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Ivyman wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 8:44 am Anybody else find it funny that NCAA avoiding traditional pregame lineup handshake when faceoff guys have their heads 8 inches apart 25 times a game and there's body checking and belly-up defense all around the crease and GLE?

Ivyman wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 8:44 am Anybody else find it funny that NCAA avoiding traditional pregame lineup handshake when faceoff guys have their heads 8 inches apart 25 times a game and there's body checking and belly-up defense all around the crease and GLE?

keno in reno wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 9:28 am

Ivyman wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 8:44 am Anybody else find it funny that NCAA avoiding traditional pregame lineup handshake when faceoff guys have their heads 8 inches apart 25 times a game and there's body checking and belly-up defense all around the crease and GLE?

Yeah the awkwardness happened last weekend too when the goalies ran to shake hands just like McNaney and Adler while the refs begged them to stop. Then 5 seconds later you have 2 face-off guys breathing on each other. Just don't do the teams meeting thing if that is some sort of superspreader event.

Thankfully, the Ivy league cancelled sports and they are much safer and healthier than these poor souls.

nyclaxfan wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 6:57 pm Did anyone see UVA’s Matt Moore go into the tunnel in the first half of the UNC game? He looked like he was favoring his wrist a bit in the second half. That is a huge part of the game tomorrow if he is not 100%.

Also, the UVA coach at the end of the UNC game said he put freshman close-D #39 in a huge situation at the end of the game? What was he referring to?

nyclaxfan wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 6:57 pm Did anyone see UVA’s Matt Moore go into the tunnel in the first half of the UNC game? He looked like he was favoring his wrist a bit in the second half. That is a huge part of the game tomorrow if he is not 100%.

Also, the UVA coach at the end of the UNC game said he put freshman close-D #39 in a huge situation at the end of the game? What was he referring to?

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 7:37 pm Mod: May want to combine this thread with: https://fanlax.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=290&t=2933 Better yet: https://fanlax.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=290&t=2943

Wheels wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 10:58 pm Going to make a score prediction that will certainly draw fire...16-10 Terps.

Wheels wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 10:58 pm Maryland has a "team of destiny" feel to it, and Bernhardt is on a mission. He seems unwilling to let Maryland lose.

Moore's shoulder injury is worrisome from a UVA perspective, but I don't think it changes much. Grill on Shellenberger. Makar on Moore. They're going to do what they've done to every attack unit since the end of the regular season.

Rode and Lasalla are the X-factors for UVA. Rode can absolutely steal a game. He plays a high crease and disrupts shooting angles. Even in the game where Cuse put up 20 goals, Rode still made 18 saves. Lasalla winning face-offs isn't what makes him an X-factor. It's that he has 9 goals and 6 assists on the year.

With a lefty goalie facing two elite left wing shooters in Wisnauskas and DeMaio, if I'm UVA, I don't want to give either of those two any looks from 10 yards. They will light up Rode from those spots.

X-factors for Maryland on offense: Fairman and Long. UVA will probably slide quickly to Bernhardt but be slow to slide on Long and Bubba. UVM didn't slide at all to Long and he went 3 and 1. And of course, if Shockey can neutralize Lasalla and McNaney gets to 50% in the goal, UVA is in real trouble. I've been saying all year that if Maryland gets 50% in goal, 50% at the face-off, and nears 90% in the clear, they're nearly unbeatable because they'll give their offense so many possessions.

People can say that UVA's defense has gotten better with Kastner inserted into the line up to take the opponent's top dodger, but you're asking a freshman in the national title game to take on a senior who is the best player in the game? UVA had the 35th most efficient defense in the nation coming into the Final 4.

Going to make a score prediction that will certainly draw fire...16-10 Terps.

blue angels wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 8:28 am

Virginia probably shouldn't even bother to show up.........Just get back to Charlottesville and call it a good year.

FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 8:51 amRight. Just like Virginia shouldn't have bothered to show up against Yale in 2019...

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 9:13 am

FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 8:51 amRight. Just like Virginia shouldn't have bothered to show up against Yale in 2019...

Though i haven't watched that game in 2 years, if i remember correctly, a big part of their W came from pure and simple grit. Winning the groundball war, giving good hits when the opportunities presented themselves, etc. Hard work doesn't go out of style.

10stone5 wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 9:25 am

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 9:13 am

FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 8:51 amRight. Just like Virginia shouldn't have bothered to show up against Yale in 2019...

Though i haven't watched that game in 2 years, if i remember correctly, a big part of their W came from pure and simple grit. Winning the groundball war, giving good hits when the opportunities presented themselves, etc. Hard work doesn't go out of style.

I thought Matt Moore took over.
Moore and Rode, of course.
But Moore took over on offense.

Is Shellenberger this year’s Matt Moore ?