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Union College: 2016-2017

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

sshablak said:
Union transfer to Utica College Roman Ammirato is the leading scorer in D3 for the 6-0 nationally ranked Pioneers. I see he played 32 games his frosh season and about 17 his soph season, what can you tell me about him, just curious ?
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An established D1 player playing with D3 players - I wouldn't have expected less..
Who knows why anyone leaves a prestigious and D1 college ??
 
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Pokey said:
An established D1 player playing with D3 players - I wouldn't have expected less..
Who knows why anyone leaves a prestigious and D1 college ??
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That's ridiculous, there are MANY D1 to D3 transfers that aren't doing much at all, check it out.
 
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sshablak said:
That's ridiculous, there are MANY D1 to D3 transfers that aren't doing much at all, check it out.
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And how many of those "MANY transfers" were "established" and valuable enough to play that many games as a freshman and Sophomore?
Most transfer because they can't get enough ice time or can't handle the expected work load or coach.. and there may be many of those types.
This was a young man who was a good skater, good with the stick and could also check.. and yes - I expected no less than what he has put up there..
 
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Ammirato is fast, has a great motor, and a decent stick and the coaches gave him a lot of ice time as a frosh and the first half of last year. But he was undersized and didn't make an impact offensively, so ended up in the stands as the coaches gave more icetime to last year's large freshman class. I'm sure he knew his game time would be limited at U going forward and wanted more playing time. BTW there absolutely is no guarantee that a player who spends time in D-1 will do well in D-3, so is a credit to Roman that he is making the most of this opportunity. At U he would have been odd man out.
 
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Thanks ADK11, that's the articulate type of answer I was looking for.
 
Re: Union College: 2016-2017

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proud to announce my commitment to play division 1 hockey for the union Dutchmen <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/godutchies?src=hash">#godutchies</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UnionCollegeNY">@UnionCollegeNY</a></p>— Lucas Breault (@lbreault13) <a href="https://twitter.com/lbreault13/status/800770219920736256">November 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Liam Morgan (Trenton Golden Hawks) has committed to Union College for 2018-2019. <a href="https://twitter.com/Unionmhockey">@Unionmhockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/morgz1998">@morgz1998</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/OJHLGoldenHawks">@OJHLGoldenHawks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/OJHLOfficial">@OJHLOfficial</a></p>— Hockey Commitments (@HockeyCommits) <a href="https://twitter.com/HockeyCommits/status/801130744370331648">November 22, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Re: Union College: 2016-2017

It was great to watch to Jooris and Ghost play against each other in the Rangers 3-2 win on Friday. Each picked up a point via a Jooris assist and Ghost with a goal. Hopefully we will be watching Vech at this level as well at some point.
As good as the Vidmar-Vech-Foo line is not sure if I would take them over the Carr-Welsh--Jooris line.
IMO U still needs to get more contributions from the other lines hopefully we start to see a pick up sooner rather than later.
 
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Union27 said:
It was great to watch to Jooris and Ghost play against each other in the Rangers 3-2 win on Friday. Each picked up a point via a Jooris assist and Ghost with a goal. Hopefully we will be watching Vech at this level as well at some point.
As good as the Vidmar-Vech-Foo line is not sure if I would take them over the Carr-Welsh--Jooris line.
IMO U still needs to get more contributions from the other lines hopefully we start to see a pick up sooner rather than later.
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I've wondered about that too. Here are some combined points stats on previous top line combos (I think these are the top ones):

14-15 Champ-Vecks-Wilkins 128 pts (39 games)
13-14 Champ-Carr-Vecks 125 pts (42 games)
11-12 Welsh-Carr-Jooris 114 pts (41 games)
10-11 Welsh-Carr-Jooris 104 pts (40 games)

The VFV line currently has an astounding 65 points after only 13 games, so they are on pace to become the most prolific line combo over a season. I don't really expect them to keep up this pace, as the schedule gets much tougher over the next month & half with 4 likely top ten teams plus two games at red hot Vermont, but they certainly have a good chance to break the 2015 point mark.

Will this make them the best line in U history? It’s debatable, as there are a lot of variables involved including supporting cast, number of games played, schedule strength, etc. But I do think this is a special line that, more than any others in the past, is really the sum of its parts. What really stands out is the chemistry and how quickly they pass puck. They aren’t really the fastest skaters in college hockey but their ability to make really sharp passes at full speed and convert them into goals is pretty incredible. There’s an old mantra in coaching that nobody can outskate a passed puck (i.e. its faster to pass the puck up ice than to skate it) and that is what makes this line so “fast”. Foo’s game in particular has really evolved from “shoot first ask questions later” to Mr. Beautiful Pass. I’ve never seen a Union line that is so unselfish and so in synch with each other on the ice. Their ability to do this consistently for 60+ minutes a night makes them especially dangerous later in games when opponents are getting tired chasing them. I’m not sure how far this team can really go given the issues with special teams, team defense & goaltending, but I think its going to be a pretty exciting season.
 
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Wow those numbers are very impressive. Do you know if Walters, Zajac & Prez played on the same line ? If they did they must have posted some serious numbers. So if these studs are the best first line who would be on the most productive 2nd line ?
 
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Union27 said:
Wow those numbers are very impressive. Do you know if Walters, Zajac & Prez played on the same line ? If they did they must have posted some serious numbers. So if these studs are the best first line who would be on the most productive 2nd line ?
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LOL.. now you've got my research project juices flowing ;).

Zajac & Walters were both centers so were never on the same line (except for PP time), but Prez-Walters-Trabucco did put up big numbers. Below is a more comprehensive list that even dips back into "the dark years":

14-15 Champ-Vecks-Wilkins 128 pts (39 games)
13-14 Champ-Carr-Vecks 125 pts (42 games)
09-10 Prez-Walters-Trabucco 120 pts (38 games)
11-12 Welsh-Carr-Jooris 114 pts (41 games)
02-03 Beal-Webb-Gillies 110 pts (30 games)
10-11 Welsh-Carr-Jooris 104 pts (40 games)
93-94 Ford-Stevens-Monteith 96 pts (30 games)
08-09 Prez-Walters-Trabucco 95 pts (39 games)
12-13 Carr-Bodie-Simpson 90 pts (40 games)

What's interesting is that if the 1994 or 2003 teams had played 7-10 more games they very well would have moved to the top of the list.

As for 2nd lines:

13-14 Sullivan-Novak-Hatch 91 points (42 games)
93-94 Albert-Jiampetti-Holbrough 80 points (30 games)
12-13 Carr-Jooris-Wilkins 76 points (40 games)
14-15 Scarfo-Novak-Foo 72 points (39 games)

Again, a shoutout to the 94's if only they had played a few more games.. though that Sullivan-Novak-Hatch line was definitely one of my favorites and on plenty of nights was the #1A line.
 
Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Our SOS is currently ranked 49th and there is only one ECAC team ranked worse. That is Brown. Brown is ranked 50th.
Over the course of the next month (December 2 - January 5), we have 8 games
- 7 are on the road
- 5 are against ranked teams
Q(5)
V(14) two
ND (9)
BU (6)

Not going to be an easy month ahead.
 
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ADK you are now the official U hockey historian......

Pretty impressive how many great talents have worn the U sweater.

Back to another big weekend for U hockey.

Go U !
 
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For those of you not making the drive to Hamden tomorrow, the game is on SNY (it's a Quinnipiac production; you'll be much happier knowing that going in), and if you don't get SNY there is a free stream on quinnipiacbobcats.com of the scoreboard feed.
 
Re: Union College: 2016-2017

QUAlum2004 said:
Scouting the enemy: Union Dutchmen

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/2016/12/scouting-enemy-union-dutchmen.html
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Wow .... with all of our weaknesses, it does not sound like we stand a snowball's chance in hell !!!! Hopefully, we can prove ourselves worthy enough to be on the same ice sheet ;)

Q is undefeated at home (6-0-1) and High Point Solutions Arena is nearly an impregnable fortress.
Q is 4-4-1 away and neutral
Q is 3-4 against HE - losing to Maine, BU, Vermont, and NE while defeating Connecticut, Mass, and NE.
Q has been shut out three times
Q has been shut out twice by St. Lawrence and has yet to score on them.
In the past three games, two at home, Q has scored 5 goals while giving up 6.
Q has had our number the past several years
 
Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Don't look now but Union has been sneaking up silently off the radar. Tonight might tell if they're pretenders or contenders, GL tonight!
 
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Dutchman said:
Wow .... with all of our weaknesses, it does not sound like we stand a snowball's chance in hell !!!! Hopefully, we can prove ourselves worthy enough to be on the same ice sheet ;)

Q is undefeated at home (6-0-1) and High Point Solutions Arena is nearly an impregnable fortress.
Q is 4-4-1 away and neutral
Q is 3-4 against HE - losing to Maine, BU, Vermont, and NE while defeating Connecticut, Mass, and NE.
Q has been shut out three times
Q has been shut out twice by St. Lawrence and has yet to score on them.
In the past three games, two at home, Q has scored 5 goals while giving up 6.
Q has had our number the past several years
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Q won last night because of their PP and Penalty Killing
So stay out of the penalty box!!!...
 
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