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East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

licwinko said:
Watching hockey at Bridgeport was like witnessing a crime against hockey...

I hope they fixed the ice for tonight.
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And the glass, too. The multiple delays while the (inept) building/grounds team took apart and rebuilt the glass at the end of the rink were inexecusable.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

LTsatch said:
Nice review DI, but I beg to differ about the speed of play. I commented in the score thread that the first game looked like "Cornell vs Cornell" Yale vs AFA was a much faster and cleanly played game. Ice and glass conditions aside, I thought the second game was much better. The refs also ruined the first game.
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You're kidding, right? It looked like the players were skating in slush. It reminded me of the pee wee mini games they have between periods. The puck was bouncing everywhere, it wouldn't settle and the passes took an eternity to get to their destination. When the puck is jumping around like a hot potato and noboby can corral it, you know the ice is bad. People were tripping over each other because they kept overskating/were unable to control the puck. Since you were there, you probably didn't watch the games from St. Louis (of course, nobody in St. Louis watched them either :D), where the ice was hard and fast and the teams were flying up and down. All I can say is you had better HOPE the ice was bad, because if that is how "fast" Yale is, they will get annihilated at the Frozen Four.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

chickod said:
All I can say is you had better HOPE the ice was bad, because if that is how "fast" Yale is, they will get annihilated at the Frozen Four.
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You assume Ylae makes the Frozen Four. You assume incorrectly.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

licwinko said:
Watching hockey at Bridgeport was like witnessing a crime against hockey. I thought Union struggled because of nerves and UMD wasn't very impressive. Then I saw the normally deft Yale skaters falling and unable to do anything with the puck on the crap ice, and had to question my impressions of the early game. The puck was sticking to the ice all day and it totally took Yale, and I assume every one else, off their game. I know all the teams had to deal with it, but I think it ruined what should've been a great day of hockey. It's a shame that Union and Air Force had to end their seasons without being able to play their best.

I hope they fixed the ice for tonight.
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I thought the same thing. We all know that Yale can skate and pass with ANYONE, and AFA tends to play an up tempo game as well. Though that game had a much better pace than the first game, I thought the ice adversely affected both teams.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

JS Tigers said:
I thought the same thing. We all know that Yale can skate and pass with ANYONE, and AFA tends to play an up tempo game as well. Though that game had a much better pace than the first game, I thought the ice adversely affected both teams.
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One thing that AFA did extremely well was to eliminate any OZ blue line turnovers which would have allowed Yale to transition and create odd-man rushes. The game reminded me a lot of when AFA beat Michigan at Harbor Yard in 2008. The bad ice in that game severely hampered the skill plays that Michigan tried to make. I remember a 2 on 0 that Michigan didn't even get a shot off with because the puck hopped a stick. The same thing happened with Yale early, when Kearney, specifically, tried to make plays the the sheet conditions wouldn't allow. This, along with the great game plan and hard work of the Falcons made for a much more interesting night than Yale was hoping, I'm sure.

Tonight's UMD-Yale game will be very interesting. UMD (suprisingly, to me) didn't come at Union at all, instead deciding to play a 1-2-2 in the NZ. They played for special teams, which, given Union's PP success throughout the season was initially suprising. They set the tone with two PPG's and on the PK, UMD stacked their blue line with all four guys (more a tight 1-3 look than four across) creating all kinds of havoc for Union on their zone entry. When Union was finally able to get the puck in zone, UMD was fantastic in getting bodies in the shooting lanes and sticks in the passing lanes. The Bulldogs (UMD) played a textbook game defensively - it was impressive to watch. I thought UMD was the most cohesive team in all phases of the game (among the four teams) and Fontaine was the best player in either game. Tonight, Yale can't rely exclusively on the skill game that they have had so much success with because the ice conditions and UMD's team defense won't allow it. I thought Ziegler's goal was the first gritty play Yale had all night and it is something they are going to have to improve upon if they hope to advance to the Frozen Four.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

hockeyjunkie10 said:
One thing that AFA did extremely well was to eliminate any OZ blue line turnovers which would have allowed Yale to transition and create odd-man rushes. The game reminded me a lot of when AFA beat Michigan at Harbor Yard in 2008. The bad ice in that game severely hampered the skill plays that Michigan tried to make. I remember a 2 on 0 that Michigan didn't even get a shot off with because the puck hopped a stick. The same thing happened with Yale early, when Kearney, specifically, tried to make plays the the sheet conditions wouldn't allow. This, along with the great game plan and hard work of the Falcons made for a much more interesting night than Yale was hoping, I'm sure.

Tonight's UMD-Yale game will be very interesting. UMD (suprisingly, to me) didn't come at Union at all, instead deciding to play a 1-2-2 in the NZ. They played for special teams, which, given Union's PP success throughout the season was initially suprising. They set the tone with two PPG's and on the PK, UMD stacked their blue line with all four guys (more a tight 1-3 look than four across) creating all kinds of havoc for Union on their zone entry. When Union was finally able to get the puck in zone, UMD was fantastic in getting bodies in the shooting lanes and sticks in the passing lanes. The Bulldogs (UMD) played a textbook game defensively - it was impressive to watch. I thought UMD was the most cohesive team in all phases of the game (among the four teams) and Fontaine was the best player in either game. Tonight, Yale can't rely exclusively on the skill game that they have had so much success with because the ice conditions and UMD's team defense won't allow it. I thought Ziegler's goal was the first gritty play Yale had all night and it is something they are going to have to improve upon if they hope to advance to the Frozen Four.
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I disagree. While we all agree that Melrose is terrible, I thought he was spot-on in that Mike Connolly was terrific and both he and Wade Bergman were the stars of the game not named Kenny Reiter.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

UMDBulldogHockeyIsKing said:
I disagree. While we all agree that Melrose is terrible, I thought he was spot-on in that Mike Connolly was terrific and both he and Wade Bergman were the stars of the game not named Kenny Reiter.
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Disagreement and polite discourse is welcomed! I felt that Fontaine created offensive often, and his rebound goal to give UMD a 2-0 lead really made it just about impossible for Union to come back given how well UMD played defensively. Obviously Reitter was extremely solid in earning a shutout, but he wasn't tested that often, especially late (Union had 11 shots in the first ten minutes of the game and were held to 21 over the next 50 minutes) and the shutout was very much a credit to their team defense.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

hockeyjunkie10 said:
Disagreement and polite discourse is welcomed! I felt that Fontaine created offensive often, and his rebound goal to give UMD a 2-0 lead really made it just about impossible for Union to come back given how well UMD played defensively. Obviously Reitter was extremely solid in earning a shutout, but he wasn't tested that often, especially late (Union had 11 shots in the first ten minutes of the game and were held to 21 over the next 50 minutes) and the shutout was very much a credit to their team defense.
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I can agree with that, but also would note that he had to make more challenging stops than did Kinkade. And Reiter's tendency this year has been to make a really nice save, and then give up a boneheaded goal shortly after, which never happened yesterday.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

UMDBulldogHockeyIsKing said:
I can agree with that, but also would note that he had to make more challenging stops than did Kinkade. And Reiter's tendency this year has been to make a really nice save, and then give up a boneheaded goal shortly after, which never happened yesterday.
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Hopefully (for your Bulldogs, anyways), that doesn't happen today either! Should be a good game. Hopefully a bit tighter than this RPI massacre that I am watching right now.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

Let's hope for some great hockey tonight! Good luck Yale and congrats to UMD for making it this far. As far as the ice goes I spoke to a Yale athletic official who stated that after practice on thursday the Yale guys thought the ice was better than 2009, maybe its having a full house that is causing some problems, it was VERY warm inside the building last night
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

After a failed clear attempt by a UMD d-man, Yale winger picks up the puck and feeds cross ice for a one-timer for a Yale goal. 3-1 UMD
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

Refs give a DQ to Yale's O'Neil on what appears to be a clean hit.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

And UMD scores on the ensuing PP. 4-1 UMD
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

Full disclosure: I'm rooting for Duluth.

But that was a BRUTAL call in a regional final.

As in the Michigan game last night, it's just college refs being college refs.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

Stick a fork in it, Yale's done: 5-1 UMD.
 
Re: East Regional - 3/25 and 3/26 - UMD, Yale, Union and Air Force

This is an outright shame

UMD should be up 3-1 and in a good game.
Instead the refs have ruined a game.
Embarrassing for everyone here, and a disgrace to college hockey in general.
 
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