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MICHIGAN TECH HUSKIES...2016-17 season. 96th season of hockey (continued, part 2)

rustedblades said:
There is really only the option to sub one guy as GerrIe is the only player that did not play so I don't think that will make a huge difference. It is going to come down to coaching. Coach Hastings came up with a plan that shut Tech down and the Tech coaching staff wasn't able to make the adjustments needed to counter that effort. Let's see if they can figure it out by tomorrow. Everyone always wants to lay it on the players and their "will" to win, or their sense of "urgency" but they are required to play within the systems that the coaches set and tonight the Tech systems failed.I don't buy the fact that Tech played with less urgency. They were out coached by a coach who figured out how to counter Techs success of Friday. Here's hoping the Tech coaching staff can cone up with their own counter attack.
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Coaches may have a plan, but there is this thing called execution. As a coach, you can make all kinds of great adjustments, but if the players don't execute, you're not going to have success.
 
rustedblades said:
There is really only the option to sub one guy as GerrIe is the only player that did not play so I don't think that will make a huge difference. It is going to come down to coaching. Coach Hastings came up with a plan that shut Tech down and the Tech coaching staff wasn't able to make the adjustments needed to counter that effort. Let's see if they can figure it out by tomorrow. Everyone always wants to lay it on the players and their "will" to win, or their sense of "urgency" but they are required to play within the systems that the coaches set and tonight the Tech systems failed.I don't buy the fact that Tech played with less urgency. They were out coached by a coach who figured out how to counter Techs success of Friday. Here's hoping the Tech coaching staff can cone up with their own counter attack.
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Well said. I agree, Tech was out coached tonight.
 
davyd83 said:
Coaches may have a plan, but there is this thing called execution. As a coach, you can make all kinds of great adjustments, but if the players don't execute, you're not going to have success.
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Great adjustments....as in Tech was able to move the puck around on the pp tonight. Even though they didn't get any shots on net. Huge strides, 40 games in and you can occasionally gain the zone and work the puck around. Or how about the bench management, matching lines when you are down by 1, bad whole sale line change that lead to the goal. 3 defenseman out at the end of the game during the 6 on 4 pp, that is a first.
 
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You need to win the special teams battle in big games. PP goals are huge. Same thing all year; UMD, UofM, Western, MN State ect.
 
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UP-Power said:
Great adjustments....as in Tech was able to move the puck around on the pp tonight. Even though they didn't get any shots on net. Huge strides, 40 games in and you can occasionally gain the zone and work the puck around. Or how about the bench management, matching lines when you are down by 1, bad whole sale line change that lead to the goal. 3 defenseman out at the end of the game during the 6 on 4 pp, that is a first.
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I'm sure they have reasons for doing what they do. I don't think we are privy to all the issues for those decisions. The line change I don't think you can put on the coaches.
I agree the pp has been anemic all year, and a pp goal last night would have been real good.Against teams that pressure the puck, we have not done well.
I thought overall the defense was real solid and giving up one goal normally you'd expect to win those games. But a high pressure game like mankato played, you would expect that to come with some risks and I hope we can expose those areas tonight. I thought our forecheck was a weak areas for us and the face-offs as well.

I'll be very interested to see what changes they make, and I'll bet Gerrie plays, but you're right rb, having a couple more guys would have been nice.
 
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One team was facing elimination, one was not, I think Tech will match that tonight.
What a barn burner this is going to be tonight. Go back and watch the highlights, there could have been 2 goals in there.
Go Tech!
 
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To steal a quote from Coach Pearson "I'm still bullish on this team"
BGSU did there part last night! Time for the Huskies to finish the job!!!
 
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No post game comments?
 
Re: MICHIGAN TECH HUSKIES...2016-17 season. 96th season of hockey (continued, part 2)

Fill the building tonight, present a better 6th man for the Huskies and give the team the support.

If at the beginning of the season you were told that Tech would play for the right to get to the Championship game at home, I think we would take it.
Now support the team and let's do our best to make this happen. MSU played awesome last night, tip our hat, but tonight Tech plays awesome.

Go get it boys!
 
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I hope the athletic department is on campus or the dorms today trying to get everyone up to the SDC as they get back to campus!
 
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mtu_huskies said:
I hope the athletic department is on campus or the dorms today trying to get everyone up to the SDC as they get back to campus!
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Many will be back already, marketing dept hopefully did their job. Face it knocking on doors works. Pull out the stops etc
 
UP-Power said:
Great adjustments....as in Tech was able to move the puck around on the pp tonight. Even though they didn't get any shots on net. Huge strides, 40 games in and you can occasionally gain the zone and work the puck around. Or how about the bench management, matching lines when you are down by 1, bad whole sale line change that lead to the goal. 3 defenseman out at the end of the game during the 6 on 4 pp, that is a first.
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Fire Mel! Who would you rather have running your bench?
 
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Seriously, when the camera at UAH is better than the lead camera at Tech, you've got issues. Retire the old lady, she can't find the puck if she was in a phone booth with it.

At least they leveled the reverse angle camera tonight so it doesn't look like the Batman villain hideout shot.
 
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Brent Peterson - "So if you're a player, you're making a mental note on what they're calling tonight... NOTHING."
 
rustedblades said:
No offense but that would be the 7th man. There are 6 on the ice ;)
Unless there is a fan out there that thinks they can improve a roster spot!
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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, you knew what I meant, with the way Angus has played this year he is worth at least being a given. 😊
 
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