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Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

Re: Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

Hammer said:
Yeah, one bad night can ruin that. I do remember one season, earlier this decade, where Michigan State's penalty kill was downright ridiculous all year. Something like 12 power play goals allowed, and they scored 13 shorthanded. :eek:
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Well, Hamline has allowed 3 over their first 9 games... that puts them on pace to only allow 8 in the regular season, and only 1 or 2 more in the playoffs. :eek:
 
Re: Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

Hammer said:
Yeah, one bad night can ruin that. I do remember one season, earlier this decade, where Michigan State's penalty kill was downright ridiculous all year. Something like 12 power play goals allowed, and they scored 13 shorthanded. :eek:
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I think during the 2003 national championship season, Norwich was +2 on the penalty kill.
 
Re: Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

When I first read the Adrian schedule I thought it was disappointingly weak, especially when compared to what Marian and Lawrence had on tap. My opinion of their schedule has since changed. While St Johns and Concordia aren’t the strongest, the three collective games against Hamline and Oswego give the NC schedule some bite. I expect to see Oswego in the national tournament and I think Hamline has a very, very good chance of representing the MIAC (depending on how Gustavus and St. Olaf are playing at the end of the season). So, while the schedule may not be exactly what bulldog fans were looking for, it shouldn’t be summarily disregarded as weak. While I really like the East-West mid-season matchups, and I know they have one of their own, I think Adrian would be an ideal addition to next year’s CSS/Lawrence/St. Norbert tournament in Appleton.
 
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With an NCHA vs MCHA showdown both nights for both games -- might pack the place.
 
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AVFC said:
think Adrian would be an ideal addition to next year’s CSS/Lawrence/St. Norbert tournament in Appleton.
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Unless the MCHA adjust their scheduling to permit more than 5 N/C games, unfortunately it won't happen next year. I'm pretty sure Adrian will host their Thanksgiving tounament, and will attend the Times Argus next season.
 
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NorthernLite said:
Unless the MCHA adjust their scheduling to permit more than 5 N/C games, unfortunately it won't happen next year. I'm pretty sure Adrian will host their Thanksgiving tounament, and will attend the Times Argus next season.
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The latter is something I'm looking forward to, but it is still a year away.
 
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NorthernLite said:
Unless the MCHA adjust their scheduling to permit more than 5 N/C games, unfortunately it won't happen next year. I'm pretty sure Adrian will host their Thanksgiving tounament, and will attend the Times Argus next season.
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Are you telling me that teams set their schedules over a year in advance? ;) I would like to see the MCHA move away from a 20 game schedule, but now that they have the AQ, they have much less reason to. Any word on who is coming to Adrian's thanksgiving tournament next season?
 
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AVFC said:
Are you telling me that teams set their schedules over a year in advance? ;) I would like to see the MCHA move away from a 20 game schedule, but now that they have the AQ, they have much less reason to. Any word on who is coming to Adrian's thanksgiving tournament next season?
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I would think holiday tournament schedules are agreed to much earlier than most other N/C games. No idea who is coming to Adrian next Thanksgining. I'd guess that Hamline might pay a visit as there seems to be a home and away trend with N/C opponents.
I don't think that having the AQ gives cause to hang in with a 20 game conference schedule. In my opinion, all MCHA teams need to face better competition more often if they want to improve.
 
Re: Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

Hamline hands Adrian their first loss of the season 6-5.

Two goals in the last minute of the 2nd period after having a 4-2 lead.

This one hurt, much more than anything that could happen next weekend, injuries excluded. This one was in region, and likely took most, if not all, hope of a tournament home game and sent it right out the window.

Now what?
 
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Re: Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

I was at the game last night and was very disappointed in what I saw from Adrian. They laid on the ice to draw penalties, they whined, they complained, and it was quit frankly embarrassing. And even with all of these factors, still couldn't pull of a win against a better opponent. I am by no means a Hamline fan either I was just a neutral spectator last night.
 
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hockeyman23 said:
I was at the game last night and was very disappointed in what I saw from Adrian. They laid on the ice to draw penalties, they whined, they complained, and it was quit frankly embarrassing. And even with all of these factors, still couldn't pull of a win against a better opponent. I am by no means a Hamline fan either I was just a neutral spectator last night.
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They are outside the weak confines of their norm (MCHA) and want a good showing. Too bad they couldn't pull it off a quality opponent. Perhaps a bit tougher than the likes of Lake Forest and Northland. :D
 
Re: Adrian Hockey 2009-10: A New Hope

Hamline 6
Adrian 5

Hamline 7
Adrian 3

13 goals allowed over 2 games. 43 Hamline shots on net. A .698 save percentage on the weekend. That can't happen. I wasn't in attendance, so I don't know if it's the defense, or just the goaltending, but they've got exactly 6 days to get it figured out and get it fixed, or Oswego's going to put 13 in the net in 1 night.

The critics have their ammo, and at the moment they're justified to use it.
 
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Hammer said:
Hamline 6
Adrian 5

Hamline 7
Adrian 3

13 goals allowed over 2 games. 43 Hamline shots on net. A .698 save percentage on the weekend. That can't happen. I wasn't in attendance, so I don't know if it's the defense, or just the goaltending, but they've got exactly 6 days to get it figured out and get it fixed, or Oswego's going to put 13 in the net in 1 night.

The critics have their ammo, and at the moment they're justified to use it.
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Hammer:

I am not going to pound on Adrian as I am sure there will be others who will be happy to. I prefer to instead give credit where credit is due. Hamline is a very good team that will now get the respect they deserve. I witnessed this first hand when they visited SNC earlier in the year. IMO, they will be in the mix come March.
 
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No question about Hamline. They kicked our *** tonight, plain and simple. There's no explaining away a scoreboard that says 7-3. And they should get the full reward for their wins this weekend, both in the polls and in the regional rankings that will come out later in the season.

But we can't give up 13 goals on 43 shots, even if one of them was an empty-netter. And it wasn't like it was one bad night and one not-so-bad one. They popped 6 and 7 on us. We've got holes to fix.

And my alma mater got thumped tonight, too, not helping matters any. This is not going to be one of my better nights.
 
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Toe Blake's Brother said:
Hammer:

I am not going to pound on Adrian as I am sure there will be others who will be happy to. I prefer to instead give credit where credit is due. Hamline is a very good team that will now get the respect they deserve. I witnessed this first hand when they visited SNC earlier in the year. IMO, they will be in the mix come March.
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This is the kind of thing that seems to constantly get overlooked. Especially in this situation, the story will be Adrian losing and not the effort that Hamline gave in winning and that is a shame.
 
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:eek: I just noticed the Friday/Sat scores...interesting indeed
 
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