MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

[owslachief]

Was mildly surprised to see Macheachern go 4 rounds before Deblouw esp. with a good combine showing for the latter.
3rd round: Maceachern, Draeger
4th round: Holland
7th round: Deblouw

[Pirateasaurus]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Was mildly surprised to see Macheachern go 4 rounds before Deblouw esp. with a good combine showing for the latter.
3rd round: Maceachern, Draeger
4th round: Holland
7th round: Deblouw

Well, no matter what it's always good to see that we are bringing in talented players.

Anyways, I was checking out this site for some reason and it has what appears to be a fully up to date roster for next year. What i found interesting is that it lists RJ Boyd, Joe Cox and Bob Pond. Did we get these guys in the fold or is this roster just going off of old anticipation?

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/rep...ster.php?td=32

Bob Pond sounds like a name from the 70's or 80's or something.

Also i noticed that at least according to this place, we no longer have a game against a canadian school. I thought we were playing windsor or something? Are we just going straight into the Minnesota series?

[owslachief]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-...062812aaa.html

YES! It's a good day to be a Spartan Hockey fan. The script is back.

[Spartanforlife4]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

New unis for this season. First glance: big improvement, especially the aways. The script is incredible though, if I'm not mistaken those are throwbacks to the '84 team?

UPDATE: Per The Twitter, Anastos himself is reporting black pants with a white stripe for the regulars, and green pants with a white stripe for the throwbacks.
*****http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/msu/graphics/reg-jerseys-m-ice.jpg******
*****http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/msu/graphics/third-jerseys-m-ice.jpg******

[Pirateasaurus]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

New unis for this season. First glance: big improvement, especially the aways. The script is incredible though, if I'm not mistaken those are throwbacks to the '84 team?

UPDATE: Per The Twitter, Anastos himself is reporting black pants with a white stripe for the regulars, and green pants with a white stripe for the throwbacks.
*****http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/msu/graphics/reg-jerseys-m-ice.jpg******
*****http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/msu/graphics/third-jerseys-m-ice.jpg******

Man, everything about these throwbacks are amazing right down to the green pants. It says that the first time they will be worn will be at the GLI but i really hope they bring them out earlier than that. At least wear them a lot after the GLI, maybe?

The new ones are a big improvement as well. I really was not a fan of our current home or away jerseys.

And that script just looks sooooooo MSU hockey. It will be good to see it in action again.

[aallenpollreisz]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Very happy with the throwback third and fourth sweaters. And the new everyday sweaters aren't too bad, either.

Kind of wish the throwbacks were MSU's everyday competition sweaters, but, well... oh well. I'm pretty happy with what Nike came up with here.

[owslachief]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

I had hoped for one thing more - it's pretty minor, and that's crossed hockey sticks behind the Spartan helmet on the shoulders. Definitely a winning group though. I didn't mind the bronze, but it certainly has no place with the throwback shade of green.

[RegalFan]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Lost another recruit. Justin Bailey signs with the Kitchner Rangers today. Made the announcement on his Twitter feed.

[MaizeRage]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Lost another recruit. Justin Bailey signs with the Kitchner Rangers today. Made the announcement on his Twitter feed.

But they added Cody Milan. All in all, not a terrible trade off.

[owslachief]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

But they added Cody Milan. All in all, not a terrible trade off.

Correction: 53 points in 61 games, drafted by 3 junior leagues, and an All-Stater as a freshman. Yeah, this is a good get.

[Polydorus]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Does anyone know when former Spartans in the pros began working out at Munn before the season? TIA

[MCB]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Pro camp was last week.

[Polydorus]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Thanks. I was looking for the first year it occurred. I thought it started with Mason in the 1980's?

[Pirateasaurus]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

Thought i'd give this thread one of its final bumps.

Went and checked out a practice last week. Lots of new faces.

While most drills were mostly geared towards skating and passing, a few things jumped out at me. Now that the official roster has been released http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-...ockey-mtt.html, I can put some names to the numbers i remember seeing.

There were forward lines but from what i remember, the line of Hayes-Keller-Wood popped out. They all looked to be pretty quick and displayed some nice skill. I didn't know who the two freshman were at the time(keller and wood), but I thought they looked good out there. Of course, this was just with simple practice drills.

Ferrantino looks like a very similar player to Greg Wolfe, if just shorter. Looks to have some pretty decent skill and I wouldn't be surprised if he developed in a similar fashion to Wolfe.

Speaking of Wolfe, he looks to be the captain. He was leading stretching and seemed to be the most vocal.

I didn't get much of a read on the defensemen. Usually it takes some game situations to get a decent idea of how they play.

I thought they seemed sharp, though. Passing seemed more on the tape and accurate than last year, but I could be just imagining that.

[Spartanforlife4]

Re: MSU-EL @ Offseason - 3/23 (On Second Thought, Let's Not Go To Tampa)

The student section will now be called The A-Team. Meh.