I just thought that this might be interesting to you people out there.
I was amazed at BC's defense and how well Kelleher/Clemensen played.
It is no wonder why Kelleher is ranked third in the following list of
netminders. I think Maine can win without sufficient defense, but they
must outscore their opponents. I know that is pretty obvious, but it
seams to me like Maine lets up 3-4 goals a game, but as long as their
offense can put 5-6 goals away, they will win. They have not been able
to do that since the first UNH meeting at Alfond this season, I think.
Overall, offense is not lacking. They have the ability. But, they
must concede the fact that Yeats/Morrison are going to give up 3-4
goals a night, so they're going to have to go into games knowing they
must score, and score often. One more thing, who out there think's Ek
is a defensive liability on skates this season? It seams like
everytime Ek is one the ice a defensive lapse leads to a goal? Does
anyone know his +/- rating? Also, how selfish is Niko? That kid seams
to never pass the puck. I used to believe that he was a potent goal
scorer but now-a-days, he is hurting his team more than helping
it.....(p.s. I hope you all can make out the stats, I know they're
skwed a litte. go to www.uscollegehockey.com to see more)
NCAA Division I Goaltending Leaders
Overall
Rk Name, Yr, Team GP W-L-T GA SV SV% Min GAA
1 Ryan Miller, Fr, Michigan State 15 9-3-1 20 268 0.931 853.08 1.41
2 Greg Gardner, Sr, Niagara 28 20-5-3 44 644 0.936 1719.97 1.53
3 Tim Kelleher, Fr, Boston College 12 8-3-1 20 266 0.930 697.23 1.72
4 L.J. Scarpace, Jr, Michigan 12 5-2-0 17 192 0.919 552.22 1.85
5 Scott Meyer, Jr, St Cloud 16 12-2-1 31 420 0.931 969.73 1.92
6 Joel Laing, Sr, Rensselaer 17 11-4-2 33 572 0.945 1029.73 1.92
7 Karl Goehring, Jr, North Dakota 18 11-4-2 35 427 0.924 1050.38 2.00
8 Joe Blackburn, Jr, Michigan State 14 8-5-1 27 280 0.912 782.35 2.07
9 Trevor Hanger, Sr, Yale 9 5-2-2 19 240 0.927 549.18 2.08
10 Dan Lombard, So, Yale 9 2-5-2 19 255 0.931 545.32 2.09
11 Dan Ragusett, Jr, Northern
Michigan 18 12-4-1 37 378 0.911 1028.43 2.16
12 Shep Harder, Sr, Colgate 18 13-4-0 37 442 0.923 1002.97 2.21
13 Phil Osaer, So, Ferris State 18 10-5-2 37 405 0.916 999.32 2.22
14 Tony Zasowski, Fr, Notre Dame 19 8-4-4 41 402 0.907 1047.52 2.35
15 Cory McEachran, Fr,
Alaska-Anchorage 11 6-4-1 26 253 0.907 663.73 2.35
16 Derek Gustafson, Fr, St Lawrence 9 4-3-2 20 265 0.930 504.30 2.38
17 Ricky DiPietro, Fr, Boston
University 17 11-2-4 42 442 0.913 1040.00 2.42
18 Scott Hamilton, So, Army 9 4-4-1 22 224 0.911 541.95 2.44
19 Nick Boucher, Fr, Dartmouth 15 6-5-3 36 421 0.921 882.72 2.45
20 Duane Hoey, Sr, Northern Michigan 10 5-3-1 22 181 0.892 539.43 2.45
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