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Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

The Top Shelf said:
Unfortunately, no.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2014/01/24_navy,_st_anselm_out_of_aha.php
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I can confirm a couple of things from league higher sources that St. A's was out in terms of the administration change. I know some details up there, but I'm not sure if I can share them. Also, I know that the league really wanted Navy to get the 3 military academies, but Navy didn't want to add it.

URI is going to be a struggle. The economic situation in RI is too bad for them to addh ockey without dropping football, and if they drop football, the money will most likely be appropriated into academics and their remaining sports. Basketball is their big sport

There are several coaches in the league who would like for this to play out before making a rash decision on adding another team.
 
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Well, that is a shame on the admin changes at St Anselm's, as I think that they would have been a good fit.

Moving forward with only 11 teams probably will lead to the AHA changing the 3-2 game structure between eastern and western pod teams, which would not be a bad thing. But, if we play all other 10 teams three times per year, that will limit AHA teams to only four OOC games. Or, we could go back to three meetings one year and two the next, or some other less than ideal scheduling.

Hockey East played for a decade with an uneven number of teams, but with nine teams, that allowed them to play one another three times and still leave 10 OOC games every year.
 
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Snively65 said:
Well, that is a shame on the admin changes at St Anselm's, as I think that they would have been a good fit.

Moving forward with only 11 teams probably will lead to the AHA changing the 3-2 game structure between eastern and western pod teams, which would not be a bad thing. But, if we play all other 10 teams three times per year, that will limit AHA teams to only four OOC games. Or, we could go back to three meetings one year and two the next, or some other less than ideal scheduling.

Hockey East played for a decade with an uneven number of teams, but with nine teams, that allowed them to play one another three times and still leave 10 OOC games every year.
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The math is sticky. But let's remember that even with the departure of UConn, AHA will remain the most stable conference in the country.
 
eXcSports said:
Let's look at what's at stake this weekend.

http://jarpride.com/2014/01/29/winning-now-vs-winning-later/
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Wow, I hope that the Falcons are not looking as far beyond this weekend as it sounds from those quotes. I think that every bit of focus should be on this weekend, and especially on the first game. Anything other than that will be a major distraction. The Falcons need to continue their disciplined play, stay out of the penalty box, roll all four lines and three defense pairs, play team defense in front of Komm, and avoid screening him. The Falcons offense will take care of everything else, especially their power play. Defense is key. The Falcons must win the first game of this series.
 
Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Snively65 said:
Wow, I hope that the Falcons are not looking as far beyond this weekend as it sounds from those quotes. I think that every bit of focus should be on this weekend, and especially on the first game. Anything other than that will be a major distraction. The Falcons need to continue their disciplined play, stay out of the penalty box, roll all four lines and three defense pairs, play team defense in front of Komm, and avoid screening him. The Falcons offense will take care of everything else, especially their power play. Defense is key. The Falcons must win the first game of this series.
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Judging from the way that it is, the Falcons are focused on this weekend as part of the larger goal. They are not focused on the playoffs, but they are focused, as Coach has said, on the larger picture and this game's presence in it. The fact that this is 1-vs-2 is secondary to it being a league game with two big points up for grabs.
 
eXcSports said:
Judging from the way that it is, the Falcons are focused on this weekend as part of the larger goal. They are not focused on the playoffs, but they are focused, as Coach has said, on the larger picture and this game's presence in it. The fact that this is 1-vs-2 is secondary to it being a league game with two big points up for grabs.
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Agreed, but 4 points up for grabs each of the five weekends. I say take each game, and maybe each series if they win the first game, one at a time, and the rest will fall into place. Cannot take their eye off the ball (puck?), which is the next game.
 
Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Snively65 said:
Wow, I hope that the Falcons are not looking as far beyond this weekend as it sounds from those quotes. I think that every bit of focus should be on this weekend, and especially on the first game. Anything other than that will be a major distraction. The Falcons need to continue their disciplined play, stay out of the penalty box, roll all four lines and three defense pairs, play team defense in front of Komm, and avoid screening him. The Falcons offense will take care of everything else, especially their power play. Defense is key. The Falcons must win the first game of this series.
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Curious as to "who quoted". Link is gone, mind sharing what was said?
 
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eXcSports said:
I'm having some web issues and the site went totally down for a bit overnight. Working on getting it back but can't post anything.
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So a little more detail. The site went down a little bit overnight, and I'm having a coding problem that's preventing me from uploading anything. I've lost several posts over the past few weeks. I am looking into what happened and will update it as soon as I can. I don't have an estimated time of fix yet, mostly because I have my real day job and need to work on it in my free time, of which I have big things going on there so I can't really do it until at least tonight. If I can't fix it tonight, then I'm really limited in when I can work on it. I took down the site so it doesn't crash any of your computers in the process.

If any of you have any questions or would like to discuss with me, please email me at excalibursportspage@gmail.com
 
eXcSports said:
So a little more detail. The site went down a little bit overnight, and I'm having a coding problem that's preventing me from uploading anything. I've lost several posts over the past few weeks. I am looking into what happened and will update it as soon as I can. I don't have an estimated time of fix yet, mostly because I have my real day job and need to work on it in my free time, of which I have big things going on there so I can't really do it until at least tonight. If I can't fix it tonight, then I'm really limited in when I can work on it. I took down the site so it doesn't crash any of your computers in the process.

If any of you have any questions or would like to discuss with me, please email me at excalibursportspage@gmail.com
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Bummer, Dan. You heading out to Erie for the weekend? Good luck with site and safe travels.
 
Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

wwjg1158 said:
I have heard that one of our D men was injured this weekend and out for the season. :eek: I hope the injury bug stays away from us but every team has to deal with set backs.
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solid game vs Holy Cross barring the shortie against. Power play unreal!!! Komm palyed great per usual and the dmen stepped up having to go to only 5 from early 1st. Hope they keep it pulled together for the weekend, steady, no forcing it. You mentioned you would be heading there , updates if you can...
 
Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

beenthere77 said:
solid game vs Holy Cross barring the shortie against. Power play unreal!!! Komm palyed great per usual and the dmen stepped up having to go to only 5 from early 1st. Hope they keep it pulled together for the weekend, steady, no forcing it. You mentioned you would be heading there , updates if you can...
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They will need it as one of our d men is out......So now comes the difficult issues of injuries.
 
Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

wwjg1158 said:
They will need it as one of our d men is out......So now comes the difficult issues of injuries.
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From box, looks like Marginsky missed game. Also, looked like a clean game overall, with two minors each. Pretty equal SOS, with Bentley up 34-30, especially with big advantage in first. But, appears that Zay (18-26) dominated Grieve (9-25) in the FO circle; did that matter much? Although was hoping for two, good to hold onto the one point. Go Falcons! Huskies are breathing down your necks.
 
wwjg1158 said:
Marginsky is out for the season. He broke his arm!
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Ouch, that is a big hole to fill, especially on the PK.

But, Weinstein delivered again last night, along with first line. Mercyhurst was smart in taking only two penalties last night. Need to goad the Lakers into taking more penalties tonight.
 
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I am not making excuses for the team but the ice was soft and choppy! I felt like I was walking on very soft ice! Not great for a team built on speed! We really dominated game other than 10 minutes of the second. Take care of u con and we should be fine.
 
wwjg1158 said:
I am not making excuses for the team but the ice was soft and choppy! I felt like I was walking on very soft ice! Not great for a team built on speed! We really dominated game other than 10 minutes of the second. Take care of u con and we should be fine.
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Fortunately, UConn also lost last night, so the Falcons' fate remains in their own hands.
 
Re: Bentley Falcons 2013-2014: No offseason. No excuses.

Well they were upset after the game. They gathered around the Stanley cup for a picture and they were not happy. You could see it in their faces. I believe they know they let something slip away. That being said I agree everything is in their hands at least split with uconn and win out and I believe they would be the 2nd seed! Maybe I am wrong. I will beat the uconn games. Good luck boys.
 
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