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2009-2010 Official Vermont Season Thread : The Sequel

Re: 2009-2010 Official Vermont Season Thread : The Sequel

Carmine Scarpaglia said:
Edit edit edit. Hurry up before jcarter puts it in his signature.
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Do you think UMLGoon mistyped his prediction to be 40-0-0??

I realize you southies aren't the sharpest tools, but really that would be quite a coincidence to mistype that and 27-0-0 in conference....
 
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snwbrdr said:
Congrats to the Cats for getting into the tournament. That is fantastic for the kids and has to be a real positive for the continued growth of the program - and is clearly good for recruiting and good for giving the kids more big game experience.

0 for the game on the PP was once again a killer.

It really is amazing that they went 6-1 OOC against such good competition and earned this spot - good for them. It goes to show how critical those games are.
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Agreed...congrats on making it. Said in a earlier post, not sure they deserve it based on how up and down they play but that 6-1 OOC record pays dividends.

In any playoff situation, special teams are usually the difference makers. UVM has scored only 25 power play goals this year and gave up 33 (I wonder if that differential is all from the Maine series?). Not sure that this can be fixed but this game could hinge on the Cats ability to score a PP goal. Looking at Wisconsin's last 5-6 game box scores, it seems as if they sure go to the box alot. Did not look to see if these were off setting type penalties or not but I am guessing the Cats will have their PP chances on Friday night.

Continued strong play by Madore along with solid special teams and these guys could end up in Detroit. Who would have thunk it was even a possibility after that Merriamack weekend?
 
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Does anybody have any clue on the status of Stacey and if he's going to be back in time for Friday's game?
 
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Well the women just finished off the higher seeded badgers......hopefully that's a foreshadow of the men's hockey team. Congrats to the lady Cats' BBall.


This has really been a good year for UVM athletics. Men's and womens bball and of course the mens's hockey team all in the NCAA tourneys.
 
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Congratulations to the UVM women's basketball team for beating Wisconsin 64 - 55 ... the 1st
NCAA tournament win for the women's basketball program!

Hope the hockey team does as well against Wisconsin this Friday in St. Paul. :)
 
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Congratulations Catamounts! Hopefully the fan support will improve upon the showing in Boston. I seriously doubt it will since they're playing in Minneapolis. I know the basketball team was playing on Friday night and the Cats had the early game plus the longest trip but I expected more out of the Catamount faithful. UVM is a hockey school and it was sad to see so few fans and no band (I assume they were in Buffalo). Unless the women keep winning, the hockey Cats should be the last UVM team standing as it should be!

On to the game..... Wisconsin is great and they'll have tons of support in Minnesota. UVM got lucky last year with the Yale matchup but not this year. One thing is for certain, Vermont will battle hard and make the Badgers earn this one. Two goals in the past three elimination games is a troubling statistic. Madore will have to steal this one but 1 goal won't be enough.

Wisconsin was shutout in the semis of the WCHA but they are a potent offense (155 goals in 39 games!). They allowed just 100 goals so they're a complete team. Badgers smoked UNH twice and beat Merrimack 5-4 in their only matchups against Hockey East schools.

It doesn't look good on paper but last year proved that anything can happen in this tournament. GO CATS GO!
 
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midge843 said:
Does anybody have any clue on the status of Stacey and if he's going to be back in time for Friday's game?
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No clue but have to be conditioning might be an issue. Although did see him skating in some of the pictures from the pregame skate at the Garden, so at least he was skating.
 
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What is with INCH, somebody from UVM really got their panties in a bunch. After making the NCAA tourney the Cats made the Power Rankings coming in at last place (20th) with this for a write up

"While we wouldn't have included Vermont if we were in charge of selecting the NCAA Tournament field (more in the INCH Podcast), the Catamounts deserve this spot in the INCH Power Rankings."

Seriously?? You wouldn't have included VT if you were the selection committee ?? Ever hear of those things called PWC's??

I'm boycotting lol. Their site has gone downhill over the past year and sucks anyways. The Power rankings were the only thing worthwhile as their coverage is horrible. Good Riddance.
 
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Pretty easy to understand they meant if they were selecting teams on their own criteria, UVM wouldn't have been included.
 
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INCH write-up on the Cats in the regional:

NO. 4 SEED VERMONT CATAMOUNTS

Location: Burlington, Vt.
Record: 17-14-7 overall (9-11-7 Hockey East, eighth)
Qualified: At-large berth
NCAA Championships: None
NCAA Appearance: Fifth (most recent, 2009)
Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon
Key Players: Brayden Irwin, Sr., F (38 GP, 15-19—34); Rob Madore, So., G (13-12-7, 2.65, .907); Colin Vock, Sr., F (38 GP, 11-17—28); Brian Roloff, Sr., F (38 GP, 8-18—26)
What You Need to Know: A Frozen Four team a year ago, Vermont suffered severe losses to graduation and early departure, and it showed in the Catamounts' Hockey East finish. They were solid outside the conference, however, and won back-to-back 1-0 games against New Hampshire in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
How They'll Advance: As he showed in last year's run to Washington, D.C., and again in the wins against UNH, Rob Madore can be as good as any goaltender in the country when he's on. He's bolstered by a big, experienced and talented defense corps that will want to keep games low-scoring to give them a chance.
What Might Trip Them Up: With only two goals in their last three games, offense can be downright abysmal for the Catamounts. They can't necessarily count on the power play, either: their 16.0 percent success rate ranks 45th nationally and 15th among NCAA Tournament teams.
 
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snwbrdr said:
INCH write-up on the Cats in the regional:

NO. 4 SEED VERMONT CATAMOUNTS

Location: Burlington, Vt.
Record: 17-14-7 overall (9-11-7 Hockey East, eighth)
Qualified: At-large berth
NCAA Championships: None
NCAA Appearance: Fifth (most recent, 2009)
Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon
Key Players: Brayden Irwin, Sr., F (38 GP, 15-19—34); Rob Madore, So., G (13-12-7, 2.65, .907); Colin Vock, Sr., F (38 GP, 11-17—28); Brian Roloff, Sr., F (38 GP, 8-18—26)
What You Need to Know: A Frozen Four team a year ago, Vermont suffered severe losses to graduation and early departure, and it showed in the Catamounts' Hockey East finish. They were solid outside the conference, however, and won back-to-back 1-0 games against New Hampshire in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
How They'll Advance: As he showed in last year's run to Washington, D.C., and again in the wins against UNH, Rob Madore can be as good as any goaltender in the country when he's on. He's bolstered by a big, experienced and talented defense corps that will want to keep games low-scoring to give them a chance.
What Might Trip Them Up: With only two goals in their last three games, offense can be downright abysmal for the Catamounts. They can't necessarily count on the power play, either: their 16.0 percent success rate ranks 45th nationally and 15th among NCAA Tournament teams.
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Sounds like a pretty accurate analysis to me.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
What is with INCH, somebody from UVM really got their panties in a bunch. After making the NCAA tourney the Cats made the Power Rankings coming in at last place (20th) with this for a write up

"While we wouldn't have included Vermont if we were in charge of selecting the NCAA Tournament field (more in the INCH Podcast), the Catamounts deserve this spot in the INCH Power Rankings."

Seriously?? You wouldn't have included VT if you were the selection committee ?? Ever hear of those things called PWC's??

I'm boycotting lol. Their site has gone downhill over the past year and sucks anyways. The Power rankings were the only thing worthwhile as their coverage is horrible. Good Riddance.
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The PWR tool is a good one, but UVM making it is an anomoly. They finish 8th in HE and dont make it to the HE Final and make the NCAAs. Good for UVM, but INCH is right, there are better teams sitting at home right now than UVM. I think that'll show vs. Wisconsin.
 
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Slasher7 said:
The PWR tool is a good one, but UVM making it is an anomoly. They finish 8th in HE and dont make it to the HE Final and make the NCAAs. Good for UVM, but INCH is right, there are better teams sitting at home right now than UVM. I think that'll show vs. Wisconsin.
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By what criteria? By your subjective opinion? If they were better why didn't they have a higher RPI? A better record against TUC's? A better Head to Head? A better record against CO's?


Are there teams playing better right now? Maybe. UVM threw up a stinker against BC but they played well against UNH for two, had two great games against BU, had a bad weekend against UML before knocking off UNH. If they respond against Wisc after the bad loss to BC like they did against UNH after a bad weekend against UML they will do just fine.

They may play poorly as they have at times, or what may show vs. Wisconsin is the same thing that showed against DU.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
By what criteria? By your subjective opinion? If they were better why didn't they have a higher RPI? A better record against TUC's? A better Head to Head? A better record against CO's?


Are there teams playing better right now? Maybe. UVM threw up a stinker against BC but they played well against UNH for two, had two great games against BU, had a bad weekend against UML before knocking off UNH. If they respond against Wisc after the bad loss to BC like they did against UNH after a bad weekend against UML they will do just fine.

They may play poorly as they have at times, or what may show vs. Wisconsin is the same thing that showed against DU.
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As I said, they benefitted by the PWR. Im not going to sit here and lie to you and say that I think UVM is one of the best 16 teams in the country this year. If you think so you are lying to yourself. Maybe they'll make the best of it and win a game, but I expect Wisconsin to beat them pretty easily. We'll see.
 
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One of the great things about the PWR is it takes subjectivity out of the picture. Sure, UVM did finish in eighth, but they were only three points out of third while playing a strong OOC schedule and going 6-1 against that tough schedule.

Now, I understand how people could be upset about this, as we have been sitting just barely on the other side of the line in the past.
 
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