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I think we could have and should have won both games this weekend. The Defense had a horrible night and I think that is our biggest problem right now. When a team spends an entire period in our zone we have a problem. When our D is being walked or pinches and gets burned we have a problem. And when the announcers on B2 give Polacek the Defense Player of the game we have a huge problem. We need our forwards to be freed up to attack offensively not winning defensive player of the game. Kuddos to Polacek because he played a heck of a game but I want that kid in the offensive zone shooting pucks. Appert has some work ahead of him. Shore up the D zone!!!
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Great hockey analysis again. I do admire your consistency... I will choose to wear your scorn as a badge of honor.
not surprising at all, Brown plays a very physical(and the dirtiest team i've seen all year) style with a crappy trap that can slow down QU's offense even if it is by literally holding them back. They also have a great goalie in Clemente who can pretty much keep them in any game and has been able to do so all year. They'll get a few more wins but any physical team should be able them easily imo.
Also QU was due for a letdown, they're not *that* good - no ECAC team is really that good especially when compared to teams like Denver, Colorado College, North Dakota, Miama(OH), Michigan State, etc. The fact that ECAC teams are rated as high as they are in the polls is past the point of a joke, i've watched a lot of the big teams play and they have talent levels all over their team that we can't match and goalies that can succeed at an NHL level - something that just does not happen in the ECAC
Seriously, has anyone watched any of Denver's games this year and seen their goalie Cheverie? He would guarantee almost any ecac team 1st place in the league
hm...i feel i got off topic a bit there
Ahem...I was the ONLY one on the ECAC predictions to pick Brown over Quinny. I promise not to hurt myself from patting myself on the back too hard!
But the rest of my picks were....quite ordinary!
The ECAC has spent the last few days proving that it's a league where any team can win any game. Brown wins 3 straight (including two top-ten teams nationally), QU gets swept... That's one thing I like about the ECAC. You just don't quite get that out in the WCHA, or in some other leagues. (This from someone who saw UW sweep Michigan Tech 8-2 and 6-0 this weekend.
And thanks to Brown, I think I set a new personal record for a bad week in the ECAC Pick 'Em. An RPI win over Union is about the only thing that can salvage the week now.
