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Deron Treadwell writes:
>New Hampshire 4 MAINE 4 (UNH wins SO 2-0)
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>In the shootout, UNH's Nolan and Erik Nickulas scored, Mark Mowers and Rob
>Gagnon were stopped. Barry Clukey, Tony Tempestilli (WHAT??? I didn't
>understand this choice, he played in only 21 games last year, and hasn't
>played all this years games, Steve Kariya and Shawn Wansborough all were al=
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>stopped.
What is Shawn Walsh's philosophy on selecting shooters? In the past,=
Merrimack coach Ron Anderson has said that he bases his choice on a=
shootout competition the team holds in practice. He keeps a running total=
and the players who have done the best in practice are the ones who go in=
the shootout. I am under the impression that at least some other coaches=
do this too.
This is why you'll often see guys you might not expect. They may be the=
ones who are better in that particular situation; I remember Clukey being=
selected perhaps right from the start last year even though he was still a=
fourth line player. And Merrimack has gone with lesser known guys like=
Eric Weichselbaumer and Ryan Mailhiot, both fourth line forwards. The=
strategy must work; Weichselbaumer won a shootout vs PC last year despite=
scoring only one goal all year, and Mailhiot (12 goals in 76 career games)=
tied up the shootout with Northeastern this year on MC's fifth shot.
What we really need to find out is how Northeastern's Ben Smith chooses his=
shooters and prepares them (the goalies too). NU is 6-0 over the short=
life of the shootout. (Mass Lowell, 1-0, and Mass Amherst, 0-0, are the=
only other HE teams not to lose a shootout. UMA is now the only team not=
to win one.)
UNH's shootout win was their first ever after four losses last season. =
Maine was 1-5 last year, now 1-6 "lifetime". Maybe Shawn and Ben should=
get together. :-)
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