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Nescac 2014-2015

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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Also, once again, I was still not sold on the Panthers. They had one great weekend in a season of continued mediocrity to date. You can't win when you average 2.5 goals per game.
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But they did out shot their opponent by better than 1.5 to 1 - and with only a 2 minute advantage on the power play. But you are right, they need to find the back of the net.
 
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norm1909 said:
But they did out shot their opponent by better than 1.5 to 1 - and with only a 2 minute advantage on the power play. But you are right, they need to find the back of the net.
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You have to go to the net to find the back of it. Midd continues to shoot from the outside hoping for deflections. Their lone goal came from Pimental's effort to get in close. Tip-toeing around the perimeter doesn't get it done.
 
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EastCoastBias said:
Weekend predictions......

Friday Jan 30
Trinity over Amherst in the game of the day. Bantams appear talent loaded this season and are also loaded for bear based on missing the NCAA's last season. Lord Jeffs won't have enough to stay with Trinity for 60-mins.
Williams over Conn College. Expect it to be close but the Ephs find a way.
Hamilton over Wesleyan. Hapless Cardinals take it on the chin again.
Middlebury beats Tufts. Settling on a goalie is the spark the Panthers need to get into the top 4 by seasons end.

Saturday Jan 31
Amherst over Wesleyan. The Lord Jeffs salvage 2 points from the weekend.
Trinity over Hamilton. Bantams keep it going.
Middlebury over Conn Coll. See Friday.
Williams beats Tufts. Jumbos are not as good as the Camels, so the Ephs should be OK.
Colby gets a non-conference win at Southern Maine.
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1-3 for Friday. Only Hamilton come through. More of the same for today?
 
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I said it before, and I'll say it again... Watch out, here come the Camels!

Meanwhile, put a fork in the Mules. If they were going to do anything this season, they should have made a move by now. Last night... Oh, nevermind...
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Also, once again, I was still not sold on the Panthers. They had one great weekend in a season of continued mediocrity to date. You can't win when you average 2.5 goals per game.
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Very true. The Panthers really showed their mediocrity....in fact, I wonder when the last time they were beaten by Tufts and Connecticut in the same weekend. How can Middlebury sway from from such an impressive weekend, to tying a slumping Bowdoin team and eeking out an OT win vs. Colby at home, to going on the road and losing both to teams they should beat? No discredit to Tufts and Conn. They are playing well and obviously being coached well. Not the Panthers. They are on track to be the worst team in recent history. I know they've lost a lot of players recently, and maybe what drove them off is wearing down on those who remain. It's a shame, and the way the rest of the schedule looks, they might be lucky to get another win.
 
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Golden007 said:
Very true. The Panthers really showed their mediocrity....in fact, I wonder when the last time they were beaten by Tufts and Connecticut in the same weekend. How can Middlebury sway from from such an impressive weekend, to tying a slumping Bowdoin team and eeking out an OT win vs. Colby at home, to going on the road and losing both to teams they should beat? No discredit to Tufts and Conn. They are playing well and obviously being coached well. Not the Panthers. They are on track to be the worst team in recent history. I know they've lost a lot of players recently, and maybe what drove them off is wearing down on those who remain. It's a shame, and the way the rest of the schedule looks, they might be lucky to get another win.
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Which players have they lost lately? I know Silcoff left weeks ago -- are there others?
 
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OLD GUY '61 said:
Which players have they lost lately? I know Silcoff left weeks ago -- are there others?
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The ones that I know of...

Connor Frick - high end defensemen, concussions have forced him to stop playing hockey.
Travis Stephens - top recruit this year from BCHL, tore his ACL first weekend of the year and is out for the year.

They also lost two big recruits according to the NESCAC blog...

Matt Dupont, one of the top 10 scorers in the CCHL last year enrolled at a Canadian University
Jake Emilio, a high end defensemen, decided to play in the BCHL this year.

Those 4, along with losing Silcoff, probably would be 5 of the top players on the team. You take them away and everyone is playing up a spot.
 
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fanofhockey1 said:
The ones that I know of...

Connor Frick - high end defensemen, concussions have forced him to stop playing hockey.
Travis Stephens - top recruit this year from BCHL, tore his ACL first weekend of the year and is out for the year.

They also lost two big recruits according to the NESCAC blog...

Matt Dupont, one of the top 10 scorers in the CCHL last year enrolled at a Canadian University
Jake Emilio, a high end defensemen, decided to play in the BCHL this year.

Those 4, along with losing Silcoff, probably would be 5 of the top players on the team. You take them away and everyone is playing up a spot.
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Does anybody know what happened with Silcoff?

This team is totally baffling. And its clearly not just spotty goaltending. One goal for the weekend versus Tufts and ConnColl. (or anybody for that matter) is not going to do it
 
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fanofhockey1 said:
The ones that I know of...

Connor Frick - high end defensemen, concussions have forced him to stop playing hockey.
Travis Stephens - top recruit this year from BCHL, tore his ACL first weekend of the year and is out for the year.

They also lost two big recruits according to the NESCAC blog...

Matt Dupont, one of the top 10 scorers in the CCHL last year enrolled at a Canadian University
Jake Emilio, a high end defensemen, decided to play in the BCHL this year.

Those 4, along with losing Silcoff, probably would be 5 of the top players on the team. You take them away and everyone is playing up a spot.
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Very true. Also missing from this year's roster are Robbie Dobrowski (F, senior, Vermont HS player of the year), Riley Dickie (F, junior), and Drew Michals (G, NHL Central Scouting List, sophomore). I think all of these guys would make a difference facing Tufts and Conn! I'm not sure why the Middlebury G NESCAC player of the week was benched on Friday vs. Tufts, but after beating Plattsburgh and Norwich, they've had a steady decline back into the toilet. Tying Bowdoin and the OT win over Colby amounted to a marginally good weekend, but what followed that was pitiful. All of Middlebury's remaining opponents have better records except one, so the soft part of the schedule is past, with a losing record. Those impressive OOC wins just show how inconsistent this team is. It's baffling.
 
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OhioMule said:
Pick a game. Final score 2-1.
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That is remarkable isn't it! The whole conference having the same score! Only one was in OT though; MIDD took the Bantams to overtime in the last seconds of the third (EAG)! only to give it up 47 seconds into the OT. MIDD was very impressive tonight, they played well enough to win, but didn't...I'm guessing that the Panthers will have to play the number one or two team in the quarter finals, and that team shouldn't take them lightly...
 
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jimmy d said:
That is remarkable isn't it! The whole conference having the same score! Only one was in OT though; MIDD took the Bantams to overtime in the last seconds of the third (EAG)! only to give it up 47 seconds into the OT. MIDD was very impressive tonight, they played well enough to win, but didn't...I'm guessing that the Panthers will have to play the number one or two team in the quarter finals, and that team shouldn't take them lightly...
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I cannot believe some of the stuff I saw in the last two games. If you look at SOG, on Friday vs Trinity they launched 33 shot ON GOAL and probably another 20 or so that missed the net. Result was 1 goal. On Saturday vs. Wesleyan they took 34 SOG and another 20 or so wide of the net for total of 3 goals. That's 67 SOG for 4 tallies. This is not impressive, however you want to paint it. This team has been disassembled and put together so many times that nobody knows where anybody else is going to be on the ice and it produces chaotic games resembling knock-hockey and whack-a-mole. The Middlebury Pathetiques are done for this year IMO and have been a huge disappointment to a lot of faithful fans.
 
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OLD GUY '61 said:
The Middlebury Pathetiques are done for this year IMO and have been a huge disappointment to a lot of faithful fans.
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My guess is that you are not one of the "faithful fans." In which case, what concern is it of yours how some other team plays their games? I am a Midd supporter but, you may be surprised to learn that I am not one of the hugely disappointed. I guess my life is not much influenced by what a group of college boys do on a hockey rink. This past weekend, I saw a Middlebury team that worked very hard every shift and outplayed the best team in the NESCAC on Friday (did everything but get the w) and gave coach Bill Beaney his 600th win on Saturday afternoon. His body of work is a remarkable achievement. His success at Middelbury set a higher standard in D3 hockey which has a had huge effect on how the sport has grown in recent years. A tip of the cap to Bill and good luck to the Panthers and the rest of the NESCAC (this is a NESCAC thread after all) teams through the balance of the regular season and into the playoffs.
 
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puxrex said:
My guess is that you are not one of the "faithful fans." In which case, what concern is it of yours how some other team plays their games? I am a Midd supporter but, you may be surprised to learn that I am not one of the hugely disappointed. I guess my life is not much influenced by what a group of college boys do on a hockey rink. This past weekend, I saw a Middlebury team that worked very hard every shift and outplayed the best team in the NESCAC on Friday (did everything but get the w) and gave coach Bill Beaney his 600th win on Saturday afternoon. His body of work is a remarkable achievement. His success at Middelbury set a higher standard in D3 hockey which has a had huge effect on how the sport has grown in recent years. A tip of the cap to Bill and good luck to the Panthers and the rest of the NESCAC (this is a NESCAC thread after all) teams through the balance of the regular season and into the playoffs.
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You guessed wrong. I graduated from Midd in 1961. I've followed Midd hockey for 54 years and taken pride in their accomplishments on and off the ice, both before and after the advent of Coach Beaney, who I respect and admire. It is a sad thing to watch a tradition fade away as this one has over the last five years or so. I would hope that, from time to time, I might be allowed to voice an opinion on my impressions of this year's team as so many others do - (this being a forum) - without snide remarks from the choir.
 
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puxrex said:
My guess is that you are not one of the "faithful fans." In which case, what concern is it of yours how some other team plays their games? I am a Midd supporter but, you may be surprised to learn that I am not one of the hugely disappointed. I guess my life is not much influenced by what a group of college boys do on a hockey rink. This past weekend, I saw a Middlebury team that worked very hard every shift and outplayed the best team in the NESCAC on Friday (did everything but get the w) and gave coach Bill Beaney his 600th win on Saturday afternoon. His body of work is a remarkable achievement. His success at Middelbury set a higher standard in D3 hockey which has a had huge effect on how the sport has grown in recent years. A tip of the cap to Bill and good luck to the Panthers and the rest of the NESCAC (this is a NESCAC thread after all) teams through the balance of the regular season and into the playoffs.
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I don't know if there has been a poorer season in the history Middlebury hockey, and the only tiebreaker they own so far is vs. Colby. That 600th win has been avoidably postponed for some time. To have lost to Wesleyan might have meant the 600th win wouldn't come this season. I am pleased to see Middlebury win, and I guess I got that way from days gone by when they won many more than they lost. I think there is a lot of talent on this team, as there is every year. I don't think it's wrong to wish for more than we've gotten over recent seasons, nor do I feel bad saying that in a discussion forum. Beating good Plattsburgh and Norwich teams in one weekend was impressive, and something to get excited about, yet going 2-3-1 over the next six games after that doesn't bode well for Middlebury to improve in the standings, over even make the playoffs, for that matter.
 
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With 4 games to go for each team in the NESCAC, I thought I would conduct some prognostication of the final standings based on the team records over the next 2 weekends.

1. Trinity 3-0-1 (Wins vs Colby, Wes x2 and tie w/ Bowdoin) 32pts
2. Williams 3-0-1 (W vs Midd, Ham & Amherst, tie at Midd) 25pts
3. Amherst 2-2-0 (W vs Tufts, Midd, Losses to Conn & Williams) 24pts
4. Conn College 3-1-0 (W vs Amherst, Ham, Colby, L vs Bowdoin) 22pts
5. Bowdoin 3-0-1 (W vs Wes, Conn, Colby, tie vs Trinity) 21pts
6. Middlebury 1-2-1 (W vs Ham, L vs Williams, Amherst, tie vs Williams) 15pts (tiebreaker over Ham)
7. Hamilton 1-3-0 (W vs Tufts, L vs Conn, Williams, Midd) 15pts
8. Tufts 0-3-1 (L vs Ham, Amherst, Bowdoin, tie vs Colby) 9pts (tiebreaker over Colby)
9. Colby 0-2-2 (L vs Trinity, Conn, tie vs Wes, Tufts) 9pts
10. Wesleyan 0-3-1 (L vs Bowdoin, Trinity x2, tie vs Colby) 3pts

Qaurterfinals
Trinity vs Tufts
Williams vs Hamilton
Amherst vs Middlebury
Conn College vs Bowdoin

Bowdoin looks ripe for another title run from the 5th seed.
 
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