Colgate 2016-17 A New Beginning

[red133883]

Re: Colgate 2016-17 A New Beginning

Looked like a completely different team today. They didnt give up but I couldnt believe that was the same team from Friday. 2-5-4, looks worse than it is but still stings

[Rainman]

Re: Colgate 2016-17 A New Beginning

For the first 50 minutes of the game, we were putting up a clunker of a performance. Then DV decided to roll the dice, pulling the goalie. It worked. TWICE. Both of our goals were PP + Extra Attacker. This team didn't quit, but the game was ugly for us at times. Only ONE shot on goal in the first period? I know we're a young team that's still growing but that's unacceptable.

[Ivan Lennon]

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Making an early case for ECAC goalie of the year....

No doubt a worthy contender

SLU's Hayton however, w/ a stingy defense and an anemic PP, carries the Larries

[ColSkate65]

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It was 4-0 when I had to leave it. GateRadio called it a "stinker" of a performance by 'Gate. I'm surprised we made a comeback to end with a respectable score. One SOG in the 1st period is weird.

BTW - Off topic, (sort of): If you haven't seen the women play, do yourself a favor. Looked in at the 'Gate-Brown game at '65 Arena after fb and what a great team. Fun to watch and lots of talent. No wonder they are ranked #5. So young; they will be strong for quite a while.

[TheGreenCoat]

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the women could've beaten the men today...total reversal...beating Yale (and yes, we beat them but 4-1 was not indicative of the play) was great, but there is really NO excuse for a team that has played 11 games to not show up for 50+ minutes...1-2-1 after four road games isn't bad, but today was pretty bad...you're going to lose in this league even when you play well; we lost this afternoon because we were really awful...

[TchrBill]

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Not sure Yale is what it was hyped up to be; perhaps Brown will prove to be better than the Bulldogs this season. Mixed results with special teams today; 2 ppg for and 3 against, ouch.

[still an empty net]

Wednesday blues....

Thought I'd bump before we fall to page 3.

Well we have Princeton and Qpac this weekend. I think we need to just keep getting points each weekend. Optimally we have a solid win Friday night and if we lose Saturday that is fine as long as we keep it competitive and don't get blown away.

Of note: Last year we finished 6-14-2 remember in 10th with 14 points. Cornell was 8th with 22 pts. On avg that shows you would need to get a point a game or two pts for a weekend series if you wanted a top 8 finish.

[red133883]

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Hoping for 3 points this weekend. I know QU is ranked high but if you look at the Maine results (between 'gate and QU) they are pretty similar. Obviously you cant just use those results, but I am going in with high hopes

[ColSkate65]

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Reminder that the QU game is at 4 PM on Saturday. If you are in the area the Georgetown-QU football/hockey doubleheader is a possibility, although a wet snow is predicted.

[QUAlum2004]

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Scouting the enemy: Colgate Raiders

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...e-raiders.html

[ColSkate65]

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Scouting the enemy: Colgate Raiders

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...e-raiders.html

Good analysis, but a "coaching edge"?? There is no coaching edge. DV is one of the most successful and honored hockey coaches in Div. I. This is an unnecessary comment.

[QUAlum2004]

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Good analysis, but a "coaching edge"?? There is no coaching edge. DV is one of the most successful and honored hockey coaches in Div. I. This is an unnecessary comment.

I respect Vaughan as a coach but he's an under .500 coach for his career going up against a coach with a .616 career winning percentage with two frozen four trips in the last 4 season and is the reigning Spencer Penrose Award winner.

[Rainman]

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I respect Vaughan as a coach but he's an under .500 coach for his career

Throw out the 2010-11 and 2015-16 seasons, and Vaughan has a more respectable record. Last season was a bit of an aberration in that we had almost no roster depth whatsoever, plus Finn was playing through an injury. The 2010-11 season was also a bit of an anomaly, where we didn't have injuries to key players or a lack of depth, but rather we were just plain snakebit, losing by 1 goal almost every game up until February where everything started going our way, making it to the conference semis despite a last-place finish.

I expect this season to be better for us, but we are a young team and we're still going through some growing pains. A finish in the bottom half of the league standings is not outside the realm of possibility. If you're driving out to Hamilton this weekend, enjoy our new rink!

[ColSkate65]

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I respect Vaughan as a coach but he's an under .500 coach for his career going up against a coach with a .616 career winning percentage with two frozen four trips in the last 4 season and is the reigning Spencer Penrose Award winner.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" as they say. It's purely speculative and a subjective judgment as to who is a better coach. Yes, if you look at won-loss records perhaps your coach could be judged as "better." However recruiting top notch hockey talent with an AI that fits the Colgate mold - ranked #18 among liberal arts colleges - is a bit more difficult than what QU deals with IMHO. Not trying to trash talk, it's just a fact. Look at the pool of junior players QU recruits, then compare to 'Gate's. 'Nuf said.

Hope you enjoy seeing the new Class of '65 Arena & Riggs Rink if you are able to travel up to Hamilton.

[CU13]

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HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Charlie Finn on his career high 47 save performance last night!!!!!!!!!!!! We stayed out of the box and won a lot of face-offs. Great effort!!!!! Looking forward to today's game. GO 'GATE!!!!!!