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Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
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Crimson on the Glass
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Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Am enjoying the first two periods of get the rust off vs. the Russians. Madsen now in goal.
Am enjoying the first two periods of get the rust off vs. the Russians. Madsen now in goal.
Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
From Live Stats, looks like we dressed 21 players tonight. Thomas Aiken saw his first action and scored a goal. Good to see players like Tommy O'Regan get a chance to play and contribute. A little concerned that Kerfoot and Malone were missing tonight. Hope to see them Tuesday night.
From Live Stats, looks like we dressed 21 players tonight. Thomas Aiken saw his first action and scored a goal. Good to see players like Tommy O'Regan get a chance to play and contribute. A little concerned that Kerfoot and Malone were missing tonight. Hope to see them Tuesday night.
Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Aiken was not even listed in the program. When he scored I was looking at the program wondering who was the player with the unlisted number. It was a very pretty assist from Tommy O'Regan.
Harvard scored once on three power plays but the power play looked better than it has for years. Nice crisp clean passes on target. Not quite the clockwork precision of the Billy Cleary power play but very nice to see. I was chatting with Billy and he seemed quite please with the season so far.
A good crowd tonight at Bright. I noticed more Russian fans than I have seen at other games over the years with teams like Dynamo, Spartak or Central Command Red Army.
A great game to watch, great skating and very little gratuitous chippy stuff.
Looking forward to RPI Tuesday!
Aiken was not even listed in the program. When he scored I was looking at the program wondering who was the player with the unlisted number. It was a very pretty assist from Tommy O'Regan.
Harvard scored once on three power plays but the power play looked better than it has for years. Nice crisp clean passes on target. Not quite the clockwork precision of the Billy Cleary power play but very nice to see. I was chatting with Billy and he seemed quite please with the season so far.
A good crowd tonight at Bright. I noticed more Russian fans than I have seen at other games over the years with teams like Dynamo, Spartak or Central Command Red Army.
A great game to watch, great skating and very little gratuitous chippy stuff.
Looking forward to RPI Tuesday!
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Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
The game vs. Yale still counts; it isn't an exhibition. However, it is a non-league matchup, which does not go towards ECAC or Ivy standings.
The game vs. Yale still counts; it isn't an exhibition. However, it is a non-league matchup, which does not go towards ECAC or Ivy standings.
Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Since Dutchman picked up on my post from the RPI-Harvard game thread, I guess I'll lead with that in my take on tonight's game.
Similar to the November game in Troy, RPI came out strong and and took it to the Crimson especially over the last ten minutes of the first period. Harvard got on the board first when Luke Esposito intercepted a weak clearing attempt by the RPI D at their blue line, skated in and roofed a backhand shot over Kasdorf. Beautiful goal. Unfortunately, that was the extent of Harvard's offense for the period. RPI would later score off a face-off with Melanson getting the goal. Their second goal came off a giveaway by Patrick McNally near the top of the face-off circle. Harvard had several egregious giveaways tonight and wasn't all that sharp in their zone.
Things heated up early in the second period when, off a face-off in the RPI zone, Jimmy Vesey took a cheap shot to the head, was slow to get up but when he did, found the puck on his stick and whistled a wrist shot past Kasdorf. Then the fun started before the face-off at center ice as several Harvard players including Patrick McNally and Kevin Guiltanan got into it with the RPI players. After the face-off, the puck was sent deep into the Harvard zone whereupon Guiltanan crushed an RPI player along the boards and got a boarding call. More importantly, RPI woke the slumbering beast because after that, the Crimson started to move their feet and took over the game. In a matter of minutes, Phil Zielonka and Tyler Moy scored off beautiful rushes that ended with Zielonka jamming the puck home from the crease and Moy wristing one with Kasdorf helplessly out of position off the left post. It was all Harvard after that with the exception of some alert puck possession by RPI in the Harvard zone towards the end of the game.
Perhaps the goal of the game was the last one by Seb Lloyd - it started with a pass from Max Everson at the Harvard blue line to Jake Horton, who tipped it to Sean Malone who skated in with Lloyd on a two on one, deftly held the puck until the last minute when he slipped it over to Lloyd who roofed a forehand by Kasdorf. Bright Landry went crazy. We have waited so long for this type of skill and man, it is SO MUCH FUN to watch!!
I have to say that Sean Malone is so impressive as a player. He stickhandles much the same as Stevie Martins, passes the puck like Peter Ciavaglia and shoots like, well, take your pick (CJ Young, Lane MacDonald, Teddy, Mike Vukonich, Tyler Kolarik or Tim Petit). He should have had one or two goals tonight.
And how about the crowd tonight? Two thirds full at least - maybe more. For a week night game between Christmas and New Years? Yeah, it's safe to say that word is out that we are a terrific team to watch.
Got a chance to catch up with Chuckie Hughes and Coach Tim Murphy. Coach is so humble in the way he talked about the season and the team. Chuckie was very helpful to a friend of mine whose son is a hockey player and it is always great to talk hockey with him. His daughters play and I asked them if they want to play for Harvard. Resounding 'YES'! Oh those bloodlines.
Kerfoot and Blackwell didn't dress and I'm thinking the additional time off might be good for them. For the team, not so much. They need to clean some things up, especially defensively. Michalek saw too much rubber tonight. And from in close.
Since Dutchman picked up on my post from the RPI-Harvard game thread, I guess I'll lead with that in my take on tonight's game.
Similar to the November game in Troy, RPI came out strong and and took it to the Crimson especially over the last ten minutes of the first period. Harvard got on the board first when Luke Esposito intercepted a weak clearing attempt by the RPI D at their blue line, skated in and roofed a backhand shot over Kasdorf. Beautiful goal. Unfortunately, that was the extent of Harvard's offense for the period. RPI would later score off a face-off with Melanson getting the goal. Their second goal came off a giveaway by Patrick McNally near the top of the face-off circle. Harvard had several egregious giveaways tonight and wasn't all that sharp in their zone.
Things heated up early in the second period when, off a face-off in the RPI zone, Jimmy Vesey took a cheap shot to the head, was slow to get up but when he did, found the puck on his stick and whistled a wrist shot past Kasdorf. Then the fun started before the face-off at center ice as several Harvard players including Patrick McNally and Kevin Guiltanan got into it with the RPI players. After the face-off, the puck was sent deep into the Harvard zone whereupon Guiltanan crushed an RPI player along the boards and got a boarding call. More importantly, RPI woke the slumbering beast because after that, the Crimson started to move their feet and took over the game. In a matter of minutes, Phil Zielonka and Tyler Moy scored off beautiful rushes that ended with Zielonka jamming the puck home from the crease and Moy wristing one with Kasdorf helplessly out of position off the left post. It was all Harvard after that with the exception of some alert puck possession by RPI in the Harvard zone towards the end of the game.
Perhaps the goal of the game was the last one by Seb Lloyd - it started with a pass from Max Everson at the Harvard blue line to Jake Horton, who tipped it to Sean Malone who skated in with Lloyd on a two on one, deftly held the puck until the last minute when he slipped it over to Lloyd who roofed a forehand by Kasdorf. Bright Landry went crazy. We have waited so long for this type of skill and man, it is SO MUCH FUN to watch!!
I have to say that Sean Malone is so impressive as a player. He stickhandles much the same as Stevie Martins, passes the puck like Peter Ciavaglia and shoots like, well, take your pick (CJ Young, Lane MacDonald, Teddy, Mike Vukonich, Tyler Kolarik or Tim Petit). He should have had one or two goals tonight.
And how about the crowd tonight? Two thirds full at least - maybe more. For a week night game between Christmas and New Years? Yeah, it's safe to say that word is out that we are a terrific team to watch.
Got a chance to catch up with Chuckie Hughes and Coach Tim Murphy. Coach is so humble in the way he talked about the season and the team. Chuckie was very helpful to a friend of mine whose son is a hockey player and it is always great to talk hockey with him. His daughters play and I asked them if they want to play for Harvard. Resounding 'YES'! Oh those bloodlines.
Kerfoot and Blackwell didn't dress and I'm thinking the additional time off might be good for them. For the team, not so much. They need to clean some things up, especially defensively. Michalek saw too much rubber tonight. And from in close.
Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/info/?d=pwcrpi
Home/Road weighting: For purposes of calculating a final RPI, games are weighted based upon whether they are home or road games. Road wins and home losses are weighted by a factor of 1.2, while home wins and road losses are weighted by 0.8. Unlike basketball, all components of the RPI are weighted. This weighting system was introduced in 2013-14.
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/info/?d=pwcrpi
Home/Road weighting: For purposes of calculating a final RPI, games are weighted based upon whether they are home or road games. Road wins and home losses are weighted by a factor of 1.2, while home wins and road losses are weighted by 0.8. Unlike basketball, all components of the RPI are weighted. This weighting system was introduced in 2013-14.
Crimson on the Glass
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Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Is the methodology for the NCAA tournament selection committee known with certainty? I have read that the PW and RPI correspond very well to the committee (which I think I read is wholly objective). The PW and RPI are currently identical 1-16, though that might be typical.
alslammerz
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Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Happy New Year to the Ten Thousand! Let's hope 2015 treats us as well as the end of 2014 did.
Happy New Year to the Ten Thousand! Let's hope 2015 treats us as well as the end of 2014 did.
Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Agreed and likewise!
Interesting scheduling in that Harvard does not play again until Jan 10th vs Yale at MSG and Yale plays 2-3 times between now and then.
Hopefully, that makes for a healthy Kerfoot, Jaw, and Blackwell.
Agreed and likewise!
Interesting scheduling in that Harvard does not play again until Jan 10th vs Yale at MSG and Yale plays 2-3 times between now and then.
Hopefully, that makes for a healthy Kerfoot, Jaw, and Blackwell.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
at what point do y'all get on here and say, "we have to lose a game soon!! can't press our luck going into the beanpot not having lost a game in almost 3 months!!!"
at what point do y'all get on here and say, "we have to lose a game soon!! can't press our luck going into the beanpot not having lost a game in almost 3 months!!!"
Crimson on the Glass
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Re: Harvard Crimson 2013-2014
Well, I don't want it to be Yale (again), certainly. And I'm not sure I accept your premise anyway.at what point do y'all get on here and say, "we have to lose a game soon!! can't press our luck going into the beanpot not having lost a game in almost 3 months!!!"
Haven't we lost enough during the past few seasons?at what point do y'all get on here and say, "we have to lose a game soon!! can't press our luck going into the beanpot not having lost a game in almost 3 months!!!"
Kepler
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mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
50th anniversary coming up soon..... Just saying.
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