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BU: '22-'23 Season: Sail The Boats
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ericredaxe
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I do remember seeing in the welcome letter about the new and exciting concession options (or something to that effect) - which obviously didn’t happen.
I also don’t remember seeing anything about having to pay with a credit card.
I'm still not sure how this works for kids (teenagers who can go to games alone) at these arenas.. parents are just giving their kids credit cards?
Teenagers have their parent's credit card # on their phone.
The bi-week. Where we spend two pages talking about concessions and payment options.
Let’s take the conversation off of food and the merits of card only transactions then.
Statistically, we have some of the worst goaltending in the country right now. I think we know that’s not really the case, but I believe this has been the the way it’s been in the last several years. If you’re not going 2.00 goal/game or less and 0.950 SV% or more, you’re not an elite team, and you’re probably not even a very good team. Goals against is usually more on the team, but save % more on the goalie. Both categories are bad, if not downright horrible.
Duplessis is 2.85 (15th in HE, 50th nationally ) 0.896 (14th HE, 50th nationally)
Commesso is 3.66 (17th in HE, 68th nationally) 0.877 (17th HE, 69th nationally)
These guys should not have these stats.
This needs to get better (a lot better) if we hope to compete near the top of the league and nationally. Defense and goaltending.
Statistically, we have some of the worst goaltending in the country right now. I think we know that’s not really the case, but I believe this has been the the way it’s been in the last several years. If you’re not going 2.00 goal/game or less and 0.950 SV% or more, you’re not an elite team, and you’re probably not even a very good team. Goals against is usually more on the team, but save % more on the goalie. Both categories are bad, if not downright horrible.
Duplessis is 2.85 (15th in HE, 50th nationally ) 0.896 (14th HE, 50th nationally)
Commesso is 3.66 (17th in HE, 68th nationally) 0.877 (17th HE, 69th nationally)
These guys should not have these stats.
This needs to get better (a lot better) if we hope to compete near the top of the league and nationally. Defense and goaltending.
ericredaxe
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Parents must be going soft these days. My kids will never have my credit card on their phone.
ericredaxe
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Its early and stats are distorted by one game in MI where the wheels came off. Essentially meaningless. In the other 6 games we have let in 2,2,4,2,2 and 1 goal.
ericredaxe
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As to concessions, anyone remember the carvery station above section 106? That was pretty good for in game food. I wonder what happened to that?
I didn't wander down to the far end, but is anything currently in the station next to the ice cream? What optoins do they have there?
From what I can tell the current options are:
- Behind section 107: Pizza
- Behind section 109: Chicken Fingers
- Behind 103 and 113: Hot Dogs, Candy, Popcorn, Pretzels
- Behind 119: Ice cream
Am i missing any other options?
I didn't wander down to the far end, but is anything currently in the station next to the ice cream? What optoins do they have there?
From what I can tell the current options are:
- Behind section 107: Pizza
- Behind section 109: Chicken Fingers
- Behind 103 and 113: Hot Dogs, Candy, Popcorn, Pretzels
- Behind 119: Ice cream
Am i missing any other options?
brassbonanza
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Goaltending is not an issue right now. As said above, this is heavily skewed by the UM Friday game.
Anyone who's watched the team play can tell that on the list of things that need significant improvement, goaltending is not one of them.
Save percentage for a goalie is a joke stat. BU goalies are probably one of the best tandems in the country. BU doesn't play a style that equates to a .950 they are an offensive minded skill team even in the back end. Particularly last year they gave up endless odd man rushes and breakaways as the defense rushed the puck and was out position. This year they appear to much more structured. Goalie stats can absolutely be deceiving. Michigan had almost 5 full minutes of a 5 on 3 yet that counts against Commesso's stats. He had no shot at those goals. Teams like Quinnipiac pack it in/play trap all game and don't give up many shots so their goalies always have incredible stats. Lets not forget BU takes a TON of penalties and are on the penalty kill for 15+ minutes per game (7th most in the country) which is awful. The best teams stay out of the box. Teams like UMASS are averaging 8.7 minutes of penalties in comparison. Merrimack is only taking 5 minutes of penalties a game which is why they are successful right now - BU is playing almost a full period per game in the box. IF BU needs to improve its #1 thing is to cut down on the penalties and play teams 5 v 5. Goaltending will be a strength as it has been. The forwards can contribute more to the scoresheet as the D are leading the scoring which is pretty embarrassing.
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mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Mookie met up with the middle boy for a spurs game a couple weeks ago and gave him the card to go up and gets us pints
didn’t think twice about it
Don't know if this should be in recruiting thread but rumor is Michael Emerson from Chicago Steel has decommitted from Umass and BU could be a likely destination. Chose Umass over BU and Harvard when he committed back in 2020. If we are lucky to get him, this may be the biggest (as in size) class we've had in a long time.
Maybe Jack Harvey is working on him to come to the good guys?
Steel's line sheet now says uncommitted. He scored twice last night as did Harvey, and the two combined on a 3-on-5 SHG Friday. Emerson has other BU connections as well. Played with L.Hutson, Kaplan and Anton Castro on the N.Jersey Avalanche 16Us. A 6'2" 200 RW. Big class is correct. Like a Cornell recruit class. Both decommits--Musa and Fine--are smaller guys.
And Celebrini, who is very likely coming next September. Hockey recruits, like FB and BB, lobby teammates and friends to join them. Hearing that Perrault was heavily lobbied by the other BC recruits on the U18s.
So, I'm a little nervous about this weekend. UMass has not had a good couple of weekends - swept by Providence and splitting with Merrimack. I can't see them having three bad weekends in a row. I'm making the trek out to Amherst on Friday but wondering if I should just stay home and watch it (now that I realize I have ESPN+ with my Disney+ subscription).
defkit
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I'll be there. Picking up son #2 to bring him home for the weekend, so the timing works out well.
92nd Terrier in the NHL.
https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1590875271732731904?s=20&t=nsEZt2M8kzVvSmc49c-Lfg
Pandolfo talked to media about areas of emphasis in practice.
https://terrierhockey.blogspot.com/2022/11/terriers-prepare-for-umass-series.html
Certainly understand why you would feel that way. I’m optimistic- we’ve played well against them recently and we should be well motivated for a sweep. We really need it. We’re falling behind in the standings quickly. I know we’re playing the good teams early, but we don’t want this to get out of hand. Normally I would say a win and some kind of OT situation, but I really want all the points this weekend. Can’t wait for the games!
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