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Post by hfxfan09 on Nov 8, 2014 16:19:37 GMT -4
Halifax Mooseheads Gameday
Radio: News 95.7 and the webcast is still free till Nov 17
Puck drop: 7:00 Pm
Arena: Moncton Colsieum
Halifax(7-11-1-1 good for 16 points, 5th in the Maritime Divsion and 15th overall)
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Moncton(12-8-0-0 good for 24 points, 2nd in the Maritime Division and 8th overall)
Starting Goalies
Halifax
Zachary Fucale(6-7-0-1 with a GAA 3.20 and a Sv%.893)
Moncton
Alex Dubeau(9-6-0-0 with a GAA 3.26 and a SV%.886)
Latest Results
Saint John 4@Halifax 2(at the Scotiabank Center)
Moncton 4@Bathurst 1(at the KC Irving Regional Center)
Halifax needs to rebound after an ugly loss last night they will need to stick to the game plan as Moncton will be looking for revenge, and they need to reel it in and for everyone to be more disciplined 3-2 Halifax tonight.
Anyone going up for the game tonight?
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Post by Conky on Nov 8, 2014 18:15:43 GMT -4
6-2 mon
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Post by sjc on Nov 8, 2014 21:52:52 GMT -4
Wow!
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Post by Critical Eye on Nov 8, 2014 21:58:59 GMT -4
Wow - doesn't that c##p the bed. |
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Nov 8, 2014 22:00:07 GMT -4
Well that was certainly an ugly final 6 minutes. Some terrible play in our end there (Murphy HORRIBLE play leading to the tying goal turnover), and a sort-of weak one to end it short side as we just moved as far away from Johnson as possible to let him walk-in alone from the side and find a hole through Fucale, which we did seconds before for Barbeshev too. I'd like to see Ehlers do more than just fire wrist shots from far out. He needs to take a few more strides and get closer. Fortier looked great though all game. But you could feel that coming, we looked more and more disorganized as the game was coming to an end. At least its a point, although not really wanting points  |
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Post by MikeC on Nov 8, 2014 22:05:41 GMT -4
Well that was certainly an ugly final 6 minutes. Some terrible play in our end there (Murphy HORRIBLE play leading to the tying goal turnover), and a sort-of weak one to end it short side as we just moved as far away from Johnson as possible to let him walk-in alone from the side and find a hole through Fucale, which we did seconds before for Barbeshev too. I agree. Murphy had the puck on his stick in our end with time before both the tying and winning goals. He's just got to get the puck out on both of those plays. |
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Post by Reesor on Nov 8, 2014 22:30:05 GMT -4
It was my fault. I got back home and started watching when the Moose were up 4-2 (Hopefully Pens23's phone is dead so he doesn't shit on me for that comment. ) Listened to the Moncton commentator. We have some new players in our lineup apparently. Some new additions: Ellers Myers Falkingham Furcale Gadery Tall-i-fur Coffey (Scored our 2nd goal apparently) Just another game when we can't tighten it up and finish the game off after getting a lead. |
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Post by Jacques Strap on Nov 8, 2014 22:59:28 GMT -4
This is going to get a lot uglier before it gets better especially if we do make any deals. I wouldn't be surprised if we were in the running for the 1st overall pick.
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Post by nsvees on Nov 8, 2014 23:29:26 GMT -4
It was my fault. I got back home and started watching when the Moose were up 4-2 (Hopefully Pens23's phone is dead so he doesn't shit on me for that comment. ) Listened to the Moncton commentator. We have some new players in our lineup apparently. Some new additions: Ellers Myers Falkingham Furcale Gadery Tall-i-fur Coffey (Scored our 2nd goal apparently) Just another game when we can't tighten it up and finish the game off after getting a lead. I've heard him do play by play of a couple of Junior A games for the Amherst Ramblers. He doesn't get all of the pronounciations right! I've met him a couple of times; a good guy. Losing a 4-2 3rd period lead and losing in OT is definitely hard to swallow. They have had a couple of games like this so far this season. They look like they take a step forward, then they take a step or two backwards. All part of the rebuild process. |
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Post by SteveUL on Nov 9, 2014 7:01:32 GMT -4
It was my fault. I got back home and started watching when the Moose were up 4-2 (Hopefully Pens23's phone is dead so he doesn't shit on me for that comment. ) Listened to the Moncton commentator. We have some new players in our lineup apparently. Some new additions: Ellers Myers Falkingham Furcale Gadery Tall-i-fur Coffey (Scored our 2nd goal apparently) Just another game when we can't tighten it up and finish the game off after getting a lead. For whatever reason ... people from Amherst aren't the best at name pronunciation. I remember the PA guy down there pronouncing Bourgeois as "Bar-joyce". What got me last night was when he said something incorrect and then said "pardon my French" ... again that probably flies in Amherst but not in a bilingual City like Moncton. I like his excitement level as he calls a game ... but not his knowledge of the game. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Nov 9, 2014 9:17:52 GMT -4
The biggest issue with the Halifax team is the defense, when Murphy and Hardie are your top 2 it's not a good start and #3-6 get worse, they really struggle under pressure. Looks like a 3 year rebuild if they bite the bullet and move Ehlers Gadoury and maybe a couple others...if they don't it will be a looonngg rebuild.
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Post by Reesor on Nov 9, 2014 10:46:09 GMT -4
The biggest issue with the Halifax team is the defense, when Murphy and Hardie are your top 2 it's not a good start and #3-6 get worse, they really struggle under pressure. Looks like a 3 year rebuild if they bite the bullet and move Ehlers Gadoury and maybe a couple others...if they don't it will be a looonngg rebuild. In fairness the D gets worse because they are young. But the youth we have on D aren't suddenly going to be top tier Dmen when they turn 19. We're very high on Nauss who wasn't playing last night. After that there isn't much there in terms of high end talent. I think Taylor Ford could turn into an Austin Hardie, as he's pretty physical and an OK stay-at-home dman for his age. Obviously not a cornerstone, but he'll be useful. Saint John is a good example. They win the President's Cup in 2012. The next season they trade Abbot, Hade, Tesink, Gagne and MacAulay and gain two 1st, a 2nd, four 4ths, and two 6ths out of it. That combined with good drafting and some very good FA pickups leads them to where they are today. Two seasons of shitting the bed, followed by a very promising season. They need a goalie, but they look pretty good for this season and the next two seasons at least. If you told me Halifax would spend two seasons in the basement, and then start the upswing in 2016-17, I'd be ecstatic. |
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Nov 9, 2014 11:54:38 GMT -4
The biggest issue with the Halifax team is the defense, when Murphy and Hardie are your top 2 it's not a good start and #3-6 get worse, they really struggle under pressure. Looks like a 3 year rebuild if they bite the bullet and move Ehlers Gadoury and maybe a couple others...if they don't it will be a looonngg rebuild. In fairness the D gets worse because they are young. But the youth we have on D aren't suddenly going to be top tier Dmen when they turn 19. We're very high on Nauss who wasn't playing last night. After that there isn't much there in terms of high end talent. I think Taylor Ford could turn into an Austin Hardie, as he's pretty physical and an OK stay-at-home dman for his age. Obviously not a cornerstone, but he'll be useful. Saint John is a good example. They win the President's Cup in 2012. The next season they trade Abbot, Hade, Tesink, Gagne and MacAulay and gain two 1st, a 2nd, four 4ths, and two 6ths out of it. That combined with good drafting and some very good FA pickups leads them to where they are today. Two seasons of shitting the bed, followed by a very promising season. They need a goalie, but they look pretty good for this season and the next two seasons at least. If you told me Halifax would spend two seasons in the basement, and then start the upswing in 2016-17, I'd be ecstatic. Didn't even realize Nauss wasn't playing. Despite some headshaking moments, the team is still improving and looking pretty good the last few weeks. We will still be limited by the roster and have results like last night, but up to the final 5 minutes, we were playing a tough Moncton team who are expected to be buyers very well in their rink, after beating them last week too. Progress is being made. Murphy/Hardie have logged TONS of minutes this year, and are really 2nd pairing guys, or compliments to a top pairing guy. No doubt they are wearing down a bit. |
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Post by hockeybuff on Nov 9, 2014 12:13:51 GMT -4
In fairness the D gets worse because they are young. But the youth we have on D aren't suddenly going to be top tier Dmen when they turn 19. We're very high on Nauss who wasn't playing last night. After that there isn't much there in terms of high end talent. I think Taylor Ford could turn into an Austin Hardie, as he's pretty physical and an OK stay-at-home dman for his age. Obviously not a cornerstone, but he'll be useful. Saint John is a good example. They win the President's Cup in 2012. The next season they trade Abbot, Hade, Tesink, Gagne and MacAulay and gain two 1st, a 2nd, four 4ths, and two 6ths out of it. That combined with good drafting and some very good FA pickups leads them to where they are today. Two seasons of shitting the bed, followed by a very promising season. They need a goalie, but they look pretty good for this season and the next two seasons at least. If you told me Halifax would spend two seasons in the basement, and then start the upswing in 2016-17, I'd be ecstatic. Didn't even realize Nauss wasn't playing. Despite some headshaking moments, the team is still improving and looking pretty good the last few weeks. We will still be limited by the roster and have results like last night, but up to the final 5 minutes, we were playing a tough Moncton team who are expected to be buyers very well in their rink, after beating them last week too. Progress is being made. Murphy/Hardie have logged TONS of minutes this year, and are really 2nd pairing guys, or compliments to a top pairing guy. No doubt they are wearing down a bit. The rule of thumb is you need 3 goals to win. How many games have they scored 3 or more? You seem focused on the D. Yes, the D are young but team defense is a 5 man process. When NJ didn't have the horses to score many goals in the mid 90's-00 what did they do? They tightened up the team D and waited for turnovers to attack. I think we can agree that is was successful...2 cups. I think the team will progress at a normal pace. Players are drafted for their potential at maturity (18-19)not while they are in their first year. The days of MacKinnon and Drouin are gone. So it's time for patience and positive reinforcement. It is easy to pick apart the mistakes. We quickly forget that these are kids that still have tons to learn on the ice while juggling their studies. |
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Nov 9, 2014 12:36:09 GMT -4
Didn't even realize Nauss wasn't playing. Despite some headshaking moments, the team is still improving and looking pretty good the last few weeks. We will still be limited by the roster and have results like last night, but up to the final 5 minutes, we were playing a tough Moncton team who are expected to be buyers very well in their rink, after beating them last week too. Progress is being made. Murphy/Hardie have logged TONS of minutes this year, and are really 2nd pairing guys, or compliments to a top pairing guy. No doubt they are wearing down a bit. The rule of thumb is you need 3 goals to win. How many games have they scored 3 or more? You seem focused on the D. Yes, the D are young but team defense is a 5 man process. When NJ didn't have the horses to score many goals in the mid 90's-00 what did they do? They tightened up the team D and waited for turnovers to attack. I think we can agree that is was successful...2 cups. I think the team will progress at a normal pace. Players are drafted for their potential at maturity (18-19)not while they are in their first year. The days of MacKinnon and Drouin are gone. So it's time for patience and positive reinforcement. It is easy to pick apart the mistakes. We quickly forget that these are kids that still have tons to learn on the ice while juggling their studies. Umm I am optimistic about the team, saying its playing better and better, and saying we can't expect too much from a team with this roster yet. I basically agree with what you are saying. What I don't want to see is us buckle down into a defensive style to try and win games - in a year winning shouldn't be the priority. I like seeing the players have some freedoms out there, and Ducharme coaches an offensive style. I would prefer to see the young guys developing their offensive game rather than be scared to leave the D-zone every shift etc. Short term pain for long term gain. Of course we need to improve as a team in our end, but skill development in rebuild years is important too. |
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