The attendance wasn't bad, about 2000 I'd say (one complete full side of the AUC - top to bottom).
Atmosphere was quit.
The 2hr delay threw them off - messiest game I've seen them play this year (passes bounding off sticks, odd bounces off boards, etc). It looked like the ice was warm (the building was warm) and the puck was pouncing everywhere. I've never seen UNB players cramp-up in the 3rd period.
They were in the lead and I thought this was going to end 2-1 or 3-1 with an empty net, that was the vibe.
Ottawa scored their 2 goals off face-offs. Richard was pretty good for everything else.
Not a lot of urgency from UNB and not as dominating as I've seen this year or in recent memory.
As Gardiner said in 2012 after the loss to UWO - if you come to these events enough, things are going to happen (law of averages).
Kudos to Ottawa - they did what they needed to do to stick around.