Good effort by the Huskies tonight! My first UConn hockey game - I was impressed with the level of play.
I was right next to the QU penalty box. We thought the QU goal was kicked in. I heckled he game officials a bit but they said their was "no kicking motion". I could not see how the puck moved other then hitting the QU players blade.
It is always frustrating when you pay money to see a game, but you are not allowed to see a replay of any close call. We got one look at it then the refs looked at it for 2 minutes & declared it a goal. We never go another look. This irritates me to no end. If you are going to review the play & "get the call right". Why do I have to call home to find out what happened. Another reason not to buy a ticket.
Coaches were shaking their heads in disbelief on the goal. It took forever to decide and clearly there was something to look at. Players were convinced it was kicked but fortunately didn't fall apart after the call went against them.
This was a good game for UConn. The first goal was big because Q was pressuring and getting chances. They were also more physical. We were a little shaky early with the puck throwing it around in a semi-panic and needed to settle down. We did that by the end of the period on both ends.
In the second period the early Q soccer goal was tough and Q came at us hard. Some good goaltending and a few muffs by Q forwards helped us early. Their PP was out of sync and it hurt them because they had way too many PP's. Refereeing was poor, maybe not intentionally but it hurt us more than once. Fortunately we were skating hard and starting to pressure in their end. By then end of the second we were having the better of the play.
Third was just a dogfight and we hung right with them and kept skating, only now we were playing more confidently and with an edge to our game. Passing picked up as the game went on and I was convinced by the middle of the period if we could stay out of the box we win the game. Nice open net at the end to seal it. We won this game because of a great effort by the kids. I don't know all the players but I will soon. They deserve to be recognized after games like this.