Not going into extreme depth on this one, because 1) it was months ago 2) I didn’t get a chance to see it, and 3) with a new coach in the house, it might not apply that much to the future anyway. Writing it up for the sake of completeness/thoroughness.
Tempo Free
From the official box score, a look at the tempo-free stats:
| Marist 2014 MAAC Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | Marist | ||
| Faceoff Wins | 9 | Faceoff Wins | 14 |
| Clearing | 16-19 | Clearing | 14-14 |
| Possessions | 28 | Possessions | 31 |
| Goals | 9 | Goals | 11 |
| Offensive Efficiency | .321 | Offensive Efficiency | .355 |
This was a slow game, and Marist had the majority of the possessions thanks to facing off fairly well and riding Detroit enough to prevent any chance of making up that gap. The difference in efficiencies existed but wasn’t significant, and the possession game accounted for most of the difference.
Notes
What made this one hurt (aside from the obvious “it ended the season”) was that UDM led by two goals with four minutes left. Detroit had possession with about five minutes left, turned it over, and only touched the ball once again before the end of the game (which led to a single shot with no backup when the score was Marist 10, Detroit 9).
Turnovers – as they were for much of the season – were the story of this one, to an extent. Aside from the obvious anecdotal piece above, UDM committed 11 total in the game to Marist’s 5. Only two of the Titans’ turnovers were forced, and they didn’t cause any coming the other way. In a possession game, that razor-thin margin is the difference.
Jason Weber was strong with 16 saves and 11 goals against. It’s always tough to tell just how good the defense was around him (they play a part in forcing Marist to get off bad shots), but they didn’t stuff the statsheet, with one total GB and one turnover for the starters.
The offensive star of the day (no surprise) was Shayne Adams, who had six goals on nine shots (seven of them on goal). Alex Maini contributed three assists for UDM, and didn’t commit any turnovers.
For Marist, Drew Nesmith and Joseph Radin had three goals and an assist apiece. Goalie Dave Scarcello made 15 saves while allowing nine goals.
Up Next
This game ended the season – and if it had gone the other way, the narrative of the year might have been something different, like we’d seen the previous year with the Titans making the NCAA Tournament and erasing memories of an up-and-down regular season – and within a month, Titans coach Matt Holtz resigned (for unknown reasons, since the results were about in line with what you’d expect, if slightly on the disappointing side for 2014).
Moving along, I’ll decompress the season and look into the future and the Chris Kolon era.