BULLDOGS FALL TO VERMONT IN 4-1 UPSET
BRIDGEPORT — After a record-setting 24-win season including its first-ever ECAC tournament championship, the men’s hockey team finally met its match Friday against No. 11 Vermont at the Arena at Harbor Yard.
The third-seeded Catamounts (20-11-5, 15-8-4 Hockey East) upset the second-seeded Bulldogs by a score 4-1 to advance to the East Regional final against Air Force.
Chris Cahill ’10 scored late in the game for the Bulldogs, while goaltender Alec Richards ’09 made 22 saves in net.
After an evenly-matched start to the game, Vermont forward Peter Lunes opening the...
To be totally fair, I think this was probably one of only a few poor games we played all year. Plenty of missed chances in the first period, but then we were totally impotent for the rest of the game. It wasn't Yale hockey.
Just a pity it had to happen now. Props for such an awesome season, though, and good luck to UVM.
After the first period, UVM figured out how to bend but not break from defending Yale's forecheck.
Too many shots were either off target or blocked (I'd love to know how many blocked shots UVM got credit for), tight stickwork prevented any cross ice offensive zone passes, and their defense kept everything to the outside.
It didn't help that we couldn't get anything going on the powerplay, some of it due to UVM, some of it due to bad decisions on our part.
UVM played a strong defensive game and got a couple of good bounces in their favor that they took advantage of.