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Vermont 2022-23: New Jerseys, New Attitude

Agree with the sentiment above. Glad to see they beat a team they should defeat. And I like the balanced scoring. Not only is it more difficult to defend, but it gets more players involved…

One thing I don’t like … the penalties. PK at the start of the game = disaster against any HockeyEast team.
 
Totally agree with your comment on the penalty - 7 seconds into the game. That can change the complexion of the game. If HC scores maybe they play better and UVM has difficulty without the lead. Instead of a 6-0 game maybe its a hard fought affair and turns out to be 3-2. You never know but less penalties is what is needed against the better teams.
 
Anyone else find it weird that during "Little Caesars Pizza Night" they had no pizza at the snack bar. Someone dropped the ball planning that one.
 
I am a Colgate fan doing advanced scouting, but I totally empathize with this NY Catamount fan’s comment…
”This team needed a reset after those first two weekends. Good to see them score in bunches even if it is against a weaker team. Obviously this isn't any kind of world shaking victory, but after the last few years it just feels good to dominate another team for 60 minutes.”
Colgate is in a similar boat. We generally play .500 hockey. The last two weekends, we split with Arizona State and Merrimack on the road. But, the previous weekend, we dropped two to Northern Michigan at home (one was a toss-up, the second we never showed).
Last year, we got off to a terrific start (5-0 if I remember right, including two against Vermont on the road). But we still ended up playing .500 hockey and luckily got to Lake Placid only as we owned Cornell last season (won 4 of 5).
Anyway, I will be at both Vermont at Colgate games this weekend. I hope we give visiting Catamount fans the same hospitality that Clarkson Doug and I received last season at Gutterson. It was a very enjoyable weekend in Burlington (even if we did have to stay in Plattsburgh, N.Y., because of the leaf-peepers). Good-luck as I expect it will be another close series between two teams that desperately want to get (and stay) in the top echelons of their respective conferences.
 
hey cool another win. Gabe was great tonight, and nice to see Buyalsky on the board.

power play really needs work though. think we've given up as many shorties as we've scored PPGs so far. but one step at a time. let's make it 3 in a row?
 
Carrierre is having himself a fantastic start to the season. I know he's on some NHL radar already but if he keeps this up....
 
Just what the Doctor ordered....bet the boys had a good bus ride home from Colgate. On the road and 3 out of 4 possible points. As you said Lisa - Gabe was on his game. Great 3 game stretch. He could be what gives us a chance against HE's higher ranked teams. UVM moves into 38 spot in pairwise ranking - nice progression. Glad for Buyalsky, as he was frustrated against HC with some grade A chances that didn't go in. Good to get his 1st and hopefully many more.
 
0 goals in 2 games. Awesome! We suck yet again. Can we go back to the ECAC to be at least a 500 team. Maybe D3 and we might beat Middlebury if we are lucky. Shit show!!!
 
Certainly disappointing, better Saturday but a way to go for sure. But lets be clear I don't want to see Division 3 hockey and I'm still glad we're in HE versus ECAC. The future NHL'ers, overall talent level and level of play we see coming into the Gut is quite impressive. Hoping this current administration and coaching can get the horses needed to move up the standings. Still work to do. UMASS Lowell has UVM's # and is one of the more difficult teams to play.
 
Catfantoo said:
Certainly disappointing, better Saturday but a way to go for sure. But lets be clear I don't want to see Division 3 hockey and I'm still glad we're in HE versus ECAC. The future NHL'ers, overall talent level and level of play we see coming into the Gut is quite impressive. Hoping this current administration and coaching can get the horses needed to move up the standings. Still work to do. UMASS Lowell has UVM's # and is one of the more difficult teams to play.
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There is a slight chance we make the playoffs if we are an ECAC team again and then we could show our prowess based on improvement over time. Might be enough to boost confidence where we at least make playoffs like the old days....
 
GreenCat said:
There is a slight chance we make the playoffs if we are an ECAC team again and then we could show our prowess based on improvement over time. Might be enough to boost confidence where we at least make playoffs like the old days....
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I sort of agree with this. We'd be back in with the like-minded schools who give a half ***ed effort at athletics and then congratulate themselves every 7 or 8 years when they have a decent season. That's really where we belong. On the opposite side, just look at schools like Penn St. and UConn who have legitimate good programs and only recently began playing hockey. You can probably throw ASU in there as well. I know, I know, they have way more resources, yada, yada, yada.
 
Not coming here to troll ... but I thought UVM looked like a JV team the first night (11 shots on goal?), but I was impressed with their response on Saturday. There's some good young talent on that team. They had some bad puck luck on both nights, with pucks bouncing when they seemed to have open nets to shoot at. I think they'll get better as the season progresses.
 
Thanks UMLFan - Friday was pretty bad, and then taking stupid penalties didn't help matters. UML out-shot UVM 17-3 on PP and scored 3 PP goals. Sounded like Saturdays response was good. Norm Bazin has UML program expecting NCAA's/High HE Finish every year. They know how to put opponents away and can lock down with the best. UVM is trying to get to .500 and then move from there. Winning is easy to say much more difficult to learn. Again going back to Colgate weekend that is why that was so important and a good stepping stone. Big weekend series with UNH at the Gut this weekend. UNH and UVM next to each other in pairwise. If you want to move up this weekend becomes super important. Hope the Cats bring it.
 
Not intending to turn this into a HE versus ECAC situation, but need to point out some more things. I used to like very much the ECAC - travel partners for different Fri/Sat match-ups, classic rivalries with Northern NY (Clarkson/SLU), Dartmouth and other Ivy schools. However since going to HE in 05/06, there have been 6 HE NCAA champs, and 4 runners up. During this same time ECAC teams have won 2 NCAA's and had 2 runners up. HE overall is a stronger league. I don't think its a guarantee that being in ECAC gets us to a significantly higher level. One of the key reasons for leaving in 05/06 is that UVM was losing out on recruits to Ivy League schools. We are a state school that was competing against Ivy's and private colleges. In talking to insiders it was becoming increasingly difficult to get the caliber players needed to succeed. Immediately upon joining HE our talent level and caliber of recruit improved. Now obviously many years later we have lost our way and not been able to consistently get the talent level needed to compete night in night out in HE. We have to hope that the current path taken by Todd and his staff will show improvement over time and allow for success. I want UVM to be good in HE.
 
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