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Official Oswego State 2014-2015 Thread...LETS FINISH THE JOB!!!!!

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toto238 said:
Yeah Buff State's goalie was phenomenal. He was a man possessed and the puck just seemed to find him. His performance gave his team a legitimate chance at winning up until the very end. Kevin who? Who Carr?
This kid has the potential to give headaches to much better teams for the next few years.

Oswego's defense looked professional. Stifling, to say the least. But how much of that was them being able to outmuscle and outmaneuver a less-skilled and slower team? And how much of that will translate into a game against Platty? Having Gertsakis back I have to believe made a difference. If we had him last weekend against Platty, I like to think next Saturday's game would be on home ice.

I believe we are on a 6-game unbeaten streak against Platty right now, but here's the great irony: the 3 away games we won. The 3 home games we have a record of 1-0-2. We haven't beaten Plattsburgh in our house since 2013. But they haven't beaten us at all since 2013.

In all likelihood (there's never a guarantee is there?) this Saturday's game will have no impact on whether Oswego gets a spot in the NCAA. But, it is sure to have a big impact on whether we get a first round bye and/or home ice.

I'd really like to hit 20 wins to keep that streak alive. The 4 ties we've had this year is actually pretty strange. The Lakers have only seen that happen one other time in program history. Just to get the same 22 wins we had last season, we would have to win the SUNYAC and NCAA championship. Or lose the SUNYAC, play a first round, and win the NCAA. So getting to 20 seems a bit more reasonable.

At least we know there won't be any more ties.
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Well, you got that last one right and that's about all . First, Gersakis back and you would of won last week. Not sure about that one. Secondly, Glad to hear you say "Saturday's game will likely have no impact on your ranking/ tourney participation." Lastly, statistics/ predictions again! Wow! You didn't do so well on your last lengthly set. Good to hear from you again. I enjoy the discussion.
 
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toto238 said:
Yeah Buff State's goalie was phenomenal. He was a man possessed and the puck just seemed to find him. His performance gave his team a legitimate chance at winning up until the very end. Kevin who? Who Carr?
This kid has the potential to give headaches to much better teams for the next few years.

Oswego's defense looked professional. Stifling, to say the least. But how much of that was them being able to outmuscle and outmaneuver a less-skilled and slower team? And how much of that will translate into a game against Platty? Having Gertsakis back I have to believe made a difference. If we had him last weekend against Platty, I like to think next Saturday's game would be on home ice.

I believe we are on a 6-game unbeaten streak against Platty right now, but here's the great irony: the 3 away games we won. The 3 home games we have a record of 1-0-2. We haven't beaten Plattsburgh in our house since 2013. But they haven't beaten us at all since 2013.

In all likelihood (there's never a guarantee is there?) this Saturday's game will have no impact on whether Oswego gets a spot in the NCAA. But, it is sure to have a big impact on whether we get a first round bye and/or home ice.

I'd really like to hit 20 wins to keep that streak alive. The 4 ties we've had this year is actually pretty strange. The Lakers have only seen that happen one other time in program history. Just to get the same 22 wins we had last season, we would have to win the SUNYAC and NCAA championship. Or lose the SUNYAC, play a first round, and win the NCAA. So getting to 20 seems a bit more reasonable.

At least we know there won't be any more ties.
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No ties
 
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Birds said:
Well, you got that last one right and that's about all . First, Gersakis back and you would of won last week. Not sure about that one. Secondly, Glad to hear you say "Saturday's game will likely have no impact on your ranking/ tourney participation." Lastly, statistics/ predictions again! Wow! You didn't do so well on your last lengthly set. Good to hear from you again. I enjoy the discussion.
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All Oswego needed was a tie against Potsdam to be the #1 seed. I think with Gertsakis back, we could've managed at least a tie against Potsdam. And we'd have a slightly better chance at a win that Friday night. But we'll never know.

Please tell me which of my predictions were incorrect. I don't remember making any predictions at all. I merely stated what would happen in many different scenarios and explained the likelihood of those scenarios. The scenario of Oswego losing to Potsdam was of low likelihood. The two teams could play each other 100 times and Oswego would win 90 times. That just happened to be one of the 10% of the time that Potsdam would win. It was a very unlikely event to occur, and yet occur it did.

I'm not in the business of trying to tell the future. I'm simply stating probabilities so people understand the context in which these games are played. It can help explain many things. For instance, why in the last Plattsburgh game Oswego was perfectly happy to skate to a tie instead of taking unnecessary risks near the end of the game. That gamble ended up not paying off, unfortunately, but it was still the correct bet.

Merely stating facts here. Based off of everyone's records right now, the most likely scenario is that Oswego will still get into the NCAA tournament even if they lose the SUNYAC championship. This game of course will be absolutely essential in determining Oswego's seeding in the NCAA tournament, which will determine a first round bye and/or whether we have a home game. Plattsburgh is most likely playing to keep their season alive. In most scenarios, if Oswego wins on Saturday, Plattsburgh's season would be over.

What will actually happen on Saturday? Two very good teams are going to play each other and it's going to be exciting as all get out. I predict that I'm going to be nervous until the final buzzer sounds. That's about all I can predict.
 
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toto238 said:
Merely stating facts here. Based off of everyone's records right now, the most likely scenario is that Oswego will still get into the NCAA tournament even if they lose the SUNYAC championship. This game of course will be absolutely essential in determining Oswego's seeding in the NCAA tournament, which will determine a first round bye and/or whether we have a home game. Plattsburgh is most likely playing to keep their season alive. In most scenarios, if Oswego wins on Saturday, Plattsburgh's season would be over.
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Based on what I have looked at there are a number of teams that could make it in over Oswego (Trinity for example) if they do not win Saturday. There is only 4 bids and with Oswego ranked 17th in SOS there is a bigger possibility they don't receive a bid especially if there are any more upsets (St. Norbert is a good possibility out west with them gaining more confidence in the new goalie.)
 
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dmac1103 said:
Based on what I have looked at there are a number of teams that could make it in over Oswego (Trinity for example) if they do not win Saturday. There is only 4 bids and with Oswego ranked 17th in SOS there is a bigger possibility they don't receive a bid especially if there are any more upsets (St. Norbert is a good possibility out west with them gaining more confidence in the new goalie.)
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There are only three bids available to Oswego and they are by no means a lock IMHO if they lost to Plattsburgh Saturday.

Adrian, Trinity, Amherst, Norwich, Hobart, Stevens Point would all be in the hunt with them for at large bids should they not win their league. (Hobart the exception and obviously Trinity already has lost).
 
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No such thing as " A lock " when the smokie room is running on all cylinders:eek:
 
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toto238 said:
All Oswego needed was a tie against Potsdam to be the #1 seed. I think with Gertsakis back, we could've managed at least a tie against Potsdam. And we'd have a slightly better chance at a win that Friday night. But we'll never know.

Please tell me which of my predictions were incorrect. I don't remember making any predictions at all. I merely stated what would happen in many different scenarios and explained the likelihood of those scenarios. The scenario of Oswego losing to Potsdam was of low likelihood. The two teams could play each other 100 times and Oswego would win 90 times. That just happened to be one of the 10% of the time that Potsdam would win. It was a very unlikely event to occur, and yet occur it did.

I'm not in the business of trying to tell the future. I'm simply stating probabilities so people understand the context in which these games are played. It can help explain many things. For instance, why in the last Plattsburgh game Oswego was perfectly happy to skate to a tie instead of taking unnecessary risks near the end of the game. That gamble ended up not paying off, unfortunately, but it was still the correct bet.

Merely stating facts here. Based off of everyone's records right now, the most likely scenario is that Oswego will still get into the NCAA tournament even if they lose the SUNYAC championship. This game of course will be absolutely essential in determining Oswego's seeding in the NCAA tournament, which will determine a first round bye and/or whether we have a home game. Plattsburgh is most likely playing to keep their season alive. In most scenarios, if Oswego wins on Saturday, Plattsburgh's season would be over.

What will actually happen on Saturday? Two very good teams are going to play each other and it's going to be exciting as all get out. I predict that I'm going to be nervous until the final buzzer sounds. That's about all I can predict.
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Well, thanks for the imput but I do know exactly where we stand and what we have to do. But thanks for pointing it out to those who don't. In reference to the last meeting in Oswego, we could say the same. We were without our starting goal tender and a valuable, senior defenseman. Overall, I thought, having seen the game in person, that we could have won it as some of the O. posters eluded to and not needed Potsdam's help. But, that is neither here nor there. So, we move on. As you said, it should be a good game between two very good teams and I would expect nothing less. The rivalry has always been exciting and stimulating and I have always enjoyed my many trips to Oswego. So, here we go again! Oh, I forgot, you still have a card up your sleeve and I guess we don't. Should be fun til it ends.
 
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The team looked to be at another level on Saturday- fired up, intensity, good defense, Z looked strong. My concern is goal production. 31 goals in 5 games from Jan 23-Feb. 7. 12 in the last 5 games.

I think we need at least 3 to beat Plattsburgh on Saturday. And more than that if they should advance to Minneapolis.
 
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We are on the same page...but I fear it will take more than four....if they were ever going to bounce back to the offense that got this all started, Saturday is a great time for blast off....
 
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ColdInRomney said:
The team looked to be at another level on Saturday- fired up, intensity, good defense, Z looked strong. My concern is goal production. 31 goals in 5 games from Jan 23-Feb. 7. 12 in the last 5 games.

I think we need at least 3 to beat Plattsburgh on Saturday. And more than that if they should advance to Minneapolis.
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yes production is down,it seems to come in waves with most teams as well,it is not a matter of if we will come out of this low point in goals but when,and will it be soon enough,also that is why I think we saw the lines get mixed up as well Sat night vs Buff,I imagine the coaches will be doing some tinkering in practice and we may see more line combos come sat night vs Platty....Montagna line excluded of course
 
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any word on Jackson, would love to see him flyin around the ice sat night....another thought is we had better keep an eye on Toomey,he gets most things going for sure,perhaps put York or Barton on his a--
 
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Looking at our current record without all the analysis.....we really need to win this ***** this weekend to advance IMO
 
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OZFEST said:
Platty gave up 5 to Brockport remember....
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And Oz lost to Potsdam... Last week and 2 weeks ago mean nothing now. the past 4 games between the 2 teams in Plattsburgh mean nothing. it's plain and simple, show up, play for at least 60 minutes and whoever is ahead on the scoreboard moves on for sure. that's all there is to it.
 
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LoudHorns31 said:
And Oz lost to Potsdam... Last week and 2 weeks ago mean nothing now. the past 4 games between the 2 teams in Plattsburgh mean nothing. it's plain and simple, show up, play for at least 60 minutes and whoever is ahead on the scoreboard moves on for sure. that's all there is to it.
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This. Every game takes on a life of it's own and what happened in the past means absolutely nothing.
 
LoudHorns31 said:
And Oz lost to Potsdam... Last week and 2 weeks ago mean nothing now. the past 4 games between the 2 teams in Plattsburgh mean nothing. it's plain and simple, show up, play for at least 60 minutes and whoever is ahead on the scoreboard moves on for sure. that's all there is to it.
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Loosen the grip already coach, just pointing out what happened in the semis. I for one think we have our work cut out for us. We have tripped on our dick plenty this season.
 
Re: Official Oswego State 2014-2015 Thread...LETS FINISH THE JOB!!!!!

Looks like the Governor needs to ban caffeine in Oswego and Plattsburgh until Sunday morning
 
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The Polls and camparisons updated late in the day, I think Oswego get's in, win or lose. Platsburgh probably does'nt get in if they lose. I'm hoping Johnson and Gerstakis on the back end make a big difference and we play better then Whiteout weekend. The big line, Montagna, Hulsaf and Herlihey hav'nt scored in the last 5 periods, plus the PP was 0 for ? against Buffalo. I'm predicting...............the dam breaks and we score 5 and chase Platsburgh goalie out of the game.
 
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