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UAH Hockey 2014-15: The 30th Varsity Season

Re: UAH Hockey 2014-15: The 30th Varsity Season

manurespreader said:
If you write a short article, I'm pretty sure they will print it. They just don't want to spend money on a reporter. But send them a release, or get your sports information guy to do it.
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UAH Sports Information (as well as pretty much everyone else) puts out a small recap after every game. I have never seen any local media outlet use it as the basis or the whole for their purpose. It's a shame. Also, my recaps are never short. Last night was 1300+ words where I quoted Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes.

stuckinwi said:
I know they don't show it on the feed, but we did not do the traditional sieveing of Guerriero during introductions. We have him a bowing "We're not worthy" instead.

Much better series than the first one this year for sure! We even learned some Slovakian from Buri :)
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Yeah, if you'd done the sieve thing, I would've just laughed at you.

After the last six games against, Ferris, Fairbanks, and BG, I was expecting two Tech blowouts. I told Michael that I'd have been happy if we kept it within three goals both nights, which, well, we did. I mean, when Carmine stopped 61 last year against Mankato, he allowed four goals. This year, he allowed four goals on 122 shots. While Tech certainly had the upper hand this weekend, neither of those games were like anything like the destruction we saw in January. We just still struggle mightily to score.

BUT

In that long recap I wrote, I noted the following:

Every time I run into a player alumnus, we talk about the players on the team and how the talent level is rising. They cannot stop talking about the freshmen, specifically guys like forwards Saulnier, Josh Kestner (Huntsville), and Max McHugh (Seattle, Wash.). The freshmen tallied 61 points this season; UAH scored just 41 goals last year with 72 assists for 113 points.

Let’s talk about Guerriero for just a second. Last year he was 1-17-0, 3.90, and .905. This year, he’s 8-18-3, 2.56, and .928. That .928 is the second-best in the Chargers’ Division I era, second behind Scott Munroe’s (2006, Moose Jaw, Sask.) .930 mark in 2004-05 and ahead of Cam Talbot (2010, Caledonia, Ont.)’s .925 in 2009-10; the mark is fourth all-time for UAH. His .9184 career mark is .0001 behind Munroe and .0092 ahead of Talbot.

From a numbers perspective, Guerriero is on par with Talbot’s career progression from the big man’s sophomore to junior seasons — but he never had a rough freshman year like Talbot did (1-10-0, 4.63, .860). Talbot’s record in 2008-09 was 2-16-3, and his final year was 12-18-3.
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If Carmine can improve half as much from this year to next as he did from last year to this, he's going to have a better junior season than Cam Talbot did. Is he ever going to be at that level professionally? His size would indicate that he probably won't, because sub-6' goalies don't get much ice in the NHL. But he's a hell of a college hockey goalie now, and after another offseason with his goalie coach ...

GFM
 
Re: UAH Hockey 2014-15: The 30th Varsity Season

Already ready for next season. My predictions for our forwards and d core. Forwards purely on offensive output and d men a more comprehensive outlook. No need to even have a goalie chart.

Forwards
1. McHugh So.
2. Brears Sr.
3. Prince Sr.
4. Salerno Fr.
5. Houcher Fr.
6. Saulnier So.
7. Beaulieu Jr.
8. Salhany So.
9. Kestner Fr.
10. Fletcher Jr.
11. Marooney Jr.
12. White Sr.
13. Soquila Jr.
14. Poulsen Fr.
15. Wilcox Fr.

Defensemen
1. Misuraca Sr.
2. Carlson Jr.
3. Knight Fr.
4. Parker So.
5. Gosselin Fr.
6. Champagne So.
7. Buri So.
8. Teets Fr.
 
Re: UAH Hockey 2014-15: The 30th Varsity Season

Season Grades: Note: I am not a hockey player or coach. I am hockey media. These are my impressions. I should probably shut up, but I'm going to do this. I'll be covering defensemen today because I don't have time for the full roster.

#2, Graeme Strukoff (SR-D): 31GP, 0-1—1, 1.23 PIM/G. C. Struky did what he was asked to do, which was mainly to use his athleticism to defend on the second or sometimes third pair. Injuries to him (and also Ben Reinhardt) limited his effectiveness at times, and there were times that he'd probably have sat out to rest up if there had been more depth at D. It was always fun to watch him fly around, even if he picked up the occasional major penalty.

#3, Anderson White (JR-D/LW): 15GP, 0-1—1, 0.27 PIM/G. C-. White played just five games in 2014 and picked up ice time in 2015 only because the Chargers were thin at forward: just 13 forwards saw ice time on the season, not counting White and Brandon Carlson making turns at LW. White made nine starts up front, and he cracked the lineup twice when Carlson was doing the same. White's ice time was eaten up by Richard Buri. I actually prefer White playing at wing, because he terrifies me when he jumps into the play from D. His end-to-end speed is startling for someone his speed, and he's fairly responsible coming in on the backcheck given his size and experience in the corners. I don't think that the Chargers' forward depth in 2015-16 will allow him to see much ice time, but it was fun to see him get some run this year. Y'all know I love any Charger who also studies aerospace engineering, much less someone who crushes it like Andy does.

#4, Frank Misuraca (JR-D): 38GP, 6-6—12, 0.32 PIM/G. A. What more can you say about Frank? We all know that he can move the puck, but when he and Buri got locked together as a pair during the season, they also ended up being the top defensive pair. Misuraca's hockey sense is right up there with anyone else on the team, he works hard, and he's humble. He's tied for second in goals (tops among D) and is sixth in points overall (second among D). He ate up all the ice time that Corbs would give him: top pair minutes, key on the power play, killed penalties. He cut his penalties by 60% while increasing his time on ice. He made an amazing step up this year.

#5, Cody Champagne (FR-D): 38GP, 2-2—4, 0.11 PIM/G. B+. He made an acceptable number of freshman mistakes, didn't take a lot of penalties, and made the lineup every night, which only Misuraca also did among defensemen. I am really interested to see how he develops over the offseason. I feel like he could be a lot like Misuraca going forward.

#6, Brandon Carlson (SO-D/LW): 38GP, 5-5—10, 0.26 PIM/G. A-. He was Corbett's utility infielder this season, papering over a lack of depth at left wing: UAH had 13 forwards this year, and just five of them are lefty shots (Max McHugh, Jack Prince, Regan Soquila, Alex Carpenter, and Brennan Saulnier), with the two freshmen as natural centers and Carpenter sometimes at the pivot. Brandon is effective in either role, and while I'd rather have him be in back, gobbling up pucks with his body, he's definitely a solid contributor up front, doing all the gritty stuff. He loses points for having that ridiculous hair before Christmas.

#20, Brandon Parker (FR-D): 37GP, 0-14—14, 0.38 PIM/G. A-. I think that he's the second-best freshman in this class behind McHugh, at least in terms of what we saw this season. I really wanted him to get a geno just to reward all the work that he did back at the point. Like Champagne, he made some freshman mistakes, but I never felt a sense of regret/resignation when I saw the puck coming into our zone 3-on-2 when he was one of the blueliners. I await to see his improvement, which will probably be your standard FR-SO progression of better conditioning/nutrition and some work on the hands.

#28, Ben Reinhardt (SR-D): 12GP, 0-3—3, 0.25 PIM/G. C. Reino was banged up most of the year, which is a shame, as his presence would probably have let Strukoff rest up a bit and also spelled the freshmen. I was really hoping that Ben would get a goal this year just like Ryan Burkholder did his senior year. Both of them are the same kind of quiet guys that everyone likes and respects. I remember Mike Warde telling me that I'd really like him. He was right.

#33, Richard Buri (FR-D): 31GP, 3-2—5, 0.16 PIM/G. B+. He took advantage of lineup opportunities and wouldn't be moved after. You don't see a lot of freshmen playing top-pair minutes. If you told me that he rode a unicycle to class, I would believe you. I remember him being truly surprised that one of his goals made it through traffic, and that was fun. I remember Carlson telling me that Buri was mainly improvising out there. He's one of those guys that will benefit from more instruction in the North American style, and so he may not make as big of a jump in the offseason. I might be grading him too harshly, and I am a tiny bit worried that he might see this, hunt me down, and destroy me.

Forwards later. I think the goalies are pretty easily reviewed. (Hint: Carmine gets an A+.)

GFM
 
Re: UAH Hockey 2014-15: The 30th Varsity Season

stuckinwi said:
I know they don't show it on the feed, but we did not do the traditional sieveing of Guerriero during introductions. We have him a bowing "We're not worthy" instead.

Much better series than the first one this year for sure! We even learned some Slovakian from Buri :)
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I didn't make out "we're not worthy," I did notice it was different. Pretty cool. :)
 
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gfmorris said:
UAH Sports Information (as well as pretty much everyone else) puts out a small recap after every game. I have never seen any local media outlet use it as the basis or the whole for their purpose. It's a shame. Also, my recaps are never short. Last night was 1300+ words where I quoted Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes.

GFM
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The Huntsville Times is part of al.com, but I don't know if they actually print anything in the paper, which is now 3-days-a-week thing. Online, they mostly aggregate UAH Sports Information releases already: http://www.al.com/uah/

My recaps are more AP style. :p
 
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gfmorris said:
I don't know anything about next year's schedule, but I'd be stunned if CC came here, even at their current sorry state.

GFM
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All I know is that UConn is coming in October because the Hartford Courant spilled those beans in their Huskies season review.
 
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UAHStatman said:
I didn't make out "we're not worthy," I did notice it was different. Pretty cool. :)
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When we got back to my parents house, my mom mentioned that the Brent Peterson, the color guy, had said he was amazed that we were still sieving him. So we decided to do something different :)
 
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LSSULaker889294 said:
All I know about UAH's 2015-16 schedule is that LSSU will not go to Huntsville.
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I expect that UConn will be our only non-conference series. Corbs said at the coaches' luncheon before Ferris State that they will never schedule USNTDP again because it took so much out of the team before the Tech series.

Based on the WCHA's rotation:
BG H&H (perhaps bookending the schedule again, but the home series will be in Huntsville at the end of the year per WCHA guidelines)
Mankato H&H
Bemidji H&H (we get them the next three years, Huntsville, barring realignment)
Northern H&H (remember, the series in Marquette fulfilled a deal from the indie days)
Anchorage H&H
v. Alaska
v. Tech
@ Ferris
@ Lake

GFM
 
Re: UAH Hockey 2014-15: The 30th Varsity Season

gfmorris said:
I expect that UConn will be our only non-conference series. Corbs said at the coaches' luncheon before Ferris State that they will never schedule USNTDP again because it took so much out of the team before the Tech series.

Based on the WCHA's rotation:
BG H&H (perhaps bookending the schedule again, but the home series will be in Huntsville at the end of the year per WCHA guidelines)
Mankato H&H
Bemidji H&H (we get them the next three years, Huntsville, barring realignment)
Northern H&H (remember, the series in Marquette fulfilled a deal from the indie days)
Anchorage H&H
v. Alaska
v. Tech
@ Ferris
@ Lake

GFM
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I agree on UConn being our only non-conference home series. These days, getting two would be a coup.

I don't blame Corbett for not wanting USNTDP any more. I thought that having an exhibition series in the middle of the season of any kind is wonky, particularly the caliber of USNTDP. I'd like to see a single preseason match like most teams have, because I think it would prevent UAH starting the season "cold." Of course, setting one up that's worth our while is easier said than done.
 
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I'm pretty sure that they booked USNTDP because we'd have gone from Jan 17 to Feb 20 without home games. We also would've had v. Northern, BYE, @ Tech, BYE, @ Lake.

GFM
 
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Bill said:
Over The Boards is reporting that you have a new commit. Madison Dunn, from the Brooks Bandits of the AJHL. A small guy. Probably a very good skater.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=161209
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Those regular season stats aren't exciting, but the postseason stats are. I'd guess that he's made it up in the lineup — probably at center — as the season has progressed.

GFM
 
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UAHStatman said:
I agree on UConn being our only non-conference home series. These days, getting two would be a coup.

I don't blame Corbett for not wanting USNTDP any more. I thought that having an exhibition series in the middle of the season of any kind is wonky, particularly the caliber of USNTDP. I'd like to see a single preseason match like most teams have, because I think it would prevent UAH starting the season "cold." Of course, setting one up that's worth our while is easier said than done.
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I bet you could get ASU to come if you wanted.
 
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manurespreader said:
I bet you could get ASU to come if you wanted.
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They'd want money that we don't really have. We're not back to drawing 2800 a night like we were, and ASU isn't a football school that anyone here cares about. Our base would show up, but our base would show up for Bentley. (Oddly, they've not been much interested in the U-18 games.)

I don't have time for forwards, but I do have time for goalies.

Carmine Guerriero (SO-G): 29GP, 8-18-3, 2.56 GAA, .928 SV%. A+. Do I really need to say anything? His performance delta from last year to this is stunning, as I've said in other places lately. I interviewed Carmine and Matt at the end of last season, and Carmine was lasered-in on me and knew that he had to get stronger, in better shape, and round out his game. He did all of those things.

Matt Larose (SO-G): 11GP, 0-8-1, 4.47 GAA, .880 SV%. C-. Simply put, he was given a chance to take the #1 job this season, and he came away with #2. He does stay ready, and he was really good in the final game of the season against Bowling Green and against the U-18 kids. That said, he's a part of the reason that UAH gacked their way into a tie at Air Force, and in virtually every other game, he gave up four goals. I really thought that he was going to end up the #1 goalie this year. I'm wrong.

Jordan Uhelski (FR-G): 0GP, 0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, .000 SV%. Redshirt. I'm glad that Jordy got to travel some this year, but man, I'm glad that he didn't have to play any games. Everyone — players, coaches — loves the guy and thinks that he'll be a solid contributor for us come 2017 — or earlier if Carmine leaves after his junior season.

GFM
 
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