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RPI 2013/14 Part III: Maximum Overdrivel

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Wicked Slappaahs said:
Well we mustve watched different games. We outshot them, beat them in the faceoff circle and beat them physically. We killed a two man PK and to a man, the forwards all skated hard and finished checks -all of them. Scotty stuffed a breakaway and the D corps played great. (Le Beefs pancAke between the circles leading JLs jail break goal the other way ...just one example ) We had two Union fans sitting behind us and they were gently razzing me for being anxious in the 3rd period ..."this ones all over "they we're saying.

That said , I fully expect D to come out chippy and thuggish tomorrow. We need to use our speed in transition and outshoot them , as we did tonight.
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Oh, I agree with all of this... outside of (most of, should have clarified) the second period, and spots of poor performance in the third period (I think both teams basically just gave up and wanted to move on to the next game/not waste any energy).

Maybe my brain is starting to falter after a long week and I should take the win and stop trying to analyze it :)
 
ibanezist00 said:
Oh, I agree with all of this... outside of (most of, should have clarified) the second period, and spots of poor performance in the third period (I think both teams basically just gave up and wanted to move on to the next game/not waste any energy).

Maybe my brain is starting to falter after a long week and I should take the win and stop trying to analyze it :)
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Yes. I don't disagree with your PP comments. This was a very solid won tonight though. Tomorrow night will be a chinstrap and mouthpiece event , I think.
 
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Did anyone watch the video last night, and if so, would you recommend it?
 
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hockeyenthusiast said:
See you on Friday.
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Isn't over yet, you of all fan bases should know that. ;)

I would love for us to win either tonight or tomorrow and go to either Colgate or Cornell. We would not go there if yesterday's results repeat today, though, because CCT did lose.
 
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Learned a long time ago-the hardest game to win in a hockey series is the last one. Almost every hockey team I have ever seen when facing elimination is like a cat cornered. We have to be very concerned about tonight-we cannot allow the game to get out of hand and be played on different terms. We still have Dumas and his whistle out there and if this game gets as chippy as it might, playing special teams for much of the night, it is not to our advantage.

A previous post noted our lack of movement on the power play-absolutely spot on. We have the guns out there but we need to keep moving to find the open ice to fire them. Too often we wast valuable PP time just passing on the perimeter while no one is moving through the middle. Allowing a team on defense to just sit in the box formation without forcing them to keep rotating around is usually fruitless. Not saying it needs to be done each time or each shift, but putting #4 or #5 out there somewhere in front of the net has to be, shall we say, a tad disconcerting for a goaltender. It has to be difficult when you can't see the forest for the trees.;)
 
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DrDemento said:
If you look carefully at the early part of the year-our special teams were absolutely near the top for the entire country. Did everyone just get better, did we just get worse, or did everyone figure us out and we did not make any changes? I vote for number 3.
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Or #4, Haggerty could not possible continue to score at that pace. He did ok last night though. :D
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
Yes and yes. It was the first time in years that I paid for America One that I felt I got my moneys worth. Great picture and RPI announcers made for a great broadcast.
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Thanks! I may have to pull out my wallet this evening! :D
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
Well we mustve watched different games. We outshot them, beat them in the faceoff circle and beat them physically. We killed a two man PK and to a man, the forwards all skated hard and finished checks -all of them. Scotty stuffed a breakaway and the D corps played great. (Le Beefs pancAke between the circles leading JLs jail break goal the other way ...just one example ) We had two Union fans sitting behind us and they were gently razzing me for being anxious in the 3rd period ..."this ones all over "they we're saying.

That said , I fully expect D to come out chippy and thuggish tomorrow. We need to use our speed in transition and outshoot them , as we did tonight.
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Well now that you described the 1st period how about the rest of the game? We played very well in the 1st as normal. The 2nd we started to taper off as we always do. Then in the 3rd we started to let Dartmouth get confidence heading into tonight's game is how I saw it. We took our foot off the gas pedal again with about 9 minutes left in the game and went into defensive keep away mode. I hate when we do this as it has back fired on us too many times. We should have kept the pressure on them and kept hitting them so they would not even want to step on the ice tonight. Instead we gave them hope that tonight they can win the game forcing a 3rd game tomorrow.
 
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Today is March 9, 2014. There aren't any players ahead of Brock Higgs! Did you vote today?

Vote HERE.

We've fallen below 33.3%, but Zarbo has also dropped below 20%, so the lower players must be making a push.
 
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Stay@homeDad said:
Well now that you described the 1st period how about the rest of the game? We played very well in the 1st as normal. The 2nd we started to taper off as we always do. Then in the 3rd we started to let Dartmouth get confidence heading into tonight's game is how I saw it. We took our foot off the gas pedal again with about 9 minutes left in the game and went into defensive keep away mode. I hate when we do this as it has back fired on us too many times. We should have kept the pressure on them and kept hitting them so they would not even want to step on the ice tonight. Instead we gave them hope that tonight they can win the game forcing a 3rd game tomorrow.
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Normally, I don't like sitting back in the third period, but with a 3 goal lead and less than half the period to play, I think that securing the victory was the most important thing. I don't see where DC would gain any confidence in not scoring even with power plays.
They will be tough tonight, but it won't be because of last night's third period.
 
engineerhockeyfan said:
Normally, I don't like sitting back in the third period, but with a 3 goal lead and less than half the period to play, I think that securing the victory was the most important thing. I don't see where DC would gain any confidence in not scoring even with power plays.
They will be tough tonight, but it won't be because of last night's third period.
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Great, succinct post EHF. As I've said before, I've been a critic at times and have been as frustrated as anyone, but that was a well played game last night...too bad others can't admit when the team plays well, which in any balanced view, they did (again referring back to the Union parents sitting behind me ).

Hockey, especially playoff hockey, like most sports is a game of momentum swings...you're rarely if ever going to dominate play for an ENTIRE game - esp in the playoffs.
 
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ibanezist00 said:
That being said, not the worst effort I've seen from RPI this season at all. They need to tighten the screws on special teams play. And they need to not do what I call the "Polacek PP": pass the puck to Polacek and he'll put it in the net. Substitute "Haggerty" for "Polacek" and you have the modern version, taking four or five of the same shot on the man advantage and wondering why it doesn't go in.
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I'd argue that if this IS what they want to do, having five forwards out on the PP is superfluous. Set him up with Laliberte and either Higgs or Zalewski and then throw Leonard and Bokenfohr on the points. At least then you've got fallback if the puck is turned over. Seems like with five forwards out there, a turnover is almost 50/50 leading to odd-man rushes shorthanded for the other team.
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
Great, succinct post EHF. As I've said before, I've been a critic at times and have been as frustrated as anyone, but that was a well played game last night...too bad others can't admit when the team plays well, which in any balanced view, they did (again referring back to the Union parents sitting behind me ).

Hockey, especially playoff hockey, like most sports is a game of momentum swings...you're rarely if ever going to dominate play for an ENTIRE game - esp in the playoffs.
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Also couldn't agree more, why burn energy for the inevitable second game when you're sailing on a three-goal lead?

I know that has burned us in the past, see the home game against Cornell, but...
 
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Red Cloud said:
I'd argue that if this IS what they want to do, having five forwards out on the PP is superfluous. Set him up with Laliberte and either Higgs or Zalewski and then throw Leonard and Bokenfohr on the points. At least then you've got fallback if the puck is turned over. Seems like with five forwards out there, a turnover is almost 50/50 leading to odd-man rushes shorthanded for the other team.
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Agree. If anything, put some D men at the point who have a nasty slapper or can nail a good one-timer and you've got some serious power play mojo going on.
 
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Red Cloud said:
I'd argue that if this IS what they want to do, having five forwards out on the PP is superfluous. Set him up with Laliberte and either Higgs or Zalewski and then throw Leonard and Bokenfohr on the points. At least then you've got fallback if the puck is turned over. Seems like with five forwards out there, a turnover is almost 50/50 leading to odd-man rushes shorthanded for the other team.
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Absolutely-JL is valuable in many ways but for certain he has the ability to make more room for other players. And he will find them if they get open. You do not get all those assists for nothing. Personally I like him on a line with Haggerty as often as I can get it. Haggerty has the shot, no doubt about it-but it is better when he is open 15 feet from the goal than when he takes it from the point. I have never been a fan of 5 forwards on the PP ever and I am not even sure i like 4 forwards out there. It is bad enough to not score with the man advantage-but it is usually the game changing event when you give up a short handed goal.
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
Or #4, Haggerty could not possible continue to score at that pace. He did ok last night though. :D
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Not sure anyone could have continued to score at the pace he wstarted with this year. But credit other teams for adjusting and understanding that if they stop him, they usually stop us. Question-when he was on that early season tear of scoring, who were his linemates then? Was it the exact line we are seeing now?
 
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