Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Not that it matters, but I was asleep at the switch on that one.
Not that it matters, but I was asleep at the switch on that one.
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Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
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cornellgradyalefan
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Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Great...I will stop by between periods
Great...I will stop by between periods
notinhockey
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Anyone know if we can get screwed by losses by Qpac or Cornell that could drop one or both of them from the TUC category (since 4 of our 12 wins come from them)?
Anyone know if we can get screwed by losses by Qpac or Cornell that could drop one or both of them from the TUC category (since 4 of our 12 wins come from them)?
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Priceless covered this partially in his thread. Apparently, they can't both drop out since they're playing each other this round. And apparently the winner stays evn if they lose 2 in AC. (I haven't verified this, but it seems hard to believe for Cornell.) On the other hand, Air Force is hanging on to TUCdom by a thread. In short, it's not Yale's biggest threat, which is 2 TUC losses in AC.
Priceless covered this partially in his thread. Apparently, they can't both drop out since they're playing each other this round. And apparently the winner stays evn if they lose 2 in AC. (I haven't verified this, but it seems hard to believe for Cornell.) On the other hand, Air Force is hanging on to TUCdom by a thread. In short, it's not Yale's biggest threat, which is 2 TUC losses in AC.
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
I spoke to a good friend of the program tonight who also works for Yale and he states that Anderson will not play this weekend. He has been skating and practicing full speed, with a no contact rule. If Yale gets through to AC, that may be a good way for the coaches to get him in the mix and evaluate him without risk to our top seed. When you think about it, to get to the end of this thing, it is like another mini season, the team with the most horses (and the hottest goalie) will certainly have an advantage.
I spoke to a good friend of the program tonight who also works for Yale and he states that Anderson will not play this weekend. He has been skating and practicing full speed, with a no contact rule. If Yale gets through to AC, that may be a good way for the coaches to get him in the mix and evaluate him without risk to our top seed. When you think about it, to get to the end of this thing, it is like another mini season, the team with the most horses (and the hottest goalie) will certainly have an advantage.
cornellgradyalefan
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Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Bummer about Anderson for this weekend but I'm sure Coach Allain wouldn't have him practicing that hard if he wasn't going to play at some point
Bummer about Anderson for this weekend but I'm sure Coach Allain wouldn't have him practicing that hard if he wasn't going to play at some point
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Madison?! MADISON?! Good Lord, that's the FARTHEST (or is it "furthest," brainiacs?
) thing from Gopher fans. JFC. I'd rather kill my own mother than be from/cheer for/etc anything Madison.
Madison?! MADISON?! Good Lord, that's the FARTHEST (or is it "furthest," brainiacs?
) thing from Gopher fans. JFC. I'd rather kill my own mother than be from/cheer for/etc anything Madison.Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
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Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
I was there when Wisco had that big outdoor hockey game in the football stadium, I just could not figure out a way to leave the wedding to attend the game!
Madison?! MADISON?! Good Lord, that's the FARTHEST (or is it "furthest," brainiacs?
I was there when Wisco had that big outdoor hockey game in the football stadium, I just could not figure out a way to leave the wedding to attend the game!
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Well, it didn't go your way tonight, but it wasn't because your team wasn't ready to go. Your guys made good use of the bye week and they looked like a skilled, confident, well-rested team for the first two periods. I have to say that with the way you guys wore people down and ran away from them in the third period all season long, the way SLU played in the third period tonight was their biggest accomplishment of the season. I was at the game in New Haven earlier this year, and you blew our doors off in the third period that night in what had been a close game. I don't care what happens tomorrow (or Sunday), I'll walk away from this series feeling very good about our team and about next season.
Fast pace and lots of great plays as usual from Ylae; can't wait to see it again tomorrow. Good luck.
Well, it didn't go your way tonight, but it wasn't because your team wasn't ready to go. Your guys made good use of the bye week and they looked like a skilled, confident, well-rested team for the first two periods. I have to say that with the way you guys wore people down and ran away from them in the third period all season long, the way SLU played in the third period tonight was their biggest accomplishment of the season. I was at the game in New Haven earlier this year, and you blew our doors off in the third period that night in what had been a close game. I don't care what happens tomorrow (or Sunday), I'll walk away from this series feeling very good about our team and about next season.
Fast pace and lots of great plays as usual from Ylae; can't wait to see it again tomorrow. Good luck.
yalebulldogfan
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Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
I appreciate the compliments but I thought Yale definitely deserved to lost tonight. Kearney and Little have gone downhill since being nominated for the Hobey (I know they had good stats but that was thanks to powerplays). Also Rondeau needs to stop letting in goals like that first one. It reminded me of the one he let in against BC and the one Blaise let in against Brown a year ago. He has played very well this year but he is a strange goalie as he lets in many soft goals. Hopefully, they can bounce back tomorrow night but even if they don't, it wouldn't be the worst thing because they could use some more tough practices and time to prepare for the bigger challenges upcoming in the NCAAs. Best of luck to SLU tomorrow and thanks for your classy posts TimU.
I appreciate the compliments but I thought Yale definitely deserved to lost tonight. Kearney and Little have gone downhill since being nominated for the Hobey (I know they had good stats but that was thanks to powerplays). Also Rondeau needs to stop letting in goals like that first one. It reminded me of the one he let in against BC and the one Blaise let in against Brown a year ago. He has played very well this year but he is a strange goalie as he lets in many soft goals. Hopefully, they can bounce back tomorrow night but even if they don't, it wouldn't be the worst thing because they could use some more tough practices and time to prepare for the bigger challenges upcoming in the NCAAs. Best of luck to SLU tomorrow and thanks for your classy posts TimU.
cornellgradyalefan
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I will second you on your opinion that Yale deserved to lose tonight. They came out for the 3rd period with nothing-no energy, no focus. It was strange to see, because as Tim U noted, Yale usually owns the 3rd period. I don't think it was physical though. I think it was mental-maybe subconsciously they thought they had the game in hand? Anyway, they need to bring it for all 3 periods tomorrow night because SLU is a good team; they skate, their defensemen rush the puck up ice effectively, and they win the battles on the boards often enough. I also think Yale needs to get a lead because the SLU goalie is playing with house money and he is very confident right now, Yale needs to burst his balloon a bit as his confidence has to be soaring after the way he played in the overtime.
As for Rondeau, I will second you there as well. The first thing I said when that squibber went in was... BC. Hard to believe it could happen again. But he settled down and played well for periods 1 and 2, but then let in two goals that were not completely soft, but from my vantage point, could have been stopped. Rondeau certainly made some nice saves tonight, but when he lets in 4, you can't say the goalie had a good game.
And to Tim U, thanks for being such a good fan.
I will second you on your opinion that Yale deserved to lose tonight. They came out for the 3rd period with nothing-no energy, no focus. It was strange to see, because as Tim U noted, Yale usually owns the 3rd period. I don't think it was physical though. I think it was mental-maybe subconsciously they thought they had the game in hand? Anyway, they need to bring it for all 3 periods tomorrow night because SLU is a good team; they skate, their defensemen rush the puck up ice effectively, and they win the battles on the boards often enough. I also think Yale needs to get a lead because the SLU goalie is playing with house money and he is very confident right now, Yale needs to burst his balloon a bit as his confidence has to be soaring after the way he played in the overtime.
As for Rondeau, I will second you there as well. The first thing I said when that squibber went in was... BC. Hard to believe it could happen again. But he settled down and played well for periods 1 and 2, but then let in two goals that were not completely soft, but from my vantage point, could have been stopped. Rondeau certainly made some nice saves tonight, but when he lets in 4, you can't say the goalie had a good game.
And to Tim U, thanks for being such a good fan.
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
Sometimes a bye is not a good thing, and historically Yale comes off of weeks off terribly, that is not an excuse, just noting a trend. I found that Yale was just tired in the third and allowed LSU to crawl back into the game. They are a team that is better than their record, but as I have said before, if you don't finish your chances and let a team hang around, you will lose some close games. I still think the crossbar shot that was reviewed went in.
I actually thought Little had some jump in his game tonight, but the defense played by his line is horrible, they also allowed the GWG. According to the the same gentleman who told me about Anderson not playing this weekend, he also mentioned that Kearney has been playing with a nagging hamstring for most of the season, which may explain his lack of vigor, he used to be one of Yale's best forecheckers and now will hardly go behind the net.
Kudos to the Saints, they stuck with it and prevailed.
Sometimes a bye is not a good thing, and historically Yale comes off of weeks off terribly, that is not an excuse, just noting a trend. I found that Yale was just tired in the third and allowed LSU to crawl back into the game. They are a team that is better than their record, but as I have said before, if you don't finish your chances and let a team hang around, you will lose some close games. I still think the crossbar shot that was reviewed went in.
I actually thought Little had some jump in his game tonight, but the defense played by his line is horrible, they also allowed the GWG. According to the the same gentleman who told me about Anderson not playing this weekend, he also mentioned that Kearney has been playing with a nagging hamstring for most of the season, which may explain his lack of vigor, he used to be one of Yale's best forecheckers and now will hardly go behind the net.
Kudos to the Saints, they stuck with it and prevailed.
critsports
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Thanks and yes Ylae did let us back in. After that dominating second period I think they took their foot off the gas a little bit. I also think we picked up our physical play which gave us some momentum. As to the crossbar review believe me, no one probably would have a better view of it than those watching the replays. They can speed those up and slow them down enough so they get a much better view than you or I with the naked eye. The only editorial comment I would make is more often than not when you hear that loud a clang it's usually because it hits the pipe flush (as opposed to hitting the inside of it and going in.
I think you are being overly harsh on your team. We all suffer from glee when we win and disappointment when we lose but having been at the game I'd say we were very lucky and fortunate to win. Agreed the first goal was the ultimate softie. But you dominated us for long, long stretches. Your team was disciplined, passed and rushed well, transitioned from defense to offense with litespeed, you hit at least two if not three pipes, you had two breakaways and one partial breakaway where Hughes was forced to haul your player down and Weninger was up to stopping them. You had a lot of quality scoring chances and had a significant territorial advantage for most of the game except the third period. In the OT were it not for Weninger coming up big on numerous occasions the game would have been over long before we scored.
As for Rondeau......the second goal scored by Bogosian could have perhaps been stopped....but let me tell you something; when number 10 on our team gets the puck and shoots it and it goes in top shelf there is no way it is Rondeau's fault. Carey can score from anywhere on the ice and is a very dangerous sniper. More impressive to me was the play where the puck popped way up into the air, Carey was standing at or behind the end line, he somehow caught the puck and got it down to his stick in the middle of all those players and got off a shot.
My only gripe were a few of the penalty calls. After we scored the fluke goal I thought the next two calls were inexcusably weak. The first one on Flanagan was horrible. Two players with the puck collide/hit each other and go down....on the way up the Ylae player trips Flanagan, the arm goes up and everyone in our section thought we (SLU) were going on the PP......instead Flanagan gets a penalty. Our coach was apoplectic. I also thought the next boarding call on Dewey was very weak. Early in the game after that first goal I thought the officials got Ylae right back into the game with two bad penalty calls.
I know one thing...........no matter what happens Saturday or Sunday.......we are not going to prevail if we put you on the PP. Five on five is hard enough to defend against but 5 on 4 is suicide the way your team moves the puck and scores from the weak side when up a man.
On this one I would really have to take you to task. If you think getting more tough practices is better than winning this series and going into the NCAA's with a first round loss under your belt then I think you better think again. There is NO tough practice that is going to do more for your team than coming back and winning this series and going into the NCAA tournament with momentum and good feelings. You are the better team....the records are what the are for a reason. I fully expect a third game and expect a great series and games no matter how much further it goes.
When you get to the NCAA's all your ECAC brethren (except maybe Harvard) will be pulling and rooting for you.
Here's to an exciting game tomorrow night.
Thanks and yes Ylae did let us back in. After that dominating second period I think they took their foot off the gas a little bit. I also think we picked up our physical play which gave us some momentum. As to the crossbar review believe me, no one probably would have a better view of it than those watching the replays. They can speed those up and slow them down enough so they get a much better view than you or I with the naked eye. The only editorial comment I would make is more often than not when you hear that loud a clang it's usually because it hits the pipe flush (as opposed to hitting the inside of it and going in.
I think you are being overly harsh on your team. We all suffer from glee when we win and disappointment when we lose but having been at the game I'd say we were very lucky and fortunate to win. Agreed the first goal was the ultimate softie. But you dominated us for long, long stretches. Your team was disciplined, passed and rushed well, transitioned from defense to offense with litespeed, you hit at least two if not three pipes, you had two breakaways and one partial breakaway where Hughes was forced to haul your player down and Weninger was up to stopping them. You had a lot of quality scoring chances and had a significant territorial advantage for most of the game except the third period. In the OT were it not for Weninger coming up big on numerous occasions the game would have been over long before we scored.
As for Rondeau......the second goal scored by Bogosian could have perhaps been stopped....but let me tell you something; when number 10 on our team gets the puck and shoots it and it goes in top shelf there is no way it is Rondeau's fault. Carey can score from anywhere on the ice and is a very dangerous sniper. More impressive to me was the play where the puck popped way up into the air, Carey was standing at or behind the end line, he somehow caught the puck and got it down to his stick in the middle of all those players and got off a shot.
My only gripe were a few of the penalty calls. After we scored the fluke goal I thought the next two calls were inexcusably weak. The first one on Flanagan was horrible. Two players with the puck collide/hit each other and go down....on the way up the Ylae player trips Flanagan, the arm goes up and everyone in our section thought we (SLU) were going on the PP......instead Flanagan gets a penalty. Our coach was apoplectic. I also thought the next boarding call on Dewey was very weak. Early in the game after that first goal I thought the officials got Ylae right back into the game with two bad penalty calls.
I know one thing...........no matter what happens Saturday or Sunday.......we are not going to prevail if we put you on the PP. Five on five is hard enough to defend against but 5 on 4 is suicide the way your team moves the puck and scores from the weak side when up a man.
On this one I would really have to take you to task. If you think getting more tough practices is better than winning this series and going into the NCAA's with a first round loss under your belt then I think you better think again. There is NO tough practice that is going to do more for your team than coming back and winning this series and going into the NCAA tournament with momentum and good feelings. You are the better team....the records are what the are for a reason. I fully expect a third game and expect a great series and games no matter how much further it goes.
When you get to the NCAA's all your ECAC brethren (except maybe Harvard) will be pulling and rooting for you.
Here's to an exciting game tomorrow night.
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
I am not going to quote the entire thread above, even though Yale had it's share of PP goals I feel at least one serious penalty against LSU went unserved. When Agostino was hit in the head so hard that he basically ran off the ice without his equipment, also the hooking penalty on O'Neill which was caused by the LSU player holding O'Neiils stick. Overall the officiating was mediocre, just what we are to expect in this league.
I am not going to quote the entire thread above, even though Yale had it's share of PP goals I feel at least one serious penalty against LSU went unserved. When Agostino was hit in the head so hard that he basically ran off the ice without his equipment, also the hooking penalty on O'Neill which was caused by the LSU player holding O'Neiils stick. Overall the officiating was mediocre, just what we are to expect in this league.
Re: Yale Hockey 2010-2011 thread
I didn't see the first penalty - the video was down for the first couple of minutes of the game - but I thought the second call (boarding on Dewey) was awful. I also thought there were some penalties that went uncalled both ways, the worst of which may have been a cross-check by Sean Flanagan in the first period. You guys definitely got your money's worth on the PP though! They don't get much more effective than that.
I thought SLU was a bit better 5 on 5 than Mike did. Our guys can skate with you for the most part - which is one reason we wanted this matchup, even though you're the most skilled team in the league. I do agree that your transition game was sharp as a tack, and you created a lot more quality scoring chances than we did. SLU couldn't get much of anything going in the offensive zone until the third period. Shots were even, but quality chances weren't. Weninger kept us in it long enough to allow that comeback. Still, St. Lawrence was able to hang tough - they didn't get run over. I expect Allain wasn't very happy with the third period, and your guys won't let up for a single shift the rest of the way. We just have to hope our team has enough in the tank, gets some bounces, and has sown a tiny seed of doubt in Ylae's minds.
I didn't see the first penalty - the video was down for the first couple of minutes of the game - but I thought the second call (boarding on Dewey) was awful. I also thought there were some penalties that went uncalled both ways, the worst of which may have been a cross-check by Sean Flanagan in the first period. You guys definitely got your money's worth on the PP though! They don't get much more effective than that.
I thought SLU was a bit better 5 on 5 than Mike did. Our guys can skate with you for the most part - which is one reason we wanted this matchup, even though you're the most skilled team in the league. I do agree that your transition game was sharp as a tack, and you created a lot more quality scoring chances than we did. SLU couldn't get much of anything going in the offensive zone until the third period. Shots were even, but quality chances weren't. Weninger kept us in it long enough to allow that comeback. Still, St. Lawrence was able to hang tough - they didn't get run over. I expect Allain wasn't very happy with the third period, and your guys won't let up for a single shift the rest of the way. We just have to hope our team has enough in the tank, gets some bounces, and has sown a tiny seed of doubt in Ylae's minds.
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