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2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats Part II: The final push towards Philadelphia

Re: 2013-14 Quinnipiac Bobcats Part II: The final push towards Philadelphia

Most of those reputation building wins came prior to the winter break. Have largely dried up since.

It doesn't concern you that this age old pattern seems to be resurfacing? Great string of results early on followed by a big slump heading into the playoffs.

Not sure if other teams adjust to us as the season goes on or our players get tired but its frustrating that you can almost always set your watch to this type of season structure.
 
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Quinn57 said:
It doesn't concern you that this age old pattern seems to be resurfacing? Great string of results early on followed by a big slump heading into the playoffs.
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No, I'm not concerned because it's not a "big slump".

Not sure if other teams adjust to us as the season goes on or our players get tired but its frustrating that you can almost always set your watch to this type of season structure.
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Of course other teams adjust and our players get tired. As for your watch, I think it's time for a new one if you need to keep setting it. ;)

Sitting at 21-8-5 with 2 games left and only needing 1 point to clinch a 1st round bye seems like a pretty good position to be in. If that's a "big slump" I'll take one every year.
 
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So you'd take 5 losses in eight games during the business end of the season every year? Hmm.

We're not just happy to be here anymore. Or at least we shouldn't have that attitude.
 
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Quinn57 said:
So you'd take 5 losses in eight games during the business end of the season every year? Hmm.

We're not just happy to be here anymore. Or at least we shouldn't have that attitude.
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I agree with this second statement. They should be shooting much higher after last year and winning 20 plus games every season especially with the facilities they have and winning alot of the the recruiting battles especially against some of the bigger schools. While they have lost 4 of the last 5 games all the losses have taken place without JST in the lineup. To me he a huge part of this offense especially with screening goaltenders and redirections.
 
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Quinn57 said:
So you'd take 5 losses in eight games during the business end of the season every year? Hmm.

We're not just happy to be here anymore. Or at least we shouldn't have that attitude.
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I'm not happy about the losses, but they are what they are. As QUAlum said, 4 of them were without JST. Saturday we were without Federico for 2-1/2 periods and Connor Clifton for 1-1/2. The bench was really thin but I thought the guys did what they could to stay in that game.

The difference between this year and every other season before last was that the team had a tendency to "mail it in" at this point in the season. This team is not doing that. They played well enough to win both games this weekend. That's all we can really ask for. Now, if they had laid 2 stinkers I'd be singing a different tune, but they're entire body of work garners them some leeway in my opinion.

The key will obviously be how the respond and perform this weekend up north.
 
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Not sure QU w/o JST justifies this skid and especially not pointless homestand.

Great vid! Needs more Kellen though. I'll start up collection for an enterprising Comm student to create the definitive KJ15 highlight reel. I'm in for $50.
 
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Quinn57 said:
Not sure QU w/o JST justifies this skid and especially not pointless homestand.
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Quinn57 said:
Great vid! Needs more Kellen though. I'll start up collection for an enterprising Comm student to create the definitive KJ15 highlight reel. I'm in for $50.
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In low scoring games he can make a difference by being in front of the net and redirecting pucks. When you only have BVB doing that and not the both of them it hurts what you can do. He very strong with the puck around the net. To me he is extremely important to what this team does.
 
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Normally don't post but figured I would chime in after this weekend. Definitely two disappointing results with a top 4 seed on the line. QU seemed to be pressing with sometimes one too many passes, seemed to lack the number of quality scoring chances they normally get and just had some bad breaks (hit posts; goals taken back). JST injury and probably other players playing hurt isn't helping too which makes the bye week so important to rest up. Also got to hand it to Colgate and Cornell who had good game plans, took advantage of their chances and had great goaltending.

Regarding the recent skid, 3 games doesn't make a season. This team is still 21-8-5 and #7 in the Pairwise. Pretty incredible for what everyone expected before the season. That being said, they've been a top ten team most of the year and need to get back to playing like one. These losses are pulling us out of the Bridgeport regional and into Worcester Regional with BC, a team everyone wants to avoid till the frozen four. Also playing in Bridgeport rather than Worcester would I think be great for the school. I have to imagine after the large number of students, alumni and fans at Providence (me among them) last year, that playing in the tourney 30 minutes from campus will definitely be a bigger draw for students and CT fans. A slight "home ice advantage" over the other teams in the regional?

Will say my confidence is wavering a bit but I do think that QU will get some good results this weekend and we turn it around in the ECAC tourney. Go QU!
 
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Union fan here, but I think that it would be great to see ECAC teams win their regional (say Q and U) and then meet up in the final of the Frozen Four, I think we have unfinished business this season ;)
Your team has a whole lot of talent (and your rink is fun to go to). Good luck for the rest of the season and we'll see you in the final of the FF !
 
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Union fan here, but I think that it would be great to see ECAC teams win their regional (say Q and U) and then meet up in the final of the Frozen Four, I think we have unfinished business this season ;)
Your team has a whole lot of talent (and your rink is fun to go to). Good luck for the rest of the season and we'll see you in the final of the FF !
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That can only happen if we are in separate brackets. As of now we are likely both going to. Bridgeport.
 
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QUAlum2004 said:
That can only happen if we are in separate brackets. As of now we are likely both going to. Bridgeport.
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I suppose the one thing that could really mess with Q going to Bridgeport would be U falling to #5 in PWR. As the best 2 seed they wouldn't seed them with the best 1 seed (BC in Worcester) so they'd likely be the Bridgeport 2. Q as a 2 or 3 would thus probably wind up stuck in Worcester. It would get even crazier if Yale won Placid and made it as a 4, in Bridgeport as host. If U earned the 1 seed they'd probably swap the 3/4, which would lock out the ECAC from the other two slots.

These are the problems a conference has when it has a lot of potential teams making the tourney. A good problem to have.
 
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Kepler said:
I suppose the one thing that could really mess with Q going to Bridgeport would be U falling to #5 in PWR. As the best 2 seed they wouldn't seed them with the best 1 seed (BC in Worcester) so they'd likely be the Bridgeport 2. Q as a 2 or 3 would thus probably wind up stuck in Worcester. It would get even crazier if Yale won Placid and made it as a 4, in Bridgeport as host. If U earned the 1 seed they'd probably swap the 3/4, which would lock out the ECAC from the other two slots.

These are the problems a conference has when it has a lot of potential teams making the tourney. A good problem to have.
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If Yale wins Placid they will probably make it in on pairwise RPI anyway, considering they most likely will not be a bye team in the ECAC, this would get Yale at least six wins barring the coming weekend. If Yale somehow ran the table as an ECAC 5 seed they would be 22-8-5, fantasyland, I know, but stranger things have happened out of New Haven.
 
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Bump in the Road
Quinnipiac Looking to Rebound

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2014/02/25_bump_in_the_road.php


Some really good quotes from Rand in that article.

There have been key injuries and the usual wear and tear any team faces. Quinnipiac's best finisher, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, has been sidelined for three weeks now with an apparent shoulder injury, and the timetable for his return is unclear. He is a key piece to the Quinnipiac puzzle.

"Losing him has been big blow," Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said. "It causes a trickle down effect. Now all of a sudden we have to take a kid off the fourth line and move him up. Jordan's line isn't as good because he isn't there and now our fourth line isn't as good because we have to move a guy off that line.

"We are already kind of reeling, depth-wise, with the loss of Peter Quenneville to major juniors earlier in the year. We offset that loss but just one more creates problems. We have to find a way though."

"I think what we have had this year and last year is three lines that can score," Pecknold said. "That just creates a whole lot of matchup issues for other teams. Without Jordan we become more of a two-line team, which makes it easier for our opponent to defend us."
 
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Kepler said:
I suppose the one thing that could really mess with Q going to Bridgeport would be U falling to #5 in PWR. As the best 2 seed they wouldn't seed them with the best 1 seed (BC in Worcester) so they'd likely be the Bridgeport 2. Q as a 2 or 3 would thus probably wind up stuck in Worcester. It would get even crazier if Yale won Placid and made it as a 4, in Bridgeport as host. If U earned the 1 seed they'd probably swap the 3/4, which would lock out the ECAC from the other two slots.

These are the problems a conference has when it has a lot of potential teams making the tourney. A good problem to have.
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The committee will never switch a 3 seed and a 4 seed. They will only switch the same seeds. So currently they would switch Wisconsin and Q so Wisco goes to St Paul and Q goes to Bridgeport. If Yale gets in as a 4 seed and Union is a 1 seed, Union will be going to Cincy. If Q stays a 2 seed they will most likely be in Bridgeport so long as Union isn't a 2 seed. Over the next 3 weeks all this will change most certainly
 
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BigAl said:
The committee will never switch a 3 seed and a 4 seed. They will only switch the same seeds. So currently they would switch Wisconsin and Q so Wisco goes to St Paul and Q goes to Bridgeport. If Yale gets in as a 4 seed and Union is a 1 seed, Union will be going to Cincy. If Q stays a 2 seed they will most likely be in Bridgeport so long as Union isn't a 2 seed. Over the next 3 weeks all this will change most certainly
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Agreed. With the way Union is playing now should they get to Lake Placid they most likely will be a #1 seed. They just have to hope Yale doesn't sneak in as a #4 seed again or they are getting shipped west unfortunately. The NCAA really needs either Quinnipiac or Yale in Bridgeport or both for that matter for attendance purposes depending on the other opponents.
 
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QUAlum2004 said:
Agreed. With the way Union is playing now should they get to Lake Placid they most likely will be a #1 seed. They just have to hope Yale doesn't sneak in as a #4 seed again or they are getting shipped west unfortunately. The NCAA really needs either Quinnipiac or Yale in Bridgeport or both for that matter for attendance purposes depending on the other opponents.
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Wouldn't be suprised in that scenario if BC goes to Bridgeport to play Yale and Union goes to Worcester as the 1. Plenty of HE teams going to make tourney that could land in Worcester to help attendance.
 
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johnk said:
Wouldn't be suprised in that scenario if BC goes to Bridgeport to play Yale and Union goes to Worcester as the 1. Plenty of HE teams going to make tourney that could land in Worcester to help attendance.
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That is also true but I am wondering how much pull Jerry York has with the NCAA in order to remain in Worcester.
 
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