"The Lake Show" - LSSU Laker Hockey

[Neil Diamond]

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Tonight's attendance of 3,366 .

Great crowd, great game.

A gutsy win by Lake State.

Don't underestimate what the last 25 minutes could do for this team.

MSU came out flying in the third. Lakers sustained.

MSU gets a 5-minute PP to end the period, the Lakers PK, impressive tonight, gets the job done.

MSU gets a PP in OT. Lakers kill it off.

Lake State plays shorthanded for 7 minutes of the last 10 minutes of the game.

MSU has 14 PP minutes in the game, Lake State has 2.

Kapalka needs to go to the bench to get his shoulder put back in place after every shot of the shootout after the 2nd shot. The shootout goes four rounds.

Lakers win the shootout.

Gutsy win.

This team has character.

 

[AnchorsAway]

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Great crowd, great game.

A gutsy win by Lake State.

Don't underestimate what the last 25 minutes could do for this team.

MSU came out flying in the third. Lakers sustained.

MSU gets a 5-minute PP to end the period, the Lakers PK, impressive tonight, gets the job done.

MSU gets a PP in OT. Lakers kill it off.

Lake State plays shorthanded for 7 minutes of the last 10 minutes of the game.

MSU has 14 PP minutes in the game, Lake State has 2.

Kapalka needs to go to the bench to get his shoulder put back in place after every shot of the shootout after the 2nd shot. The shootout goes four rounds.

Lakers win the shootout.

Gutsy win.

This team has character.

Couldn't agree more, Roque was clearly ****ed at the refs and repeatedly told them "you owe me 7 minutes" regarding the 5 minute major for Radke and the bullsh*t 2 minute penalty the Lakers recieved in OT...it's nice to see him fired up, the Lakers creating a mob scene in the corner after the win shows how much this team wanted (and needed) this victory tonight, the shootout was one of the more interesting and drawn out sequences i've seen in a hockey game, 2 goalie changes due to a bum shoulder was a new one on me...I hope I'm sitting here in a month looking back on this saying this win was a turning point for the team, with the great celebration and Roque's fire tonight it very well could be.....as far as the morons of the forum calling me a homer, if being a huge fan of a school that i attended and a university that I will graduate with a degree from and that has given me memories that will last a lifetime makes me a homer then I guess I am guilty in that account, hopefully the Lakers can follow thru with a big weekend next week against WMU....btw I was surprised to see Acton as the 3rd man in the shootout tonight over Power, but being the 4th shooter and being that he has scored on both of his home shootout chances this season plus the shootout goal at Miami I think it is safe to say that the shootout lineup for the rest of the season will be Schofield, Monardo, Power.

 

[sm2pk]

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The game is a tie and the shootout is an extra point. Ties are always best over a loss but at this point,the Lakers need the wins. Are we back to the same problem where the Lakers are so up and down that no one knows if the A team or the B team is going to show up for the game . The Lakers need to keep the A team showing up week in and week out or they will be battling at the bottom for another season. Good fight last night in the guys but they need to keep that fire burning.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

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Nice job bringing fort wayne's attendance stats to this thread, we were all wondering what they drew.

Im from the Ft Wayne area and have been to that arena many times. What he doesnt tell you is that the arena seats like 10,000-11,000 people. So its only about 70% full most nights. They have a few sell outs here and there but usually only the opener and playoffs. Ft Wayne is also a town of like 300,000 people. What he also fails to mention is that not couting Value City Arena at OSU which is multiuse and only gets about 5000-6000 for hockey games anyway, no arena in the CCHA is even over 7000. So they cant draw more than Ft. Wayne. Finally the last thing to note. Quad City is averaging 2607 fans...in an arena that can seat 9300. Must be pretty quiet in there when only 28% of the seats are filled. Meanwhile the Taffy seats what 3500 or so and averages 2200 for 63% capacity. Way to make a good argurment about attendance "Truth."

 

[Laker Dude]

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Sure hope Kapalka is okay. Hope we get an update on him soon.

I believe that he has battled this shoulder problem all season. It was said in October that his left shoulder has a tendency to pop out when he has to reach way over his head. He reached with his left arm quite a long way to try to stop the second shot in the shootout.

I think that he never got his shoulder popped back in socket before the third or fourth shot in the shootout. He did not really have to do anything on the third shot since the MSU player shot it over the net from between the circles. He once again had to move back to his left on the fourth MSU attempt.

I would think that he will be having surgery at the end of the year to correct the problem. Without surgery it seems like it would be hard for Kapalka to participate in weight lifting over the summer if his shoulder is constantly popping out of socket.

 

[Neil Diamond]

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The thing I like about Kapalka is he never gets rattled. He is always sound positionally.

He may want to work on his puck-handling skills, though. He seemed a bit tentative the few times he played the puck.

 

[DB Cooper]

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This double post was necessary because of the large amount of less than smart people on the thread today. The Lakers through 11 dates have averaged 2228 fans according to College Hockey News. The Quad City Mallards have averaged 2607 fans through 16 games. Who's the team nobody knows about? The 7440 fans that on average attend Fort Wayne games are better than any CCHA with the exception of Michigan. Who's the league nobody cares about? You might want to check the attendance figures out before assuming the world revolves around college hockey.

Boot, the only things more repetitive than your posts are your grammatical errors. If you are going to critique others' intelligence, at least be able to write a sentence. Please replace the word "amount" in your first sentence with the word "number."

It would then read:
"This double post was necessary due to the large number of less than smart people on the thread today."

It is still a terrible sentence.

Keep posting. You're amusing.

 

[AnchorsAway]

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After another successful weekend the Lakers and this administration have 6 wins in 22 games. I bet after 2 points against 10th place Michigan State at home you people up there are throwing quite the party. You sure are on here

In his 6th season this administration has the Lakers among the college elite. Here are the other teams with 6 wins or less in college hockey. The Lakers are the only team in the CCHA with less than 7 wins.

Alabama-Huntsville, Canisius, Army, Bentley, Sacred Heart, American International, Brown, Harvard, Colgate, Massachusetts, Vermont, Lowell, Michigan Tech join the Lakers with 6 wins.

The Truth Is Out There....

Refrain from the yellow journalism and paint the rest of the picture, you failed to mention that only 2 teams in D1 have more ties than the Lakers 5 so it hasn't been all losses, and 2 of those ties are against teams that have held the number 1 ranking this year....their inconsistency can be fairly called into question but when the Lakers play their A game they play a better brand of hockey than the teams that they were listed with.

 

[sm2pk]

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Consistency is what it is all about . Lakers need to dig deep and find it.

 

[Truth Squad]

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Quad City has 21 wins in 36 games and Frank Anazalone has brought them all the way to first place.

The Truth Is Out There.....

 

[DopeyBaker]

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Quad City has 21 wins in 36 games and Frank Anazalone has brought them all the way to first place.

The Truth Is Out There.....

Thanks for the update, Mrs. Anzalone.

 

[inverted stein]

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All you Jim Roque haters need to calm down and support this great coach and administration, now in its 6th year of greatness.

This team is a lot better than people think and get better every game. I think the Lakers outplayed Michigan State last night and for 2 periods they held the 10th place team to 0-0 at home. If it wasn't for a couple bad breaks and bad bounces the score would have been 4-0 Lakers.

Blah blah blah. If it wasn't for a couple bad breaks and bad bounces LSSU would be #1 in the standings right now. Welcome to hockey, dude. Lakers got SMOKED Friday night because sparty put the puck in the net *4* bleeping times. Because sparty figured out that you don't go low on your goalie, you go glove side, high.
Deal with the loss and be happy with a bleeping shootout win Saturday. Lake State couldn't sustain the energy for 3 periods on Friday. They had a bad 20 minutes.
Sparty was gassed by the 3rd on Saturday with two top-liners put on the shelf by Laker hits. MSU's prone to that at times. We have to deal with that.

 

[DopeyBaker]

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Blah blah blah. If it wasn't for a couple bad breaks and bad bounces LSSU would be #1 in the standings right now. Welcome to hockey, dude. Lakers got SMOKED Friday night because sparty put the puck in the net *4* bleeping times. Because sparty figured out that you don't go low on your goalie, you go glove side, high.
Deal with the loss and be happy with a bleeping shootout win Saturday. Lake State couldn't sustain the energy for 3 periods on Friday. They had a bad 20 minutes.
Sparty was gassed by the 3rd on Saturday with two top-liners put on the shelf by Laker hits. MSU's prone to that at times. We have to deal with that.

Dude, the guy was joking. He says the same thing after every game. What you really have to deal with is that your team is in 10th place in the CCHA. Go back to your own thread and whine about it, though.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

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Quad City has 21 wins in 36 games and Frank Anazalone has brought them all the way to first place.

The Truth Is Out There.....

And this is relevant how? CHL hockey and college hockey are two different beasts. Franks style of hockey does not fit in with today's game. He failed to get wins in his 2nd tenure here and was let go. I ask again because I never got an answer from either of the "Truths" or "Boot Jim", if we are to get rid of Jim Roque who do we bring in to replace him? And I will give you a hint. Frank Anzalone is not the answer. And again before you accuse me and others of hate, we all appreciate what Frank did in his first tenure. He was the right guy for the job then. I dont know enough about the circumstances that led to his firing but I would be willing to agree that he probably didnt get a fair shake (though its hard to get to angry considering what Jackson was able to do as well). In Franks second tenure he couldnt win and from what I understand butted heads with important people, thus was let go. There is no chance he comes back for a 3rd try. So I ask again to emphasize, if we get rid of Jim, who do we try to get to replace him? I'd love to have a serious answer followed by honest discussion and debate about this...but somehow I do not see that happening.

 

[sm2pk]

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In Franks second tenure he couldnt win and from what I understand butted heads with important people, thus was let go. There is no chance he comes back for a 3rd try. So I ask again to emphasize, if we get rid of Jim, who do we try to get to replace him? I'd love to have a serious answer followed by honest discussion and debate about this...but somehow I do not see that happening.[/QUOTE]

In all fairness to Anzalone on his second tour of duty at Lake State,the man took over a team and a program that had very little talent. The fact that Roques best two years were with teams that Frank worked with and developed does tell you something about where the program was heading under Anzalone. Anzalones problem isn't being a coach who cannot develope players,it is his inability to get along with the people he needs to work with. If Roque were to be let go,I would like to see them go after Shawhan over at Northern. Is Roque going to be let go ? My guess is no and my guess is the new developement program being started in 2012 is what everyone is counting on to make Lake State a contender again. Just as a side note to Franks defense on his second go around. I talked to a Bowling GReen player right after Anzalone was announced as the coach,and the player told me with the talent at Lake State,even Anzalone won't be able to win games but with Anzalone,they will probably be the best conditioned team in the league shortly.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

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In all fairness to Anzalone on his second tour of duty at Lake State,the man took over a team and a program that had very little talent. The fact that Roques best two years were with teams that Frank worked with and developed does tell you something about where the program was heading under Anzalone. Anzalones problem isn't being a coach who cannot develope players,it is his inability to get along with the people he needs to work with. If Roque were to be let go,I would like to see them go after Shawhan over at Northern. Is Roque going to be let go ? My guess is no and my guess is the new developement program being started in 2012 is what everyone is counting on to make Lake State a contender again. Just as a side note to Franks defense on his second go around. I talked to a Bowling GReen player right after Anzalone was announced as the coach,and the player told me with the talent at Lake State,even Anzalone won't be able to win games but with Anzalone,they will probably be the best conditioned team in the league shortly.

yeah they were conditioned well under Frank, I will give you that. As far as Jim winning with Franks recruits and them going in the right direction...there may be some validity to that as well. However, I would argue that in his last year or two when it was mostly his players making up the team he still couldnt get them to score. Things were getting better to some extent but Im willing to bet it would not have been much if any better than Jim has done. From what I witnessed while I was there Frank seemed to favor a grinding style of hockey which just didnt seem to work very well. And as you noted in a college atmosphere you have to make sure you get along with the administration and boosters or whatever. And often, if you do disagree with each other the only way people look past it is if you win. Again I dont disagree that Frank had his postives and may have gotten a bad break, Im just sick of the "Truth"s and "Boot Jim" bringing him up and just being trolls in general. It doesnt do any good.

Shawhan would probably be a good fit but as I had mentioned and someone else comfirmed earlier in the thread, his departure was not apparently on good terms either. Things may have changed since then however so he could be a good option. Thinking out loud, if Shawhan isnt an option do they look to junior leagues, other schools (assitants), or somewhere else entirely for a new coach (like former player or something)?

 

[Truth Serum]

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"We are doing some really good things out there. A couple more bounces and we are right there. We have to capitalize on our chances. We're right there and the goals will come. A crossbar here a post there and things would be very different. We can't get mad at players not scoring we have to keep working at it and things will turn around. There are tough times right now. We need good crowds to turn around the fortunes of the Lakers. We are fighting a huge uphill battle every week. We are limited by a lot of things. We can't recruit like other teams. This team gets better every game. I run into people all the time that are down on the Lakers and they don't know what they are talking about. Unless you are around this team every day you don't know what you are talking about. This team is going to win a lot of games this year. It is hard for a small school to compete against the big schools anymore. We got no calls and I think the refs are against the Lakers on this night. We lost 4-0 but I think we had the edge in play. We have 9 wins not 6 including that big one on Saturday that is a big turning point. It would be nice if the people that think they know how to fix it would actually know what they are talking about. We played hard the power play will come along.We have done a really good job. We're competing we are right there. The wins will come!"

 

[sm2pk]

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If offered,I think Shawhan would take the job. Being a head coach is what they all seek after and for Lake State to offer him the job would be telling him past is past and present is where we need to be and go.

 

[Bill]

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Consistency is what it is all about . Lakers need to dig deep and find it.

Yes, they need more consistency and play with more confidence, especially on offense. Scoring is down throughout college hockey in recent years so the Lakers aren't alone in struggling to score, but they obviously need to put more pucks in the net if they have any hope of getting home ice for the first round of the CCHA playoffs. Monardo is having a good season and Schofield is quietly right up there also, but they need more contributions from more guys while still getting scoring from those two players. McParland seems to be finding his scoring touch so lets hope that keeps up. The Lakers need to get more scoring from Acton now that he's healthy again, and they also need to have Cassiani, Nehring and Power pick up their paces. None of the freshmen have produced many goals yet so it would be nice to see more scoring from them also. Trotman has been a pleasant surprise offensively from the blue line. This weekend will be a tough series against a much improved Western team, but the Lakers really need to find a way to get a sweep.

 

[sm2pk]

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Roque fought for his players last week and has to sit out tonights game. Let us see the players fight for Roque tonight and win.