CANTON, N.Y.<\/b> — In what can only be described as a battle of special teams, Miami edged St. Lawrence 1-0 on a Jack Roslovic power-play goal during a penalty-filled game that took less than two hours to complete.<\/p>\n
The first period saw no scoring and a relatively even pace of play, while the second period was anything but normal. <\/p>\n
A myriad of penalties and a lot of chippiness made it quite interesting before the lone goal came on a controversial Miami power play. <\/p>\n
Sean Kuraly drove hard to the Saints net down the right wing and slipped a pass to Roslovic, who made no mistake at the 4:52 mark. <\/p>\n
“Anthony Louis made a grat play on the wall, chipped the puck to Sean,” explained Roslovic. “He made his own room and drove to the net, I just waited and put it home when I got the chance.” <\/p>\n
Both teams had more power plays after, but neither could capitalize.<\/p>\n
For Saints coach Greg Carvel and SLU netminder Kyle Hayton, the penalty that resulted in the Miami power play was a missed call as Hayton felt that he was interfered with on the goal. The goal was reviewed, but upheld.<\/p>\n
Like the first, the third period saw no scoring, but in one instance, St. Lawrence had a 5-on-3 opportunity for just over a minute, but Miami was able to escape unblemished.<\/p>\n
“Generally, whoever wins the 5-on-3 battle, if there is one, wins the game,” said Miami netminder Ryan McKay. <\/p>\n
McKay finished with 26 saves for the shutout, several of which came during that crucial penalty kill. <\/p>\n
“It’s better than facing no shots at all,” said McKay on the busy night. “That’s the nature of the position, you just gotta keep your head in it.”<\/p>\n
Hayton recorded 25 in the losing effort for St. Lawrence. <\/p>\n
“I think we hustled hard and had an overall good game,” said Hayton. “We have to capitalize on our chances. You won’t get many against a team like Miami.”<\/p>\n
“I thought it was a real good hockey team between two evenly-matched teams,” added Carvel. “I thought the referees were too involved with the game, and it’s tough to lose on a power-play goal off a penalty that never really happened.” <\/p>\n
On the special teams battle, Carvel was blunt, saying, “They scored on a power play and we didn’t. That’s the difference.”<\/p>\n
“The pace was pretty fast, both ways,” said Blasi. “Both goalies played really well. We made one play on the power play. Obviously, we blocked a lot of shots, which helps your power play.” <\/p>\n
Blasi also emphasized the growth of his team, which has played much better since a season-opening loss to Providence. <\/p>\n
“Any time you come into this building and get a win its big, but we need to refocus and get ready for another less-than-two-hour game tomorrow night,” Blasi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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