Official 2009-2010 Miami Season Thread

[redhawkman10]

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Wow, Ferris definitely had our number. I don't know what it is but they seem always to play us super tough. I agree with RHM, this was a lousy weekend of play for us. I have to give it to Ferris, they played smart, spirited, and seem to know how to handle us. But as RHM said, this is only one weekend. It's like, whew, glad that that is over with. On to the next weekend. I am confident that the boys will be back next time out. Question for all....did it seem like our guys were "dragging" up to the goal on the shootout with no confidence or life in their stride? I will be interested to hear some of your take on that. They didn't show much spark the entire weekend so maybe it was just more of the same. Anyway......GO SKINS!!!!!!

Ferris is a well coached team, its plain and simple. Bob Daniels is underappreciated in Big Rapids and does a heckuva job. They ran a similar style to Michigan st. and what rick Comley does. Miami will have to make adjustments because teams will see that on tape and make those adjustments.

As for the shoot out, yes to answer your question. Its the same thing I mentioned after fridays game. For some reason most of these guys just stop moving their feet when they get into the offensive zone. And on the shoot out they glide instead of getting momentum going. To me it makes no sense, you are a lot easier to cover when you are gliding or standing still. You move your feet you creat more opportunities. Same with the shootout, you move your feet you can surprise the goaltender more, also going down head on makes zero sense. Swing out wide, make the goaltender more in the crease. He moves holes open up. These are little things, but sometimes little things make a big difference.

This team will be fine, it was a mental lapse and Ferris is a good team playing with a lot of confidence. Lets see how they rebound and react next weekend.

[redeagle]

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Miami got a commit from a '94 Chicago Mission forward, Ryan Hartman (don't know if he is a relation, but maybe/probably (?) not given he is playing for the Mission). '94

Hope you are right about the team being fine, rhm, but some things are starting to worry me (pp, some invisible players to name two). Coach Blasi did a lot of line shaking up during the Saturday game. I had trouble keeping up (I know, not surprising for me) in the third period. That could get interesting. Should be interesting to see who is together this weekend.

[mcfarljd]

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Congrats to Ferris, they gameplanned that weekend perfectly. They just sat back, played a trap, and waited for a quick transition off a turnover. They knew they didn't hae the talent to play us even (as you could see when it was 4x4 late on Saturday, they dumped, had one on our blueline and had 3 guys just sitting back on their blueline). Sad to see we could be beaten (well, it sure feels like losses) to a system like that, but it worked, and hopefully we work on that this week because we might see that a lot in games now this season. Little puck luck this weekend as well, lots of posts, hopefully that was our "swoon" already of the season.

[mcfarljd]

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Same with the shootout, you move your feet you can surprise the goaltender more, also going down head on makes zero sense. Swing out wide, make the goaltender more in the crease. He moves holes open up. These are little things, but sometimes little things make a big difference..

Saw that also, and couldn't believe that our guys were just going straight up the middle. Funny how Ferris was doing the same thing, until their 11th shooter was like hey, if I go side to side I can make this giant of a goalie open his five hole for the winner.

And Brandon Smith the only guy to bury the puck...... Seriously?

[mcfarljd]

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Miami got a commit from a '94 Chicago Mission forward, Ryan Hartman (don't know if he is a relation, but maybe/probably (?) not given he is playing for the Mission). '94

listed on heisenberg too...

as a 2013

(That would mean he would never play with our current freshmen class if he came in that late)

http://www.chicagomission.com/teams/U16.htm

There's the team page, can't find any stats though. Hope he pans out. The trend is the premier teams getting recruits from 15 year olds now and if they hit they hit, if not then thanks for trying. Looks like we're getting the same kids now too.

Also just clicked on their calendar, he participated in the tourney this past weekend in Oxford. I wouldn't be surprised if another couple kids verbaled soon too then.

Hope you are right about the team being fine, rhm, but some things are starting to worry me (pp, some invisible players to name two). Coach Blasi did a lot of line shaking up during the Saturday game. I had trouble keeping up (I know, not surprising for me) in the third period. That could get interesting. Should be interesting to see who is together this weekend.

I noticed an interesting line combo this weekend that I hadn't seen yet this season, Camper Wingles C Mac. They didn't net any points, but when they get rolling again that line has lots of potential. Hope they can keep that one intact for two years.

[redhawkman10]

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listed on heisenberg too...

as a 2013

(That would mean he would never play with our current freshmen class if he came in that late)

http://www.chicagomission.com/teams/U16.htm

There's the team page, can't find any stats though. Hope he pans out. The trend is the premier teams getting recruits from 15 year olds now and if they hit they hit, if not then thanks for trying. Looks like we're getting the same kids now too.

Also just clicked on their calendar, he participated in the tourney this past weekend in Oxford. I wouldn't be surprised if another couple kids verbaled soon too then.



I noticed an interesting line combo this weekend that I hadn't seen yet this season, Camper Wingles C Mac. They didn't net any points, but when they get rolling again that line has lots of potential. Hope they can keep that one intact for two years.

Well he was in town this weekend for the Midget showcase, solid player. Raw talent, but he is 15 yrs old. 2013 is about right, that would put him a year out of high school and atleast one or two years in juniors.

[redhawkman10]

Re: Official 2009-2010 Miami Season Thread

Miami got a commit from a '94 Chicago Mission forward, Ryan Hartman (don't know if he is a relation, but maybe/probably (?) not given he is playing for the Mission). '94

Hope you are right about the team being fine, rhm, but some things are starting to worry me (pp, some invisible players to name two). Coach Blasi did a lot of line shaking up during the Saturday game. I had trouble keeping up (I know, not surprising for me) in the third period. That could get interesting. Should be interesting to see who is together this weekend.

Im not worried, yet. Im sticking with this teams track records for some of these guys. They have proven to be productive and I am hoping it is just a little swoon for some and the pressure is getting to them. But for this team to be where they are without the guys producing like they are expected too is a good sign but I think it will come. If in January we are still seeing this then we can get a little worried.

I kind of like the shake up of lines, spreads it around and can jump start somethings from time to time.

[redhawk95]

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First time I've been able to post...been a crazy week both in and out of the office.

You know, we pretty much saw what we see against teams like Ferris who simply trap or pack 5 guys in front of their net as they did all weekend. And, once we get our legs going against it, the ice tilts as it did both nights about 30 minutes in. It's just something Rico doesn't coach well against and other squads would be wise to try it against us unlike the Michigan's of the world.

I'm not too worried yet, but would be nice to see some guys that are MIA on the scoresheet show up soon. We're still 8-1-3 and it's still way early.

It was nice to see both Steffes and Tomassoni back in the lineup on Saturday. And, I know Rico likes to bring different bodies in and out, but I'll be happy when he settles on his team as he usually does for the stretch run. Between that and the constant line shifts, it is hard to keep up and I have to believe equally difficult to forge continuity between the guys. One thing that's certain, the defense has played very well and the goaltending has been solid.

I am going to Saturday night's game in Kalamazoo. Lawson is a cool old building.

Also, North Dakota's Hobey hopeful, Chay Genoway, is injured and will likely miss next weekend's tilt. That will help us significantly. But, the Bemidji game will be no pushover as they were in the National semifinal. They look more for real this year than last.

[bsubuffs33]

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I have the ultimate respect for Miami's team this year and their overall program over the last 5 years. I will be in attendance for Saturdays games @ UND and am looking forward to watching playoff like hockey. Also looking forward to Fridays rematch as the Beavers are a better team than when we lost to the Red Hawks in the frozen 4. Miami is fun to watch and I expect both games will be 1 goal games. GO BEAVERS!

[redhawk95]

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I have the ultimate respect for Miami's team this year and their overall program over the last 5 years. I will be in attendance for Saturdays games @ UND and am looking forward to watching playoff like hockey. Also looking forward to Fridays rematch as the Beavers are a better team than when we lost to the Red Hawks in the frozen 4. Miami is fun to watch and I expect both games will be 1 goal games. GO BEAVERS!

I agree. Last year's team probably wasn't as talented as this year's Beaver squad. Will be a good test for Miami just add another difficult game to an already challenging schedule thus far for the RedHawks.

[RedhawkBandMan]

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As Berenson was leaving the post-game press conference following Friday’s 3-2 loss to Michigan State last week — after all was said and done — he turned to the press to make a point. He wanted us to know why senior Brian Lebler was a healthy scratch against the Spartans in Yost.

Lebler didn’t play, said Berenson, because he stepped on a RedHawk during the Nov. 8 5-1 Miami win over Michigan in Ann Arbor. It was an extraordinary game in which the Wolverines were completely outplayed and became completely undone and undisciplined. The incident didn’t seem especially malicious at the time and Berenson said that Lebler hadn’t intended to hurt anyone, but as he was leaving the press room, he wanted everyone to know that Lebler’s action “was just not something you do.”

"He stepped on a RedHawk"... makes it sound like he stepped on a bug or something.

[mcfarljd]

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If it didn't seem to be malicious or have the intent to injure, then he wouldn't have been sat.

[redhawkman10]

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all in all a good win. Miele and Palmer are playing remarkable hockey right now. Reich didn't get tested but still had to stop the 15 sent his way and he did. It sounded like Miami went through the motions a little bit but had control of the game the whole way.

Side note- Holy batman is Michigan in trouble....lost 5 in a row and 4 in a row at home losing 4-2 at HOME to Bowling Green . Also hello Ferris St., nothing like taking momentum into the next weeked and putting up a cool 8 spot!!! It got so bad Heeter was pulled after the first three and then came back in after Carlson gave up 4 in the second....things are spinning out of control in Columbus too...

But how about the University of Michigan being in 11th place in the conference???

[mcfarljd]

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we go through a rigorous part of the schedule and come out 8-1-1. we go into a Ferris/Western swing and come out 1-0-3. I'm not sure if we're ready for North Dakota anymore, hope I'm wrong, but definitely need to start lighting the lamp. only 7 goals in the last 4 games, 34 in the 10 before that.

[redhawkman10]

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we go through a rigorous part of the schedule and come out 8-1-1. we go into a Ferris/Western swing and come out 1-0-3. I'm not sure if we're ready for North Dakota anymore, hope I'm wrong, but definitely need to start lighting the lamp. only 7 goals in the last 4 games, 34 in the 10 before that.

Happens, better to be 1-0-3 than lose a game or two. Ferris is A LOT better than most gave them credit for. There is also something for teams playing desperate against the top team in the country. Next weekend will be a good test and we will have a target on our back again, especially since UND got swept this weekend....

and boy UND fans whine and cry worse than any others I have ever seen lol....