UVM Offseason Thread - building for a 3rd Straight Bid

[VermontFan]

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Class of 15 looks awesomw with gergensons and montagna. I thought Montagna was class of 14 though.....

Scoring should come around the next few seasons

I think Montagna was pushed out a year due to a couple potential factors:

1. He is a 1992, so he would only be 18 coming in as a freshman, most freshman are 19 or 20. A season in the USHL would really help him get ready for the college level of play. There is a definite step up in play from the EJHL where he plays to the USHL. Our recruits coming in from the USHL (Roloff and Vock are two examples), definitely has more impact their freshman year than players like Marshall (prep), per se.

2. He missed the first half of the season with an injury, so he did miss out on some development.

 

[Ogilthorpe]

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A little contrast of their first view of the AHL for Cullity and Roloff. Roloff gets a Friday game in Providence, a Sat. game in Manchester, and a Sunday game in Portland....quick bus trips. Cullity gets a Friday game in Glens Falls and a Saturday game in Hershey, a nice 6-plus hour bus ride after last nights game. Roloff had an assist last night and Cullity got only 2 penalty minutes.

Was really surprised Toronto got Irwin into an nhl game this early. Thought he would get a marlie game in or two and view the big club from the press box. Listened to some of the game the other night but couldn't watch, hope to watch tonights game, not sure if he's in the lineup but there's always Vik to watch. Wilson stated he was pleased with the way Irwin played.

 

[snwbrdr]

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BU and Umass got crushed by early departures.... I suppose the BU will just reload but Umass is probably going to take a hit as a result.

 

[GreenCat]

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Blakely wins dunk contest!

Will this winters sports season ever end?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnO6HshRX0c

Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

 

[snwbrdr]

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I'm not a basketball fan but seeing some of the in game dunks Blakely put down this year was SICK. What an athlete, good for him and for the Cats for getting to the NCAA tourney in hockey and basketball. Pretty cool.

 

[snwbrdr]

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Watched the Bruins/Maple Leafs Saturday night game. IIRC Irwin played a pretty regular shift for the first period and part of the second. He actually looked pretty effective until he had two bad turnovers (horrible breakout pass attempts consecutively on one shift and I don't think I saw him on the ice again after that - it was also a tied game at that point as well).

NESN commentators mentioned the UVM Catamounts a lot due to both Irwin and Stalberg being former Cats. They interviewed Stalberg between 1st and 2nd period and he gave a good interview.

Irwin looked like he might be a legitimate NHL prospect as the NHL game is so much more deliberate than the college game and I think his pace of play fits in better at the NHL level (or AHL probably) than at the college level.

Stalberg looked pretty solid and he was playing on the second line I believe, getting lots of ice time.

NESN commentators also gave props to the UVM sports info people for constantly providing interesting NHL stats to NESN. They specifically mentioned three names - Chris W. and two others that I did not recognize.

Good work by the UVM athletic administration and sports information group to work hard like that to earn frequent mention on the broadcast and get the school name out on the regional sports broadcast. Kudos to them on a job well done.

 

[adidasjerry]

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I'm not a basketball fan but seeing some of the in game dunks Blakely put down this year was SICK. What an athlete, good for him and for the Cats for getting to the NCAA tourney in hockey and basketball. Pretty cool.

My friend goes to BU and has family up in Buffalo so he went to see the NCAA basketball tourny games up there. He said that Blakely's dunks (especially one specific dunk) were the "sickest" dunks that he saw that weekend.

 

[jcarter7669]

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UVM website reports Roloff has an ATO with the pBruins.

Interesting note at the bottom of the article :

"Roloff will become the 10th former Catamount to play in the AHL this year and the 26th to play professional hockey in 2009-10. He is this third Catamount this week to sign a professional hockey contract."


I was surprised it was that many. Good for the Cat's


Now, with Dawley leaving the lady cats and programs contacting Lonegran I pray that Sneddon has no thoughts of leaving. He has been a great asset to this program.

 

[snwbrdr]

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UVM recruit ratings in the latest NHL CSB for domestic skaters:

Brickley 58
White 106
Luukko 175

Other HE schools:

BC - 26,36,117,133,202
UNH - 89,144,169
BU - 24,107
UML - 45
Maine - 148

I think there was a UMASS in there also but I missed it.

That BC class is strong, but UVM is starting to make a move toward the top of the eastern school recruiting charts.

 

[adidasjerry]

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According to that, better than UNH which is a surprise. It is going to take awhile to catch up to BU n BC in recruits though. However, the rating criteria probably depends a lot on speed and "skill". There are no stats for the strong Defensive-Defensemen and guys that can grind it out along the boards. Personally, I like our style of play with bigger guys and hard-nose grit. More old time hockey. I would not necessarily want a bunch of small speedy guys like BC. However, I hope someone will develop as the pure goal scorer or at least a natural play-maker like Marcou. Also, bigger guys mean bigger hits. Keep old time hockey alive.

UVM recruit ratings in the latest NHL CSB for domestic skaters:

Brickley 58
White 106
Luukko 175

Other HE schools:

BC - 26,36,117,133,202
UNH - 89,144,169
BU - 24,107
UML - 45
Maine - 148

I think there was a UMASS in there also but I missed it.

That BC class is strong, but UVM is starting to make a move toward the top of the eastern school recruiting charts.

 

[dwb]

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i'll take all the quick,speedy.SKILLED fowards you have.you can't hit what you can't catch.BC certainly has been a national contender with these types of players.it would be alot of fun to watch.

 

[whitaker9999]

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I know in the article about next years incoming class it said that UVM was still looking to add another defenseman for next year. Here are the last 3 uncommited defenseman who were ranked by central scouting.

100 Hrabarenka, Raman - D - Philadelphia - EJHL
140 Roe, Logan - D - Kent School - HIGH-CT
206 Reardon, Michael - D - Nobles - HIGH-MA

Hopefully UVM is showing some interest in these guys and can maybe pickup a commitment from one of them

 

[whitaker9999]

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UVM recruit ratings in the latest NHL CSB for domestic skaters:

Brickley 58
White 106
Luukko 175

Other HE schools:

BC - 26,36,117,133,202
UNH - 89,144,169
BU - 24,107
UML - 45
Maine - 148

I think there was a UMASS in there also but I missed it.

That BC class is strong, but UVM is starting to make a move toward the top of the eastern school recruiting charts.

Umass has a commmitment from Mike Pereira #63, and Jeff Teglia #24 among goalies

 

[GreenCat]

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i'll take all the quick,speedy.SKILLED fowards you have.you can't hit what you can't catch.BC certainly has been a national contender with these types of players.it would be alot of fun to watch.

I am with you there. I think this is Vermont's one week spot and shows in their goal production. They need some smaller faster forwards mixed in with the big guys.

 

[4035]

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Wisconsin just smokes RIT 8-1 - Makes UVM going down to Bucky 3-2 look pretty good.

 

[kdaddy]

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Wisconsin just smokes RIT 8-1 - Makes UVM going down to Bucky 3-2 look pretty good.

I was just thinking that...and if BC wins tonight and loses to UW...then what is the difference, they will have both lost to the champs...

 

[adidasjerry]

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Great game by BC. That was impressive. Hockey East is just the better conference. When you play great teams every week and every week is competitive you can beat number one teams. This is when grinding it out in conference games really makes a team better

 

[jcarter7669]

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Two assists for Mitchel last nigh giving him 4 points in his last 4 games. Looks like he is returning to form a little bit for the Sharks.

Stalberg still playing for Toronto, but I see Irwin didn't play against the Rangers their last game.


On the college side, Kudos to BC. What a great entertaining game, the pace was unbelievable. Not sure what Miami was thinking but playing a run and gun fast paced game with BC is a disaster waiting to happen, but again great job by the Eagles to force them to play that style.

Hate to, but go Eagles. Let's keep the NC in HE for another year.

 

[Catamount93]

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In a way I find it painful to type these words, but nonetheless, "Go Eagles" , bring it home for HE.

After all the talk about HE having a down year....now we have a team in the finals who destroyed the team who was parked at #1/#2 all year.

 

[jcarter7669]

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In a way I find it painful to type these words, but nonetheless, "Go Eagles" , bring it home for HE.

After all the talk about HE having a down year....now we have a team in the finals who destroyed the team who was parked at #1/#2 all year.

I think most of that talk was generated because the top team in HE (UNH) was 1-6 against OOC teams, and some of the other teams didn't help out much either. Not sure what the final records were against other leagues, but HE wasn't off.......maybe a little, but not much.

IMO