Greenmtnman
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2 goals on the first 4 shots of the season. Considering Wright had horrid numbers last year and both Oster + Silverstein have much better career numbers .. does anyone know why Wright is in net?
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UVM 2026-27: Is This Our Year, When We Finish 8-10 in HEA?!?
- Thread starter UVM Cat in Texas
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I agree completely. I tuned in late to the radio broadcast and heard that earlier Wiedler explained in an interview why Wright was starting. Maybe both Silverstein and Oster were physically unavailable. If not, its inexplicable.
OMG. it's horrifying to imagine what the likes of BU and PVD will do to us if we can't handle Bentley.
Greenmtnman
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Jack Thurston: Hey coach, considering Aiden Wright had an .892 save percentage last year and Dylan Silverstein had a .912, do you think it would have given the Catamounts a better chance to win if you had started the objectively better goalie?
Steve Wiedler: Look, I'm just here to have a fun time. Wright is a swell dude. We can't score anyway - although we did a good job outshooting Bentley 30-22.
My wife: Wake up, you are screaming in your sleep again.
Steve Wiedler: Look, I'm just here to have a fun time. Wright is a swell dude. We can't score anyway - although we did a good job outshooting Bentley 30-22.
My wife: Wake up, you are screaming in your sleep again.
UVM Cat in Texas
Now UVM Cat in Georgia
Typical UVM game, big fat ZERO on the scoring sheet. Two out of our three goalies are unavailable because of injuries? Only at UVM! Gonna be a long season....
Do we know that both Oster and Sylverstein are injured?
UVM Cat in Texas
Now UVM Cat in Georgia
I don't. I saw where you said they were physically unavailable. But rereading it, I see you said maybe they were physically unavailable. If they're healthy, then I truly don't know WTF is going on.
UVM Cat in Texas
Now UVM Cat in Georgia
Glad you didn't boycott and thought your post was excellent. Wish I could share even a scintilla of your optimism, but I can’t. The team is bad and will continue to be bad absent some major changes like a legitimate coach and a legitimate arena. I don't see either of those two things ever happening. Thus, the best I can hope for is that we play above expectations and finish 8 to 10 in HE. Don't see that happening either.
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One was a ricochet goal and the other was a well executed breakaway. But, I do hope that Wright isn't the best of the three.
Thanks. I don't consider Wiedler to be illegitimate. I like what he has done with the team so far and I think he has the right vision for continuing improvement. I also appreciate his embracing of the history of the program, his temperament and he seems to be on top of the available analytics. Having said that, he will need to turn the positives into more W's over the next couple of years.Glad you didn't boycott and thought your post was excellent. Wish I could share even a scintilla of your optimism, but I can’t. The team is bad and will continue to be bad absent some major changes like a legitimate coach and a legitimate arena. I don't see either of those two things ever happening. Thus, the best I can hope for is that we play above expectations and finish 8 to 10 in HE. Don't see that happening either.
TrainManagers
Like you, I also don't see UVM building a new arena. They decided against that years ago and I think they are all in on Gutterson. The renovations need to be completed and quickly. It can't properly handle the large crowds that better on ice results will bring. Gutterson's historical charm is a selling point, like Fenway is to baseball. But, the piped in music detracts from that. There would be a lot more traditional spontaneous "Go Cats Go!" chants if they just had the band accompaniment instead of having to compete with music or endless marketing announcements over the loudspeakers. I get particularly annoyed when they play the organ music. That's been a characteristic of many NHL rinks, but never at Gutterson. And they need to be smarter on what they play. After a Providence goal one time, they played the perfect accompaniment to a "Let's go Friars" chant. And, just a week ago, they played "Who let the dogs out?" at the women's game. That's not something you should hear when you're playing the Bulldogs!
I also don't think the team is bad. We both hope they will prove me right on that one.
Why cannot fans know who is injured and who is not. Is this a failre of the few local journalists or what?
gotcha. It’s frustrating because when I tuned into audio feed the play by play guy had just finished interviewing wiedler and he said “well thanks to coach wiedler who gave us his thoughts on Aiden wright getting the start tonight”. Or something like that. Would be nice if the Burlington free press covered this team even a little.