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Message: [QUOTE="ivorytower, post: 3761072, member: 6888"] Watched game twice . More positive than most. Thought team performed well on both sides. Vermont is a good team and brought their A game, this is a game that Cuse would have lost in years past. Hiltz insertion has added two new weapons at attack not one. Freed up Refhuss, enjoyable watching his skillset on full display. Cant say enuff good things about the rook and vet . Scanlan had a strong second half and his effort was there throughout. 6 weapons better than 4 but greater offensive diversification does incurs some minor adjusting to before both units are hitting on all cylinders. Bit spoiled by our first line, they contributed as always with 5 goals n second line contributed 4 . .Curry took only one shot which was odd but mids were 14-14 in sog and most came in flow with few bad shots taken. UVM cleared well but do not recall any transition coming upfield or off their face-off wins that lead to numbers. . Mids either getting back and/or switches were being well made .' dm trio weren't as noticeable as in uva game but more on gb's than d. Vermont did go after one particular ss throughout with success but thought overall defense graded out fine. Defense was on field much of day .Some confusion but minimal and very few breakdowns . At times, appeared to be playing a hybrid zone with good rotations and drops that protected middle well as Desko mentioned. Couple of fluky bounces resulted in some crease goals, couple of ball watches, one of a cut pass ss and one on losing assignment. All players have bad plays or the occasional brain fart that can be discussed but since #90 mentioned, say that he's a cog and valuable piece of puzzle as is #22 nm. Found slides when needed were for the most part timely . Noticed that Wykoff does a really nice job getting under or above screens . Man down was adjusted and looked much better . Porter with second straight strong game. His after game comments were very humble but there was some truth in d forcing lower percentage shot angles. Enjoyed listening to announcer Powell because he offers good insight about what is actually happening on the field. He'll compliment and critique play but done professionally . May be monotone but find his kept emotions to be a plus to listen. Off day for fogos, see that once in a blue moon . Phaup was a big reason why we swamped uva last week , gotta simply tip your cap to Burke for besting one of the best on this day. His wins kept Vermont in game as well as our struggles across the field on gb's which is also highly unusual. Positive is didnt notched lack of effort. Several times ball squirted out to space that landed in Vermont stick. One of those games. Expecting a major reversal on both fronts next week. Had expected a competitive game for different reasons. UVM played with passion and executed well. If Cuse had played poorly ,they would have lost. They won. [/QUOTE]

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