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LSSU Hockey 2011-2012

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Bill said:
A couple of other thoughts about the games this past weekend:

I thought Perrault looked a lot more comfortable out there on D now that he's had a year of college hockey behind him.

I think Czuczman will turn out to be a good D; he looked a little hesitant at times, but once he gains more experience will be a good solid defensive D.

Roque sat Shkreli Saturday night and played Cooper instead. That surprised me; seems like he could have played Ainsworth instead to see what he can do.
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He said that he was playing all of the seniors on Saturday night for parents weekend. That is why Pobur played as well.
 
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Laker Dude said:
He said that he was playing all of the seniors on Saturday night for parents weekend. That is why Pobur played as well.
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OK, thanks Laker Dude. I was at the game and didn't catch the broadcast (or pre-game show). But I still wonder why Roque hasn't played Ainsworth in place of Shkreli in any of the other games, not that there have been many of them yet.
 
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OK, thanks Laker Dude. I was at the game and didn't catch the broadcast (or pre-game show). But I still wonder why Roque hasn't played Ainsworth in place of Shkreli in any of the other games, not that there have been many of them yet.
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In interviews I have heard, Ainsworth has not really been mentioned. It sounds like Radke is possibly still 3 or 4 weeks from returning to the line up.
 
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Bill: in tonight's podcast, Coach Rogue specifically talks about why KA hasn't played yet. Said he is on trip to Miami and it's just a matter of time for him.

Also, I wonder if there is any chance DR readshirts if he isn't ready before December?
 
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NewLakerfan said:
Bill: in tonight's podcast, Coach Rogue specifically talks about why KA hasn't played yet. Said he is on trip to Miami and it's just a matter of time for him.

Also, I wonder if there is any chance DR readshirts if he isn't ready before December?
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Ainsworth could have played one more year of Junior hockey. They may have brought him in this season as insurance in case Radke's surgery was too slow in healing and he basically had to sit out all year. Ainsworth had a slow start at TC last year but caught fire after the holidays so it seemed he was ready for college hockey. I don't know how good Ainsworth is going to be, but I'd like to see him get a shot at playing to see what he can do. I know they wanted him to get stronger while playing Junior hockey and hopefully he's done that. Maybe they'll play him in place of Shkreli soon if Shkreli doesn't start producing more points. Shkreli is playing in Radke's spot for now.
 
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I thought Shkreli looked pretty good in a couple of games that I saw. I didn't even remember him from last year, so I was thinking he was a freshman. How many goals you score isn't always indicative of how well you play. For a team that has lacked speed, he looks pretty quick to me.

Bill said:
Ainsworth could have played one more year of Junior hockey. They may have brought him in this season as insurance in case Radke's surgery was too slow in healing and he basically had to sit out all year. Ainsworth had a slow start at TC last year but caught fire after the holidays so it seemed he was ready for college hockey. I don't know how good Ainsworth is going to be, but I'd like to see him get a shot at playing to see what he can do. I know they wanted him to get stronger while playing Junior hockey and hopefully he's done that. Maybe they'll play him in place of Shkreli soon if Shkreli doesn't start producing more points. Shkreli is playing in Radke's spot for now.
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Big win for the Lakers. It sounded like they were outplayed much of the night but they kept the game tight and won it in OT. Should be a big boost to their confidence.
 
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Big win!!! Are these Lakers for real, or is Miami overrated? I'm psyched. Crawford sounded great here in North Carolina!
 
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peten16 said:
Big win!!! Are these Lakers for real, or is Miami overrated? I'm psyched. Crawford sounded great here in North Carolina!
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Miami is still a very solid program. They lost their two big guns (Miele and Camper) from last season to graduation and are rebuilding offensively, but they return their goalies and most of their defense. They will be better as the season progresses and their younger players contribute more offensively. Reilly Smith is their only returning big time scorer. We are catching them at a good time for us.
 
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peten16 said:
Big win!!! Are these Lakers for real, or is Miami overrated? I'm psyched. Crawford sounded great here in North Carolina!
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Good win for you guys tonight, team played very well, but Miami was vastly over-ranked to start the season.
 
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peten16 said:
Big win!!! Are these Lakers for real, or is Miami overrated? I'm psyched. Crawford sounded great here in North Carolina!
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Well Miami is a very young team, so they are going through some growing pains right now. Miami will definitely be better and more experienced when they play at the Taffy Abel in January.

HUGE win tonight. Lakers guaranteed to be in 1st place alone for the 3rd straight week when all this weekends CCHA games are done.

Roque better have the Lakers ready tomorrow because I'm sure Blasi will. Miami is gonna play really ****ed in the first period Friday.
 
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Bill said:
Miami is still a very solid program. They lost their two big guns (Miele and Camper) from last season to graduation and are rebuilding offensively, but they return their goalies and most of their defense. They will be better as the season progresses and their younger players contribute more offensively. Reilly Smith is their only returning big time scorer. We are catching them at a good time for us.
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So is this an improved Laker program? Are things actually coming together for Roque? In my memory the CCHA upper echelon tends to pull away by the end of November. I do not recall many second half collapses. So I am very optimistic.

Lakers are 3-0 against the future NCHC/BTHC opponents and in general the future WCHA appears to be handling them rather well (except for Mankato, one of my other alma maters).
 
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