unless they doing away with faceoffs for the rest of the tournament that is a bold(silly) prediction - Massapequa would beat them by 7 and Syosset by 4
FO has nothing to do with the team, but instead the stupid coach that puts in long poles the majority of the time if any kid losses one. He is trying to protect against fast breaks and routinely gives the other team the ball.
the 22 of 27 northport won were the direct result of the coach and that is why the score was so close. If he manages the game the same way against SME, they won't get the chance to play either massapequa or syosset (neither of which have a FO the quality of northport or SME)...
just spit balling here but maybe the "stupid" coach won the game with that strategy? had they tried to contest the faceoffs and wound up giving away fast breaks they might have lost but perhaps the coach felt he had the better team and as long as they didn't give up fast breaks off the draw they would win.....and that is exactly what happened
Yes, you are just spit balling, but no, each of the boys that FO at this level no how to stop fast breaks (especially on this team in this town).
But yes, having a long pole as an occasional change of pace makes good sense, having a long pole give the ball away every FO makes none. The goalie stood on his head to win that game with some really big saves, wouldn't of had to if the coach didn't give Nport the ball every time...
