The Numbers Don't Add Up!

What's wrong with these pairs of numbers?

72-14 4-3

Well, as this venerable TV icon put it

Those numbers are the shots on goal and final score from Saturday, as the Icers narrowly avoided another Drexel debacle, this time at the Class of 1923 Dungeon Arena in Philly.

Once again, the Icers let the Dragons hang around like that pesky little brother we all had. In fact, for the second night in a row it was Drexel that got on the board first, with Jake Davis scoring just 3:27 into the contest.

Tim O'Brien tied it on the power play with 1:10 left in the first as the Icers outshot Drexel 17-4, cueing Yogi's "Deja vu all over again" for the 2nd straight night!

Same scenario to start the 2nd period, with Gino Angeloni scoring at 1:41. However, freshman Mike Broccolo was finally rewarded for his hard work with his first goal as an Icer at 8:10 and Tim O'Brien notched his 2nd of the night and 3rd goal of the weekend just 50 seconds later.

With the Icers outshooting the Dragons 26-6 in the middle period it was the latest episode of the Daniel Pyne show. The Dragons goalie did all he could to keep his team close again last night, with his heroics continuing in the 3rd period.

The two teams spent most of the 3rd in Drexel's half of the ice, with the Icers pounding Pyne with 29 shots, while Drexel could only manage 4 on John Jay. The last one by Andy Surawiec managed to slip between John's arm and body. Kyle Zoldy found the loose puck in the crease and scored with 1:23 left in regulation time.

Overtime appeared imminent for the third straight Saturday, but Paul Daley saved the bacon just 14 seconds later, going top shelf on Pyne at 18:51.

Pyne, who appeared absolutely crushed after the final buzzer, was the obvious choice as first star, with Tim O'Brien and Marek Polidor rounding out the 3 star selections. Honorable mentions go to Broccolo and Joe Zitarelli, who assisted on Mike's goal after scoring his first as an Icer in Friday's win.

West Virginia comes to State College next weekend for two games at the Greenberg. Let's hope the Mountaineers don't pull a Halloween trick on the Icers!