Prospect Info: Syracuse Crunch, Orlando Solar Bears & Prospects
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Crunch win 4-1
- Finley scores his first goal of the season
- Roelens scores his 4th goal
- Schmidt scores his 2nd
- Crozier gets an assist in his return to the lineup
- Duke wins his first fight
- Finley scores his first goal of the season
- Roelens scores his 4th goal
- Schmidt scores his 2nd
- Crozier gets an assist in his return to the lineup
- Duke wins his first fight
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Ryan Fanti and Michael Simpson have been having some rough games lately. Alexis Gravel, however, has been great. He's last week's ECHL goalie of the week.
Normally, I see goalies as rising and falling together. Gravel doing well is somewhat odd.
Gravel seems to know how to ready himself for a game. Fanti and Simpson seem to need some help. I pretty much always fault the leaders, so OSB's coaches (goalie coach in particular) are not getting their goalies ready well enough. The goalie coach is there to be the goalie expert, and he's apparently giving the okay to guys who immediately give up goals.
Normally, I see goalies as rising and falling together. Gravel doing well is somewhat odd.
Gravel seems to know how to ready himself for a game. Fanti and Simpson seem to need some help. I pretty much always fault the leaders, so OSB's coaches (goalie coach in particular) are not getting their goalies ready well enough. The goalie coach is there to be the goalie expert, and he's apparently giving the okay to guys who immediately give up goals.
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Crunch take another one from Laval 5-2 to end 2024 on a high note
- Szturc scores his 4th
- Crozier with a goal and an assist
- Finley has his 3rd point in 4 games since returning
- Szturc scores his 4th
- Crozier with a goal and an assist
- Finley has his 3rd point in 4 games since returning
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Hattrick for Veinbergs against a UNLV team that had tied Denver 6-6 the night before
goal for Howard
goal for Gagne
goal for Howard
goal for Gagne
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assist for Pitre
Goals #7 and 8 for Hay over the weekend
Golicic with an assist in his return from Slovenia's national junior team
Goals #7 and 8 for Hay over the weekend
Golicic with an assist in his return from Slovenia's national junior team
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Goal for Howard
Goal for Shaugabay
Crunch shutout the Marlies 2-0 to start 2025
- 4th shutout of the season for Halverson. He leads the AHL in GAA (1.70) and is 3rd in SV% (.937)
- Finley scores his 2nd goal. His 4th point in 5 games
- Roelens scores his 5th goal
Goal for Shaugabay
Crunch shutout the Marlies 2-0 to start 2025
- 4th shutout of the season for Halverson. He leads the AHL in GAA (1.70) and is 3rd in SV% (.937)
- Finley scores his 2nd goal. His 4th point in 5 games
- Roelens scores his 5th goal
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Someone should clip Dave Reid in the Finland-Slovakia 2nd intermission. He's talking about Canada not being able to score goals, and he might as well have been talking about the Solar Bears the past number of months.
Canada being unable to score goals, but take a ton of penalties is very on-meta for Orlando this season.
Canada being unable to score goals, but take a ton of penalties is very on-meta for Orlando this season.
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That was definitely one of the Solar Bears games of all time.
I get that there was a holiday, and some roster moves, but the Bears came into a packed Kia Center on a Friday Night and played the first period as essentially a scrimmage. They could have all been double shifted, and they still might not be tired.
Yes, I will usually look at the leadership of the team. Being a coach in the ECHL is a tremendous amount of work. It doesn't then make sense to me, and I don't intend this to be mean, why the team would ever not be ready for a game? It's literally this season's marketing slogan. That's pretty much the job. All those hours, the research, the video, the discussions, the development, the learning, the bus rides, for what?
The only thing we know for certain about the next game is that the puck is round (or cylindrical, I guess), but the players should be ready to compete at their best from the start of the game.
I get that there was a holiday, and some roster moves, but the Bears came into a packed Kia Center on a Friday Night and played the first period as essentially a scrimmage. They could have all been double shifted, and they still might not be tired.
Yes, I will usually look at the leadership of the team. Being a coach in the ECHL is a tremendous amount of work. It doesn't then make sense to me, and I don't intend this to be mean, why the team would ever not be ready for a game? It's literally this season's marketing slogan. That's pretty much the job. All those hours, the research, the video, the discussions, the development, the learning, the bus rides, for what?
The only thing we know for certain about the next game is that the puck is round (or cylindrical, I guess), but the players should be ready to compete at their best from the start of the game.
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Kurth with 1 goal + 1 assist
Crunch win 3-2
- Crozier scores his 3rd goal of the season and is awarded 1st star of the game
- Groshev picks up an assist. His 3rd point in his last 4 games
- Edmonds also gets an assist. His 1st point since November 15th. He's struggled hard to find the scoresheet. He had 15 goals in 49 games 2 years ago as a rookie. Right now he only has 1 goal in 22 games this season
Crunch win 3-2
- Crozier scores his 3rd goal of the season and is awarded 1st star of the game
- Groshev picks up an assist. His 3rd point in his last 4 games
- Edmonds also gets an assist. His 1st point since November 15th. He's struggled hard to find the scoresheet. He had 15 goals in 49 games 2 years ago as a rookie. Right now he only has 1 goal in 22 games this season
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The Solar Bears are like taking your car to an auto mechanic regularly for three years, and when you turn the key, the engine doesn't go on.
Then the mechanic shop is like, 'Hold on. Let me give some context'.
edit: Al Murray essentially had a front row seat to a bunch of Solar Bears games with the Canadian U20s. Hopefully the conversations with JBB and Coop are productive.
edit2: I think that Orlando gets too conservative when they're down some goals. When we do get a rush chance, we don't utilize the royal road (or threaten to). Guys won't make the pass, or stickhandle over the royal road and create a better scoring chance. It's better to just be safe, and pick a spot, than to be effective.
The thing with playing simple, old school hockey, is that goaltenders won't take the journey with you. North-south shots from the point is fine, but it exists in a larger evolution of the game. The numbers years ago may have actually been much more favorable, but playing that way now doesn't even feel like it's effective. It's nothing, and the scoreboard shows the evidence.
It's funny that 1-3-1 PPs made the leap, but 5-on-5 stays old-fashioned.
Why not the 2-1-2 box+1 PP that was so effective for the 1975 Flyers?
Then the mechanic shop is like, 'Hold on. Let me give some context'.
edit: Al Murray essentially had a front row seat to a bunch of Solar Bears games with the Canadian U20s. Hopefully the conversations with JBB and Coop are productive.
edit2: I think that Orlando gets too conservative when they're down some goals. When we do get a rush chance, we don't utilize the royal road (or threaten to). Guys won't make the pass, or stickhandle over the royal road and create a better scoring chance. It's better to just be safe, and pick a spot, than to be effective.
The thing with playing simple, old school hockey, is that goaltenders won't take the journey with you. North-south shots from the point is fine, but it exists in a larger evolution of the game. The numbers years ago may have actually been much more favorable, but playing that way now doesn't even feel like it's effective. It's nothing, and the scoreboard shows the evidence.
It's funny that 1-3-1 PPs made the leap, but 5-on-5 stays old-fashioned.
Why not the 2-1-2 box+1 PP that was so effective for the 1975 Flyers?
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Goal for Howard
Goal for Pitre
Fortier ties the game with 16 seconds left, but the Crunch lose 3-2 in OT
Goal for Pitre
Fortier ties the game with 16 seconds left, but the Crunch lose 3-2 in OT
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The Bears didn't post it online, but they do like a video preview for that night's game.
Head Coach Matt Carkner was saying something to the effect that the guys aren't learning lessons, or they aren't sticking. That's the type of statement I've heard out of Guy Boucher and Drake Berehowsky.
How do I reach these keeds?
It's not the players, per se, but it's not a team that can really be turned over to the players just yet. But as always, I've got to turn the mirror to the coaches. We've got players who have reached professional hockey, and some are even becoming parents, but they won't learn lessons?
Coaches control ice time. It's not my first choice, as I think everyone would prefer a more positive, subtle, approach first, but on Friday they were showing they weren't deserving of it either. If talking to the bench doesn't work (and we did blow past multiple media timeouts), and the guys the coaches normally count on getting the team going aren't fulfilling their roles, then there have to be ramifications. Start benching the leaders.
Bruce Boudreau spoke to TSN about the Canadian junior team, and keep in mind that he's a very popular and likable figure, but he'll get tough on players.
Ideally, OSB would have the players who would recognize a problem, and get everyone back on track, but it seems that we didn't really have that. The leadership has to come from somewhere.
Head Coach Matt Carkner was saying something to the effect that the guys aren't learning lessons, or they aren't sticking. That's the type of statement I've heard out of Guy Boucher and Drake Berehowsky.
How do I reach these keeds?
It's not the players, per se, but it's not a team that can really be turned over to the players just yet. But as always, I've got to turn the mirror to the coaches. We've got players who have reached professional hockey, and some are even becoming parents, but they won't learn lessons?
Coaches control ice time. It's not my first choice, as I think everyone would prefer a more positive, subtle, approach first, but on Friday they were showing they weren't deserving of it either. If talking to the bench doesn't work (and we did blow past multiple media timeouts), and the guys the coaches normally count on getting the team going aren't fulfilling their roles, then there have to be ramifications. Start benching the leaders.
Bruce Boudreau spoke to TSN about the Canadian junior team, and keep in mind that he's a very popular and likable figure, but he'll get tough on players.
Ideally, OSB would have the players who would recognize a problem, and get everyone back on track, but it seems that we didn't really have that. The leadership has to come from somewhere.
