aGENT Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 9 hours ago, smokes said: Hasek Hasek was way lankier but if MDP could even end up as Hasek-light I'd be pretty damn stoked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Mikey is tending the twine for Usports Canada. Likely to play the whole game. Should be a good test against his peers and the best in Canada for the WJC. Needs a strong rebound game after giving up 3 goals on 17 shots yesterday. Ian Scott the Toronto Maple Leaf goaltending prospect has had a very strong camp up to now, definitely giving Mikey a run for his money for the starting job in 2 weeks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Closed up shot in Michael Dipietro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) Saw him play last night against usports in Victoria,exhibition wjc. man he looks small I can’t believe he’s listed a 6’. When he’s down there’s a lot of net, he moves really well and he’s very vocal. Reminds me or irbe. Edited December 14, 2018 by combover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 He played well through 2 periods thus far in today’s game for Usports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Canada’s junior hopefuls dropped a 5-1 decision to the U SPORTS all-stars Friday afternoon in the finale at Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp.Despite the final score, Michael DiPietro (Amherstburg, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) – who tended goal for U SPORTS – was the story. He turned away 32 of the 33 shots he faced and made a number of key saves, including a massive sprawling stop in the second period to preserve the lead after Tippett had pulled Canada within one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ruilin96 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 hour ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Canada’s junior hopefuls dropped a 5-1 decision to the U SPORTS all-stars Friday afternoon in the finale at Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp.Despite the final score, Michael DiPietro (Amherstburg, Ont./Ottawa, OHL) – who tended goal for U SPORTS – was the story. He turned away 32 of the 33 shots he faced and made a number of key saves, including a massive sprawling stop in the second period to preserve the lead after Tippett had pulled Canada within one. I was there and he played well! One of the weirdest game I cheer as I will be cheering for the Canadian skaters but the Usport goalie this game haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 anyone know if Mike is starting tonight in Victoria? This is the game I get to watch live this year, so fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastPast Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 What this guy ^^^ said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 4 hours ago, shayster007 said: anyone know if Mike is starting tonight in Victoria? This is the game I get to watch live this year, so fingers crossed! I haven’t seen anything official, but Mark Masters (TSN) has DiPietro getting the start: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhukini Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Didn’t put in a good showing today, has to hope Scott has an average game as well on Friday Edited December 20, 2018 by Zhukini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 29 minutes ago, Zhukini said: Didn’t put in a good showing today, has to hope Scott has an average game as well on Friday Yeah that was kinda a bummer. Great game, but Mike had an off night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 So I am seeing on Twitter that DiPietro is splitting the net tonight. Need a strong performance from him to take hold of the starting goaltender job. Should be a good test for team Canada as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locke Lamora Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 When “Mikey” is down in the butterfly, there is a ton of room up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) On 12/13/2018 at 10:21 AM, gameburn said: Will be interesting to see if he adapts well to the goalie equipment changes that have started to show up now. I hope they put goalies back in gear closer to the Pre-Roy era. Smaller or at least more athletic goalies should have an advantage over lumps who rely on size/filling the net. Wrap-arounds, shots from further out, deflections in-close, breakaways, all might be much more likely to go in. And, if the pads are adjusted much, then even the classic Hasek/Quick strategy of always covering the entire bottom of the net might not even be enough. They want higher scoring games. I suspect that changing goalie equipment and/or adjusting the net size is the easiest way to do this. Not even 3 on 3 in OT or allowing for more powerplays or even many more penalty shots would do as much. There was a reason that teams scored a lot more goals prior to Patrick Roy. My hypothesis is that the smaller the gear that goalies wear, the more they have to use judgment and athleticism. Of course, taller probably always helps. Patrick Roy won a Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1986 and played against Gretzky and Mario when they were putting up 200 points. So not sure what you mean by Pre-Roy era. Was there an era Pre-Roy where players were better than Gretzky and Mario?? I'm thinking that you are thinking of Martin Brodeur not Patrick Roy, which would make more sense as Brodeur played most of his career in the "dead puck era" where New Jersey perfected the trap and won 3 Cups. Roy only played in that era after he was traded to Colorado, so he spent only around 50% of his career in his 30's in the dead puck era... Edited December 24, 2018 by Elias Pettersson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 12:47 AM, smokes said: Hasek Yes I agree. I watched Hasek play and DiPietro reminds me of him with his athletic ability, genuine excitement for the game and of course his left hand glove. DiPietro could be a beauty as long as he realizes he needs to be better athletically than the taller goalies as players will be looking to go top corner when he goes down or into butterfly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungass Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Didn’t look fantastic tonight. Especially on the second goal, the Finnish player really took advantage of his small size to zip it upstairs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 46 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said: Patrick Roy won a Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1986 and played against Gretzky and Mario when they were putting up 200 points. So not sure what you mean by Pre-Roy era. Was there an era Pre-Roy where players were better than Gretzky and Mario?? I'm thinking that you are thinking of Martin Brodeur not Patrick Roy, which would make more sense as Brodeur played most of his career in the "dead puck era" where New Jersey perfected the trap and won 3 Cups. Roy only played in that era after he was traded to Colorado, so he spent only around 50% of his career in his 30's in the dead puck era... Not sure but i believe he is solely referring the the size of pads during the 80's and how dramatically they increased. Despite new rules they are still huge in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomatoes11 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Looks like he is losing the starting job to a leafs prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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