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Michigan Tech 17-18 Preseason - MacNaughton, Broadmoor... What's this year bringing?

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If they've already put it on the outside of the building, it's not IF, but WHEN, it goes on the jerseys.
Ryan J

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Some questionable analysis from THG in their Forwards Preview article, I'd say.

The Huskies struggled to generate scoring chances so losing the team leader in shots – Heinonen – leaves a hole that must be filled.
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Agreed on the first part, but I think the important indicator is plus/minus, and Heinonen was a team-worst −9 in that category, which equates to a lot of time in the defensive zone. It was Neville and Sturos who ran away from the forward pack in this category, at +22 and +18, respectively. (Jackson and Leibinger were next at +8.) You gotta have the puck to create scoring chances, and Neville and Sturos were the best on last year's team for chasing down pucks. They are going to be very hard to replace.

I feel like a broken record after saying this an unspeakable number of times last year, but Joel L’Esperance needs to finally break out. Now a senior, he must be the leader of this offense.
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Well, he did lead the team in scoring last year. More consistency would indeed be welcome, but I wonder what kind of numbers the writer is expecting. I would be surprised if L'Esperance exceeds 35 points this season.

I expect [Gavin Gould] to break out in a big way, eclipsing 20 goals after potting 12 in only 33 games last season.
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Since Chris Conner scored 25 goals in 2003–04, only Tanner Kero has scored 20 goals in a season (scoring exactly 20 goals in his senior season). That means Kero didn't score 20 goals in three seasons, and Alex Petan and Blake Pietila never did. So I'm not going to expect anyone on this roster to score 20. Oh sure, someone could if everything goes right, but it would be a big surprise.

Dylan Steman [is] likely to see an uptick in both playing time and responsibility.
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Steman got plenty of playing time when he was healthy, but he hasn't been healthy for a year and a half. Or if he really was healthy at any point last year, then he's no longer the player we thought he could be. That's what often happens to players who fight through chronic injuries. It's possible he has genuinely put the injuries behind him, but until that's been demonstrated, I'm expecting about 0.33 PPG like he had last year.

With Austin last year [Justin Misiak] averaged a point per game (25-35-60 in 60 games) which naturally creates high expectations.
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Scoring a point per game in the NAHL doesn't mean much on its own. Look at the top 10 scorers in that league from the past few years and see what they're doing now. Only about 20% of them are having a big impact at the D1 level. Or you could ask Trevor Cope, who scored 0.9 PPG in his 20-year-old season in the NAHL, only to be told by Mel to get lost. Now, Shawhan has been talking up Misiak – particularly his speed – so it's possible that he will see regular shifts as a freshman. But on the basis of never getting a shot at the USHL, my expectations for him are not that high.

And then...

[Marcus Russell] picked up 25 points in 28 games with Topeka last year, which resulted in him getting the call to play 34 games with two teams in the USHL. He performance up there was nothing to write home about (8 points total), however. This suggests to me that he won’t be a regular in the lineup this season.
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Russell puts up the same kind of NAHL numbers as Misiak (which merits "high expectations," remember), but since he didn't do much in the USHL, those expectations are negated? Misiak may well be a better player than Russell, but since I don't get to see any of these players until they're in a Huskies uniform, I can only correlate past players' numbers with their trajectories and try to apply that to this year's freshmen. It looks like that's what this writer is trying to do too, since I didn't see anything that looks like original scouting, but I think he's overlooking too many factors to generate meaningful projections.
 
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Snce the THG has put up the video of Coach MacInnes, I thought now might be a good time to remember something I saw as a fan.
My first two years I had season tickets up near the band. you only could really get half season then, but I was at the west end of Dee stadium and so was the band. The balcony there is gone now. Anyway when I was a junior I got seats right behind the bench in about the forth row up and I could hear Coach MacInnes easily. As he said in the interview he didn't say much, but shouted when he needed to.
So one day Steve Coates had lined up some guy from 80 or 90 ft away and was screaming across the ice with criminal intent, and his elbows up, as was his want,( Coates was one of those bumble bee type guys who stirred up the other team by making them mad) and Coach MacInnes said in a loud voice, as Coates did this and was still 40 ft away,.... " Stay away from him Coates!" Which instruction was ignored. I don't believe, after he got out of the box, he played another minute that game.
 
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JohnsonsJerseys said:
Un-effing-real. **Jaw Drop**
Unless they had made them with felt lettering and numbers, I'm not sure how they could have done better with these.
Too bad I'll have to wait for our five years to get one.
:(
Ryan J
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might finally have made a jersey you'll buy through THG?
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
might finally have made a jersey you'll buy through THG?
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I'll give it an above average chance of happening. I can always take slap shots at it against the basement wall to make it more authentic looking.
:)
Ryan
 
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JohnsonsJerseys said:
I'll give it an above average chance of happening. I can always take slap shots at it against the basement wall to make it more authentic looking.
:)
Ryan
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You mean "game-used-looking" not authentic...
 
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Does anyone know if the intra-squad game will be broadcast on the radio or video streamed? I know years ago it was streamed on the Tech website but haven't seen anything for this year.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
You mean "game-used-looking" not authentic...
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Yes, I think that might be more correct.

There was a company called Custom Crafted out East that used to letter/number a lot of jerseys for NHL teams (Bruins, Devils, Hurricanes, etc). When they learned about the game worn/used jersey hobby, they started faking game worn jerseys and selling them out the back door. One of the teams was the Bruins. So for years, it seemed that Neely, Borque, Sweeney, Oates and other high end Bruins players were wearing hundreds of jerseys a season. But as it turns out, the company was just adding fake wear and repairs to the brand new jerseys themselves and selling them for thousands of dollars each.

No one questioned the jerseys for many years because Custom Crafted was the official team supplier and they were putting the official team set stamp in the fake jerseys. No one had the Internet to look at hundreds of game photos so they just took Custom Crafted's word that they were legit. Eventually however, collectors figured out what was happening and it ended up being one of the episodes of People's Court in the 1990s. While some of the fake jerseys unfortunately still circulate in the sports memorabilia hobby to this day, they are now pretty widely known as "Custom Crafted Specials" which can be identified by their similar markings and repairs which can be found on all their faked jerseys.

Ryan
 
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I'll definitely put in an order for one. Was hoping to be able to do Phillips and Petan jerseys for styles those two actually wore, but looks like that won't be possible anymore sadly.
 
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Joe Shawhan Hour on Mix93 next Monday morning at 9am. That starts the regularly scheduled season. Email your questions to dj@themix93.com
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Jake Gingell has switched to Michigan.
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did you notice michigan has signed 7 guys in the last 5 weeks? according to heisenberg anyway.

here's a blog post from qu on the union team we play in the second game of the year. and btw Wisconsin is the real deal and might be one of the toughest games all season.

today on the BobcatsHockeyBlog we look at the projected 8th place ECAC finisher, the Union Dutchmen who are coming off a 1st place tie in the ECAC with Harvard.

Union Dutchmen 2016-2017 Results:

Overall: 25-10-3

ECAC: 16-4-2 (Tied 1st with Harvard)

ECAC Tournament: Lost to Cornell in ECAC Semi-finals 4-1

NCAA Tournament: Yes. Lost to Penn State 10-3 in 1st round

Team History
NCAA Tournament History: 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
NCAA Frozen Fours: 2014, 2012

Departures: Mike Vecchione (F), Spencer Foo (F), Michael Pontarelli (F), Eli Lichtenwald (F), Jeff Taylor (D), Nick DeSimone (D), Matt Krug (D), Alex Sakellaropoulos (G)

Additions: Jack Adams (F), Park Foo (F), Liam Morgan (F), Josh Kosack (F), Sean Harrison (F), Brandon Estes (D), Joseph Campolieto (D), Tayloy Brierley (D), Darion Hanson (G)

The Union Dutchmen returned to the NCAA tournament for the 1st time since the 2013-2014 campaign as they surprised by winning a share of the ECAC regular season title with Harvard. No team got cleaned out more this off season in the ECAC than Union as top forward Mike Vecchione and top defenseman Jeff Taylor graduated while two juniors left early for the pros as forward Spencer Foo signed with the Calgary Flames and defenseman Nick DeSimone signed a contract with the San Jose Sharks. On top of that goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos graduated along with three other depth players on the roster.

Expect Union to have a drop off with the big names that have left as it is always tough to replace the teams top two scorers who combined for 125 points. In total Union has to replace 190 points along with 78 of the 143 goals the team scored a season ago. The Dutchmen still have some talent returning with a handful of juniors in forward Sebastian Vidmar (41 points), forward Brett Supinski (36 points), forward Cole Maier (25 points), Ryan Walker (16 points). Others expected to contribute are sophomore Luc Brown (15 points) and senior Ryan Scarfo (14 points). Union has a two talented freshman forwards who were drafted in Jack Adams (6th round, Detroit) and Parker Foo (5th round, Chicago). Both of these players put up great numbers with their junior programs a season ago and with be asked to pick up the slack for Vecchione and Foo. Also expect freshman Liam Morgan to contribute as he put up 67 points in the OJHL a year ago.

The challenge for Union will be on defense with the loss of Taylor, DeSimone and Matt Krug. They return sophomore Vas Kolias, senior J.C. Brassard and junior Greg Campbell who are the only defenseman to play over 30 game each. Sophomore Ben Newhouse played 22 games but there will be some youth and inexperience on the blue line that the Dutchmen must overcome if they want to have a successful season. Junior goaltender Jake Kupsky should be the favorite to take over for Sakellaropoulos. The 2015 7th round pick of the San Jose Sharks struggled in 9 games finishing with a 3.98 goals against average and a .878 save percentage. Those numbers will have to significantly improve if Union wants to be a major factor in the ECAC this season.

Expect the Dutchmen to play teams tough this season. They still have some talent on the roster and are well coached with Rick Bennett behind the bench. I picked them 8th as a conservative selection due to the talent loss but they do have the ability to surprise with the talent they return along with what they have coming in to finish higher than 8th. If the defense and goal-tending shape up well then watch out for this team in the second half of the season.

Jonathan Singer is a 2004 Quinnipiac alum. You can follow him on Twitter @QHockeyBlog.
 
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