May 22, 2005

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PRINCETON, NJ - In dramatic fashion Georgetown tied its NCAA Quarterfinals game against Maryland at Princeton University's Princeton Stadium at eight apiece with one minute remaining in regulation on a man-up goal by Pete Cannon (Haverford, PA/The Haverford School). Maryland looked as if it had locked up the game when Bill McGlone hit an open net with 1:33 remaining in regulation to give the Terps a 9-7 margin, but Georgetown head coach Dave Urick asked for a stick check and the referees deemed McGlone's stick illegal, awarding a three minute unreleaseable penalty after which Cannon netted the tying score. The three minute penalty extended into the overtime period that saw Georgetown unable to score and then fend off an extra man opportunity by Maryland. With both teams even and :56 seconds left in the period the Terps' Andrew Schwartzman netted the game winner to make the final score 9-8.

A game that had nine total goals scored in the first three quarters ended up having seven scored in the fourth quarter, four from Georgetown's Cannon brothers as Pete Cannon had two and Brendan Cannon (Haverford, PA/The Haverford School) scored two of his three on the day. Hoya senior face-off man Andy Corno (Bethesda, MD/Walt Whitman) had his second consecutive dominating performance at the face-off "X" winning 15-of-20 attempts including 8-of-8 in the fourth quarter. In Corno's two games in the 2005 NCAA Championship he won 30-of-37 attempts. Two-time Tewaaraton Trophy finalist Brodie Merrill (Orangeville, Ontario/The Salisbury School) closed his Hoya career with nine groundballs to total 104 this season, which ranks second on the Hoya all-time list.

The first face-off of the game was a sign of things to come as Corno won his opening attempt. Hoya freshman Scott Kahoe (Villanova, PA/Radnor) gave GU its only lead of the day and the first score of the game at the 11:26 mark. GU's defense held Maryland on its first possession as close defenseman Reyn Garnett (Mt. Kisco, NY/Deerfield Academy) stripped Maryland but after a Rich D'Andrea (Belle Mead, NJ/The Peddie School) save UM's Joe Walters stuck his first of four at 9:03. The Terps hit one more to take a 2-1 first quarter lead. Maryland's Xander Ritz hit one less than a minute into the second quarter before GU's Trevor Casey (Bethesda, MD/Georgetown Prep) scored off a Brendan Cannon assist to cut the Maryland lead to 3-2 which held until halftime.

The third quarter once again saw the Terps score the first goal, to rebuild a two-goal cushion. With 5:31 in the quarter it looked like the Hoyas' Pete Cannon scored a goal as the ball rolled on the goal line but it was deemed not to have crossed the line and Maryland goalie Harry Alford attempted a clear. In a little change of fate the Terps turned the ball over on an offsides and after a Nick Miaritis (Setauket, NY/Ward Melville) shot went wide freshman Matt McBride (Ridgewood, NJ/Delbarton) snuck around the right side and buried a shot. Maryland's Brendan Healy advanced the Terps cause with a score at 1:48 but with Maryland on an EMO with 1:21 to go in the quarter Merrill stripped Healy and then drew a pushing penalty. After both penalties expired GU's Brendan Cannon swooped around the outside of the cage and netted an underhanded shot to cut the lead to 5-4.

In the final regulation period Maryland jumped out to a 7-4 lead by hitting two scores in the quarter's first six minutes. Brendan Cannon responded with two, the first at 8:25 to play and the second one coming 20 seconds later. UM's Maxwell Ritz scored with 6:37 to play before Pete Cannon knocked in a bounce shot and four minutes later netted the game tying score, sending the affair into overtime.

Georgetown ends the year with a 10-5 record, reaching double digits in the win column for the ninth consecutive year. For the third time in four year the Hoyas lost by one goal in the NCAA Quarterfinals and is the only team outside of Johns Hopkins to have made it to the quarterfinals in each of the past four seasons.