Two big games for the Saints this weekend. I'm happy to be making the trip over to the North Country to take in both games at Appleton this weekend.
SLU can take 4 points this weekend, but will have to bring their A game and A effort.
Before hitting Appleton this evening, first stop will be in Tupper Lake to pick up the crew and make the trek.
Two big games for the Saints this weekend. I'm happy to be making the trip over to the North Country to take in both games at Appleton this weekend.
SLU can take 4 points this weekend, but will have to bring their A game and A effort.
Before hitting Appleton this evening, first stop will be in Tupper Lake to pick up the crew and make the trek.
Say hello to the Tupper Lake crew for me. Sorry we didn't see you at Dartmouth last weekend. Tonight will be tough and Brown..... is well Brown. Never an easy game in the ECAC.
The goal this weekend whether we sweep or split (sure hope it wouldn't be worse than a split) is to establish some dominance at Appleton. In my eyes this team seems to be better on the road than at home and we certainly need to establish Appleton as tougher place to play. Should be a fun up and down game tonight.
Tayt, I'm planning on being up there tonight. Usually standing behind student section, as close to visitor blue line as possible. Hope to catch up with y'all.
Say hello to the Tupper Lake crew for me. Sorry we didn't see you at Dartmouth last weekend.
If you have a chance, swing over to the Hoot Owl before the game. A few of us are meeting there around 5:30pm to have a couple of beverages before the game.
Wish I could have made it Mike, but with a 3 month old and work the following day, it was just too much to juggle.
Pat says hello, and wants to know when you are going to travel up to SLU next?
I was out tonight - walked in the house and started the computer just in time for the start of OT. Whatever did or didn't go right in the first 60 minutes, SLU completely dominated the overtime. Yet another great win.
I was out tonight - walked in the house and started the computer just in time for the start of OT. Whatever did or didn't go right in the first 60 minutes, SLU completely dominated the overtime. Yet another great win.
Hayton is a good goalie with great potential. But I've been at almost every game and lately he's been out goaltended by the opposing goalies for most of the losing streak. Our team defense, not just our defenseman, have been very good at limiting the scoring chances. Our centermen almost never leave the zone early to make sure we have good support in our own end. This takes away from our offense. We have very skilled forwards that have scored and put up points at every level that are being asked to play more defensively and that takes away from their offense obviously. If you notice Parks numbers aren't that different from Hayton's in the one game he got in. Our young D'men have made some mistakes to be sure and lately when they have the puck ends up in our net whereas early on he was making those big saves. If we are to go far this season we need Hayton to make those big saves.
It looks like the good bounces and puck luck have started to turn back in our favor for once. It's been awhile since we have won a game in overtime, let alone tie it up near the end. It seems more often than not we come out on the losing end of games like that, so that's great to see. Keep working hard guys and the rest will fall into place ... Way to go Saints!!!
I agree. This is a game that most of the SLU teams over the past ten years would have lost. In fact, some of them would've been in Ylae's position: giving up the late goal and losing in OT. In the last few games - Dartmouth and Ylae in particular - we got some good bounces.
But . . . these are not fluky or lucky wins (and I think you were making that same point). SLU has earned every good bounce, just like some previous teams have maybe deserved a bad bounce at times. I didn't see the whole game last night, from what I've heard, Ylae played an excellent third period and really dominated play for the whole period until our late PP. But the tying goal was nothing less than a perfectly timed and perfectly placed shot. And the winning goal was the culmination of about four consecutive shifts of continuous possession and pressure by SLU. It came from hard work along the boards, a nice pass into the slot, and a really good shot through traffic near the crease. That's not a lucky goal or a bad bounce. Even after seeing that mid-season losing streak, I think I've seen enough quality wins over quality teams to say SLU is a good team, period. Even while losing, they never got blown out, they never quit skating, and as I've mentioned a couple of times, their GF:GA ratio has been a consistent and healthy positive all year long.
As usual, I will be happy with a 2-point league weekend, but a win tonight would be pretty sweet, for about 100 reasons.
