TIME IS RIGHT FOR ALBANY TO SHOOT.(Sports)

Byline: Mark McGuire

COLONIE - Another rush, another scoring opportunity wasted by one pretty pass too many.

Coach Tom Rowe's face turned Albany River Rat red. He slammed his stick to the ice - only because with a Game 7 looming tonight against the Philadelphia Phantoms, that seemed like the prudent alternative to whacking one of his players upside the head.

"Shoot the puck!" he yelled, adding a colorful adjective for emphasis. The word fit.

As his team skated through drills at Monday's practice at Albany County Hockey Facility, Rowe grew increasingly enraged as players passed up shots for passes. He's done this before. He will again. …