UML Recruiting, Building for the future

[boblav1]

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The USHL playoffs begin this week. Muskegon will take on Team USA in the first round best of three series starting Friday. Mike Conderman finished the regular season with 32 points (11-21-32) and 76 PIM in 57 games. Micki Mihailovich played in 54 games putting up 13 points (1-12-13) with 264 PIM, which led the league. Mihailovich will need to do a better job staying out of the box next season.

[UMLFan]

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Malcolm Lyles and his Vernon Vipers will be playing the Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) in the Doyle Cup, starting Friday night. The winner of this series will have the chance to compete for the national title.

[UMLFan]

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BTW, I just saw this ... I'm sure it's to help cut down costs, but this is a weird way to schedule. From the Vipers fan blog:

Below is the Schedule: (depending on the outcome of the first 2 games of the series)

SWEEP FIRST TWO GAMES:

Game 1 April 15, Spruce Grove @ Vernon
Game 2 April 16, Spruce Grove @ Vernon
Game 3 April 19, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 4 April 20, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 5 April 22, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 6 April 23, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 7 April 24, Vernon @ Spruce Grove

SPLIT FIRST TWO GAMES:

Game 1 April 15, Spruce Grove @ Vernon
Game 2 April 16, Spruce Grove @ Vernon
Game 3 April 17, Spruce Grove @ Vernon
Game 4 April 20, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 5 April 21, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 6 April 23, Vernon @ Spruce Grove
Game 7 April 24, Vernon @ Spruce Grove

[Patman]

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I can't imagine its scheduling... if you're vernon why not take the momentum with 3 at home? why agree to 5 away... going to have to think its in their tournament rules. I believe (if wiki is right) that Vernon won last year... maybe something to do with that?

edit: maybe I could see it if it came down to hotel costs... if Vernon wins two then it makes a shorter series more likely... still odd. I don't get it.

[Hokydad]

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To much money to go back and forth from British Columbia to Alberta. Also, if Vernon wins they will stay as Doyle cup is in Alberta
ajhl does not have an over age limit either with 10 players born in 1990. vernon is very young, should be interesting to see how it pans out. no one ever expected vernon to win and remember, they lost 15 players off last years team. their head coach mark ferner is one of the best in all of junior hockey

[Hokydad]

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Vernon won gam 1 of the Doyle Cup 3-1

Malcolm Lyles was the 2nd star of the game and one of the key to the game. Played big all night and was instrumental in both of the first two goals


The Vernon Vipers opened their defence of the Doyle Cup with a convincing 3-1 win over the Spruce Grove Saints in Vernon on Saturday.

Vincenzo Marozzi was superb for the Saints in the first period as the Vipers bombarded him with 18 shots while his team managed just 5 on Kirby Halcrow. Marozzi was especially hot during a Viper 5 on 3 power play that lasted a minute and 12 seconds. He made three saves on deflections and point blank shots that seemed destined to beat him.

At the other end, Spruce Grove nearly scored with the man advantage, but Kirby Halcrow denied Scott Allen by doing the splits and stopping the puck with his right skate.

The second period was more even as the Saints got their forecheck rolling and out shot the Vipers 11-7. However, the Vipers scored the only two goals of the period on counterattacks.

The first goal resulted from a neutral zone turnover created by Mike Zalewski and Malcolm Lyles. Zalewski fed Darren Nowick on the right wing. In attempting to check the speedy Nowick, gangly defenceman Jesse Slobodian tripped over his own feet, giving the Vipers an odd man rush.

Marozzi stopped Nowick’s shot, but Marcus Basara hustled to pop in the rebound at 6:06.

Zalewski was again a catalyst for Nowick’s goal at 17:10. Nowick picked a defenceman’s pocket at centre ice and found Zalewski, who cut across to the left wing and then fed a pass at the goal mouth for Nowick to tip past Marozzi.

The other incident of note in the second period was an elbow to Malcolm Lyles’s head that levelled the Viper spark plug in his zone. From that point on, Lyles became a physical force, delivering one crunching hit after another.

Dylan Walchuk made the score 3-0 with a power play goal at 6:31 of the final period, as he converted a nice feed delivered by Dane Muench from behind the Spruce Grove goal line.

Muench returned to action for the first time after suffering a severely dislocated shoulder in the second game of the Westside series, on March 9.

Dustin Fostvelt notched the Saints’ lone goal at 7:44 from the top of the faceoff circle. His wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle zipped through several players and past a screened Halcrow.

The Saints tried to intensify their hitting game in the last two periods, but were out hit 38-25 in the contest. And, on this night at least, they were unable to match the Vipers’ speed.

Still, it’s apparent that Spruce Grove is a well-schooled, balanced team. If they continue to get sterling goaltending from Marozzi and if they can mobilize their forecheck, they will give the Vipers all they can handle.

Game two will be played Saturday in Vernon. If the Vipers win again, the series will shift to Spruce Grove for the remainder of the games. If the Saints win, a third game will be played in Vernon on Sunday night before the teams head to Alberta.

[boblav1]

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Muskegon also took game 1 of their USHL playoff series with Team USA 2-0.
Conderman and Mihailovich were held scoreless with no PIM.

[boblav1]

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Spruce Grove now leads the Doyle Cup series 2-1 as they beat Vernon in game two 3-2 and 5-2 last night. Malcolm Lyles had a goal and an assist in game two, he was held scoreless last night. The series now moves to Spruce Grove with game four on Wednesday night.

Muskegon eliminated Team USA (U17) in the first round of the USHL playoffs two games to none. They now play Cedar Rapids in a best of five game series starting Wednesday night. Conderman and Mihailovich were held scoreless with no PIM in the two game against Team USA.

[boblav1]

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Muskegon lost game one of their second round playoff series to Cedar Rapids last night 4-1. Conderman and Mihailovich were held scoreless, both were a -2 for the game. Mihailovich also had 12 PIM. Game two is Friday night.

Vernon beat Spruce Grove 3-1 last night, Malcolm Lyles was held scoreless. The series is now tied at two with game five tonight.

[boblav1]

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Vernon defeated Spruce Grove 3-2 tonight in OT to take a 3-2 lead in the Doyle Cup series. Malcolm Lyles did not figure in the scoring for Vernon. Game 6 is Saturday night.

[goUMLgoBC]

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Random note I saw when looking through the athletics site - Over the past few years, Bazin has been involved in a number of hockey camps. Not sure the age groups, skill levels, or audiences targeted at the camps, but in the summer of 2010, he was a coach at the Pavel Datsyuk Hockey Camp in Russia, in 2010-11, he spoke at the Washington Capitals College Hockey Fair in DC, and since 2002, he has owned and managed the Altitide Hockey Camps in Okotoks, AB and Clinton, NY (Hamilton College is in Clinton).

These all seem like good ways to get his name known and promote the program during the offseason in areas outside of the university's normal recruiting areas (which seem to be MA and Ontario with the current team).

[Go-UML]

Re: UML Recruiting, Building for the future

Random note I saw when looking through the athletics site - Over the past few years, Bazin has been involved in a number of hockey camps. Not sure the age groups, skill levels, or audiences targeted at the camps, but in the summer of 2010, he was a coach at the Pavel Datsyuk Hockey Camp in Russia, in 2010-11, he spoke at the Washington Capitals College Hockey Fair in DC, and since 2002, he has owned and managed the Altitide Hockey Camps in Okotoks, AB and Clinton, NY (Hamilton College is in Clinton).

These all seem like good ways to get his name known and promote the program during the offseason in areas outside of the university's normal recruiting areas (which seem to be MA and Ontario with the current team).

Yes, it definitely is, and I'm sure it's helped him with recruiting in one way or another.

[boblav1]

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Game 7 of the Doyle Cup series is tonight as Spruce Grove defeated Vernon 2-0 last night.

Last night Muskegon defeated Cedar Rapids 5-1. Mike Conderman had an assist in the game. Micki Mihailovich was scorless with 4 PIM. Cedar Rapids now leads the best of 5 playoff series 2-1with game 4 Monday night.

[boblav1]

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According to Ryan Clark of the Fargo Forum, former Boston University forward Vinny Saponari is headed to Northeastern next season. Saponari had 18 goals and 46 assists for 64 points in the regular season for Dubuque (USHL).

Clark also mentions Northeastern head coach Greg Cronin is expected to leave the program to take a coaching position in the AHL.

http://slightlychilled.areavoices.com/?p=508

[UMLFan]

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Game 7 of the Doyle Cup series is tonight as Spruce Grove defeated Vernon 2-0 last night.

Vernon won 4-2 last night and will now play in the Royal Bank Cup (Canadian Junior A National Championship Tournament) beginning April 30th. Lyles had no points.