tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042580274016727297.post2018759286423035436..comments2023-10-28T09:28:17.501-06:00Comments on Mucking in the corner: Wednesday notesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042580274016727297.post-21349848613992029342008-02-01T08:09:00.000-07:002008-02-01T08:09:00.000-07:00Tech is old school Canadian style hockey. Totally...Tech is old school Canadian style hockey. Totally contrary to the "new" rules of controlling the use of every hit finishing at the chin or higher, hooking on every move to the net when carrying the puck to the arms to slow or knock off stride, obstruction interferance and the like. Both teams eventually revert to this style once the refs "let 'em play". It is reported that the Tech coach doesn't like a 2 man ref system because he states that he believes there currently aren't enough good refs now. Well, isn't that the point? To get them a chance to only have to view 50% less of the issues? There are good refs out there but they really don't promote or reward the potential good ones soon enough due to the good 'ol boys club, and they loose interest and drive to move ahead. If they simply would call the crap early in the year then surely we would be upset cuz there would be a ton of power plays but magically everyone would have to adapt and the game would be far more interesting and less complex to figure out for the fans and create potential new fans to get interested in hockey instead of just throwing up their hands in confusion and disgust over trying to figure out the game and get into it. There is more to be said. Obviously, we need to help the game and that means helping the refs feel comfortable to call it clean to allow offensive scoring for the game to thrive. Going through the growing pains of an adjustment period will eventually make the reffing job perhaps easier.Tech's style is about keeping it dirty cuz a WCHA ref simply won't call 'em all. Of course the way to calm it down is to score when you do get the PP. We probably need to adjust one of our PP lines to a differant style such as a top umbrella to allow back door scoring more down low. We curently have the same style but only set up on the opposite overload side. Why not use 2 different ones? Tech was very succesful with it and they aren't supposedly as "skilled" as us. We, it looks like, had difficulty with defending it using an aggresive box. A diamond would have been a better coverage style. So a top umbrella can work much more to open up the low zone to create a 2 on 1 low with the back door pass. Our forecheck is being beat by ringing the puck around to the weak side wing and we don't pinch our D man making our F3 stay high or they simply pound it off the glass from the strong side. There is no way our F3 can get across fast enough when they reverse the puck to get to the weakside wing. We saw it with Bemidji, AFA and Tech. Did we notice that we struggled against those teams. Please try a differant forecheck from the bench coaches , please.hattrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005280506952435144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042580274016727297.post-11849667479679745902008-01-31T15:22:00.000-07:002008-01-31T15:22:00.000-07:00kate - good stuff. love the alumni updates.kate - good stuff. love the alumni updates.ckjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15078996484193822135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042580274016727297.post-28673618168604849452008-01-31T08:57:00.000-07:002008-01-31T08:57:00.000-07:00good reportTech is just built to beat CC. Missing...good report<BR/><BR/>Tech is just built to beat CC. Missing three 21 year olds did not help.gmf1ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408334304452885004noreply@blogger.com