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Originally posted by NMH View PostI was impressed with Harvard after watching them this weekend in Nashville.
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Originally posted by Still Eeyore View PostI said my piece in the scores thread, but I talked to a bunch of people during and after the games, and among those people, your take on Harvard's performance is unique.Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey
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Originally posted by Still Eeyore View PostI said my piece in the scores thread, but I talked to a bunch of people during and after the games, and among those people, your take on Harvard's performance is unique.
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Originally posted by thirdtime's . . . View PostI’d like to somehow split the difference and say the players were psyched while being outmatched. Seriously, they didn’t feel routed, and they weren’t. . . just soundly defeated, and apparently they came away from that experience somewhat energized, given the opposition. I think this can happen in sports. That is the THIS I was responding to. Admittedly this is beyond x's and o's. But your standards are, understandably, very high, and H simply didn’t meet them.
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Good four point weekend for the Lady Crimson to head into Christmas break. Yesterday's game was a bit weird in that there were four goals in the first period and then nothing until Della Rovere's game winner in OT.
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After Nashville, what’s the nature of motivation-generated-by-defeat? That was the question. It remains unanswered after this weekend’s victories. With a ho-hummer 4-0 lead against Yale narrowed to a 4-2 win, and a Harvard PP goal (KDR) in OT to beat Brown, there's not much to say. Maybe we should switch to “gut-check” as the operative term as the team pauses for the holidays.
Btw, I was looking forward to my annual Brown’s Mike Rubin play-by-play fest, when what to my surprise did I hear but the almost identical voice of his brother, Dan - - - equally candid, knowledgeable and entertaining. Uncanny. Both have to be real students of the game to bring those qualities to announcing Brown hockey these days. (But, then again, see above. Brown hockey almost skunked Harvard hockey yesterday.)Last edited by thirdtime's . . .; 12-08-2019, 08:25 PM.
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Originally posted by Still Eeyore View PostI said my piece in the scores thread, but I talked to a bunch of people during and after the games, and among those people, your take on Harvard's performance is unique."... And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;" -- Rudyard Kipling
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Originally posted by ARM View PostAre you like me in that we last saw Harvard in person in 2015? Obviously, the Crimson have suffered through some lean times since then, so maybe a Minnesota fan's expectations for Harvard are too high. I know when I watch them I have to remind myself that they no longer send Kazmaier contenders over the boards with the same regularity that they once did.
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Originally posted by ARM View PostAre you like me in that we last saw Harvard in person in 2015? Obviously, the Crimson have suffered through some lean times since then, so maybe a Minnesota fan's expectations for Harvard are too high. I know when I watch them I have to remind myself that they no longer send Kazmaier contenders over the boards with the same regularity that they once did.
Against Wisconsin, I thought they were just dreadful. They played better against Minnesota, and maybe that was just a bad style matchup. Harvard played extremely conservatively, with little forechecking pressure and often four players spread across their own blue line to deny entry. If you don't try to pressure the defensemen, the Gophers will eventually pick you apart. So, maybe they felt good about playing well in a style that I consider raising a white flag. Still, they weren't as good at it as, say, Bemidji usually is. (Though, this year, Bemidji doesn't look like it's as good at it as Bemidji usually is.) This is one of the reasons why I respect the way John Harrington has Mankato playing: they're going to skate with you. That is the way you have the best chance of beating Minnesota, even if the likely outcome is that it increases the margin of your defeat.
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Originally posted by Still Eeyore View PostAgainst Wisconsin, I thought they were just dreadful. They played better against Minnesota, and maybe that was just a bad style matchup.
In the ECAC, the closest analogy to Wisconsin defensively might be the very best Quinnipiac teams. Its goalie might be great or mediocre, but it is hard to tell when all she ever has to do is raise her arm to indicate that the linesmen are going to call icing."... And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;" -- Rudyard Kipling
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Originally posted by ARM View PostI've watched very strong UM teams, even great ones, look pretty mortal against Wisconsin.
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Originally posted by Still Eeyore View PostSure, but Wisconsin plays a much more aggressive defensive system than what I saw out of Harvard. The Badgers forecheck hard, and are looking to produce turnovers over the entire 200 foot length of the ice."... And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;" -- Rudyard Kipling
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