And the game played on....
Yale B School, or, Hey Mr Zamboni Guy, can I have some crack too?
Ah, the joys of Really Bad Ice. MIT started off strong against a Yale
team that lacked Michigan's ringer, socks, an understanding of how
suspenders are supposed to work, and in one case, pants. Although MIT was
clearly dominating the game, their very tall goalie had relatively good
reflexes and it took Ana at least four minutes to skate the puck up and
score unassisted. On her next shift, Ana set Patty up for a one-timer
right in the crease (and in the air, I believe!) in a really beautiful
play. A few minutes later, Michelle broke out of our zone with the puck,
skated through four Yalies, and passed to Katie H, who took the puck up
and scored with it. Patty almost made it 4-0 shortly after, blocking
Lynne's wrist shot with her rear end (I was aiming for the Yale player,
honest!) and then jamming the puck in around the goalie's foot. The goal
was waved off, for somewhat unclear reasons, and the score remained 3-0
after the first period.
In the second period, the ice had gone from bad to worse. Instead of
pucks just getting caught in certain areas, they were getting caught all
over the ice! Elaine in particular looked very surprised on her
breakaway when suddenly the puck was back in that sticky patch, and Sam
did a beautiful and protracted dance to keep from falling through four
bad spots (it was the fifth that got her!)...no relation to the
zamboni doors being open to the 60 degree outside weather, surely? There
was also an interesting bit when Lynne passed to Lara's helmet, rather
than the tape on her stick... MIT kept the puck consistently in the
Yale zone, and demonstrated the beautiful puck cycling and D to D passes
that we've been practicing all season. Unfortunately, the (very loud)
Yale fans seemed unimpressed, although they quieted momentarily when Ana
assisted on Patty's wraparound goal. The third period...actually looked
very similar to the second, except that the clock went to running time
after Patty (assisted by Ana and Brenda) completed her hat trick. Final
score: MIT 5, Yale 0; shots on goal for Yale from inside the blue line:
0.
Bring on HBS!
If you don't have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?
-Stephen King
