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Northeastern Huskies 2011-2012 Season Thread: Year of the Mad Dog

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irishfan85 said:
I think there could be an argument for both teams as far as better forwards. No way in hell does NU have a better defense than Merrimack. Merrimack has home ice advantage and better coaching. It isn't N/A as the coaching strategies will help determine outcomes of games.

I know it pains you to admit it, but there is a reason both the media and the coaches picked Merrimack three spots ahead of Northeastern. More talent, better coaching staff, better cohesion of a team.
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You vastly underrate NU's defense. Bitetto is up there with every dman in this league. easily. He was overshadowed by Olesniak last season, but was just as good.

Media is lazy. Which is why they always pick the same schools to win every year. Which is why one guy picked NU for 10th, he did no research. Merrimack's talent is not better then NU. Merrimack's coaching staff has won as many championships as the coaching staff as NU has so far, and Merrimack's guys have been at it longer.

Cohesion of team? Please. NU's locker room drinks less beer and eats less chicken then yours.

edit: I think everyone forgets that NU was at the Garden last year too, and not just for the Beanpot. The majority of that team is back.
 
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irishfan85 said:
...Merrimack has home ice advantage and better coaching...More talent, better coaching staff, better cohesion of a team.
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I'll just keep it simple: Do not underestimate Jim Madigan.
 
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Ryecheers said:
Does Merrimack (wherever it may be;)) have a broadcast available on the computer for their home games?
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I could be wrong, but last I heard they use B2 to broadcast stuff, but you have to pay for it. Mike McMahon over at Warrior Rink Rat usually has a liveblog of the game.
 
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Huskies01 said:
You vastly underrate NU's defense. Bitetto is up there with every dman in this league. easily. He was overshadowed by Olesniak last season, but was just as good.

Media is lazy. Which is why they always pick the same schools to win every year. Which is why one guy picked NU for 10th, he did no research. Merrimack's talent is not better then NU. Merrimack's coaching staff has won as many championships as the coaching staff as NU has so far, and Merrimack's guys have been at it longer.

Cohesion of team? Please. NU's locker room drinks less beer and eats less chicken then yours.

edit: I think everyone forgets that NU was at the Garden last year too, and not just for the Beanpot. The majority of that team is back.
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I'm not forgetting any of that. The majority of the team minus the entire first line and a top freshman forward...NU is good. I've said that. I think Bitetto is good. I just think they are not as good as Merrimack. That simple. I think NU will finish no worse than 6th.
 
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brassbonanza said:
Sorry, but there is no argument that Rawlings is on par with Cannata.
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When Rawlings is on his game, he is superior to Cannata. His next shutout (his 10th) will be a school record, achieved in just over two seasons. Cannata became a media darling last year when the team was on a roll. That's a credit to both the goalie and the fine job you Sports Info department has done in promoting him. The fact is that the Huskies have never found him to be any kind of deity when we have faced him.

The real loss to the Warriors in our series was not the Frenchman. It was Joe Cucci, who made his mark by torturing us after we let him transfer to the "Mack. IIRC his crappy/soft OT goal in our last meeting gave him a hat trick and was fitting payback for the slight he received at NU.:eek:
 
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For our Merrimack friend:

JC - 88 games .910 Save Percentage 2.577 GAA 44-34-9 85 starts 5 shutouts
CR - 69 games .916 Save Percenage 2.77 GAA 28-28-11 69 starts 10 shutouts

Both careers. I would love to break it down by Hockey East only numbers but am not going to spend the time looking for it. Our goalie more then holds his own against yours.
 
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irishfan85 said:
I'm not forgetting any of that. The majority of the team minus the entire first line and a top freshman forward...NU is good. I've said that. I think Bitetto is good. I just think they are not as good as Merrimack. That simple. I think NU will finish no worse than 6th.
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I think in reality Merrimack is better than NU fans give them credit for and not nearly as good as Merrimack fans think they are. I think the two teams are pretty similar in that their strengths start from the net out. Stollery and Heywood are really, really good defensemen, some of the best in the league. I think both teams have skill at forward but each team suffers from a lack of a definite first line. Merrimack's lines are deeper than they are given credit for. As far as the team cohesion thing, I think its really laughable to try and presume who has better team chemistry when you would have to be in both locker rooms and possibly even out at the bars with players to truly assess this.
 
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Ryecheers said:
When Rawlings is on his game, he is superior to Cannata. His next shutout (his 10th) will be a school record, achieved in just over two seasons. Cannata became a media darling last year when the team was on a roll. That's a credit to both the goalie and the fine job you Sports Info department has done in promoting him. The fact is that the Huskies have never found him to be any kind of deity when we have faced him.

The real loss to the Warriors in our series was not the Frenchman. It was Joe Cucci, who made his mark by torturing us after we let him transfer to the "Mack. IIRC his crappy/soft OT goal in our last meeting gave him a hat trick and was fitting payback for the slight he receive at NU.:eek:
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First, I'm not a Mack fan. Look to the left to see where I reside as well as my former identity which may suggest to you where my affiliation lies. Second, the number of times I've seen Rawlings off his game, or simply stopping shots by letting it hit him, disqualifies him, in my view, from being considered along side of or superior to Cannata. Mack's SID has done virtually nothing to promote him, in fact, they were promoting Da Costa last year as their stud, so that argument really holds no weight. Cannata, despite having **** poor teams in front of him for his first two seasons, still has amassed, in most categories, better statistics than Rawlings. Cannata is often referred to as one of the top, if not the top goaltender in the league. Are you going to argue that Rawlings in the top goalie in the league?
 
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sheesh.. this would've been a pretty good gm thread :)
Carry on...
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
I think in reality Merrimack is better than NU fans give them credit for and not nearly as good as Merrimack fans think they are. I think the two teams are pretty similar in that their strengths start from the net out. Stollery and Heywood are really, really good defensemen, some of the best in the league. I think both teams have skill at forward but each team suffers from a lack of a definite first line. Merrimack's lines are deeper than they are given credit for. As far as the team cohesion thing, I think its really laughable to try and presume who has better team chemistry when you would have to be in both locker rooms and possibly even out at the bars with players to truly assess this.
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I agree with some of what you said. I believe NU is a decent team. I thought right after last season ended they'd be better, but were hit with some losses in coaching staff, recruits and players leaving early. I think Merrimack is capable of finishing anywhere from 3rd to 6th. Their goaltending and defense will be what leads them. They still have some weapons up front, but lost a ton in Cucci, Barton and Da Costa. I think this Merrimack team with this talent level would have finished 5th-7th in HEA 10 years ago. The league has fallen off. UNH has diminished and Maine certainly has taken a nose dive. As I said, I see NU finishing 6th. I think they could finish as high as 4th. We'll see.
 
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Huskies01 said:
For our Merrimack friend:

JC - 88 games .910 Save Percentage 2.577 GAA 44-34-9 85 starts 5 shutouts
CR - 69 games .916 Save Percenage 2.77 GAA 28-28-11 69 starts 10 shutouts

Both careers. I would love to break it down by Hockey East only numbers but am not going to spend the time looking for it. Our goalie more then holds his own against yours.
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So you've established that they have statistically even save percentages, Cannata has a noticeably lower GAA, and Rawlings would have to go 16-0 in the 16 fewer starts he has in order to equal the wins difference. Cannata's win pct. is .551, whereas Rawlings is .485. Give me the goalie with five fewer shutouts, but more wins and less goals allowed per game with the statistically same save pct. Also, don't forget, again, Cannata played on the last place team his freshman year, and another poor MC team his sophomore year that made the 6 spot in the HE playoffs on a series of wacko tiebreakers.
 
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brassbonanza said:
So you've established that they have statistically even save percentages, Cannata has a noticeably lower GAA, and Rawlings would have to go 16-0 in the 16 fewer starts he has in order to equal the wins difference. Cannata's win pct. is .551, whereas Rawlings is .485. Give me the goalie with five fewer shutouts, but more wins and less goals allowed per game with the statistically same save pct. Also, don't forget, again, Cannata played on the last place team his freshman year, and another poor MC team his sophomore year that made the 6 spot in the HE playoffs on a series of wacko tiebreakers.
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Merrimack was a .500 team Joe's sophomore year. His freshman year they were tied for last with PC. Can't wait for the teams to decide the game on the ice Friday night.
 
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irishfan85 said:
Merrimack was a .500 team Joe's sophomore year. His freshman year they were tied for last with PC. Can't wait for the teams to decide the game on the ice Friday night.
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I heard that the Warriors intend on making this weekend a sweep, beating two Huskie Teams.
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
I think in reality Merrimack is better than NU fans give them credit for and not nearly as good as Merrimack fans think they are. I think the two teams are pretty similar in that their strengths start from the net out. Stollery and Heywood are really, really good defensemen, some of the best in the league. I think both teams have skill at forward but each team suffers from a lack of a definite first line. Merrimack's lines are deeper than they are given credit for. As far as the team cohesion thing, I think its really laughable to try and presume who has better team chemistry when you would have to be in both locker rooms and possibly even out at the bars with players to truly assess this.
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Hey, who do you think you are bringing rational, insightful analysis to this discussion? "Team cohesion" assessment? Who's measuring that?
Should be a good game. Good size on both teams, both teams play until the last note of every whistle (and perhaps a note longer); maybe having a new coach has the Huskies racheting it up a notch. I like MC in a close one, 4-2 with an ENG. HE home opener for the Warriors.
 
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brassbonanza said:
So you've established that they have statistically even save percentages, Cannata has a noticeably lower GAA, and Rawlings would have to go 16-0 in the 16 fewer starts he has in order to equal the wins difference. Cannata's win pct. is .551, whereas Rawlings is .485. Give me the goalie with five fewer shutouts, but more wins and less goals allowed per game with the statistically same save pct. Also, don't forget, again, Cannata played on the last place team his freshman year, and another poor MC team his sophomore year that made the 6 spot in the HE playoffs on a series of wacko tiebreakers.
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Cannata also split time with another goalie his first two years in the league if I remember correctly. Like i said in my post, I would be interested in breaking down the numbers more, like Hockey East vs. OCC. Cannnata might have fattened up his record and GAA his frosh year playing against the Army's of the world, while Rawlings gets to count bc and bu as OCC games every year in the Beanpot.

Win % is nice, but NU started something like 1-7 last year breaking in 4 new dmen, before they turned the season around. Those losses had very little to do with Rawlings play, but a young team learning their way in the first half of the year.
 
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Huskies01 said:
Cannata also split time with another goalie his first two years in the league if I remember correctly. Like i said in my post, I would be interested in breaking down the numbers more, like Hockey East vs. OCC. Cannnata might have fattened up his record and GAA his frosh year playing against the Army's of the world, while Rawlings gets to count bc and bu as OCC games every year in the Beanpot.

Win % is nice, but NU started something like 1-7 last year breaking in 4 new dmen, before they turned the season around. Those losses had very little to do with Rawlings play, but a young team learning their way in the first half of the year.
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The December game vs. BU was just a nightmare for Rawlings. Odd man rushes left and right. Yet, we still should've won. Regardless, justice was served at the end of the season of course.
 
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