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UNH At The Starting Gate....

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Excellent post by C-H-C; I made some similar comments on the BU-UNH game thread, as did Greg Ambrose.

Looking forward to Brown game at Lake Whitt on Tuesday night, as I suspect tickets will be available. And, I agree that the Cats cannot take the Brown Bears lightly, even if Bentley did beat them last year; Brown swept in upstate New York this past weekend.
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
(3) Having the second UNH goal disallowed after a lengthy review seemed to be a momentum killer. BU goalies seemed to be adept at lifting the goal off its mooring at just the right moment.
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They sure are, and have always been, and the d-men are taught to knock the net off 'accidentally'...

my question is, why is it not a penalty, and why does the defending team benefit from something like that when it really doesn't affect the play. I didn't see the goal last night, just listened to the radio broadcast. How much longer after the alleged goal coming off its moorings did the puck go in the net, and did the puck go in the net BECAUSE it came off? I just can't understand why the defending team is rewarded like this..
 
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Carmine Scarpaglia said:
I know what it looks like, you guys think I jinxed your Cats on purpose or something (as if I would do that the night you were playing BU). Clearly not the case.

So what, they lost a game in November... happens to BC's national title teams all the time. This is still UNH's year, Umile will guide the Cats to the promised land!!!!! Go Cats!!
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get out of our thread!
 
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When Brett Kostolansky scored his goal last night and the PA announced it was his first collegiate goal, I was surprised. With his ability to skate and handle the puck, I thought he had scored more. On the first power play unit, his role is mostly to feed the puck to Blake Kessel. I'd like to see Kostolansky attack the net and take more shots.
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
When Brett Kostolansky scored his goal last night and the PA announced it was his first collegiate goal, I was surprised. With his ability to skate and handle the puck, I thought he had scored more. On the first power play unit, his role is mostly to feed the puck to Blake Kessel. I'd like to see Kostolansky attack the net and take more shots.
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Kosto is great at moving the puck and rushing it, but he doesn't have much of a shot. His numbers the last two years:
Chicago Steel: 1-17-18 in 60 games
UNH: 0-12-12 in 28 games
That's one goal in 98 games (including the first 10 this year).
 
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RockTheWhit said:
Kosto is great at moving the puck and rushing it, but he doesn't have much of a shot. His numbers the last two years:
Chicago Steel: 1-17-18 in 60 games
UNH: 0-12-12 in 28 games
That's one goal in 98 games (including the first 10 this year).
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On the goal he scored last night, he was moving from the top of the faceoff circle toward the net when he received the pass. A defenseman need not have a rocket from the blueline to be able to score goals. I did a quick search of Kostolansky's stats from Shattuck St. Mary's.
In his final season of prep school hockey, Kostolansky had 9 goals and 38 assists in 60 games.
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
(4) Mike Beck and Damon Kipp fell back into some bad habits (e.g., not clearing their own zone). At one pivotal moment, Beck was called for a penalty in the neutral zone, he threw his arms up with a whining face, and just stood there. Meanwhile, BU continued the play because UNH had not touched the puck and flew into the UNH end for a couple of good shots.
(5) UNH seemed to run out of gas as the third period went on. Hard skating and over 80 shots on goal over two consecutive nights will do that.
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The Beck penalty was BS - Gill wrapped his arm around Beck's stick, and then fell. Pure dive. Granted, his poor position opened that opportunity for Gill to embellish, so you do have a point there.

BU's 3rd and 4th goals were directly caused by pitiful clearing attempts.

As to your final point, BU beat the crap out of UNH all night, but especially in the later stages of the game. They were brutally physical (and almost entriely clean), and I think that more than anything shook the 'Cats.

Hopefully, they learn from it, and get stronger.
 
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Fun little video I stumbled across on YouTube on Snively and it's traditions:
Not dated, but I'm guessing mid to late 80's (?)
(school banners hanging from the ceiling seem to be Hockey East era, including Lowell)
 
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Nice work by NH's Paul Thompson- 10pts over the last 2 weekends- LEADING BY EXAMPLE! Way to go, Paul! Keep it going!
 
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i'zonprize said:
Nice work by NH's Paul Thompson- 10pts over the last 2 weekends- LEADING BY EXAMPLE! Way to go, Paul! Keep it going!
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From the "Hometown Hero" article on today's seacoastonline.com
“My experiences here have been absolutely great over the years,” Thompson said. “I have played with some great guys, been on some great teams, but we have one goal this year, which is hopefully capping off the season with a national championship. If we keep playing well like we are, and stay focused, I think we will have a good shot at accomplishing our goal.”
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Brett Kostolansky - 2 goals in 2 games. A blossoming Ray Bourque.;)

Second game in a row Kipp and Beck had troubles clearing the puck out of UNH's end. A shakeup might be in order. Maybe combine Hardowa and Kipp (two bruisers) and Campanale with Beck (Campanale can compensate for Beck's mistakes). Or how about that Knodel or Agosta kid? (can't stop beating that dead horse)
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Brett Kostolansky - 2 goals in 2 games. A blossoming Ray Bourque.;)

Second game in a row Kipp and Beck had troubles clearing the puck out of UNH's end. A shakeup might be in order. Maybe combine Hardowa and Kipp (two bruisers) and Campanale with Beck (Campanale can compensate for Beck's mistakes). Or how about that Knodel or Agosta kid? (can't stop beating that dead horse)
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A dead horse or not, UNH is going to have 3 Dmen spots open next year... which at this point will be filled by 3 unexperienced Dmen. Pretty scary..

The team as a whole has had an awful time getting the puck out of their own end as of late. The first line especially (when you consider the talent they have)
 
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Saetia22 said:
A dead horse or not, UNH is going to have 3 Dmen spots open next year... which at this point will be filled by 3 unexperienced Dmen. Pretty scary..
The team as a whole has had an awful time getting the puck out of their own end as of late. The first line especially (when you consider the talent they have)
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That's for sure. I wonder how much of that is them playing with less intensity now that DiGi has proven himself to be a solid goalie?
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Brett Kostolansky - 2 goals in 2 games. A blossoming Ray Bourque.;)

Second game in a row Kipp and Beck had troubles clearing the puck out of UNH's end. A shakeup might be in order. Maybe combine Hardowa and Kipp (two bruisers) and Campanale with Beck (Campanale can compensate for Beck's mistakes). Or how about that Knodel or Agosta kid? (can't stop beating that dead horse)
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I watched Campanale turn it over more than anyone tonight - I cannot figure out how/why a kid like Knodel cannot beat out Campanale or Beck for even a game or two of ice time (But Umile loves his seniors and at least you know what youre going to get with those two...). Kessel would/will be a huge whole to fill, but I have to think some combination of Knodel/Chevrier/TVR can more than replace Campanale/Beck...

Edit - you know who would be great next year (or this year for that matter)...Joey Lel...eh, never mind...
 
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Dan said:
I watched Campanale turn it over more than anyone tonight - I cannot figure out how/why a kid like Knodel cannot beat out Campanale or Beck for even a game or two of ice time (But Umile loves his seniors and at least you know what youre going to get with those two...). Kessel would/will be a huge whole to fill, but I have to think some combination of Knodel/Chevrier/TVR can more than replace Campanale/Beck...
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Without thinking, I may be giving Campanale a pass. I may be watching Beck and Kipp too closely. Also, watching the game online is a poor substitute for actually being there. Has anyone seen Knodel and Agosta in practice? Are they that far away from seeing some icetime?
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Without thinking, I may be giving Campanale a pass. I may be watching Beck and Kipp too closely. Also, watching the game online is a poor substitute for actually being there. Has anyone seen Knodel and Agosta in practice? Are they that far away from seeing some icetime?
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I only know what I've heard which is probably no more than anyone else - my understanding is Agosta is a project (former roller hockey player with great hands and suspect skating), but Knodel is an NHL draft pick who had an offer to play at Colorado College last year. He would seem to be ready and I'm awfully surprised we havent seen him.

Umile loves to give his upperclassmen the first shot at playing time. And you have to figure that there was no reason to make a change while the team was playing so well. After the last two efforts I'd expect we might see a different lineup, to one degree or another, come Saturday...
 
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