SUNY forward Alex Trezza overshadowed the Violets with a six-point performance. His third period goal combined with five assists, three in the second period alone, broke NYU's back. Sometimes the puck just doesn't bounce your way. If we don't play together, we're going to lose. If a guy busts his butt on the forecheck, it creates turnovers and then scoring opportunities.
Hockey is the ultimate team sport.
If the five guys on the ice aren't skating hard, it isn't going to happen. The NYU defense only yielded 19 shots, and McDonald met all but two of them like a stone wall. All you have to do is go in and play positional hockey, skate hard, and you're going to win. Perry posted two shorthanded goals and neither required an assist. His second-period shorty came from a breakaway when he shot, swallowed his own rebound, and buried the puck.