Opponent News 19-20

[redice]

Brent Brekke was named Head Coach of the the St Lawrence Men's Ice Hockey team today.... Congrats, Brent!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx52LzLAa0E/?igshid=1qc1gzd714bk5&fbclid=IwAR1vmpgoGuu0qPR0rf7S8lBqRmM8yOhzS-P4qIfd4woQo5QRCZDyxl7bDXg

[jtwcornell91]

Brent Brekke was named Head Coach of the the St Lawrence Men's Ice Hockey team today.... Congrats, Brent!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx52LzLAa0E/?igshid=1qc1gzd714bk5&fbclid=IwAR1vmpgoGuu0qPR0rf7S8lBqRmM8yOhzS-P4qIfd4woQo5QRCZDyxl7bDXg

So we're basically colonizing the North Country.  And we've already got Don Vaughan at Colgate, although his time as a Cornell assistant was long ago.

[billhoward]

The bonus was St. Lawrence didn't have to pay relocation costs.

Brekke was already living in Canton while he worked at Clarkson, so he has the bonus of getting his first head coaching job without having to uproot his family to another town.

"I've gone through some head coaching interviews over the years, this was the first time I was able to sleep in my own bed the night before the interview," Brekke said

I was about to say revolving-door tenure at St. Lawrence, three coaches in the last eight seasons. But that's Mark Morris 3 years, Greg Carvel 4 yeas, Joe Marsh in the last of his 26 years.

[Jim Hyla]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

[Scersk '97]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still... He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

[redice]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still... He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

I'm of the mindset that I don't prefer to see too many penalties called...   Just enough to keep the game under control..   A LOT of penalties ruins the flow of the game and puts far too much emphasis on PK & PP..

That can wear down certain players.   Teams like ours, which routinely rolls four lines, is better off staying away from penalty situations (PK or PP).

As I occasionally yell out to the on-ice officials:  "I didn't come here to watch YOU!!!"

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still... He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

I'm of the mindset that I don't prefer to see too many penalties called...   Just enough to keep the game under control..   A LOT of penalties ruins the flow of the game and puts far too much emphasis on PK & PP..

That can wear down certain players.   Teams like ours, which routinely rolls four lines, is better off staying away from penalty situations (PK or PP).

As I occasionally yell out to the on-ice officials:  "I didn't come here to watch YOU!!!"

+1 on the last statement

[Dafatone]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still... He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

Feola wasn't the worst, but he had a tendency to ref based on game situation. Don't expect a lot of whistles from him if you're winning.

[Scersk '97]

Feola wasn't the worst, but he had a tendency to ref based on game situation. Don't expect a lot of whistles from him if you're winning.

A pet peeve. If it's a penalty when you're behind, it should also be a penalty when you're ahead; similarly, if it's a penalty in the first, it should also be a penalty in the third (or overtime).

To respond a bit upthread, I'd rather prefer to see a lot more penalties called. I think we're faster, more fluid, and more talented than most of the teams we play. The more penalties called, the more room, generally, there will be for us to show off those skills.

Reffing to the score and calling fewer penalties mostly benefits weaker teams.

[Trotsky]

Not knowing anything "insidery" I really like them picking an ECAC referee for that job.  He's going to understand.

[billhoward]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

You've been waiting to use this line?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

You've been waiting to use this line?

Nope.  It just came to me spur of the moment.

[Trotsky]

Looks like team 61 is just a matter of time.

[Trotsky]

No NC$$ players in the first round.  I don't recall that happening since the 1990s.  I guess some (many?) of those USHL guys could be commits.

Edit: yep:

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 9 Zegras, BU
12 Boldy, BC
13 Knight, BC
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15 Caulfield, Wisconsin
16 Newhook, BC
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31 Johnson, Minnesota