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Colgate 2009-2010

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As Coach V remarked in one of the recaps, Day won 25 of 33 faceoffs, with many in our defensive end. This really put the brakes on the Crimson and was a huge part of winning that game.

We seem to be developing some "mo" now, at just the right time. With the freshmen essentally being sophomores, the defense improving each game, and more lines adding to the scoring, there is no reason we can't being home a point - or points - next weekend. RPI is beatable IMHO, but Union is a force and will take a great effort by everyone.

What a crazy Saturday night: Clarkson beats Yale at Ingalls, Princeton 7-0 over RPI in Troy, Dartmouth takes down Cornell at home. What a bizarre season indeed!...:eek:
 
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Rainman said:
2nd period: for some reason, Harvard decided to change goalies and put in Kyle Richter. Huh??? Were they trying to give us fits?
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John Riley is a senior and last night was Senior Night at Bright. Coach Donato wanted to give John the start as he is our third string goalie and has not seen any action this year. He is a good kid who has been loyal to the program and it was a great touch on Coach's part to start him and play him for one period. It puts winning in perspective when you can think of giving a kid the chance to play in front of his parents.

I know you guys want to celebrate this weekend but honestly neither Harvard nor Dartmouth are very good. In fact, both teams are pretty bad. It would have been a shock to not come away with a win given the way we have been playing lately (the Union game aside because for some reason, we have their number).
 
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Skate79 said:
I know you guys want to celebrate this weekend but honestly neither Harvard nor Dartmouth are very good. In fact, both teams are pretty bad. It would have been a shock to not come away with a win given the way we have been playing lately (the Union game aside because for some reason, we have their number).
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We want to celebrate this weekend because it still gives us a chance to control our own destiny in regards to a first-round bye. Things were looking kind of bleak after last Tuesday, after all.

In regards to Dartmouth, hey they beat Cornell, RPI and almost Union. FWIW, they at least have a potent offense that could do some damage in the playoffs.

With the weekend we also clinched at least home ice, something we didn't have last year. Good luck this upcoming weekend (we need you to have it ).
 
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Bump. This thread was back on Page 3.

Friday's game vs. RPI is much more important than Saturday's game vs. Union. Why? After Union plays Cornell, they will know whether they're in the hunt for 1st or 2nd place (Union wins or ties Friday) or if they're locked into 3rd (Cornell wins on Friday). So I've calculated where we will stand after Friday's game (only Friday, including Saturday cases is a bit too tedious right now):

Case 1, Colgate wins on Friday:
-We will finish ahead of RPI, no matter what. We will finish either 4th or 5th, and clinch the bye if SLU loses. This also seals our fate for the following weekend: either we rest up or we host Clarkson (they're locked into finishing 12th).

Case 2, Colgate ties on Friday:
-We're still in the hunt for the bye, but we'll finish ahead of Quinnipiac and finish 4th, 5th, or 6th. A bye is still possible for us, win or lose on Saturday, but once again, this depends on how many points SLU earns on the weekend.

Case 3, Colgate loses on Friday:
-RPI will finish ahead of us. We will NOT get the bye. We will finish 5th, 6th, or 7th. 7th place is only if we lose out and Quinnipiac wins out.

So Friday night, root for the following teams: Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown. If all those teams win Friday, we finish no lower than 6th, we're still ahead of SLU, and Yale and Cornell are the top 2 seeds. That would avoid a trip to New Haven or Ithaca in the 2nd round of the playoffs.
 
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Bump. We're almost on Page 3.

I'm so stressed out about this weekend, all I can say is: How great it is that the US team beat Canada two days ago in Vancouver...:D
 
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Basically the "playoffs" are here. Our goaltending is so "inconsistant" I'm pretty nervous about these two games. I'm expecting a high scoring game against both teams. RPI has the super frosh..Pirri and D'Amigo and the leading scorer in the country Polacek. Can our young defensemen stay out of the box and Evin make the saves ?
 
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sshablak said:
Basically the "playoffs" are here. Our goaltending is so "inconsistant" I'm pretty nervous about these two games. I'm expecting a high scoring game against both teams. RPI has the super frosh..Pirri and D'Amigo and the leading scorer in the country Polacek. Can our young defensemen stay out of the box and Evin make the saves ?
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Agree on the consistency of tending, albeit there are signs of inspiration within the past 7 weeks.
I would take our top 3 against any teams top 3 all day long. And furthermore, while i'm on a role, i would say that overall, the coaches have done a great job in bringing along the 17 underclassmen this year. I'm sure if we kept Mac, Day, Smith together as a line, then there individual statistics would be way up there, however, the TEAM needed to grow, sacrificing personal numbers.

Go Gate !
 
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I'm assuming then that Pirri, D'Amigo and Polacek play on the same line ???
 
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sshablak said:
I'm assuming then that Pirri, D'Amigo and Polacek play on the same line ???
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No.

The lines have changed a bit throughout the course of the season, but Pirri, JD'A, and Polacek have not been and currently are not on the same line.

Pirri, JD'A, and Marty O'Grady were on a line together to start the season.

The most recent incarnation of the line chart had Polacek, JD'A, and Tyler Helfrich on the same line with Pirri on a line with Paul Kerins and O'Grady.
 
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ColSkate65 said:
CHN lists York as injured and not available.

Burgie, can you confirm this?
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He was injured in the game against Dartmouth. He dressed and warmed-up (lightly) for both games this past weekend, but did not play in either.

It is expected that he will be back this weekend, but there has been no statement either way by the coaching staff or in the newspapers.
 
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He found it on collegehockeynews.com, but I never visit that website, as the "injury report" isn't very recent.

Remember last year when we were playing Quinnipiac in the playoffs and thought Brandon Wong wouldn't play? This is the same situation we are in now re: Friday's game. We gotta practice and think as if York will be in net for RPI.
 
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I don't think either the guys or coaches are worried about who's in net for RPI. They will play and practice equally hard for either. Each game is different. RPI should come fired up on Friday as should we, which should make it a very entertaining and close game.
 
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sshablak said:
Colskate...Where you find that info on York ??
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Shabby - As Rainman noted: collegehockeynews.com There is a link at that site.

Sure hope this storm passes over before Friday nite. Would like to get to Starr for the Engineers game..:confused:
 
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