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PIRATES BLASTED BY BRUINS

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:59:21 -0500

Pirate Goalie Jhonas Enroth (CMSB/Pierre's of Exchange St) The Providence Bruins came to play Sunday. The Portland Pirates not so much. The Bruins beat the Pirates 5 - 1, to take a 2 - 1 Series lead over the Pirates. Pirates Coach Kevin Dineen called it "a flatness...we haven't seen in a long time. That is the one complaint I haven't had from my players, is the lack of effort and composure and those were 2 pieces of the puzzle that were missing tonight." The Bruins dominated every statistical category. 44 - 26 shots on goal, 2 - 6 on the Power Play with a shorthanded goal compared to 0 - 6 for the Pirates and 25 Penalty Minutes to 45 for the Pirates. The 1st half of the 1st period was a back and forth game with both teams playing solid D. The Pirates were without both Mike Kostka (injury) and Chris Butler (family emergency), so the defensive pairings were much different for this game. The Bruins broke the ice on scoring at the 13:58 mark of the 1st period as Martin St Pierre scored his 1st goal of the playoffs. St Pierre beat Pirates goalie Jhonas Enroth on a pretty wrist shot from the slot to put the Bruins up 1 - 0. Defensive hockey reigned for the rest of the 1st Period, ending with Providence holding the 1 - 0 lead. The Bruins took complete control of the game in the 1st 7 minutes of the 2nd period. Brad Marchand got things going just 59 seconds in when, along with St Pierre, moved in on one of many odd man rushes for Providence and Marchand buried the puck past Enroth for the 2 - 0 lead. Things got out of hand quickly for the Pirates, even with a 5 on 3 advantage. The Bruins Adam McQuaid and Ryan Stokes went off within 15 seconds of each other to give the Pirates the 5 - 3 advantage. After a couple of sloppy rushes by the Pirates, Tim Kennedy got called for interference to brings things to a 4 on 3. It only took Vladimir Sobotka 5 seconds to steal a pass from Tim Murphy, rush into Pirates defensive zone and hit Johnny Boychuck for a quick blast. Enroth made the initial save but with no defensive help, left the rebound to his right, where Sobotka buried it in a wide open net for the 3 - 0 lead. That was the backbreaker. Pirates Forward Nathan Gerbe was blunt. "It always hurts..whenever you get scored on your power play, it stinks." Dineen said " The first five minutes of the 2nd period were a death toll for us...you got a 5 on 3..and then you are down by 4 goals." Providence's scoring was finished off by 2 blue line bombs from Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk. The 1st bomb lead to Enroth leaving in favor of Kellen Briggs. Things got interesting late in the 2nd when Bruins winger Jordan Knackstedt took down Pirates defenseman Kenny MacAulay behind the Pirates goal. MacAulay came up shoving and all hell broke loose. Kyle Rank, the only Pirate with hustle and gritty play all night, took on Bruins defenseman David Kolomatis for a few lefts and rights, until the refs broke it up. When all was said an done, 6 players were nailed with 46 penalty minutes, including 2 10 minute misconduct penalties. The lone Pirate goal came late in the 3rd from Derek Whitmore, at the 11:57 mark. Goalie Tuukka Rask called it a "solid effort, a complete 60 minute effort" to take control. Dineen concurred, "they beat us in pretty well every aspect of the game." SERIES NOTES The Pirates Top Scoring line has 0 points through 3 games, compared to the Bruins Top Line which has 16 points...The Portland Pirates are 0-13 on the power play POST GAME AUDIO Pirates Coach Kevin Dineen Pirates Winger Derek Whitmore Pirates Winger Nathan Gerbe Providence Bruins Goalie Tuukka Rask

Game Notes: Georgia Tech @ UNC

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:00:25 -0500

Georgia Tech at UNC Date 2/28/2009 12:00:00 PMLive StatsLinkTV CBS Team Stats More Stat ComparisonsMore Team StatsEfficiency Predicted Final ScoreUNC 93 Georgia Tech 74

Where: Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC
When: Saturday, February 28th, 12:00 PM
TV: CBS
Livestats: SCACC Hoops
Records: UNC 24-3, 10-3 ACC; GT 10-16, 1-12 ACC

Time to take care of business.

According to Bobby Frasor, Roy Williams told the players that he was “done with short practices” and “you guys need to start playing the way we want you to play.”

I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.

Georgia Tech is 1-12 with their only win so far against Wake Forest in Atlanta. The record scream “we suck” and the win over Wake says “we are still dangerous.” I am not sure I much care but I would very much like to see two things: Free biscuits and UNC dominating the pants of the Yellow Jackets. A week of hard practices and the bad taste of a loss should have this team ready to roll. As always the execution is left up to the players.

Ever since the Heels crushed the life out of Michigan State I feel like I have been waiting for this team to show signs of being able to dominate anyone the way they did the Spartans. Even when playing the weak sisters of the ACC it seems like the Heels do not look as dominant as they need to be. Maybe dominance is overrated and the ACC is strong even when you are talking about the lower end of the standings. But for a team that is hopefully going to be at the Final Four in April, you wonder at what point they are going to throw the switch and play like that team in early December.

Maybe it is this game. Whatever the case, what Duke or any other team does over the next eight days really does not matter. If the Heels want the ACC regular season then they need to take care of business. One of the points emphasized in the Friday press conference was the fact North Carolina needed to focus on it’s own execution. Yes the opposing team will do things to stop the Heels or score despite the Heels’ defensive effort. That being said, if UNC executes the way we all know they can, then it trumps the opposing team. That is where this team needs to go. Hopefully it starts with a thorough domination of Georgia Tech.

UNC 105 GT 77

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Georgia TechNameGPMinsPtsAstsRbdsStlsBlksTOsFG%3P%FT%Off Eff Gani Lawal 26 30.4 15.2 0.7 10.0 1.0 1.5 2.7 53.9 0.0 55.9 68.6 Iman Shumpert 26 32.0 11.4 5.2 3.9 2.0 0.2 4.0 39.9 33.7 64.0 94.0 Alade Aminu 26 27.1 12.0 0.7 8.4 1.2 1.5 2.1 53.2 0.0 60.6 73.2 Zach Peacock 25 25.5 9.9 0.9 5.1 1.1 0.7 2.2 45.8 35.7 73.1 76.2 Lewis Clinch 19 34.4 13.0 3.1 3.4 0.6 0.2 2.5 34.4 30.7 67.3 84.4 Lance Storrs 26 20.9 4.3 1.1 2.2 0.7 0.1 1.2 34.2 37.3 50.0 82.2 Maurice Miller 18 24.7 5.9 4.3 2.1 1.2 0.2 2.8 27.0 16.0 65.5 100.5 Brad Sheehan 24 9.7 2.5 0.3 2.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 44.1 0.0 90.0 86.9 Nick Foreman 26 13.4 1.8 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.0 0.3 34.9 38.5 65.0 99.0 Bassirou Dieng 9 6.2 1.2 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 80.0 100.0 40.0 61.8 Derek Craig 7 3.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.9 40.0 0.0 0.0 46.9 Gary Cage 6 4.3 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 100.0 100.0 66.7 167.9 Sam Shew 3 1.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 213.5 Ty Anderson 2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Mouhammad Faye00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0 DAndre Bell00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0UNCNameGPMinsPtsAstsRbdsStlsBlksTOsFG%3P%FT%Off Eff Tyler Hansbrough 23 29.7 21.0 0.9 7.7 0.9 0.4 1.9 52.2 40.0 84.3 97.9 Ty Lawson 27 29.1 16.2 6.3 2.6 2.1 0.1 1.9 55.1 49.4 80.9 147.3 Wayne Ellington 27 29.1 15.0 2.6 4.8 1.2 0.1 1.5 45.8 38.6 83.3 109.4 Danny Green 27 26.5 13.7 2.9 4.7 1.8 1.4 1.9 50.7 44.9 81.0 112.1 Deon Thompson 27 25.9 11.1 0.7 6.3 0.9 1.1 1.3 50.0 0.0 65.5 89.0 Ed Davis 27 19.1 6.4 0.6 7.1 0.3 1.8 1.3 50.4 0.0 60.0 89.4 Bobby Frasor 27 15.8 2.4 1.5 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.7 30.1 24.1 50.0 108.1 Will Graves 20 11.2 4.0 0.8 2.6 0.4 0.1 1.2 43.7 27.8 88.9 88.5 Larry Drew II 27 10.0 1.6 2.1 1.3 0.5 0.0 1.4 38.1 26.3 50.0 116.6 Justin Watts 20 3.1 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.3 25.0 0.0 20.0 41.7 Patrick Moody 17 2.3 1.3 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 63.6 0.0 61.5 112.4 J.B. Tanner 16 2.2 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 46.7 36.4 33.3 90.7 Jack Wooten 16 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 44.4 25.0 25.0 98.1 Marc Campbell 16 2.0 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 50.0 0.0 100.0 151.7 Mike Copeland 10 2.6 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 28.6 0.0 100.0 94.3 Tyler Zeller 4 14.8 6.0 0.3 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.8 33.3 0.0 83.3 93.7 Marcus Ginyard 3 12.3 1.3 1.3 2.7 0.7 0.0 1.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 100.9 Greg Little00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Metroplex Monday: Last Edition

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:12:40 -0500

It wasn't a good year for SMU and UNT. The two combined for the 2 wins, the same number of losses that TCU had on its own. SMU's only win was against a Football Championship Subdivision team, and UNT's only win was against a FCS team who is transitioning to the Bowl Championship Subdivision. Does that make UNT better?

Metroplex Monday: 10/20/2008

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:15:46 -0500

Latest edition of Metroplex Monday at Collegefootballtopten.com. Once again, TCU won and UNT and SMU did not. You can read my write ups at Pegasus News here and here.

Metroplex Monday: 10/06/2008

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:41:34 -0500

This week's addition of Metroplex Monday at Collegefootballtopten.com

Metroplex Monday: 9/22/2008

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:39:31 -0500

The latest edition of Metroplex Monday at Collegefootballtopten.com

Metroplex Monday

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:04:42 -0500

Collegefootballtopten.com's Metroplex Monday is a wrap up of the three DFW college football teams.

Texas Tech-SMU can really play in this!

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:23:58 -0500

A reader over at Deadpsin sent in a photo of the Texas Tech Red Raiders stadium this afternoon. Let's just say they have some serious cleanup duty to do before the start tomorrow evening at 6pm. But according to school officials, the stadium should be ready. If not, the spread offense of Tech should be slowed down. Load up on the under and then watch the over hit! Because we know that's the way gambling works.

GAME - TCU Horned Frogs @ SMU Mustangs 09-20-2008

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:48:00 -0500

GAME - SMU Mustangs @ Texas Tech Red Raiders 09-13-2008

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:47:45 -0500

Steve Orsini Drops Out of Notre Dame's AD Race

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:58:48 -0500

Steve Orsini has taken his name out of contention for Notre Dame's Athletic Director position. Here are a few quotes and links.

Now June Jones Joins the Rudy Nutrition Team

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:00 -0500

Since there hasn't been any exciting recruiting news lately (wink), I thought I would follow up on my earlier post titled Doug Williams Endorses Rudy Nutrition. Today, as reported on FoxBusiness.com, former Hawaii and current SMU Head Coach June Jones has endorsed Rudy Nutrition.

Hawaii Promotes Defensive Coordinator to Replace June Jones

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:12:45 -0500

Hawaii has found a replacement for the dearly departed June Jones - defensive coordinator Greg McMackin. Seems odd that a team known for its offensive fireworks would have a defense specialist lead the Warriors. But this is the same school that let Jones slip away from paradise in the Pacific to take over the reigns at Conference USA doormat SMU.

Cinderella Story ends for Hawaii...June Jones take SMU job

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:42:32 -0500

Unfortunately for Cinderella, there may not be a "happily ever after," now that head coach June Jones has announced he will be leaving Hawaii and taking over the head coaching job at Southern Methodist University (SMU)...

June Jones makes the right move

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:13:29 -0500

Was the SMU job the right choice for June Jones? An article in favor...

June Jones makes the wrong move.

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:10:12 -0500

Was taking the SMU job a smart choice for June Jones? An article against it...

June Jones the Latest to Try to Resurrect SMU

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:15:02 -0500

A look back at SMU's failures since the "death penalty" and a look forward at Jones' chances of success.

As the Carousel Spins - WVU, Dolphins Make Decisions; SMU Aims High

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:56:17 -0500

It's that time of year again. The coaching carousel is spinning wildly.

BIG WIN, SMU

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:55:27 -0500

SMU, if you're listening, no one will ever forget the loss to Upstate. You embarrassed the team, the university, the fans, but most importantly, you embarrassed yourselves. Or so we thought.