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Vermont 2013-2014 Season Thread : The Golden Year

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Well we have done enough losing pretty so I wont feel a bit bad about winning ugly.

4th line was very good all night and actually outplayed the 2nd and 3rd which easliy
explains seeing them so much in the 3rd period even thou they hadnt got a single point
during the game.

I will say Macarthy had become such a force this year, almost impossible to stop 1 on 1
and when he took that puck to the corner last night and killed the last 15 sec fighting off
3 players you have to be impressed on the leader he has become.

Good game by Hoffman cant blame him on the 2nd goal at all.

Thought the refs were good and let the teams play in the third, linesmen missed several
offsides both ways.
 
Re: Vermont 2013-2014 Season Thread : The Golden Year

Santaguida in goal tonight? No question as to who Maine has in goal, they only have one proven goal tender. Sort of strange really, when you consider that Sullivan (backup), holds the record for consecutive shutout minutes by a Maine goal tender.:eek:
 
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Nice to sweep a pair. too bad they were not HE games. Thought we played better vs. Notre Dame and PC that Friday than either game this weekend but Saturday was a lot better than Friday this weekend. To be able to win ugly Friday and then come back and play much better Saturday is a good sign.

As expected, lots of depth at forward as we have three forwards injured and we just roll out more capable bodies. Still worried about scoring ability though. I want to see more finish. Also need to get rid of those soft goals given up by Santaguida, otherwise this is encouraging, they are just so much better than the past three years they are more fun to watch. They move the puck, they are making good passes into space, moving their feet, using speed. It's a whole different team than we have seen the last few years. I'm encouraged that other than not being able to solve Gillies they can play with anyone in the country

Agree that McCarthy is becoming dominant, he was the best UVM player on the ice both nights. Also liking what we see from Fallon and Puskarich. And McKinney looked good last night IMHO. Should be a fun remaing 10 home games.

go cats
 
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Talk about winning ulgy BU gets outshot 39-11 and powerplayed 7 -2 and still wins over Cornell

So Maine had just beat BU7-0 and BC5-1 so where does that put us? and even thou Prov swept us
they sure didnt dominate us I quess HE is really gonna be fun this year.

I also really liked McKinney, even thou he is small he twice drove right to the net and almost scored.
glad to see Brickley finally get a goal even if it was a freebie.
 
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Have to be pleased with the team, they are really doing some good things right now. McCarthy has been great averaging almost 1 ppg, the hardest worker on the ice all the time, and on the ice for everything from PP to PK. What's also amazing is he has yet to record a penalty through 13 games. Hopefully his play rubs off on some of the younger guys and they carry that with them.

I'm also pleasantly surprised with Puskarich. He looked a bit out of place in some of the early games and I was beginning to wonder if his stats coming in were just wildly overinflated, but he seems to have found his legs now and gotten more comfortable. Not sure when the last time was a freshman was the leading scorer on a team... Hopefully he can continue to get better, as it is hes on pace for a 25 pt season, which would be the most by a freshman since we entered HE...the only other two players close to that are Strong and Reynolds.

The PK sits at the top of the league (92% in conference and 89% OOC) and as out there as it seems the PP is 4th in the league in conference ahead of the likes of PC, BC, BU :eek:

Yes its still early but you have to be encouraged with where we are...even considering the games in hand the Cats are right in the thick of things ...

They can certainly be competitive with the other teams in the league, they just need to keep working and not let up.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Have to be pleased with the team, they are really doing some good things right now. McCarthy has been great averaging almost 1 ppg, the hardest worker on the ice all the time, and on the ice for everything from PP to PK. What's also amazing is he has yet to record a penalty through 13 games. Hopefully his play rubs off on some of the younger guys and they carry that with them.

I'm also pleasantly surprised with Puskarich. He looked a bit out of place in some of the early games and I was beginning to wonder if his stats coming in were just wildly overinflated, but he seems to have found his legs now and gotten more comfortable. Not sure when the last time was a freshman was the leading scorer on a team... Hopefully he can continue to get better, as it is hes on pace for a 25 pt season, which would be the most by a freshman since we entered HE...the only other two players close to that are Strong and Reynolds.

The PK sits at the top of the league (92% in conference and 89% OOC) and as out there as it seems the PP is 4th in the league in conference ahead of the likes of PC, BC, BU :eek:

Yes its still early but you have to be encouraged with where we are...even considering the games in hand the Cats are right in the thick of things ...

They can certainly be competitive with the other teams in the league, they just need to keep working and not let up.
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I like what I see in general from Puskarich, Hamilton and Muscoby. Puskarich on the PP goal was just positioned well. He seems to know where to be (thus his stats coming in). Hamilton play a very good game 90 percent of the time..the other 10 percent are those give aways..seems to be 1 bad one per game and hopefully he can start to overcome that. At least they are from trying to be aggressive breaking out not passive scared plays. Muscoby just seems to be making good plays overall. I can't recall seeing him and going ..uh oh...

The real test is the 2nd half on the road but hopefully UVM can take care of SLU, Clarkson and Yale at home..that will help the PWR quite a bit.
 
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Puskarich does not seem fast for some reason but he is pretty crafty, wins some board battles, and is obviously in the right place at the right time (last two goals were the case). He also can shoot is something fierce. Release is simply nasty, can't even see it with naked eye. Probably best release I have ever not been able to see.

Missing Bradley though, he was a master on the Boards, hopefully back from injury soon.

Fallon is taking a step up also.

I'm liking what I am seeing. They seriously outplayed PC that Friday, it was downright dominant other than three stupid plays that all ended up in our net and Gillies held the fort.

Yeah, Hamilton and Bruneteau both need to abort the turnovers. They have cost us four HE points by my count.

I wish the Cats could play BC and BU right now because I think UVM would do well. Not so sure that BC won't be tuned up by February or whenever we face them, too bad.

Go Cats.
 
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snwbrdr said:
Yeah, Hamilton and Bruneteau both need to abort the turnovers. They have cost us four HE points by my count.

I wish the Cats could play BC and BU right now because I think UVM would do well. Not so sure that BC won't be tuned up by February or whenever we face them, too bad.

Go Cats.
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Hamilton and Bruenteau have cost us 4 points, but I would say they have also earned us more then that. The turnovers need to stop, but that's the risk with having two offensive minded defensmen on the ice. Hamilton especially has been a big reason the PP has improved, it's still not great, but much improved.

I agree with wishing we were seeing BC and BU soon. There are never good times to play BC, but we always play them at the very end and that's when they are playing their best. This league is tight, and scheduling certainly can affect things, especially with the two and done schedule we have now.

On another note, although unranked UVM has received some votes in this weeks poll. Nice to see some heads are starting to turn and take notice.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Hamilton and Bruenteau have cost us 4 points, but I would say they have also earned us more then that. The turnovers need to stop, but that's the risk with having two offensive minded defensmen on the ice. Hamilton especially has been a big reason the PP has improved, it's still not great, but much improved.

I agree with wishing we were seeing BC and BU soon. There are never good times to play BC, but we always play them at the very end and that's when they are playing their best. This league is tight, and scheduling certainly can affect things, especially with the two and done schedule we have now.

On another note, although unranked UVM has received some votes in this weeks poll. Nice to see some heads are starting to turn and take notice.
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Speaking of recognition, nice to see Anthony Decenzo, McCarthy, and Hoffman recognized. Decenzo has only played 3-4 games and has that kind of impact. My guess is new coaches threw him under the bus because he wasn't one of their recruits well guess what.....
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Hamilton and Bruenteau have cost us 4 points, but I would say they have also earned us more then that. The turnovers need to stop, but that's the risk with having two offensive minded defensmen on the ice. Hamilton especially has been a big reason the PP has improved, it's still not great, but much improved.

I agree with wishing we were seeing BC and BU soon. There are never good times to play BC, but we always play them at the very end and that's when they are playing their best. This league is tight, and scheduling certainly can affect things, especially with the two and done schedule we have now.

On another note, although unranked UVM has received some votes in this weeks poll. Nice to see some heads are starting to turn and take notice.
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Bruenteau worries me a lot more than Hamilton...which game did Hamilton cost? (I didn't see them all).
 
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Kdaddy1968 said:
Bruenteau worries me a lot more than Hamilton...which game did Hamilton cost? (I didn't see them all).
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I think you need to re-read the post... I was responding to snwbrdr who mentioned the PAIR of Hamilton and Bruneteau cost us 4 HE points. I would agree that they were part of the reason for the loss to Notre Dame and were also on the ice for the goals in the loss to PC.

But to be clear, I did not say Hamilton cost us a game. I frankly don't think you can ever pin it in one player. Hamilton and Bruneteau work as a pair, they are offensive minded and that leads to turnovers, and some of the turnovers have led to goals.
 
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The problem is most of Hamilton's bad turnovers are not because he is making gambles in the
offensive zone but he is trying to make fancy plays deep in his own zone or behind his own goal-line.

You cant take chances where he is taking them, and he does it at least once or twice a game trying
a spin move or cut in front of his own net and loses the puck giving up a quality scoring chance.
 
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Hey guys, news flash, Hamilton is a freshman defenseman and is going to make mistakes. He's barely played 2 months in D-1 so cut him some slack. I would say his pluses far outweigh the negatives at this point and he should only get better. Same can be said for most of the other frosh too. Bruneteau still making mistakes is more of a concern.

The best sign to me is that it looks like the Cats are back to being a tough team to play against with good team defense/goaltending and opportunistic offense. Not just an auto 3-4 points for the taking like the last 3-4 years. I like the goalie tandem for now, as it gives opponents two very different styles to prepare for so can't get in a groove in the second game. I like Santa, but in general my view on smaller goalies is that they are either very good or very bad, and this can change game to game or even period to period.. but maybe I'm still scarred from the cardiac career of Madore. IMO there are still plenty of rough edges to this team, but hopefully the youngsters continue to develop and the team gels in the second half of the season.
 
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VTinNY said:
Hey guys, news flash, Hamilton is a freshman defenseman and is going to make mistakes. He's barely played 2 months in D-1 so cut him some slack. I would say his pluses far outweigh the negatives at this point and he should only get better. Same can be said for most of the other frosh too. Bruneteau still making mistakes is more of a concern.

The best sign to me is that it looks like the Cats are back to being a tough team to play against with good team defense/goaltending and opportunistic offense. Not just an auto 3-4 points for the taking like the last 3-4 years. I like the goalie tandem for now, as it gives opponents two very different styles to prepare for so can't get in a groove in the second game. I like Santa, but in general my view on smaller goalies is that they are either very good or very bad, and this can change game to game or even period to period.. but maybe I'm still scarred from the cardiac career of Madore. IMO there are still plenty of rough edges to this team, but hopefully the youngsters continue to develop and the team gels in the second half of the season.
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I agree on Hamilton. The positives far outweigh the negatives. His ability to move the puck makes for a much faster game and speed up the ice. Reminds me of Marc Lebreux
 
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catmandoo said:
Speaking of recognition, nice to see Anthony Decenzo, McCarthy, and Hoffman recognized. Decenzo has only played 3-4 games and has that kind of impact. My guess is new coaches threw him under the bus because he wasn't one of their recruits well guess what.....
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I disagree about DeCenzo. He seems like a cool enough guy and I thought it was awesome he had such a great game last weekend. As a forward there is a lot of pressure to make it into the line up this year. He's averaging 1 goal and zero assists per season. What's his differentiation that would make the coaches want to get him into the line up? If he continues to play like last weekend then it'll be an easy choice but if he reverts to the form of previous years....? I hope for everybody that he continues to play like last weekend. Heck, keep the 'senior' line together as long as they keep playing well together.
 
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Jayden_Stoff said:
He's averaging 1 goal and zero assists per season.
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Actually he is averaging a little over 2 goals per season (9g in 3.5 seasons) and a tad over 3 assists (13). His numbers aren't stellar but the point made above was that he played in nearly every games as a frosh / soph and then when the new assistants came in his game time was cut down significantly, on a relatively weak rostered team...

Jayden_Stoff said:
What's his differentiation that would make the coaches want to get him into the line up?
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Decenzo's quality is his effort. That has improved significantly this year for the team overall, but I have never watched a game when Decenzo was working his butt off. This is D-1 hockey, no one gets an A for effort, but his on ice work effort differentiates him from a lot of the other players. This season however the team work effort (especially in the forward dept) has been outstanding, and that is going to make it tougher for him to see ice time. That said, I'm on board with him seeing alot more ice time. I think he deserves the opportunity to put up numbers, even if its 4th line - PK, that's where the effort will really shine.
 
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Been liking the McCarthy-Fallon-Puskarich line, looks most effective. Hamilton paired with Paliotta in the Maine game I think and I thought that worked out much better could be wrong though. Still such a sorry case for Connor Brickley he got two assists and the empty netter in the second Maine game but anyone see his celebration on that goal little too much there for a second empty netter pal. I hope he kicks it in to gear but he is such a disappointment. Wish those Maine games counted but for now to be 500 in league is a lot better than I expected it will be interesting to measure up with teams not in Hockey East the next few.
Also anyone see that the kid Ian Spencer who committed before being in the 9th grade is now no longer coming? No harm since he never got to campus but I hope this ends that ridiculous trend. Also reminded because the Anthonie kid on Maine his brother was supposed to come here but is now at a d3 school and hasn't even registered a point yet. Hopefully people learn their lesson and figure out that you really don't know what you have with a 14 year old kid
 
Re: Vermont 2013-2014 Season Thread : The Golden Year

Been liking the McCarthy-Fallon-Puskarich line, looks most effective. Hamilton paired with Paliotta in the Maine game I think and I thought that worked out much better could be wrong though. Still such a sorry case for Connor Brickley he got two assists and the empty netter in the second Maine game but anyone see his celebration on that goal little too much there for a second empty netter pal. I hope he kicks it in to gear but he is such a disappointment. Wish those Maine games counted but for now to be 500 in league is a lot better than I expected it will be interesting to measure up with teams not in Hockey East the next few.
Also anyone see that the kid Ian Spencer who committed before being in the 9th grade is now no longer coming? No harm since he never got to campus but I hope this ends that ridiculous trend. Also reminded because the Anthonie kid on Maine his brother was supposed to come here but is now at a d3 school and hasn't even registered a point yet. Hopefully people learn their lesson and figure out that you really don't know what you have with a 14 year old kid
 
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