Niagara Icedogs 2024-25 Season Thread, Part III

[dogs777]

Are the boys hungover or something s the flu bug going around

I heard the flu is going around not sure who has it though

 

[Dog Fan]

I heard the flu is going around not sure who has it though

I have it! Had to watch on tv today

 

[knowescape]

Off to the MC. Hoping for another big victory. It would be cool if another Dog gets a hat trick.

Go Dogs and Go Bills.

That didn't age well.

 

[dirty12]

Sam Dickinson is not a good example to support DD drafting or recruitment ability.

This has been mentioned several times before on this site. DD selected Dickinson in a prearranged deal to draft him and trade him to London. DD was told exactly the player he had to select in the 1st round, if he wanted his first pick to report.
This was a situation where Hunter got DD to do what he wanted.

Niagara was not getting any of the top-rated players with his first pick to report; so he did what he had to, go the defect route with the most valuable player available.

 

[Sam14]

Niagara was not getting any of the top-rated players with his first pick to report; so he did what he had to, go the defect route with the most valuable player available.

LOL. You’re wrong again!

 

[Sam14]

Coach Ben: Quick to praise and quick to criticize

Ethan Czata:

“I want to shout it from the mountaintops,” Boudreau said. “I don’t care about the goals and the assists, in a draft year at that moment down 5-0 to step up on home ice and do that I think is just absolutely incredible. It says so much about his character, about how much he cares and what he’s willing to do for his teammates regardless of the score. I think that will get him more notice outside of his offensive ability.” Boudreau added. “To be honest, I wish there was a whole team full of guys that cared and played like that.”


Defense:

IceDogs coach Ben Boudreau went straight to the point when asked about the game. Boudreau lamented watching the same mistakes over and over. “Yeah, six of them (mistakes) to be very specific, all the exact same way,” he said. “I think everybody was guilty — (Darcy) Dewatcher, Chinner (Callum Cheynowski) and Scotty (Blair Scott) and (Matthew) Virgilio.”

 

[IceDogs452]

Coach Ben: Quick to praise and quick to criticize

Ethan Czata:

“I want to shout it from the mountaintops,” Boudreau said. “I don’t care about the goals and the assists, in a draft year at that moment down 5-0 to step up on home ice and do that I think is just absolutely incredible. It says so much about his character, about how much he cares and what he’s willing to do for his teammates regardless of the score. I think that will get him more notice outside of his offensive ability.” Boudreau added. “To be honest, I wish there was a whole team full of guys that cared and played like that.”


Defense:

IceDogs coach Ben Boudreau went straight to the point when asked about the game. Boudreau lamented watching the same mistakes over and over. “Yeah, six of them (mistakes) to be very specific, all the exact same way,” he said. “I think everybody was guilty — (Darcy) Dewatcher, Chinner (Callum Cheynowski) and Scotty (Blair Scott) and (Matthew) Virgilio.”

I mean he is right, those 4 guys all made brutal mistakes that directly lead to breakaways. Czata on the first one too.

 

[dirty12]

I think the colts will have the best playoff team.
I don’t really want to predict the eastern conference final standings because it appears that they might be as close as last season. But I did say I would pick finishes for Brampton and Niagara after the deadline.
Barrie
Oshawa
Sudbury
Kingston
Brantford
Niagara
Brampton
North Bay
Ottawa
Peterborough
Hopefully I’m wrong and the wolves finish first.

 

[Dogs Enthusiast]

They have us at 5 in the OHL power rankings this week.

 

[three dog night]

I think the colts will have the best playoff team.
I don’t really want to predict the eastern conference final standings because it appears that they might be as close as last season. But I did say I would pick finishes for Brampton and Niagara after the deadline.
Barrie
Oshawa
Sudbury
Kingston
Brantford
Niagara
Brampton
North Bay
Ottawa
Peterborough
Hopefully I’m wrong and the wolves finish first.

Never sold on Barrie

 

[Dogs Enthusiast]

made brutal mistakes that directly lead to breakaways.

It wasn't just yesterday we were doing that.. It was happening in the Saginaw game too.

Getting too fancy with the puck at the blue line. Perhaps a little over confidence is biting us.

 

[dogs777]

I think the colts will have the best playoff team.
I don’t really want to predict the eastern conference final standings because it appears that they might be as close as last season. But I did say I would pick finishes for Brampton and Niagara after the deadline.
Barrie
Oshawa
Sudbury
Kingston
Brantford
Niagara
Brampton
North Bay
Ottawa
Peterborough
Hopefully I’m wrong and the wolves finish first.

I still think Brantford and especially Brampton can be/are better than Sudbury and Kingston

 

[dirty12]

I still think Brantford and especially Brampton can be/are better than Sudbury and Kingston

Brantford maybe. I haven’t seen them enough this season to say otherwise.

 

[three dog night]

It wasn't just yesterday we were doing that.. It was happening in the Saginaw game too.

Getting too fancy with the puck at the blue line. Perhaps a little over confidence is biting us.

They think Flores is going to bail them out but he only human.

 

[beastintheeast]

They think Flores is going to bail them out but he only human.

You have a lot of young players that are now playing in rare air. No one expected them to be where they are. At some point they start to read the newspapers and they start to think they are as good as people say.

Sounds like the defence are not going to have an easy week in practice this week

I see a couple of battles

Kingston and Oshawa

Niagara Barrie and Sudbury

 

[Dogs Enthusiast]

The Coach is on top of it and that is the first step to fix this issue. I wonder how long its been happening, I only really noticed it in the last couple weeks.

I am guessing .... 3 Points ... this weekend.


Lots of rest and its at home.

 

[knowescape]

The Coach is on top of it and that is the first step to fix this issue. I wonder how long its been happening, I only really noticed it in the last couple weeks.

I am guessing .... 3 Points ... this weekend.


Lots of rest and its at home.

It's a tough mindset to break - believing you can outscore your defensive short-comings. With two senior players out for the weekend (or longer), I can see the team struggling to win a game. I'll go one point, but I am hoping for nothing but W's.

 

[dogs777]

The Coach is on top of it and that is the first step to fix this issue. I wonder how long its been happening, I only really noticed it in the last couple weeks.

I am guessing .... 3 Points ... this weekend.


Lots of rest and its at home.

I’ll go with 2 points (Saturday) sounds like he’s been on top of it all season and nothings really changed at some point unfortunately they are what they are defensively

 

[Dogs Enthusiast]

We beat North Bay twice already. 2 - 0

We are 1 - 1 with Barrie.

 

[three dog night]

Losing Asudourian again hurts can you imagine the numbers if he stays healthy. I hope for three points Barrie a wild card sometimes they don’t show up .

 

[Buttsy]

Great to see Niagara back to respectability and not in the "news' for all the wrong reasons. A coach with some upside and other executives allowed to do their jobs has paid big dividends. Your draft cupboard is certainly healthy as you have most of your picks in place moving forward it appears? Such a great fanbase you all deserve to be rewarded with a good team. Good Luck the rest of the way as you are in a tough battle with some solid teams in the conference! Maybe a Knights / Icedogs OHL final would be great to see again? Lot of good teams stand between us both however.

 

[Sam14]

Ben didn’t name the third but he mentioned 3 players are injured and Levin will be gone for the World Juniors.

 

[IceDogs452]

Ben didn’t name the third but he mentioned 3 players are injured and Levin will be gone for the World Juniors.

Although I am not a big Wray fan, now would have been a good time to have that body.

 

[Sam14]

Although I am not a big Wray fan, now would have been a good time to have that body.

Here are his Owen Sound Stats to date
8GP 5G - 1A - 6 PTS +3

 

[IceDogs452]

Here are his Owen Sound Stats to date
8GP 5G - 1A - 6 PTS +3

He has been playing first and second line which he just never was going to on the IceDogs. Still would be nice to have him on 3C instead of now having to slide Paris to C I assume.