2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

That is a terrible UMass team who I would hope to avoid wasting our time against in the future. We can find a better opponent than that who won't goon it up after getting down big time.

Keep in mind we'll see them again on the 29th in Hartford at the UConn tourney. That game could get... interesting.

 

[QUAlum2004]

Keep in mind we'll see them again on the 29th in Hartford at the UConn tourney. That game could get... interesting.

I know that but that was probably assigned by UConn.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

I know that but that was probably assigned by UConn.

True. Since last night was the 4th game we've played against them, it's possible that they're not scheduled in the foreseeable future.

 

[allnightwong]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

I know that but that was probably assigned by UConn.

It had to be assigned that way by Uconn because their game with Sacred Heart counts as an Atlantic Hockey league game. They can't risk that not happening. Ideally, Umass or any other team not from the great state of Connecticut are not the fourth team... it's Yale. According to Malafronte and some other sources Yale is considering it. A third non-conference tilt with Yale in a tournament setting every year would be a great thing and a true Nutmeg Cup is something we've been pleading for for years.

As far as not scheduling Umass, I'm on the fence. They haven't had a winning season since 06-07 but anytime you can get a HE opponent in your barn, you take it. Give me them over AIC or Bentley or Canisius or any HE except RIT (been wanting to see them for a while). With Northeastern coming in next year and playing Umass as much as we've had, like Mark said, I would like to think this series is coming to an end.

The boys gutted it out last night. Rand called it a "team" win. It wasn't pretty but they did what they had to do. With all the mugging, it was great to see the tick-tack-toe Jones goal late. St. Denis took about ten shots to the head and a punch to boot. After consecutive losing seasons and the lack of a winning tradition, it's hard to blame Umass' frustration but that comes from the top down. When you set your team up to fail year after year, it's hard to blame the players who are clearly sick of losing and only amassing around 10 shots.

Not making excuses, I just think any team, with continued failure, hits a breaking point and lashes out. We, luckily, have never seen that with our boys.

Here's to Capital District.

Sam Anas for National Player of the Year.

 

[allnightwong]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Also while I'm here---

Sam Anas and Kellen Jones both have 8 points in their last 4 games.

Matt Peca, arguably the most entertaining player on the ice, only has 3 points in his last 6 games.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Matt Peca, arguably the most entertaining player on the ice, only has 3 points in his last 6 games.

Welcome back... we missed you!

Peca will come around sooner or later. There's no way a kid with his skill set (as he proved in Providence) won't eventually find the back of the net. Everyone seems to think that once he starts, there may be no stopping him. Boy, wouldn't that be sweet!

 

[critsports]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Always nice to get a win. That is a terrible UMass team who I would hope to avoid wasting our time against in the future. We can find a better opponent than that who won't goon it up after getting down big time. Onto the capital district next weekend for a big set of games.

QU Alum........I think I'll file this one away for when you hit a down cycle and bring it back out. Sorry that your program is so wonderful that you never sucked or have been down. Wasting your time? Give me a break. Comments like yours are why everyone in the ECAC is quickly learning to detest Q Pac.

When you set your team up to fail year after year, it's hard to blame the players who are clearly sick of losing and only amassing around 10 shots.

Not making excuses, I just think any team, with continued failure, hits a breaking point and lashes out. We, luckily, have never seen that with our boys.

Sam Anas for National Player of the Year.

Wonger.....Not too many bones to pick with your quote.......losing consistently does breed frustration....just curious about your comment about setting your team up to fail year after year. Do you really think UMass is intentionally trying to field losing teams?
And as far as "lucky you have never seen that from your boys" I think your memory is short and selective. When they came into the league....Q was known as one of the chippiest if not dirtiest teams in the conference.

You guys are on a great run....... but I think it's time you looked up the word humility and dignity in the dictionary.

As for Sam Anas you have a special player in the making. To see someone that young....a freshman, doing that well, is truly rare. I don't have the time to research it, but I'd be curious to know what the freshman scoring record is as I would guess he certainly is on pace to break it. As for player of the year.....that's a tall order for a freshman. With upper class players like Gardreaux being a Jr. and Carey being a senior it would be difficult for a freshman to break through that soon. He clearly is talented and (hoping for you he sticks around) your record books like they will be re-written.

 

[ZYanksRule]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

QU Alum........I think I'll file this one away for when you hit a down cycle and bring it back out. Sorry that your program is so wonderful that you never sucked or have been down. Wasting your time? Give me a break. Comments like yours are why everyone in the ECAC is quickly learning to detest Q Pac.



Wonger.....Not too many bones to pick with your quote.......losing consistently does breed frustration....just curious about your comment about setting your team up to fail year after year. Do you really think UMass is intentionally trying to field losing teams?
And as far as "lucky you have never seen that from your boys" I think your memory is short and selective. When they came into the league....Q was known as one of the chippiest if not dirtiest teams in the conference.

You guys are on a great run....... but I think it's time you looked up the word humility and dignity in the dictionary.

As for Sam Anas you have a special player in the making. To see someone that young....a freshman, doing that well, is truly rare. I don't have the time to research it, but I'd be curious to know what the freshman scoring record is as I would guess he certainly is on pace to break it. As for player of the year.....that's a tall order for a freshman. With upper class players like Gardreaux being a Jr. and Carey being a senior it would be difficult for a freshman to break through that soon. He clearly is talented and (hoping for you he sticks around) your record books like they will be re-written.

Yeah, I agree with you on a majority of that, honestly. It's not a waste of time to play a bad team in a power conference -- you never know when they'll be good. Heck, we just got a huge game in the Pairwise out of Providence, which no one saw coming.

As for QU being chippy, those early years were chippy. No argument there. Our team has never been terrible, but in the years we were middle of the pack, those teams used intimidation and a hard edge. Nothing wrong with that, but Rand's teams have never been choir boys.

As for other people in the league "detesting" Quinnipiac, I'm glad everyone hates the Bobcats.

You only hate the teams that are good. That's why everyone hates Cornell, too -- you wish you were in their shoes.

 

[allnightwong]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

QU Alum........I think I'll file this one away for when you hit a down cycle and bring it back out. Sorry that your program is so wonderful that you never sucked or have been down. Wasting your time? Give me a break. Comments like yours are why everyone in the ECAC is quickly learning to detest Q Pac.



Wonger.....Not too many bones to pick with your quote.......losing consistently does breed frustration....just curious about your comment about setting your team up to fail year after year. Do you really think UMass is intentionally trying to field losing teams?
And as far as "lucky you have never seen that from your boys" I think your memory is short and selective. When they came into the league....Q was known as one of the chippiest if not dirtiest teams in the conference.

You guys are on a great run....... but I think it's time you looked up the word humility and dignity in the dictionary.

As for Sam Anas you have a special player in the making. To see someone that young....a freshman, doing that well, is truly rare. I don't have the time to research it, but I'd be curious to know what the freshman scoring record is as I would guess he certainly is on pace to break it. As for player of the year.....that's a tall order for a freshman. With upper class players like Gardreaux being a Jr. and Carey being a senior it would be difficult for a freshman to break through that soon. He clearly is talented and (hoping for you he sticks around) your record books like they will be re-written.

Mike, the "lucky we haven't seen it" was in reference to our team never really faltering and having a bad season since joining Division I. It was in no way saying Q plays the cleanest brand of puck. For years, we defined agitators. I just think in a hockey hot bed like Massachusettes, how on earth is a state school, with average entry requirements, continually this bad. Obviously, they aren't setting their team up to fail but it's taken way too long for strides to have been made. To be throwing around things like humility and dignity to me is ludicrous. There are plenty of other posted who could use a lesson for sure. I was simply trying to find reason in Umass' thuggery and explaining that we haven't had continued struggles, ever. This is statistical not egocentric. I'm the biggest skeptic about the boys year in and year out and by no means do I think we're the golden children of college hockey. This is why I stay off this darn thing.

 

[QUAlum2004]

Yeah, I agree with you on a majority of that, honestly. It's not a waste of time to play a bad team in a power conference -- you never know when they'll be good. Heck, we just got a huge game in the Pairwise out of Providence, which no one saw coming.

As for QU being chippy, those early years were chippy. No argument there. Our team has never been terrible, but in the years we were middle of the pack, those teams used intimidation and a hard edge. Nothing wrong with that, but Rand's teams have never been choir boys.

As for other people in the league "detesting" Quinnipiac, I'm glad everyone hates the Bobcats.

You only hate the teams that are good. That's why everyone hates Cornell, too -- you wish you were in their shoes.

Providence won 17 games last and was ranked preseason this year. A lot of people knew the Friars would be good. That game didn't come out of nowhere. Quinnipiac being good forces other ECAC teams to invest more in hockey upping play across the league and making the conference better.

 

[QUBobcats70]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Luke,

As Mark said, great to have you back. We missed your comments.

The game wasn’t pretty, but to allow any division one team only ten shots on goal was impressive. The game got way to chippy. I was starting to feel sorry for the UMass goalie until his ridiculous penalty for spearing. I guess Rand made the right decision turning down the UMass coaching job.

Nice to see the occasional other team fans commenting about our hockey team. Their comments are certainly “illuminating”. Some people just don’t like to see a small university, and relatively new program do well. If college hockey is going to grow it needs more teams like Quinnipiac to be successful. It’s a great game, not just for the bigger, more established programs. Personally I like to see any of the smaller schools do well, as well all of the ECAC teams.

 

[CanadaKen]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

As for Sam Anas you have a special player in the making. To see someone that young....a freshman, doing that well, is truly rare

Great young player without a doubt but remember who he's playing with. The Jones twins have a LOT to do with his production.

Ken

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

That game didn't come out of nowhere.

It also wasn't scheduled in the last 6 months. Most OoC games are scheduled 2-4 years ahead. No one can easily predict how good or bad teams will be when the games roll around.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Great young player without a doubt but remember who he's playing with. The Jones twins have a LOT to do with his production

I'm not a stat-monger but I think you'll see Peca was most productive playing with the Jones' as well. They make everyone around them better. Still, Anas might have been just as good with Peca and St. Denis if given time to gel. Sam is a great player no matter how you cut it.

 

[allnightwong]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Great young player without a doubt but remember who he's playing with. The Jones twins have a LOT to do with his production.

Ken

Agreed completely. If Peca was with the twins, he may not be having the schnide he's having. Even a player like Quenneville, before leaving, would've done magnificent with those two. They make everyone around them better and take so much focus and attention on the ice from the other team. Let this, by no means, take anything away from Anas.

 

[allnightwong]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

I'm not a stat-monger but I think you'll see Peca was most productive playing with the Jones' as well. They make everyone around them better. Still, Anas might have been just as good with Peca and St. Denis if given time to gel. Sam is a great player no matter how you cut it.

Haha, wrote that without reading your reply. Great minds. Can you tell we hang out?

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

I was starting to feel sorry for the UMass goalie until his ridiculous penalty for spearing.

Even Kotsy said he'd never seen something like that in all his years in the game.

I guess Rand made the right decision turning down the UMass coaching job.

I know the Rand haters won't agree, but last season doesn't happen without him. That one decision did as much, or more, for QU hockey than almost any other.

Nice to see the occasional other team fans commenting about our hockey team. Their comments are certainly “illuminating”. Some people just don’t like to see a small university, and relatively new program do well. If college hockey is going to grow it needs more teams like Quinnipiac to be successful. It’s a great game, not just for the bigger, more established programs. Personally I like to see any of the smaller schools do well, as well all of the ECAC teams.

There certainly has been a lot of positive commentary from others. At the same time, we as fans also need to take the criticism even if we don't like. I'm as big a fan as anyone, but even I know our team isn't perfect. Close... but not there yet.

And let's all be honest here... there are no choir boys playing hockey. Every team gets chippy, and all players have crossed the line at some point. It's the nature of the game. Some teams have established a "reputation", but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Intimidation is a big part of the game.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Haha, wrote that without reading your reply. Great minds. Can you tell we hang out?

I may be old, but I still can post faster than you!

 

[RENCEB]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

Always nice to get a win. That is a terrible UMass team who I would hope to avoid wasting our time against in the future. We can find a better opponent than that who won't goon it up after getting down big time.

Just wait until you play Merrimack....twice!

 

[CanadaKen]

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats: New season, new scoreboards, new chance at redemption

I know the Rand haters won't agree, but last season doesn't happen without him

With his record at QU I can't believe there would be any "Rand haters"!

Ken