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Colgate 2010-11

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Brisebois-Day-and Wagner excites me ! Vaughan said Wags has Pro style strides....doesn't skate like a frosh...are you kidding me, what an exciting fast line that would be. Brisebois and Day are two of our fastest skaters. Could be dynamite !!

I was impressed with Bourdon and Bartliff and Smitty with them, some speed there too. Anyone know more about Mayer ? Third line will be big and Prockow had ten goals last year.

Two key guys had hip surjury over the summer and are fine now. Talking to one at the football game last weekend he said he's fine. You guys don't want me to disclose though, so I won't. (Even though I think it's fine to, not injuries that someone could exploit)
 
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Austin Mayer has very quick feet. He was a scholarship guy at Providence who fell out of love with Tim Army, just like many did. He has experience and should be excellent with Firman and Prockow. Look at that potential scoring balance among those lines, if we play an attack game it will be tough on the opposing D.
 
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Hi 'Gate fans.......
Great to read all of your collective thoughts!!! Always excited for the season to begin......and with all of the talk on the thread, could be a great season!!!!! Although not being able to attend tomorrow's game, I will be listening. Seems like a vigorous schedule and one the boys will be up to the task. As it is always at this time of year, much excitement and anticipation for a great year. Prove us right, boys!!!! GO 'GATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Thx Gate93, guess it was too good to be true. Former player Carly McNaughton came back for a year or two as well but you're right - they seldom stay very long.

Off to a rough start with a goose egg against BC...but at least they can say that BC (and UNH) came to town which is more than the men can say about them ;-)

Go 'Gate
Beat Army
 
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We win...YAY!..:)

Nice to see frosh Mike McCann get his first collegiate goal (and GWG) in his first game...also his first penalty on the same play...:(

Was anyone at the game? What was the atmosphere like? Certainly couldn't tell anyone showed up due to the absence of crowd noise on GR's broadcast.
 
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I was at the game :)

The atmosphere was ... well, a bit hard to describe. A nice, "new" rink but seating only on one side of the ice??? Very disappointing. I spent the first two periods in the "end zone" seating then the 3rd period on the "side" seating near one of the blue lines. And yes, a lot of people showed up. Attendance was announced at around 1600 for the game. A lot of people wearing maroon, but a lot of people rooting for Army, espeically when they scored their only goal.

My thoughts and observations on the game:

Well, apparently holding a Division 1 college hockey game on the Cape is a way to draw a large crowd. Not only were there Colgate and Army fans, but a handful of young high-school aged boys just interested in watching a hockey game, as well as local people that live on the Cape, plus college hockey enthusiasts from MA that wanted to witness the 1st ever college hockey game played in Hyannis.

16 seconds into the 1st period, it looked like Jeremy Price was hurt. I was holding my breath, especially since it looked like he was limping off the ice and into the locker room. But lo and behold, about 10 min. later he was skating back onto the bench. I breathed a sigh of relief. Sadly, the 1st period as a whole was not exciting. A lot of whistles and few penalties.

The 2nd period, well ... I had a clear view of Day's goal, and the entire Colgate crowd was cheering loudly. It's always nice to take a 1-0 lead. Also nice to see that Brian Day is still finding ways to light the lamp. But at the same time, we had so many power-play opportunities and couldn't convert them? Yeesh. Yeah, it's the 1st game of the regular season and we may need to get some kinks out, but it would have been nice to score on the man advantage.

Onto the 3rd period ... I had a crazy feeling that something bad was going to happen. And it did ... sort of. Three power play opportunities in a row and we couldn't score. Then we did score, and the guy who did score the goal gets sent to the penalty box ... and Army scores. At that point, there was about 10 min. left and I was holding my breath. Under 2 min. to play and Army pulls their goalie. I had to move up to the standing room section just so I could stand and have a clear view of the action. Fortunately, Austin Smith to the rescue with an empty-net goal to seal the victory for the Raiders :D

As a whole, I think this team has a lot of potential. Offensively, we are still trying to find an identity, especially on the power play. Defensively, we were great. I didn't have total confidence in Alex Evin, but he didn't disappoint me. Surprisingly, Wade Poplawski did not play tonight. Hopefully he was a healthy scratch and not injured.

Congratulations are in order for Mike McCann (1st career goal), Chris Wagner (1st career point), and Billy Rivellini (1st career point -- I believe this is the first time I've ever seen him play). This looks like it could be a great season!
 
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Not going to get too worked up over play in the first game. We won, and that's what matters.

Didn't get to watch, just kind of had LiveStats in the background and trolled for what updates were here. 0-6 on the PP isn't pleasant, but again, it's early. Love that we poured on the shots, especially in the 2nd, that's what you need to do against a weaker team like Army

First step on a long journey. Man I'm glad hockey's back :)
 
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So Rainman - can you explain how McCann's goal counted? It makes no sense to have a goalie interference call (legit) and then have a goal count. Do not understand.

Largest crowd ever for a game at that rink.

There will be a recap along with a gallery slideshow up in the morning.
 
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I think I read it was goalie interference.

From Hyannis...

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101010/SPORTS/101009747

Great article. Sounded like an energetic and exciting game from the players', and coaches' perspectives that could turn into an annual event. Wish we had that kind of atmosphere with our 1,596 fans - with all seats on one side or not. Hopefully we can take away some prospective Boston talent back to CNY!

A good omen to start the season 1-0. Hope we can focus a bit more on special teams this year but a solid effort all around. Congrats, 'Gate! Kudos to the Lady Raiders, too!
 
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mwade said:
So Rainman - can you explain how McCann's goal counted?
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Goaltender interference, but after the puck crossed the goal line. It was a "freak accident". I saw the ref signal for a goal and almost immediately McCann collided with the goaltender. I don't think it could have been avoided.
 
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Nice recap and 36 picture slideshow on the USCHO website, by Melissa Wade. I assume she is the below poster questioning our "interference" goal and question to Rainman. Nice photos Melissa!...

Good that we outshot Army something like 46-23. Now we need to get that PP going; please... not a repeat of the last few years...:confused:
 
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Wow, great opening night on the Cape. Lots of alums in the building after a beautiful day on the golf course, man the weather could not have been better. Nice to see AD Roach there as well. Sell out crowd in a nice facility and really a pretty good hockey game considering neither team had scrimmaged yet.

Some bad: The PP looked rusty, but what were we to expect at this point in the season? Some chances were generated however but no finishes. Price's injury looked really bad when it happened and I was thinking, here we go already. But he came back to play and play pretty well. Didn't really care for Army playing the prevent setting up 5 guys in the neutral zone as we set up for the breakout.

Some Good: The PK looked pretty good, but that also good have been a result of Army's PP looking pretty bad. We generated some good scoring chances on the Pk. Evin I thought looked really really sound. The only goal Army scored was on the PP but it was probably the biggest fluke bounce I've ever seen. Army player takes a slap shot from the slot that goes over the net hits the glass and bounces like a super ball, directly off of Evin's back and drops in the net. I've never seen a bounce like that off of glass anywhere.

Some really good: Team speed was very good. The Defense looked solid and even without Wade playing. We had 45 shots on net, the offense will be very good this year (40 of those shots game in the 2nd and 3rd period). The 4th line played very well including frosh, Mike McCann who scored the game winner on a nice play by a hustling Bill Rivellini. Day was very good and will be a great Captain for this team. He works so hard at both ends of the ice and is a tremendous role model for the University. Smith led the team in shots with 6 and could have had a couple of goals on the PP if a few bounces had gone his way. Vaughn was right, Wagner played like he had been there before. Was on the PK with Day and PP also picked up his 1st pt. He is fast, strong and positionally good.

As far as the change to the game goes I really like the hybrid icing. It is going to change the College game. Army tried a couple of times to send someone behind the Colgate D and tried to make the home run pass. Even though it didn't connect there was no icing because the Army player got to the Dots first. As a matter of fact, Colgate's 1st goal would have been called icing last year. Brisebois got behind the Army D at the far blue line, Wagner just missed hitting him with a breakaway pass. Brisebois got to the dots and the puck 1st behind the Army net and centered it to Day for the goal. Last year it would have been an automatic icing and blown dead. So this rule has already affected our year. I can see a lot of college teams working this into their offense.

Nice to start the year off on a winning note. Looking forward to a great year. Now considering a weekend trip to Lake Superior.
 
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Thanks Gater...was wondering how Wags looked . OOC....What goalies dressed ??
 
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sshablak said:
What goalies dressed ??
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Evin, Bessette, and Mihalik (wearing #29 ... an unusual number for a goalie)

I would like to know how exactly the icing rules have changed this year. Early on in the game, it looked like it was going to be the "touch icing" style that the NHL now uses where a defender must touch it in his own defensive zone to have the play blown dead. But late in the game when we were trying to get the puck in the empty net, the refs were automatically blowing the whistle once the puck crossed the end line without an Army guy touching up. I'm guessing the refs are going to wash out icing if it "appears" that an offensive player will get to the puck first on a potential icing play? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.
 
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Rainman said:
Evin, Bessette, and Mihalik (wearing #29 ... an unusual number for a goalie)

I would like to know how exactly the icing rules have changed this year. Early on in the game, it looked like it was going to be the "touch icing" style that the NHL now uses where a defender must touch it in his own defensive zone to have the play blown dead. But late in the game when we were trying to get the puck in the empty net, the refs were automatically blowing the whistle once the puck crossed the end line without an Army guy touching up. I'm guessing the refs are going to wash out icing if it "appears" that an offensive player will get to the puck first on a potential icing play? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.
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Correct. Whoever the official believes will get to the face-off dots first, that is the team that gets the call. This worked for the most part in my opinion but there were a couple of times when it appeared the officials were a little too late in blowing the whistle or were a little hesitant. In the case of an end-game situation where one team is shooting at an empty net or just trying to clear the zone, you'll see the automatic whistle just because the team with the extra attacker will probably be the closest to its' own zone.

I don't think we'll see that from Colgate a lot this season simply because that is not something Coach Vaughan is a fan of - shooting for an empty net from your own end. If I remember correctly, right after the icing play in the third, Colgate called timeout. Obviously this is for a bit of a breather though I would suspect there was a message of not shooting the puck from your own zone or at least behind the red line.
 
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My guess, is Coach called the Time out (smart move) at the end of that icing call, more to confuse the Ref's. He was able to switch & sneak in, a couple of players on the ice, for that face-off , that he could not do, if they went straight into to the face-off.
 
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Coach V called the timeout because the 5 guys who were on the ice were gassed and had just iced the puck. When the puck is iced, the team that ices the puck can not make any changes. He called the timeout to rest the guys on the ice so they would be fresh for the faceoff, not to trick the refs. All 5 guys stayed out there and finished the game.
 
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I understand what your saying. Yes rest the players.
But not all of the 5 skaters were the same, once the puck droped.
 
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