Thoughts After Week 1

Results: 

Brown 2, Princeton 1

Dartmouth 4, Brown 0

Two recent trends remained true this past weekend: Brown and Princeton played a low-scoring affair dominated by defense, and Dartmouth beat the crap out of Brown. 

I was not able to catch the Princeton game, but after seeing the highlights, I was impressed by a couple things: 

First, the new highlight format is terrific! I'm hoping that this is a constant thing for the rest of the season, though it wasn't as comprehensive for the Dartmouth game. 

Second, Nick Lappin had a terrific goal in the second period. Great hands. 

The new jerseys, however, are hideous. One poster on the USCHO forum mentioned that he was told these were the alternate home jerseys, but the team wore them again against Dartmouth Saturday. I'm hoping he was right, because I really don't like them at all. 

Now, for Saturday: 

I was able to watch the first and second periods of Saturday's game, and I was actually pleased with the way we were playing. We had some great energy and chances in the first, and Marco DeFilippo was playing great. However, we never were able to capitalize on our opportunities, and once again, Dartmouth proved too strong as the game wore on. 

It's getting really old, losing to the Green almost every time we play them. I don't know what hex they have over Brown, but we need to find a way to break it. Fortunately, we have a chance this Saturday, as the Bears travel to Hanover a night after meeting Harvard in Cambridge. 

I'll have more later in the week about this weekend's games. It was a pretty "meh" start to the season for Brown- a close win over a middle-of-the-pack opponent followed by a shellacking at the hands of a longtime nemesis. We'll see how the team improves in Week 2!