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UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
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Re: UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
Has anyone tallied the won-loss records for say five years before and the number of games after new expensive scoreboards were installed at the Whitt and Cowell Stadium? Any chance that the scoreboards could be taken down and sold on EBay or Craig's List? Yes, I know, I was for the Jumbotron before I was against the Jumbotron.
Has anyone tallied the won-loss records for say five years before and the number of games after new expensive scoreboards were installed at the Whitt and Cowell Stadium? Any chance that the scoreboards could be taken down and sold on EBay or Craig's List? Yes, I know, I was for the Jumbotron before I was against the Jumbotron.
Any time you want line charts for a previous game go here:
Collegehockeystats.net
They run live stats for every game and then afterwards archive all the games. Stats are uploaded directly from the SIDs themselves and season stats, schedules and boxes are archived back to 2000. It's an amazing site.
For example - did you know that in his first game as a Wildcat Warren Foegele played third line right wing (and registered four shots on goal) alongside Poturalski and Kelleher on the 'what might have been line'...
http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/munhuni1.o11
He would soon be demoted, wasting his offensive talent and planting the seeds for his jump to MJ. Oh and Mike Vecchione was 1-1--2 in the game as well...
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Greg Ambrose
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Can’t say I was focused on UNH Hockey today but I did log onto the ESPN app and watched a period and a half while watching the football team implode. Suffice to say that the hockey team has a lot of work to do. Colgate is terrible but UNH is worse. The Souzamen did not attack the net once during the time I watched the game. No attempt to push the puck up through center ice. No aggressiveness down low. The PP was abysmal with lots of zone time but the end result was a wrist shot by Gildon or Wyse from the blue line. Goaltending was okay, but so what. They were playing a team that was inept as them. Souza and the assistants need to shake it up, and pronto. Force the action and, if it is fruitless, so what. You’re going no where this year but set the tone for years to come. The last thing we need is more moribund hockey. All I ask is that you play exciting enough hockey to make me think about getting season tickets again.
HockeyRef
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That was pretty cool! Also in that game were former UNH players Matias Cleland and John Furgele. Not sure if Shane Eiserman played for the Thunder..
NCAA watcher
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Re: UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
I guess you can look at the weekend to contrast with the horrible Umile process (not saying Umile's only failing) of burying an NHL player on the 4th line, so that seniors Max Gaudreault, Kyle Smith, Colin MacDonald and Jamie Hill could skate first two lines
http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mclkunh1.o17
It seems Souza learned from that, and this weekend had lots of freshmen including Esposito on first line, Pierson on PP, and Crookshank playing regularly, while seniors Boyd, Miller, Cefalu and Dawson saw limited time.
The problem is there aren't that many freshmen talented like Foegele. Crookshank deserves, and I imagine Engaras when he becomes eligible will move up to top 2 lines in place of Esposito. The tradeoff of playing frosh is they take 10 games to get used to the speed, so the offense will be rough. Add Nazarian when returns from injury, and hopefully by year end there is some semblance of offense.
The focus on this past weekend and next misses the important fact that that's why they play games on paper, not on the ice. The games are pretty irrellevant to knowing how Souza is doing.
The growth of those frosh is the one thing to look at to tell us where the program is next year and the year after.
The second thing to look at is whether Guiliano gains any traction on recruiting. Right now the pipeline is below average, particularly on D. When Gildon leaves after this year, they will have one above average D, and the incoming are not strong. There is a gap, in large part because of the James Miller/Corson Green (and one more) group of commitments that pay no dividends. I'd say their prospects on offense are better than on D for the future, and even there, the offensive recruits, apart from the flier on Stutzle, seem to be average. Scott Morrow soon, please?
With the recruiting process going to a "just-in-time" model rather than the early commitments used by most top programs, they have to hope someone falls to them. I keep hoping UNH returns to playing for younger guys like when they saw Crookshank. There are interesting possibilities -- can they get in on young higher ceiling guys Johnson, Bulawka, Evans, or on D Ardanaz? Or are they going to continue to snag "older" guys like Verboom, Glasman? The latter are the kind of kids that are the payoffs for waiting out the early recruiting commitments. Either way, let's see if Guiliano has any aptitude for recruiting, either in selling/recruiting the wanted younger kids, or if you are picking through the bargain bin, an eye to getting the right older guy.
I guess you can look at the weekend to contrast with the horrible Umile process (not saying Umile's only failing) of burying an NHL player on the 4th line, so that seniors Max Gaudreault, Kyle Smith, Colin MacDonald and Jamie Hill could skate first two lines
http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mclkunh1.o17
It seems Souza learned from that, and this weekend had lots of freshmen including Esposito on first line, Pierson on PP, and Crookshank playing regularly, while seniors Boyd, Miller, Cefalu and Dawson saw limited time.
The problem is there aren't that many freshmen talented like Foegele. Crookshank deserves, and I imagine Engaras when he becomes eligible will move up to top 2 lines in place of Esposito. The tradeoff of playing frosh is they take 10 games to get used to the speed, so the offense will be rough. Add Nazarian when returns from injury, and hopefully by year end there is some semblance of offense.
The focus on this past weekend and next misses the important fact that that's why they play games on paper, not on the ice. The games are pretty irrellevant to knowing how Souza is doing.
The growth of those frosh is the one thing to look at to tell us where the program is next year and the year after.
The second thing to look at is whether Guiliano gains any traction on recruiting. Right now the pipeline is below average, particularly on D. When Gildon leaves after this year, they will have one above average D, and the incoming are not strong. There is a gap, in large part because of the James Miller/Corson Green (and one more) group of commitments that pay no dividends. I'd say their prospects on offense are better than on D for the future, and even there, the offensive recruits, apart from the flier on Stutzle, seem to be average. Scott Morrow soon, please?
With the recruiting process going to a "just-in-time" model rather than the early commitments used by most top programs, they have to hope someone falls to them. I keep hoping UNH returns to playing for younger guys like when they saw Crookshank. There are interesting possibilities -- can they get in on young higher ceiling guys Johnson, Bulawka, Evans, or on D Ardanaz? Or are they going to continue to snag "older" guys like Verboom, Glasman? The latter are the kind of kids that are the payoffs for waiting out the early recruiting commitments. Either way, let's see if Guiliano has any aptitude for recruiting, either in selling/recruiting the wanted younger kids, or if you are picking through the bargain bin, an eye to getting the right older guy.
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HockeyRef
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Re: UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
Going forward I plan on enjoying the gains they are going to make over the coarse of this season. I don't know any other way to look at it. I'm thrilled we have some new players who are going to get playing time, because they are the future of this program right now. I'm looking forward to when Ara Nazarian is healthy and can join the line up, along with Engaras. There's going to be lumps and losses and a few wins to make it ok. Could we hope for a split this weekend Dan with CC? That would be awesome. You said our D would have their work cut out for them. What else can we expect from the Tigers?
Going forward I plan on enjoying the gains they are going to make over the coarse of this season. I don't know any other way to look at it. I'm thrilled we have some new players who are going to get playing time, because they are the future of this program right now. I'm looking forward to when Ara Nazarian is healthy and can join the line up, along with Engaras. There's going to be lumps and losses and a few wins to make it ok. Could we hope for a split this weekend Dan with CC? That would be awesome. You said our D would have their work cut out for them. What else can we expect from the Tigers?
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Couldn't agree more!
What's wrong with Naz?
HockeyRef
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Well I am assuming he’s injured...maybe Coach Souza will mention it at his weekly presser (that is if he is having one). Those were usually held on Wednesday’s but not sure if that’s still the drill?
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
Welcome back, 'Watcher. Agree and totally agree. Not that recruiting has ever been my UNH "sweet spot", but having three relatively young guys working the pipeline instead of just two, you have to think that bodes well for an uptick, which we seemed to be seeing right at the very end of last season, when Coach Umile's time was almost done.
But the guys are going to have to be able to point to some semblance of on-ice progress if the players they're likely targeting are going to give them any serious consideration. And I still think the failure of two-thirds of the current recruiting team to really start to generate the kind of recruiting buzz over the last three seasons in situ is something they're all going to wish they'd done a better job at, because it really could have cushioned the program during the current transition - something I have to believe BS35+6 expected would have been the whole point of adopting this approach to begin with*?
* - probably the most pro-BS35+6 comment you're ever likely going to read from me on this site, ever …
Welcome back, 'Watcher. Agree and totally agree. Not that recruiting has ever been my UNH "sweet spot", but having three relatively young guys working the pipeline instead of just two, you have to think that bodes well for an uptick, which we seemed to be seeing right at the very end of last season, when Coach Umile's time was almost done.
But the guys are going to have to be able to point to some semblance of on-ice progress if the players they're likely targeting are going to give them any serious consideration. And I still think the failure of two-thirds of the current recruiting team to really start to generate the kind of recruiting buzz over the last three seasons in situ is something they're all going to wish they'd done a better job at, because it really could have cushioned the program during the current transition - something I have to believe BS35+6 expected would have been the whole point of adopting this approach to begin with*?
* - probably the most pro-BS35+6 comment you're ever likely going to read from me on this site, ever …
Re: UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
Certainly, UNH could split at CC. I would expect that to be the likely outcome - but they will have to play a lot better to make that a reality. CC is definitely trending upward each season under Mike Haviland and they are off to a hot-start (if not entirely consistent) this season. They have been very dangerous offensively. The pre-season weakness at CC would have been their defense and goaltending, but they have been VERY good on that end in three of their first four games. The question marks around CC's performance to date would certainly be the calibre of their opponents. Alaska-Anchorage and Alabama-Huntsville are consistently among the worst teams in college hockey, in recent years, and Air Force (who they did beat 6-1) is easily the best team they've played.
They've scored 20 goals in four games - including a 10-spot on UAA in their season opener. They haven't been consistent in finishing (just a 1-0 win over UAH), but one thing they will absolutely do is skate fast and put a lot of pucks on net. Despite scoring just one goal against UAH, they threw 47 pucks on net. They've found a real strong and deep top-nine, led by their high-scoring line from last season - Halloran (19-26--45), Bergh (18-22--40) and Bradley (7-24--31) - and bolstered by breakout/newcomer performances this season in Berardinelli (4-1--5), Michaud (3-2--5), freshman Cruikshank (1-4--5), North Dakota transfer Wilkie (2-2--4), Versich (1-3--4) and freshman Copeland (2-1--3). They are deep up front. They play on a completely different level offensively than Colgate - looking to really push the tempo, play fast and attack, as opposed to Colgate's defense first, push-forward when you have clear openings type of offense...
Defensively, CC can be gotten too. They have a couple of nice puck movies in freshman Yoon and Blumenschein - otherwise they're big, physical and somewhat slow. UNH needs to play fast and attack their defense in transition and keep pucks moving. Alex LeClerc is a small, but talented goaltender - who depends a lot on the play of the defensemen in front of him. If they don't play well, he can be beaten. He can also flat out steal a game on his own. If they do play well in front of him, he's tough to beat. Last year he posted modest numbers, including a 3.21 GAA and a .907 SPCT. This year he is off to a great start with a .964 SPCT and a 0.75 GAA in 3 games. The other goalies have been bad and he'll likely see all 120 minutes this weekend. If they do go to another goalie it will do UNH a huge favor - the likely choice would be Calvaruso who has an .899 career SPCT in 9 games and allowed four goals on 23 shots against UAA in their opening weekend...
I think UNH will play better this weekend against CC - as they usually do against teams that play up tempo, open skating games. Thats still the game UNH wants to play, even though they don't have the horses they used to run out on a nightly basis. Without their past levels of talent, UNH has really struggled against defensive styles like the trap played by Colgate. They don't have the talent to beat those systems. I think we'll see more of the transition game and offensive tempo Souza spoke about during the pre-season this weekend at CC - but can UNH do that and maintain a necessary level of play defensively? If they get into a run and gun game are they capable of outscoring CC? How will UNH's goaltender's stand up to 35-45 SOG? It will be an interesting series...
I predicted a split and I stand by that prediction for now. CC sweeping would not surprise me at all - if UNH manages 3 or 4 points, it would definitely surprise me, but would be a very good result and sign for this team's resiliency...
Certainly, UNH could split at CC. I would expect that to be the likely outcome - but they will have to play a lot better to make that a reality. CC is definitely trending upward each season under Mike Haviland and they are off to a hot-start (if not entirely consistent) this season. They have been very dangerous offensively. The pre-season weakness at CC would have been their defense and goaltending, but they have been VERY good on that end in three of their first four games. The question marks around CC's performance to date would certainly be the calibre of their opponents. Alaska-Anchorage and Alabama-Huntsville are consistently among the worst teams in college hockey, in recent years, and Air Force (who they did beat 6-1) is easily the best team they've played.
They've scored 20 goals in four games - including a 10-spot on UAA in their season opener. They haven't been consistent in finishing (just a 1-0 win over UAH), but one thing they will absolutely do is skate fast and put a lot of pucks on net. Despite scoring just one goal against UAH, they threw 47 pucks on net. They've found a real strong and deep top-nine, led by their high-scoring line from last season - Halloran (19-26--45), Bergh (18-22--40) and Bradley (7-24--31) - and bolstered by breakout/newcomer performances this season in Berardinelli (4-1--5), Michaud (3-2--5), freshman Cruikshank (1-4--5), North Dakota transfer Wilkie (2-2--4), Versich (1-3--4) and freshman Copeland (2-1--3). They are deep up front. They play on a completely different level offensively than Colgate - looking to really push the tempo, play fast and attack, as opposed to Colgate's defense first, push-forward when you have clear openings type of offense...
Defensively, CC can be gotten too. They have a couple of nice puck movies in freshman Yoon and Blumenschein - otherwise they're big, physical and somewhat slow. UNH needs to play fast and attack their defense in transition and keep pucks moving. Alex LeClerc is a small, but talented goaltender - who depends a lot on the play of the defensemen in front of him. If they don't play well, he can be beaten. He can also flat out steal a game on his own. If they do play well in front of him, he's tough to beat. Last year he posted modest numbers, including a 3.21 GAA and a .907 SPCT. This year he is off to a great start with a .964 SPCT and a 0.75 GAA in 3 games. The other goalies have been bad and he'll likely see all 120 minutes this weekend. If they do go to another goalie it will do UNH a huge favor - the likely choice would be Calvaruso who has an .899 career SPCT in 9 games and allowed four goals on 23 shots against UAA in their opening weekend...
I think UNH will play better this weekend against CC - as they usually do against teams that play up tempo, open skating games. Thats still the game UNH wants to play, even though they don't have the horses they used to run out on a nightly basis. Without their past levels of talent, UNH has really struggled against defensive styles like the trap played by Colgate. They don't have the talent to beat those systems. I think we'll see more of the transition game and offensive tempo Souza spoke about during the pre-season this weekend at CC - but can UNH do that and maintain a necessary level of play defensively? If they get into a run and gun game are they capable of outscoring CC? How will UNH's goaltender's stand up to 35-45 SOG? It will be an interesting series...
I predicted a split and I stand by that prediction for now. CC sweeping would not surprise me at all - if UNH manages 3 or 4 points, it would definitely surprise me, but would be a very good result and sign for this team's resiliency...
After the Whistle
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Re: UNH 2018-19: Souza The Opportunity
First two game look like we are starting in a similar trend to last season. Cant expect ANY team to be over .500 if you only are able to score 1 or 2 goals a night. Ty Conklin was probably the best goaltender we have had in the last 20 years. He had between a 1.84 - 2.49 GAA during his 3 years in Durham. He is not walking in the door anytime soon. The fact of the matter is we NEED to score goals. Cant expect anything more than you got from Robinson and Taylor this weekend. They need help. It is going to be another long season if UNH has trouble scoring goals. Long gone are the days of free Frosty's at Wendy's when UNH would hit the was it 5 goal mark.
Ill be in the springs this weekend. Looking to see Souza's first two W's!
First two game look like we are starting in a similar trend to last season. Cant expect ANY team to be over .500 if you only are able to score 1 or 2 goals a night. Ty Conklin was probably the best goaltender we have had in the last 20 years. He had between a 1.84 - 2.49 GAA during his 3 years in Durham. He is not walking in the door anytime soon. The fact of the matter is we NEED to score goals. Cant expect anything more than you got from Robinson and Taylor this weekend. They need help. It is going to be another long season if UNH has trouble scoring goals. Long gone are the days of free Frosty's at Wendy's when UNH would hit the was it 5 goal mark.
Ill be in the springs this weekend. Looking to see Souza's first two W's!
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