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UMass Lowell 2022-2023: Valley Steamroller Edition

bottomdweller said:
Hopefully Lowell has learned from the last couple of years that you can't play down to OOC competition. Losing to ASU and tying LIU last year hurt them in the pairwise. Go out there, get your two Ws and move on to next weekend.

Think we'll see a split in net this weekend with Welsch and Grigals?
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I was thinking the same thing regarding the goaltending and the need to take care of business.
 
That sucks.

Liked pulling the goalie down 3-0 because these guys put in a lot of effort and had a lot of good chances that going unrewarded was going to bite a bit. I thought the opportunities favored us but pucks didn't fall in. Seems like a bit of a repeat from last season. We will see how that goes. Power play choices... i'm always a guy that likes working the d-men when they're open but I'm sure that's a matter of growing up watching the Bruins. Some defensive breakdowns. Things to clean up. In my opinion Welsch is going to feel like he didn't have the greatest night but I don't think he's to blame for what happened... some of his other choices seemed off however those off choices didn't lead to goals. But again, I know nothing. On the other hand Miami's goalie had a game he'll be real happy with.

Hard to form anything from this other than the general goals that won't fall. Hopefully the choices improve as things go along as well.
 
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Patman said:
That sucks.

Liked pulling the goalie down 3-0 because these guys put in a lot of effort and had a lot of good chances that going unrewarded was going to bite a bit. I thought the opportunities favored us but pucks didn't fall in. Seems like a bit of a repeat from last season. We will see how that goes. Power play choices... i'm always a guy that likes working the d-men when they're open but I'm sure that's a matter of growing up watching the Bruins. Some defensive breakdowns. Things to clean up. In my opinion Welsch is going to feel like he didn't have the greatest night but I don't think he's to blame for what happened... some of his other choices seemed off however those off choices didn't lead to goals. But again, I know nothing. On the other hand Miami's goalie had a game he'll be real happy with.

Hard to form anything from this other than the general goals that won't fall. Hopefully the choices improve as things go along as well.
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That pretty much sums it up. Plenty of chances early in the game with nothing to show for it. Give credit to Miami, they played well. Hopefully the Hawks can put the puck into the net tonight. Based on the game analytics, the Hawks attempted 77 shots, 39 were on net, 19 were blocked and they missed the net 19 times.

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Admittedly a small sample size, but through 2 games, Lowell has had 9 power plays for a total of 16:02 of power play time. During those 16+ minutes, they have only attempted 13 shots. All 13 were on net, and 1 went in, but only attempting 0.8 shots per minute of power play time just isn't going to cut it. That number should be at least 3-4 times higher. Get more shots toward the net on the power play, and good things should start to happen. That and getting the puck on net when the goalie is down and out of position.
 
The one thing I've seen over the years is that players tend to make one too many moves and what I've seen so far kind of smacks of that
 
I don't have much to say because I didn't get to see much as I was out hanging out and was trying to flip between different things
 
Patman said:
I don't have much to say because I didn't get to see much as I was out hanging out and was trying to flip between different things
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For the first half of the game, it looked like a repeat of Friday's game. The Hawks were doing a lot right but nothing to show for it. That goal by Korencik really took the pressure off.
It was nice to see the team come out in the 3rd and get a couple of quick goals to take the game over. A nice night for Berglund.
 
ScottK said:
Admittedly a small sample size, but through 2 games, Lowell has had 9 power plays for a total of 16:02 of power play time. During those 16+ minutes, they have only attempted 13 shots. All 13 were on net, and 1 went in, but only attempting 0.8 shots per minute of power play time just isn't going to cut it. That number should be at least 3-4 times higher. Get more shots toward the net on the power play, and good things should start to happen. That and getting the puck on net when the goalie is down and out of position.
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In years past, they seemed to like to work the rotation and hit the wings, or try a cross ice, backdoor pass to either a wing or the point man crashing in. That's been open a couple of times, especially with Brushett being the open player, but they haven't pulled the trigger on the pass. They just need to move the puck quicker in the offensive zone. It's a lot of hold and then pass when they're under pressure. Doesn't work well against aggressive PKs.
 
Safe travels to the folks that are heading to Michigan State. It should be a good series. The only way to watch is through the B1G Network, ($9.95 for a monthly MSU pass).

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It's a Thursday-Friday series at home this week against UMass-Lowell ... and on Friday we will celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the 2007 National Championship!
 
Tonight's lineup:

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MSU 4-3, the game winner was on a penalty shot. I watched the game online; I was a bit surprised they called a penalty shot. I figured it would be a hooking call as there was little to no separation. Tough luck on the play as the Lowell defenseman broke his stick. The Hawks did a nice job getting back into the game after a tough 1st period. A big game tomorrow night.
Any thoughts from the folks who made the trip?
 
Was "following" through Twitter updates, but 3 goals given up in 94 seconds? Did they just fall asleep?
 
10 shots in the first period, just 12 in the combined 40 minutes after that. What?

Highlights from the B1N.
 
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UMLFan said:
Was "following" through Twitter updates, but 3 goals given up in 94 seconds? Did they just fall asleep?
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They really struggled in their own zone during that portion of the first period. MSU looked quicker and faster and did a good job getting shots on net with traffic. Lowell also took 5 penalties in the first period and got destroyed in the faceoff circle 10-21.
 
boblav1 said:
They really struggled in their own zone during that portion of the first period. MSU looked quicker and faster and did a good job getting shots on net with traffic. Lowell also took 5 penalties in the first period and got destroyed in the faceoff circle 10-21.
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And the highlights show Grigals making some huge saves early on just to keep this game competitive to begin with.
 
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