Quinnipiac Bobcats 2017-18: Chase the dream...

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Two points they desperately needed. A good game but need to temper it because RPI isn't that good. Until the major we let them hang around far too long. Killing the 5-on-3 pretty much took the fight out of the Engineers.

On to the north country and the final two of the season. SLU will be tough at home but they're definitely beatable. Clarkson seems to have lost their way but are still dangerous and have home ice advantage. We're still alive but we need to take care of ourselves first and foremost and then hope for some help.

Always tough to see the seniors go. It was nice to see Smith and McKernan come out dressed and partake in the ceremony. Also nice to see Pieper get one in his possibly last game at the Bank.

[QUAlum2004]

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Quinnipiac ends home slate with 4-1 win over RPI

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...h-4-1-win.html

[QUAlum2004]

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In the Pipeline: 2/19/2018

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...e-2192018.html

[Hank81]

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Two points they desperately needed. A good game but need to temper it because RPI isn't that good. Until the major we let them hang around far too long. Killing the 5-on-3 pretty much took the fight out of the Engineers.

On to the north country and the final two of the season. SLU will be tough at home but they're definitely beatable. Clarkson seems to have lost their way but are still dangerous and have home ice advantage. We're still alive but we need to take care of ourselves first and foremost and then hope for some help.

Always tough to see the seniors go. It was nice to see Smith and McKernan come out dressed and partake in the ceremony. Also nice to see Pieper get one in his possibly last game at the Bank.

Keep the faith!! If team can get goaltending in playoffs they could do some damage.They have been erratic in net since Garteig left 2 years ago. I looked at ECAC website and compared Q losses...we lost to both Union and Cornell twice...all others we tied or won/lost. Many of the games 1 goal difference. The ECAC in 2017-18 is historically close. Typically Q,Union, H, SLU run away with league points.It is interesting to look at league play and stats. Think we need goaltending to step up and outperform the season in playoffs.
This team can do it...remember 2 wins vs NU both BU and BC tied and beat us late in game and 1 goal losses to Cornell? It's all about the playoffs at this point....and I have watched College playoff hockey long enough to remember expect the unexpected...
If not Q looks loaded next year

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Keep the faith!! If team can get goaltending in playoffs they could do some damage.

Oh, I haven't thrown in the towel. I know we can still make some noise.

Absolutely agree that we need both goalies to step up. KP has shown some great progress since the holidays. Shortie's done well but at times gives up a goal he should have stopped and the team falls apart in front of him (i.e. Union's 3rd goal Friday).

If not Q looks loaded next year

We will be back, that's for sure.

[SnowDogFlyer]

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The issue is not goal tending it is "team-tending".

Team play is not balanced enough to sustain a consistent systemic approach over 2-3 lines and 3 periods of play, game to game, over a season.

I am pretty confident they get swept this coming weekend. SLU is saying good bye to few good players after rough season and Clarkson needs to go into post season and show the team that bat them when they were a team fighting a flu bug on the road....

In reality, they did not get beaten bad by any team, but send to play just good enough NOT to win a lot of games they could have won, so this team is not as bad as a sub .500 record suggests, but they are not a very good team we all can agree. After Clarkson win, I hoped we were onto something bu the cards all fell down and I wrote the Clarkson win off to our kids getting very up to a flu-bug riddled team on the road.

I will watch both contests this weekend and hope for the best in ECAC gauntlet but my focus is shifting to Yankee baseball, built on youth and maybe the next generation of Bobcat players will bring their youthful energy into the team next year.

[QUAlum2004]

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Scouting the Enemy: St. Lawrence Saints

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...saints_22.html

[MarkEagleUSA]

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I am pretty confident they get swept this coming weekend. SLU is saying good bye to few good players after rough season and Clarkson needs to go into post season and show the team that bat them when they were a team fighting a flu bug on the road....

If we get swept this weekend we deserve whatever happens in the post season. Yes, SLU is a better team than their record shows, but so are we. As for Clarkson, our win at the Bank may have been a fluke but they have not been playing well for several weeks. Flu bug or not, they're in a slide that I hope continues for another weekend.

In reality, they did not get beaten bad by any team, but send to play just good enough NOT to win a lot of games they could have won, so this team is not as bad as a sub .500 record suggests, but they are not a very good team we all can agree. After Clarkson win, I hoped we were onto something bu the cards all fell down and I wrote the Clarkson win off to our kids getting very up to a flu-bug riddled team on the road.

In a word, consistency. We've had very little of that all season. If we had, we'd be in a much better position right now.

The team stopped for practice in Placid today. I'm sure Rand told them what it'll take to get back there in a few weeks. I truly feel this team still has its pride and I think they'll play hard and do what they need to do. If it's not enough then so be it, but they have to leave it all on the ice.

maybe the next generation of Bobcat players will bring their youthful energy into the team next year.

We will be back!

[QUAlum2004]

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Cameron Boudreau commits to Quinnipiac

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...uinnipiac.html

[sshablak]

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1-1 after one

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Huge win, huge points. One down, one to go.

[QUAlum2004]

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Quinnipiac inches closer to home playoff series with 3-2 win over St. Lawrence

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...r-to-home.html

[MarkEagleUSA]

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From the ECAC site:

- Seeded #6 with a win and a Colgate loss.
- Seeded #6 with a win, a Colgate tie, and a Princeton loss or tie.

- Seeded #7 with a win, a Colgate tie, and a Princeton win.
- Seeded #7 with a win and a Colgate win.
- Seeded #7 with a tie, a Princeton loss or tie, and a Yale loss or tie.

- Seeded #8 with a tie, a Princeton win, and a Yale loss or tie.
- Seeded #8 with a tie, a Princeton loss or tie, and a Yale win.
- Seeded #8 with a loss and a Yale loss.

- Seeded #9 with a tie, a Princeton win, and a Yale win.
- Seeded #9 with a loss and a Yale win or tie.

Pretty simple to me... just WIN!

[QUFan]

From the ECAC site:



Pretty simple to me... just WIN!

Team looked Good, not great last night. What I liked was there was less panic in their play even after falling behind. No idea what kept KP from dressing last night, hopefully nothing serious. But I think it helped Shortridge focus on what was coming at him from the Ice rather than worrying about a hook coming if he gave up a soft goal. They got the help they needed last night. Now they have have their fate in their own hands.

Let’s Go Bobcats

[QUAlum2004]

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Scouting the Enemy: Clarkson Golden Knights

http://www.bobcatshockeyblog.com/201...nights_24.html