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Providence College 2025-26 Official Season-Long Thread

pc88 said:
From my naked eye, Parsons has played better in this stretch than Phillip. Agree/disagree?

Tough decision for Nate.
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100% agree. Parsons got thrown into the fire and has saved their season. In short time he already has two more shutouts in half the games played by Phil. Whether Parsons or the Alaska defeat being a wake-up call they're a completely different, and more dangerous, team now. Need to keep their foot on the gas now. The guys look motivated and even playing pissed off hockey, refusing to let their season slip away.
 
On a sidenote, major penalties... thought there were some questionable calls over the season, but I see Malinoski has only been assessed two penalties over the entire season. One a minor at CC and the other the ejection vs. BC. For the college game that's remarkable discipline to be able to stay out of the box for all but two times all season so far. Elger and Gamache with 0 PIMs to date.
 
I think they made lemonade out of the lemons they were dealt when Svedeback was badly injured during the 2nd Alaska game. That game seemed to illustrate what happens when you play with a lack of focus and might have kickstarted a new team wide mindset that was evident on the bench in the Maine series. That attitude shift has been sustained through three sweeps in a row. Now they are implementing the fundamentals they have been taught and see the benefits. I think they have the talent to sustain this, and great coaching, so let’s see how long this wave can last.

Was thinking about how this could translate to PC men’s BB. The hockey coaches teach their fastest players to not try to single handedly rush through a gaggle of dmen at center ice so they generally don’t try to do that anymore and use their speed to go around which opens up new opportunities to score. The PC BB team haven’t learned the equivalent of that so under pressure they do just that and have almost zero chance of scoring so repeatedly lose close games at the end.
 
This year is definitely much more of a team approach. As skilled and as fun as they are to watch, Connelly and Berard needed the puck to make things happen. Exciting, yes, but also frustrating when they couldn't deliver on all that puck possession. Now you have a team playing a team game and utilizing the entire gameday lineup spreading the puck around. It took a loss to Alaska to get them wound up and looking sharper than they have in years. I haven't looked at the power play numbers but it seems they are often cashing in on those opportunities this past month.
 
PaulKorea said:
This year is definitely much more of a team approach. As skilled and as fun as they are to watch, Connelly and Berard needed the puck to make things happen. Exciting, yes, but also frustrating when they couldn't deliver on all that puck possession. Now you have a team playing a team game and utilizing the entire gameday lineup spreading the puck around. It took a loss to Alaska to get them wound up and looking sharper than they have in years. I haven't looked at the power play numbers but it seems they are often cashing in on those opportunities this past month.
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Great observation..
 
Leaman on his radio show said Philip is at least 2-3 weeks away from any possible game action. He just got back on the ice with the goalie coach, skating mostly.

What about Simpson, when do we see him play. I don't imagine he signed just to sit for the rest of the season. Leaman did say he was coming in just off an injury (hadn't played since sometime in December).

They need to cut out these 5 minute majors and some of the other penalties they take. One can question a few of these recent majors but they can be avoided by being smarter on the check so officials don't have to make the call or review the play.

Saturday will be big. Most of these guys haven't played in an atmosphere like Maine's. Would be great to come out with another win in maybe the toughest place to play in HE.

After that there are 3 with UNH (2 in Durham), 3 with Vermont (2 in Burlington), 2 with NU both at home and one with UCONN at home. So 5 home, 4 on the road.
 
I can't imagine them winning all the remaining games, but momentum is definitely on their side. If they're going to lose at all, Maine and UConn are the two that would hurt them in the NPI the least. Out of all their wins(excluding Quinnipiac exh.) their lowest goal total was 2, which only occurred twice. 4 seems to be their magic number, as there are six games they won with scoring 4. (including the four most recent wins).

Mustard can be a little aggressive at time and take stupid penalties, and when he's on his game, his speed is what gets him noticed. He just needs to control that to stay out of the box. Being their most dangerous goal scorer, while taking stupid penalties, does nothing to help the team.

If they're getting Phil back, the only automatic start I'd give him is senior night vs. UConn. Of course, if they're contending to get the #1 seed and don't have it locked up they need to stick with Parsons. If it's wrapped up, let him play one final time at Schneider.
 
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