This is our eighth segment of 'Between the Pipes with Keith Kinkaid.' This past weekend Keith and the team swept both Clarkson and St. Lawrence on the road in two decisive victories. He is currently the 3rd best goalie in the country statistically with a save percentage of .919 through 1,891 minutes of play. His current record in net is 23-7-2.How was the trip to the North Country last weekend? What particular aspect of the game do you think the team performed best? What does the team need to do better moving forward into this weekend?
The North Country trip was a success because we came back with the four points we came up there to get. It's always tough environments to play in and we played to win. I think the fact that we didn't have our best game against Clarkson and showed our true colors against St. Lawrence the next night was where we preformed the best. We know when we haven't had our best game and we responded really well. We need to have two consistent and fast starts and keep it rolling throughout the whole game.
Who was your MVP from the two wins we had over Clarkson and St. Lawrence? What made this person most deserving?
I think Wayno [Wayne Simpson]was the MVP this past weekend. He got us the overtime winner against Clarkson and continued shooting the puck against St.Lawrence starting our scoring for that night. Wayne is one of our most skilled guys out there and his speed is incredible.
What has been the mindset heading into this final weekend of the regular season? Is there a feeling of nervousness holding that one point lead over #3 Yale?
Our mindset is to dominate every aspect of the game against both Princeton and Quinnipiac. We are looking for great starts and our specialty teams need to come up big for us. We are just worried about playing our game and if we take care of our games we have nothing to worry about.
What will be the keys to this weekend's home games vs. Quinnipiac and Princeton? How much emphasis will you place on the last time you played these opponents in preparation?
Keys will be our specialty teams and our starts. When we are on our game we play to a level where we think no one can play with us. We need to learn from our mistakes last time we played these teams and take advantage of their weaknesses.
Do you see any key mismatches and/or matchups when preparing for this weekend's games?
Not that I can think of. We have great depth throughout our team and that is a strong point for us. We know we will battle whoever is in the lineup and we want this weekend to be special for our seniors.
What's the craziest goal scoring celebration that you've seen in your years of playing hockey?
I am not sure about craziest but I can think of some funny ones from our team. When Coby [Greg Coburn] scored last year against St. Cloud he did a little hop up in the air which we all watched on video and laughed about. Another is Stuart's goal against Brown in which he was shaking and slammed his stick with one hand on the ice. This was another one we all got a good laugh from.
Well there you have it folks, you've heard it from the man himself. Please leave your reviews in the comment box below. Enjoy this upcoming weekend's games- I hope everybody comes out to see our seniors play their final regular season games at Messa. Two wins and the Cleary Cup will be ours!! And remember fans, you can find Keith Kinkaid on facebook at any time during the day. -JZolot
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