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Plattsburgh State Hockey 2014-15 - Bob's 26th work in progress ...

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I don't have first hand knowledge of it. Purely hopeful speculation hinged on what Cards81 posted previously about there being a January addition.
 
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Birds said:
I don't think it's him.
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Okay. Well with Rossy drawing into the lineup, and then this " Mystery Man ", the team should be in solid shape.
I dont think these guys will be star players, but will certainly add depth!!
Which is what every championship team has. Extremely important
 
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Hockeyfirst said:
A program like Plattsburgh has the reputation to attract the best. Maybe it's time to expand the vision (like Oswego) and add a more potent offense. I agree that Rossi "will join the club". If you have a more balanced emphasis, a potent offense can bail out a defense that is off on a given night. That certainly has happened to Oswego a couple of times this year. The Emery system certainly will give you winning seasons, but not championships.
Balance,balance.....
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I guess you have not followed the Cardinals for a long time. As a long time Laker fan one has to see what other teams have done and even though Coach Emery isn't my favorite coach he has the championships to prove you wrong. He has created a dynasty in P'burgh and he will have most likely have more championships to hang. Also he will probably go down as one of the winningest coaches in any division of college hockey
 
DIIIFan said:
I guess you have not followed the Cardinals for a long time. As a long time Laker fan one has to see what other teams have done and even though Coach Emery isn't my favorite coach he has the championships to prove you wrong. He has created a dynasty in P'burgh and he will have most likely have more championships to hang. Also he will probably go down as one of the winningest coaches in any division of college hockey
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I understand what you're saying and I've always been an Emery advocator, however most of the current college players were not even born when Emery won his first Championship and most of the current Cardinals were just starting kindergarten when Emery won his last. Since then we've seen Norwich, Middlebury, and St.Norbert win multiple titles. Oswego pretty much clean house in the SUNYAC, and new teams like Adrian become a more perennial power. We have seen the old "rough pound em" western style from UWSP get phased out to the 20 year old Canadian junior system in the early 90s, to the hybrid defensive Middlebury style, to the high octane RIT, to the extreme skilled Norwich teams, to the D1 transfer route Oswego teams, to the recent NAHL big fast and skilled with the combination of D1 transfers, defensive yet offensive St.Norbert team. Too many of us remember the late 90s when it was Plattsburgh and the 7 step sisters. 3 years with 0 conference loses and several nights off. Welcome Canadian Financial Aid! Plattsburgh is no longer the one getting James Cody, Selleck, Zappia, Carr, Collins ect ect. Bob had to adjust to a faster team.

I will say this however, watching Saturday nights game was like a flashback to the high skilled offensive pushing Plattsburgh teams. Defense is great but there has been so much pressure on defense, the offense has struggled. And don't even get me started on the pp.
 
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Cards81 said:
Rossy will join the club in the next semester, along with a mystery player ?? Cards system doesn't really lend itself to big point-getters. Haven't had one over 35 points in quite a few years. They roll four lines and like to keep the defensive end tidy. The scoring is always spread out pretty evenly, lots of balance. The recipe seems to work pretty well. I'd still like to see a couple of offensive studs from the Montreal Junior Leauges.....remember Pier-Luc Belanger ??
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Mystery player....cool:confused:
 
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Hockeyfirst said:
Why would you start a goalie,who has no prior college game experience prior to this year and you thought lacked confidence this week, in one of your biggest games of the year at home rink with large crowd. He certainly has no confidence now. Having two drop down D1 goalies is not necessarily the best way to go. Plattsburgh should have spend some time recruiting the best freshman goalie they could get to add to the mix and develope for the future. Focus should have been on forwards who have not exactly set the world on fire. The leader has 10 points in 10 games.
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It was preeeeeety good the past few yrs when they had only 1 drop down D1 netminder in Caddeux
 
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Pretty SWEET eh? :)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>How AWESOME are these throwback sweaters the boys will be wearing later this month? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThrowbackBurghy?src=hash">#ThrowbackBurghy</a> <a href="http://t.co/la8faYVW8i">pic.twitter.com/la8faYVW8i</a></p>— Cardinal Hockey (@Cardinal_Hockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cardinal_Hockey/status/549744133238439936">December 30, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Those look great. Glad they didn't do that retro white like Oswego did with theirs, I don't like it.
 
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I've always preferred that old profile logo, as well as the reversed road sweaters with a white cardinal.
 
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The team looked pretty good last night, and didn't seem to have any post-holiday rust issues. They played all 60 minutes, and even up 5-0 looked hungry for more goals. What little time was spent on the Powerplay looked promising (read: they actually took shots at the net).

It was good to see Fregeau get on the score board. When he played last semester he looked a bit out of sorts, like he didn't quite understand the system yet, and that probably accounted for the fact that he was 0-1-1 going into the holiday break. Last night, he seemed to mesh well with Koerner and Quilty, and it showed on the scoreboard. As someone sitting near me said when Fregeau scored his 3rd goal, "It's better to peak in the second semester than the first!"

I hope Rouleau isn't seriously injured, but I would say even with a small knock it was wise to pull him out of the game. At 5-0, the only reason to keep him in would have been to try to earn him the shutout, and nobody really cares about individual statistics (at least, they shouldn't). Even with about 45 seconds to stretch and no opportunity to warm up properly because Emery had already burned his TO, Hubbard looked solid coming off the bench. All the talk is about Brady and Spencer in the starting rotation, but the reality is that we have THREE great 'tenders on the roster now.

Also of note: no mystery player. No additions to the team are apparent at this time. Unconfirmed rumor from a source who will remain anonymous is that the mystery player's issues in joining the team are academic in nature. Oh well, if they can't get it done in the classroom, I don't care if they can get it done or not on the ice. (Of course, I can't say much, since I am no longer a Graduate Student at Plattsburgh State due to academic shortcomings...) In any case, I don't know if new additions were really the answer in he first place. This team has talent, and if they can get it together and play the way Emery wants them to play, they will go far.

As for the Amherst-Utica matchup: While Utica certainly had stretches of dominance in the 2nd and 3rd periods, I felt that Amherst was the faster and more organized team for the entire game. Utica may have outshot the Lord Jeffs, and a few of those really made Vitale work between the pipes, Amherst seemed to have more 'quality' opportunities to score, and Wells largely kept Utica in a position to win the game. After Utica went up 3-1, they took their foot of the gas, and got burned as a result. In the OT, it was all Amherst - the Pioneers could barely get it out of their zone. All in all, the two goaltenders were the best players on the ice yesterday afternoon, and I think the (slightly) better team advanced to the championship game. Amherst will be a much tougher test for the Cardinals.
 
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"Mystery Player" info is NOT a rumor, and IS confirmed and I am the source.
 
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I am going to guess we are talking about Danny Fetzer aka 'Mystery Player'? For what it is worth, he is listed in the student directory. Spotlight on Danny Fetzer
 
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looks like he was going to Minnesota state for this season?? probably the books got him,looks to be a pretty good talent,not big #'s,but 2yrs in the best jr league stateside is pretty good in my book,with any luck he will get into school sooner or later....also looks like eliteprospects has him going to Minn St for the 2015-16 season,he would be better off at Platty
 
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bakdraft21 said:
looks like he was going to Minnesota state for this season?? probably the books got him,looks to be a pretty good talent,not big #'s,but 2yrs in the best jr league stateside is pretty good in my book,with any luck he will get into school sooner or later....also looks like eliteprospects has him going to Minn St for the 2015-16 season,he would be better off at Platty
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Not big numbers but being named captain in his 2nd year with the team is big seems to have some leadership qualities in him.
 
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Who won the championship game last night ? Can't find a score
 
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sshablak said:
Who won the championship game last night ? Can't find a score
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Amherst won the tourney via shootout, though it goes into the books as a 0-0 tie. Oddly enough, Plattsburgh and Utica both ended up grabbing more points on the weekend than the champ.
 
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