Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

[joecct]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

They bussed. On Thursday, I think. A rough guess at it puts the trip at about 440 miles.

Has to be under 500 miles because when Adrian gets paired with a Western team in the NCAA's, it's always SNC due to mileage.

[Hammer]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

I knew it was under 500, but I had forgotten by how much.

[norm1909]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

I knew it was under 500, but I had forgotten by how much.

The NCAA mileage calculator says it is 435 miles.

Also by "anyone having a bad day", I meant any TEAM having a bad day - not to say that SNC isn't a better team - they might very well be - but a single score like that among top caliber teams doesn't prove anything other than one of the teams was having a bad day.

[joecct]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

I've been told by the Guru that it is 492 miles from Adrian to Stevens Point

[Birdwatcher]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

I've been told by the Guru that it is 492 miles from Adrian to Stevens Point

According to Google Maps it is 433 miles. Plattsburgh To Fredonia is about the same!! They have been making that trip for years.

[UCBadger]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

According to Google Maps it is 433 miles. Plattsburgh To Fredonia is about the same!! They have been making that trip for years.

Yes, but for those other 60 miles you either have to swim or skate!

[Hammer]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

A split. A strange way to go about it, but a split nonetheless. I'll take it.

[XYZ]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

According to Google Maps it is 433 miles. Plattsburgh To Fredonia is about the same!! They have been making that trip for years.

Google means nothing. What matters is the NCAA mileage calculator and it's 492 miles from Adrian to Point.

[Birdwatcher]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Yes, but for those other 60 miles you either have to swim or skate!

Nope....the map shows the route going around the lake!!

[Hammer]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Right now the ice might be thick enough for the bus to go across the lake.

[Hammer]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Adrian 2
Lawrence 2

Adrian 5
Lawrence 3

This was an According-to-Hoyle, textbook case of a letdown weekend if I've ever seen one. Frankly, I'm amazed that we got out of there with three points. Lawrence had us down 2-0 with about 4 minutes left before Duston Hebebrand scored a pair to bail us out last night. Then we fall down 3-0 as Sauve takes a boarding major (correct call, IMO) that Lawrence scored two goals on, and then they add a 3rd on a turnover at the blue line. Adrian gets one early in the 2nd, cuts it to 3-2 by the 2nd intermission, and then pours it on in the 3rd.

Lawrence is a chippy team that likes to be physical. That's fine. God knows that I saw a ton of that when I was at Ferris. But at times they went a little too far this weekend, and I thought the officials let too much go this weekend. A good brawl was a real possibility this weekend. Luckily, we did not get one.

Lake Forest is our final regular season opponent, and they're coming to eat. If we play like this next weekend, we'll get swept.

On another note, Josh Hatinger should be fired by the NCHA. Awful, deliberately incompetent referee. He has no business officiating NCAA hockey at any level. The next good game I see him work will be the first. Entirely too many penalties going on right under his nose, not 10 feet from him, and he's out there looking around at who knows what. Both coaches had quite a bit to say about the quality of his performance this weekend. The linesmen did a fine job, I guess, but I'd love to know just who thought it was a good idea to put Smevoll and Hatinger together to work a game. There are three referees in the NCHA that are absolutely putrid. Two of them were sent to Arrington this weekend. You embarrassed yourselves, gentlemen.

[Sir Nubs]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Adrian 2
Lawrence 2

Adrian 5
Lawrence 3

This was an According-to-Hoyle, textbook case of a letdown weekend if I've ever seen one. Frankly, I'm amazed that we got out of there with three points. Lawrence had us down 2-0 with about 4 minutes left before Duston Hebebrand scored a pair to bail us out last night. Then we fall down 3-0 as Sauve takes a boarding major (correct call, IMO) that Lawrence scored two goals on, and then they add a 3rd on a turnover at the blue line. Adrian gets one early in the 2nd, cuts it to 3-2 by the 2nd intermission, and then pours it on in the 3rd.

Lawrence is a chippy team that likes to be physical. That's fine. God knows that I saw a ton of that when I was at Ferris. But at times they went a little too far this weekend, and I thought the officials let too much go this weekend. A good brawl was a real possibility this weekend. Luckily, we did not get one.

Lake Forest is our final regular season opponent, and they're coming to eat. If we play like this next weekend, we'll get swept.

On another note, Josh Hatinger should be fired by the NCHA. Awful, deliberately incompetent referee. He has no business officiating NCAA hockey at any level. The next good game I see him work will be the first. Entirely too many penalties going on right under his nose, not 10 feet from him, and he's out there looking around at who knows what. Both coaches had quite a bit to say about the quality of his performance this weekend. The linesmen did a fine job, I guess, but I'd love to know just who thought it was a good idea to put Smevoll and Hatinger together to work a game. There are three referees in the NCHA that are absolutely putrid. Two of them were sent to Arrington this weekend. You embarrassed yourselves, gentlemen.

So who is the third one?

[Hammer]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Olm. Not a fan of his handiwork, either.

Your thoughts?

[Sir Nubs]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Olm. Not a fan of his handiwork, either.

Your thoughts?

Olm is not good. I can't believe he works as a linesman in the WCHA. In fact I don't recall seeing him a long time at the Cornerstone until early this season and he hasn't been back since.

[Hammer]

Re: Adrian Hockey, 2013-2014: By George, the Lowe Haaf of the Towns are Gray

Olm is not good. I can't believe he works as a linesman in the WCHA. In fact I don't recall seeing him a long time at the Cornerstone until early this season and he hasn't been back since.

Good for you guys. Once in a while I see Hatinger, and once I see any combination of Hatinger-Olm-Smevoll (usually the last two are together), I know that a gong show is imminent. Now, on the other hand, if I see one of the Olsons pop out of the dressing room, chances are that we're going to get a decently officiated game.

We had another one this year named Blasius. He butchered a couple womens' games. And then they got the bright idea to let him work a men's game. When he came out to work that one, I wasn't sure whether to go get some whiskey or just hide under my chair for a couple hours.