This was one of the greatest sports events I have ever seen live. I have seen Canada blow out the USA in international hockey, various Soviet touring teams, kid Hasek stone kid Gretzky in 1987 in a Canada Cup pre-tourney game. I have seen Lemieux twice. I saw a Red Sox batter put the ball over the Big Green Monster in the tenth to beat the Yankees. I’ve seen Liam Brady play for Arsenal. This was up there, one of the best.
The pictures are all mixed up and by the second period I just put the camera away. The crowd of dairy farmer fashion kids taunting the preppies from Yale. Best chanted taunt? “Bush went to Yale! Bush went to Yale! Bush went to Yale!” Yale’s version of the game is here.
It was zero zero after two. SLU put one past off the goalie’s shoulder on the short side after faking a wrap-around. Then two open netters in the last 38 seconds. Both goalies stood on their heads, with SLU’s Justin Pesony killing a break away deek to the far post cold in the second period.
I’ve written about the Appleton Arena at St. Lawrence University before. It is solid. The aged thick pine makes a deep hollow sound as you stomp along with “Hockey Goalie! Hockey Goalie!” to bug the visiting netminder. Four bucks each for tickets for the kids. SLU’s colours are red and milk chocolate brown. It is oddly familiar, homey. Both the Canadian and American anthems were sung by the crowd.
