BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

[brassbonanza]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Greenway-JFK-Harper have 4-10-14 in 5 games together. Harper-Keller-Greenway had 8-12-20 in 4 games together and Bellows-JFK-Carpenter had 5-5-10 in 5 games together. I would like to see those lines back together if Keller can play this weekend and then go from there.

Sean

Agree, Harper-Keller-Greenway was a lethal line.

[Sean Pickett]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Some more stats. Scoring between last season and this season after after 14 games:
Returning Players
Carpenter
15-16 - 14g, 2-2-4
16-17 - 14g, 2-5-7
Hickey
15-16 - 14g, 4-2-6
16-17 - 14g, 2-4-6
Diffley
15-16 - 10g, 0-2-2
16-17 - 4g, 0-0-0
McAvoy
15-16 - 13g, 1-5-6
16-17 - 14g, 1-11-12
Phelps
15-16 - 13g, 2-0-2
16-17 - 4g, 0-0-0
Somerby
15-16 - 14g, 3-5-8
16-17 - 14g, 0-2-2
JFK
15-16 - 14g,4-9-13
16-17 - 14g, 3-10-13
MacLoed
15-16 - 13g, 1-0-1
16-17 - 12g, 0-4-4
Greenway
15-16 - 14g, 1-2-3
16-17 - 13g, 6-7-13
Olsson
15-16 - 10g, 0-3-3
16-17 - 7g, 2-2-4
Cloonan
15-16 - 14g, 4-6-10
16-17 - 9g, 0-0-0
Switzer
15-16 - 3g, 0-0-0
16-17 - 1g, 0-0-0
Kelley
15-16 - 3g, 0-0-0
16-17 - 12g, 1-1-2

Lost Players
Greer - 14g, 1-3-4
Oksanen - 14g, 7-6-13
Fortunato - 13g, 3-7-10
O'Regan - 14g, 4-13-17
Grzelcyk - 6g, 2-3-5
Lane - 14g, 4-3-7
Moran - 14g, 0-2-2
Baillargeon - 14g, 2-2-4

New Players
Krys - 14g, 1-1-2
Keller - 7g, 5-4-9
Fabbro - 14g, 3-3-6
Chabot - 12g, 1-2-3
McDermott - 9g, 0-1-1
Bellows - 14g, 4-1-5
Roberto - 14g, 3-3-6
Curry - 14g, 2-4-6
Harper - 14g, 6-11-17

Also, the top 2 lines have been pretty even this season:
1st line - 13-21-34
2nd line - 15-21-36
3rd line - 5-6-11
4th line - 2-4-6

Overall freshman have accounted for 22 of 42 goals (52.4%), while sophomores have accounted for 12 goals (28.6%, just off their 29% freshman percentage). Even the seniors 9.5% is just off their junior pecentage of 9.7%.

Sean

[Friend_of_BU_Hockey]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Greenway-JFK-Harper have 4-10-14 in 5 games together. Harper-Keller-Greenway had 8-12-20 in 4 games together and Bellows-JFK-Carpenter had 5-5-10 in 5 games together. I would like to see those lines back together if Keller can play this weekend and then go from there.

Sean

If Keller is good to go this weekend I expect the lines to be:

Greenway - Keller - Harper
Bellows - JFK - Carpenter
Olsson - Curry - Roberto
Andren - Cloonan - Chabot

I was told Kelley's lower-body injury is an ankle sprain.

[Rhett Hot]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

How are we feeling about this weekend?
Vermont has been doing better than expected this season and currently sit 9-3-2

Should be a good matchup.

Thoughts?

[Kdaddy1968]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

How are we feeling about this weekend?
Vermont has been doing better than expected this season and currently sit 9-3-2

Should be a good matchup.

Thoughts?

For VT is starts with goaltending.. UVM can go 4 lines deep so the scoring is balanced.. no superstars per say but no real drop off either. They are missing a few key players but depth is good overall so not sure how big a deal that will be.

It's streamed live for free.. not a great feed but decent enough.

[Rogie21]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Keller returns, centering the second line, with Bellows playing the off-wing.

Harper -JFK-Carpenter
Greenway-Keller-Bellows
Olsson-Curry-Roberto
Andrén-Cloonan-Chabot
Hickey-McAvoy
Krys-Fabbro
Somerby-MacLeod
Oettinger

[Aerman]

For VT is starts with goaltending.. UVM can go 4 lines deep so the scoring is balanced.. no superstars per say but no real drop off either. They are missing a few key players but depth is good overall so not sure how big a deal that will be.

It's streamed live for free.. not a great feed but decent enough.

(Saving mookie the trouble) se

[Kdaddy1968]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Geez you guys have skills.. and some bad officiating to go with it to help..

[Kdaddy1968]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

Geez you guys have skills.. and some bad officiating to go with it to help..

And more bad officiating.. your guy was next to the puck and you get called for icing?

[BU Fan 84]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

This team gets more and more pathetic every time they step on the ice. Can't complete a pass to save their lives, poor decisions, bad turnovers. Unless something drastically changes ASAP, they ****ed away what could've been a good season. I for one can't wait until Quinn goes to the NHL. Good riddance.

[Kdaddy1968]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

This team gets more and more pathetic every time they step on the ice. Can't complete a pass to save their lives, poor decisions, bad turnovers. Unless something drastically changes ASAP, they ****ed away what could've been a good season. I for one can't wait until Quinn goes to the NHL. Good riddance.

To be fair Vermont is a decent team and has a say in what happens on the ice.. to me it looked more like effort as BU def. has the skills..

[BU Fan 84]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

To be fair Vermont is a decent team and has a say in what happens on the ice.. to me it looked more like effort as BU def. has the skills..

I'm not talking about winning or losing. I'm talking about the way BU plays. Individual players have skill; Quinn does a pretty good job developing individual players. They do NOT play together as a team, they do not play tough, they are not difficult to play against. Highly skilled players making very poor decisions.

[Kdaddy1968]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

I'm not talking about winning or losing. I'm talking about the way BU plays. Individual players have skill; Quinn does a pretty good job developing individual players. They do NOT play together as a team, they do not play tough, they are not difficult to play against. Highly skilled players making very poor decisions.

I agree with the not as a team and tough part. No one seems to want to go into the corners and grind it out. That is where UVM won the game.

[BU Fan 84]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

I agree with the not as a team and tough part. No one seems to want to go into the corners and grind it out. That is where UVM won the game.

The most infuriating stuff is when there are five BU players back in their zone, one UVM player, and the BU guy with the puck passes it directly to the UVM player who is standing in front of one BU player. What was wrong with the three other options? Can they not think, or are they not allowed to deviate from where Quinn told them to pass it on the breakout?

I have been very critical of the PP previously. The first two tonight had a lot more puck movement and players moving without the puck. They scored twice. The rest of the power plays went right back to the textbook, scripted passing and a lot of stagnant standing around. They need to start making plays but at if they can't do it at this point, I don't see anything changing.

[Kdaddy1968]

Re: BU 2016-17 Season Thread I: The Kids are Alright

The most infuriating stuff is when there are five BU players back in their zone, one UVM player, and the BU guy with the puck passes it directly to the UVM player who is standing in front of one BU player. What was wrong with the three other options? Can they not think, or are they not allowed to deviate from where Quinn told them to pass it on the breakout?

I have been very critical of the PP previously. The first two tonight had a lot more puck movement and players moving without the puck. They scored twice. The rest of the power plays went right back to the textbook, scripted passing and a lot of stagnant standing around. They need to start making plays but at if they can't do it at this point, I don't see anything changing.

I can see your frustration... UVM hasn't had anywhere near that talent level ever. Last time we were close (ish) was St. Louis, Perrin and Thomas (Ruid as well but he had St Louis and Perrin on his line.) Those 1st 2 PP tonight were very nice by BU.. it was when UVM kept grinding it out and finishing checks that the tide turned. Also that 4th line of UVM.. no one great line but 4 solid ones.