rotating five guys," Marvin said. "But you've just got to play through it. That's no excuse to get beat like this ... it doesn't matter who's in or who's out.
"You've got to give credit to Wisconsin, they came out and played physical and they got the puck to the net a lot," Marvin added. "They outworked us."
SCSU's 50 shots allowed was a season worst. Lee faced 20 shots in the first period and his play helped the Huskies face only a 2-1 deficit heading into the second. But he might've overplayed Ben Street's breakaway that resulted in a goal with .1 seconds remaining.
"They'd scored in the last minute, and it seemed like the momentum was shifting," Street said. "To shift it back for us was pretty big."
"(Street's goal) deflated us," Roe said. "It took our momentum away. But we still had 20 minutes to score a couple of goals, and this team can score with the best of them. We weren't too concerned, but that was one of those mistakes they didn't bury (Friday) and they did tonight. The game changed on it."
"(Smith) punched me in the face," Roe said. "I kind of pushed him back. Coach doesn't like that stuff and I should know better. But it got the best of me tonight. I've been better about it this year and hopefully it won't happen again."
Just before boarding the bus back home, however, Motzko found a ray of hope in the darkness.
"I'm happy with a lot of guys because we kept battling," he said. "We made some mistakes and we didn't get some saves. But we put ourselves back in the game a couple of times."
moments, but it certainly didn't really factor into the loss.