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

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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.
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Too bad Cannata didn't get to fatten up his statistics against Bentley. :rolleyes:

Cannata has had to face Wisconsin and North Dakota out of conference, as well. He's also had some cupcakes like Huntsville, Army, etc. Just like Northeastern has. Bentley, Holy Cross, Niagara in a three game stretch last year.
 
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irishfan85 said:
Too bad Cannata didn't get to fatten up his statistics against Bentley. :rolleyes:

Cannata has had to face Wisconsin and North Dakota out of conference, as well. He's also had some cupcakes like Huntsville, Army, etc. Just like Northeastern has. Bentley, Holy Cross, Niagara in a three game stretch last year.
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Of which they won none. So he did not fatten his wins against those teams.
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2011-2012 Season Thread: Year of the Mad Dog

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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Sure, and for every one of those "well, this was happening at this time, so that's why his record was this" arguments for Rawlings, there's going to be one for Cannata, or any other goalie. Example, Kieran Millan's numbers were over inflated his freshman year because he had an all-world defense playing in front of him, so he really wasn't as good as his 29-2 record would suggest. On the flip side, he had a team playing in front of him last season and the year before that was, at times, asleep/hungover and didn't care what the result of the game was, so his numbers would be under inflated there.

I'm not trying to make a point in favor of either team here. I have no idea how good MC is this year, and I agree with the earlier argument that Cucci is an overlooked, but huge loss for them. I know you guys have had success up there recently whereas most other teams have not. Frankly, I really don't know why that is. Lawler hardly is the most intimidating place to play in the league, and with the recent upgrades, it's not like the playing surface is so bad that only MC knows how to play on their own ice. I agree with Thiessen'sNotBetterThanMillan that MC is better than some NU fans are making them out to be here, and MC probably isn't as good as the juggernaut some of their own fans are making them out to be. If I had a car and nothing to do Friday, I would consider driving up to the game, since my guys are off, should be an interesting one.

Go Whalers.
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2011-2012 Season Thread: Year of the Mad Dog

irishfan85 said:
Too bad Cannata didn't get to fatten up his statistics against Bentley. :rolleyes:

Cannata has had to face Wisconsin and North Dakota out of conference, as well. He's also had some cupcakes like Huntsville, Army, etc. Just like Northeastern has. Bentley, Holy Cross, Niagara in a three game stretch last year.
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And Merriack has Army, Huntsville, Holy Cross, so the point is moot. Every year teams schedule cupcakes, and also face some tough OOC teams. More important for these two goalies is who's gonna have a better defense. Before last week I might have said MC hands down, but if we keep playing defense like last week, I think NU might have an edge.
 
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Lots of Husky kool-aid being consumed here. I'd love to see the black side win on Friday night but we'll be the underdog. Having seen both goalies many times, Cannata is better. Rawlings is top half in HE, Cannata is top three and has a chance at least, to look like the best one with his D in front of him. If Rawlings were to play another year in HE, he'd probably be the top three goalie next year. The Mack has the better defensemen too. Forwards could go either way although I'd give MC the edge in past performance but not necessarily talent.

Probably won't be able to make Friday's game but I already have my tix for Saturday night. Will be happy with two points from this weekend wherever they come from.
 
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Cannata is better. As he goes, does Merrimack

Cannata is the top goalie in league. Funny how they said UNH goaklie was top in league and he is dead last in wins, goals against and save pct. I know it is early but 835 save % and 4.65+ GA is soft at best
Cannata is 1st or 2nd in all.
Last years play off experience will help him and team come March
 
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I don't understand the overconfidence here. 'Mack is a legitimate team with three good lines, solid D and the best goalie in the league. Rawlings isn't Cannata, and he won't be Cannata if he stays his senior year. Cannata is very technically sound goalie who has played on a team with a much less conservative defensive system than NU had under Cro. Rawlings played behind a conservative system and his job has really been not to cost us games. I understand that he can be very effective (9 SHOs), but he's inconsistent and unreliable, particularly in important games.

I'd hesitate to say that 'Mack's forwards are deeper than ours or that their forwards are more talented, but we're more or less even. 'Mack has a much better goalie and a pretty **** good home ice advantage. I wouldn't be shocked if we won, but I definitely don't have this one chalked up as a win already.
 
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Rawlings and Cannata to me are the same guy. Both can be dominant, but both get lit up by good teams.
 
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I prefer Beaudry over all the others in HE

Hokydad said:
Cannata is better. As he goes, does Merrimack

Cannata is the top goalie in league. Funny how they said UNH goaklie was top in league and he is dead last in wins, goals against and save pct. I know it is early but 835 save % and 4.65+ GA is soft at best
Cannata is 1st or 2nd in all.
Last years play off experience will help him and team come March
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My apologies if this is old news, but I saw this on twitter

RT @Canuckscout: Mike McKee (Lincoln Stars) and formerly of the Kent School has decommitted from Northeastern University.
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MissSioux85 said:
My apologies if this is old news, but I saw this on twitter
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The coaches are neither surprised nor disappointed over this one. He'd (+ father via advisor) been making noises along these lines for a while. The staff wasn't at all sure he'd be ready by next year (as of early October). If Renz does the same, which wouldn't surprise or disappoint anyone either, There is the $ for Gunn and Belonger et al.
 
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SkinsFan09 said:
I guess Darcy hasn't received offers from BC or BU?
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Perhaps bu expects him to walk on, because they are bu and he should understand and feel fortunate to be invited. bc may be holding a scholarship back because Darcy is too tall and doesn't match up with the 17 other forwards that they've already recruited for the next three seasons.
 
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Ryecheers said:
Perhaps bu expects him to walk on, because they are bu and he should understand and feel fortunate to be invited. bc may be holding a scholarship back because Darcy is too tall and doesn't match up with the 17 other forwards that they've already recruited for the next three seasons.
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If he walks on, it's easier for Parker to inevitably kick him off the team for showing up too early for practice.
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2011-2012 Season Thread: Year of the Mad Dog

Haven't been to active on here the last year +, that's what happens when you graduate. Two things I wanted to touch on,

1 - Cannata is 100% better than Rawlings. At their best sure they can each steal a game, but Rawlings is so inconsistent. Hence why he has more shutouts and a worse GAA than Cannata. I would take the consistent goalie everytime, but you really cant make a good prediction on any goaltending match up becuase of Rawlings' inconsistency.

2 - We all knew that there was going to be some issues with recruits following Cronin's departure. We've talked at length about this year's exodus, so I wont go there. My impression is that Madigan is going to turn out to be a pretty good recruiter. Right now he seems fairly active in his recruiting and it looks promising. This year is going to be the hardest sell for him, expectations are in the gutter, players leaving left and right, and an unproven coach. As of now he seems to be doing okay with it. One comment though, Cronin did a good job recruiting through Canada and the BCHL which really lead to our turnaround after that 3 win season. JM seems to be looking for more traditional NE HS players and USHL players. I just hope that we try to keep our scouting broad and can still find some of those steals that Cronin kept finding up in the BCHL.
 
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