UNH 2020 Off-Season Thread: That Rinky-Shrinky Thang And Other Lively Banter :D

[Whalers]

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Nolan scored the game winner.

[Chuck Murray]

Re: UNH 2020 Off-Season Thread: That Rinky-Shrinky Thang And Other Lively Banter

Nolan scored the game winner.

Not 100% sure, but I think Snively65 was talking about the opening goal at the previous arena.

Unless, of course, Tommy Nolan's dad/uncle was playing for Coach Bjorkman 30 or so years earlier!!

Either way, I would have been a preschooler back then, and my folks didn't take me to the game.

Still P.O.'ed at them both, all these years later, for such a careless oversight …

Snives was there, and he'll eventually buckle and give us all the answer ...

[Snively65]

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Yup, I asked who scored the first UNH goal in Snively, on 13 February 1965, almost 30 years before Tommy Nolan (or someone) got the inaugural goal (or game winner) at the Whitt. I think that sonar or ATW will get this one.

Could be a long off-season of sports trivia questions, eh, Chuck?

[Dan]

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Yup, I asked who scored the first UNH goal in Snively, on 13 February 1965, almost 30 years before Tommy Nolan (or someone) got the inaugural goal (or game winner) at the Whitt. I think that sonar or ATW will get this one.

Could be a long off-season of sports trivia questions, eh, Chuck?

First goal at the Whitt was from Mowers, with Nolan scoring the game winner in OT. No idea what happened in the opener at Snively...

[Snively65]

First goal at the Whitt was from Mowers, with Nolan scoring the game winner in OT. No idea what happened in the opener at Snively...

Probably before you were born, Dan? :-)

[NCAA watcher]

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Yup, I asked who scored the first UNH goal in Snively, on 13 February 1965, almost 30 years before Tommy Nolan (or someone) got the inaugural goal (or game winner) at the Whitt. I think that sonar or ATW will get this one.

Could be a long off-season of sports trivia questions, eh, Chuck?

I cheated and looked it up.

By Jeflf Hatch
UNH students and faculty were
finally able to see their hockey
team play last Saturday in the
beautiful new Whoops Snively Arena.
Playing an aggressive hard
skating game the Blue sextet held
a slim lead until the final minutes
of the third period when a
deflected Norwich shot tied the
game 3-3. The Cadets went on to
win in overtime.

Page 11 has a picture of Bjorkman handing the puck to the player.
https://digital.unh.edu/fedora/objec...?download=true

[Chuck Murray]

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Could be a long off-season of sports trivia questions, eh, Chuck?

Looking that way, isn't it, Snives? I can't even whine about the lack of goalie recruits anymore …

[NCAA watcher]

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Now this is interesting.

Ward will reportedly transfer to UNH. Nice get for the Wildcats. https://t.co/bAhHm6op5e

— Jeff Cox (@JeffCoxSports) April 23, 2020

And to answer the follow up question, the NCAA is voting next month on a "one time transfer" rule that would allow players to transfer without sitting out a year.

If so, it answers my biggest question, from March

Jr.Crookshank-----Jr.Engaras----------Sr.Grasso
Fr.Richels----------Jr.Pierson----------Sr.Kelleher
Sr.Sato------------So.Stevenson------Sr.McAdams
Fr.Margel----------So.Hermann-------Jr.Esposito
So.Hankinson-----Fr.Gendron--------Sr.Sacco
Jr.Cippolone-------Fr.Sweeney????---

So, I would think either Margel or Cafarelli but probably not both are brought in next year. There are several questions, but projecting Richels to get a top 6 role from HS is a big assumption and probably doesn't work. But he would fit there by profile, keeping Sato on the third line where he is more effective given his limited offensive skills.

If Ward is eligible right away, and if there is hockey, then that resolves the issue right there. One of Margel or Cafarelli is deferred to 2021. Not a bad top 6.


2020-21
Jr.Crookshank---Jr.Pierson---------Sr.Kelleher
Jr.Ward----------Jr.Engaras -------Sr.Grasso
Sr.Sato-----------So.Stevenson----Sr.MacAdams
Fr.Richels--------Fr.Cafarelli ------Jr.Esposito
Jr.Cipollone------So.Herrmann-----Sr.Sacco
So.Hankinson---Fr.Gendron

Sr.Maass---------So.Eriksson
Jr.MacKinnon----Fr.Reid
Fr.Jenson-------Jr.Verrier
Fr.Nagle--------Jr.Hickey

[C-H-C]

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Info on #TylerWard from @DU_Hockey website: “Finished 4th on team w/+12 plus/minus..Recorded a career-high 19 points…Named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team” @UNHMHOCKEY https://t.co/pejrabZPg7 https://t.co/WhmGoC0CVf

— Mike Lowry (@UNHHockeyBlog) April 23, 2020

[e.cat]

Info on #TylerWard from @DU_Hockey website: “Finished 4th on team w/+12 plus/minus..Recorded a career-high 19 points…Named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team” @UNHMHOCKEY https://t.co/pejrabZPg7 https://t.co/WhmGoC0CVf

— Mike Lowry (@UNHHockeyBlog) April 23, 2020

Agree with Cox. Nice get!

[Snively65]

Info on #TylerWard from @DU_Hockey website: “Finished 4th on team w/+12 plus/minus..Recorded a career-high 19 points…Named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team” @UNHMHOCKEY https://t.co/pejrabZPg7 https://t.co/WhmGoC0CVf

— Mike Lowry (@UNHHockeyBlog) April 23, 2020

Did anyone see this one coming? Dan?

Really hoping that we get to see college hockey this coming year, even if just for a conference schedule beginning in January.

[e.cat]

did anyone see this one coming? Dan?

Really hoping that we get to see college hockey this coming year, even if just for a conference schedule beginning in january.

ditto!

[Whalers]

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Not 100% sure, but I think Snively65 was talking about the opening goal at the previous arena.

Woops (or should that be Whoops), my bad, perused the question a little too quickly. Snively was a great barn, but the opening was well before my time.

[C-H-C]

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Denver's Tyler Ward to New Hampshire, as first reported by @JeffCoxSports, is good upgrade for Cats forward group. UNH was runnerup when Ward picked Denver a few yrs back

— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) April 23, 2020

Tyler Ward committed to Denver in December, 2016, which was Souza's second season as an associate head coach at UNH:
https://www.merrittcentennials.com/c...sity-of-denver

[Snively65]

Denver's Tyler Ward to New Hampshire, as first reported by @JeffCoxSports, is good upgrade for Cats forward group. UNH was runnerup when Ward picked Denver a few yrs back

— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) April 23, 2020

Tyler Ward committed to Denver in December, 2016, which was Souza's second season as an associate head coach at UNH:
https://www.merrittcentennials.com/c...sity-of-denver

Gotta like his first name, too.