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Brown Hockey 2011-2012 - The Future Is Now

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I suppose there's not a whole lot of shame in giving up 5 goals to Yale at the Whale, but since our defense had been so clutch lately, it is certainly disappointing. However, we put up 3 goals against a defense that is MUCH better than the likes of Army, AIC, and Holy Cross, so that's encouraging.
 
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Unlike the 2009-10 and 2010-11 squads, this team doesn't have an identity, at least not yet. It's missing the Aaron Volpattis and Harry Zolnierczyks.
 
klumpmypants said:
Post-game interviews with Whittet, Maclellan, Farnham After 6-4 Win vs Yale: http://www.youtube.com/user/jmklump33?feature=mhee#p/u
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As much as I enjoyed the Brown interviews, watching Keith Allain is almost as enjoyable. He is so unspeakably upset with his team - and almost goes out of his way not to give Brown credit for the win - that that may be my favorite post-game spot.

To answer a couple of the previous posts, this game does a little in terms of identity. That the Bears answered a very good Yale team twice after squandering two leads of two goals speaks to the maturation - especially considering that Ryan Jacobson, a frosh, put up three points and the defense, including the first-years, played pretty well on Thursday and tonight. (The loss of Buvinow, while unfortunate, certainly provided Joey DeConcylis with his opportunity and a pretty first career goal). We saw some mettle and a win in a game that could help determine the fate of the rest of the year - lose a game like this, and you're possibly looking at a very difficult stretch. Win, and you give yourself a shot in the arm going into a tough break.

More significantly, very impressed with the play of Jacobson, Lorito, and Maclellan together. Jacobson was terrific - that the Bears were matching O'Neill, Miller and Root - an excellent line for Yale - with two freshmen, and frequently two sophomore or at least one freshman D - shows the confidence of Brendan Whittet in his younger guys, be it out of necessity or otherwise.

Finally, great to get this win over a good Yale team, to say the least. Nine goals in two games does a little to ease the sting of the four games prior, especially considering that the AIC and HC games were, in a word, brutal.

By the way, watch the smirk on Farnham's face when he is asked the question about being an antagonist (or instigator). That is absolutely the edge Brown will need from some of their older role players to support consistent success moving into the post-exam stretch of the season.
 
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Farham and Maclellan were the difference for you guys tonight, I was at the game which was highly entertaining, I will be happy when they graduate. Realize that the team for Yale on the ice had three frosh seeing thier first ice time due to others injuries, and I will take away that Yale did a good job to hang around but were outplayed for two thirds of the game, Nice win for Brown
 
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BrunoFan00 said:
As much as I enjoyed the Brown interviews, watching Keith Allain is almost as enjoyable. He is so unspeakably upset with his team - and almost goes out of his way not to give Brown credit for the win - that that may be my favorite post-game spot.
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Keith Allain seldom, if ever, says anything complimentary about opponents. His record as a coach speaks for itself, but Yale deserves a classier spokesperson for its flagship athletic program.

On the other hand, having known him since he was a nineteen-year-old Brown freshman, and having had the privilege to work closely with him since he returned to Brown, I'm so proud of Brendan, and the way he conducts himself in these interviews. He's become such an articulate public speaker. Witness also his speech at the 50th Anniversary dinner. (I was standing next to Vice-President for Advancement, and former hockey player and assistant coach, Steve King, who turned to me halfway through Brendan's speech and commented: "Brendan was a great choice for coach." To which I replied, "Do you remember what I said from the very beginning of our search committee's discussions in the summer of 2009?" I rest my case.)


BrunoFan00 said:
To answer a couple of the previous posts, this game does a little in terms of identity. That the Bears answered a very good Yale team twice after squandering two leads of two goals speaks to the maturation - especially considering that Ryan Jacobson, a frosh, put up three points and the defense, including the first-years, played pretty well on Thursday and tonight. (The loss of Buvinow, while unfortunate, certainly provided Joey DeConcylis with his opportunity and a pretty first career goal). We saw some mettle and a win in a game that could help determine the fate of the rest of the year - lose a game like this, and you're possibly looking at a very difficult stretch.
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I couldn't agree more.

BrunoFan00 said:
More significantly, very impressed with the play of Jacobson, Lorito, and Maclellan together. Jacobson was terrific - that the Bears were matching O'Neill, Miller and Root - an excellent line for Yale - with two freshmen, and frequently two sophomore or at least one freshman D - shows the confidence of Brendan Whittet in his younger guys, be it out of necessity or otherwise.
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I was so impressed with Matt Lorito. The kid has terrific skills and hockey sense. I've liked Jacobsen from the very first time I saw him on the ice. In his case, the Air Force Academy's loss was clearly our gain!


BrunoFan00 said:
By the way, watch the smirk on Farnham's face when he is asked the question about being an antagonist (or instigator). That is absolutely the edge Brown will need from some of their older role players to support consistent success moving into the post-exam stretch of the season.
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Again, I couldn't agree more! The 2010 team was Aaron Volpatti's team. Last year's team was Harry Z's team. Despite Jack Maclellan superb skills, this team is definitely becoming Bobby Farnham's team.
 
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BrunoFan00 said:
As much as I enjoyed the Brown interviews, watching Keith Allain is almost as enjoyable. He is so unspeakably upset with his team - and almost goes out of his way not to give Brown credit for the win - that that may be my favorite post-game spot.
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I see arrogance and self-entitlement - trademarks of a true "Yale Man." I welcome Allain and the rest of his team to continue to live in their bubble. Soon enough, Yale's program will mirror Harvard's, which is the only benchmark they care about anyways.


On the other hand, I give props to Coach Whittet. He is one of the most passionate coaches in the ECAC right now and I see good things for Brown on the road ahead. If I had to pick the dark horse for the conference championship today, I would definitely pick the Brunos.
 
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ajh... with that comment, you basically showed you do not know Keith Allain, or ECAC hockey at all for that matter. To say he is "self-entitled" is absurd. He simply believes hard work is the key to every team. For your guys information, I am from the New Haven area and took my kids to practice today (Yale practices on Sundays and my two sons practice after they get off the ice) and the Yale players did not see a puck for the whole hour. 50 minutes to an hour of pure sprints, it did not look like fun and the players laying on the ice and the bench after can attest to that.
 
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Having posted before the AIC and HC debacles that I thought Brown would be playing in AC, it was great to see the play last night that led to my original post. I think the identity of the team is its sheer hustle and speed with appropriate physical play. It truly is becoming Bobby F's team but don't overlook Jack M. His presence at cruch time is really reassuring. Matt Lorito will be the star of this team in the near future. Great speed, vision and stick handling. The freshmen are really contributing. They clearl outplayed the few frosh that Yale played.
 
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Yalewhaler said:
ajh... with that comment, you basically showed you do not know Keith Allain, or ECAC hockey at all for that matter. To say he is "self-entitled" is absurd. He simply believes hard work is the key to every team. For your guys information, I am from the New Haven area and took my kids to practice today (Yale practices on Sundays and my two sons practice after they get off the ice) and the Yale players did not see a puck for the whole hour. 50 minutes to an hour of pure sprints, it did not look like fun and the players laying on the ice and the bench after can attest to that.
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I'm sure he isn't like that all the time, but if Allain is going to act like that in front of the public, he should be able to take the criticism. I've seen interviews with O'Neill as well, and as much as I respect him as a hockey player, he is not the most humble person and he is not good as he thinks he is. Watch some old Collin Greening and Ben Scrivens interviews and see how they react after a loss.

Learn some class please.

I don't hate Yale as much as you think I do, but I think you guys have a long way to go as a program. Also, I have to defend Brown in this case. Even though we use to dominate the Brunos in years past, after watching Cornell lose twice at Meehan two years in a row, I've developed some respect for this program and I give them props for Saturday's game no matter how "undeserving" Allain feels about it.
 
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It's been 20 days since the last post, so I decided to say something.

We have a couple of tough games upcoming; at New Hampshire and at a suddenly decent Providence team (where did they come from?? What the hell! Stupid Leaman).

I don't think UNH will forget how we played them last year, so we can expect them to come out firing on all cylinders. Yes, they're having an off-season, but if you think Dick Umile won't turn this team around the second half of the season, you're crazy. So that should be a tough test. And then there's the annual grudge match with Providence, which in recent years has been extremely hard-hitting and ill-tempered. We also haven't won since the 2006-2007 season, and you know that as a Rhode Island native, Whittet wants this game.

Though the next two games are non-league contests, I think they'll be good measures of where we stand, and what we can expect for the rest of the season. If we play the way we did against Cornell, Union, and Yale, we should win both games, but if we play the way we did against AIC and Holy Cross, we can expect some very lopsided scores.
 
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Following up Kdiff's on the mark comments, I thought about Brown's remaining ECAC games. To assure home ice, it will need to sweep at least 3 series and avoid being swept. Based on Brown's "good play". I thought the home SLU/Clarkson, Dartmouth/Harvard and Princeton/Quinnipiac series are good bets for a sweep and the SLU/Clarkson road series as well. I also believe the Union/RPI home series will be closer this year than it has in past years. Brown's play against Union, which will clearly want to exact revenge, may be the true indicator as to how far Brown will go in the playoffs.
 
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Mike Hutter said:
Following up Kdiff's on the mark comments, I thought about Brown's remaining ECAC games. To assure home ice, it will need to sweep at least 3 series and avoid being swept. Based on Brown's "good play". I thought the home SLU/Clarkson, Dartmouth/Harvard and Princeton/Quinnipiac series are good bets for a sweep and the SLU/Clarkson road series as well. I also believe the Union/RPI home series will be closer this year than it has in past years. Brown's play against Union, which will clearly want to exact revenge, may be the true indicator as to how far Brown will go in the playoffs.
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Even if we can take 3 points from most of those weekends, I think we'll be in good shape. I think that, in his 3rd season, Brendan will be a little more desperate to get us to home ice in the playoffs. He clearly wants playoff hockey at Meehan more than almost anything. Hopefully he can keep the team focused and fresh down the stretch, which have been two problems leading to the inconsistency of the last couple of seasons. Fortunately, we have a lot more depth this year than in the past two.

Union will certainly be out for revenge, but we had better be just as ticked off for the RPI game that weekend. For the first time in a while, we are very clearly a better team than them, but we simply laid an egg up in New York. That can't happen at home. I won't mind if we lose the Union game, because they are a great team and play exceptionally well on the road, but we need to beat RPI. Enough with the inconsistency; if a team is not as good as us, we should beat it.
 
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On a similar note, I cannot believe it's been 7 years since we've hosted a playoff series. The 2004-2005 series with RPI was a very exciting, high-scoring affair at Meehan that I remember fondly. It's too bad we haven't had one since, but I suppose without an all-star goalie like Yann Danis or Adam D'Alba and with a coach as incompetent as Grillo, we were doomed.
 
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Chris Heisenberg's 2012 Recruit List has added another recruit (12/18/11), Brandon Pfeil, a D-man who plays in the BCHL. That league has been a good source of players for Brown - Volpatti and Harry Z - and other ECAC teams in the past. While H's list has him at 175 lbs, his team roster has him at 185. Couldn't find much about him.
 
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Mike Hutter said:
Chris Heisenberg's 2012 Recruit List has added another recruit (12/18/11), Brandon Pfeil, a D-man who plays in the BCHL. That league has been a good source of players for Brown - Volpatti and Harry Z - and other ECAC teams in the past. While H's list has him at 175 lbs, his team roster has him at 185. Couldn't find much about him.
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Brandon Pfeil is supposed to be a . . . Oops! I'm sorry! Gag rule! The Athletic Department doesn't want me to say anything about recruits! :-)
 
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