official thread of the UNH wildcats

[Homer]

Coach Murphy makes the position change to provide a puck-rushing element from the blueline. Brown has always had tough, excellent stay-at-home defenders and someone like Cassie Turner is a player who can give you some points via her passing and her slapshot in an offensive set, but she qualifies more as a two-way defenseman than a rushing defenseman. Mounsey was an all-everything blueliner, but the gamebreaking element was her ability to take the puck end-to-end whenever she wanted to. Not every forward is cut out for the switch, but Jiskra, Ostrander, and Insalaco have moved into that role and restored that element to Brown's attack and all of them were/are tough enough to handle themselves in their own zone. That said, you could have taken some $$$ from me if you would have bet me at the start of the season that Insalaco would be without a goal this far into the season. If the schedule permits, I'll get a peek at Brown this Friday down at Princeton, very curious to see both teams.

[lyla33]

hey i thought this was a UNH thread y r we talkin bout Brown??:rolleyes:

[Da Big Bad Cow]

Originally posted by lyla33
hey i thought this was a UNH thread y r we talkin bout Brown??:rolleyes:

umm because UNH played brown?

and i asked a question for the brown fans to answer.

shutup and go away

[erin]

Any pregame thoughts on the two home games against Northeastern from anyone? :)

[ClOuD 9]

one of 'em ends 4-2 UNH with an ENG, Miss Cleo wouldn't give me a 2nd score or identify which game the score belonged to. Heard there is an alumni game Saturday at 1, can anybody confirm?

[lyla33]

yea there is an alumni game @ 1 @ the whitt

[interestedobserver]

What's happened in tonight's game?

[Homer]

3-0 UNH. Huggon only had to make 15 stops for the shutout. UNH put 36 shots on Chanda Gunn. interestedobserver, you can head over to www.collegehockeystats.com to see the box score.

[interestedobserver]

Thanks Homer, appreciate the info.
DBBC where are you?

[Grandaddy]

UNH dominated the game... I didn't think they looked that sharp in the third period, but Northeastern had absolutly nothing. Gunn made 33 saves, but she looked like her head was elsewhere... I didn't think she made any outstanding saves all night.. Huggon actually made two spectacular saves, one in the first period, where I was certain NU had a goal, and she dove accross the crease, and may have gotten the paddle on it, and again in the 2nd she flashed a pretty glove save...

None of UNH's goals were good goals to give up for Gunn... the first one, she made the initial save on a shot from outside, I think (and on the PP), and she couldn't control it, and as it dropped to the crease, Jones wacked it by Gunn.... the second and third goals were simply awful... the second goal, Gunn made the save on a real high shot, and left a pretty fat rebound that was collected by Gordon who just threw it at the net, and GUnn was standing straight up, her stick no where near the ice... the third goal was a deflection by Bernhard, but it was in slower than slo-mo, and Gunn was 10 feet away from the puck as it trickled over the line....

That said, UNH has allowed 2 goals in 6 Hockey East games. Not too shabby.

UNH also sits #4 in the PWR right now, so if the season ended today, they'd be in the Frozen Four.... something to chew on

[Da Big Bad Cow]

Originally posted by interestedobserver

DBBC where are you? at the game, out afterwards...you know :D

the score summed up the game. UNH controlled the flow of play, and won the game comfortably. i didnt think the cats played outstanding, but they did more than enough to win

northeastern was very unaware in their own end, and UNH was sending players hard after rebounds all night...(one thing they did very well i thought) the first two goals came off of rebounds and the third off a nice deflection out front. gunn didnt help her own cause as she seemed pretty out of it tonight. she dropped pucks at her feet that she usually does a better job of controlling, and when she left these rebounds her defense did not do a good job of playing the puck and/or tying up sticks in front, and it made for some pretty tense moments in front of the northeastern crease.

jen huggon wasnt tested often, and probably only had to make two big saves...but she made the first to preserve the 1-0 lead, and the second not long after the game went to 2-0. if one or both of those snuck by, it could have been a different game.

i think northeastern is in a bit of trouble right now. not sure whats going on over there with players being cut and what not, but their 1-4-1 league record is surprising, and while they might still beat some of the lower end teams in HE, this league is clearly a two team race between UNH and PC.

as a note to UNH fans, its time to start rooting against dartmouth and st lawrence every night, as for the time being UNH is holding on to the #4 spot in the pairwise rankings :D

[ClOuD 9]

Anyone catch who was carrying the C's and A's? Woog cut Pam Pachal (captain) and Michelle Lorion (co-captain) from the team and demoted Brooke White (co-captain), seems she wants to join Crowder in looking for a new job next year. See here (http://www.uscho.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20200).

[Grandaddy]

Originally posted by ClOuD 9
Anyone catch who was carrying the C's and A's? Woog cut Pam Pachal (captain) and Michelle Lorion (co-captain) from the team and demoted Brooke White (co-captain), seems she wants to join Crowder in looking for a new job next year. See here (http://www.uscho.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20200).

nobody had them on the jerseys unless I missed it

[LifeisLife2Step]

Brooke White was the "designated" Captain last night.

[interestedobserver]

3 - 0 UNH, Shutout Huggon. If the radio broadcast is any indication, the Wildcats were in full control of the game.

[HEfanatic]

3-0 again for saturdays game?

[seasquirt]

The score for the second game was again 3-0. The crowed was 1400 plus so with everyone walking up and down the step it was a little harder to watch the game but it looked to be much like Fridays with maybe Northeastern playing a little better. IT was a fun game with the alumnus and the crowd and the give a way’s and the team playing good hockey:p

[ClOuD 9]

1,498 people in attendance, not sure the exact number that were on hand for the exhibition against the USA National Team a few years ago, but tonights attendance was the largest I've seen since then. Unfortunately it seems all the people that sat behind the net UNH shoots at twice were rhythmically challenge, a single UNH chant ended up going at 3 different speeds. Was deffinatly good to hear all that noise in the Whitt though, if only the group with the cow bell had been there and not in Providence, would have been rocking. I overheard there was a promotion where if you bought a men's basketball ticket you got in to tonights game free, and vice versa, maybe something they should do more often.

Got there late, made it to my seat just as the first goal was put in, there were small containers of yogurt drink given away at the door and whole cartons of it given out at the end of the game. Was there an Annalee hand out too? I noticed the Whitt staff as well as several fans wearing little Annalee sun pins. There was a post game signing as well, didn't stick around for it as I already got their signatures at the Fox Run Mall.

Did anyone get a good look at the second goal? Heard quite a few people with better views than myself saying it looked like Deb Bernhard put it in. After reading the reviews of last nights game as well as seeing tonights I fail to see why Gunn is revered by all to be one of the top goalies in the nation, big fat juicy rebounds, fails to make easy saves, bad positioning, need I go on? Maybe she just had two bad games, but I dunno know. Huggon gets her 8th shutout of the season (she broke the school record last night with 7), broke the school record for most mins played (now 6577:07), and tied the record for most games played (111), I hope McCloskey has a good goalie coming in (or Conway can step up) because Huggon will be missed next season. Not to by pass BC, but Minnesota should be an interesting game. Anyone attend the Alumni game?

[Grandaddy]

Originally posted by ClOuD 9
I hope McCloskey has a good goalie coming in (or Conway can step up) because Huggon will be missed next season.

Conway left the team back in November, and I think someone posted that she was playing in the NWHL up in Canada, and that she didn't plan on coming back to UNH....

Ensor is the back up right now, and has one year left (she red-shirted), but I heard somewhere that she wouldn't be back.. she never really got a shot under Kay, and I don't think has seen the ice this year???

[ClOuD 9]

Yep, meant Ensor but typed Conway.

Huggon has played all but 2:58 which was empty net time this year.

Both Conway and Ensor had shutouts against Quinnipiac last year, Conway also played in a second game, can't remember which one, but that was all the ice time she saw.