That's ridiculous. It's but one factor in the ebb-and-flow

That's ridiculous. It's but one factor in the ebb-and-flow
by RagingBull (2022-06-22 15:46:20)

In reply to: None of this matters unless you can win face offs. * posted by Indy77

of a game. Saves, clearing, ground balls, quality possessions, controlling the ball off of a face-off hold equal weight in terms of possession.

This board seems obsessed with face-offs. They are a critical element of the game but not the only one.

I will take Liam Entenmann, Chris Fake, Brian Tevlin over another face off guy not named Trevor Baptiste, Greg Gurenlian, or Mike Sisselberger any day of the week. Plus our current FOGOs are excellent.

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The FOGO get the blame, but solid wing play is critical. - MobileIrish 2022-06-22 17:03:27
Our freshman FOGO was certainly playing well... - flanner96 2022-06-22 16:03:39
- G'Town: 24-9 (Saves) and 20-10 (turnovers) - RagingBull 2022-06-22 16:56:52
  - Wouldn't that make us -1 in non-turnover possessions? - SixShutouts66 2022-06-23 17:00:02
    - ND was also +9 in Ground Balls. The loss came down to - RagingBull 2022-06-24 07:51:50