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Last weekend, Union scored three goals in 6:29 to draw within 4-3 of host Harvard. The only problem was that the Dutchmen’s third goal, scored by defenseman and All-American candidate Mike Schreiber, lit the lamp with merely 3.4 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

Going for broke, Union coach Nate Leaman elected to keep goalie Corey Milan on the pine and set up his six skaters for the desperation draw at center-ice. With a center taking the draw, the five remaining Dutchmen lined up on the red line to the right-wing side.<\/p>\n

The strategy was certainly unusual, if not ultimately successful.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t have a time-out, and we didn’t have enough time to script it,” said Leaman. “That’s stuff you think about during the summer.”<\/p>\n

Leaman preferred to keep us guessing at the design details of his “onside kick” formation, but he made up for his secrecy with a gem of a tactical tale from years past.<\/p>\n

Relating a story from his days as a Harvard assistant, Leaman recalled a game against Yale when new Sacred Heart head coach C.J. Marottolo was still an assistant with the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

With a draw at the Yale blue line against the Bulldogs’ bench, Marottolo showed his genius as a tactician: the Blue & White won the draw, and the short-side winger promptly hopped the boards onto his bench. A player at the far end of the pine vaulted the dasher behind the oblivious Crimson defense, received a breakout pass and was off to the races on an uncontested breakaway.<\/p>\n

Faceoff plays are often overlooked by the average fan, but sometimes those under-appreciated sets will positively drop your jaw.<\/p>\n

ECAC Hockey Playoff Update<\/h3>\n

A Saturday afternoon amendment to this week’s “What We Know”<\/a>: Yale beat St. Lawrence to knot the season series, negating head-to-head as a tiebreaker. Rensselaer beat Quinnipiac to take that tiebreaker, Union topped Princeton to claim the same advantage, and Brown beat Clarkson to wrest the head-to-head there. Cornell’s white-wash of Harvard gave the Big Red the season sweep, and Colgate’s tie at Dartmouth gave the Raiders the edge as well.<\/p>\n

Final Standings Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Clarkson (8 points) can finish no higher than 10th, therefore assuring a first-round road trip.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dartmouth (12 points) and Princeton (14) can finish no higher than seventh.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Brown (15 points) can finish no higher than fifth – out of contention for the bye – but no lower than 11th.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Harvard (17 points) and Quinnipiac (18 ) can finish no higher than fourth, but no lower than 11th.<\/p>\n

\u2022 St. Lawrence (20 points each) can finish between fourth and ninth.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Colgate (20 points) can finish as high as third or as low as ninth.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rensselaer (22 points) can finish between first and eighth, insuring the Engineers of a first-round home series, if not a bye.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Union (26 points), Yale and Cornell (28 each) have also clinched a bye week, but nothing more: either team could wind up as low as a No. 4 seed.<\/p>\n

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