Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

[rufus]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

Mighta?

[hobeyfaker]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

Like watching a different division, right?

The striking diff to me is the lack of incredible, instinctive, acrobatic goaltending, along with our inability to bury pucks like these teams can. Natural goal scoring cant be taught, its innate, either you have it or you don't.

[walrus]

The striking diff to me is the lack of incredible acrobatic goaltending, along with our inability to bury pucks like these teams can.

The goal by an anas of quin. No one on maine could do that and that ain't coaching

[walrus]

Mighta won more than 8 games tho......

With our goalies? Yeah right

[hobeyfaker]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

The goal by an anas of quin. No one on maine could do that and that ain't coaching

Exactly and I said the same thing to my son. "Maine players just don't score goals like that".

[NorthMike]

I'm amazed at how poor the attendance is at all the games this weekend. Even in St Paul, hockey country.

[umhockey91]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

I'm amazed at how poor the attendance is at all the games this weekend. Even in St Paul, hockey country.

Now they will consider Portland, Maine......a decade too late.

[ticapnews]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

Now they will consider Portland, Maine......a decade too late.

A decade ago Portland wasn't in any condition to host. Now it is. I doubt the ECAC is going to be in a hurry to host in Albany again.

1) Extend the commuter rail to Manchester. Have the Northeast Regional rotate between Portland, Manchester and Worcester.
2) Have the East regional rotate between Bridgeport, Providence and Lake Placid.
3) Implement the scheduling changes I've outlined in another thread.
4) ???
5) Profit.

OK, the commuter rail thing is a pipe dream, but the rest is doable.

[NorthMike]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

A decade ago Portland wasn't in any condition to host. Now it is. I doubt the ECAC is going to be in a hurry to host in Albany again.

1) Extend the commuter rail to Manchester. Have the Northeast Regional rotate between Portland, Manchester and Worcester.
2) Have the East regional rotate between Bridgeport, Providence and Lake Placid.
3) Implement the scheduling changes I've outlined in another thread.
4) ???
5) Profit.

OK, the commuter rail thing is a pipe dream, but the rest is doable.

Lake Placid would be great! I think I'd have to make that trip. I doubt attendance would be very good though, so booking hotels wouldn't be difficult.

[J.D.]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

have to ask as I can't remember.

Was Maine ever interested in Jim Montgomery? If so, did he decline? And if they weren't interested in him, why not? Personally, I just don't see Gendron being the answer.

[BoSox3066]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

He was the board favorite as successor to Timmy for years because of his obvious connection and success in Dubuque.

When they finally moved on TW it was later than Denvers opening. Monty said publically the AD at the time never called him....there was debate at the time as to whose job it is to call who when a job is open (send in an application maybe??).....generally the inneundo was that Maine wasnt interested because of some personal stuff and the rest was just posturing.

[walrus]

He was the board favorite as successor to Timmy for years because of his obvious connection and success in Dubuque.

When they finally moved on TW it was later than Denvers opening. Monty said publically the AD at the time never called him....there was debate at the time as to whose job it is to call who when a job is open (send in an application maybe??).....generally the inneundo was that Maine wasnt interested because of some personal stuff and the rest was just posturing.

That and jimmy makes way more money than Red

[NorthMike]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

have to ask as I can't remember.

Was Maine ever interested in Jim Montgomery? If so, did he decline? And if they weren't interested in him, why not? Personally, I just don't see Gendron being the answer.

OUCH!! Well Maine sure was hoping for it. But as noted from the reply's - the school, well water under the bridge now.

[rufus]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

The striking diff to me is the lack of incredible, instinctive, acrobatic goaltending, along with our inability to bury pucks like these teams can. Natural goal scoring cant be taught, its innate, either you have it or you don't.

To me it was the lack of time from when someone got the puck to when he did something with it, either shot, or made a pass. No fumbling around trying to control it, no taking an extra second to decide what and where he was going with it, no fiddling and diddling around with it just to shoot it into someone's shinpads, just, it's on his stick, and then it's gone. So many no-look or dump the puck to an area where their team-mate was skating to, ready to pick it up, so many guys moving to open space ready to receive that pass, it was just beautiful to see.

People on the ice knowing where their teammate was gonna be, and able to get the puck to them.

[rufus]

Re: Maine Black Bears - Return to the Glory Years or On to Oblivion?

Lake Placid would be great! I think I'd have to make that trip. I doubt attendance would be very good though, so booking hotels wouldn't be difficult.

I would love to go to a regional in Lake Placid. The FF I went to there in 1988 was the best FF I've ever been to. Just an absolute blast all weekend.