One Loss, One Image for the Ages
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The following article appeared in the April 1 issue of the Daily Princetonian.
By Eric Dodds
Executive Editor for Sports
For sports fans, the most enduring images often are of moments
of greatest defeat. And after the men’s hockey team’s
heartbreaking 5-4 overtime loss to the University of Minnesota
Duluth in its NCAA West Regional semifinal, I have a new image
burned into the back of my skull.
It’s not an image of the moment when a UMD forward scored to
end the game in overtime. Nor is it an image of the moment when a
UMD defenseman scored to tie the game with less than a second
remaining in the third period. Actually, it came just a few moments
after that.
From our perch in the press box, we watched the action unfold in
the seconds after the tying goal was scored: Bulldogs skated to
their bench to celebrate, Tigers despondently wandered to their
bench to regroup. Only one person didn’t move a muscle after
the goal was scored: senior forward Brett Wilson.
Complete article can be accessed via the Princetonian Web site by
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