UConn vs. #19 BC (Friday 11/8/19 @ Kelley Rink @ 7p & Saturday 11/9/19 @ XL Center @ 3:30p on NESN)

[ASweet3781]

I’m at the game. Is being outshot 23-6 in the first bad? Especially after being humiliated the night before?

I also don’t want to hear about the fan base anymore. Really solid crowd for a program that’s given them no reason to be here.

 

[CTBballfan243]

UConn shouldn’t fire Cavanaugh. Stay the course. The clock shouldn’t even start on Cavanaugh until he gets on campus facilities. Once he gets his on campus rink and training facilities give him 4 years.

 

[ASweet3781]

UConn shouldn’t fire Cavanaugh. Stay the course. The clock shouldn’t even start on Cavanaugh until he gets on campus facilities. Once he gets his on campus rink and training facilities give him 4 years.

The same people saying we need to wait for the facilities also are the ones who try telling us he’s a great recruiter. (he’s not)

 

[scotty0330]

3-0 and to be honest it’s not that close. I have never seen the gap between BC and UConn be as large as it is now. It’s a complete embarrassment

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Adios]

The same people saying we need to wait for the facilities also are the ones who try telling us he’s a great recruiter. (he’s not)

He recruits well. He just coaches players into prima donna mentalities instead of grinders.

 

[CTBballfan243]

The same people saying we need to wait for the facilities also are the ones who try telling us he’s a great recruiter. (he’s not)

I never said he’s a great recruiter. This is hockey east. There is a pecking order to recruiting. BC and BU get the pick of the the litter, then PC, NU, UMass Lowell, UNH, and UMass, then everyone else in the league.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[zls44]

He recruits well. He just coaches players into prima donna mentalities instead of grinders.

grinders suck

 

[zls44]

I never said he’s a great recruiter. This is hockey east. There is a pecking order to recruiting. BC and BU get the pick of the the litter, then PC, NU, UMass Lowell, UNH, and UMass, then everyone else in the league.

he recruits two elite Europeans and fills out the rest of the roster with AHA guys, it’s lazy.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[TheDoggPound]

You know gun buy backs... UConn needs to do that but for their season tickets for all sports

 

[CTBballfan243]

he recruits two elite Europeans and fills out the rest of the roster with AHA guys, it’s lazy.

I’d rather he just recruit Americans, and good tough western Canadian farm boys. I’m not a fan of the European player. Give me grit grinders.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CTBballfan243]

There is a reason BC is ranked. To much talent and speed for UConn to compete with. Time prepare for the next opponent.

 

[zls44]

I’d rather he just recruit Americans, and good tough western Canadian farm boys. I’m not a fan of the European player. Give me grit grinders.

I want skill guys over grinders any day. You wanna watch bad fighting go watch bellator.

 

[zls44]

There is a reason BC is ranked. To much talent and speed for UConn to compete with. Time prepare for the next opponent.

I love watching uconn dump and chase against teams of faster more skilled players. It's like if Sacred Heart tried full court pressing MBB last night.

 

[Bomber36]

Just got home from this poor excuse for a game. Of course we left right when it hit 5-1 to beat traffic. Best part of the day was no traffic getting out of the parking lot. My question is why....just why? We are really bad right now.

 

[zls44]

 

[CTBballfan243]

Got to be able to cycle the puck in the corners and keep possession. Need player with grit. Kevin Dineen, Pat Verbeek type players. Perimeter, I want to avoid contact at all cost, players don’t win.

 

[zls44]

Got to be able to cycle the puck in the corners and keep possession. Need player with grit. Kevin Dineen, Pat Verbeek type players. Perimeter, I want to avoid contact at all cost, players don’t win.

lol they win in the nhl all the time

Honestly they need to neutral zone trap teams like BC. I hate it but it's their only hope.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Just got home from this poor excuse for a game. Of course we left right when it hit 5-1 to beat traffic. Best part of the day was no traffic getting out of the parking lot. My question is why....just why? We are really bad right now.

Young team going through growing o

lol they win in the nhl all the time

Honestly they need to neutral zone trap teams like BC. I hate it but it's their only hope.

What teams in the NHL win all the time without bangers? The Lightening, no, the Maple Leafs, no, The Blues, the Bruins win because they win down low below the goal line. In the playoffs, the perimeter players like Austin Matthews disappear when it’s time to win and the going gets tough.

 

[zls44]

 

[CTBballfan243]

I just prefer players who grow up playing the North American style of hockey on the smaller surface.

 

[The Viking]

BC got to EVERY loose puck and Vomacka gave up a couple of softies.

That was about as embarassing as any game I've been too - and i've had season tix since they went HE.

BC - who was just blanked by Maine a couple of weekends ago - looked like the Soviets before Lake Placid happened.

BC took down 3 UConn players within 60 seconds in the 3rd period - no calls. Where's the outrage from the bench? I would be pulling a Mike Keenan throwing sticks on the ice or whatever. Show some kind of rage.

If the AD is doing his job he's taking notes on assistants in the HE and elsewhere in hockey hotbeds - guys who'd like to bank 350-400K to get things moving in case this team goes down the crapper the rest of the way.

 

[ct06111]

Great, evans was one of the few that actually put in what appeared to be actual “effort” out there today. That probably explains the broken finger

From the band, to the players, everything was just slow with no passion or strive or even attempt to care.

The past 5 seasons, the team would actually wake up and compete comfortably with ranked teams
Tonight ? Absolute garbage

It feels like the fans care more about the game than the kids
I used to crap on pratt as a c aptain , but at least it appears he kept his teams motivated

Freeman? Come on man

 

[zls44]

What are two words that totally disarm every Cav argument about facilities, recruiting, etc?

Arizona State.

 

[zls44]

BC got to EVERY loose puck and Vomacka gave up a couple of softies.

That was about as embarassing as any game I've been too - and i've had season tix since they went HE.

BC - who was just blanked by Maine a couple of weekends ago - looked like the Soviets before Lake Placid happened.

BC took down 3 UConn players within 60 seconds in the 3rd period - no calls. Where's the outrage from the bench? I would be pulling a Mike Keenan throwing sticks on the ice or whatever. Show some kind of rage.

If the AD is doing his job he's taking notes on assistants in the HE and elsewhere in hockey hotbeds - guys who'd like to bank 350-400K to get things moving in case this team goes down the crapper the rest of the way.

There was a frightening amount of rolling over and asking BC to rub their bellies today. Really disturbing. They just sat there and took it.

 

[ASweet3781]

He recruits well. He just coaches players into prima donna mentalities instead of grinders.

If he recruits well why did BC look superior in speed talent toughness conditioning and strength? Why couldn't we even complete a pass or get a shot? Outshot 46-17 tonight and outscored 11-1 in 2 games. I am seriously wondering where this "He recruits well" came from. A couple of rankings? Evaluation and what you do when they get here is what I go by when it comes to recruiting, not rankings. Because we didn't belong on the ice with BC tonight. Your not recruiting well with stats like that.

 

[cheech63]

Just got home from this poor excuse for a game. Of course we left right when it hit 5-1 to beat traffic. Best part of the day was no traffic getting out of the parking lot. My question is why....just why? We are really bad right now.

I followed Your same decision, but left with about 4 1/2 minutes.Totally outmatched player by player. Speed, passing, stamina. Whenever We were on a power play, it felt like they were on the power play. I haven't seen any rise in level of play in three years.