Re: UNH At The Starting Gate....
I am glad you enjoyed your visit to our humble pond. It's always fun to have UNH come for a visit with their collection of roadrunners. Incidentally the smaller ice surface is the same length as "Winnepesaukee with boards" but it is 10 feet narrower giving the Wildcats a distinct road disadvantage.
In actuality, IIRC it is the largest ice surface in Boston. It is also well heated. If you were cold, you may be coming down with something.
The game was fun to watch as each team poured shots on the other team's keeper, but neither team had a lot of grade "A" opportunities. Neither goalie had to stand on his head.
None of the goals was what I would call pretty, although Mclaughlin's SH goal was the result of a great rush around your D and stuffing your goalie into the net. His second was far less photogenic.
Neither UNH goals reflected the kind of skill your forwards have. The first seems have been gloved into the net by Rawlings, while the second saw the puck thrown centered from the corner to the crease area where it deflected in off someone. I was reviewed by the refs and deemed worthy.
I'm not really impressed with your goalie. He's certainly improved from the time we last saw him as a freshman. He seems adequate at best. Your best bet is to keep the puck in the opponent's zone as much as possible. But you've already adopted that strategy. I didn't see a cheap shot to his head, but I did see a comically bad acting job on his part, as he slowly rolled over on his back and splayed his arms out. We don't usually laugh at an injured player. Quite the opposite is true, but he really looked silly. Desimone also did his best to draw a call. He was so violated that he never even left the ice. Can you spell "embellishment"?
Anotther interesting note (to me, at least) was the fact that UNH went 47+ minutes without taking a penalty - then took two in 16 seconds. Wish we could do the former. We can certainly do the latter. The truth is that NU doesn't mind being shorthanded as we have scored as many goals SH as on the PP so far this year. Pathetic PP simply has to improve. We almost ruined that stat during the two man advantage, but the ref disallowed the goal.
By local standards the game was pretty tame. UNH appeared just slightly more skilled. Our eight freshmen look terrific. Oleksiak, with his size and rapidly improving skills may turn out to be something special, ala Kessel. I hope we can fare as well on your ice.
I am glad you enjoyed your visit to our humble pond. It's always fun to have UNH come for a visit with their collection of roadrunners. Incidentally the smaller ice surface is the same length as "Winnepesaukee with boards" but it is 10 feet narrower giving the Wildcats a distinct road disadvantage.
In actuality, IIRC it is the largest ice surface in Boston. It is also well heated. If you were cold, you may be coming down with something.The game was fun to watch as each team poured shots on the other team's keeper, but neither team had a lot of grade "A" opportunities. Neither goalie had to stand on his head.
None of the goals was what I would call pretty, although Mclaughlin's SH goal was the result of a great rush around your D and stuffing your goalie into the net. His second was far less photogenic.
Neither UNH goals reflected the kind of skill your forwards have. The first seems have been gloved into the net by Rawlings, while the second saw the puck thrown centered from the corner to the crease area where it deflected in off someone. I was reviewed by the refs and deemed worthy.
I'm not really impressed with your goalie. He's certainly improved from the time we last saw him as a freshman. He seems adequate at best. Your best bet is to keep the puck in the opponent's zone as much as possible. But you've already adopted that strategy. I didn't see a cheap shot to his head, but I did see a comically bad acting job on his part, as he slowly rolled over on his back and splayed his arms out. We don't usually laugh at an injured player. Quite the opposite is true, but he really looked silly. Desimone also did his best to draw a call. He was so violated that he never even left the ice. Can you spell "embellishment"?
Anotther interesting note (to me, at least) was the fact that UNH went 47+ minutes without taking a penalty - then took two in 16 seconds. Wish we could do the former. We can certainly do the latter. The truth is that NU doesn't mind being shorthanded as we have scored as many goals SH as on the PP so far this year. Pathetic PP simply has to improve. We almost ruined that stat during the two man advantage, but the ref disallowed the goal.
By local standards the game was pretty tame. UNH appeared just slightly more skilled. Our eight freshmen look terrific. Oleksiak, with his size and rapidly improving skills may turn out to be something special, ala Kessel. I hope we can fare as well on your ice.
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We had a decent time in Albany but we always have a better time in Ithaca, although it is a pretty long ride. And we never go there in mid-winter, at least not since we navigated through 10 inches of snow on Patriots Day weekend a few years ago. 