Showing posts with label Analysis - College hockey. Miami Redhawks. UND Fighting Sioux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Analysis - College hockey. Miami Redhawks. UND Fighting Sioux. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Miami continues dominance over WCHA teams.

Last season I wrote a blog post on the Miami RedHawks and how they have had a nice run against the WCHA and the last team to beat them was the Fighting Sioux. Well! That run has continued, as the Huskies laid another egg against the RedHawks last weekend in the National Hockey Center getting beat 6-3 the first night and only a 1-1 tie on Saturday night against the Miami RedHawks.

The SCSU goaltender Sophomore Mike Lee was lit up again on Friday night, giving up 6 goals on 25 shots. Incidentally, SCSU Huskies head hockey coach Bob Motzko is also an unimpressive 0-4 against the RedHawks. Ok, before someone is going to ask me what my point is? It's simple. good teams have to beat other good NCAA playoff teams in their building if they are going to be looked at as a legitimate contender. So far this season SCSU has been shelled by Clarkson 6-2 and Miami 6-3.
Goon's World --- Here is the last 6 games that Miami has played against WCHA teams.

October 8th 2005 UND 3 Miami 0
October 6th 2006 Miami 5 DU 2
December 27, 2007 Miami 2 SCSU 1 O.T.
March 27, 2009 Miami 4 DU 2
March 28, 2009 Miami 2 UMD 1
October 09, 2009 Miami 3 SCSU 2 O.T.
October 10, 2009 Miami 2 SCSU 0


Breaking it down further, Mike is right, Miami has done pretty darn good job against the WCHA teams as of late. Both DU and SCSU have both lost their last two games they played to the Miami University RedHawks. Also, the Miami RedHawks beat UMD in last season’s Midwest regional championship game at Mariucci Arena. Incidentally, the last WCHA team to beat Miami University was the Fighting Sioux 3-0 in Lefty McFadden Invitational on October 8th 2005 when Jordan Parise got a shut out against the RedHawks. The Fighting Sioux might have to stop that streak if the Huskies can't stop them tonight.
Here is the updated results, the only WCHA team to beat Miami is UND and they have a 1-0-1 record during that time period.

October 8th 2005 UND 3 Miami 0
October 6th 2006 Miami 5 DU 2
December 27, 2007 Miami 2 SCSU 1 O.T.
March 27, 2009 Miami 4 DU 2
March 28, 2009 Miami 2 UMD 1
October 09, 2009 Miami 3 SCSU 2 O.T.
October 10, 2009 Miami 2 SCSU 0
November 28, 2009 UND 5 Miami 5 O.T.
October 15, 2010 Miami 6 SCSU 3
October 16, 2010 Miami 1 SCSU 1 O.T.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Time to Exhale: Sioux 5 - RedHawks 5 OT

They say a tie in hockey is like kissing your sister. I don’t know about you but I could do without the sister kissing. None- the- less, this is one time that I think a tie is an appropriate ending to a very good hockey game. Last night UND and MU game was like a 15 round title fight between to heavy weights that ended with the ref raising both hand of the combatants.

Watching the Fighting Sioux play this past weekend I can say that there is much to be excited about. Going forward I will save the negatives for another day, because the positives out weight the negatives this weekend. I have also seen a lot of negative energy percolating over on Sioux Sports after this game. I think we need to grab some perspective. Sure Brad probably wants a few of those goals back but there Is no "I" in team and the game tying goal was a defensive break down by the whole team.

After the game I went home and re-watched the game and a few of the goals were a result of Miami capitalizing on the defensive turnover and untimely forced errors. Miami is an aggressive team on the fore check and you have to play flawless hockey if you want to beat them. I would say UND and Miami play similar types of games.

If this season has proven anything College Hockey is wide open this season and I like the Fighting Sioux's chances this season. Championships are won in February, March and April. There is no award for playing good early in the season or before the first of the year. I know it sounds cliché’ but we need to put this in perspective. Currently, UND is sitting right around the 8th spot in the pairwise, so if UND can keep playing consistent it looks like UND is going to have to go on a hellish death march to make the tourney. Defensively UND is ranked third in the nation, that is nothing to sneeze at. UND has awesome specials teams, the Sioux are ranked 10th on the power play and 8th on the penalty kill. [College Hockey Team Rankings]

Kristo arrives

Holy Cow! That is how I would explain Danny Kristo’s play this weekend. After going scoreless in three straight games Kristo has 6 points in the least three games (4g-2a-6). Breaking it down further, Kristo has (3g-2a-5pts) against two teams that were ranked one and two in the rankings. It’s impressive because Kristo isn’t racking up stats against weak sisters of the poor he is scoring the nation’s big boys. Kristo is proving to be a big time player playing on the national stage.

If there is one thing that concerns me about Kristo is that he reminds me of some of the other players that play for a school that I won’t mention. Every goal he scores is like he has won the NCAA title or a Stanley Cup with his excessive celebration. Kristo is an elite player and he should act like he has scored before. I am not saying don't celebrate but raise your stick celebrate with your team mates and skate back to the bench.

Juniors coming up big

Junior forward Brad Malone(3g-8a-11pts) is starting to put together a pretty impressive season and had an awesome highlight shorthanded goal against the Miami. If the video of the goal is posted I will put it up to view.

Junior Forward Evan Trupp (4g-9a-13pts) is starting to impress me more and more every game. Trupper has four points in last three games and this past weekend he has three assists.

[Box Score]
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Mario Lamoureux (2-Checking from Behind) MIA 0x1 4:32
MIA 1 - 0 6x6 Reilly Smith (3) (Pat Cannone) 8:17
MIA (+): 18,20,9,26,6,G31 NDK (-): 25,10,9,27,3,G31
MIA-1 Vincent LoVerde (2-Tripping) NDK 0x1 9:54
MIA-2 Will Weber (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 1x2 11:56
NDK 1 - 1 6x5 PP Ben Blood (1) (Danny Kristo, Jason Gregoire) 13:52
NDK: 24,7,17,26,29,G31 MIA: 20,9,26,14,G31

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2nd Period (20:00)
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MIA-3 Alden Hirschfeld (2-Hooking) 2:17
NDK-2 Darcy Zajac (2-High-Sticking) 2:17
MIA 2 - 1 5x5 Carter Camper (7) (unassisted) 3:20
MIA (+): 11,14,6,20,G31 NDK (-): 26,7,25,3,G31
MIA-4 Chris Wideman (2-Hooking) NDK 2x3 6:52
NDK 2 - 2 6x5 PP Danny Kristo (4) (David Toews, Jake Marto) 7:23
NDK: 7,18,25,19,22,G31 MIA: 9,5,11,4,G31
NDK 3 - 2 6x6 Jason Gregoire (6) (Ben Blood, Brett Hextall) 7:59
NDK (+): 17,24,26,29,2,G31 MIA (-): 44,17,23,19,14,G31
MIA 3 - 3 6x6 Tommy Wingels (5) (Reilly Smith, Pat Cannone) 10:07
MIA (+): 9,18,20,4,26,G31 NDK (-): 10,13,27,20,4,G31
MIA-5 Steven Spinell (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 2x4 12:40
NDK-3 Brett Hextall (2-Hooking) MIA 0x2 14:28
NDK 4 - 3 5x6 SH Brad Malone (3) (unassisted) 16:00
NDK (+): 22,19,3,25,G31 MIA (-): 11,9,6,16,20,G31
MIA-6 Cameron Schilling (2-Interference) NDK 3x5 16:43
NDK 5 - 3 6x5 PP Danny Kristo (5) (Evan Trupp, David Toews) 17:46
NDK: 7,19,18,22,25,G31 MIA: 19,4,26,17,G31
MIA-7 Curtis McKenzie (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 20:00
NDK-4 Darcy Zajac (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 20:00

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3rd Period (20:00)
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MIA-8 Will Weber (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 3x6 0:33
NDK-5 Andrew MacWilliam (2-Tripping) MIA 1x3 7:28
MIA 4 - 5 6x5 PP Cameron Schilling (2) (Jarod Palmer, Reilly Smith) 9:27
MIA: 5,19,18,17,13,G31 NDK: 22,24,19,25,G31
NDK-6 Ben Blood (2-High-Sticking) MIA 1x4 11:26
MIA-9 Alden Hirschfeld (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 3x7 14:08
MIA 5 - 5 6x6 GT Reilly Smith (4) (Andy Miele, Chris Wideman) 17:19
MIA (+): 18,17,6,23,44,G31 NDK (-): 29,17,26,2,24,G31

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Overtime (5:00)
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End of Game



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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Dusting off an old article: UND last WCHA team to be RedHawks.

I wrote this article for the Illegal Curve back on October 10th 2009.

On October 27th 2007 Miami Student writer Mike Zoller declared that Miami University hockey ‘was on the Brink of being a dynasty.’ While Miami Hockey is not a dynasty by definition (need to win a few NCAA titles), I am also going to hold off calling them a dynasty for now but Miami does have a good shot at being a title contender this season if they play up to their potential.

Since 2003-2004 the Miami RedHawks have compiled a 144-76-23 record and have made the NCAA tourney five out of the last six seasons. Last spring the RedHawks had the NCAA chapionship in their grasp, the RedHawks made it to the NCAA Championship game, took a 3-1 lead before losing the game in over time to the Boston University Terriers. [Box Score]

This is what I found in my Twitter posts this morning when I got up this morning.
MikeSwainey @goon48 All I know is Miami continues to knock off WCHA teams. IIRC, 5 straight wins against your league. But tomorrow's another day.
First off I wouldn’t be surprised tonight if SCSU loses to the RedHawks again tonight to make it six games in a row. Breaking it down further, Mike is right, Miami has done pretty well against WCHA foes as of late. Both DU and SCSU have both lost their last two games they have played against the Miami University RedHawks. Also, the Miami RedHawks beat UMD in last season’s Midwest regional at Mariucci Arena. Incidently, the last WCHA team to beat Miami University was the Fighting Sioux 3-0 in Lefty McFadden Invitational on October 8th 2005 when Jordan Parise held off a Miami surge and got a shutout against the RedHawks.

Here is the last 6 games that Miami has played against WCHA teams.
October 8th 2005 UND 3 Miami 0
October 6th 2006 Miami 5 DU 2
December 27, 2007 Miami 2 SCSU 1 O.T.
March 27, 2009 Miami 4 DU 2
March 28, 2009 Miami 2 UMD 1
October 09, 2009 Miami 3 SCSU 2 O.T.
October 10, 2009 Miami 2 SCSU 0
Breaking it down further, Mike is right, Miami has done pretty darn good job against the WCHA teams as of late. Both DU and SCSU have both lost their last two games they played to the Miami University RedHawks. Also, the Miami RedHawks beat UMD in last season’s Midwest regional championship game at Mariucci Arena. Incidentally, the last WCHA team to beat Miami University was the Fighting Sioux 3-0 in Lefty McFadden Invitational on October 8th 2005 when Jordan Parise got a shut out against the RedHawks. The Fighting Sioux might have to stop that streak if the Huskies can't stop them tonight.

Non Conference scores from last night

Last night the WCHA went 7-1 in non conference play. Last season the WCHA’s non conference play was their Achilles heal, last night SCSU was the only team in non conference play from the WCHA to lose.

UND 5 Merrimack College 2
MTU 5 NMU 3
C.C. 4 Northeastern 2
UMD 4 LSSU 3
MSU-M 3 BGSU 2
DU 5 VMU 4
UAA 5 Mercyhurst College 3
Miami 3 SCSU 2 O.T.

CHA 2-0 in Non Conference play last night.

UAH 3 Notre Dame 2 (this one makes me happy)
BSU 3 AFA 1 the battle of the Serratore brothers

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