![]() In three cases, a team blew a two-goal twice in a game, and in two others, both teams blew a two-goal lead. Of those 110 blown leads, 55 resulted in a loss for the “choking” team and 55 resulted in a win, which confirms Guite’s remark about how what happened before doesn’t matter - it’s 50/50 once the score is tied. So NHL teams lose leads about as often as the Chicago Blackhawks win a game: It’s not commonplace, but it’s not a rarity, either. Out of 315 eligible games, 110 - 34.9% - resulted in a blown two-goal lead. 1-March 15 in which a team held a two-goal lead in the first two periods. Now let’s put human emotion aside in favor of some cold, hard numbers.įirst, let’s review every NHL summary from Jan. But then once overtime starts, it’s like, “OK, next goal wins.’ But whatever happened before, it’s over. “In the third period, we knew they were going to push, they scored a goal (by Mike Souza). “All of a sudden, all that momentum we had goes out the window,” Guite said. ![]() Five minutes later, UNH forward Darren Haydar cut the deficit to 2-1 Guite pointed out Maine’s lead could have been 3-0 - a second-period Dan Kerluke goal was overturned when video review showed teammate Jason Vitorino’s skate was in the crease - and the air went out of the Black Bears’ sails. Playing for Maine in the 1999 NCAA championship against hated New Hampshire, his first-period goal helped the Black Bears grab a 2-0 lead, only for the Wildcats to eventually tie the score 2-2 and force overtime. Guite is quite familiar with two-goal leads, and the ability to recover after letting one slip away. As long as there’s time on the clock, you’ve got a chance to win this.” “That one I always use as a reference point when my teams are down,” MacDonald said. Faster than you can say “momentum shift,” BU scored two quick goals to force overtime, where it went on to win 4-3. The Terriers went on to play in the NCAA final, where they trailed Miami (Ohio) 3-1 with a minute left in regulation. When coaching at UMass-Lowell in 2009, MacDonald’s River Hawks fell to Boston University in the Hockey East championship game. … If you have a two-goal lead in hockey, you’re almost desperate to make it three, and if you’re behind, you just want to cut the lead in half, and I think there’s a sensory behavior on each side of that, that has a big influence in the game.” I think the difference between a two-goal lead and a one-goal lead in hockey is one shot. “Momentum can change very quickly in a hockey game. “It is a 100% real,” said MacDonald, a veteran coach who previously helmed Division I schools UMass Lowell and Niagara.
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