BGFan wrote:
The coach wasn't down about the weekend at all and found many positives to take away from both games. He feels that the problems we had are very fixable and that we'll be fine this season.
Here's a positive factoid...Jonathon Matsumoto is tied for the national lead in power play goals. Yeah, I know it's an extremely early return, but it's better than a sharp stick in the eye.
FalconBlue wrote:I agree with BGDrew, goal tending and defense is key to Falcon success.
Jimmy Spratt played poorly last weekend and John Horrell was just average so they will have to step it up this weekend. The defensemen were badly beaten by the BC forwards who skated past the defense almost at will.
So what should be done?
After 2 games, only one player is even in terms of +/-, and that is Jon Erickson. Of the defensemen Don Morrison is -4, Nesdill -4, Kevin Schmidt -3, Jeremy Bronson -3, Jon Sitco -2, and Mike Hodgeson -2.
Of the 8 goals scored thus far, 7 have been on the powerplay. If our opponents take fewer penalties we had better be able to score goals.
The forwards while doing well on offense could assist with better forechecking in my opinion.
If the present lineup continues without a shakeup I’m sure the team will improve over time and it is still early in the season. It would however be nice to win, especially against Ohio State.
If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back now and then to make sure it's still there.
well, I don't know if it was my imagination or what, but I sat through the Merrimack and BC games and thought that #2 & #3 were getting minimal Power Play time to start. Then in the midst of getting shellacked by BC, to my delight, out comes your All CCHA D man and your senior Captain together, who by the way are Bg's two top scoring D men, and baddabing baddaboom, 5 goals are scored in 12 minutes of the second period. What's up with that?
