Drummer
Better Red than Dead
ACA in 5/UNB in 4
Agree with ACD in 5.
Going with UNB in 3.
plus
USK in 3
CAL in 3
Queen's in 3
McGill in 2
York in 2
Ryerson in 3
ACA in 5/UNB in 4
Did Steinberg not support the AUS roster cap?I didn't realize SMU was missing that many guys...I knew they were banged up but I thought they were still icing a full roster. They started the game with only 15 skaters and then lost Pereira in the first period for the game and then someone else (Bateman maybe??) later. They finished the game with only 13 guys. They are going to be in tough to make Nationals at this rate.
Yes it was Bateman that left in the third, he took a hit along the boards late in the second and he didn't look good going to the bench. It wasn't a hard hit or anything, but his shoulder was hanging down and he looked dazed. Then in the third he took another hit along the boards in their zone and then left.I didn't realize SMU was missing that many guys...I knew they were banged up but I thought they were still icing a full roster. They started the game with only 15 skaters and then lost Pereira in the first period for the game and then someone else (Bateman maybe??) later. They finished the game with only 13 guys. They are going to be in tough to make Nationals at this rate.
Did Steinberg not support the AUS roster cap?
Facing UNB with 13 skaters is a recipe for disaster.
Bateman is not a big guy and is prone to "injury" when hit by bigger players. I'm not surprised.
As far are the player cap, who cares who voted for it or not? It's in the rules and all teams can be affected by it. This year it's SMU's turn.
It's looking like an X vs UNB final and SMU vs Acadia playoff for the 3'rd AUS Nationals berth.
X has beaten the Axemen 6 times this year, I just can't see Acadia coming back in this series.
SMU played well last night in a game that was tied half way through the second period, but lost 6-3.
way to win - to score a pile of goals. If that didn't happen, they would be in trouble.
I'm not trying to pile on Johnny Duco, but I just wonder if the inexperience behind the bench at this level was a problem. One wonders that, if Graham Wise was still coaching this team, the outcome might have been different for them.
Doesn't look like we are going to get anything new from CW...Alberta and Saskatchewan on the verge of once again punching their ticket.
Wise wasn't able to get Ryerson on the winning side come playoff time either.Ryerson is swept by Windsor in a huge upset in the OUA West.
From a total outsider's view, I really think this series - and Ryerson's season - came down to coaching. Ryerson had tonnes of talent, but I'm not sure how structured they really were, and they didn't look particularly hard to play against. Their style just didn't seem conducive to playoff success, and they only really had one way to win - to score a pile of goals. If that didn't happen, they would be in trouble.
I'm not trying to pile on Johnny Duco, but I just wonder if the inexperience behind the bench at this level was a problem. One wonders that, if Graham Wise was still coaching this team, the outcome might have been different for them.
Wise wasn't able to get Ryerson on the winning side come playoff time either.
Ryerson is a powerhouse in the making. That new facility will propel them at the National Championship before long. But as any team, they have to learn to win, and you could say that Windsor taking them out early is part of the learning curve.
So it will be a battle of the Canadian Ivy League in the OUA East final between Queens and McGill. Anyone know when the last time they met in the playoffs?
Wise wasn't able to get Ryerson on the winning side come playoff time either.
Ryerson is a powerhouse in the making. That new facility will propel them at the National Championship before long. But as any team, they have to learn to win, and you could say that Windsor taking them out early is part of the learning curve.