Nov. 3rd, 2012: Union 7, RPI 3

After a 6 Goal Second Period, Union Defeats RPI 7-3 at Home

This game was by far the most intense, exhilarating, over the top hockey games I've ever been to. The rivalry is well and alive and after this game, I expect things to get more wild in future match-ups. Bottom line, the Dutchmen stuck to their game and to quote RPI's head coach Seth Appert after Friday's loss, the Engineers played with a complete lack of maturity.

1st Period

The game's pace to begin the first period was fast and mean. RPI defensemen Dolan was called for interference about a minute and a half into the game and before two minutes in the period had passed, Carr put one in past RPI goalie Bryce Merriam. 1-0 Union. The speed of the period continued after the goal--this was extremely evident when (Cole) Ikkala/Roy/Sullivan line was out. Cole-train is a force to be reckon with. The intensity got the better of Sullivan and he was called with roughing, however, nothing came of this PP for RPI. Troy Grosenick made several key saves during this PP to keep RPI scoreless. The Dutchmen and the Engineers traded sustained pressure for the bulk of the middle of the period. At 12:50, an offensive zone faceoff win for RPI resulted in Jacob Laliberte feeding Ryan Haggerty, who made no mistakes about putting the puck top shelf on a one-timer. 1-1 Tie. The rest of the period consisted of a pitiful Union PP and an overall drop in the speed of the game.

(The) 2nd Period

Not to give anything away, but this is 20 minutes of hockey I plan to tell my kids about. 

More after the jump:

The first bit of noteworthy information came when Gros made a tremendous glove save (one of his many on the night) on a skipping puck through traffic. I don't imagine you will see that save on a highlight reel, but to see it in person and to see the ease in which he made the save was really impressive. Here begins the déjà vu... On a shot from Coburn, Daniel Caimpini deflected the puck past the RPI goaltender, exactly like the night before. More
later... 2-1 Union.

Read the rest of the exhilarating recap, and some must see points on UHB. They also recapped Friday's game.