With just a week until our first exhibition game and it being Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration today, seemed like as good as time as any for a new season thread.
Have at it Crimson faithful.
Former Harvard Hockey broadcaster on 95.3 FM and WHRB.org.
Go Crimson!
Below are the pivotal questions for this upcoming season:
1) How quickly will Michalek get up the Division 1 learning curve and what kind of performance will result? Can he give the rest of the team confidence (D willing to jump into play, etc) it needs to dictate?
2) How many freshman will immediately push for a starting job?
On Defense - I would expect McNally & Everson to push hard for a starting gig.
On Offense - I would expect Blackwell & Placek to push hard for starting gig. The unknown is McGregor (Played for Swiss World Junior team)
3) Can Harvard score goals?
College Hockey Inc is running a Facebook contest for best college goalie masks. Today's vote features Raphael Girard, and his "Zombies Invading Harvard Yard" mask. It's pretty sweet.
Below are the pivotal questions for this upcoming season:
1) How quickly will Michalek get up the Division 1 learning curve and what kind of performance will result? Can he give the rest of the team confidence (D willing to jump into play, etc) it needs to dictate?
2) How many freshman will immediately push for a starting job?
On Defense - I would expect McNally & Everson to push hard for a starting gig.
On Offense - I would expect Blackwell & Placek to push hard for starting gig. The unknown is McGregor (Played for Swiss World Junior team)
3) Can Harvard score goals?
Okay, I'll bite. Here are my thoughts without any knowledge of the frosh.
1. Hopefully he will get up to speed quickly because if not, this season will resemble last year only worse. At least Carroll and Richter kept us in games. If our goalies can't make the big save consistently, it will be a very LONG season.
2. I would expect all of them to push for jobs. Harvard isn't exactly coming off a stellar season and so there are jobs to be had (Biega and Killorn being the immediate exceptions). I don't see anyone else on the roster who should be considered a lock.
3. No one knows. I'm hoping the assistant coaches will rework the power play and help Teddy with a system that plays to the strengths of the team. I don't see the team being a 4 or 5 goal a night team but the freshmen could change that scenario. Keep our fingers crossed.
Anything on the scrimmage with Brown Saturday night at Meehan? Nothing on the Brown thread. In the past those scrimmages have taken on high intensity due to the nature of the rivalry between the 2 teams, and have revealed positives/negatives for both teams.
Some articles in today's Herald & Globe on Harvard.
Looks like Luzar and Rempel were injuured this week and both needed to have surgery. Luzar is done for the year and Rempel will be out several weeks. Luckily, Harvard has a ton of depth on the blue line.
I just wanted to quickly touch base with you in regards to the Goals For Good project. In short, it's a competitive goal-a-thon between every team in the ECAC, and every team has partnered with a charity in close relation to their team, school, and or community. We're currently looking for more prizes, but as of now, there is $1,000 on the line going to the local food cupboard of the team that raises the most money. Please check out www.goalsforgood.org to learn more and support your team and their charity by way of their goals and wins.
Comment