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UVM 2016-2017 Season: Go Cats Go!

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Just one change - Massie out for Moriarty. Moriarty playing with Muscoby; Lee with Phillips.

Lekkas in goal, which I'm skeptical about, I feel like he's getting some burnout
 
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Time for 24 and 18 to take a break. 18 gets beat every time and is too small/weak. Is it me or does he look out of place?
 
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Can we trade for a goalie? This team is going nowhere but down in the standings and PWR unless the goaltending improves to at least average. PC in particular is charging up the standings. With 6 of remaining 8 against superior teams (on paper) and goalies who are far better than UVM's recent goaltending effort (this problem started showing up vs. Union) the Cats are about to experience a collapse.

time to go back to Santa and hope he can rise to the occasion as a senior and ride out on a high note. hopefully his every game softie can be avoided or overcome.

also need the senior forwards to show up in more force. Shaw, Puskarich, Bradley. Need Forgionne and Darrar back also. some of the freshmen are hitting the wall.

Next week is a huge test. Happy with 2 points but certainly not confident. They need to regroup and play with urgency for 60 minutes
 
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uvmcatobserver said:
Can we trade for a goalie? This team is going nowhere but down in the standings and PWR unless the goaltending improves to at least average. PC in particular is charging up the standings. With 6 of remaining 8 against superior teams (on paper) and goalies who are far better than UVM's recent goaltending effort (this problem started showing up vs. Union) the Cats are about to experience a collapse.

time to go back to Santa and hope he can rise to the occasion as a senior and ride out on a high note. hopefully his every game softie can be avoided or overcome.

also need the senior forwards to show up in more force. Shaw, Puskarich, Bradley. Need Forgionne and Darrar back also. some of the freshmen are hitting the wall.

Next week is a huge test. Happy with 2 points but certainly not confident. They need to regroup and play with urgency for 60 minutes
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I would say 4 of 8 on paper maybe. UNH is 0-6-1 when playing teams in the top20 and they also lost 5-1 to Bentley so I am not sold they are a contender.

Agree on wanting to see Santa. First goal Friday was iffy and the second was terrible. Team didn't score so I wouldn't blame game on Lekkas but he is
trending in the wrong direction lately.

Good thing for the Cats is most of the teams they are fighting with for home ice crapped the bed this weekend,
Lowell 0-2
UNH 0-2
Notre Dame 0-1

Next 2 weeks are huge not only for the 4 points they have but if the Cats get 3 or more either weekend they
get the tiebreaker on that team which is the same as getting a bonus point cause the other team would need
to pass them not catch them.
 
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uvmcatobserver said:
Can we trade for a goalie? This team is going nowhere but down in the standings and PWR unless the goaltending improves to at least average. PC in particular is charging up the standings. With 6 of remaining 8 against superior teams (on paper) and goalies who are far better than UVM's recent goaltending effort (this problem started showing up vs. Union) the Cats are about to experience a collapse.

time to go back to Santa and hope he can rise to the occasion as a senior and ride out on a high note. hopefully his every game softie can be avoided or overcome.

also need the senior forwards to show up in more force. Shaw, Puskarich, Bradley. Need Forgionne and Darrar back also. some of the freshmen are hitting the wall.

Next week is a huge test. Happy with 2 points but certainly not confident. They need to regroup and play with urgency for 60 minutes
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Can we trade for a coaching staff that doesn't ruin the confidence of every promising goalie that comes through the program? Lekkas was top 5 nationally in all GT categories before being pulled v Union (legitimate pull, team worthless on D in front of him all night), sat, played, sat. Packy Munson left the program to be "closer to family" after questionable treatment.
 
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Wow...

Hey guys, lets not push the panic button here just yet.

You would think the Cats just lost their 5th game in a row due to horrible goaltending. Lekkas needs a rest, and the D are short handed. Everyone take a deep breath and chill. The season isn't over because we lost to UConn.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Wow...

Hey guys, lets not push the panic button here just yet.

You would think the Cats just lost their 5th game in a row due to horrible goaltending. Lekkas needs a rest, and the D are short handed. Everyone take a deep breath and chill. The season isn't over because we lost to UConn.
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Truth. BU also not only lost to them, but got shut out. Even the best teams have bumps in the road.
 
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Lekkas is roaming from the net and swinging his stick at pucks more now than he was at the beginning of the year. Don't know if that is due to coaching choices or due to a lack of confidence in the defense in front of him.

In my opinion the forwards need to back check a little harder. Opponents are going through the neutral zone a little too easily. Too many goals being scored off rebounds.
 
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Per Ted Ryan, Santaguida is day to day and won't play this weekend. Bad timing to get hurt, Santa...
 
TovarishchLisa said:
Latest arena proposal would revamp and keep Gutterson while replacing Patrick.

Renderings of Gutt revamp: https://twitter.com/eadanforth/status/827563707983130625

Per Danforth, it would include new entrance, support spaces, new seating, and would still seat around 4K...combined with new basketball gym would cost around $80M & would stay on campus
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Wow, I love the Gutt, but hate this idea. This would help the hockey program only marginally, if at all, and would delay the building of a new hockey facility for another 20-25 years.
 
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UVM Cat in Texas said:
Wow, I love the Gutt, but hate this idea. This would help the hockey program only marginally, if at all, and would delay the building of a new hockey facility for another 20-25 years.
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On a brighter note, the renderings for the new basketball gym look absolutely stunning.
 
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Oh well, the best way to improve the program is to play better hockey. We have a chance to do that this weekend, but need the goalie and defense to show up. Go Cats!
 
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TovarishchLisa said:
Latest arena proposal would revamp and keep Gutterson while replacing Patrick.

Renderings of Gutt revamp: https://twitter.com/eadanforth/status/827563707983130625

Per Danforth, it would include new entrance, support spaces, new seating, and would still seat around 4K...combined with new basketball gym would cost around $80M & would stay on campus
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This has to be the dumbest idea floated yet. They will not get a dime from me for this ridiculous waste of money. South Burlington still wants the arena... it would cost less and seat more.
 
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I kinda like the proposal. As old as the Gutt is, it's a unique atmosphere and given we don't sell out every night anyways we don't really need the extra seating. All it really needs is an updated sound system and a real jumbotron and I think it would be more than fine. Throw in weight room and locker room facility renovations (which I think are included in the project) and we should actually be in a decent place.

It also gets basketball out of Patrick which is a massive plus.

I will say my favorite proposal was the Memorial Auditorium block one where they would put a multipurpose basketball and hockey arena downtown a block from Church St but it looks like that one is off the table.
 
jcarter7669 said:
This has to be the dumbest idea floated yet. They will not get a dime from me for this ridiculous waste of money. South Burlington still wants the arena... it would cost less and seat more.
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Agree 100%. I would have thought the proposal would have been the exact opposite. Figure out how to put in seats for the avg attendance (1800?)basketball vs double that for Hockey for a new arena.
 
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With regard to renovating The Gut:
If it includes new seating
If it includes video screens
If it includes walk-around on south side
If fan facilities are upgraded,
Then it might be the most realistic route. For recruiting purposes, what really needs to be upgraded are the lockerrooms and ancillary facilities; strength & conditioning area; athletic training; video room and equipment for coaches and teams, etc. The Gut itself can still be a great place to play, a fun atmosphere, but everything else is in worse shape from players perspective. Ice is ice and Gutterson ice has generally been good.
A 3200 seat basketball arena might seem large but it's also a place for other activities, including, I would assume, graduation, concerts, etc.
One report has $40 million already pledged with work set to start in 2019.
The Burlington and South Burlington projects are interesting but still leaves the question of control of those facilities open. UVM this way would have full control.
Certain to be questions and glitches, but more detail really needed before deciding if going this way is smart or lost money. At least, if $40 Mil figure correct, they're halfway there (pending Board approval Saturday), which is a heck of a lot father than they've ever gone before.
 
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Finally recovered my password nothing like forgetting it but not many topics i felt compelled to post until now.

some of you guys are hilarious with the hate on these new plans - the south burlington and memorial projects are dead and have been for a while anyone with half a mind could read that in all the reports. the arena is never coming and this is and will be the best bet to get something modern there is not setting it back this is it - if you wanted it not to be it should have given your millions when they said 8k then 5k all of which was completely unrealistic in the first place. it is giving you chairback seats a new concourse and a video board while giving the players better facilities.
Also basketball average 2300 a game and the new one would be 3200, which is what they have right now not like hockey is selling out I'm sure you all saw the "no wait list" for season tickets they are sending out to people - no need to add more when you can't even get people in when the team is decent and better to have a demand over too much
And for clarity the total cost of project is $80 mil that includes the building of the new basketball facility, Gutterson renovations, and a full transition of current Patrick space into the fitness facility. Previous plan called for entire project previously was $200mil and 80mil for the facility alone. This plan is more feasable and gets more done for less.
But none of it matters because actually that 40 mil in money secured is not the number I do not believe. This story says only $2.1 mil is secured: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...roposed-uvm-arena-still-need-donors/79091506/

Frankly blame Corran for this because if he had put down the pipe they could have propose this plan long time ago and possibly had real momentum and maybe even be close.

Also woof on this game so far.
 
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