Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

[Dutchman]

Our thread reached 1000 and automatically closed to new posts. This is a continuation of the very fine thread started by Wholin1 back on 10-16-2014. I cannot locate Wholin1 to restart with a new thread so kick started with the same name.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Blocked 26 shots ...... taking a page out of Q's play book

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Highlights
ECAC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlk-r8vQFVs#t=224

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Defense

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

We can do this ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5q-PAdBjg

[sshablak]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

GL Union tonight !!!

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Peca "We know how to beat this team.”
http://www.nhregister.com/sports/201...ith-quinnipiac

"Pontarelli’s winner came on a rush into the Bobcat zone, as he snuck behind a defenseman and waited unmarked before being found by Cruice".
I guess we won because we are sneaky ******** ....

“You want to end someone’s season, you’ve got to be better than that,” Pecknold said. “ ..... we were immature in how we dealt with our preparation in terms of trying to end someone’s season ....... we’ll be ready to go.”

[rdf8585]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Union lines:

2 changes for #UnionHockey for game 3: Roy in for Bennett up front, Light in for Henry on D. #ECACHockey #QUHockey pic.twitter.com/LVicLvRONT

— Union Hockey Blog (@UnionHockeyBlog) March 15, 2015

No changes for Quinnipiac.

[UFan]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

First of all, congrats to QU. They scored when it mattered and held us off in the third !
The face-offs losses killed us in this game. When we got a face off in their zone, we lost the draw. Their guys (Peca especially) were great at it.
I wish we had played like this all season. Now we have to wait. I hope an ECAC team makes the frozen four.

[Got 6, Want More]

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Well, that went as far as it can go. Thought you would be our Friday opponent! Great run by you guys!! Three ECAC titles and an NCAA crown is really incredible! Congrats to your seniors and everyone that has turned "U" into such a great program! Congrats a great run!

[sshablak]

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Yes....amen to all, what a run !

[QUAlum2004]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

I just want to say this was a hell of a series that I knew would be tough. It's tough to KO the defending national champion. Union isn't going anywhere and will be a factor again next year.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Thank you Seniors:

Charlie Vasaturo D
Mark Bennett F
Sam Coatta F
Daniel Ciampini F - tied school season scoring record.
Max Novak F - set season GWG record last year
Colin Stevens G - All American
Dillion Pieri G

For all you have done for the program - you have made us all very proud !!!!

[AnthonySaxe]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

First of all, congrats to QU. They scored when it mattered and held us off in the third !
The face-offs losses killed us in this game. When we got a face off in their zone, we lost the draw. Their guys (Peca especially) were great at it.
I wish we had played like this all season. Now we have to wait. I hope an ECAC team makes the frozen four.

Can we stop with this myth? Faceoffs can be important individually, but taken as a whole statistic, even over the course of one game, are largely meaningless.

We were much better at faceoffs this year than last, yet we were a much worse team. We controlled play for most of the 2nd and 3rd periods today, and out-chanced Q by a good bit. We outshot them 38 TO 25! We lost because we couldn't finish, not because we didn't have the puck enough (not that faceoffs really drive possession in any meaningful way anyway). Eli lost almost every faceoff he took, but what hurt us is that Eli can't do anything else when he loses a faceoff. It's what you do after a faceoff that matters, and unfortunately, he can't do anything. Roy was 4-for-7 on faceoffs, but so what? Is he helping our team by winning that extra faceoff? Novak was horrible in the dot today, but do you point to him or Roy as a hinderance to the success of this team?

I think we probably should have won this game, and if we had two centers that didn't render our bottom 6 almost useless, we might have. Oh well.

[UFan]

Re: Union College Hockey 2014-2015 "ReUnion 2015? Why "Nott"? (Part 2)

Can we stop with this myth? Faceoffs can be important individually, but taken as a whole statistic, even over the course of one game, are largely meaningless.

We were much better at faceoffs this year than last, yet we were a much worse team. We controlled play for most of the 2nd and 3rd periods today, and out-chanced Q by a good bit. We outshot them 38 TO 25!

In my view, when you play dump and chase all game, and you loose the chase pretty much very time, getting an offensive side faceoff win is a plus. We got an handful, if that. Neutral zone faceoffs, not so important. Defensive zone faceoff wins are a plus on the kill. We won a few, but that's it. Good thing we didn't take that many penalties. And outshooting a team means nothing, it's also a meaningless stat. I'd rather have 5 shots on goal and 5 goals, than 38 on goal and one goal. Just like faceoffs, it's number that tells you nothing about the quality, I think we can agree on that.

We lost because we couldn't finish, not because we didn't have the puck enough (not that faceoffs really drive possession in any meaningful way anyway). Eli lost almost every faceoff he took, but what hurt us is that Eli can't do anything else when he loses a faceoff. It's what you do after a faceoff that matters, and unfortunately, he can't do anything. Roy was 4-for-7 on faceoffs, but so what? Is he helping our team by winning that extra faceoff? Novak was horrible in the dot today, but do you point to him or Roy as a hinderance to the success of this team?

I think we probably should have won this game, and if we had two centers that didn't render our bottom 6 almost useless, we might have. Oh well.

^this
Oh well, we'll be better next year