Dayons_Den wrote:To go along with the stuff on the new jerseys:
the new BOWLING GREEN font is on the back below the number and the numbers and last name font are in the BOWLING GREEN font-style.
We had too many turnovers on our own blue line, some when we were on the power play.
Liked what I saw out of Horrell and even Spratt.
The white jerseys looked sharp. I really LOVE having just a BIG Falcon head on the front. Only complaint I heard was that Matsumoto's number 11 kind of looked like 77 when you first looked at it, due to the font they use now. Minor complaint only.
My impressions: LOTS OF ENERGY on the ice coming from our team!! The guys on the bench STOOD the whole game as if they were watching a close overtime game!! Don Morrison is the Captain this year. There will be no assistants, only Don. Several players told me that he will do a fantastic job! A few players also said they feel that we have a great team that will do VERY well this year. Team chemistry is already VERY good. The guys were VERY excited when talking about the upcoming season. Good to hear such positive energy coming from them!!
Crowd was VERY small, especially at the start, filled in a little, but still hardly anyone there. Given that it was a Monday night, and an exhibition game, I guess it's to be expected. I was disappointed in it though.
All three goalies played well, though Horrell and Spratt wasn't nearly as busy as Frazee was in the third period.. Horrell had a breakaway stop and a few really good saves.
Weird game in that there were a TON of 5:3's and NO one scored while it was 5 on 3, only 5 on 4, if I recall correctly. Haven't had a chance to look at stats or anything, just typing all this from memory.
OK, that's it for tonight, if I think of anything else, I will post it tomorrow.
EDIT: Here's the box stats from USCHO:
http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20051003 ... u&gender=m
EDIT #2: Football isn't the only BG sport with an announcer that can't pronounce the names. The guy tonight kept calling Svendsen SEVENSON!! Geez.... Besides giving Bales an assist, who wasn't even dressed for the game and the speaker system sounding like an old fashioned radio speaker with no base until they got that fixed during the game....We REALLY need a better speaker system and a guy with a deeper voice that carries better in there!!!
Here's the homepage article:
http://bgsufalcons.collegesports.com/sp ... 05aaa.html
Holy defense! I realize that we were playing Windsor, but those are still damn, damn good numbers. If we can keep the puck off of our own goaltender it is going to make Spratt's transition to D1 hockey a great deal easier.
I love seeing all the teams support each other in the stands. That's the best.
