Re: Dartmouth BIG Green Hockey: 2018-19 Season : Failure is NOT an Option...SUCCESS
BG reverts back to its Sybil personality of inconsistent play and playing better on Fridays than on Saturday’s. I guess one can say that the only thing consistent is their inconsistent play. After playing a pretty airtight game the night before beating Yale, BG just didn’t seem to have the skating legs, losing puck battles, passes were not crisp, etc. This was a very even game despite the outcome. BG was terrible in the first with Brown capitalizing on its PP on a nice set up and execution. While settling in on the left half boards, Marchin takes a few strides back in a “quiter” area and one times a goal past Clark. The goal got a lot of net; I believe this play surprised BG and Clark as I do not believe he was ready for it. Clark was very good but Kania was better stming BG’s every attempt. Brown’ s three best players were Kania, Marchin, and little Stillwell ( almost a exact replica of Yau). The first ends with BG down 1-0. BG comes out, not surprisingly motivated and with a sense of urgency in the second only to be stymied by Kania and maybe this played into their heads. It is my belief that is BG scores here they come back and wins the game. The second ends with Brown still maintaining its 1-0 lead. Both teams trade scoring opportunities in the third and with Brown pressing a rebound deflects perfectly off a Brown weak side D and into the goal. However BG never quit as they exerted more pressure only to be stoned even with an EA towards the end of the game. So with the results of the last month or so things are becoming increasingly clear: the goals against are way down and even amount of Grade A scoring chances given up due to a vastly improved D core and team D, anchored by Clark in goal. As usual and again it’s Achilles Heel is that BG is challenged to score which conflates to too much pressure on Clark and D core. Without proof I believe BG has secured at bare minimum to host a first round playoff tilt. More to come on Senior’s Night and players!
BG reverts back to its Sybil personality of inconsistent play and playing better on Fridays than on Saturday’s. I guess one can say that the only thing consistent is their inconsistent play. After playing a pretty airtight game the night before beating Yale, BG just didn’t seem to have the skating legs, losing puck battles, passes were not crisp, etc. This was a very even game despite the outcome. BG was terrible in the first with Brown capitalizing on its PP on a nice set up and execution. While settling in on the left half boards, Marchin takes a few strides back in a “quiter” area and one times a goal past Clark. The goal got a lot of net; I believe this play surprised BG and Clark as I do not believe he was ready for it. Clark was very good but Kania was better stming BG’s every attempt. Brown’ s three best players were Kania, Marchin, and little Stillwell ( almost a exact replica of Yau). The first ends with BG down 1-0. BG comes out, not surprisingly motivated and with a sense of urgency in the second only to be stymied by Kania and maybe this played into their heads. It is my belief that is BG scores here they come back and wins the game. The second ends with Brown still maintaining its 1-0 lead. Both teams trade scoring opportunities in the third and with Brown pressing a rebound deflects perfectly off a Brown weak side D and into the goal. However BG never quit as they exerted more pressure only to be stoned even with an EA towards the end of the game. So with the results of the last month or so things are becoming increasingly clear: the goals against are way down and even amount of Grade A scoring chances given up due to a vastly improved D core and team D, anchored by Clark in goal. As usual and again it’s Achilles Heel is that BG is challenged to score which conflates to too much pressure on Clark and D core. Without proof I believe BG has secured at bare minimum to host a first round playoff tilt. More to come on Senior’s Night and players!
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