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Austin Smith Colgate
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
Austin Smith named to College Hockey Weekly's Mid-Season All-American First Team (East): http://www.collegehockeyweekly.com/
Happy?
Austin Smith named to College Hockey Weekly's Mid-Season All-American First Team (East): http://www.collegehockeyweekly.com/
Happy?
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klumpmypants
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
Story up with a big section on Mr. Smith: http://ecachockeyblog.blogspot.com/p/klumps-korner.html
Story up with a big section on Mr. Smith: http://ecachockeyblog.blogspot.com/p/klumps-korner.html
Re: Austin Smith Colgate
He should have been First Team out west, too - he's just that good!Can't blame Western Bias this time.
hockeyenthusiast
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Because of this thread.
Zudnic
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
Smith is smoking it in Fantasy College Hockey rankings. Incorporating weighted averages for things like PPGs and GWGs, Smith is averaging 4.16 points per game. Rylan Schwartz is #2 with 3.5. I've run FCH for ten years and it's been a while since anyone's been that dominant.
Smith is smoking it in Fantasy College Hockey rankings. Incorporating weighted averages for things like PPGs and GWGs, Smith is averaging 4.16 points per game. Rylan Schwartz is #2 with 3.5. I've run FCH for ten years and it's been a while since anyone's been that dominant.
Re: Austin Smith Colgate
Fantasy sports wins titles. Of course!
Related: Troy Aikman: great NFL QB, horrid FFL QB. Dilfer: horrid FFL QB, has a ring. Marino: awesome FFL QB, no rings.
Why FFL? It's what I know best for fantasy sports.
There are lies, dam lies, and stats.
Fantasy sports wins titles. Of course!
Related: Troy Aikman: great NFL QB, horrid FFL QB. Dilfer: horrid FFL QB, has a ring. Marino: awesome FFL QB, no rings.
Why FFL? It's what I know best for fantasy sports.
There are lies, dam lies, and stats.
czeckthebody
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
The fact the your player is in the ECAC should have nothing to do with this. I live in Central Mass and see both leagues play--mostly UMASS for HE and I drive up 91 on occasion to see ECAC games at Dartmouth (best rink in the east to watch a game by the way). If there is a difference between the leagues maybe it is that HE's fourth lines and 6/7 defensemen are better--but it's a pretty meaningless distinction. And every few years a HE team puts together an absolute powerhouse (BU 2008-2009)--ECAC seldom does that though Yale a few years ago should have won the national title.
I follow the Hobey race and I have seen Colgate twice, once in Hanover and once on TV when you were at Cornell last week.
Let's assume your guy scores 35 or more goals. That would have to guarantee him the Hobey. I wonder if people on this board realize how hard it is to score goals in colege hockey. I know some solid forwards who score 5 in a year--and they are good players!
So barring an odd event, I say Austin Smith wins it.
By the way--from what little I have seen, you are by no means a one-man team. You look strong up the middle, kil penalties extremely well, and have some monster defensemen.
Best wishes to all college hockey fans--best sport in America in my opinion.
The fact the your player is in the ECAC should have nothing to do with this. I live in Central Mass and see both leagues play--mostly UMASS for HE and I drive up 91 on occasion to see ECAC games at Dartmouth (best rink in the east to watch a game by the way). If there is a difference between the leagues maybe it is that HE's fourth lines and 6/7 defensemen are better--but it's a pretty meaningless distinction. And every few years a HE team puts together an absolute powerhouse (BU 2008-2009)--ECAC seldom does that though Yale a few years ago should have won the national title.
I follow the Hobey race and I have seen Colgate twice, once in Hanover and once on TV when you were at Cornell last week.
Let's assume your guy scores 35 or more goals. That would have to guarantee him the Hobey. I wonder if people on this board realize how hard it is to score goals in colege hockey. I know some solid forwards who score 5 in a year--and they are good players!
So barring an odd event, I say Austin Smith wins it.
By the way--from what little I have seen, you are by no means a one-man team. You look strong up the middle, kil penalties extremely well, and have some monster defensemen.
Best wishes to all college hockey fans--best sport in America in my opinion.
hockeyenthusiast
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
the fact that it is ECAC has much to do with it.
PLUS he does not exactly set the world on fire when he plays good teams
against Omaha, he scored 2 points (that is his high against a "good" out of conference team),
against Miami, 1 and 1
against Merrimack 1
against VERMONT 1 point....ONE POINT against the team that Spencer Abbott single-handedly dismantled, game after game.
obviously he is very good, or he would not score every time he plays good teams, but I gotta say, putting in 4 goals against a crap opponent does not necessarily make him Hobey Material.
DaCosta scored 5 against a crap opponent in his very first college game, and I am pretty sure there is no hobey with DaCosta's name on it.
also, how has he done against Union and a great goalie? Zero points so far...
the fact that it is ECAC has much to do with it.
PLUS he does not exactly set the world on fire when he plays good teams
against Omaha, he scored 2 points (that is his high against a "good" out of conference team),
against Miami, 1 and 1
against Merrimack 1
against VERMONT 1 point....ONE POINT against the team that Spencer Abbott single-handedly dismantled, game after game.
obviously he is very good, or he would not score every time he plays good teams, but I gotta say, putting in 4 goals against a crap opponent does not necessarily make him Hobey Material.
DaCosta scored 5 against a crap opponent in his very first college game, and I am pretty sure there is no hobey with DaCosta's name on it.
also, how has he done against Union and a great goalie? Zero points so far...
ColSkate65
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
Wait until Feb. 25th before you draw any conclusions. Austin will be loaded for bear that night. Also lets see how he does against Clarkson and Yale - two teams turning their seasons around and coming on in the league - Clarkson with Karpowich, one of the best goalies in college hockey, bar none.
Wait until Feb. 25th before you draw any conclusions. Austin will be loaded for bear that night. Also lets see how he does against Clarkson and Yale - two teams turning their seasons around and coming on in the league - Clarkson with Karpowich, one of the best goalies in college hockey, bar none.
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If the Raiders tank in their own tourny and don't make the postseason, Smith's Hobey chances dwindle. Scoring 4 goals against the ECAC cellar team RPI but 0 points against Union, ranked #11 and rising...proves good teams can shut him down, and our whole team suffers. However, more often than not he will score.
Miami has played 27 TUCs; Colgate has played 13. ECAC can't produce perennial powerhouses with schools the size of Colgate or Union so give them credit when it's due.
Players like Smith come along once in a quarter-century so we need to enjoy it!
If the Raiders tank in their own tourny and don't make the postseason, Smith's Hobey chances dwindle. Scoring 4 goals against the ECAC cellar team RPI but 0 points against Union, ranked #11 and rising...proves good teams can shut him down, and our whole team suffers. However, more often than not he will score.
Miami has played 27 TUCs; Colgate has played 13. ECAC can't produce perennial powerhouses with schools the size of Colgate or Union so give them credit when it's due.
Players like Smith come along once in a quarter-century so we need to enjoy it!
Re: Austin Smith Colgate
I witnessed what pretty quickly became the Austin Smith show in Troy last night. He's the real deal.
P.S. 30>15
I witnessed what pretty quickly became the Austin Smith show in Troy last night. He's the real deal.
P.S. 30>15
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I was waiting to be blown away and really wasn't other than the stats, but in his defense RPI made the whole team look like future NHL stars.
I was waiting to be blown away and really wasn't other than the stats, but in his defense RPI made the whole team look like future NHL stars.
UncleRay
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Re: Austin Smith Colgate
Fantasy football is Dungeons and Dragons for jocks (and jock-sniffers).