Official 2009-2010 Miami Season Thread

[redeagle]

Re: Official 2009-2010 Miami Season Thread

Great job this weekend and what a 10 game stretch to start. I don't think anyone had eight wins or one loss when we discussed the first ten games on here five or six weeks ago. UNH and SCSU so far are not as good as expected, but MSU is better, so the 8-1-1 is a heckuva start. But, it's still early (that's for rhm).

What I like so far is the variety of ways to win Miami has demonstrated. Friday the fourth line gets a huge goal with an assist from a guy who had not played in two years. Saturday, freshmen get three in Yost. Reichard has played very well. MU has gutted it out in games (see NMU), come back in games, and cruised in a few games. Scoring has come from everywhere, seniors, freshmen, forwards, D, and all the lines. The D have seven goals (last year at this time I was whining that the D had no goals). The team D, for most of the time, is what we hope for/expect. PP has been ok (not great statistically). PK ok, but not like last year. I guess what is interesting is that this has happened without guys like Camper, Cannone, and Wingels carrying a disproportionate part of the load, although Miele, in the games I have seen, has been very good.

The question marks so far are can Camper and Cannone get going the way we know they can, and, of course, Knapp.

It's still early, but a good start, that's for sure. Some good tests coming up, so let's not get ahead of ourselves.

 

[redhawk95]

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Great points Redeagle. The balanced scoring attack is tremendous. Cannone looked great last night so I'm not as worried about him as I am Camper but there is still room for improvement.

I just posted a recap for your consideration at my blog, but what I didn't say there, I'll say here. Michigan = Michigoon when they are trailing. They just can't stand it and Red allows them to skate around like idiots - he always has. It was more of the same last night. They had very little of anything for us all weekend, were fortunate not to be shut out and didn't even register a shot on goal until more than 10 minutes into the game. Yes, a deflection got them on the board, but that is the ONLY thing we allowed all night. This was the team I've been waiting to see this year. It very much reminded me of last year's tournament run. Absolute domination in every facet of the game. If this kind of effort is put worth every weekend, it should be a good season. As it is, we are off to a great start and have faced a difficult schedule. But, there is much more to come - we need to avoid getting ahead of ourselves and watch for the Rico swoon. Not only that, but Ferris is waiting for us next weekend, and say what you will about them, they are exceedingly tough on us so there are no points to be taken for granted.

Sat just two rows off the ice behind the goal (our attack zone for two periods) and had a great view of the action. Sitting lower to the ice made Yost much more bearable - up in the rafters last year made for a dark, smelly, dirty experience with a crappy view. And, it was hot, very hot, in the building. I swear I think it could be a firetrap. Plus, the outcome certainly helped things too. It was pretty miserable up there last season.

If Michigan expects to compete, they need much better goaltending from Bryan Hogan. He was not good all weekend. On the other hand Cody just seems to get better and better. When he was tested last night, he was outstanding, but I want to give credit to the D-corps. What a great game; what a great weekend. Schilling and Weber really stood out to me but I also saw Spinnell make a couple of big plays right in front of Cody, sweeping away a rebound or stopping a pass or two. I thought he was solid. Hartman wasn't as noticeable as the other guys, but he is rarely out of position and the only reason maybe I didn't notice him as much is that he's a stay at home guy. Schilling and Weber really carry the puck well and make nice passes out of the zone. Both of them have nice speed, compete for pucks and continue to improve.

No Steffes or Tomassoni this weekend. In talking with some folks before the game, it didn't sound as if their absences were due to illness...I'll leave it at that.

Check out the PC recap at http://jacketsrequired.blogspot.com

Hope you enjoy it. Go RedHawks!

 

[KC8NIY]

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I just posted a recap for your consideration at my blog, but what I didn't say there, I'll say here. Michigan = Michigoon when they are trailing. They just can't stand it and Red allows them to skate around like idiots - he always has. It was more of the same last night.

I've given my thoughts in the game thread, so I won't rehash here. An acknowledgment and correction for you: Michigan absolutely lost their composure in the third period, and took some stupid penalties. Credit to Miami for completely getting them off whatever game they did have. However, to say that Red allowed them to skate around like idiots, and always has, is sour apples in my opinion. No, he didn't sit anyone out after the tempers flared, but you can't really play with half a team. Red was absolutely ****ed at his team after the game, and was 'embarrassed' by what he saw. Everyone I've talked to absolutely concurs with his sentiment.

 

[redhawkman10]

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Great points Redeagle. The balanced scoring attack is tremendous. Cannone looked great last night so I'm not as worried about him as I am Camper but there is still room for improvement.

I just posted a recap for your consideration at my blog, but what I didn't say there, I'll say here. Michigan = Michigoon when they are trailing. They just can't stand it and Red allows them to skate around like idiots - he always has. It was more of the same last night. They had very little of anything for us all weekend, were fortunate not to be shut out and didn't even register a shot on goal until more than 10 minutes into the game. Yes, a deflection got them on the board, but that is the ONLY thing we allowed all night. This was the team I've been waiting to see this year. It very much reminded me of last year's tournament run. Absolute domination in every facet of the game. If this kind of effort is put worth every weekend, it should be a good season. As it is, we are off to a great start and have faced a difficult schedule. But, there is much more to come - we need to avoid getting ahead of ourselves and watch for the Rico swoon. Not only that, but Ferris is waiting for us next weekend, and say what you will about them, they are exceedingly tough on us so there are no points to be taken for granted.

Sat just two rows off the ice behind the goal (our attack zone for two periods) and had a great view of the action. Sitting lower to the ice made Yost much more bearable - up in the rafters last year made for a dark, smelly, dirty experience with a crappy view. And, it was hot, very hot, in the building. I swear I think it could be a firetrap. Plus, the outcome certainly helped things too. It was pretty miserable up there last season.

If Michigan expects to compete, they need much better goaltending from Bryan Hogan. He was not good all weekend. On the other hand Cody just seems to get better and better. When he was tested last night, he was outstanding, but I want to give credit to the D-corps. What a great game; what a great weekend. Schilling and Weber really stood out to me but I also saw Spinnell make a couple of big plays right in front of Cody, sweeping away a rebound or stopping a pass or two. I thought he was solid. Hartman wasn't as noticeable as the other guys, but he is rarely out of position and the only reason maybe I didn't notice him as much is that he's a stay at home guy. Schilling and Weber really carry the puck well and make nice passes out of the zone. Both of them have nice speed, compete for pucks and continue to improve.

No Steffes or Tomassoni this weekend. In talking with some folks before the game, it didn't sound as if their absences were due to illness...I'll leave it at that.

Check out the PC recap at http://jacketsrequired.blogspot.com

Hope you enjoy it. Go RedHawks!

glad to see you had fun and made it out ok!

Im with you on canonne he had a nice night last night and hopefully it is a sign of him putting things together.

I also don't think this is the last we have heard of Connor Knapp. I think he does get another shot down the road but for now I think its logical to stick with Cody.

Also you make good points about not going into a swoon, especially with Ferris. Ferris is solid this year, and no matter how good or bad they are they ALWAYS play Miami tough. Case in point the last two seasons. But I think this team has a completely different attitude this season and looks focused. I hope that is accurate and we continue to see it on the ice.

Side note, Yale get that 1st place vote again this week??? lol

 

[redhawk95]

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KC - perhaps I was too harsh on Red, because he's clearly taken some responsibility, but he needs to act behind the bench when he sees what is happening and sit guys, call timeout, whatever.

http://bit.ly/3LhXs6

That said, I don't think it's sour apples at all when you consider what I saw.

- 51 PIM in the 3rd period
- Camper hit from behind and injured
- Hirschfeld hit from behind, not called
- Your captain, Chris Summers (6'3", 202) "man's up" on Dane Hetland (5'10, 190) in the corner with stick work. When that didn't work, he took a run at him after losing/breaking his stick on him in the corner. Hetland never plays...he's like the kid you think you can beat up on the playground or something
- Hogan "waffle boards" Miele in the head then turns tail and runs away
- Chris Brown with deliberate head shot to Cam Schilling

So, call it what you will, but I thought it deserved a mention. It was pretty much a joke after awhile.

 

[redhawk95]

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Video highlights from Friday and Saturday via Comcast (audio posted poorly for some reason) are up at Miami All-Access.

Friday - http://bit.ly/1JpRGQ

Saturday - http://bit.ly/1IMs0F

Palmer's wrister on Friday, Miele's backhander on Saturday and Reilly Smith's backhander Saturday are very nice goals.

 

[RedhawkBandMan]

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After a relatively decent weekend of hockey , we secure 49 first place votes and NoDak steals the 50th.

 

[mcfarljd]

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Palmer and Reich get CCHA honors this week

http://www.ccha.com/ccha_players_of_the_week_for_nov._9.aspx

Offensive
Jarod Palmer, Miami
Sr., F (Fridley, MN)
Palmer had two goals and an assist, including a game-winning goal on Friday and an assist on the game-winner on Saturday, in Miami's road sweep of No. 4 Michigan.


Goaltender
Cody Reichard, Miami
So., (Celina, OH)
Reichard made 47 saves on 49 shots, allowing only one goal in each game of Miami's victories over No. 4 Michigan at Yost Ice Arena. Reichard also stopped his second penalty shot in three weeks.

 

[mcfarljd]

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Was out of town this weekend, so didn't get to watch or listen (thanks NHL Network for randomly dropping the game after I set the DVR). Glad to hear that we finally put a 60 minute effort in on Saturday, and embarassed them on their own rink. Of course the same team that allowed the goonery from Jack Johnson would resort to trying to injure more players just because they were losing. Watched the highlights, that place was fairly loud when we scored, sounds like there was a decent amount of Miami support at the Yost.

8-1-1 in the first 10? Nobody thought we'd be there. Keep it up boys, I'd assume we see Knapp in this weekend as long as we stop hanging him out to dry. Gotta keep him fresh and Ferris at home is a good opportunity to do so. They've had our number the past 2 seasons but I don't see any of that happening this year. The 7-3-0 record the Bulldogs boast is very inflated (Canisius, UConn, BG, UAF, Robert Morris). Those teams have a record of 14-26-2, and thats only that good because of a certain school that has yet to play outside of Alaska this season.

 

[Redskins4evr]

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My 2 favorite teams.....Miami and whoever beats Michigan...wait!!!!! They are one and the same this week!

Go Skins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[redhawk95]

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Was out of town this weekend, so didn't get to watch or listen (thanks NHL Network for randomly dropping the game after I set the DVR). Glad to hear that we finally put a 60 minute effort in on Saturday, and embarassed them on their own rink. Of course the same team that allowed the goonery from Jack Johnson would resort to trying to injure more players just because they were losing. Watched the highlights, that place was fairly loud when we scored, sounds like there was a decent amount of Miami support at the Yost.

8-1-1 in the first 10? Nobody thought we'd be there. Keep it up boys, I'd assume we see Knapp in this weekend as long as we stop hanging him out to dry. Gotta keep him fresh and Ferris at home is a good opportunity to do so. They've had our number the past 2 seasons but I don't see any of that happening this year. The 7-3-0 record the Bulldogs boast is very inflated (Canisius, UConn, BG, UAF, Robert Morris). Those teams have a record of 14-26-2, and thats only that good because of a certain school that has yet to play outside of Alaska this season.

Great post. Agreed on all.

 

[redhawkman10]

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Was out of town this weekend, so didn't get to watch or listen (thanks NHL Network for randomly dropping the game after I set the DVR). Glad to hear that we finally put a 60 minute effort in on Saturday, and embarassed them on their own rink. Of course the same team that allowed the goonery from Jack Johnson would resort to trying to injure more players just because they were losing. Watched the highlights, that place was fairly loud when we scored, sounds like there was a decent amount of Miami support at the Yost.

8-1-1 in the first 10? Nobody thought we'd be there. Keep it up boys, I'd assume we see Knapp in this weekend as long as we stop hanging him out to dry. Gotta keep him fresh and Ferris at home is a good opportunity to do so. They've had our number the past 2 seasons but I don't see any of that happening this year. The 7-3-0 record the Bulldogs boast is very inflated (Canisius, UConn, BG, UAF, Robert Morris). Those teams have a record of 14-26-2, and thats only that good because of a certain school that has yet to play outside of Alaska this season.

Regardless on who they have played Ferris will be a test this weekend. As Bill Parcel would say you are what your record is and 7-3 is solid. I think we see Knapp as well, Coach did say that Connor would get another opportunity when the time was right. This weekend will be more of a mental test for Miami, they do have superior talent but can they focus enough to take care of business. After the tough 10 game stretch we will truly see what this team is made of, IMO, with this weekend series the first one in which they should sweep both games.

 

[redeagle]

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According to the Western Blog, USA wins the World Junior A Challenge against Belarus, Sweden, Russia, Canada West, Canada East. Two Americans on the all tourney team and Shane Berschbach is one of them. Mac Bennett (headed to Michigan) is the other Yank on the all tourney team. American entry is made up of USHL All Stars. Congrats to Shane on the gold medal and all tourney honors.

 

[redhawkman10]

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According to the Western Blog, USA wins the World Junior A Challenge against Belarus, Sweden, Russia, Canada West, Canada East. Two Americans on the all tourney team and Shane Berschbach is one of them. Mac Bennett (headed to Michigan) is the other Yank on the all tourney team. American entry is made up of USHL All Stars. Congrats to Shane on the gold medal and all tourney honors.

Nice find, and great to hear.

Boy I hope he comes in and lives up to what he has done in juniors, because I have a feeling from watching the little I have of him that he can be a special player.

 

[redhawk95]

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Nice find, and great to hear.

Boy I hope he comes in and lives up to what he has done in juniors, because I have a feeling from watching the little I have of him that he can be a special player.

And, we will need him with the upcoming departures of Camper, Wingels, Cannone, Steffes and Palmer over the next season and a half.

 

[redhawkman10]

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And, we will need him with the upcoming departures of Camper, Wingels, Cannone, Steffes and Palmer over the next season and a half.

Very true, but I think looking at things over the next couple seasons there will be guys here to step in and produce like those guys have. With McKenzie and R. Smith playing well as freshmen and the addition of Berschbach and Widemen next season and Mullin and Gacek the year after that I think the future is still bright with talented forwards to step in and produce. Even with it being tough to see those talented players go, I am hoping that the next guy in line approach will be a trend for years to come.

 

[redeagle]

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Quick alumni update: Andy Greene logged almost 28 minutes for the Devils over the weekend and had a 29 minute game a while back--his minutes sure have increased. Dan Boyle has 16 points in 18 games for the Sharks--that's a lot for a d man.

 

[redhawk95]

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Quick alumni update: Andy Greene logged almost 28 minutes for the Devils over the weekend and had a 29 minute game a while back--his minutes sure have increased. Dan Boyle has 16 points in 18 games for the Sharks--that's a lot for a d man.

Lemaire has been incredibly complimentary of Greene's play when Oduya and Martin went down.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=505230

 

[redhawkman10]

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Quick alumni update: Andy Greene logged almost 28 minutes for the Devils over the weekend and had a 29 minute game a while back--his minutes sure have increased. Dan Boyle has 16 points in 18 games for the Sharks--that's a lot for a d man.

Jonesy has been getting some decent PT at times this year as well. Also Derek Edwardson is tearing up the German league, for what its worth.

Alec Martinez is up with the big club too I believe, anyone see him play yet?

 

[redhawkman10]

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Ok so I was thinking about this and wanted to throw it out there to you guys and see what you think.


In regards to practice time and when you are allowed to first hold your practice, why in Hockey is it only a week-week and a half before your first game? When you look at other sports at the collegiate level they got much more time to prepare for the season. For instance Basketball is starting up ( which is why I started thinking about this ) and they will have atleast 3 weeks of practice before they play their first games. Football gets nearly a month, and baseball gets 2 weeks in the fall and atleast two after winter break. So why is hockey different? Why does hockey get such a short start up time to prepare?

Didn't get any response to this, not sure if no one cares or no one saw it but I thought I would give it a bump and see if I could get a response.