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Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Another game that UVM outscores the other team 5 on 5 but loses the PP battle but lucky for us we actually scored
a PP goal so it only cost us 1 point. Loved the effort last night and agree with Sneddon that they didnt play as good
as last week but hey we have played well this year and lost so I will take it.

First 2 calls versus Vermont were pathetic...Vermont player has BC player lined up...BC player has head down and then
sees hes about to be hit and jumps up and to the side to avoid hit and get rewarded with a PP, and the second which i just
watched on the UVM highlights in slow mo was a perfect hit Vermont player makes a perfect step up hit and again BC get
rewarded. 2 great legal hits and 2 PP's sick.

http://uvmathletics.com/

You want to know how to knock down a BC forward.....sneeze on him

I will give credit to Gravellesee for twice having the guts to call a single penalty for hitting after the whistle instead of the
old cop out matching. You notice the after the whistle stuff stopped after the second time he called 1 guy. Except the time
Hanson called a matching because he didnt want to make a stand.
 
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Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

both goalies had tough nights although Hoffman made a couple of nice saves. UVM turned the puck over too many times at their own blue line after taking the 4-3 lead.

BC guys were laying all over the ice trying to draw penalties, pathetic. Would someone please layout Gaudrea (legally) tonight. He's been given too much time and space. Whitney is the best player on the ice for BC, no comparison. Definitely the worst looking D play by BC that I can ever remember seeing.

UVM penalty kill is awful but like the 5 on 5 game, please just stay out of the box!

Go cats, we want 7th, not 8th.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Yikes, Cats already down 4-0 in the second period and look absolutely dreadful. Stupid penalties and then just letting BC skate around and do whatever they please in front of Hoffman. Looks like men among boys -- definitely not our night. Hopefully we show up to play each game, and not just one, next weekend.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

I dont think we have much of a chance of beating BC if we are not allowed to hit them. I mean come on this is MENS hockey.
So many solid hits were called penalties is almost like the refs/HE doesnt want anyone to hurt BC's chance at another NCAA title.
Why not give them a bunch of quarterback red pinnies like they do in practices to tell you who you cant hit.

Its so funny how a guy can skate thru 3 players one minute and the next he cant stay on his feet if he gets the smallest contact.

#13 looked to be a little hurt after the 7th goal, what the hell is he doing on the ice up 4 goals with 3 minutes to go? Stat padding
on a 3rd string goalie is more important than staying healthy I quess. They should be glad hes ok. What I wouldnt pay to have Justin
Martin back for one shift.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Cat lover, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. in conference play, bc is tied with your beloved cats for FEWEST pp opportunities.

And this isn't pee wee hockey. Rather than complain about gaudreau torching you, get mad at your team for not being able to stop him.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Just wanted to thank UVM Cat in Texas for giving us a heads up on the free stream. Wouldn't have known about it otherwise.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

J.D. said:
Cat lover, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. in conference play, bc is tied with your beloved cats for FEWEST pp opportunities.

And this isn't pee wee hockey. Rather than complain about gaudreau torching you, get mad at your team for not being able to stop him.
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What does PP opportunities for a whole season have to do with one weekend? Talk about no clue.

And your right it isnt pee-wee hockey but the refs are calling it that way for BC so I'm glad you agree.

I will admit no doubt BC is more talented which makes them want to get in PP compititions because
it allows them to use their best strength. All I am saying it make calls deserved and stop penalizing
good hits just because one team is afraid of contact.

To put it a way Boston fans can understand. Watching your players flopping reminds me of watching Montreal
play.....yes its that bad.
 
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Cat lover said:
What does PP opportunities for a whole season have to do with one weekend? Talk about no clue.

And your right it isnt pee-wee hockey but the refs are calling it that way for BC so I'm glad you agree.

I will admit no doubt BC is more talented which makes them want to get in PP compititions because
it allows them to use their best strength. All I am saying it make calls deserved and stop penalizing
good hits just because one team is afraid of contact.
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Yes, blame the refs. It has nothing to do with the fact that UVM is not a good hockey team.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Your direct quote:

"So many solid hits were called penalties is almost like the refs/HE doesnt want anyone to hurt BC's chance at another NCAA title."

You didn't say just this one weekend against UVM. And even in your latest post..."the refs are calling it that way for BC". No, they aren't. They may have called it like that for BC this past weekend, but they haven't been calling it like that all year.

Sure, BC wants PP chances, but they don't want to get into a special teams battle all game long. They don't go out there looking to commit penalties.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Watching BC players flop? You must be referring to BU. Flopping hasn't been an issue with BC, so stop crying. Finally, if a team truly is "afraid" of contact, that has absolutely no bearing on what's a penalty and what isn't.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

In regard to the officiating, I thought there were a couple of very questionable calls that went BC's way on Friday. I really didn't have any issues with the officiating on Saturday--I just thought UVM played a really stupid game. I must confess, however, that I didn't see the whole game, as once BC got up 4-0, that was enough for me. What I found much more disturbing than the officiating was the way the game exposed the gulf that still exists between UVM and elite teams like BC. I mean, Gaudreau racks up 6 points in a single game? Really??? It typically takes one of our top players about 10 games to do that. So the game left me wondering if we'll ever be able to attract a player like that. You may not remember, but Gaudreau did a campus visit at UVM immediately before deciding on BC. Even with family ties to Vermont through his father, we still couldn't land him. Without the family ties, I doubt he would have even visited. So the game left me wondering if that will ever change. And, if not, will we ever really be able to compete with BC and other elite teams year in and year out, or will we be relegated to mediocrity, with only very occasional magical seasons like a few years ago. I've been a fan of UVM hockey for more than 25 years. Hopefully, I've got at least another 25 years of life, and would like nothing more than to see UVM win a national championship. So yeah, more than anything, last night's game was just depressing, and that had nothing to do with the officiating.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

BC is good this year, certainly above average. They just aren't great as in years past. UVM? Well, you don't suck as much as you have the past couple years.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

BC simply embarrassed the Cats Saturday. That said, the officiating was terrible. I'm going to start skipping whatever games Gravellese and Hansen ref. The call on Brickley for his love tap after the whistle was unbelievable and the look on Hansen's face as he sent him to the box said he had something stuck up his ***. Those two yahoo's havn't called a decent game all season. If there is a big hit there has to be a penalty, it's like they have never seen a guy just make a good clean hard hit.

Regardless, with or without the penalties that wasn't a game a UVM was going to win. They just weren't competing before the whistles started blowing. They stand little chance of winning the series, however 3 years ago they stood little chance of beating UNH (1 v. 8) and Madore pitched back to back shutouts.
 
Re: Vermont Hockey: Taking No Prisoners In 2012-2013

Nevermind back-to-back, the fact Madore pitched any shutout is astounding ;)

But then again, it was against UNH in March. Hoffman doesn't seem like the steal a game type goalie (at least from what I've seen of him).

One thing we can all agree on...the officiating in this league sucks.
 
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