Union College: 2016-2017

[YouSeeAlum]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

16th in this week's poll. Excellent.

[Dutchman]

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Polls don't mean a lot this early in the season ...

Union:
Defeated #18 Michigan
Defeated #19 Yale

St. Lawrence:
Defeated #12 Penn State
Defeated (tied) # 8 Minnesota
Defeated #7 Quinnipiac

Clarkson:
Defeated #5 UMASS Lowell

St. Lawrence is undefeated and yet to be scored upon in League Play. Clarkson is undefeated on the Road. This is our last weekend before a long break, November 12 - December 2. After that, it's on the road for the next 6 games and most of the remainder of the season.

"We're not a team that can take games off and win games. We've got to bring it every night." We are not going to get away with one of these "last minute, come from behind" things against a goalie like Hayton.

The Secret to Winning All Your Puck Battles in Hockey
http://builtforhockey.com/winning-pu...les-in-hockey/

[CollegeHockeyRinkReport]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Is Mike Vecchione worth the hype?

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/ecac...tt-saugus-mass

[UFan]

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Vecchione named ECAC player of the week : http://ecachockey.com/men/2014-15/We.../20160811_POTW

[UFan]

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Vecchione's "spin goal" made the NCAA DI hockey highlights video number 1 spot
http://www.ncaa.com/video/icehockey-...t-morris-union

[Dutchman]

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That is one hell of a good St. Lawrence team ... I will take the point. No complaints.

[UnionFan]

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Absolutely - their goalie made some unbelievable saves, especially in overtime.

[Dutchman]

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Clarkson defeated #5 UML and tied #15 Providence
Clarson has scored 3 goals or more in its last 10 games.
Clarkson is ranked 16th in team offense.

They are slightly better than us in power plays and pk
They are 19.91 in Penalty Minutes and we are 11.42
Opposite of last year ... they are 3-0-1 on the road.

[UFan]

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One good point to take! Saint Lawrence plays well, has good puck movement, fights hard. It was a fun game to watch!

On to Clarkson!

[ADK11]

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That was a very good game by both teams. SLU was as advertised - excellent goaltending and defensemen. Bayreuther is a beast and one of the best d-men I've seen in a while. Game almost got away from U with those early penalties in the 2nd period, but Sak made a couple huge saves and the boys seemed to take control after that. Hayton's sliding blocker save in OT was incredible. Thought all the freshmen played very well and the team came together in a big way. Putting two fast players in Rinaldi & Burton with Eli (maybe slowest forward in college hockey) really seemed to work. Would have been nice to get the W but very happy with the tie. ..and I'll keep saying, what a privilege it is to watch that first line. They were just got better & better as the game went on and even SLU didn't really have an answer for them.

Clarkson will be better offensively and more physical than SLU, a special teams shootout could be dangerous. Hopefully get another good night from Sak and the boys can give an effort like last night. Another 2 big points on the line.

[ecachawkeyfan]

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Hayton had an incredible night... he's why SLU walked away with a point. I'm not sure if there's another goalie in the league who would have made this save in particular. Union probably wins the game on that shot 95% of the time.

Secondary scoring is growing concern. Both of Union's goals -- and all of their points -- last night were picked up by the top line. It's not like there is a lack of talent behind them. Scarfo, surprisingly, only has three points. He's also a team-worst minus 10 (next worst on the team is -4). Supinski has eight assists, but no goals after finishing his freshman year tied for third on the team in that category. Brown and Rinaldi were the top two goal scorers in the OJHL last year. You have to hope that translates in time.

[Dutchman]

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We came out smoking for the first five minutes but SL's early goal let some of the air out of the tires and we went flat. It took that penalty kill to get our mojo back.

By the way, after about 1/3 of the season, look who are the leading (top 3) scorers in the country.

Men's Division I Hockey Overall Statistics: 2016-2017 - Scoring Leaders
Rk Name GP G A Pts. Pt./GM GW PP SH
1 Mike Vecchione, Sr, F, Union 12 14 12 26 2.17 2 4 2
2 Spencer Foo, Jr, F, Union 12 6 14 20 1.67 0 4 0
3 Sebastian Vidmar, So, F, Union 12 7 11 18 1.50 2 1 0
Read more: http://www.uscho.com/stats/overall/d...#ixzz4Poyk7Jaf

What is amazing is vech's shooting percentage. It's an astronomical .280 !!! Keep feeding him the puck !!!! I have not done the math but I believe that line could have the highest shooting percentage in the country. Foo is also making it happen with his great passing.

It would be nice to see Dufour (6'3") and Light (6'5") in there against what is sure to be a tough Clarkson Squad.

[ADK11]

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Hayton had an incredible night... he's why SLU walked away with a point. I'm not sure if there's another goalie in the league who would have made this save in particular. Union probably wins the game on that shot 95% of the time.

Secondary scoring is growing concern. Both of Union's goals -- and all of their points -- last night were picked up by the top line. It's not like there is a lack of talent behind them. Scarfo, surprisingly, only has three points. He's also a team-worst minus 10 (next worst on the team is -4). Supinski has eight assists, but no goals after finishing his freshman year tied for third on the team in that category. Brown and Rinaldi were the top two goal scorers in the OJHL last year. You have to hope that translates in time.

Yes, that was the save I was talking about - thanks for posting that .. a very good stop on the first shot and slid across & got the rebound shot square on the blocker & put it into the corner.. incredible!!

[techtodenver]

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That top line just doesn't stop coming! They had to be close to 25:00-30:00 tonight and I really thought they were going to score on more than a few occasions, unbelievable effort by our penalty kill and Kielly tonight. I personally was really impressed with #3 Kolias boy can he skate he should be a good one for quite awhile. Obviously on the Clarkson side the all freshmen line really was impressive tonight, Rempal is a special talent and playing with someone in Brosseau who he's played 3 years of junior hockey with it helps and then you add Sturm to that line and he seems to do be in the right place at the right time, good skater who is very responsible in his own end. Amorosa was finally back and played a weekend set after looking a bit rusty against Princeton, it's quite the luxury to have him back and is already making an impact on the PP and with the defensive unit as a whole. Best of luck and see you again in the North Country!

[Dutchman]

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We need to fix the power play.