UVM 2017/18: A Gutt Check

[GreenCat]

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I feel like it is Umile night for the Refs....

Let me guess they will reverse this high stick call...

[GreenCat]

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Wow. These refs should be absolutely ashamed.

I feel like it is Umile night for the Refs....

[VTALUM]

Impressive power play as well!!! What is going on here!! Great passing and chances! Sneddon for Governor....:--)

Wow. These refs should be absolutely ashamed.

[GreenCat]

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Impressive power play as well!!! What is going on here!! Great passing and chances! Sneddon for Governor....:--)

[TovarishchLisa]

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One of the best periods of the season so far

[GreenCat]

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Great start to the 3rd. Give credit to the coaching staff for changing the mentality and coming out to win!! Don't want to be Debby Downer all the time ...

[GreenCat]

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I cringed every time the ESPN announcers harped on how many blocked shots we had. Blocked shots are a last resort play when your desperate not a defensive strategy.

[GreenCat]

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Sure, but isn't puck possession just the result of having a really good, skilled, fast team? That is, not sure you can actually say let's concentrate on increasing our puck possession, and then go out and do it.

Maybe I over estimate our skill level but I feel like its like once a week mens league hockey in our offensive zone where we skate in and it is create what you can on the fly with no strategy or set plays. Hence my frustration with this coaching staff.....

[TovarishchLisa]

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Really think Misley could have benefitted by playing another year where he was before coming to UVM. That was the plan initially, I believe. Hopefully next year will be different. Vlad hasn't played enough to warrant being in the lineup at a critical time of the season. Wonder if anyone regrets not redshirting him?

My source told me that, before the NHL draft, the plan always seemed to be go NCAA this year. Would've gone to the USHL otherwise, most likely

[GreenCat]

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I think Lekkas can play goalie on the PP do our D need to be standing just outside the blue paint. Put some pressure on UNH instead of this collapse into a shell and let them walk it in to the middle.

[GreenCat]

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Is the reffing staff doing the Umile night UNH must win so lets call everything against UVM and nothing against UNH????

[TovarishchLisa]

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Sure, but isn't puck possession just the result of having a really good, skilled, fast team? That is, not sure you can actually say let's concentrate on increasing our puck possession, and then go out and do it.

We have very good, skilled, fast players. Quite a few, actually.

[VTALUM]

Really think Misley could have benefitted by playing another year where he was before coming to UVM. That was the plan initially, I believe. Hopefully next year will be different. Vlad hasn't played enough to warrant being in the lineup at a critical time of the season. Wonder if anyone regrets not redshirting him?

Misley is a talent and is here now. He needs to be on the ice. Vlad has looked great in every game he’s played, he likewise needs to be on the ice. It’s about building for next year at this point (neither of these guys hurt the team being out there THIS year).

[UVM Cat in Texas]

Alex Esposito is a good hockey player. Also, Vlad and Misley should be on the ice...I won’t name the players they should replace.

Really think Misley could have benefitted by playing another year where he was before coming to UVM. That was the plan initially, I believe. Hopefully next year will be different. Vlad hasn't played enough to warrant being in the lineup at a critical time of the season. Wonder if anyone regrets not redshirting him?

[UVM Cat in Texas]

Agree wholeheartedly. The team's CF% has gone from 50% last year to 47% this year. You don't win games by blocking shots because that means you don't have the puck, and you don't win games when you don't have the puck.

Following hockey across the nation this year, IMO the two best teams have been Minnesota State and Denver. And guess what? They're the two best possession teams in the nation.

Sure, but isn't puck possession just the result of having a really good, skilled, fast team? That is, not sure you can actually say let's concentrate on increasing our puck possession, and then go out and do it.