Miami 12/1-2

[abmarks]

I don't know if its the good lighting or the high camera, but we look much faster than I'm accustomed to seeing.

[Johnny 5]

Is it just me, or does the video keep repeating itself over and over.
Very annoying.

::bang::

[ugarte]

chippy game. down 2-1 after 2 on two Miami PPG even though they only have 10 shots total so far. We have 18 shots so hopefully we can keep 5 skaters on the ice and put a couple past their guy. We've got 18 shots so I suspect we're controlling play.

[ugarte]

Galajda pulled after 2. Still down a goal halfway into the third.

[upprdeck]

really controlled the vast amount of play.. 2 PP goals allowed and we got ofer..

played pretty well from the the radio sound of it.

[RichH]

Galajda pulled after 2. Still down a goal halfway into the third.

Yep. Stewart played the 3rd. My guess is that coach has been itching to get him some meaningful game time. If he's healthy, I wouldn't mind seeing a platoon emerge.

[ugarte]

Bleh. Pulled Stewart with 2:17 to go. Sounds like we had some chances but couldn't get it in.

[Jim Hyla]

Why don't you guys join the in game chat? Try it tomorrow.

[Jim Hyla]

5 on 5 we were the better team. Not on special teams however.

It was nice to see Coach pull the goalie with over 2 minutes to go. I think it speaks to the confidence he's getting with the team.

[BearLover]

5 on 5 we were the better team. Not on special teams however.

It was nice to see Coach pull the goalie with over 2 minutes to go. I think it speaks to the confidence he's getting with the team.

It's also the statistically correct move.

[Trotsky]

Bleh. Pulled Stewart with 2:17 to go. Sounds like we had some chances but couldn't get it in.

We had many terrific chances.

My only negative takeaway is that Miami seemed to always have the extra step on us and until the third they out-hustled us.  When we had the puck they flew to us, hassled us, poke checked, broke up our passing.  When they had the puck we hung back, watched the play develop, and generally treated them as if we closed the angle they would spring away from us like crickets.  It's like we were playing zone and they were playing man on man.

We win last night's game 4 times outta 5, but despite being a very good team we've also been playing with a lot of puck luck and that's not repeatable.

A split to end the first third 10-2 would be brilliant.

[Beeeej]

So, having been tied for 5th in PWR prior to this weekend, last night's loss drops us to... alone in 5th?!

I assume it makes sense looking at the other results, I just haven't bothered. **]

[KGR11]

I'm pretty sure there was a big gap between us and teams below us in RPI before last night's game. After last night, it got tighter. We'll probably drop multiple spots if we lose tonight.

[osorojo]

A winning hockey team with overwhelming individual talent can use the same game plan every game. A hockey team with good talent wins or loses depending upon changing its game plan just about every game, and usually during a game. Looking at the Box Score of this game, which is the best I can do, makes me wonder what happened in this game besides the score?

[Jim Hyla]

I'm pretty sure there was a big gap between us and teams below us in RPI before last night's game. After last night, it got tighter. We'll probably drop multiple spots if we lose tonight.

This is why I post the PWR every week.

On Monday:

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                                                         [u][b]RPI[/b][/u]
4 Notre Dame 56 12-3-1 .7812 3t .6069* 4
5t Cornell        55 9-1-0 .9000 1 .6031* 5
5t Western Michigan55 9-5-1 .6333 9 .5851 6
7 Minnesota 53 9-6-1 .5938 16 .5680 7


Today:

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4 Notre Dame 56 13-3-1 .7941 3 .6116* 4
5 Cornell        55 9-2-0 .8182 2 .5787* 5
6 Minnesota 54 10-6-1 .6176 12 .5760 6
7 Western Michigan53 9-6-1 .5938 15t .5722 7

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/#ixzz507rpbSXE

So you're correct. On Monday we had a gap from the teams below us, now the gap is from teams above us.