Union College: 2017-2018

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Someone forgot to tell Yale that we beat North Dakota and that Yale was expected to show up and bow down and kiss our *** ... rather than kicking our ***. WE dropped from 18th to 25th in the pairwise. So much for top 20 ranking.

[UFan]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

2 things about the Yale game:
- practice last week was clearly focused on passing
- we scored three time even though we played for only about 15 minutes, in one or two minutes spurts throughout the game. Not bad.

Impressed but the Yale team. Not sure what their record really is about... they never quit and play hard, have decent passing and are able to put pucks on net.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Just wanted to give a shout out to your team. I watched a replay of the end of the Saturday night game against UND and saw one of your players (sorry, I don't know who it was) skate by the UND goalie as the buzzer sounded and gave him a tap on the pads. Very classy move. Sportsmanship that you don't see very often. Liked to see it.

The real "Class Act" IMO is North Dakota, your players, coaches, announcers, fans, media, barn, cheerleaders, etc. You are the benchmark for excellence in College Hockey especially now that NCHC is the dominent conference.

[Miami Ice]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Losing to Yale after the power play advantages is a toughy. Those are the games that you wish you had taken if the end of the season is its typical horse race finish. But "if" is one of the dirtiest words in the English language. There still a lot of hockey to play. The Union faithful can remain optimistic.

[Pokey]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

- practice last week was clearly focused on passing

Tape to tape passes still seem to be few and far between for this team.. and many of those aren't received cleanly, or they might have won this game.
if passing was the focus surely they would have figured out to pass thru the middle and not try to pass through
2 or 3 Yale players trying to force it out up the boards.

Tough loss but most assuredly a self inflicted one.

[Pokey]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

0 for 5 on the power play sticks out like a sore thumb,

Couldn't agree more
brown let them set up and they scored 0,
Yale pressured them and they scored 0

They are trying to force the play instead of moving the puck quickly and making the defense work.
Where is the back door man? where is the rotation when the point man moves up?
They take alot of time getting in the zone and then don't move it fast enough to get the open shot..
They think they have 2 PP units but actually don't seem to have 1 good one..
#1 PP unit should have all your guns on it
look at last years vech, foo, Vid, Supinski and a hard shooting d man - best guys from the top 2 lines
all together, moving constantly and very effective.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Last year we lost to Holy Cross in Worcester 6-4. We had some bad games last year but this was one of our worse. In the past 10 years, we have played and lost to Holy Cross once. Lifetime we are 1-3 with the last win at Archilles in 2005. Last year Vidmar scored twice and Rinaldi and Foo added scores.
The game was tied 2-2 going into the third. We stopped playing hockey and Holy Cross scored four times in the 4th. Krupski was in goal. In period 3 he stopped 7 and let 4 get by. We came to life late in the third after the damage had been done and scored two. Holy Cross has defeated Army, Airforce, Bently and Darmouth.

[Pokey]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Last year we lost to Holy Cross in Worcester 6-4. We had some bad games last year but this was one of our worse. In the past 10 years, we have played and lost to Holy Cross once. Lifetime we are 1-3 with the last win at Archilles in 2005. Last year Vidmar scored twice and Rinaldi and Foo added scores.
The game was tied 2-2 going into the third. We stopped playing hockey and Holy Cross scored four times in the 4th. Krupski was in goal. In period 3 he stopped 7 and let 4 get by. We came to life late in the third after the damage had been done and scored two. Holy Cross has defeated Army, Airforce, Bently and Darmouth.

Last year we lost to UND at home -- this year -- completely opposite..
Looking to last year is meaningless - the team is so very different.. there is just no correlation.

Suffice it to say - IF the team shows up ready to play - they can stay with everybody and beat most of them
- OUR HOUSE, OUR ICE

[UFan]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

- OUR HOUSE, OUR ICE

^This

Let's make sure we play our normal game, simple passes, simple shots, simple skating. I don't want to see some overengineered and overdesigned "thing" last we played against Yale.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

I feel bad for the fans, the season ticket holders, the members of the Blades, the local town folks who occupied most of the seats last weekend because the school was out on break. Schenectady is a working class town and these fans are loyal. They pay good money to sit in crappy seats and battle to get into the mens urinal. They often travel and surprise many that a small school like Union can muster such support. Win or lose those fans deserved a team that gives 100% effort for 60 minutes. We didn't do that against Yale. We have to go back to being the working class team where we don't stand around waiting for someone else to do something. That was a pretty pathetic performance.
https://dailygazette.com/article/201...-loses-to-yale

Its payback time for Holy Cross and Massachusetts. Then comes a long break of almost 3 weeks.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Scouting Report - Holy Cross
Pre RIT matchup last weekend. Copied from HC Blog http://crossports.freeforums.net/thr...men-rit-12-1-2

• The Crusaders’ received votes in the USCHO poll in back-to-back weeks, for the first time since their five-week appearance in 2016 (Oct. 10 - Nov. 7).

• Scott Pooley added two goals and one assist last week, maintaining his second place ranking in national scoring (13-3-16).

• The Crusaders posted an 88% success rate on the penalty kill last week (8-9). Through November, Holy Cross held an 87% success rate on the kill (27-31). On the season, the team has killed 46 of 56 opportunities (82%).

• Brett Mulcahy returned to the lineup for the Arizona State series and posted consecutive assists.

• With three shutouts, Paul Berrafato has recorded the second most in the nation.

• Johnny Coughlin leads the team in blocked shots, with 29.

• With four assists in his last six games, T.J. Moore leads the team with helpers (8).

• With 44 goals in 15 games, the Crusaders have recorded the second most goals in Atlantic Hockey.

• The senior class has accounted for 59% of the Crusaders offense this season, scoring 26 of the team’s 44 goals.

• The Holy Cross offensive power comes from the forwards, scoring 90% of their goals (40-44).

• The Crusaders own the lowest goals-against average in Atlantic Hockey (2.40).



Berrafato in Goal

• Paul Berrafato’s .926 save percentage and his 2.32 goals against average leads Atlantic Hockey. He has also recorded the most saves in the league (448).

• Berrafato has posted shutouts over Dartmouth, Air Force, and Army.

• With three shutouts, Berrafato owns the second most shutouts in the nation this season.

• With nine career shutouts, Paul Berrafato captured the all-time shutouts record at Holy Cross. Matt Ginn (2011-15) previously held the record with eight shutouts.

• In his career, Berrafato has played 93 games and 81 consecutive starts. Of the active goaltenders in the NCAA, Berrafato ranks second with the most consecutive starts.

• The senior netminder also ranks in the top four goaltenders for the biggest save percentage improvement since the 2016-17 season (+.30).



PooleY’s Offense

• Nationally, Scott Pooley ranks second in goals/per game (0.87). Pooley’s 13 goals is the most goals scored in the nation.

• On the power play, Pooley has recorded five goals, which ranks him tied for third nationally.

• In Atlantic Hockey, the senior forward leads the league in scoring and power play goals.

• Pooley is tied for third overall in Atlantic Hockey points, averaging 1.07 points per game.

• On Nov. 11, Pooley recorded his third multi-goal game and fourth multi-point game of the season.

• The senior forward leads the Crusaders in points (13-3-16).



Captain Mulcahy

• Senior captain Brett Mulcahy posted consecutive assists in the Arizona State series.

• His two game-winning tallies of the season ranks tied for sixth in the league.

• In his 10 games played this season, Mulcahy has tallied three goals and two assists for five points.



A Freshman Impact

• Of the five freshman, four have registered one goal and each have recorded at least one point.

• Logan Ferguson has been steadily contributing to the Crusaders’ offense with seven points in 14 games played.

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Weekend preview Maier & Bennett
https://youtu.be/dHh8ST4ES5o

[ecachawkeyfan]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Daniel Carr apparently had the top play on Sportscenter last night. Here's the goal:

https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/video/...414/c-55474403

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

The view from Holy Cross
http://www.goholycross.com//ViewArti...CLID=211689005

[Dutchman]

Re: Union College: 2017-2018

Interesting:
Yale Blocked 32 of our shots
Holy Cross Blocked 27 shots
Both of these looked like the highest season totals for these two teams.