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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5004816, member: 6798"]
Big factor in it ending a one goal contest was our decision to slow the ball down with a ton of time still left in the game. 14-11 with about 9 minutes left and we made a point to run the shot clock down around at least 25 seconds before trying anything serious for the rest of the game. There were times we passed up some serious looks at the cage to keep running the clock down. One possession Hiltz had a pretty wide open shot with 30 something seconds on the clock and he chose to pass it up. Ironically that technique burned Hopkins in their first game with Denver. Given how strong we were doing at the faceoff X I am surprised they did not make more of a point to score on the empty goal late. We had a couple opportunities to put it in and then Hopkins would have to both score twice and win two consecutive face offs with under a minute left. An extremely tall order given their play at the x.

To their credit they often got a solid look at cage late in the shot clock and there were a few pipe shots or good saves from Ierlan. I just wish we started the slow down ball a little later and forced the issue a little more. That time Spallina turned it over late in the game was because there were 10 seconds on the shot clock and someone had to do something. That does not happen if we get more aggressive earlier in the clock.
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