brassbonanza
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Yep, and I believe two of those were in the attacking zone.
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BU: '22-'23 Season: Sail The Boats
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Yep, and I believe two of those were in the attacking zone.
defkit
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I arrived right after McCarthy's goal (3 accidents coming down from North Shore...)
- Penalties definitely hurt the team. Gallagher's was especially egregious - there is no way that wouldn't have been called. He was wrestling with a Husky along the boards. Got up, saw no penalty was called, skated hard to get back in the crease, but then just walloped a Husky for a cross-check.
- The GWG wasn't really 1-on-3. It was a 1-on-1 - with two Terrier's just behind the play. But you don't expect the a shot from there to go in - it was a beautiful shot thought - very top corner.
- I'm a little surprised that Lane Hutson has supplanted Fensore on the first PP unit. He is very skilled with the puck for sure. But Fensore is a better skater (at least faster) and that may be more critical to getting into the zone and setting up.
- I'm not overly worried about the team. There are a lot of young guys getting pretty significant ice time, and everyone is playing for a new coach. They will learn and I have faith they will play well down the stretch. Will they finish in second place in the league? Maybe not. But I still think they have a solid chance to be an NCAA team.
- Great to see the 4th line play well.
Let's hope for a different result tonight. UConn is a good team so it won't be easy. But should be easier than winning at Yost after getting blown out.
- Penalties definitely hurt the team. Gallagher's was especially egregious - there is no way that wouldn't have been called. He was wrestling with a Husky along the boards. Got up, saw no penalty was called, skated hard to get back in the crease, but then just walloped a Husky for a cross-check.
- The GWG wasn't really 1-on-3. It was a 1-on-1 - with two Terrier's just behind the play. But you don't expect the a shot from there to go in - it was a beautiful shot thought - very top corner.
- I'm a little surprised that Lane Hutson has supplanted Fensore on the first PP unit. He is very skilled with the puck for sure. But Fensore is a better skater (at least faster) and that may be more critical to getting into the zone and setting up.
- I'm not overly worried about the team. There are a lot of young guys getting pretty significant ice time, and everyone is playing for a new coach. They will learn and I have faith they will play well down the stretch. Will they finish in second place in the league? Maybe not. But I still think they have a solid chance to be an NCAA team.
- Great to see the 4th line play well.
Let's hope for a different result tonight. UConn is a good team so it won't be easy. But should be easier than winning at Yost after getting blown out.
defkit
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From Prep Pucks....
BREAKING: It looks like 5️ recruit Ryan Fine is no longer committed to Boston University as their logo has been removed from the U18 line chart. It was there 5 days ago prior to their last game. Huge news as our #10 ranked skater’s recruitment is now back open.
I can't imagine Fine is still considered a 5-star recruit unless he it the best defensive forward since Patrice Bergeron. In two years with the USNTDP he hasn't done much scoring. I think he has 3 points this season, which given how well the U-18s have been playing, isn't much. Perhaps we'll be able to tell by where he lands.
brassbonanza
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Lane has not supplanted Fensore on the top unit. Jay is just rolling out each unit first depending on who is performing better that night - so basically, as of now there is no "first" unit. Lane also has an insane amount of puck handling and passing skill. He has an enormous amount of raw talent - a bunch of GMs are going to look foolish in a few years for passing him over.
Anyone interested in 3 tickets to tonight’s game? $20 each, Venmo only. Section 101, Row H. Can transfer. JonMailloux1@gmail.com
Sean Pickett
2009 NCAA Champions
Yes, BU is winning more face-offs than their opponents: 157-115 overall; 33-35 vs Bentley; 39-21 vs Waterloo (not included in overall); 45-27 and 36-31 vs Michigan; and 43-22 vs UConn. However, BU lost the 2 games they had 18 & 22 more faceoff wins.
This season I'm tracking game results vs faceoff wins. So far there is no correlation between winning faceoffs and winning games.
Sean
BU won 43 of 65 draws for an ungodly 66%. At the end of the first period, Mark Linehan said BU had a 16-4 advantage. For the two games at Michigan BU won 81 of 139 draws or 58%. I'm going way out on a limb and suggest that having a skills coach may have something to do with it. However, on his media call, Pandolfo attributed it to having 3 experienced senior centers and a very good freshman. (FWIW, last year Greene won 13 of 21 head to head with Logan Cooley. Yeah, the USHL has those stats).
Besides the improved winning percentage, gotta love the dogged pursuit of lost draws--and contested ones--and recovery of possession which happened several times last night. That's one part of Pandolfo's definition of hard on the puck.
Puck Preps seems to be an outlier on Fine. That's two deletions from the pipeline in 8 days, the other being Jack Musa. Given the guy who's heading recruiting now, that's not likely a coincidence. Pure speculation on my part: there are still a few high-end '04s and '05s who have yet to commit. And Chris Peters posted that Macklin Celebrini ( 2 more goals last night) might accelerate to arrive in 2023.
buoldtimer
The social ramble ain't restful
You deserve a trophy for making it to the game despite incurring three traffic accidents. What does your car look like?
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Was hoping the weekend splits were ending. This keeps up and rover will be back calling for prince pando’s head as albie 2.0
A first time?
Great bounce back by the boys tonight! We controlled most of the play tonight. A few times we were standing around watching, but all in all a great effort. 4 of 6 pts against UConn isn’t bad. Now we need to start taking 2 on the weekend.
brassbonanza
Super Serial
Albie was weekend splitting against Sacred Heart. Jay is weekend splitting at Yost and home to a top-15 team. Night and day.
2 points
The weekend was not a split. We secured 4 out of 6 points and this will help in pairwise
Very impressed by Connecticut team and they have two very good goalies
Excellent adjustment by the coaching staff for second game
Started with responsible defensive 4th line against CT first line
Pressured uber prospect Matthew Wood whenever he touched puck
Going to be a great player but still a little green and took him out of game
The weekend was not a split. We secured 4 out of 6 points and this will help in pairwise
Very impressed by Connecticut team and they have two very good goalies
Excellent adjustment by the coaching staff for second game
Started with responsible defensive 4th line against CT first line
Pressured uber prospect Matthew Wood whenever he touched puck
Going to be a great player but still a little green and took him out of game
defkit
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Well played
If you've seen The Wolf of Wall Street, then my car would likely look like DeCaprio's white Lamborghini Countach did after he tried to drive home after frying his brain with drugs.
Did these players (Fine & Musa) de-commit or did they have the acceptance of their commitment rescinded by BU? I would think none of the 04's or 05's would have signed a letter of intent yet, and maybe the 03's are still in that category too? I don't know. If the commitment was rescinded, is this something that does happen when there is a significant staff change, as we've been through recently?
And who, specifically, might there be in the 'uncommitted' pool of 04's or 05's that would be considered a 'catch' for BU?
Maybe I would if I could ever make it out to a game to see for myself! However I'm cutting Pando a lot of slack as it's going to take some time to get away from the Albie error, I mean era....
The twitter mentions of Musa and Fine say “no longer committed.” No other details. Fine committed to Harvard today. It’s not uncommon for commitments to end when a new coach is appointed, whether player- or coach-initiated. I don’t recall that happening at BU when Quinn departed. Of course, Albie had been DQ’s recruiter. After Quinn’s first season as head coach, Brendan Collier, Dalton MacAfee and Sam Kurker were shown the door.
Possible targets (purely my conjecture): Gabe Perrault, the second-leading scorer on the U18s and the son of NHLer Yanic Perrault. The NTDP U18s play BU on 11/26. Slovakian RD Maxim Strbak (correction, Sioux Falls) recently decommitted from Vermont. Played in the recent WJCs. Ranked #27 for the ’23 draft by The Hockey News.
However…given how young next year’s roster is likely to be, the coaches might want to add some experience through the portal. Lots of possibilities.
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