Re: The Ohio State 2016-17 Thread: Let's give this another Schott
My takeaway from the weekend (especially from the Saturday game) is that we got completely killed in the physical play. RMU wasn't afraid to make the hits in the corners and use their bodies to get advantage over the puck. We just couldn't keep up on a physical level. Our physical play was timid like they were afraid of taking penalties. The Saturday game wasn't being called anywhere remotely like our last couple of games. Not sure if their conference refs have gotten the NCAA memo on increased calls or not.
Three other keys that seemed to cause a some issues: 1- Slow changes. There isn't any reason to be coasting to the bench from the far side when your replacement is dangling his legs over the boards waiting on you. 2- Puck sloppiness. Not facing the play to look for the pass and not being able to settle the pass down and move it forward. At least 2 goals due to turnovers deep in our zone through sloppy play. 3- Just overall bad positioning. No man up front on in the offensive zone, and multiple 2v1 rushes, even on the PP. Tommy and Davis can make the save but not if they keep getting left out to dry by the D.
UConn is going to be a big test. We really haven't play anyone of any real caliber yet except for Denver (and it wasn't their weekend to say the least).
The boys have the skill and talent. They just need to tighten up on the same year after year issues (defense, no presence in front of other teams net, etc).
My takeaway from the weekend (especially from the Saturday game) is that we got completely killed in the physical play. RMU wasn't afraid to make the hits in the corners and use their bodies to get advantage over the puck. We just couldn't keep up on a physical level. Our physical play was timid like they were afraid of taking penalties. The Saturday game wasn't being called anywhere remotely like our last couple of games. Not sure if their conference refs have gotten the NCAA memo on increased calls or not.
Three other keys that seemed to cause a some issues: 1- Slow changes. There isn't any reason to be coasting to the bench from the far side when your replacement is dangling his legs over the boards waiting on you. 2- Puck sloppiness. Not facing the play to look for the pass and not being able to settle the pass down and move it forward. At least 2 goals due to turnovers deep in our zone through sloppy play. 3- Just overall bad positioning. No man up front on in the offensive zone, and multiple 2v1 rushes, even on the PP. Tommy and Davis can make the save but not if they keep getting left out to dry by the D.
UConn is going to be a big test. We really haven't play anyone of any real caliber yet except for Denver (and it wasn't their weekend to say the least).
The boys have the skill and talent. They just need to tighten up on the same year after year issues (defense, no presence in front of other teams net, etc).
