From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Pens weekend summary
Keywords: Calgary, Winnipeg
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:34:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.C0rAEI.Crx.1
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

The Pens split their weekend games, winning 3-2 on Saturday against Calgary
and losing by the exact same score the next night in Winnipeg.  Saturday's
game was well played by both teams.  As I said in a previous post, I missed
all but the last period of the Pens/Jets game.   I wasn't too thrilled about 
that, since I really wanted to see Teemu Selanne.  From what I could make of
the highlights, box score and newspaper reports, it was a game that (again)
both teams played well.  And it took an incredible play by Teppo Numminen to
preserve the win for Winnipeg.

On Saturday, the crowd's attention was divided between the game at hand and
the Steelers-Bills playoff game going on across town.  I even went so far 
as to bring a Watchman to the game (something I have never done) to watch
the football game.  But I wasn't the only one.  There were portable tvs and
radios all through the crowd.  So during the Pens game cheers or groans would
ring out, totally unrelated to the action on the ice.  

The Pens struck first, just :35 into the period.  On a nice 3 man break down
the ice, Larry Murphy took a pass from Martin Straka, and fired a shot down
the center of the ice that beat Mike Vernon. (Tippett)

At 7:04 Joe Mullen cranked up his slapshot from the right point and blistered
a shot past Vernon to make the score 2-0. (McEachern, Murphy).  It looked like
Vernon was in for a bad afternoon, but those two goals seemed to build his 
resolve instead of break him down.

The Flames battled back.  Robert Reichel converted on the power play at 14:41 
(Fleury, Suter).  The Pens were in a game.

Neither team scored in the second.  Both goalies came up with big saves, and
both teams played a tight checking game.  The tempo was set early in the period
and you knew it wasn't going to be a high scoring game.

The score remained the same until 12:55 when Gary Suter(Makarov) blasted a 
shot from the point that beat Barrasso on the glove side.  The Pens started
to press offensively, and at 15:27.  Rick Tocchet bounced a pass off the 
boards to Stevens, who blew past the Flames defender and in on Vernon.  He
faked a shot, paused and went to the backhand.  He beat Vernon between the 
pads with a quick shot. 

As for Sunday's game, Kevin Stevens almost scored again in the same fashion.
It was 3-2, with Winnipeg fighting to keep the lead.  Kevin Stevens broke in
on Bob Essensa, with a Jet trailing him.  Essensa had come far out of the net
to challenge Stevens.  Stevens fired and the puck went through Essensa's legs.
It slid slowly to the goal mouth.  Just as it was about to cross the line, 
Teppo Numminen threw his body into the crease and knocked the puck away with
his stick at the last minute.  It was a hell of a play.

I noticed that some Jets fans have been complaining about the officiating of
Hoggarth during this game.  Since I didn't see the entire game I can't judge
his performance.  But having seen Hoggarth in action, I'm sure they have valid
complaints.  Hoggarth is terrible.  He's inconsistent in his calls, and he
tends to become completely blind in the 3rd.

Lori
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