I finally got a chance to check in on Rye, and I wasn’t very impressed, to be honest.
Now before anyone takes offense, I wasn’t impressed the first time I saw the Garnets last season, either, and they won a Section 1 title. The overall game plan is always introduced piece by piece. As the season progresses, the level of understanding increases and the level of play rises.
“I think we’re like two-thirds of the way there,” Rye coach Jason Friesen said after a 2-1 loss to McQuaid Jesuit. “I’ve got a few young kids that need to come along a bit yet, but I liked today. We didn’t generate a lot, but we covered the ice better. I’m pretty happy with where we are. It was nice to play a team that really tested us and gave me a look at where we really are.”
Here’s what I would be a little concerned about, I didn’t see too many forwards willing to stir things up in the middle of the defense and create open chances for teammates. How many finesse goals are the Garnets scoring this year? Not many. They need to scramble and force miscues and breakdowns.
On the plus side, I haven’t seen too many goalies playing better than Aaron Rix.
As for Pelham, which outshot West Seneca West 43-31 and settled for a 3-3 tie, I still believe the winning streak is going to come, but I see good players trying a little too hard. That’s human nature, I suppose. Instead of winding up and looking for a corner, the Pelicans might’ve gotten a rebound in to win if they had settled for a couple of rips down low.
“We just have to keep the goals and shots to a minimum,” defenseman Matt Landis said. “We know the offense is going to pick it up.”
I have no doubts we’ll get the best of both teams on Wednesday, as these longtime rivals go head-to-head at Playland.
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now it makes sense that this rye team scrimmaged iona (when iona was at their worst this year, before the fordham loss at playland) to a tie
i saw the 3rd period of the rye-west game, and not for nothing, as mike said, it is mediocre, slow, pee wee level looking hockey…no grit, no hard power move skating, no dump and hard hits, not grinding, no big time talent that can play make plays on a dime, no snipers, etc…very boring and very so-so talent…almost looked like the devils trap from the 90s
if iona played rye that night, couldve been iona with a 4-0 win over rye instead of fordham
Quick note.
Rye did no score in the iona scrimmage while iona put in 2 or 4 goals.
Scimmages and scores of scrimmages mean nothing at all. Especially with Rye as the team tends to play everyone and look at certain things. I have seen Iona this year and they still play very wide open with little regard at times to defense play. Iona has not shown that much so far except this recent win over Fordham. I saw parts of that game and thought Fordham was certainly not at their best and was unusually sluggish for them. If Iona played Rye, and theres really no reason to, I think Iona potentially should be better than most publics but this years team in my opinion would not beat Rye this year. We will never know though and why even discuss it as Iona has enough to do getting back into the race for the playoffs. Last I checked on the web site for the CHSHL they are in 6th place with a 2-4 record.
chshl standings as follows (chshl website not updated yet)
st.joe’s 6-2, 12 pts (we’ll see how long this lasts…)
st.ant’s 5-1, 10 pts (lock to make playoffs)
farrell 5-1, 10 pts (lock to make playoffs)
fordham, 3-3-1, 7 pts
iona 3-4, 6 pts
st.mary’s 2-2-2, 6 pts
chaminade 1-5, 2 pts (won’t make playoffs)
holy cross 0-7-1, 1 pt (won’t make playoffs)
it’ll be between iona, fordham and st. mary’s for the 4 spot…personally, i dont think st.mary’s stays in it (the race)...it’ll come down to iona and fordham
I was also at the Rye/ west game saw 2 period. I also know lots of the Rye players as my son has played with and against many of these boy. #22 Matt Moran although maybe missing high level skill plays with that kind of in your face passion. #14 Ryan Rogers is a compact in your face mix it up forward who can and will bury many pucks Ryan Rogers has never been in fear of skating into a crowd of d men with and without a puck he plays much bigger.# 12 Chris Lipari same deal is always battling. Although the pace of that game was a bit slow and although in general it was not the high level energy games we all know and like I believe that Rye a decent team. There are also many young players to come from what I know inclusive of Franchella and others. They will be in or close to the mix.
I don’t live in Rye nor am I involved in Rye hockey.
Everyone knew Rye would be a defensive minded team this season. They have allowed 5 goals in 6 games. Gone are the quick upperclassmen. The Garnets need to get themselves and the puck to the net. Once they develop the PP, more goals against good teams will come.
fordham-wp tonight
i say wp by 2 or 3
if wp can manhandle pelham and rth and take it to the limit with mw, they should easily beat fordham…fordham has not proven anything this year…their 3 wins came against iona at its worst and 2 non-playoff chshl teams (chaminade and holy cross)...fordham’s ties against st. mary’s and stepinac are also troubling to think about..
Iona dominated Rye in the scrimmage and anyone who was there knows that . Not even close . The game was ref’d and there were two 35 minute half’s played .
Prediction : White Plains 6 Rye 1
ooopppps meant WP 6 Fordham 1
chshl fan-
That is a wonderful prediction. Only one problem with that. WP doesn’t play Rye at all this season and they are D1 while Rye is D2, so they couldn’t even face each other in the playoffs.
now that iona finally gelled, will be interesting to see what they do against league favorite st. anthony’s monday 5:30 in flushing…iona only lost 4-2 at the beginning of the season in coney island against them
will pellow be back? he was not dressed for the fordham game standing on the bench…assuming he was injured?
will st. ant’s have their entire team? if so, will be an all-star squad of junior/tier 1 talent…iona’s 2/2.5 strong lines will get double shifted and will need to not get tired…patalano, lipsky, campbell will get doubles on the back…and whoever plays, barry or lipsky, will need to stand on their head
then iona gets two home games back-to-back
friday 1/7 st. mary’s 10pm ice hutch
saturday 1/8 greenwich 6:45pm ice hutch
the must-see here is the greenwich game…will be another true test…greenwich is usually one of the best non-boarding/prep teams in ct
LoHud Hockey : corrected myself before your posting. Wish i was as perfect as you !
I started typing that, then got distracted into a conversation with the wife before realizing I never hit submit. After pressing submit, I saw you had already corrected yourself, but by then it was too late.
non- apology accepted , lol
The must see is phase should be for really big games like Suffern Mamaroneck, L/P Mamaroneck Mamaroneck Rye, Iona Fordham, John Jay Fox Lane. I dont think Iona Greenwich qualifys as a must see unless you are an Iona or Greenwich fan. Iona is not very good and rebuilding and Greenwich is 0-2-1 this year with losses to unimpressive clubs.
Rye D and tending are fine. Garnets have allowed 5 goals in 6 games and only more than 1 in only yesterday’s tilt. Rye will have a better chance scoring against top teams once they straigten out the power play.
My understanding is that Iona’s pellow was sick not injured…..should be back for St Anthony’s
Everyone knows Rye Country Day is better than both Rye and Iona. RCDS beat both of those teams last year. They lost to Iona this year when they scored with 4 seconds left. Obviously, there aren’t any excuses, but it’s not like either iona or rye high are very good.