Quinnipiac Bobcats 2017-18: Chase the dream...

[BigAl]

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Unfortunate way for it to end. Think BU was the better team. Harper was a one man wrecking crew. Petruzzelli kept us in it. Puck possession through the first two games is something to worry about. Whelan looks ready to lead the offense but we will need much more than that. Which brings up the point I made after our loss to NoDak in Tampa, we need more high end offensive guys. You could tell BU was loaded with draft picks and we had none on offense (note: Rand spoke about wanting more NHL draft picks in his presser).

From where I sit, after two games, we look to be able to compete for an ECAC championship (will be tough to take out Harvard but possible) but wont be able to be an elite team with some talent restraints offensively. Defense/goaltending will allow us to compete on a nightly basis but the offense will need to step up to win games.

Not a bad opening weekend considering the opponents. We won't see a better team than BU all year IMO.

[QUAlum2004]

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Boston University spoils Quinnipiac home opener with 3-2 overtime victory

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...uinnipiac.html

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Heartbreaker today. We skated with BU all afternoon. Petruzzelli kept us in it and I'm not sure any of the 3 goals were his fault. PP still needs work and the offense needs to come together. Tough loss at home but they need to learn from it and move on.

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Apparently all our home games will be on ESPN3 this season, which is very good news.

Good news, bad news. I'm hearing that there will not be any WQUN broadcasts of home games. Not sure what the thinking is behind that...

[ZYanksRule]

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Really liked what I saw from Petruzzelli. His positioning makes really tough saves look easy. The kid is an elite-level goalie at this level, it's easy to see why he's such a high draft pick.

The offense is a major concern. Landon Smith needs to get going, but even with him we don't have nearly enough weapons offensively. We have a lot of nice pieces offensively -- a bunch of solid 2nd and 3rd liners, but we don't have nearly enough talent on the top line. That's going to be a major concern. Defense looks good -- really like what Fortunado brought, but I just hope we can get some more guys to contribute offensively.

[ZYanksRule]

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Good news, bad news. I'm hearing that there will not be any WQUN broadcasts of home games. Not sure what the thinking is behind that...

I've always wondered what the listenership is for those broadcasts -- obviously online I"m sure it's high, but I can't imagine many people are listening on terrestrial radio. If that's the case, it doesn't make sense to have radio broadcasts for an online audience when your top broadcasters are doing the game on such a widely-distributed platform like ESPN3. It probably becomes cost-prohibitive when (I assume) it's a little pricey to do ESPN3 broadcasts.

The only thing terrestrial radio is for is to get the interview with Pecknold while you're driving down the hill, and since those are posted online pretty quickly after a game, that's not even a big deal anymore.

[QUAlum2004]

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Good news, bad news. I'm hearing that there will not be any WQUN broadcasts of home games. Not sure what the thinking is behind that...

The thinking from what I heard is they are doing ESPN3 for all home games for MH, WH, MBB, WBB but all road games are WQUN. I think its a mistake in that there are those that maybe can't watch the game but like to still listen via WQUN.

[QUAlum2004]

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Really liked what I saw from Petruzzelli. His positioning makes really tough saves look easy. The kid is an elite-level goalie at this level, it's easy to see why he's such a high draft pick.

The offense is a major concern. Landon Smith needs to get going, but even with him we don't have nearly enough weapons offensively. We have a lot of nice pieces offensively -- a bunch of solid 2nd and 3rd liners, but we don't have nearly enough talent on the top line. That's going to be a major concern. Defense looks good -- really like what Fortunado brought, but I just hope we can get some more guys to contribute offensively.

Defense and goaltending are going to need to win this team a lot of games until they can get the offense going. This goes back to needing to win recruiting battles for high end top line players.

[LTsatch]

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Little goalie news, Treuhl and Hartzell released to unknown.

[QUAlum2004]

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Q&A with Quinnipiac commit Austin Spiridakis

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...it-austin.html

[QUAlum2004]

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Scouting the Enemy: Vermont Catamounts

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...atamounts.html

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Game day against another tough Hockey East opponent. They need to find an offensive rhythm and a power play. Defensively they've looked good. Not great, but good. Solidify the wall in front of the net and keep everything to the outside. The goalies have been stellar in the first two games so it probably doesn't matter who gets the start this afternoon (my guess is we'll see Shortridge).

Time to get in the win column!

Go Q!

[MarkEagleUSA]

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A good, solid effort but, boy, why can't we score! I counted 5 clanks of the iron in the 1st period. That, combined with Lekkas standing on his head, and the game was a whole lot closer than it needed to be. Nice to see Tufto get his first and then the game winner. The kid is gonna be good. I thought we carried play for most of the game. A couple of mistakes by us kept UVM in the game and made it interesting... moreso than I prefer. And we're still looking for a power play apparently. In the end we got the win and that's what counts.

[toogees]

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I am happy this team got the win. They really could not afford to be 0-1-2 or 0-2-1 against HE if they want to be playing after the ECAC tourney. 1-1-1 and a few late game slips from 2-0-1 - I will take it right now. Hopefully this builds confidence and momentum.

That said, that was a very poor 3rd period vs. Vermont. They came through in the end but they got outplayed for almost the entire period. Great hands by the Freshmen to pot his first 2.

I think QU needs to simplify a bit. I sometimes think they are trying too hard for the ESPN one touch passing highlight. Put the puck on net and hunt rebounds, IMO.

I have asked this last season and will ask it again - what does Duane bring to table? Doesn't score, not fast, does not set up other people, does not bang (except when playing BU apparently), taken off the puck easily - is he there for faceoffs? Nybondas is a big body, I would like to see what he can do. I have seen enough of #10.

[QU87]

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Agree with the Duane assessment. Don't understand why he gets so much ice time.