LSSU Laker Hockey

[Neil Diamond]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Less than 2000 paying fans for the final regular season home game should be more than enough impetus to make the powers that be realize that support in this community is fading fast......this program must win now and make it to the Joe or face an overhaul...it’s that simple.

To be fair, the Soo Eagles and Soo Tunderbirds played a two-game series over the weekend that determined the champion of their league. It came down to the last game, and both nights the Pullar was packed with 1,400-plus fans. The NOJHL series had more importance than the CCHA series. Add to that the fact spring break is here, and easily the Lakers, due to the way it all worked out, were down at least a thousand fans that would normally have been there.

The Soo is a hockeytown, no question. 3,400 fans watching hockey in a community of 14,000. Not many other towns have 1/4 of its population glued to a hockey game on a Saturday night.

 

[Lakerchum]

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How the hell does a grown man/woman not know where the space bar is on the keyboard at this point in their life??

Probably because on the outside he/she may be all grown up but when it comes to the thinking stage they are still in the infancy stage, especially with all the babble that ends up on here.

 

[DopeyBaker]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

That sounds made up to me Truth Serum, clearly no sane person could have said that, or made that may excuses during the course of this year, or the past five.

LOL. Everyone knows she is talking to herself. Too bad she will never respond to Bill's questions.

 

[PerkyforPrez]

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To be fair, the Soo Eagles and Soo Tunderbirds played a two-game series over the weekend that determined the champion of their league. It came down to the last game, and both nights the Pullar was packed with 1,400-plus fans. The NOJHL series had more importance than the CCHA series. Add to that the fact spring break is here, and easily the Lakers, due to the way it all worked out, were down at least a thousand fans that would normally have been there.

The Soo is a hockeytown, no question. 3,400 fans watching hockey in a community of 14,000. Not many other towns have 1/4 of its population glued to a hockey game on a Saturday night.

I am sure the Eagles playing friday night was a main reason for the small croud at Taffy but the there was no Eagles game saturday night. I think fridays Laker score may have kept a lot of people away saturday which is kinda sad because it is a way to thank the seniors for their Laker career's and wish them well on their future endeavors.

 

[Neil Diamond]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Can we ask the administrators to ban him/her?

 

[Bill]

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YOU PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT USE THIS LOGIC WEEK AFTER WEEK AND YEAR AFTER YEAR. This sounds like the head coach and the Minister of Information to me in the words below.

Or the blind sheep on here that defend this administration week after week, year after year and attacks anyone that might question this coach and how it is sinking further and further into irrelevance.

It is ashame how you people treated Frank Anzalone.

The Truth Is Out There...
TBA

"Defend this administration"? Again, what is your evidence to support that contention?

As far as Frank Anzalone is concerned, you have repeatedly stated that you think he got railroaded. What logic are you using to support that position?

 

[Neil Diamond]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

If St. Frank got "railroaded", it was a self-inflicted railroading.





Inability to get along with players and player reps.

Fighting with certain parents.

Demeaning players with his old-school, Scotty Bowman coaching techniques.

Referring to Lake State as a "glorified high school".

Constantly criticizing the town for not putting 4,000 butts in the seats for every game.

 

[Laker54]

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TS & BJR it's time to move on. No matter what you say here will change the facts about Alzone’s performance during his last stint at LSSU. I would presume everyone appreciates what he did during his first tenure as coach; but quite frankly in looking at the history of the past 10 years you might say the decline began during Alzone’s last tenure. Maybe we should be more upset with him at starting the decline of Laker hockey. The only good thing about your comments has been it made me learn more about Laker hockey history. I am even more of a Laker fan because of it; thanks.

What I do sense here is there are a large number of Laker fans who want the best for the team. Ninety-nine percent of them feel its time for a fresh start for the hockey program; that is without the present coach and his staff.

 

[DB Cooper]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Well you know we're doing everything right and we are playing hard and all we need to do is win and we cannot buy a goal right now and the breaks are all going against us and we are a team that just gets better every game and have a lot of character kids and the opponents goalies all made big saves against us and we are getting a lot of good chances and need to execute better and the we have played some really good teams who are getting hot at the right time and it is unfair being such a small college when the other teams have such an advantage and things just went their way last weekend and we deserved a better fate and i thought we outplayed them and should have won that game and the vitriol shown by the fans on here who don't know what they are talking about being critical and we have some good talent on this team and doing the right things and scoring tons of goals in practice and we are right there with the Western Michigan's and still have a chance at top 4 with games in hand and the schedule being much harder for us than any other team and it is hard to get on these guys because they are working hard and doing the right things and we are just snake bit right now and a bounce here or a crossbar there and things would be different and there were some calls against us and when we go to the net they are calling everything against us and we have a lot of key guys banged up right now and sick with the flu and a cold and it is unfair because we live so far north and we have to stay with it and our discipline is good and we wont change a lot and our in a good position and the guys are confident and we will be the surprise team of the second half and it's a tough league and we are going to be really good down the line with the recruits we are getting and we have to take it one game at a time and get some luck and not have the refs and fans get down us and keep doing what we are doing and the breaks will come and we are working hard and our right there and this team is going to win a lot of games and we have deserved much better fates most nights and have had a lot of things go against us and if we work hard, keep doing what we are doing and execute we will be fine and youu know I can't get down about this past weekend getting 3 points on the road is huge in this league and a bounce here and hitting a post there and we get the 6 points I think the boys are working hard and we have to keep doing what we are doing and work hard and the wins will come and we are going to be the surprise team of the second half and Bowling Green is tough to play in front of their fans and are a vastly improved team and how can I get down on these guys and myself for not getting any breaks and being right there we are right there and on par with the teams ahead of us and this team is snake bit and these guys get better and better every game and i don't care what anyone says this team is going to win a bunch of games and the refs didn't give us any breaks or calls on the weekend and how the league commissioner is even against us along with the refs and linesman i mean i just wanted to talk to them a few weeks ago and had to file a police report because i was threatened and it is unfair due to the finances and being such a small university to be competing against the Western Michigan's and Alaska's who poured in a ton of money to their program and it is unfair if we were to get a home ice advantage because it would cost us $10,000 a game plus expenses to the other teams and that is unfair, Michigan flies here for crying out loud and i hear people all the time being critical of these guys who work hard and they don't know what they are talking about as they are not around these guys and we have a bunch of character guys that improve every year and the power play will come around and we will be the dark horse of the second half and should compete for a first round bye and we have to capitalize on our opportunities because the pucks will start going in the net and we have played tough and are right there and we are going to keep working hard and doing the little things and the wins will come and year in and year out we get the character kids that work really hard and only get better as they progress under this administration and the world of college hockey isn't like it was 20 years ago and it's hard and unfair for the little universities to compete against the big schools like Ferris and Northern and I mean Michigan flies here for crying out loud and these are a bunch of good kids that are working hard and the wins will come and we can't get down on ourselves a bounce here a deflection there and it is a totally different season and we are on the verge of a 7-1 victory we just have to keep doing what we're doing and fighting out there and we will be the surprise team of the second half and get that top 5 finish and stop being so snake bit on the ice and with the officials who would even talk after the game and they are against the Lakers and we have gotten no calls all season and we have had a tough schedule one of the toughest in the league and played some really good teams who have put in a bunch of money in the program and i'm not going to get on these guys because some people who don't know what they are talking about want to question or get down on the kids and if you want to help out why do you write a check because it is really hard and i am happy with the results and we are much better that our record indicates and right there with the teams ahead of us and it will turn around and we are right on that verge of something and we are getting some good kids in here who are lighting it up this year and can only get better and this team is getting better every game and we are right there the boys are working hard and we have to keep doing what we are doing and the breaks will come we have a lot of guys that are just a shot or two away from really breaking a game open we need to keep up the hard work and we are going to get those bounces we were right in those games and we played well and i thought deserved a better fate we are a bit snake bit right now and the calls are going against us and it isn't fair because we are a small school and the Michigan's and Western Michigan's have all this recruiting money and we hear fans talk who really don't know what they are talking about because they aren't around these guys and there is no difference between us and western last weekend and it is only a matter of time before the pucks start going into the net and we get the breaks that all the other teams get and we are doing the right things and the wins will come this team is going to win a lot of games this year and gets better every game and are going to be the surprise team in the second half and a real dark horse and the victory in the shootout on Saturday might be the thing that turns it around and these other teams have superior stick skills but we have a bunch of hard working guys and the recruits next year will really be something and the players on this team improve every year and we are right in the mix and i can't get down on the guys for not winning the wins will come and we are doing some really good things out there. A couple more bounces and we are right there. We have to capitalize on our chances. We're right there and the goals will come. A crossbar here a post there and things would be very different. We can't get mad at players not scoring we have to keep working at it and things will turn around. There are tough times right now. We need good crowds to turn around the fortunes of the Lakers. We are fighting a huge uphill battle every week. We are limited by a lot of things. We can't recruit like other teams. This team gets better every game. I run into people all the time that are down on the Lakers and they don't know what they are talking about. Unless you are around this team every day you don't know what you are talking about. This team is going to win a lot of games this year. It is hard for a small school to compete against the big schools anymore. We got no calls and I think the refs are against the Lakers on this night. We lost 4-0 but I think we had the edge in play. We have 9 wins not 6 including that big one on Saturday that is a big turning point. It would be nice if the people that think they know how to fix it would actually know what they are talking about. We played hard the power play will come along.We have done a really good job. We're competing we are right there. The wins will come, the Lakers just deserved a better fate.

Truth's manifesto - someone call the FBI with an identification.

I vote against banning. I find these posts very amusing. To think of the two Truths lurking around, waiting for the Lakers to lose so they can rehash their stale diatribe is great entertainment. Then the icing on the cake, the inevitable online "conversation" between the two Truths, one defending the other. Very surreal. Keep it up Truths, I sense a groundswell of support close at hand.

 

[lakerbacker]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Well you know we're doing everything right and we are playing hard and all we need to do is win and we cannot buy a goal right now and the breaks are all going against us and we are a team that just gets better every game and have a lot of character kids and the opponents goalies all made big saves against us and we are getting a lot of good chances and need to execute better and the we have played some really good teams who are getting hot at the right time and it is unfair being such a small college when the other teams have such an advantage and things just went their way last weekend and we deserved a better fate and i thought we outplayed them and should have won that game and the vitriol shown by the fans on here who don't know what they are talking about being critical and we have some good talent on this team and doing the right things and scoring tons of goals in practice and we are right there with the Western Michigan's and still have a chance at top 4 with games in hand and the schedule being much harder for us than any other team and it is hard to get on these guys because they are working hard and doing the right things and we are just snake bit right now and a bounce here or a crossbar there and things would be different and there were some calls against us and when we go to the net they are calling everything against us and we have a lot of key guys banged up right now and sick with the flu and a cold and it is unfair because we live so far north and we have to stay with it and our discipline is good and we wont change a lot and our in a good position and the guys are confident and we will be the surprise team of the second half and it's a tough league and we are going to be really good down the line with the recruits we are getting and we have to take it one game at a time and get some luck and not have the refs and fans get down us and keep doing what we are doing and the breaks will come and we are working hard and our right there and this team is going to win a lot of games and we have deserved much better fates most nights and have had a lot of things go against us and if we work hard, keep doing what we are doing and execute we will be fine and youu know I can't get down about this past weekend getting 3 points on the road is huge in this league and a bounce here and hitting a post there and we get the 6 points I think the boys are working hard and we have to keep doing what we are doing and work hard and the wins will come and we are going to be the surprise team of the second half and Bowling Green is tough to play in front of their fans and are a vastly improved team and how can I get down on these guys and myself for not getting any breaks and being right there we are right there and on par with the teams ahead of us and this team is snake bit and these guys get better and better every game and i don't care what anyone says this team is going to win a bunch of games and the refs didn't give us any breaks or calls on the weekend and how the league commissioner is even against us along with the refs and linesman i mean i just wanted to talk to them a few weeks ago and had to file a police report because i was threatened and it is unfair due to the finances and being such a small university to be competing against the Western Michigan's and Alaska's who poured in a ton of money to their program and it is unfair if we were to get a home ice advantage because it would cost us $10,000 a game plus expenses to the other teams and that is unfair, Michigan flies here for crying out loud and i hear people all the time being critical of these guys who work hard and they don't know what they are talking about as they are not around these guys and we have a bunch of character guys that improve every year and the power play will come around and we will be the dark horse of the second half and should compete for a first round bye and we have to capitalize on our opportunities because the pucks will start going in the net and we have played tough and are right there and we are going to keep working hard and doing the little things and the wins will come and year in and year out we get the character kids that work really hard and only get better as they progress under this administration and the world of college hockey isn't like it was 20 years ago and it's hard and unfair for the little universities to compete against the big schools like Ferris and Northern and I mean Michigan flies here for crying out loud and these are a bunch of good kids that are working hard and the wins will come and we can't get down on ourselves a bounce here a deflection there and it is a totally different season and we are on the verge of a 7-1 victory we just have to keep doing what we're doing and fighting out there and we will be the surprise team of the second half and get that top 5 finish and stop being so snake bit on the ice and with the officials who would even talk after the game and they are against the Lakers and we have gotten no calls all season and we have had a tough schedule one of the toughest in the league and played some really good teams who have put in a bunch of money in the program and i'm not going to get on these guys because some people who don't know what they are talking about want to question or get down on the kids and if you want to help out why do you write a check because it is really hard and i am happy with the results and we are much better that our record indicates and right there with the teams ahead of us and it will turn around and we are right on that verge of something and we are getting some good kids in here who are lighting it up this year and can only get better and this team is getting better every game and we are right there the boys are working hard and we have to keep doing what we are doing and the breaks will come we have a lot of guys that are just a shot or two away from really breaking a game open we need to keep up the hard work and we are going to get those bounces we were right in those games and we played well and i thought deserved a better fate we are a bit snake bit right now and the calls are going against us and it isn't fair because we are a small school and the Michigan's and Western Michigan's have all this recruiting money and we hear fans talk who really don't know what they are talking about because they aren't around these guys and there is no difference between us and western last weekend and it is only a matter of time before the pucks start going into the net and we get the breaks that all the other teams get and we are doing the right things and the wins will come this team is going to win a lot of games this year and gets better every game and are going to be the surprise team in the second half and a real dark horse and the victory in the shootout on Saturday might be the thing that turns it around and these other teams have superior stick skills but we have a bunch of hard working guys and the recruits next year will really be something and the players on this team improve every year and we are right in the mix and i can't get down on the guys for not winning the wins will come and we are doing some really good things out there. A couple more bounces and we are right there. We have to capitalize on our chances. We're right there and the goals will come. A crossbar here a post there and things would be very different. We can't get mad at players not scoring we have to keep working at it and things will turn around. There are tough times right now. We need good crowds to turn around the fortunes of the Lakers. We are fighting a huge uphill battle every week. We are limited by a lot of things. We can't recruit like other teams. This team gets better every game. I run into people all the time that are down on the Lakers and they don't know what they are talking about. Unless you are around this team every day you don't know what you are talking about. This team is going to win a lot of games this year. It is hard for a small school to compete against the big schools anymore. We got no calls and I think the refs are against the Lakers on this night. We lost 4-0 but I think we had the edge in play. We have 9 wins not 6 including that big one on Saturday that is a big turning point. It would be nice if the people that think they know how to fix it would actually know what they are talking about. We played hard the power play will come along.We have done a really good job. We're competing we are right there. The wins will come, the Lakers just deserved a better fate.

Holy wall of text Batman! Did anyone actually read this? I couldn't, I must have stared at this for 10 min hoping that at least the words would form a picture! The location to Osama's secret cave could have been in here and we would never have known.

Seriously tho Truth, just what is it that hope to accomplish here? You aren't a fan of Laker hockey, LSSU, or even Sault Ste Marie for that matter as evidenced by "your" team, "your" school, and "your" town. You won't give examples when asked for them to support your position. I have seen no blatant hero worshiping of the current coach, only calls for he needs to get something done or else. The only hero worshiping I seen is with you and Frank. Ok I'll admit Bill C is a bit much when he says they deserve a better fate. I often find myself thinking "No they didn't". Go 1 for 8 on the pp or fail to play for 60min, you don't deserve better. I am hoping that we can get a coach that gets them to play 60min both nights. Frank may have accomplished a lot while he was here but no one else is responsable for his actions but him.

 

[sm2pk]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

I think the Lakers should try and get Joey Shawhan back at this point.

 

[PerkyforPrez]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

I think the Lakers should try and get Joey Shawhan back at this point.

I think they should conduct a wide search for the position but yes i agree with you Joey would be a huge upgrade.

 

[sm2pk]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Miami must be sending thank you cards out to the Lakers . Lake State was able to move Miami to 8th spot from 11th in the national rankings.

 

[DopeyBaker]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Miami must be sending thank you cards out to the Lakers . Lake State was able to move Miami to 8th spot from 11th in the national rankings.

Merrimack, Notre Dame and Minnesota Duluth all lost last weekend. That's why they dropped below Miami. Miami is a top 10 team. LSSU is not.

 

[Lakerchum]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Joey Shawhan and Frank Anzalone would be great choices. Both are doing very well and are winning and championship winning coaches.

It is ashame how this administration and their defenders treated both those individuals and the way they ushered them out.

The Truth Is Out There....

It is a shame how they treated the administration and their defenders and that is why they were ushered out.

The Truth Is Out There...

 

[AnchorsAway]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

I think they should conduct a wide search for the position but yes i agree with you Joey would be a huge upgrade.

If JR gets the boot I think a wide search should be done as well but unless LSSU can lure an unlikely "rabbit out of the hat" type of candidate, they are most likely going to be left with willing candidates that have resume's that resemble that of a Joe Shawhan.

If that is the case then obviously Shawhan should be our first candidate, being that he already has experience with the program and the city itself he would be able to get off the ground running faster than a coach who doesn't have much internal knowledge of the program or the town. Someone like that would have to take some initial time to familiarize himself with those type of things.

If Roque does end up getting fired after this season I plan on sending AD Kris Dunbar an email suggesting that the Lakers contact John Harrington, who was a member of the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S. Olympic team. Harrington worked in the 80s and early 90s as an assitant at Denver and St. Cloud State before becoming the head coach at St. Johns University, a D3 school in Minnesota. SJU was a god awful program before he took the job and he turned them into a contender nearly overnight, they went on to win numerous conference titles and make a handful of NCAA appearances during his tenure there, and he sported a .620 winning percentage during his 15 year career at SJU. He left there to coach overseas including a short stint as the head coach of Slovenia's national team, he currently coaches a men's pro team in Italy.

I read a book on the 1980 team and I remembered that it mentioned that Harrington always had the dream of coaching big time college hockey if that opportunity ever came along. It's certainly a longshot, but the guy has the appeal of being on the most famous hockey team in the history of the United States, has experience at big time WCHA programs and has a track record of turning around a downtrodden program , albeit at the D3 level. He is the head coach of an overseas team but the Italian league isn't exactly a fast track to an NCAA job the last time i checked, so I think it it most certainly at least worth a phone call to the man to gauge his interest.

 

[sm2pk]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Merrimack, Notre Dame and Minnesota Duluth all lost last weekend. That's why they dropped below Miami. Miami is a top 10 team. LSSU is not.

Miami could have lost as well but they didn't. Instead,they beat the hell out of the Lakers. What did Roque say ? It has been a while since his team had played a top rank team and he was curious as to see how far they had come since they played a nationally ranked team last . They came this far...12 goals to 2 on their own home ice.

 

[Truth Squad]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Miami could have lost as well but they didn't. Instead,they beat the hell out of the Lakers. What did Roque say ? It has been a while since his team had played a top rank team and he was curious as to see how far they had come since they played a nationally ranked team last . They came this far...12 goals to 2 on their own home ice.

The Lakers probably deserved a better fate.

The Truth Is Out There....

 

[Laker Dude]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Does Roque's contract expire at the end of this year? That is the only way that there will be a coaching change.

 

[backbencher]

Re: LSSU Laker Hockey

Does Roque's contract expire at the end of this year? That is the only way that there will be a coaching change.

Good question.
Many interesting ideas and comments, but it could be all vain speculation.
Not only that, Roque currently does what he wants, so it would take more than poor hockey results before someone moves him.
Anybody knows what happened to the "police complaint" ?