Union College: 2016-2017

[UFan]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Joe looked sound and covers the ice well.. deserves a chance...

Agreed.
His rebound management was better too.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Reaching 28 points -

UNION needs 1 tie in last 4
HARVARD needs 1 win in last 4
St. Lawrence needs 1 win and 1 tie in last 4
Cornell needs 2 wins + 1 tie in last 5
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Qpack needs 3 wins and 1 tie in their last 4
Clarkson, if it wins the remaining 4, ends up with 26
Yale, if it wins the last 5, ends up with 26

[Union27]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

A very nice bounce back win.
Great to see Foo and others step up
This team is resilient and if they bring their A game for 60 minutes they can beat anyone. One more win should lock up the bye/home ice,
Getting that week off and home ice will serve this team really well.
Nothing easy next weekend with Princeton & Q coming to town.
Let's go U !

[BIG Green]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

A very nice bounce back win.
Great to see Foo and others step up
This team is resilient and if they bring their A game for 60 minutes they can beat anyone. One more win should lock up the bye/home ice,
Getting that week off and home ice will serve this team really well.
Nothing easy next weekend with Princeton & Q coming to town.
Let's go U !

I agree and agree and agree! Good for Kupsky! Below is my take.

Mama told me you will have days like these and the Big Green at a game like this. Really there is not much more to be said but for the sake of keeping fans informed I will. Actually the Big Green was the better team in the beginning of the game with nice extended zone time and pressure but that came to a screeching halt when Graber had the puck on his blue line inside the dots mind you, when he inexplicably ran into the linesman (not the trailing ref) causing him to lose possession and in goes a Union player on a breakaway blue line in. It was a text book check from the linesman LOL. From there it went downhill, you name it: puck battles, puck bounces, etc Big Green even had an open net only to have the puck land on top of net instead of in it for a goal. Yes, it was of those nights. Buffalo gets pulled and Clark comes in cold a let's in the very first shot he faces while off his angle. Yes it was one of those nights. Crema scores two goals in garbage time in the 3rd to make half way respectable; he is quietly having a nice season. The Big Green had several odd man chances but failed to execute and capitalize on them like Union did; that's the main difference...lack of DIFFERENCE MAKERS! Let's be very clear, Union is the better team in all this. IMHO Foo will move on to the next level as I have seen his skill but I also saw a "bite" to his game last night as well. Good for him! Vecchione has dead head speed with the puck allowing him to back off defenders and create/make plays; other players may have that same speed but cannot execute the positive outcome like he can. Kudos to him as he also moves on to the next level. Let's puts this behind and get back on that horse. Get em' BIG GREEN!

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Reaching 28 points -

UNION needs 1 tie in last 4
HARVARD needs 1 win in last 4
St. Lawrence needs 1 win and 1 tie in last 4
Cornell needs 2 wins + 1 tie in last 5
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Qpack needs 3 wins and 1 tie in their last 4
Clarkson, if it wins the remaining 4, ends up with 26
Yale, if it wins the last 5, ends up with 26

This year 28 points will not mathematically guarantee any team a top 4 finish. 30 points will.
A win or a tie makes it highly likely that we finish in the top 4 but does not guarantee it.
2 more wins guarantee us a top 4 finish and a week's rest and home ice.
4 more wins will earn us the Clearly Cup.

Are we hungry enough?

[Union27]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

By my count 29 points will do it for a top four finish if we beat Q.
Hard to believe that Vech & Foo both have 50 pts
plus.... Two great talents but we need the other guys to continue to step up and contribute.
Any more word on Sak ?

[aweise]

This year 28 points will not mathematically guarantee any team a top 4 finish. 30 points will.
A win or a tie makes it highly likely that we finish in the top 4 but does not guarantee it.
2 more wins guarantee us a top 4 finish and a week's rest and home ice.
4 more wins will earn us the Clearly Cup.

Are we hungry enough?

Actually, a win or tie vs Quinnipiac on Friday will clinch a top 4 finish. With 4 games left (8 possible points), Union is ahead of 5th place Qpac by 6 points and 6th place Clarkson by 9 points, so Clarkson can't finish ahead of or even tie Union. If Union ties Qpac, they'll have 28 points to Qpac's 22 and will own the tiebreaker with a win and tie vs the Bobcats.

[YouSeeAlum]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

At the game last night. After a couple minutes of even play, it ended quickly. First time I've ever seen a linesman in the middle of the blue line throwing a check on Foo's first goal!!! Hysterical. Sat behind the D net for most of the goals, the U passing is incredible. So many goals were several passes and then into an open net. Not looking good for an Eastern NCAA game at 11 in the PWR, unless they move up in the ECAC playoffs. The drop after the Harvard loss was deadly.

[Union27]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Only saw it one other time Jeff Taylor as a freshman got blindsided by a linesman vs Cornell @ Lynah at the blue line which led to a break away goal.
Union still bounced back for the win......

[Ralph Baer]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

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[Red Hockey]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Only saw it one other time Jeff Taylor as a freshman got blindsided by a linesman vs Cornell @ Lynah at the blue line which led to a break away goal.
Union still bounced back for the win......

I remember this game quite well as I was there in person. A friend of mine from around Philadelphia got to meet Paul Holmgren, who was Flyers GM at the time, and Ron Hextall, who would become the current GM a few months afterward. He was happy to say the least.

[ADK11]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Any more word on Sak ?

Gazette reported a sighting of Sak in a knee brace that was result of an injury late in the SLU game (which I'm pretty sure we all can guess at what caused it). This sounds pretty serious and could be tricky, as don't want to bring him back too soon and risk losing him for the rest of the season.. but don't want him totally cold for the post-season. The rumor that we may not see Alex for the rest of the regular season may be accurate. Question is whether they continue to ride Kupsky or give Young a more serious look. Regardless of top 4, every point is important as want to avoid ending up in 4th or 5th and have a potential 2nd round matchup with Cornell, Qpac or SLU.

[ecachawkeyfan]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

For anyone who tracks such things - what would need to happen for Union to secure a top 4 finish by the end of the weekend, assuming that's mathematically possible to do in that timeframe?

[maineiac]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

Does Union offer a free stream of their games?

[drshoen]

Re: Union College: 2016-2017

For anyone who tracks such things - what would need to happen for Union to secure a top 4 finish by the end of the weekend, assuming that's mathematically possible to do in that timeframe?

A tie Friday would be enough, as that would keep Union 6 points up on Q, with 3 games to go (and Union would hold the tiebreaker over Q). A loss Friday and win Saturday wouldn't guarantee it, since Q and U would be tied head-to-head.