38.9 seconds. That's all the time that needed to pass to not break my heart tonight. 38.9 seconds. The Seawolves fought the good fight tonight coming back to tie the game at 1-1 and then 2-2. The players all deserve credit for playing with 110% intensity. They gave it their all and showed both nights that they can play with any team in the country. The Pios should feel lucky. Not to take away from the winning goal here, Rakhshani made a great between the legs blind pass from behind the net and Ruegsegger finished it ... with 38.9 seconds left.
Mickey Spencer scored a pretty goal on a one-timer where he had to pivot to get the shot off tying the game 1-1. And Kevin Clark made a great effort to work the puck out front and Nick Haddad masterfully batted it in out of the air to make it 2-2. The Seawolves deserved more than they got this weekend. One point isn't nearly satisfying. The Pios deserved less than they got this weekend.
The game has been done for about 25 minutes at this point and there still is no boxscore posted. Why? Because there was a fair bit of bullshit after the horn. It started when Patrick Wiercioch and Brad Gorham challenged for a puck as the horn sounded. Wiercioch immediately took a shot at Gorham's head and everyone else seemed to square off. The moron on DU's radio said Clark started it with Wiercioch. Clark wasn't anywhere near Wiercioch when Wiercioch took a cheap shot at Gorham's head.
It'll be nice if someone manages to post some video of all the post game activities. Like I said, all I saw was Wiercioch start it with Gorham. There were apparently a number of other guys squared off. I did see someone on top of William Wrenn rubbing his nose into the ice. And I saw a DU player being the third man into an existing scuffle.
It was difficult on the TV coverage to see exactly what was going on because the broadcaster immediately went to George "Jowls" Gwozdecky on the ice eschewing what was actually happening with the players. He really likes to do that eh? I guess he thinks he's a player. He was yelling at Dave Shyiak, who apparently just crossed his arms in Jowls direction in response. Dave knows he is a coach and doesn't play hockey anymore. Jowls should learn that. I'd expect that Bruce McLeod will mention something along those lines to him. He certainly should.
George was busy screaming at everyone because a couple of UAA players had come off the bench and his boys were outnumbered. They didn't show who was fighting who though because I guess Jowls has it in his contract that the camera focus on him exclusively if he gets on the ice surface. Does he not understand that the game is played between the players? Passive/Aggressive drama queens love the limelight I guess. He was pointing this way and that way like Patton directing traffic and after everything was settled down he sent his team off the ice without the usual handshake.
Ok ... so more than an hour since the game finished and still no boxscore. I don't have a lot else to say without taking a look at it. And you shouldn't have to wait all friggin night to read something. So I'll post this now and add any thoughts after they finally get around to posting the boxscore.
Edits:
9:36PM Alaska Standard Time ... two hours after the game ended. And no boxscore? The WCHA headquarters is on the University of Denver campus. Makes one wonder if there is some McLeod shenanigans at work behind the scenes.
10:01 ... boxscore posted. Two Game Disqualifications for each team. For UAA, Crowell and Tuton. For DU, Ryder and Wrenn. Lots of double minors for roughing. No actual "fighting" penalties. Baldwin gets 5 mins for "grasping the facemask". Crowell picked up an "instigator" penalty.
No real satisfaction in any of that. Looks like a political hack job to me. I'd bet Shyiak and Jowls both had Bruce McLeod's ear and that he "supervised" the referees while they filled in the sheet. Notice how both teams had 7 players tagged with penalties? Smells political to me. The didn't have to balls to do anything but basically "even it up".
I've had my fill of this tonight.
Edits:
9:36PM Alaska Standard Time ... two hours after the game ended. And no boxscore? The WCHA headquarters is on the University of Denver campus. Makes one wonder if there is some McLeod shenanigans at work behind the scenes.
10:01 ... boxscore posted. Two Game Disqualifications for each team. For UAA, Crowell and Tuton. For DU, Ryder and Wrenn. Lots of double minors for roughing. No actual "fighting" penalties. Baldwin gets 5 mins for "grasping the facemask". Crowell picked up an "instigator" penalty.
No real satisfaction in any of that. Looks like a political hack job to me. I'd bet Shyiak and Jowls both had Bruce McLeod's ear and that he "supervised" the referees while they filled in the sheet. Notice how both teams had 7 players tagged with penalties? Smells political to me. The didn't have to balls to do anything but basically "even it up".
I've had my fill of this tonight.
