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He said it would be talked about between the coaches, but nothing definitive.
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Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
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He said it would be talked about between the coaches, but nothing definitive.
Re: Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
Thanks. Doesn't sound promising. Likely more of the same.
Thanks. Doesn't sound promising. Likely more of the same.
Re: Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
Any insight on how the All Tourney team is chosen? I’m guessing media vote. The announcement said something about it including all tournament games. I didn’t see all the games, and neither did any media member. So how was Oettinger chosen? Were his total stats better than Hawkey’s? Clearly Oettinger had more pressure on him but I thought Hawkey played the better final game in part because PC was so out of gas in the third. I didn’t have any problem with the rest of the picks.
Any insight on how the All Tourney team is chosen? I’m guessing media vote. The announcement said something about it including all tournament games. I didn’t see all the games, and neither did any media member. So how was Oettinger chosen? Were his total stats better than Hawkey’s? Clearly Oettinger had more pressure on him but I thought Hawkey played the better final game in part because PC was so out of gas in the third. I didn’t have any problem with the rest of the picks.
Re: Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
Any questions about the Bridgeport area let me know. There is really only one main Holiday Inn downtown which I believe is usually the host hotel "sold out". If you are traveling from RI I recommend staying in the Residence inn, Hampton Inn or Springhill Suites in Milford, about ten minutes from the rink driving. Ralph and Richies near the arena is a good Italian place for food and drinks. There is a brewery near the arena called Brewport, that has very good pizza. There are a few other restaurants downtown that have been used for pregaming. Parking is usually ten dollars in the large surface lot across from the rink, I never park in the attached garage so have no clue of the situation there. There is ample street parking in Bridgeport, especially on weekends, take care to carefully read the street parking signs as they vary street to street. You can also park in the lot behind Ralph and Richies if you patronise the place. Good luck this weekend.
Any questions about the Bridgeport area let me know. There is really only one main Holiday Inn downtown which I believe is usually the host hotel "sold out". If you are traveling from RI I recommend staying in the Residence inn, Hampton Inn or Springhill Suites in Milford, about ten minutes from the rink driving. Ralph and Richies near the arena is a good Italian place for food and drinks. There is a brewery near the arena called Brewport, that has very good pizza. There are a few other restaurants downtown that have been used for pregaming. Parking is usually ten dollars in the large surface lot across from the rink, I never park in the attached garage so have no clue of the situation there. There is ample street parking in Bridgeport, especially on weekends, take care to carefully read the street parking signs as they vary street to street. You can also park in the lot behind Ralph and Richies if you patronise the place. Good luck this weekend.
Sean Pickett
2009 NCAA Champions
Re: Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
As for Oettinger vs Hawkey, besides winning the title game in a shutout Jake lead all goalies in save percentage with 0.945% (Hawkey was seventh with 0.926%), was second in GAA with 1.84 (Pantano was first with 1.75; Hawkey was third with 1.93), was first in both shots faced with 146 and saves with 138 (Hawkey was fifth in both with 108 shots faced and 100 saves), first in wins with 4 and tied with Woll with 1 shutout. So yes, Oettinger had the better tournament stats.
Sean
Yes, the players on the all-tournament team are selected from all tournament games, although most of the players on the team come from the two finalists. In 2001 Mike Pandolfo was selected to be on the team, despite BU being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Providence in 3 games, as he led all players with 5 goals and tied for first in points. I believe it is the only time a player from a team not to make the semifinals has been selected.
As for Oettinger vs Hawkey, besides winning the title game in a shutout Jake lead all goalies in save percentage with 0.945% (Hawkey was seventh with 0.926%), was second in GAA with 1.84 (Pantano was first with 1.75; Hawkey was third with 1.93), was first in both shots faced with 146 and saves with 138 (Hawkey was fifth in both with 108 shots faced and 100 saves), first in wins with 4 and tied with Woll with 1 shutout. So yes, Oettinger had the better tournament stats.
Sean
uncle_cliff
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I agree, plus there might be scheduling issues with the Bruins/Celtics on the Thursday. I think the best and fairest option would be to start the first semifinal game on Friday at 2 pm, then have the second game start at 5 pm. Those who are traveling would likely take the day off regardless of which game their team plays, and any Boston teams playing should be able to get most of their fan base there for either game. With the current setup, attendance is marginal at best. I was at both games this weekend, and even for the final the upper sections were almost completely empty. They announced 10,000 for the attendance, but in reality there was probably 8,500 there, if that. Granted if two Boston schools were playing there may have been more.
I agree, plus there might be scheduling issues with the Bruins/Celtics on the Thursday. I think the best and fairest option would be to start the first semifinal game on Friday at 2 pm, then have the second game start at 5 pm. Those who are traveling would likely take the day off regardless of which game their team plays, and any Boston teams playing should be able to get most of their fan base there for either game. With the current setup, attendance is marginal at best. I was at both games this weekend, and even for the final the upper sections were almost completely empty. They announced 10,000 for the attendance, but in reality there was probably 8,500 there, if that. Granted if two Boston schools were playing there may have been more.
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Agreed. But you know what? TV will nix that idea. The ratings probably aren't fabulous anyway and if you move it out of prime time they will be worse. Of course, that could also incentivize more people to go, like in the "old days" when you HAD to go if you wanted to see the game because it wasn't on TV and there wasn't any internet.
Agreed. But you know what? TV will nix that idea. The ratings probably aren't fabulous anyway and if you move it out of prime time they will be worse. Of course, that could also incentivize more people to go, like in the "old days" when you HAD to go if you wanted to see the game because it wasn't on TV and there wasn't any internet.
Jon
Say, this is nice.
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I think we're all on board that Denver is going to do this again.
There's no reason to be so anti-fun with the rest of the tournament. I can see BU taking out Cornell, MTU upsetting Notre Dame, or Air Force upsetting SCSU. Not likely, but possible.
ESPN analysts went out on a long limb predicting the Frozen Four this year. It's like they looked at the top four teams and went with it. If it's that cut and dried then why bother.
I think we're all on board that Denver is going to do this again.
There's no reason to be so anti-fun with the rest of the tournament. I can see BU taking out Cornell, MTU upsetting Notre Dame, or Air Force upsetting SCSU. Not likely, but possible.
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I can see some upsets as well. Even a slim chance makes it fun. The had 6 analysts pretty much picking the favorites without anyone going out on a limb. It was funny seeing all six picking roughly the same thing. Why bother having 6 folks saying the same thing? It was funny in a sad kind of way.
I can see some upsets as well. Even a slim chance makes it fun. The had 6 analysts pretty much picking the favorites without anyone going out on a limb. It was funny seeing all six picking roughly the same thing. Why bother having 6 folks saying the same thing? It was funny in a sad kind of way.
The Zlax45
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Typical Leaman...he is happy with how the offense played against BU. I guess he thinks scoring 0 goals is going to win a ton of games!
https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/976165692276867078
Typical Leaman...he is happy with how the offense played against BU. I guess he thinks scoring 0 goals is going to win a ton of games!
https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/976165692276867078
Jon
Say, this is nice.
Re: Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
Yeah, that's weird. There was no offense from midway of the second period on. Dump the puck in, maybe get a shot on Oettinger that's easily saved and watch BU skate out and cycle endlessly in the PC zone. Bleh. It reminded me irritatingly of the Harvard game last year except Madsen had more to do and Harvard's offense was even scarier.
It should be interesting to see if that's how Clarkson chooses to play or if they just do the same things they did the first two times they beat PC this year.
At the risk of agreeing with Zlax about Leaman...
Yeah, that's weird. There was no offense from midway of the second period on. Dump the puck in, maybe get a shot on Oettinger that's easily saved and watch BU skate out and cycle endlessly in the PC zone. Bleh. It reminded me irritatingly of the Harvard game last year except Madsen had more to do and Harvard's offense was even scarier.
It should be interesting to see if that's how Clarkson chooses to play or if they just do the same things they did the first two times they beat PC this year.
The Zlax45
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I wasn't happy with the strategy against Northeastern until about 3 minutes left in regulation and in the overtime. It was clear that Primeau was a little off on the evening as he was fumbling pucks and struggling. (None of the PC goals were his fault though)
I wasn't happy with the strategy against Northeastern until about 3 minutes left in regulation and in the overtime. It was clear that Primeau was a little off on the evening as he was fumbling pucks and struggling. (None of the PC goals were his fault though)
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We don't award style points to our goalkeeper. We record saves, and Primeau has made more saves %wise, and allowed fewer GPG than anyone else in HEA. You scored a fluky first goal (actually, CP was the last to touch it) reminiscent of the way UML beat you in triple OT two years ago. Isn't it amazing the way "puck luck" seems to even out over time.
Good luck in Bridgeport. Wouldn't it to be fun for our teams to meet in the Frozen Four and try to settle things with another OT game
We don't award style points to our goalkeeper. We record saves, and Primeau has made more saves %wise, and allowed fewer GPG than anyone else in HEA. You scored a fluky first goal (actually, CP was the last to touch it) reminiscent of the way UML beat you in triple OT two years ago. Isn't it amazing the way "puck luck" seems to even out over time.
Good luck in Bridgeport. Wouldn't it to be fun for our teams to meet in the Frozen Four and try to settle things with another OT game
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The Zlax45
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Maybe you misunderstood what I said...he wasn't on his game like he was when they played earlier in the year down at PC where he was dominant. I think PC should have peppered him more as I thought his struggles between the pipes were pretty obvious. And I even said that the goals he allowed were not his fault.
I have more of an issue with Hawkey giving up that second goal against Northeastern on the rebound.
We don't award style points to our goalkeeper. We record saves, and Primeau has made more saves %wise, and allowed fewer GPG than anyone else in HEA. You scored a fluky first goal (actually, CP was the last to touch it) reminiscent of the way UML beat you in triple OT two years ago. Isn't it amazing the way "puck luck" seems to even out over time.
Good luck in Bridgeport. Wouldn't it to be fun for our teams to meet in the Frozen Four and try to settle things with another OT game
Maybe you misunderstood what I said...he wasn't on his game like he was when they played earlier in the year down at PC where he was dominant. I think PC should have peppered him more as I thought his struggles between the pipes were pretty obvious. And I even said that the goals he allowed were not his fault.
I have more of an issue with Hawkey giving up that second goal against Northeastern on the rebound.
Jon
Say, this is nice.
Re: Providence College regrouping and on to St. Paul
So with Lucia leaving Minnesota, is anyone aside from you know who nervous that the Rodents will be trying to pick up our coach?
He built two programs, won a national title and set the foundation for another before leaving Union.
So with Lucia leaving Minnesota, is anyone aside from you know who nervous that the Rodents will be trying to pick up our coach?
He built two programs, won a national title and set the foundation for another before leaving Union.
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Providence has chosen Brewport as the official pre-game gathering spot. I would recommend parking at the surface lot across from the rink, it is an easy walk to Brewport. https://brewportct.com/
Providence has chosen Brewport as the official pre-game gathering spot. I would recommend parking at the surface lot across from the rink, it is an easy walk to Brewport. https://brewportct.com/
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One other thing I forgot to mention that was the Bridgeport Arena is an easy walk from the train station if you are so inclined, Amtrak stops there as well as Metro North. Walking distance from the Cross Sound Ferry as well.
One other thing I forgot to mention that was the Bridgeport Arena is an easy walk from the train station if you are so inclined, Amtrak stops there as well as Metro North. Walking distance from the Cross Sound Ferry as well.