If you'd have looked into what I said and not that one snippet, what I was saying was merely that when Bentley is on, they have the ability to compete and beat anybody this year. What I'm saying is that Bentley unraveled against Yale, that they weren't up for that game as much as they should've been, that they hadn't prepared. Ryan Soderquist actually said he was benching three of his top players for the Friday Bobby mo game because they hadn't practiced well leading up to Yale and it showed during the Sunday game.. I personally think Bentley, after going down to a 7-3 or 6-3 deficit, caved in with their roof and stopped fighting. That's how a goalie like Brandon Komm gives up 8 goals in a single game when he didn't even allow that many against Michigan. Bentley flat out quit on the ice. If they get a return match, Bentley will be up for it and you'll see a very different Falcon team.
That same Falcon team, to segue to Snively's comments, is the team that showed up on Friday and Saturday and was clearly motivated. They were skating with lots of energy, stayed largely out of the box for most of the weekend, and answered the bell. Ryan Kayfes had himself the game of the year with how he played on Friday. He didn't have a goal or an assist, but he was all over the place, hitting cleanly, and disrupting play out of the fourth line. On Saturday, the team got their wheels going when Nudy returned to the lineup with the same attitude. I was disappointed with the Yale game, but I was encouraged by the games against RMU. I really don't think we saw the true Bentley effort last Sunday, and instead, we're choosing to focus on the RMU game.
This week it'll be an extremely tough test with the trip out west. Snively, I know I'm not going, but are you? Air Force is always tough to get out to, let alone expensive for me.
