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Union College: 2017-2018

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

ecachawkeyfan said:
0 for 5 on the power play sticks out like a sore thumb,
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Couldn't agree more
brown let them set up and they scored 0,
Yale pressured them and they scored 0

They are trying to force the play instead of moving the puck quickly and making the defense work.
Where is the back door man? where is the rotation when the point man moves up?
They take alot of time getting in the zone and then don't move it fast enough to get the open shot..
They think they have 2 PP units but actually don't seem to have 1 good one..
#1 PP unit should have all your guns on it
look at last years vech, foo, Vid, Supinski and a hard shooting d man - best guys from the top 2 lines
all together, moving constantly and very effective.
 
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Last year we lost to Holy Cross in Worcester 6-4. We had some bad games last year but this was one of our worse. In the past 10 years, we have played and lost to Holy Cross once. Lifetime we are 1-3 with the last win at Archilles in 2005. Last year Vidmar scored twice and Rinaldi and Foo added scores.
The game was tied 2-2 going into the third. We stopped playing hockey and Holy Cross scored four times in the 4th. Krupski was in goal. In period 3 he stopped 7 and let 4 get by. We came to life late in the third after the damage had been done and scored two. Holy Cross has defeated Army, Airforce, Bently and Darmouth.
 
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Dutchman said:
Last year we lost to Holy Cross in Worcester 6-4. We had some bad games last year but this was one of our worse. In the past 10 years, we have played and lost to Holy Cross once. Lifetime we are 1-3 with the last win at Archilles in 2005. Last year Vidmar scored twice and Rinaldi and Foo added scores.
The game was tied 2-2 going into the third. We stopped playing hockey and Holy Cross scored four times in the 4th. Krupski was in goal. In period 3 he stopped 7 and let 4 get by. We came to life late in the third after the damage had been done and scored two. Holy Cross has defeated Army, Airforce, Bently and Darmouth.
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Last year we lost to UND at home -- this year -- completely opposite..
Looking to last year is meaningless - the team is so very different.. there is just no correlation.

Suffice it to say - IF the team shows up ready to play - they can stay with everybody and beat most of them
- OUR HOUSE, OUR ICE
 
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Pokey said:
- OUR HOUSE, OUR ICE
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^This

Let's make sure we play our normal game, simple passes, simple shots, simple skating. I don't want to see some overengineered and overdesigned "thing" last we played against Yale.
 
Re: Union College: 2017-2018

I feel bad for the fans, the season ticket holders, the members of the Blades, the local town folks who occupied most of the seats last weekend because the school was out on break. Schenectady is a working class town and these fans are loyal. They pay good money to sit in crappy seats and battle to get into the mens urinal. They often travel and surprise many that a small school like Union can muster such support. Win or lose those fans deserved a team that gives 100% effort for 60 minutes. We didn't do that against Yale. We have to go back to being the working class team where we don't stand around waiting for someone else to do something. That was a pretty pathetic performance.
https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/12/02/power-play-is-off-as-union-hockey-loses-to-yale

Its payback time for Holy Cross and Massachusetts. Then comes a long break of almost 3 weeks.
 
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Scouting Report - Holy Cross
Pre RIT matchup last weekend. Copied from HC Blog http://crossports.freeforums.net/thread/2027/men-rit-12-1-2

• The Crusaders’ received votes in the USCHO poll in back-to-back weeks, for the first time since their five-week appearance in 2016 (Oct. 10 - Nov. 7).

• Scott Pooley added two goals and one assist last week, maintaining his second place ranking in national scoring (13-3-16).

• The Crusaders posted an 88% success rate on the penalty kill last week (8-9). Through November, Holy Cross held an 87% success rate on the kill (27-31). On the season, the team has killed 46 of 56 opportunities (82%).

• Brett Mulcahy returned to the lineup for the Arizona State series and posted consecutive assists.

• With three shutouts, Paul Berrafato has recorded the second most in the nation.

• Johnny Coughlin leads the team in blocked shots, with 29.

• With four assists in his last six games, T.J. Moore leads the team with helpers (8).

• With 44 goals in 15 games, the Crusaders have recorded the second most goals in Atlantic Hockey.

• The senior class has accounted for 59% of the Crusaders offense this season, scoring 26 of the team’s 44 goals.

• The Holy Cross offensive power comes from the forwards, scoring 90% of their goals (40-44).

• The Crusaders own the lowest goals-against average in Atlantic Hockey (2.40).



Berrafato in Goal

• Paul Berrafato’s .926 save percentage and his 2.32 goals against average leads Atlantic Hockey. He has also recorded the most saves in the league (448).

• Berrafato has posted shutouts over Dartmouth, Air Force, and Army.

• With three shutouts, Berrafato owns the second most shutouts in the nation this season.

• With nine career shutouts, Paul Berrafato captured the all-time shutouts record at Holy Cross. Matt Ginn (2011-15) previously held the record with eight shutouts.

• In his career, Berrafato has played 93 games and 81 consecutive starts. Of the active goaltenders in the NCAA, Berrafato ranks second with the most consecutive starts.

• The senior netminder also ranks in the top four goaltenders for the biggest save percentage improvement since the 2016-17 season (+.30).



PooleY’s Offense

• Nationally, Scott Pooley ranks second in goals/per game (0.87). Pooley’s 13 goals is the most goals scored in the nation.

• On the power play, Pooley has recorded five goals, which ranks him tied for third nationally.

• In Atlantic Hockey, the senior forward leads the league in scoring and power play goals.

• Pooley is tied for third overall in Atlantic Hockey points, averaging 1.07 points per game.

• On Nov. 11, Pooley recorded his third multi-goal game and fourth multi-point game of the season.

• The senior forward leads the Crusaders in points (13-3-16).



Captain Mulcahy

• Senior captain Brett Mulcahy posted consecutive assists in the Arizona State series.

• His two game-winning tallies of the season ranks tied for sixth in the league.

• In his 10 games played this season, Mulcahy has tallied three goals and two assists for five points.



A Freshman Impact

• Of the five freshman, four have registered one goal and each have recorded at least one point.

• Logan Ferguson has been steadily contributing to the Crusaders’ offense with seven points in 14 games played.
 
Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Interesting:
Yale Blocked 32 of our shots
Holy Cross Blocked 27 shots
Both of these looked like the highest season totals for these two teams.
 
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Dutchman said:
Interesting:
Yale Blocked 32 of our shots
Holy Cross Blocked 27 shots
Both of these looked like the highest season totals for these two teams.
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Very accurate at hitting the defenseman 2 steps in front of the shooter (I'd say close to 60%) ..
 
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Pokey said:
Very accurate at hitting the defenseman 2 steps in front of the shooter (I'd say close to 60%) ..
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Would be great to fake the shot to get the defensemen to commit and then try to try and find a seam. Brody was really good at that.
 
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Some sparks of goodness... we seem to still have difficulty keeping our foot on the gas for a whole game. 9 shots in the first 10 minutes of the game, only 7 in the second period... 2 PP goals against... grrrr...
Hoping for a good break and motivated players (you could see the frustration of some players at the end of the game) for our come-back game against Omaha!
 
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Dutchman said:
Would be great to fake the shot to get the defensemen to commit and then try to try and find a seam. Brody was really good at that.
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You see that from Brassard quite a bit - the youngsters will get there - still just young pups..
(in playing time years)
 
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UFan said:
Some sparks of goodness... we seem to still have difficulty keeping our foot on the gas for a whole game. 9 shots in the first 10 minutes of the game, only 7 in the second period... 2 PP goals against... grrrr...
Hoping for a good break and motivated players (you could see the frustration of some players at the end of the game) for our come-back game against Omaha!
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agreed but 2nd period was a mess and one of those PP goals was a real fluke (defensemen kicks the puck away and it goes right on the stick for a gimme)
Sooner or later those "special bounces" will happen on our PP..
changing 4 and 5 guys in and out of the lineup doesn't help and losing Viddy really shook things up and
kills cohesiveness on more than one line - especially when you move a guy from the 3rd line to the first and then move one from the fourth line to the third
so instead of just 2 lines changing - 3 changed. And then he changed his mind (twice).. Fix THE problem - don't create more problems..
They should be fine for Omaha all back in tact and hopefully psyched to kick some butt...
 
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UFan said:
Some sparks of goodness... we seem to still have difficulty keeping our foot on the gas for a whole game. 9 shots in the first 10 minutes of the game, only 7 in the second period... 2 PP goals against... grrrr...
Hoping for a good break and motivated players (you could see the frustration of some players at the end of the game) for our come-back game against Omaha!
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Tough weekend on some the players - stitches and a lost tooth on one, arm cut and dozens of stitches on another
the long break couldn't come at a more opportune time...
 
Re: Union College: 2017-2018

The shadow of Sisyphus hangs over the Dutchmen. After an ignominious beginning of the season, an impressive run until Yale, and yesterday's unfortunate outing, one hopes that RB can align the stars for a strong second half. With the parity in college hockey, it's a tall order.
 
Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Enjoyable game to watch - albeit with having no skin in the game. Both keepers played well, with UMass stopper throwing the blanket on in the 3rd . A few ill advised U penalties including a boarding and an elbow.

On a side note, I don't know what's going on with the ice surfacing ?? The older worn Olympia machine was only doing a dry scrape (no water) of most but not all of the rink, with the Zamboni laying down too much water leading to wet ice leading to delays in the start of the 2nd and 3rd period. There was also frozen slush areas on the playing surface and noticeable alternating linear grooves in the ice.

Has this been going on all year?? I can only surmise that the Olympia machine is no longer capable of laying down water ??
 
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There was always a story that when the rink was laid down the pipes were laid too far below the concrete floor and made for maintaining the ice difficult. When it was warm inside of Achilles the surface became slushie. I thought that they had fixed that last year or perhaps the year before. The soft ice had a tendencay to negate our speed advantage, if we had one. If it still exists, it didn't slow down Yale.
 
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I noticed the ice looked unusually wet at points during the women's game on Friday. It's the first time I noticed that this year, though.
 
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