Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic City!

[ADK11]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Well, if this past weekend doesn't restore the team's PP confidence nothing will. Still not sure that any of these blowouts really mean anything, but they certainly do showcase some of the skills the team has. And I do think it was relatively impressive to see Union "out Army" Army in the second period.. I really didn't think the boys could wear them down like that. U has always had success against AH teams, but this season has been a whole different level. U's depth up front is just too much for teams that only have 1 or 2 good lines.

Agree that the next 4 games are big.. as are all the remaining games. No gimmes in the bunch. Western Michigan is definitely going to be a big challenge and a significant step up in competition. The Broncos have typically been a lower level CCHA team, but have a new coach this season and seem to playing with a lot of spark. They've already swept Michigan State and are hanging around in the top 20. If U wants to legitimately stay ranked, they need a win or two in Kalamazoo. Not sure what the injury update is, but would be nice to see some of the walking wounded heal up.

As for Minnesota, I can't bring myself to start thinking about that quite yet.. I'm still not sure exactly what kind of team we really have here.. but agree that it constitutes a "big game" opportunity.

[HoosierBBall_GopherHockey]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Well, if this past weekend doesn't restore the team's PP confidence nothing will. Still not sure that any of these blowouts really mean anything, but they certainly do showcase some of the skills the team has. And I do think it was relatively impressive to see Union "out Army" Army in the second period.. I really didn't think the boys could wear them down like that. U has always had success against AH teams, but this season has been a whole different level. U's depth up front is just too much for teams that only have 1 or 2 good lines.

Agree that the next 4 games are big.. as are all the remaining games. No gimmes in the bunch. Western Michigan is definitely going to be a big challenge and a significant step up in competition. The Broncos have typically been a lower level CCHA team, but have a new coach this season and seem to playing with a lot of spark. They've already swept Michigan State and are hanging around in the top 20. If U wants to legitimately stay ranked, they need a win or two in Kalamazoo. Not sure what the injury update is, but would be nice to see some of the walking wounded heal up.

As for Minnesota, I can't bring myself to start thinking about that quite yet.. I'm still not sure exactly what kind of team we really have here.. but agree that it constitutes a "big game" opportunity.

That mirrors my thoughts exactly, except switch out Minnesota for Union.

[Wholin1]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Other than being an 11 or twelve hour busride from Schenectady, what do we know about Western Michigan?

[redhead18]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Nice pick up for Union: Daniel Ciampini

[Wholin1]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Thanks for the tip. He does look pretty solid. On another note, I don't think "Professor" Boileau played in either game this past weekend and was wondering if anyone had any info on this.

[ADK11]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Nice pick up for Union: Daniel Ciampini

Thanks redhead, I just noticed that on Heisenberg's list but you beat me to it. Nate's got to try to keep up with Seth after all.. can't let all the good Ontario kids go to RPI .

I was hoping Union was interested in this kid. He's currently 8th in the OJHL in scoring and last season was fifth in scoring in the CCHL (same league Jooris was in - the CCHL and OJAHL merged into the OJHL for this season). Last season he had 42 goals in 49 games, so is obviously a pretty good finisher. Nice size at 6-0, 183# and was drafted by the OHL in the 3rd round . Daniel is a late '90 DOB so will be 20 years old when he matriculates and will turn 21 in November next year. St. Michaels is a very good program and has put several top players in D-1, including I believe Mike McKenzie of SLU recent vintage. Found this video of Daniel from 2 seasons ago.. doesn't show him playing in a game, but seems like a nice kid with a good attitude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_dtD-tHnjo

[redhead18]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Thanks redhead, I just noticed that on Heisenberg's list but you beat me to it. Nate's got to try to keep up with Seth after all.. can't let all the good Ontario kids go to RPI .

NP, Ive been keeping an eye on Dan for a while with hopes of him coming to RPI. If your interested "A Foot In The Crease" did a lengthy interview with him at the end of last season. It starts right around the 44 minute mark.

[Goaliefan]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

One of the topics of major discussion in the past - ex-Union President Roger Hull - is pondering a run for Schenectady mayor. I wonder if he'll be satisfied with 40% of the vote?

[realet]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

One of the topics of major discussion in the past - ex-Union President Roger Hull - is pondering a run for Schenectady mayor. I wonder if he'll be satisfied with 40% of the vote?

Glad to see we have Union fans reading our Twitter feed!

[Dutchfan]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Thanks for the tip. He does look pretty solid. On another note, I don't think "Professor" Boileau played in either game this past weekend and was wondering if anyone had any info on this.

He's out of the lineup tonight as well.

[Dutchfan]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Frustrating game to watch. Western is very well coached, they did a great job of taking away space from Union all night. I didn't get to catch the first period, but we had control of the game possession wise for most of the second and third. However, Western was very well positioned and made it extremely difficult to generate opportunities once we got in the zone. Union needs to grab the lead early tomorrow and force Western to take more chances.

[Wholin1]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Frustrating game to watch.

Was there a streaming broadcast? I thought there was audio only. I was at a holiday party and could only follow on Twitter (BTW, tweets were coming in all game until the last minute when they abruptly halted). .

I think we're starting to see a disturbing trend here. Union can whale on lesser competition but especially on the road and against stronger teams, the scoring, particularly 5 v. 5 falls off precipitously. Reason for concern? Possibly. I think Presizniuk's absence may be taking its toll. Let's hope for a reversal tomorrow.

[ADK11]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Was there a streaming broadcast? I thought there was audio only. I was at a holiday party and could only follow on Twitter (BTW, tweets were coming in all game until the last minute when they abruptly halted). .

I think we're starting to see a disturbing trend here. Union can whale on lesser competition but especially on the road and against stronger teams, the scoring, particularly 5 v. 5 falls off precipitously. Reason for concern? Possibly. I think Presizniuk's absence may be taking its toll. Let's hope for a reversal tomorrow.

WMU has a video feed, ~$11 for a month subscription.
https://www.nmnathletics.com/Premium...DB_OEM_ID=4600

Unfortunately, this is starting to confirm the very disturbing trend noted by Wholin. U is 6-0-1 against Atlantic and 4-4-2 against everyone else, and more importantly, has only one win against a non-Atlantic team with a winning record. Hate to say it, but tonight's loss pretty well cooks U's PWR chances of qualifying for NCAAs. The team will have to win ECAC.

Agree with Dutchfan's analysis of the game. For whatever reason, the crisp passing and teamwork just isn't there at critical junctures in these games. WMU won all the important puck battles and did a great job disrupting U's offense all night. Unlike Atlantic foes, U had very little room to operate all night. Prez's return should help, as he is excellent at making pinpoint passes in tight places, but obviously isn't the whole solution. These games all come down to a couple key moments and opportunities, and U isn't taking advantage of them. U had a PP tonight in the last 3 minutes of the game and barely got a sniff of a chance. It's not like the team played badly tonight or wasn't working hard, but really need to have one or two players step up and make big plays offensively in games like this - ala Mario & Walters last season. I know having depth at forward is great, but IMO when Prez returns they need to put him on a line with Welsh and try to develop a true top unit.

[ecacguru]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Even with this loss, Union is tied for 10th in the PWR.

[Wholin1]

Re: Union College Dutchmen Hockey 2010-11: There's one way and that's to Atlantic Cit

Even with this loss, Union is tied for 10th in the PWR.

I guess that's good if puzzling news. Other than RPI who we beat (sort of) I'm not seeing the big wins. Of course that entire formula leaves me stumped. FWIW, Krach has Union at 16 which to me intuitively seems more realistic.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/krach.php

I'm thinking of buying the streaming broadcast. If anyone reads this before the game today and watched last night, I was wondering how the quality was. It appears also that the subscription renews automatically so you have to cancel before the end of the 30 day period. I almost got burned on one of those last year, I think it was Dartmouth, but they were nice enough to cancel without charge.

A win this afternoon is pretty much mandatory for a bunch of reasons. Go U!