(above) The Letter Of Apology is in the mailFrom: Wisconsin State Journal
by Andy Baggot
Matthew Ford, a senior right winger, appeared to score the tying goal in the final second of regulation.
With junior goaltender Shane Connelly off for an extra attacker, UW freshman center Kyle Turris won the faceoff in the right circle with 3.7 seconds left. Ford pulled the puck out of a tangle of bodies and cut loose with a low screamer that disappeared between the pads of Pioneers goaltender Peter Mannino and into the net.
"Fordo did a good job of coming in and getting it and (throwing) at the net right along the ice," Turris said.
"I just wanted to get it on net," Ford said. "I knew there wasn't much time."
Buoyed by the fact the red goal light was illuminated behind Mannino — if time has run out, the light should not come on — Ford thought a 5-minute overtime was coming.
"That was a big high for me," Ford said. "They did really well winning the faceoff back and getting the shot off and getting it in," Mannino said. "They did it perfect."
But referee Randy Schmidt looked at the sequence on video replay and determined that the puck had not crossed the goal line before time expired.
Ford played exceptionally well in back-to-back losses to Colorado College Jan. 4 and 5 in Madison.
If that reality hurt, this one left him in anguish.
"A lot of emotions went from high to low in a very short amount of time," he said.
UW coach Mike Eaves was upset that, on two occasions late in the third period, the clock had to be adjusted because time was allowed to run off after the whistle blew.
"I'm getting different reports from different people saying on another clock there was 0.2 seconds (when the puck went in)," he said, referring to a series of text messages from friends in Madison. "I'd like to know which clock they're looking at.
"And why is it that twice in a game their people can't hear the whistle to stop the clock when it should be stopped? They have a real issue here in this building."
Eaves said he got a "blank look" from Schmidt when he asked the referee about the red light being on behind Mannino.
With junior goaltender Shane Connelly off for an extra attacker, UW freshman center Kyle Turris won the faceoff in the right circle with 3.7 seconds left. Ford pulled the puck out of a tangle of bodies and cut loose with a low screamer that disappeared between the pads of Pioneers goaltender Peter Mannino and into the net.
"Fordo did a good job of coming in and getting it and (throwing) at the net right along the ice," Turris said.
"I just wanted to get it on net," Ford said. "I knew there wasn't much time."
Buoyed by the fact the red goal light was illuminated behind Mannino — if time has run out, the light should not come on — Ford thought a 5-minute overtime was coming.
"That was a big high for me," Ford said. "They did really well winning the faceoff back and getting the shot off and getting it in," Mannino said. "They did it perfect."
But referee Randy Schmidt looked at the sequence on video replay and determined that the puck had not crossed the goal line before time expired.
Ford played exceptionally well in back-to-back losses to Colorado College Jan. 4 and 5 in Madison.
If that reality hurt, this one left him in anguish.
"A lot of emotions went from high to low in a very short amount of time," he said.
UW coach Mike Eaves was upset that, on two occasions late in the third period, the clock had to be adjusted because time was allowed to run off after the whistle blew.
"I'm getting different reports from different people saying on another clock there was 0.2 seconds (when the puck went in)," he said, referring to a series of text messages from friends in Madison. "I'd like to know which clock they're looking at.
"And why is it that twice in a game their people can't hear the whistle to stop the clock when it should be stopped? They have a real issue here in this building."
Eaves said he got a "blank look" from Schmidt when he asked the referee about the red light being on behind Mannino.
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