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Official 2009-2010 Miami Season Thread

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mcfarljd said:
Only one thing to say after that game.

We have to be thankful that Reich didn't get seriously injured, that goonery was ridiculous. Especially the late cheap shot from Kyle "USNDTP Reject" Palmieri
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Um... are you really a "reject" when you get dismissed from the USNDTP? I can understand if you know...you just couldn't cut it, but...

just saying...
 
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That was the absolute worst officiated game i have ever seen. I am calling out Miami's players for taking stupid penalties and not keeping their cool. But i'm also Notre Dame's players for diving into the goalie at least 4 times. That is unacceptable behavior. The officiating in this game was abysmal! I was away from my computer for Wingels checking from behind penalty so i can't speak to the validity. However, i cannot understand how the boarding on Tomassoni by I cant remember who was not a game misconduct. I can understand steffes getting a minor for standing up for his guy. but how, in the name of all that is holy, can you give a 10 minute major to Tomassoni?! are friggin kidding me?!?!

furthermore, when you run into a goalie, its bad but acceptable. Things happen. But you do it 4 times, and there needs to be disciplinary action taken. the officiating should have been enacted early in the game to squash the chippiness from the get go.
 
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Man, the way things are going on in gopher land you better bring your coach up to your 40-man roster to protect him! :D
 
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mcfarljd said:
Recruiting update, from least to most impressive.

Murphy, Cody (F)Tri City Storm(USHL)
if he isn't a producer wishes he was more of an enforcer...

16 games played. 2 goals. 15 PIM. -4.

Wideman, Alex (F) - Indiana/USHL
18 games. 3-1--4. -8. 8 PIM. 1 PPG. 1 PPA.

Cook, Max (F) - Indianapolis Ice (USHL)
2nd highest +/- of the Ice forwards.

16 games played. 5-8--13. +8. 8 PIM. 1 PPA. 1 SHG.

Berschbach, Shane (F) -Indiana/USHL
3rd on the Ice in points, 2nd in Goals, 1st in points per game.

14 games played. 6-8--14. -1. 2 PIM. 2 PPG. 6 PPA. 1 GWG.
5-3--8 in 5 games at the World Junior A Challenge

Mullin, Jimmy (RW) -- Shattuck St.Mary's
they've only played 2 games since the last update, so not much new...

22 games played. 14-12--26. 12 PIM.

So either in that last post I switched his goals/assists, or their excel was backwards.

Gacek, Alex (F) Monarchs (EJHL)
no shocker, still leads his team in goals, assists, and obviously points.

21 games played. 21-21--42. 6 PIM. 8 PPG. 9 PPA. 1 SHG. 3 GWG.

That puts him second in the league in points, 1st in goals, 1st in points/game.
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Personally I would like Wideman to stay in Juniors another year. He is young and IMO needs a little more seasoning. Now his brother didn't have a stellar junior season and came in and has been nothing but impressive but I think with the depth on offense we have he would be better suited with another year in indy.
 
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Probably the most complete game from Miami all season tonight. Knapp was never really tested and Miami dominated the game from the drop of the puck. Mike johnson was the only reason the game was 4-0 he played remarkable and this could of easily been a 10-0 game with all the chances Miami had tonight.

Also history was made tonight as this was the first time in school history Miami has had back to back shutouts in the same weekend and only the 4th time in school history they have had shut outs in back to back games.

Hopefully Miami can take this momentum into next weekend against Ohio st., those two will undoubtedly be hard fought and intense, just like every other game miami has played in the first half :rolleyes: .
 
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Fantastic weekend of puck for Miami. ND had momentum in the first 10 minutes of Friday's first period, after that Miami dominated the next 110 minutes. They are lucky that Johnson is an okay goalie because both those games could have gotten out of hand on the scoreboard. Most complete weekend the hawks have put together this year, feels great when you can take a team with the talent of the irish out to the woodshed and control every facet of the game, well, with the exception of running the keeper. ND is pretty good at that we'll hand it to them. MSU loses too so we get some breathing room at the top of the standings.
 
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Good assessment RHM, fantastic effort start to finish. Here's to seeing two more solid efforts next weekend and spending valuable study time before finals in the Goggin line. GPA is only a number anyway :)

To make things better, my friend is picking up my bar tab tonight because I said Vaive was due. Well done, Justin. A fine shot near side.
 
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jeez that was a dominant weekend for you guys. I understand the number 1 ranking. Right now I'm not sure why Notre Dame is ranked at all. Rank? Yeah. Ranked? Not so much. We have to figure out how to get it going. I'd much rather have your task, just figuring out how to KEEP it going. Congrats on a great weekend. If we see you again, I at least hope it is on March 20th or April 10th.
 
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Also agree with rhm. Nice job by Miami. Friday night was a war. I was worried Friday because I thought the ND forwards gave the Miami d more trouble than I had seen in a while. I guess either team could have gotten a bounce or two to change Friday (ND had a couple of solid posts and some other bounces that did not go their way, but so did MU).

Saturday, even though ND had some guys out, was a complete effort by Miami. It reminded me of the ND game a few years ago after ND beat MU Friday. Miami came out and took the game. The crazy thing about Saturday was that MU had about a dozen beautiful setups that either bounced or Johnson made the save. Johnson was really good and then a couple of high longer, maybe screened a little shots beat him after all those great saves from closer range. Strange sometimes, but I do think MU wore down ND on Saturday.

Hope the good play carries over to OSU. I always worry about the last week of the semester and going into exam week, but then again, I always worry.
 
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Cody Reichard on top of the goaltender stats with a .924 S% (4th) and a 1.4578 GAA.
 
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redeagle said:
Also agree with rhm. Nice job by Miami. Friday night was a war. I was worried Friday because I thought the ND forwards gave the Miami d more trouble than I had seen in a while. I guess either team could have gotten a bounce or two to change Friday (ND had a couple of solid posts and some other bounces that did not go their way, but so did MU).

Saturday, even though ND had some guys out, was a complete effort by Miami. It reminded me of the ND game a few years ago after ND beat MU Friday. Miami came out and took the game. The crazy thing about Saturday was that MU had about a dozen beautiful setups that either bounced or Johnson made the save. Johnson was really good and then a couple of high longer, maybe screened a little shots beat him after all those great saves from closer range. Strange sometimes, but I do think MU wore down ND on Saturday.

Hope the good play carries over to OSU. I always worry about the last week of the semester and going into exam week, but then again, I always worry.
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I think you hit the nail on the head, Mike Johnson saw a lot of rubber over the weekend and he only officially saw 36 shots he had to make more attempts because of what you mentioned about all the chances that just missed. So those shots in the third, IMO were great shots but also due to him being a little worn down. Regardless Johnson was the reason that ND was a bounce or two from leading in the third with his play.

Its exciting for me to see this team play as well as they did against North Dakota and then follow it up with two solid performances. It will be interesting to see how they play against OSU next weekend.

Also congrats to Michigan, with their win last night and Westerns Shoot out loss Michigan officials climbs out of the cellar of the CCHA :D .
 
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To add to the Tuba-Man's stats, I'll add my own favorite stat: Miami has allowed only 14 goals over 12 conference games. That is fantastic! When you go outside the conference it's a good deal higher 18 over 6 games. However, the overall 32 GA in 20 games (1.6 GGA) is not too shabby. The guys have only allowed more than 3 goals in two different games - both 5-5 ties.

The only thing that always bothers me is the 1 goal wins. They're wins and therefore prolly shouldn't bother me, but i'm just more comfortable with a 3 goal lead in the final 2 minutes. lol. The offense is doing fine as long as they keep the puck cycling the zone and moving their feet.

In truth, my only concern is that 10 minute span which has done us in in each of our losses and ties. It's a half a period in which the aggressive play leads to successive penalties and lengthy PK. Now, the PK is improving, but we can't consider it solved just because an offensively (pun intended) inept Notre Dame team could put in a PP ringer. I'm more apt to consider it in trouble vs. offensively gifted clubs (BSU and NoDak).
 
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MiamiRedhawks2008 said:
To add to the Tuba-Man's stats, I'll add my own favorite stat: Miami has allowed only 14 goals over 12 conference games. That is fantastic! When you go outside the conference it's a good deal higher 18 over 6 games. However, the overall 32 GA in 20 games (1.6 GGA) is not too shabby. The guys have only allowed more than 3 goals in two different games - both 5-5 ties.

The only thing that always bothers me is the 1 goal wins. They're wins and therefore prolly shouldn't bother me, but i'm just more comfortable with a 3 goal lead in the final 2 minutes. lol. The offense is doing fine as long as they keep the puck cycling the zone and moving their feet.

In truth, my only concern is that 10 minute span which has done us in in each of our losses and ties. It's a half a period in which the aggressive play leads to successive penalties and lengthy PK. Now, the PK is improving, but we can't consider it solved just because an offensively (pun intended) inept Notre Dame team could put in a PP ringer. I'm more apt to consider it in trouble vs. offensively gifted clubs (BSU and NoDak).
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A win is a win, doesn't matter if it's by 1 goal or by 5 goals. They don't ask how many goals you won by at the end of the year but how many wins you have.

I wouldn't hardly call Notre Dame offensively inept. They may be struggling, but this weekend a lot of it was due to what Miami was doing. and I don't care if you are struggling offensively or not anytime someone can force a team to go 0-15 on the power play in a weekend I would say the PK is improving.

I agree the let downs late in games is an issue but it has happened against some good clubs who forced a lot of the action in those games. Ferris is highly underrated and they played well enough to win those games in oxford. UNH is also a very good club, as is Bemidji. Those are the only games really where they had a let down and it cost them.

We have seen spurts this year of how dominant this team can be, but to be 11-2-5 and have only one regulation loss this season is pretty impressive. This team is still finding itself and has gotten some nice contribution fron their freshmen. This team is in a great position right now and will get better as the year goes on. They are grinding it out and finding ways to win, which hasn't been the case in past seasons. I think the standards are set so high for this team and the expectations are for this team to dominate every game and that is unrealistic. The season is a grind and it will have it's ups and downs, but for me I can see improvement from the opening weekend which is what you want to see. Especially since they are #1 in the nation and 11-2-5, for me there isn't much to complain about.
 
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Regardless of everything else about the ND series, those games were two of the most exciting that I've been lucky enough to attend. On Saturday, even after we went up 4-0, the team kept up the intensity right up to the buzzer. As has already been stated, it was great to see that full 60-minute effort.

For the upcoming home-and-home with OSU, we have a Miami section established for the Friday game at the Schott and a Columbus Game Watch planned for Saturday's game in Oxford.

I assume everyone here is already set for Friday, but in case anyone still needs tickets, you can order for $6 through the Alumni Association here. We are well over 200 sold in our section already. A pregame Miami reception is planned for 5pm at Varsity Club on Lane Ave.

If you'll be in or near Columbus on Saturday, we have a private room for a game watch at King Avenue Five. Details and RSVP are on a Facebook event page here.

Love & Honor!
 
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redhawkman10 said:
A win is a win, doesn't matter if it's by 1 goal or by 5 goals. They don't ask how many goals you won by at the end of the year but how many wins you have.

I wouldn't hardly call Notre Dame offensively inept. They may be struggling, but this weekend a lot of it was due to what Miami was doing. and I don't care if you are struggling offensively or not anytime someone can force a team to go 0-15 on the power play in a weekend I would say the PK is improving.

I agree the let downs late in games is an issue but it has happened against some good clubs who forced a lot of the action in those games. Ferris is highly underrated and they played well enough to win those games in oxford. UNH is also a very good club, as is Bemidji. Those are the only games really where they had a let down and it cost them.

We have seen spurts this year of how dominant this team can be, but to be 11-2-5 and have only one regulation loss this season is pretty impressive. This team is still finding itself and has gotten some nice contribution fron their freshmen. This team is in a great position right now and will get better as the year goes on. They are grinding it out and finding ways to win, which hasn't been the case in past seasons. I think the standards are set so high for this team and the expectations are for this team to dominate every game and that is unrealistic. The season is a grind and it will have it's ups and downs, but for me I can see improvement from the opening weekend which is what you want to see. Especially since they are #1 in the nation and 11-2-5, for me there isn't much to complain about.
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I agree with most of your points RHM - I'm simply looking for ways that this team can improve (and as well as they've played, I have to nit-pick a bit). But I have to disagree with you on Notre Dame's scoring savy; Notre Dame has historically (and successfully) focused on defense first and offense second. This is how most good programs do it as well, but ND is averaging 2.0 GGA in conference play (2.11 overall). I don't care how good you are defensively, only scoring 2/game is not giving you much room for error.

With regard to the good teams giving late spurts against the hawks, don't forget MSU. and you your absolutely correct, Miami has not lost/tied a bad team yet (unless you consider Western which played the best game it will play all season). I am trying to gauge our performances against clubs that we will see in the spring. We've played very well for the most part - just can't have that half-period swoon or it could bite us.

One of the best strengths i've been seeing so far is the ability to dictate pace. I can only remember Ferris being able to dictate the pace to Miami for extended periods of time. Other than that, Miami has controlled play for a great deal of the time. Even with the loss to BSU, Miami really controlled the game after the first 15 minutes or so.
 
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MiamiRedhawks2008 said:
I agree with most of your points RHM - I'm simply looking for ways that this team can improve (and as well as they've played, I have to nit-pick a bit). But I have to disagree with you on Notre Dame's scoring savy; Notre Dame has historically (and successfully) focused on defense first and offense second. This is how most good programs do it as well, but ND is averaging 2.0 GGA in conference play (2.11 overall). I don't care how good you are defensively, only scoring 2/game is not giving you much room for error.

With regard to the good teams giving late spurts against the hawks, don't forget MSU. and you your absolutely correct, Miami has not lost/tied a bad team yet (unless you consider Western which played the best game it will play all season). I am trying to gauge our performances against clubs that we will see in the spring. We've played very well for the most part - just can't have that half-period swoon or it could bite us.

One of the best strengths i've been seeing so far is the ability to dictate pace. I can only remember Ferris being able to dictate the pace to Miami for extended periods of time. Other than that, Miami has controlled play for a great deal of the time. Even with the loss to BSU, Miami really controlled the game after the first 15 minutes or so.
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Well I don't think I said they had a "scoring savy". I understand what your saying though, but ND has a lot of offensive talent. That is where I was going with it, they may not be putting up huge offensive numbers but they do have talent. But regardless of how many goals you are averaging if you hold a team to 0-15 on the power play that is an accomplishment. Case in point miami is only averaging 2.9 goals a game, but I would consider this team to have a lot of offensive talent and they aren't putting up numbers that aren't much better than ND.

I guess this is a good problem when things are going well enough that you have to knit pick little things to fix. But for me I notice the improvement, especially on the special teams the last two weekends. Just hope the focus stays in the right direction and they continue to improve.
 
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I was thinking the same thing, that "man, I really miss the times when we could rout a team and have a comfortable win", but honestly I think it also has to do with us having a target on our back. #1 all season and at the top of the CCHA as well, we are getting every teams best each weekend trying to knock us off and build some momentum for themselves.

And speaking of that MSU overtime loss, that most likely would have been a tie if 3 players wouldn't have tried to poke check and actually laid the body, but can't complain, 11-2-5 with the #4 schedule so far isn't anything to complain about.
 
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