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Lake Superior State Hockey Lakers 2013-2014 (part II)

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LSSULaker889294 said:
Was it poor play by the Lakers defensemen or just really good plays by the Union players?

Hope the Lakers can pull off the unexpected sweep tomorrow.
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Defense was out the window for both teams last night. I haven't seen a game that wide open in a long time, and was very out of character for recent Union teams and I suspect the same for LSSU. Both goalies were hung out to dry and didn't have a chance on most of the goals. There were some very nice offensive plays by both teams. I was impressed by how the Lakers kept their composure and kept coming back when at times it looked like Union was taking control of the game. A very deserved win by your side.
 
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4-0 to start the season. I have to admit I didn't see this coming, great job Lakers ..
 
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Sounds like Kapalka saved their butts tonight as they were out shot pretty bad. But they got the W and that's what counts.
 
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Bill said:
Sounds like Kapalka saved their butts tonight as they were out shot pretty bad. But they got the W and that's what counts.
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I was not able to watch or listen, but that looks to be the case with the box score tonight.

There is a postgame interview with Jim over on the Union thread, and he said the Lakers were fortunate to get the win tonight. As he mentions though, things even out over the year.
 
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PerkyforPrez said:
4-0 to start the season. I have to admit I didn't see this coming, great job Lakers ..
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Same here. Excellent start to the season! I'm not getting too excited yet, but I'm enjoying the ride so far. VERY, VERY tough series in Wisconsin in two weeks.

Seems like Roque has changed up his goalie system this year. So far, it's working.
 
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Startinng 4-0 is fantastic, but it will catch up with us if we keep getting outshot 48-17!!!
 
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LSSULaker889294 said:
VERY, VERY tough series in Wisconsin in two weeks.
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Especially since Wisconsin just got spanked in Boston (against BC and BU) this weekend. They aren't going to be happy campers when they face the Lakers, which is also their next series.
 
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Bill said:
Especially since Wisconsin just got spanked in Boston (against BC and BU) this weekend. They aren't going to be happy campers when they face the Lakers, which is also their next series.
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On the other hand, they couldn't have been happy campers after getting throttled by BC. While they did show up against BU, it was still pretty bad.
 
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Good weekend sweep and back to figuring out why so many shots allowed .
 
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First time the Lakers finished with a perfect record in October since 1995.

Hopefully the Lakers can crack the top 20 in the polls tomorrow. It should be close.
 
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Bill said:
Especially since Wisconsin just got spanked in Boston (against BC and BU) this weekend. They aren't going to be happy campers when they face the Lakers, which is also their next series.
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One thing I really like about this team besides the 13 different goal scorers this early is the team speed. I hope they go in to their next series with confidence but also know they have to bring it to have a chance to win.
 
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sm2pk said:
Good weekend sweep and back to figuring out why so many shots allowed .
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Lakers took 8 penalties in the game Saturday. 6 of those penalties came in the 2nd period where Union amassed 19 shots and 2 goals. The 3rd period, the Lakers took no penalties but gave up 19 shots again. Maybe they ran out of gas? Not sure.

The way Bill Crawford called that 3rd period, you would have thought it was a playoff game. Electric stuff!
 
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4-0.

Two tough road games, with the refs sort of on their back. I was trolling quietly amongst the Union posters, and they commented as to the size of the Lakers. It is my experience that at times eastern refs call a somewhat tighter game against bigger teams tha attempt to assert themselves physically. As such, if that was indeed the case, then the Lakers managed to do something they have previously been totally incapable of accomplishing:

They overcame adversity.

Seems simple, and it might all be a ruse, but a tough team, in a tough building, on a LONG road trip, with lots of penalties and lots of shots -- and they stood fast. At a time and place when they could've easily folded, they did not fold. At a time and place where in the past they have folded, they did not fold.

I personally think these were two big wins for which the team should get a ton of credit. Those were tough games mentally.

I don't want to slag off on Union. But in the Midwest, as a hockey kid, its probably easy to get up for Wisconsin -- big stadium, well-known school, well-known former opponents from the West junior ranks. Union is far less-well-known in the Midwest. The players are less known. Its a long road trip. Its not a team or a program that immediately or naturally jumps out at a Midwestern hockey kid as something you get pumped up to play. And of course the fact is that Union is a very good program with good fans, and they were no doubt ready to take both games from LSSU. And our boys came to play. No outside forces were necessary to provide the internal fire and jump to survive two TOUGH road games.

And I like that.


I can't say what these means going forward. A few years ago they arrived in Oxford Ohio early in the year and shocked the Redhawks. And then slowly slipped away in the second half.


But if my LSSU Laker Math is correct, I see 4-0 as better than 3-1.

And that is just wonderful.
 
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Good for Lake State to jump up that high in the rankings .
 
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