New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-01
TIED AFTER EXTRA PERIOD.
Hockey Club and St. Nick Team
Fail to Break Deadlock.
POOR ICE MAKES SLOW GAME
Lack of Team Play on Both
Sides Has Much to Do with
the Scoring.

/ After struggling through an extra
period of twenty minutes. the st. Mich
olas Skating Club team and the seven
I representing the Hockey club Of Ne"
| York played a tie game in the Amateur
| Hockey League championship series at
the St Nicholas Rink last night Wien
/ the time limit had expired both sides had
made two goals. As result the game
will have to ie piayed over.
! BY the way. the st Niciis'' started Off
/ it looked as if the hitherto clean record
I of the Hockey club was going to be
! broken at last. for at the end of the first
period the count stood to 0. In the sec
/ ond half. however. the Hockey club made
! a game brace and. being favored with
/ luck as well. managed to tie the score.
2 The ice was the worst seen at the local
/ rink this winter, almost the entire surface
being covered with water. This maj
skating laboYiuus besides making accurate
dribbling Of the puck almost impossible.
! Both sides worked their hardest. and when
the extra period mad ended the players
were "A tired lot. Had more attention
/ been paid to team work. instead of watch
/ ing the other fellow. the scoring would I'M
| aues,ionably have been higher on both
| sides.
As il was the Hockey Club can consider
itself lucky 10 get away with tie game,
for 81. Nicholas had it on the defensive
the greater part of the time. Every time
the puck was shot at the st. Nicholas
I cage il was sent twice toward the other
net. but the alert Lewis had an eye like "A
1 hawk. Washburn. the other goal tender,
| also did his part well. There were quite
number Of penalties on both sides the
uuick tempered Brltton being sent To the
/ side on two occasions
/ Tho first count came after more than
/ fourteen minutes of play. Richards shoot
/ Ing the puck past Lewis on long shot
I from the side wall With only a minute
. left 10 play I'm this period. Morgan. 50.
4 Nicholas's brilliant rover worked the
rubber through the entire opposing team
/ and. after clcvcrly Guiding Britton. shot
! the goal In the closing seconds Mac
kcnzlc and Washburu got into a cross
! checking mix-up I'm front Of the St Mich
+ olas cage. and the referee sent both of
/ Tor rest. Richards took Washbnrna
place. and the half ended with the rcSu-
| lar goal keeper out Of tho game.
| The second half had not been in prog
rose long before chew. the fast -. Mich
! olas centre got tho puck and with
clear field. was rushing IL down 20 what
! seemed an almost certain score Britton.
| however. deliberately tripped Chew. for
which the first named was promptly sent
| of the ice In scrlmmagc few Yards
/ I'm front Of The 81 Nicholas goal. Mac
| kouzic scored for tho Hockey Club.
\ li,tlo later Brtton hit tho icc hard
and Il was several minutes before he
! could play ~ he received a bad wrench
! IN Tire shoulder. The Hockey clubs sec
on goal had an clement Of luck attached
/ to II. for Mackenzie nj landed the
pucll few feet In front OF Washburn
/ and tho rubber. taking an awkward
/ bound. cludcd rhc players frantic effort
/ to block. Tho period vas then about half
! over and nothing happened 10 break the
! ii. from that time ON, although II seemed
~ II ST Nicholas must score when the
puck was carried right up 10 the jaws of
! the opposing cage. only To =" blocked or
| brushed aside bv Lewis.
! Ry this time the opposing factions had
! been worked w to a high pitch OF cnthu-
! .iasm. and a. the rival teams changed
| sides one cxCitablc Young woman. who
! had been pulling hard for the Hockey
/ club. sort of lost her bearings. Turning
/ To- her escort. she said: (which basket
do want II To- got iu?' Except on rare
occasions. throughout the extra period OF
/ twenty minutes 81. Nicholas had the
! Hockey club on IN" defensive. only ono
/ penalty was imposed in this extra sos
4 yiou-v hon Richards sent White sprawl
! ing on what looked like an uninton'ional
. trip.
/ Tho summary follows: