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Northeastern Huskies 2017-18: Every Dog Has its Day

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Split-N said:
If it is Konya, what is being said about him is encouraging but the real question for people on this forum is where does he stand in terms of supporting and encouraging hockey? At least he comes from a strong hockey area (Detroit) and IIRC there was a thread on here back in the summer about Oakland University looking into the feasibility of starting D1 men's and women's programs.
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...he is a Princeton grad.. (and Mich raised)... should be good for hockey & for NU Athletics overall. Sounds like a good hire.
 
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Per NU Athletics, 2nd Maine gm (Saturday), gm time start now 5pm to better accommodate Pats-Titans playoff gm later that evening.
 
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Caught just my second Prep game of the season today. Belmont Hill @ Thayer. 4-4 Tie. NU commit Aiden McDonough had 2G, 1A. McDonough looked good all game long. One goal was a roofed backhander from in tight
after a deke on the goalie. The second was a pinpoint wrister from about 30 feet out, just inside the far post, as the goalie was moving across to confront him. Also looking very good for Thayer was Jay O'Brien (2G 2A, PC commit). Two freshmen to watch: F Sasha Teleguine and D Nolan Hayes. Belmont Hill has no D1 commits currently, but they hung with Thayer all game. Goalie Connor Hopkins (Jr) was more than capable. Sophomore D Michael Brown has good size already (6'2, 205) and can play, too.
 
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No Sikura, Davies or any college players named to Team Canada. Hopefully they (and Gaud) play with a little extra chip on their shoulders the rest of the way.
 
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HHound said:
It's a safe bet that we'll be represented there. IIRC Jason Smith lives in Assonet, which is not far from Providence.

Maine is physically big and can score. Their special teams may be their Achilles heels. They lead the league in PIM per game, which is almost 3 minor penalties more than NU - which seems to be hot on the heels of UML in the race for the league's Lady Byng award. Maine is dead last in killing those penalties at ~ 73%. It would appear that Maine are much easier to score on when shorthanded. Their PP is mediocre (average) as is our PK.
This is the second "hot" team we've played in January. Unless Maine is going to pull an NU 2016-like revival, we should be able to handle them. We need to play and beat better teams if we are to be prepared for the playoffs in March.
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Maine's PK stats are a little misleading. They had a few bad games early on and it has skewed the stats. I would rate them as average, somewhere between 80 and 85 percent.
 
Thiessen'sBetter said:
No Sikura, Davies or any college players named to Team Canada. Hopefully they (and Gaud) play with a little extra chip on their shoulders the rest of the way.
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Us and BC escape Olympic season unscathed. BU loses Greenway. Harvard loses Donato. Winner of the BC/NU game has to be the favorite, no?
 
Thiessen'sBetter said:
No Sikura, Davies or any college players named to Team Canada. Hopefully they (and Gaud) play with a little extra chip on their shoulders the rest of the way.
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would have loved them to go... (but selfishly), am happy for our Huskies squad regardless and less disruptions hopefully lead to good things down the stretch. Go NU
 
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PPGuru said:
Caught just my second Prep game of the season today. Belmont Hill @ Thayer. 4-4 Tie. NU commit Aiden McDonough had 2G, 1A. McDonough looked good all game long. One goal was a roofed backhander from in tight
after a deke on the goalie. The second was a pinpoint wrister from about 30 feet out, just inside the far post, as the goalie was moving across to confront him. Also looking very good for Thayer was Jay O'Brien (2G 2A, PC commit). Two freshmen to watch: F Sasha Teleguine and D Nolan Hayes. Belmont Hill has no D1 commits currently, but they hung with Thayer all game. Goalie Connor Hopkins (Jr) was more than capable. Sophomore D Michael Brown has good size already (6'2, 205) and can play, too.
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It's good to hear that Aidan had a productive day. He seems to be ranked as a step behind his linemate, O'Brien. Jimmy knows him well as they both live in Milton. I expect that he'll adjust to Juniors and D! faster than Armstrong, who was productive at AOF when he had Harper to assist him. Thayer has been kind of disappointing this year. DK if they are a one line team or have a porous D.
I saw the USHL game earlier this week. I came away with the feeling that, after an adjustment period, Tyler Madden will play more of a Sikura style game rather than a Gaudette type. I'd have been thrilled with either. I'm glad he has signed his LOI!
 
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HHound said:
It's good to hear that Aidan had a productive day. He seems to be ranked as a step behind his linemate, O'Brien. Jimmy knows him well as they both live in Milton. I expect that he'll adjust to Juniors and D! faster than Armstrong, who was productive at AOF when he had Harper to assist him. Thayer has been kind of disappointing this year. DK if they are a one line team or have a porous D.
I saw the USHL game earlier this week. I came away with the feeling that, after an adjustment period, Tyler Madden will play more of a Sikura style game rather than a Gaudette type. I'd have been thrilled with either. I'm glad he has signed his LOI!
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It was clear yesterday that O'Brien is a superior skater than McDonough. Also clear was the improvement in Aiden's game. A step faster, some good work controlling the puck in tight spaces, and worked hard on both sides of the game. Thayer's record is a bit down but off my viewing yesterday, they have 3 solid lines and 6 or 7 defenseman, too. Their goalie is well regarded but is young. It appears that he just needs time.
 
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Maine has always had a tough time playing at Matthews. 1 win will be difficult.....2 next to impossible.
 
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NU needs to play strong every night. No let ups. Our schedule isn't exactly great the rest of the way.. To maintain our RPI where it is, we'd need to go something like 8-3-3 the rest of the way in the regular season, everything else remaining the same.

Big series. It's at home, let's make it tough for Maine to play.
 
njdevscup30 said:
NU needs to play strong every night. No let ups. Our schedule isn't exactly great the rest of the way.. To maintain our RPI where it is, we'd need to go something like 8-3-3 the rest of the way in the regular season, everything else remaining the same.

Big series. It's at home, let's make it tough for Maine to play.
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Merrimack fan here. Please sweep Maine. No way MC will catch NU, but Maine remains in sight.
 
Drew S. said:
One thing I've noticed for a few years now is that most of Maine's goals come on the counter. It's rare to see them have the puck in the zone for very long and score unless it is on the PP. For someone who likely hasn't watched Maine very much this year it was a decent preview.
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Thanks! I fully understand numbers don't always tell the whole story but for an audience that doesn't watch opponents on a regular basis I find it gives a good sense of what to expect.
 
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College Hockey Ranked has a cool feature that lets you project out the likelihood of being at various pairwise positions based on your results. It looks like we need 3 points this weekend to stay in the top 13. We've been skating by lately (tie at MC, narrow win against AIC, 3 points against Bentley) so it's time to make some moves.
 
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I'll say it again... Swayman's not easy to score on. Unless you make him move... (which means moving the puck)... he doesn't give you a whole lot.
Make him move & you've got your chance.

Here's hoping NU plays it smart. This ain't no Bentley or AIC match up (with due respect to those teams).
 
northeastern said:
I'll say it again... Swayman's not easy to score on. Unless you make him move... (which means moving the puck)... he doesn't give you a whole lot.
Make him move & you've got your chance.

Here's hoping NU plays it smart. This ain't no Bentley or AIC match up (with due respect to those teams).
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I think a split would make both teams reasonably happy. It should be a fun series between two decent teams.

Random thought, the Pats run started on a Saturday night when Maine and Northeastern were playing. Could it end the same way?
 
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