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Northeastern Huskies 2014-15: Release the Hounds!

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NU Speed Racer said:
Fire Madigan aside, I'm having a really hard time finding wins on our schedule right now.

I'd like to think that the home ice could help tomorrow. I want to make note that the Doghouse has been full the entire season. They have been as loud as they can be in a 1 win season. So we have that going for us. YAAY! STACY'S MOOOOM!


But seriously. The schedule is brutal.

Potential wins:
11/22 Home Merrimack
12/6 Away Providence. Always play well down there, but they are #19
12/16 Away UMass. Maybe? Rarely win out west.
1/2,3 Home St. Lawrence. Played them well last season. Roy was good in net against them too. Doubt its a sweep.
2/6 Away UMass. Eh. I hope its not a sweep by them.
2/13,14 UConn weekend. I doubt either team sweeps. However, BEANPOT SWOON WARNING (Can you swoon with 1 or 2 wins?)

Outside of those games, I think you could consider a win a shocking turn of events.

I'll place the over under for this team at 4.5 games right now. I'll be accepting all wagers. Paypal accepted.




At least the Basketball team is 2-0 with a win over an ACC team........ Oh wait. That only furthers Roby's agenda and makes him look like a genius AD with the money that brings...... Might as well pack up the Zambonis, this program dead man walking.
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It's depressing, but I'd say is time to start studying the upcoming recruiting classes already after 11 games. Beanpot aside.
 
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Hey don't worry you still have Maine on the schedule. We're like 3 and a million and counting :)
 
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Hey, Wisconsin still has not won a game, so quit the complaining! And, we wont even be the first team to 10 losses this season, Lake Superior already has 11!

So Jim is doing just fine!

In their defense last night they did lose Rosenthal right before the game, so now you have to skate Pond, Jamieson, McMurtry, Hedges, and Sikura. That is a whole lot of nothing right there. You get Rosenthal back in there, and maybe ZAR at some point, and that helps, a bit...

It is what it is folks. But they do have 23 games left. So they just need to go 15-7-1 the rest of the way to have a .500 record at the end of the season.
 
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Main problem with the team is defense, both in that they can't defend and they can't ignite the offensive pressure. Main problem with the defense is that Madigan's "big four" of Benning, Owens, Saucerman and Cockerill are the four worst defensemen on the team (not the four worst hockey players, but the four worst defensemen - other than Owens, who is the worst hockey player, period). My solution is to bench Owens, move Benning, Saucerman and Cockerill to offense, with Benning centering the third O line with Sauce on the right wing and Cockerill on the left wing. Adding those three Dmen to offense would eliminate a lot of the "filler" forwards from the lineup and remove the offensive-minded Dmen from the defense. Move Reid back to D and have the 3 D lines be Darou-Schechter, Reid-Lauwers and Gunn-Fennell. Maybe sneak Harms onto the third line D (who knows, should try everything). This could suck or it could work, but it's worth trying. When you're 1-9-1, anything new is worth trying, because everything you've tried so far hasn't worked.
 
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NU Speed Racer said:
I'd like to think that the home ice could help tomorrow. I want to make note that the Doghouse has been full the entire season. They have been as loud as they can be in a 1 win season. So we have that going for us. YAAY! STACY'S MOOOOM!
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Appreciate the kind words. It's been greater than even I expected. The last two classes to come in have been great additions, energized and loud. Stacy's Mom isn't everyone's favorite, but it gets students engaged, energized, and the vast majority love it. Happy to say it'll stay until otherwise.

Didn't realize Rosenthal was a late scratch, hopefully he's back tonight. He's one of those players who gives 100% every shift, we need more like him. Didn't have the chance to watch/listen last night like I wanted to...surprised to see we wont > 50% of faceoffs, plus two PPGs. PK is abysmal, but that's old news. Discipline continues to be our biggest Achilles' heel. Maybe some Matthews magic is what the team needs, I predicted a split from the get go. MC will play their backup in back-to-back games for the first time, it'll be key to see how he responds.

As for the idea of moving Dmen to the offense, and Reid back to D- that's just not going to happen. I understand the premise, beanstalk, but that's just not practical to move 4 players out of position. Reid has never played D. Benning at center? Never seen him take a faceoff. I can appreciate throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks, but that's just going to irreversibly knock that proverbial wall down.
 
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Huskies01 said:
Hey, Wisconsin still has not won a game, so quit the complaining! And, we wont even be the first team to 10 losses this season, Lake Superior already has 11!

So Jim is doing just fine!

In their defense last night they did lose Rosenthal right before the game, so now you have to skate Pond, Jamieson, McMurtry, Hedges, and Sikura. That is a whole lot of nothing right there. You get Rosenthal back in there, and maybe ZAR at some point, and that helps, a bit...

It is what it is folks. But they do have 23 games left. So they just need to go 15-7-1 the rest of the way to have a .500 record at the end of the season.
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Again, I really hope you are being facetious or sarcastic with these comments. If not, I am incredibly embarrassed for you and anyone else that reads this post.
 
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That was pretty obviously sarcasm.

Anyway, not a whole lot to add. Moving Saucerman up to wing sounds like a fantasitic idea though (as it has for the last three years and counting.) I was hoping it would happen against UNH when they dressed 7 defensemen, but it wasn't to be.
 
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NU_Husky said:
Appreciate the kind words. It's been greater than even I expected. The last two classes to come in have been great additions, energized and loud. Stacy's Mom isn't everyone's favorite, but it gets students engaged, energized, and the vast majority love it. Happy to say it'll stay until otherwise.

Didn't realize Rosenthal was a late scratch, hopefully he's back tonight. He's one of those players who gives 100% every shift, we need more like him. Didn't have the chance to watch/listen last night like I wanted to...surprised to see we wont > 50% of faceoffs, plus two PPGs. PK is abysmal, but that's old news. Discipline continues to be our biggest Achilles' heel. Maybe some Matthews magic is what the team needs, I predicted a split from the get go. MC will play their backup in back-to-back games for the first time, it'll be key to see how he responds.

As for the idea of moving Dmen to the offense, and Reid back to D- that's just not going to happen. I understand the premise, beanstalk, but that's just not practical to move 4 players out of position. Reid has never played D. Benning at center? Never seen him take a faceoff. I can appreciate throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks, but that's just going to irreversibly knock that proverbial wall down.
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Sauce belongs on offense and we could use his scoring ability there. Personally, I would sit Benning, Cockerill and Reid, but since JM will not do that (Benning has relatives in high places who could help JM with his next job, Cockerill has a 4-year scholly and was meant to be the savior instead of still being winless for the year and Reid has the C on his chest), I was looking for a way for him to change things up in a way that didn't require guts and integrity. Because if it requires guts and integrity . . .
 
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CollegeHockeyRinkReport said:
http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/hoc...n-snydeman-suspended-elbowing-rasmus-tirronen

Torin Snydeman suspended one game.
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This has to be the result of Dennehy whining to Bertagna. Multiple looks at the replay lead me to believe that Torin was reaching for the post with his left hand in order to protect himself. He bent his arm and apparently made contact with the goalie (who has more than a little protective gear on his head). The Merrimack announcers didn't think the contact was significant and the refs only gave him two minutes.

There are lots of two minute goalie interference penalties that don't carry a game suspension. Why is this one different? Because there was an injury? Injuries are, unfortunately, a part of the game.
 
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Just saw the line charts and my initial reaction was both Kevin Roy and Mike Szmatula looking at who is on their respective lines and wondering "Really? Is this Hockey East? Is this Division 1? Wish I were back in the USHL." Oh well. I hope the DogHouse is strong and they are rewarded, but this looks like it is going to be a long season.
 
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HHound said:
This has to be the result of Dennehy whining to Bertagna. Multiple looks at the replay lead me to believe that Torin was reaching for the post with his left hand in order to protect himself. He bent his arm and apparently made contact with the goalie (who has more than a little protective gear on his head). The Merrimack announcers didn't think the contact was significant and the refs only gave him two minutes.

There are lots of two minute goalie interference penalties that don't carry a game suspension. Why is this one different? Because there was an injury? Injuries are, unfortunately, a part of the game.
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The clip is on Hockeyeastonline.com for those that want to watch it for themselves.

I didn't think he was near the post at all. And I don't see why any person would be reaching for the post to protect himself. So I didn't see what you saw there.

What I did see was a WWE-like diving forearm/elbow that would make Lex Luger proud. While I agree the behind the goal angle makes it appear that it was only a graze, the intent was there and that's where the suspension comes from.

Regardless of protective gear or how solid he connected with the head, I saw intent and the goalie left the game with a concussion. I think we lucked out that he only got 1 game suspension.



And to beat a dead horse here. This is not the first time a player under Madigan was suspended or got a penalty with intent to injure in mind.... Just saying.
 
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NU Speed Racer said:
The clip is on Hockeyeastonline.com for those that want to watch it for themselves.

I didn't think he was near the post at all. And I don't see why any person would be reaching for the post to protect himself. So I didn't see what you saw there.

What I did see was a WWE-like diving forearm/elbow that would make Lex Luger proud. While I agree the behind the goal angle makes it appear that it was only a graze, the intent was there and that's where the suspension comes from.

Regardless of protective gear or how solid he connected with the head, I saw intent and the goalie left the game with a concussion. I think we lucked out that he only got 1 game suspension.



And to beat a dead horse here. This is not the first time a player under Madigan was suspended or got a penalty with intent to injure in mind.... Just saying.
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It looked to me as though he tried to reach over the goalies head and grabbed the post about halfway up, then pushed away so that his body would go past the net. Do not confuse Torin with Ferriero.

Beanstalk - Please post those lines, or a link, for those of us who are twit-illiterate. Thanks
 
HHound said:
It looked to me as though he tried to reach over the goalies head and grabbed the post about halfway up, then pushed away so that his body would go past the net. Do not confuse Torin with Ferriero.

Beanstalk - Please post those lines, or a link, for those of us who are twit-illiterate. Thanks
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Roy/Hedges/McMurtry
Sukura/Szmatula/Reid
NStevens/JStevens/Rosenthal
Jameison/Pond/Collier

Darou/Benning
Lauwers/Cockerill
Fennell/Sauce
 
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Obviously, we are not going to be in contention for much this season. However, this was a good gutsy win at home before a small crowd due to the Thanksgiving break. I only watched the stream myself and ditched my tix. It's 2 points and I will take it. If we continue to get the quality goal tending form Witt like he has been doing the last few games we could win perhaps 10 games and that would be a great success considering this abysmal start.

Don’t get me wrong, this squad is clearly one of the weaker DIV 1 teams in the nation and although moving Sauce to “O” and the PP may seem like a good idea right now, that said, the question you have to ask yourself is, "What is the real future of this team?"

Tonight, I saw that Vermont went out hanging 11 goals on UMASS at Amherst, and that score my fellow Husky friends must make us all aware of our real problem, aside form coaching, and that larger Albatross in the room is called, "quality goal scoring", take away our empty netters, and we are only scoring about 1.5 goals a game and that is a big issue. It's going to be the problem with this team for the entire season, call it a sophomore slump? perhaps, but even if the other 2 phases of the game were clicking and they aren’t, we would be in big trouble.

The team is poor on D and marginal through the neutral zone, so I really don’t expect much, but 5 points has us out of the basement and look at the bright side we could be Wisconsin fans, who at the time of this posting still had not won a game, and we all know they are expected to win in that program. So by comparison this could turn out to be a fairly regular 10 win NU type season after all. Which is sad because in that senario JM likly keeps his job and with him at the helm I think many of us agree this program continues to go nowhere fast.

I am going to see them play #4 Minnesota but really I expect it to be pretty ugly, but, who knows, we get them after they play BC and Clay might keep us in it! Happy Thanksgiving, and safe travels to you all!

I will add that if you told me on October 1st that we would have had just 2 wins by Turkey Day, I would have said you all were nuts. Roby is all set though because the basketball team is now 3 and 0 with its win over hapless Navy!
 
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HHound said:
It looked to me as though he tried to reach over the goalies head and grabbed the post about halfway up, then pushed away so that his body would go past the net. Do not confuse Torin with Ferriero.

Beanstalk - Please post those lines, or a link, for those of us who are twit-illiterate. Thanks
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Thought you wanted a look at the Snyderman hit,it's at the beginning of this low-light video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLJRPdTLk9E#t=26

As far as the our Huskies go,I will be honest here,but it seems there are many of us who would rather see this team lose the rest of it's games just so Madigan MIGHT be gone this year.

I would like to have some wins and this was a start,something to build on.I am very happy for the players that really put in 100% effort everynight they have deserved a win and they,and perhaps we, know who they are.So great job Huskies,NU Pep Band and GoNUxstream thank you.those of you who work hard at this,you deserved it and I thank you as a regular fan
 
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In other news not cool UVM hung 11 on mass. I'd be ****ed if NU did that to somebody. Talk about kicking somebody when they are down.
 
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I thought the two keys to this victory were face-off wins and staying out of the penalty box. We won 49 of 72 face-offs, which is 68%. Our average before this game was a straight 50%. We had one penalty all game. The key to winning games with a mediocre defense is to keep the puck away from the other team and to keep the other team's PP unit off the ice. However, I thought that Merrimack would be a better team than they were. I think their excellent record to date is a lot like ours was last year. They opened with two wins against Holy Cross and also played some other low level teams. They have a good win against Providence and a decent one against Notre Dame, but when the entire season shakes out, I don't think they will be over .500. Nice win, in any event, but I, too, think that wins can hurt us in the long run, as the Madigan tenure will continue for as long as he can squeeze out 9 or 10 wins a season.
 
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