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Bentley Falcons Official 2011-2012 Thread

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schiegs said:
I am trying not to get too discouraged, but I getting a little frustrated by the continual "2 Period Hockey" being played. This was a major problem last year, and it seems to be continuing this year. We are in every game going into the 2nd INT, then the wheels fall off the wagon, seemingly every night. What's the deal-e-o? Fatigue/conditioning? Focus? Are the opposing coaches figuring out the game plan and making adjustments in the third period? I know absolutely nothing about coaching hockey (so I should probably shut my pie hole), but is their an issue with not anticipating the opposing teams 3rd period adjustments, and not playing a little more of a chess match for the third period?
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More often than not, if the inability to play the third period is the issue, than it's almost always conditioning. Teams like Bentley usually get into track meets, but in this case, the Falcons might not be conditioned to play the track meet game.

The other issue is the 2nd period, which is adjustment based. Bentley always plays teams tough in the first, but the second period against UMass and against Michigan produced some horrible shot discrepancies. I think theopponent gets taken back by Bentley's ability to come out and pound for the first 20, adjusts to it in the 2nd 20, then watches Bentley come out full guns blazing and intensity for the 3rd. The 2nd period breakdown is what they really have to avoid, because over time they'll be able to play that third period.

I like the team's early chemistry, but it needs to pick up all season. Big game tonight against Quinnipiac...I hate calling OOCs must-wins, but this might be as close as it gets with the way the team's played early on.
 
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Humanoid said:
The other issue is the 2nd period, which is adjustment based. Bentley always plays teams tough in the first, but the second period against UMass and against Michigan produced some horrible shot discrepancies. I think theopponent gets taken back by Bentley's ability to come out and pound for the first 20, adjusts to it in the 2nd 20, then watches Bentley come out full guns blazing and intensity for the 3rd. The 2nd period breakdown is what they really have to avoid, because over time they'll be able to play that third period.
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True about the second period let down in the UMass game, but not true about the Michigan games, in which the 2nd was by far and away the best period for the Falcons in both games. Appears that last night the Falcons were dominated by the Bobcats throughout, for their worst loss of the season.

Obviously, a win against Sacred Heart in Bridgeport next Tuesday night is a must.
 
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Snively65 said:
True about the second period let down in the UMass game, but not true about the Michigan games, in which the 2nd was by far and away the best period for the Falcons in both games. Appears that last night the Falcons were dominated by the Bobcats throughout, for their worst loss of the season.

Obviously, a win against Sacred Heart in Bridgeport next Tuesday night is a must.
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The Qpac game was a total and complete mental breakdown - far too many penalties and Marginsky/Bonnett received misconducts AFTER Switzer was tossed, meaning they had 3 defensemen OUT for half the third period and one out the rest of the game.

They can't lose to SH...the Pioneers aren't that good of a team to beat them, IMHO
 
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Humanoid said:
The Qpac game was a total and complete mental breakdown - far too many penalties and Marginsky/Bonnett received misconducts AFTER Switzer was tossed, meaning they had 3 defensemen OUT for half the third period and one out the rest of the game.
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Ouch! Bentley's lack of discipline reveals its ugly head once again. The Falcons are now #3 in Div 1 with an average of 20.75 pm per game, with only a 71.4% pk, so not going be in many games with those numbers. However, the Falcons are also tied for 23rd in PPG, for 18.75% (3 for 16); been a long, long time since we have had a PP, so hope that continues. Recipe for a win Tuesday night: STAY OUT OF THE BOX!
 
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The Falcons got their first win of the season finding the back of the net seven times at the Milford Ice Pavilion on Tuesday night. Two more OOC games at home against Clarkson this Friday and Saturday, the first time that the Falcons have hosted OOC games in a very long time. Although the Falcons brought home a point from Potsdam last season, Clarkson is playing well so far this season and is currently ranked 23rd. Bentley is running shuttle buses from campus to the JAR, so hope that students turn out in larger numbers than usual. There will be at least three of us faculty at the JAR on Friday night.
 
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I believe Clarkson has a good traveling fan base contingent, as well.
 
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schiegs said:
I believe Clarkson has a good traveling fan base contingent, as well.
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Clarkson has a tremendous fan base and is well-known for havinga hockey pep band separate from their football team. They will most likely bring the band and carpet the JAR in green and yellow. With the Bentley fan bus, and the fact that the Bentley pub is publicizing the game tonight from what I understand, there should be a good crowd.

If all goes according to plan, this could be standing room only. Bringing in clarkson is like bringing in RPI. It's the biggest games in a while.

Also, Excalibur Sports posted their report card for Bentley for Week 3 against Sacred Heart. Bentley's best offensive series of the year. It also breaks down what Bentley will need to do to beat Clarkson.

http://excalibursportspage.com/2011/10/27/bentley-falcons-report-card-week-3/
 
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Thanks for the updates, Humanoid. We will try to arrive by 6:15-6:30 pm; I always stand the entire game at the top of the bleachers, even if seats are available. :-)
 
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schiegs said:
If there is a good crowd, someone post pics.
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TOugh loss tonight to lose 3-2. I thought Bentley outplayed the Knights something awful, but the 2-3 minutes of letups cost them this game. 0-5 on pp unit didn't help, and they gave up a goal as soon as they ended a 5-min major pp, turned it into a penalty too and then gave up another. Bentley played roughly 52of the game's minutes but gave up a couple of softees and couldn't solve a TREMENDOUS clarkson goalie.

I'm not discouraged at all and was rather encouraged by the team's play. I like Kayfis up on the forwards..great energy line playing with Koudys and Stonacek. He brings a whole dfferent mentality that's great to se. The team is flying fast as well...so much speed that it's almost borderline out of control. I was really encouraged by the top line, and I think this team is destined for great things within a couple of years.

That said - Clarkson was dirty tonight. You actually gotta be talented to get a guy thrown out after the first period. Horrible.

The place was JAMMING. Students on the ice in between periods, dressed up in costumes, going at it - cheerleaders and the mascot. Best Bentley crowd I've ever seen. Easily 1,000 people there, even though officially its 850. Borderline sell out lined the boards. Clarkson brought fans too, and they were loud, but Bentley was rowdy. I was in the men's room in between periods and a guy went in with Clarkson jersey on. Bentley students proceeded to tell him "Oh you can't come in here. This is our bathroom." Ok - it was meant in good fun and the guy clearly was allowed to urinate, but still. We haven't had support like that in ages.

The fans were sufficiently lubricated and crazy and the roof came off when Quartuccio scored in the 2nd. Loudest I've ever heard the JAR. It was great.

There was a bus, too, so they didn't have to worry about drunk driving, so it was great to see the university get behind the team and students like this. I hope its the start of something more. It made the game so much more intense, and great fan base can account for wins (see also: RIT). Realizing the students are going to get "lubed up" (thank you Tom Brady, again)... you gotta do it up right and the college did.

No Clarkson band but they still sold out their section just about.

I havent' been this excited for the next game in ages. I can't wait for tomorrow.
 
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Ditto just about everything Humanoid wrote. First game that I had seen since the two openers in Ann Arbor, where Bentley played two excellent second periods of hockey. However, tonight Bentley outplayed Clarkson in both the second and the third periods. Has Bentley ever skated a first line of all frosh before (Kubiak, Grieve, and Brett Switzer)? The third line was all seniors (Nudy, Stonacek, and Kayfes), but I do not believe that they had much more ice time than the fourth line. The Falcons are really deep up front this year and with their speed they are going to wear a lot of teams down; Clarkson looked spent by the third period. All of that said, giving up two soft goals and taking undisciplined penalties made the difference tonight. I think that the tough OOC schedule is going to pay dividends really soon.
 
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Snively65 said:
Ditto just about everything Humanoid wrote. First game that I had seen since the two openers in Ann Arbor, where Bentley played two excellent second periods of hockey. However, tonight Bentley outplayed Clarkson in both the second and the third periods. Has Bentley ever skated a first line of all frosh before (Kubiak, Grieve, and Brett Switzer)? The third line was all seniors (Nudy, Stonacek, and Kayfes), but I do not believe that they had much more ice time than the fourth line. The Falcons are really deep up front this year and with their speed they are going to wear a lot of teams down; Clarkson looked spent by the third period. All of that said, giving up two soft goals and taking undisciplined penalties made the difference tonight. I think that the tough OOC schedule is going to pay dividends really soon.
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Excalibur posted last night about the game, but mostly looked at it from a stands standpoint. PIcture of sellout crowd for Bentley included.

Official attendance said 850. I'd have put it closer to 1,000. Is that a record? haha

http://excalibursportspage.com/2011/10/29/a-new-dawn-a-new-day/
 
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I'm wondering how much of the penalties or play was Bentley or a response. I'm willing to bet Coach Soderquist released the hounds after that first period, and after that first period, the defense looked tighter and much better. The first PK was very loose and wild, and I think it was bordering out of control.

They're definitely eating lightning and crapping thunder right now, but they had to get tighter on the defensive end. I like Grieve a lot as a freshman, and it was very strange to see 3 frosh up front.

One of the things I liked about the 11-18-12 line of Nudy, Stonacek, and Kayfes is that the team didn't skate with the intention of scoring goals. They're an energy line through and through. Very angry. Very emotional. They go out there and do what a 3rd or 4th line is supposed to do - wear down the opponent and beat them to soften them up. That's exactly what they did. They don't go hunting for points, which I think they did last year on the 3rd and 4th lines. And that sets up the top line to come out anddo the job.

Bear in mind they've hunted for wins against teams that are better than them. The ECAC and AHA are miles apart in difference, as proven when RIT got smoked by St. Lawrence. Clarkson is voted 11th in the league, but they're much better than that. And I think that this Bentley team could be wonderfully solid.

Bear in mind also they're playing a LOT of freshmen. What a class.

Last point - anyone else waiting for Brett Gensler, Brett Switzer, Brett Hartung, and Justin Breton to play a PK unit together? Or am I just being crazy...
 
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It would've been very nice to get a win this weekend, but I'll take a tie against Clarkson. Karpowich was fighting the puck badly in the first period and Bentley capitalized. Again, though, they were undone by a string of a bad 2-3 minutes that really sunk them with a penalty and a bad call, followed by a laser beam goal.

Crowd was decent but substantially less than the Friday night game. This was arguably due to a halloween gathering on campus at the Dana Center and the weather - it was nasty by opening faceoff and the snow was falling steadily after the game.

Clarkson brought their usual turnout and Bentley's side was maybe 60% full...a solid 500-600 people in the stands by my estimates but nothing like the 1,000 there the other night.

I will say this - and i know I'll take heat for this; I very rarely accost other teams' fans on our board, and I try to keep it clean and upbeat, since that's the take we have as a young program without the tradition or die-hard following of other programs. But the attitude of the Clarkson fans in attendance was absolutely abhorrent. They would yell things on offsides calls like, "Hey 11 (Nudy), that's what we call a blue LINE!" and things of that nature.

I'm not saying Bentley fans are angels; the other night proved far from it. But there's a difference between a guy in a green man suit banging on the boards or the way the Bentley crowd was running around partying in the stands versus yelling at a player who is about 25 years younger than the fan. I understand how it works; you're passionate and I'm sure I'd love to the following Clarkson has. But there has to be some behavioral protocol in place.

There were 4-5 other examples I"ll leave off since I don't want to make this a whine-fest.

Great job by the team to rally back from down 2-1 yesterday.
 
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mwade said:
Mini-gallery from Friday night - http://www.uscho.com/photos/2011/10/28/gallery-clarkson-at-bentley/
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Thanks for posting that, I had been trying to see what the gold jerseys look like (not a fan), I also still can never figure out 13 years after matriculating what the school's colors are? Are we royal blue (Most sports) or navy blue (hockey) and white/gold? Always found it curious that a business school doesn't put value in creating an identity (an example of this is that while I was there, the school store sold only navy blue items, while the athletic teams wore royal blue).

Mini color rant aside, nice to see them get a result against Clarkson, even if it was just a tie, they seem to be much more competitive with the big conference teams than in past seasons, hopefully it carries over to AHA.
 
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Broadcast for Bentley this weekend was down due to technical difficulties. Logged onto the web this morning and did a search and found a few writeups from this past weekend. Also, although there was no video from the broadcast, Bentley's sports info has partnered with Excalibur Sports to post at least the audio. They knew during the broadcast that it wasn't available. A little punchy but I guess that's expected.

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20111029/SPORTS03/710299905/-1/sports
http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/...alcons-knot-Atlantic-Hockey-foe#axzz1cMjy8IQ1
http://excalibursportspage.com/2011/10/29/bentley-clarkson-broadcast-audio-available-now/
 
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Bentley2, we have actually played OOC as well as any AHA team, logging a bunch of upsets the past few seasons. Our problem has been building on that against our AHA opponents.

Humanoid, I actually do not think that Jamie Nudy and our guys mind those taunts as it fires them up. But, one of the Clarkson guys in the PB was getting really upset with the Bentley green man taunting him, which I found amusing.


Melissa, many thanks for posting the photos; you do great work. Thanks for visiting the JAR.
 
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Snively65 said:
Bentley2, we have actually played OOC as well as any AHA team, logging a bunch of upsets the past few seasons. Our problem has been building on that against our AHA opponents.
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You're absolutely right about that, completely blanked because I was stuck in an airport all day yesterday, I think maybe the Michigan series at Yost altered my perception a bit. They definitely need to build on that going into AHA unlike in past seasons (probably what I meant to say). Disappointed that other commitments kept me from Michigan, Amherst, and the Clarkson series this year.
 
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