14 I Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
Flyers six-game streak snapped
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. Mike
Green scored a power-play goal 29
time to give the
Washington Capitals
a 3-2 win against the
Philadelphia Flyers
on Sunday.
It was Green’s
fourth goal of the sea
son.
Eric Fehr and
Alexander Semin also
scored for the
Capitals, who moved
ahead of Philadelphia Philadelphia
into the Eastern
Conference lead. Nicklas Backstrom
had two assists.
Quarterback
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“He's a competitor and he's got all the
confidence. He's one of those types of
guys that's going to get fired up like
that and I mean it's good. He's a great
asset to our team."
But as much as McGloin's confi-
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we start preparing lor Ohio State
because they're a really good football
team."
Day to remember:
Quarterback Malt
Offense
McGloin
The former walk-on started the
game as the backup, but Paterno
was looking for a spark and McGloin
delivered. Completing 18-of-29 pass
es for 225 yards and four touch
downs. McGloin helped the Lions
score 35 consecutive points.
Though it's still undetermined
whether or not he'll be the starter,
years from now McGloin will remem
ber he quarterbacked the team that
got Paterno win No. 400.
Defense: Linebacker Mike Mauti
The redshirt sophomore stepped
up by recording 11 tackles, 10 of
which were solo.
With the defense continuing to
look for a plavmaker. Mauti proved
he can be the guy, and the defense
built off his emotion and pitched a
second-half shutout.
Mauti recorded a sack on
Northwestern's final drive, which
sent the crowd and team into a fren
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Nikolay Zherdev and Ville Leino
scored for Philadelphia, which had its
six-game winning streak snapped.
The Flyers haven’t won seven in a row
since January 2002.
Braden Holtby made his first NHL
start in goal for the Capitals, making
23 saves.
Holtby earned a standing ovation
with 9 1 2 minutes left in the third peri
od after a pair of saves on point-blank
shots to preserve the tie during a
flurry of Flyers activity in front of the
net.
Washington
Holtbvs inaugural start came two
days after his first career appearance.
The 21-vear-old made his debut
and earned his first win Friday
when he relieved Michal Neuvirth
with 10 minutes remaining against
Boston.
dence has received a boost. Royster team offense in practice this week or
worries about Bolden being rattled if McGloin’s performance has done
after getting pulled from the game, enough to earn him the starting job
However, the running back said remains to be seen,
the coaches did a nice job of keeping “We’ll see,” right tackle Chima
Bolden positive, and since he's just Okoli said when asked who deserves
18 years old. there will he plenty of to be the starting quarterback “We’ll
opportunities for Bolden. Royster see."
said. Whether or not those opportu-
nities for Bolden come with the first-
ly as the game was put away.
Day to forget:
Offense: Quarterback Rob Bolden
The freshman quarterback
returned to the field for the first time
since suffering a concussion against
Minnesota, but his performance was
forgettable. Bolden started the game
but struggled to move the offense
and was replaced by Mcfiloin at the
end of the first quarter.
Bolden completed 3-of-4 passes for
y ards and took two big hits, one of
which, resulted in a fumble. Bolden's
inability to nai! down the starting job
leaves the competition open for
McGloin.
Defense: Defensive end Jack
Crawford
Crawford is estimated to be about
80 -percent healthy and saw the field
tor the first time since suffering a
foot injury in early October. With
Crawford playing in a rotation with
the rest of the defensive ends, he
recorded one tackle and is slowly
regaining his health.
The entire defense looked rough in
the first half but with a strong second
half, i!'s tough to pinpoint one person
who had a forgettable day.
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Philadelphia rookie goalie Sergei
Bobrovsky fell one game short in his
attempt to tie the team record of
seven straight wins by a first-year net
minder.
Bobrovsky entered the game tied
for the NHL lead with eight wins.
The Capitals got an extended
power-play chance when Chris
Pronger was given 4 minutes for a
high stick on David Steckel with 3:55
remaining in the third period, but
Washington was unable to break the
tie in regulation.
Another Philadelphia penalty
Sean O’Donnell’s 2 minutes for board
ing with 19 seconds left kept the
Capitals on the power play as over
time started, and Green took advan
tage with his shot from the right cir
cle.
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pick, Jared Odrick, was on the side
lines ... Zombie Nation mistakenly
played in the second quarter on 2nd
and-7 after an incomplete pass from
McGloin to Moye ... The student sec
tion never completely filled.
Extra point:
Redshirt freshman Nate Cadogan,
the younger brother of former Penn
State tackle Gerald Cadogan, got in
the endzone in the third quarter.
The 6-foot-5-inch, 297-pound tackle
was converted to tight end during
the bye week and caught a 3-yard
touchdown pass from McGloin dur
ing the Lions’ opening drive of the
second half.
“Every day for two weeks at prac
tice I would be out there at practice
catching some passes and running
some routes,” Cadogan said. “I think
I have the hands but I need to prove
it to the rest of the team.”
Quotable:
Matt McGloin on the importance
of the game ball. “I gave it to Jay
[Paterno] and I think he’s trying to
keep it actually. I was thinking to
myself how much can I get for this
ball if I just took it and went in the
locker room with it?”
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Defense
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contend against Ohio State and its Big Ten-leading
scoring offense, Penn State’s defense needs a four-quar
ter performance.
Middle linebacker Chris Colasanti has a theory on how
to keep the vibe going.
“Each game you just kind of build upon it,” Colasanti
said.
“And with this game just seeing how great of a defense
we could play in the second half, just build upon that in
practice and get ready to play every play and every series
like that.”
The defensive turnaround was reminiscent of the
Temple game earlier this season, but this time, it was to
a larger degree. Penn State’s defensive players echoed
similar lines about fueling off each other after beating
Temple.
This season, Penn State’s defense has had a history of
getting off to slow starts. The Lions let up 17 points
against lowa and Alabama and 20 points to Illinois in first
halves.
Colasanti could sense a shift in attitude in the locker
room, and linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden said Joe
Paterno talked to the players at the half and challenged
the team to step up and start meeting the coach’s expec
tations.
“At halftime, there was such a strong resolve, and all
we had to do was go out and execute,” Vanderlinden said.
Mink
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player here that doesn’t know that one.”
Picking up the microphone inside the stadium,
swarmed by love, admiration, adoration, veneration,
those eyes held those feelings. And you saw it, gazing
around the sanctuary you didn’t want moved from the
west side of campus. Then you asked more than 104,000
fans to use their eyes.
“People ask me why I stay here for so long, and you
know why? Look around. Look around.”
What did they see? The architect of a program.
Humanitarian. Honor. Honest. Humble. Loyal. Respect.
Stubborn. No, confident. Glory. Prestige. Trust. There
wasn’t a better script for how this night unfolded.
It was vintage Paterno. You did it your way.
Only for, like, the 400th time.
Nate Mink Is a senior majoring in journalism and is the football
editor for The Daily Collegian. His e-mail address is
npmso2s@psu.edu.
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