Re: Bentley University Hockey 2016-2017: The (Max) French Revolution
Did pretty much the opposite of all this yesterday. Extremely inefficient on both the PP and PK, and they were taking STUPID penalties as well. Refs were not great, but still no excuse for the poor play. I don't think play was as lopsided as the score represents, but that said, neither team played very well. I'm pretty sure every RMU score yesterday came after Argue made 2-4 saves on the play, and a failure to clear the puck eventually lead to RMU getting an easy putback with Argue having no chance. They're doing a reasonably good job with defense in terms of not letting the opponent maintain possession for too long, a lot of good poke checks and blocking passing lanes to not give a lot of options. But they've just gotta be able to clear the crease when Argue makes a save and he can't control the rebound. Here's a video of Saturday's game that shows a couple of the goals like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhau8S6k2Y0
Another thing we have to be better about is dumping the puck. WAY too many times do I see guys dumping and chasing when they don't have a lot of pressure on them or they've got open passes that will allow them to maintain possession coming into the zone. Even on the POWER PLAY guys are mindlessly dumping it into the corner which almost never leads to a good offensive possession. With such a small team physically it's so difficult to win battles along the board after dumping it in. I think trying to stick handle the puck or coming into the zone with speed is a better option and could lead to a lot more opportunities to set up a well designed passing goal. That said, I think dumping and chasing is a huge part of hockey and especially college hockey with it being so fast paced, but choosing when and when not to dump the puck should be a more thoughtful process for this team.
At least we were able to pick up 1 victory before the break, and I think the break will provide a really good opportunity to reassess where this team is and create a better game plan going forward. Excited to see what kind of numbers the top line of French Schmidt and Gorowsky can put up in the second half, as they just seem to be reaching their stride.
Originally posted by Snively65
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Another thing we have to be better about is dumping the puck. WAY too many times do I see guys dumping and chasing when they don't have a lot of pressure on them or they've got open passes that will allow them to maintain possession coming into the zone. Even on the POWER PLAY guys are mindlessly dumping it into the corner which almost never leads to a good offensive possession. With such a small team physically it's so difficult to win battles along the board after dumping it in. I think trying to stick handle the puck or coming into the zone with speed is a better option and could lead to a lot more opportunities to set up a well designed passing goal. That said, I think dumping and chasing is a huge part of hockey and especially college hockey with it being so fast paced, but choosing when and when not to dump the puck should be a more thoughtful process for this team.
At least we were able to pick up 1 victory before the break, and I think the break will provide a really good opportunity to reassess where this team is and create a better game plan going forward. Excited to see what kind of numbers the top line of French Schmidt and Gorowsky can put up in the second half, as they just seem to be reaching their stride.
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