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Vermont at Boston College Nov. 14th & 15th

Re: Vermont at Boston College Nov. 14th & 15th

Has UVM ever won a mens hockey game at Conte? (I know they have won basketball and womens hockey)

It seems to be one of the two HE venues along with UNH where they really have struggled to play well
 
Re: Vermont at Boston College Nov. 14th & 15th

Three posts from a milestone, figure I might as well waste some more time.

Any chance of a fogout or two at Conte this weekend given the warm temps expected?

How much did Ryan's departure hurt the Eagles? Who is playing that likely would not have been had he not departed?
 
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snwbrdr said:
Three posts from a milestone, figure I might as well waste some more time.

Any chance of a fogout or two at Conte this weekend given the warm temps expected?

How much did Ryan's departure hurt the Eagles? Who is playing that likely would not have been had he not departed?
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Don't know if he would have been a regular or not, but it looks like Paul Carey benefited from Ryan's departure, or one of the frosh. Carey is playing regularly along side Gibbons and Smith, and playing very well (no surprise). He looked good last year as a frosh but was an alternate most of the year. Looks from the outside that Ryan's departure has secured him a regular spot.
 
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indirectly, i'd say mullane benefited the most. Ryan was a RW, his departure moved one of atkinson/hayes (they've alternated) from C to RW due to the derth of right handed shots on the team. this opened up the 4th C spot for mullane. carey being a LW was largely insulated from all of this.

though for some reason, carey was always the odd man out and its quite possible that mullane would have been moved from C to LW and carey would have been on the bench despite seniority if ryan had stayed.
 
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snwbrdr said:
6. McCarthy had a great game Sunday centering the 4th line. Showing flashes of being an impact freshman in his fourth game (missed first two games to injury). He should be motivated to make a difference in the house that did not want him this year.
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Great post, but I have to take exception with this. It wasn't a case of BC not wanting him. He was scheduled to come in next year and there wasn't any room for him this year. If only Kenny Ryan decided on MJ months ago...
 
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snwbrdr said:
Any chance of a fogout or two at Conte this weekend given the warm temps expected?
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If this is serious... probably not, as they've done a really good job improving the ventilation system in Conte over the past year. It actually feels cold inside during games now, which is a big change. Still no AC though, so you never know.
 
Re: Vermont at Boston College Nov. 14th & 15th

Special teams were an absolute killer for BC at Vermont - I think the PP went 0-for-9. If Sneep was QBing the power play as well as he is now, that may have been an entirely different game.

Has Vermont been taking a lot of penalties this year or was that game an anomaly?
 
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BCWH Superfan joe said:
Special teams were an absolute killer for BC at Vermont - I think the PP went 0-for-9. If Sneep was QBing the power play as well as he is now, that may have been an entirely different game.

Has Vermont been taking a lot of penalties this year or was that game an anomaly?
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Not an anomaly, they've been taking a ton of penalties every game this season. The only difference is that the penalty kill was perfect that game. Since then, the penalties have really hurt.
 
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grantfan said:
After last night's game, if BC is a contender at the end of the season, Jerry York will be the Coach of the Year. Muse does not look healthy, so if the recommended treatment following hip surgery is playing goalie, he'll be fine. In case it's not, he could hurt BC this year. Maybe all of the defensemen will be better pros than college players, but I didn't think they were good last night. I thought BC's point men on the powerplay were awful. Their powerplay became a joke as the game wore on. So much so, that I loved Lawson's pop of that little BC guy in the third period. Lawson got his 2 minutes worth and then we had little to worry about a man down. Kreider may be a fast skater, like our Matt Marshall, but he can skate it over the blue line and throw a wrist shot at the net all he wants. If he's not going to use his speed to try to beat the defenseman, like he did easily and often in prep school, have fun out there, big boy.

My favorite BC thing last night, though, was when S. Whitney carried the puck all the way around UVM's offensive zone in the 3rd period before throwing the puck away and sending the Cats up ice. Boy is he skilled. Boy is he fast. Boy does that look good in shinny. Boy did he look like a little boy doing that in a game.

After watching last night's game, I think UVM is capable of going down to Boston in November and taking 3 or 4 points from this BC team. BC will get great coaching, to be sure, but they looked mighty soft to me last night. So they're young. All of Vermont's kids are college age, too.
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grantfan said:
FiveHole, I think you can glean from my comments that I know Jerry York is a great coach.

I am saying the BC freshman look soft. And by freshmen, I include J. Whitney, B. Almeida and J. Hayes. BC looked very soft. I thought the BC team looked soft last night.

Did you like Kreider's rushes up the ice? Jimmy Hayes look like a big, tough guy to handle? With skills? Did I miss Almeida standing out? Was Cam Atkinson fantastic? Aside from mocking, please tell me what I missed yesterday? Mullane? Help me here? They all looked very comfortable out on the perimeter.

BC will always be an opponent to be respected. Cliches say they'll be very hungry and angry and pumped up to give it back to Vermont on their home ice in November. Maybe they will. They'll play harder, they'll crash the Vermont net, get bodies in front of Madore. If you have others bring them out in mid-November.

BC will get great coaching.

We'll see what Coach York has to work with this season. I, for one, wasn't impressed with much about BC last night. Except, maybe J. Whitney's slapshot. And S. Whitney's stickhandling.

Help me here, FiveHole.
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J Whitney 1-1-2
J Hayes 0-4-4
C Kreider 1-0-1
S Whitney 2-1-3
 
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It's hard to pick a favorite goal, but I think Steve Whitney's 2nd (the eventual gamewinner) was it. He came in 2-on-1 and held it just long enough to get Madore thinking pass, so he split the legs a little bit; then Steve slipped it through the pads for the goal, fantastic. Shows a lot of poise and smarts for a freshman.
 
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I liked Kreider's goal.

However, my hands are a little sore from clapping to the fight song so much, so I'm going to ice them down.
 
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BCWH Superfan joe said:
It's hard to pick a favorite goal, but I think Steve Whitney's 2nd (the eventual gamewinner) was it. He came in 2-on-1 and held it just long enough to get Madore thinking pass, so he split the legs a little bit; then Steve slipped it through the pads for the goal, fantastic. Shows a lot of poise and smarts for a freshman.
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hayes had 4 assists. also not bad for a freshman*
 
Re: Vermont at Boston College Nov. 14th & 15th

Carey's goal was one-on-four, and a snipe... plus it was such a sick play to swipe it from the D-man... That one might have been the best one.

It's like choosing between favorite kids.

Hopefully they still have some gas in the tank for tomorrow. Wonder if Milner or Venti gets the nod.
 
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That's got to be a bitter pill to swallow for UVM fans. Especially jcarter and grantfan.

Honestly, the Whitney goal was nice and a big, big goal that turned out to be the GWG (mostly important because it was at the end of a period).

But the two best goals were Kreider's and Carey's. Really loved Carey's goal after he jumped right over the boards and picked a pocket then sniped it as it looked like nothing was going to happen.
 
Re: Vermont at Boston College Nov. 14th & 15th

Carmine Scarpaglia said:
Really loved Carey's goal after he jumped right over the boards and picked a pocket then sniped it as it looked like nothing was going to happen.
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Agreed. Great individual effort. Kreider's display of speed and explosiveness was pretty sweet too. And Whitney's goal was an awfully heady play for a frosh.

I'm feeling unusually optimistic right now. The force is with them.
 
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