ECAC '25 semifinal Red vs. Q

[Trotsky]

I agree, that has been my absolute biggest pet peeve all year as well. Way too much hesitating, particularly on the PP.

So many times throughout the season it felt like a guy would get into a shooting position on the power play like Rego and then would pull back and reset.  Thankfully he had that shooting mentality.

Sometimes it's hesitance, a lot of the time the passes are just BAD. I think all the time about how we pass to where the player *is* not where they want the puck - in front of them, where the stick blade is.

Spot on. It was almost miraculous that the pass to Rego on Friday and the passes to Psenicka and Desantis on Saturday were perfectly placed. The only other time I remember such a well placed pass this season was Walsh's pass to Bancroft at MSG for the 2 on 0 SHG.

The great thing about the pass from Bancroft to Rego for the game winning goal on Friday was that it was just fast enough to get there with the goalie still out of position, but slow enough for Rego to be able to one-time it with a high probability of success. Bancroft easily could have sent it over towards Rego with a lot more pace on it, which would have made it much harder to successfully one-time. Taking just a bit off the pass was a really high-hockey IQ move.

Very much this.  It was so solid in person.  You could feel the perfect timing.

[BearLover]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

The pbp was bad. Ahfeld would've been better.

Pretty much all sports PBP is crap.  They're all about showing off, not about describing the game.

Many are bad but not all. Jason is excellent.  Pierre's pal Doc was the GOAT. That guy at Colgate was not bad.

Gary Thorne was the true GOAT IMO.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

The pbp was bad. Ahfeld would've been better.

Pretty much all sports PBP is crap.  They're all about showing off, not about describing the game.

Many are bad but not all. Jason is excellent.  Pierre's pal Doc was the GOAT. That guy at Colgate was not bad.

Let me rephrase - all TV PBP is crap.  Radio guys, who actually have to describe the action, are a different case entirely.

But yeah, Doc was the GOAT.

[underskill]

Bob Cole or bust.

[jtwcornell91]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

Wasn't he also the one who kept mispronouncing Psenicka?

[RichH]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

Wasn't he also the one who kept mispronouncing Psenicka?

By the post game, Pierre just gave up on saying "Psenicka." He just mouthered on past it every time.

Go read the details of Pierre McGuire's career. I was wondering why he has become such a ride-or-die ECAC cheerleader. Played at Hobart (yes, with Ian Shane's dad, which is a crazy coincidence) got an asst coaching job at SLU and then hitched on somehow to Scotty Bowman (whose daughter went to SLU) and yadda yadda, became head coach (without ever hold that position before) in the NHL. Wild ride.

His kid went to Colgate, and now he's the new Bob Norton.

[scoop85]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

Wasn't he also the one who kept mispronouncing Psenicka?

By the post game, Pierre just gave up on saying "Psenicka." He just mouthered on past it every time.

Go read the details of Pierre McGuire's career. I was wondering why he has become such a ride-or-die ECAC cheerleader. Played at Hobart (yes, with Ian Shane's dad, which is a crazy coincidence) got an asst coaching job at SLU and then hitched on somehow to Scotty Bowman (whose daughter went to SLU) and yadda yadda, became head coach (without ever hold that position before) in the NHL. Wild ride.

His kid went to Colgate, and now he's the new Bob Norton.

Interesting to me that while Pierre's become "Mr. ECAC"--he's on auto repeat on NHL Network Radio touting the ECAC in the league's commercials--his son tranferred from Colgate to Northeastern

[sah67]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

Wasn't he also the one who kept mispronouncing Psenicka?

FWIW, I've lost count of the number of broadcasters from other teams that have mispronounced Psenicka.

[BearLover]

For those complaining about Pierre McGuire, I thought he was great. I mean, he was on the #1 NHL broadcasting team for a long time for a reason. Extremely knowledgeable and well-spoken. He offered interesting analysis throughout. Though he did say some strange things at times (eg. "That's an early goalie pull by Clarkson, doesn't mean it's wrong though" and then shortly later when Cornell scored "I said the pull was early, I didn't like it." And he kept harping on Skaneateles as one of the best vacation spots in NY.)

Yeah, no real gripes with MaGuire. I think we're fortunate to have him do those games.

i thought mcguire was really good too. i had more of an issue with the other guy who kept getting simple factual things wrong. even called us harvard once!

Wasn't he also the one who kept mispronouncing Psenicka?

By the post game, Pierre just gave up on saying "Psenicka." He just mouthered on past it every time.

Go read the details of Pierre McGuire's career. I was wondering why he has become such a ride-or-die ECAC cheerleader. Played at Hobart (yes, with Ian Shane's dad, which is a crazy coincidence) got an asst coaching job at SLU and then hitched on somehow to Scotty Bowman (whose daughter went to SLU) and yadda yadda, became head coach (without ever hold that position before) in the NHL. Wild ride.

His kid went to Colgate, and now he's the new Bob Norton.

Interesting to me that while Pierre's become "Mr. ECAC"--he's on auto repeat on NHL Network Radio touting the ECAC in the league's commercials--his son tranferred from Colgate to Northeastern

Yes, very strange. And even though Pierre typically does the interviews, I noticed they had someone else sub in to interview the Colgate coach.

[Snowball]

Who was the announcer who called Suda "Soda" for an entire game?