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Bentley Hockey 2012-2013: The New Era of JAR Pride Begins

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eXcSports said:
As much as this pains me to say it, I had to identify Bentley in one song - Free Fallin'. Right now, they're the worst team in the last month in AHA.

http://excalibursportspage.com/2013/02/24/aha-playoff-update-4/
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I think there has to be some accountability on this roster somehow. Right now, there's none. Yous ee them rolling one line out there consistently, and that one line is skating in mud. There's no emotion unless the team is making a mad dash comeback. There's no flow. The team is completely disjointed, and at the least there needs to be some frustration shown outwardly by someone.

Gensler is playing like he's out there for himself now, and Grieve is trying too hard to do too much. Komm, all of a sudden, can't stop water if he fell out of a boat. And the loss of Blomquist is exposing the defense ofr being even worse than it was. And Blomquist is only a freshman!

If they're home against Canisius, it's a loss in 3 games. With any luck, they'll somehow get Army in the first round.
 
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Humanoid said:
I think there has to be some accountability on this roster somehow. Right now, there's none. Yous ee them rolling one line out there consistently, and that one line is skating in mud. There's no emotion unless the team is making a mad dash comeback. There's no flow. The team is completely disjointed, and at the least there needs to be some frustration shown outwardly by someone.

Gensler is playing like he's out there for himself now, and Grieve is trying too hard to do too much. Komm, all of a sudden, can't stop water if he fell out of a boat. And the loss of Blomquist is exposing the defense ofr being even worse than it was. And Blomquist is only a freshman!

If they're home against Canisius, it's a loss in 3 games. With any luck, they'll somehow get Army in the first round.
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Blame it all on the players! Next year will be different. Rinse. Repeat...
 
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wow
at Northestern, Maine and Bu they blame the coaches at Bentley it is all the players. D and goaltender mainly. Ever hear the saying the best defense is good offense. No accountability demaded on the O. Pushing the same pp without results game after game.
 
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beenthere77 said:
wow
at Northestern, Maine and Bu they blame the coaches at Bentley it is all the players. D and goaltender mainly. Ever hear the saying the best defense is good offense. No accountability demaded on the O. Pushing the same pp without results game after game.
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There is absolutely accountability on the offense; they're completely inconsistent. They have no killer instinct. The power play is in the toilet and has dropped to something like 27th nationally. That's not on the coaches though, exclusively. Everyone here is to blame. Wiping out the coaching staff still isn't the answer. They just need somoene in that locker room to stand up as a leader. You can't exclusively blame the coaching staff.

At Northeastern and Maine it's completely different. NU was successful with the same group of recruits under Cronin and then dropped out under Madigan. Maine has one of the best recruiting classes in Hockey East, but they fell off the map. And as for BU - that's a whole other bag of worms. How many quits, suspensions, and arrests have taken place in 2 years over there?

Like I said - Komm really couldn't stop water if he fell out of a boat these days; there was that SHU goal that popped up and hit him in the head. And there was the puck that bounced up and over him at Niagara. Then there's the misplay against Holy Cross earlier this year. But the defense isn't helping him out. They're hanging him out to dry way too much, too. I think I mentioned that.

I think everyone needs to cool their jets. Yes, I'm blaming the players. But I also said this was a collective effort. Inconsistent offense, poor defense, and untimely bad goaltending is a result of everything going down hill at the same time. That's not just on the players or the coaches. That's on everyone.
 
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Look - I've said it all year. The talent exists on this team to make a huge run; I still believe that. I believe in these players. But they need to be accountable as a program.

Right now, look they're in 8th. They can get a favorable matchup if the chips fall correctly in the playoffs. With the right boost this week, they can hypothetically finish 7th, which would put them in line for a potential second round matchup against Holy Cross or UConn. Remember that Bentley has defeated better teams this year; I believe this is a case of playing up to opponents and playing down to opponents. They struggle against teams they can skate with, and they defeated teams they're not supposed to defeat.

What's that mean? It means that this team is still one that nobody willr eally want in the playoffs. And I think, like at the end of the first half of the year, they need to rejuventate this week. We all know they haven't played great, but to overreact and point blame at everyone is unbecoming of true hockey fans on all of our parts. The team needs to show heart, and they need our support in doing that.

What I'm trying to say is this -- if you all want to go ahead and overreact by blaming players vs. coaches, that's not helping this team out. This team has the talent, and all they need is the right chips to fall the right way at the right time. That can still happen.

Can't we all just get along!!!!!

PS - as an aside, if this team goes on a run, I bet all of you stop blaming everyone and extol the virtues of how great the players and coaches are.
 
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Could be a tough final weekend of the regular season for the Falcons. AIC and Meisner just beat Army 4-1, to move into 10th. AIC and Bentley have been moving in opposite directions. The Falcons need at least a point this weekend to stay ahead of AIC in the standings.
 
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Moment #8 is the Army win at home.
http://excalibursportspage.com/2013/02/28/jar-moments-8-theyre-baaaaaack/

I'm going to be profiling AIC tonight most likely leading into tomorrow. I'm legitimately worried about this weekend. Bentley needs to outscore Canisius by -1, meaning they can give up a point in the standings to Canisius and still have home ice next week. What I'm worried about is a clean split and a sweep for Canisius. RIT still has plenty to play for, but I'm worried about what the Griffins will do. Also worried if Bentley puts up another 1 point weekend, they're leaving themselves way too vulnerable to a road series in the first round.

On top of that, I'm kind of worried that playing Canisius next week could be a downfall. They're a bad matchup.
 
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eXcSports said:
Moment #8 is the Army win at home.
http://excalibursportspage.com/2013/02/28/jar-moments-8-theyre-baaaaaack/

I'm going to be profiling AIC tonight most likely leading into tomorrow. I'm legitimately worried about this weekend. Bentley needs to outscore Canisius by -1, meaning they can give up a point in the standings to Canisius and still have home ice next week. What I'm worried about is a clean split and a sweep for Canisius. RIT still has plenty to play for, but I'm worried about what the Griffins will do. Also worried if Bentley puts up another 1 point weekend, they're leaving themselves way too vulnerable to a road series in the first round.

On top of that, I'm kind of worried that playing Canisius next week could be a downfall. They're a bad matchup.
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Better Canisius, home or away, than Sacred Heart, AIC, or Army, I think.
 
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Snively65 said:
Better Canisius, home or away, than Sacred Heart, AIC, or Army, I think.
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My only thing is that Canisius has much better goaltending than all of them, save for maybe AIC as of late. Meisner's been great, but there's no denying that the other foot MIGHT drop on the Jackets at some point because the team in front of him is playing better. But they're not a great team. Canisius and Army have the power to go head to head with Bentley, and SHU's been good but they just got creamed by Holy Cross.

My thought process is that the goaltending at Canisius is overall better, followed by AIC, Army, and SHU. Because of that, I'mg oing to choose them in that reverse order. Wouldn't face SHU anyways. But if I had to choose, I'd rather face Mercyhurst in there somehow because those guys have gone down the tubes in the 2nd half.

I'm really worried about this weekend; Meisner named goalie of the month. Unless the other shoe drops, he can win games, and Komm's played like crap the last month.
 
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Expecting Komm to have the same season he did last year is foolish. He saved multiple games last season. As far as the team goes, it's tough to expect much through the playoffs. You don't finish the season well without making a run at the end. Clearly that is not the case. Like most years past, they appear to be limping to the finish. The good news is the returners have spring training to look forward to. Hope that's not what they're thinking about at the intermissions this weekend
 
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In 80% of the AHA scenarios that I have run for this weekend, including sweeps by Bentley and by AIC, Bentley ends up hosting Canisius for 2 of 3 at the JAR. But, I agree that it would be good to carry some momentum into the post-season this year, even if just a home and home weekend sweep against AIC. I sure never imagined that I would be writing that two months ago.
 
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Pk Specialist said:
Expecting Komm to have the same season he did last year is foolish. He saved multiple games last season. As far as the team goes, it's tough to expect much through the playoffs. You don't finish the season well without making a run at the end. Clearly that is not the case. Like most years past, they appear to be limping to the finish. The good news is the returners have spring training to look forward to. Hope that's not what they're thinking about at the intermissions this weekend
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Absolutely agree. I didn't expect Komm to have remotely close to the same season as he had last year. He was fully healthy after essentially a year off, and he had a great defensive team in front of him that could make plays at big moments. Komm has definite game-breaking ability, and that showed. Look at the save on Cole Schneider a year ago, and look at what he can do on breakaways this year.

In intense moments, he manages to elevate his game like few other players. Unfortunately, though, with a weaker defense in front of him, he showed that he can be prone to a rough patch when the puck's in front of him or it's simple play. He's like a guy who can solve advanced calculus, but he struggles with doing basic math (sometimes). He absolutely could not be what he was last year, but he had to be better this year. One or two flukey goals - I understand that. Four or five showed he was fighting the puck at times. And the last couple of weeks, something's been wrong with him. He'll fix it, though, either in time for the playoffs or in the off-season. He was the best returning goalie in AHA this year based on last year's numbers and results; the pressure's on him to perform like that in the playoffs and next year.

The thing i've noticed is that this team can play well under pressure. Hopefully they do that this weekend needing to pick up points and get home ice, and hopefully they amke noise in the playoffs. They'll need help, though, to avoid either NIagara or Air Force. If AIC or Army can pull out a first round upset, Bentley can find itself either at UConn or Holy Cross, both of which I like from a matchup standpoint.

Of course that's contingent on winning the first round, which could be an issue.
 
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eXcSports said:
GAME DAY- Congrats to the seniors playing their final game at home this weekend for the regular season. Hopefully not the last home game, though.

http://excalibursportspage.com/2013/03/01/game-preps-32-33-american-international-college/
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Good summary, Dan. Need minor fix in your Bentley AHA penalty minutes ranking, which is one area where Bentley has continued to do well until most recently. Gosh, what ever happened to Bentley's PP: how does something like that go competely south given the variety of defenses Bentley faces each weekend? Any word on whether Blomquist will be back on the right side of the first D pair? Will we see Komm in both games this weekend? And, ditto, congrats to Campanelli, Koudys, and Hartung; likewise, hope that I get to see them for a couple more games at the JAR this season after Saturday's game.
 
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I should probably leave this thread on page 3 and not post any more here this season. But, I am hoping that someone will explain to me what happened in OT on Saturday night. We had 9th place and a post-season return trip to RIT locked up if we could simply keep the puck in the AIC zone for the final 15 seconds for the tie. But, instead we pull Komm and give up the point on the AIC ENG and now must travel to Canisius, which had already swept RIT on the season, a good 10 minutes before Bentley entered OT. An EAG and OT win for Bentley would have made no difference in the standings than a tie.

Other than the question above, I was glad to see the three seniors play together on the first line in their final regular season game, and I thought that they played well together. With Blomquist, Gladiuk, Breton, and Bacon not in the game on Saturday night, I was surprised to see the Falcons actually take a 3-1 lead against the "hottest Div 1 team in the country." But, no lead was ever safe the last six weeks of this season, and I would have been happy with a tie and a trip to RIT.
 
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Snively65 said:
I should probably leave this thread on page 3 and not post any more here this season. But, I am hoping that someone will explain to me what happened in OT on Saturday night. We had 9th place and a post-season return trip to RIT locked up if we could simply keep the puck in the AIC zone for the final 15 seconds for the tie. But, instead we pull Komm and give up the point on the AIC ENG and now must travel to Canisius, which had already swept RIT on the season, a good 10 minutes before Bentley entered OT. An EAG and OT win for Bentley would have made no difference in the standings than a tie.

Other than the question above, I was glad to see the three seniors play together on the first line in their final regular season game, and I thought that they played well together. With Blomquist, Gladiuk, Breton, and Bacon not in the game on Saturday night, I was surprised to see the Falcons actually take a 3-1 lead against the "hottest Div 1 team in the country." But, no lead was ever safe the last six weeks of this season, and I would have been happy with a tie and a trip to RIT.
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I loved the call, and I would absolutely make that call again if I'm Ryan Soderquist. I loved it, I loved it, I loved it. It backfired, but what a moment that was.

Here's the deal with the way the coaches view the matchups in the playoffs. They a) knew that Canisius had beaten RIT when they called timeout in OT. They b) knew they were going on the road and really didn't give a care about the difference between a 9 seed and a 10 seed and who they're playing. And c) for the seniors, on the last game of the year, where at that point they knew nothing was really at stake, they went for broke. Would they do it again? yes. Would I support that decision? Absolutely.

The coaches view the league in 3 tiers, and it really doesn't matter what your seed is in that tier. You're either 1-4, 5-8 or 9-12. If you're 1-4, it doesn't matter who you play because you only need to win two games to advance to Rochester. If you're 5-8, it doesn't matter who you play because you only have to win 2 games at home to advance to someone's campus, and if you're 9-12, it doesn't matter who you play because you only have to win two games on the road to advance.

The biggest difference is between if you're at home or on the road. If the difference and decision is going to cost you home ice, then he doesn't make that call. But since it wasn't going to change anything besides a trip to Rochester (7 hours) or Canisius (8 hours), then it doens't matter. Coach isn't thinking about future matchups, and if you think he should, then I respect that opinion. But I absolutely loved the call; it took major major major stones to make that call, and I would absolutely do it again. Hell, AIC yanked the goalie 10 seconds earlier and I loved the call when they did it.
 
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eXcSports said:
I loved the call, and I would absolutely make that call again if I'm Ryan Soderquist. I loved it, I loved it, I loved it. It backfired, but what a moment that was.

Here's the deal with the way the coaches view the matchups in the playoffs. They a) knew that Canisius had beaten RIT when they called timeout in OT. They b) knew they were going on the road and really didn't give a care about the difference between a 9 seed and a 10 seed and who they're playing. And c) for the seniors, on the last game of the year, where at that point they knew nothing was really at stake, they went for broke. Would they do it again? yes. Would I support that decision? Absolutely.

The coaches view the league in 3 tiers, and it really doesn't matter what your seed is in that tier. You're either 1-4, 5-8 or 9-12. If you're 1-4, it doesn't matter who you play because you only need to win two games to advance to Rochester. If you're 5-8, it doesn't matter who you play because you only have to win 2 games at home to advance to someone's campus, and if you're 9-12, it doesn't matter who you play because you only have to win two games on the road to advance.

The biggest difference is between if you're at home or on the road. If the difference and decision is going to cost you home ice, then he doesn't make that call. But since it wasn't going to change anything besides a trip to Rochester (7 hours) or Canisius (8 hours), then it doens't matter. Coach isn't thinking about future matchups, and if you think he should, then I respect that opinion. But I absolutely loved the call; it took major major major stones to make that call, and I would absolutely do it again. Hell, AIC yanked the goalie 10 seconds earlier and I loved the call when they did it.
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Pulling the goalie or not really seems trivial. The fact that they were in that situation against AIC given the talent on this year's team is in itself a disgrace. The team's gone 1-3-2 in their last six against the worst teams in the AHA/ country (en route to a playoff run?). This is the point as a player where you start talking about turning in your gear to Play-it-Again. It's golf season, or, if you are an underclassmen- running season. Hopefully the boys post good big loop times this spring.
 
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