Johns Hopkins 2024

[a fan]

Who has the edge in faceoff in this game?

Really hard to know for any given game (different styles, different official's cadence can render overall stats moot), but Hopkins has the luxury of two guys with very different styles that should make us at least competitive in any given game. Their guy (Kohn) is very good, but I'm not sure they have as good of a "Plan B" as Hopkins does.

John Mullen is facing off at 65% with 60 faceoffs taken. On paper at least, he’s a better “plan B” than what Hopkins has.

FO's will be intriguing to say the least. If pushed to wager a bet, I'd think Syracuse comes out on top of the FO matchup at about 60%.

I also think Primitive Skills is correct when saying an official's cadence decides so much at FO, at least in the first half (players tend to adjust as a game wears on).

I have no idea who wins this game. You could tell me any prediction and I would nod my head in agreement. On one level, Cuse needs the win more than JHU. On the other hand, this is Cuse's first game outside. Who freaking knows. Hope it goes OT regardless.

Hopkins will win by 5 goals. Syracuse just isn't there yet, and Hopkins has too many players who can score.

Hope I'm wrong, and Finster is right, and we get a fun, tight game that goes to OT.

[primitiveskills]

Who has the edge in faceoff in this game?

Really hard to know for any given game (different styles, different official's cadence can render overall stats moot), but Hopkins has the luxury of two guys with very different styles that should make us at least competitive in any given game. Their guy (Kohn) is very good, but I'm not sure they have as good of a "Plan B" as Hopkins does.

John Mullen is facing off at 65% with 60 faceoffs taken. On paper at least, he’s a better “plan B” than what Hopkins has.

Fair point. Mostly I just think individual FO matchups are hard to predict beforehand. And, aside from Baptiste-like performances (unlikely either way in this game, IMO), the overall numbers tell less of the story than momentum changing wins (goals directly off FOs) or a string of 3 or 4 consecutive wins that can really mess with a gassed defense. And those kinds of things are really difficult to predict.

[Powellfan22]

Who has the edge in faceoff in this game?

Really hard to know for any given game (different styles, different official's cadence can render overall stats moot), but Hopkins has the luxury of two guys with very different styles that should make us at least competitive in any given game. Their guy (Kohn) is very good, but I'm not sure they have as good of a "Plan B" as Hopkins does.

John Mullen is facing off at 65% with 60 faceoffs taken. On paper at least, he’s a better “plan B” than what Hopkins has.

Reality check.

Cuse has faced two ranked opponents.

Against Maryland, Mullen was 1/2 and Kohn 12/27.

Versus Army, Mullen was 4/8 and Kohn 11/23.

For those two games, Cuse was .466 at FOs.

RPIs for the other 5 opponents.

Manhattan #57
Vermont #54
Utah #29
High Point #26
Colgate #25

RPIs for Hop’s six opponents.

Towson #35
North Carolina #21
Loyola #17
Georgetown #13
Virginia #4
Denver #3

“Reality check”, just because you have a low or high RPI doesn’t mean you can or can’t have a good faceoff group. High Point went toe to toe with Duke who has last year’s first team all American. Mullen was 11-18 with a goal in that one.

Hopkins also went up against Virginia’s backups. Loyola isn’t even facing-off at 40%. Against the two teams with good faceoff units, Duke and UNC Hopkins is sub 50%.

What an overly simplistic way to compare faceoff success.

I hope the Hopkins team is as overly confident as you guys are.

[JayBlue]

Are you a true Powell fan or did you randomly pick a Syracuse player out of a hat to be your name?

It’s going to be a great game either way. Good luck to both teams but GO HOPKINS!!!

[44WeWantMore]

That reminded me of the first time (way back on Lax Power) I found myself thinking, "Who is this clown with the nerve to choose ggait as his moniker?"

[norcalhop]

this loyola duke game is interesting. a lot of parity in general today with maryland brown as well.

[jhu06]

Who has the edge in faceoff in this game?

Really hard to know for any given game (different styles, different official's cadence can render overall stats moot), but Hopkins has the luxury of two guys with very different styles that should make us at least competitive in any given game. Their guy (Kohn) is very good, but I'm not sure they have as good of a "Plan B" as Hopkins does.

John Mullen is facing off at 65% with 60 faceoffs taken. On paper at least, he’s a better “plan B” than what Hopkins has.

Reality check.

Cuse has faced two ranked opponents.

Against Maryland, Mullen was 1/2 and Kohn 12/27.

Versus Army, Mullen was 4/8 and Kohn 11/23.

For those two games, Cuse was .466 at FOs.

RPIs for the other 5 opponents.

Manhattan #57
Vermont #54
Utah #29
High Point #26
Colgate #25

RPIs for Hop’s six opponents.

Towson #35
North Carolina #21
Loyola #17
Georgetown #13
Virginia #4
Denver #3

“Reality check”, just because you have a low or high RPI doesn’t mean you can or can’t have a good faceoff group. High Point went toe to toe with Duke who has last year’s first team all American. Mullen was 11-18 with a goal in that one.

Hopkins also went up against Virginia’s backups. Loyola isn’t even facing-off at 40%. Against the two teams with good faceoff units, Duke and UNC Hopkins is sub 50%.

What an overly simplistic way to compare faceoff success.

I hope the Hopkins team is as overly confident as you guys are.

UVA had its A guy back against towson today and he won 50 percent. Hopkins crushed the Towson faceoff unit.

[molo]

Why hasn’t the game started?

[BlueJaySince1947]

Waiting at 6:37...late previous game ?

[molo]

Are they playing other games there? I get the about to start messsge on both phone and desktop,

[HopFan16]

Women's game ended 10 minutes ago. They're saying 7:05pm start time

[youthathletics]

Are they playing other games there? I get the about to start messsge on both phone and desktop,

Looking like 7

https://x.com/shroffpxp/status/17666093 ... a82I2GssRg

[molo]

Thanks, I espn would have had the decency to tell us,

[CharlesS]

No Live stats , Weather delay ?

[JoeMauer89]

No Live stats , Weather delay ?

7PM start. Women's game at same stadium ended at 6:30, they need time to change gates.

Joe

[norcalhop]

Unbiased announcement crew haha.

[primitiveskills]

What is happening?

[Wheels]

LOLOLO....Anish and Carc getting the live feed when recording their pregame set up and Anish ending with "blah, blah, blah."

What the heck was that?!!

[primitiveskills]

LOLOLO....Anish and Carc getting the live feed when recording their pregame set up and Anish ending with "blah, blah, blah."

What the heck was that?!!

BIzzarre. I guess it was the rehearsal that somehow got streamed?

[molo]

Started abd the cut away.