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

[Scott]

I think all of us would prefer some real hockey talk right about now. Let's try this ... a weekend series coming up in Orono, our masterful next-level AD has managed to defer a killer opening two weekends' schedule, and now UNH has a stretch of very winnable games (on paper anyway) coming up. Who wants to chime in with their predictions for this weekend?

(1) UNH sweeps
(2) UNH takes 3 points/2 games
(3) Split series - one or two games
(4) UMO takes 3 points/2 games
(5) UMO sweeps
(6) Both games "postponed"
(7) Saturday only "postponed"
(8) Sunday only "postponed"

Heart says (1) ... mind says (6).

+1

[Snively65]

Last time I checked, you're free to add whatever hockey content you'd like to.

So take your pick ... discuss the season to date? Discuss last weekend's game(s)? Next weekend's opponent? Adjustments to the forward lines and/or defensive pairings? Robinson or Taylor? Favorite first year player(s) to date? Latest on injuries? How's the rest of the league looking? There's a whole bunch of suggestions, slugger ... now, go show us how it's done, OK?

Better yet - give the AD a call. Maybe he'll listen if it's from you? Nothing else seems to be working.

I think all of us would prefer some real hockey talk right about now. Let's try this ... a weekend series coming up in Orono, our masterful next-level AD has managed to defer a killer opening two weekends' schedule, and now UNH has a stretch of very winnable games (on paper anyway) coming up. Who wants to chime in with their predictions for this weekend?

(1) UNH sweeps
(2) UNH takes 3 points/2 games
(3) Split series - one or two games
(4) UMO takes 3 points/2 games
(5) UMO sweeps
(6) Both games "postponed"
(7) Saturday only "postponed"
(8) Sunday only "postponed"

Heart says (1) ... mind says (6).

Yeah, I too am thinking both games postponed to 2021.

[NCAA watcher]

Tyler Ward has worked his way onto the roster, so it appears he's eligible now without sitting out the transfer year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UNH&#39;s Tyler Ward, transfer from Denver, not eligible to play as of now, but that could change. UNH filed appeal on his behalf, according to coach Mike Souza, &amp; NCAA vote due soon on measure that would grant immediate eligibility to transfers who are in residence this season</p>&mdash; Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/1336408565934907396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[NCAA watcher]

UMaine announces competition will resume this weekend. All games scheduled for 12/10-12/12 will be played on the road, including the men&#39;s hockey series vs. UNH <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mesports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mespor ts</a></p>&mdash; John Wagoner (@jwagonersports) <a href="https://twitter.com/jwagonersports/status/1336433185115271190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a>

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[Dan]

Mark Divver tweets that UNH will bus to Maine tomorrow and play at 3:30...

https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/statu...035274246?s=20

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I assume that means bus AND play tomorrow - and not at 3:30 on Friday, as the game was previously listed. Games are now listed on Collegehockeystats.net as "TBA" on Friday and Saturday, but at UNH, where as earlier today they were listed as afternoon games on Friday and a night game on Saturday at Maine. So something is up, but what that something is remains a mystery...

"No sense waiting around, we've waited long enough." - Mike Souza

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EDIT | He has corrected his tweet to say the game is Friday - and perhaps in NH. So, we still must wait a little longer. Watcher on the money...

[sonar]

Bangor Daily News indicates games in Durham

[Chuck Murray]

Kudos to our schedule-mastering AD ... bump off the BC and UMass weekends until later in the season (and frankly, if ever?), and then turn two road games in Orono into two home games.

Pressure is now on MS7 to deliver the goods with a typical "Champions of December" start to the season, since his boss has certainly done his part to clear the path to early season glory.

Unless of course, this turns out to be another squish-fest, where the UMaine AD drops his headache onto the UNH AD, who in turn bails out because a 3rd shift janitor across the street was in contact with an asymptomatic 3rd cousin twice removed during a virtual Zoom sweeping seminar over the Labor Day weekend. In which case, duh, this will need to be postponed.

Do we know what game times have been set down for this weekend yet?

[wildcatfan_GoNH]

Question:
Having YouTube TV, and the recent lack of NESN that has been scrubbed from their platform, how does one watch the NESN/NESN+ games living inside of New England? It appears to watch NESN games on the NESN wedsite a TV provider login is needed. Anyone have a solution or a method to ideally watch UNH hockey for free?

[msprice]

Both games are at 7 and both on NESN+

[Nifty16]

Question:
Having YouTube TV, and the recent lack of NESN that has been scrubbed from their platform, how does one watch the NESN/NESN+ games living inside of New England? It appears to watch NESN games on the NESN wedsite a TV provider login is needed. Anyone have a solution or a method to ideally watch UNH hockey for free?

same issues here. Know Fubo has NESN and a 3 day trail to get thru this weekend and Att and T tv now has NESN has a 7 trail. Going to do that for this weekend

[unh_hockey]

I've pretty much made my peace with 99% of the BC folks on this board over the last decade or so. The UNH-BC "thing" that used to exist is dead and buried, under the weight of four (4) NC's by Coach York against zero (0) NC's by Coach Umile. They won, we lost, it's obvious, and the old "thing" (can't say "rivalry" when you rarely if ever win the biggest games) died a long time ago. It was fun while BC was suffering with the "1949" taunt on title deprivation like UNH was/still is experiencing, but even if it still persisted after their 2001 title - since UNH was still threatening in their ultimately Sisyphean efforts to finally scale that peak - then BC's 3 more titles out of 5 seasons a decade ago (and UNH's slide into mediocrity) killed it stone dead.

I used to post here during my angsty college days, and your post was a total trip down memory lane. After college (and the time period the rivalry was heated), I ended up moving to Boston and actually hanging out with a few of the BU and BC people from this board. Turns out they were actually cool people and fun to hang out with.

As for the subject of your post, you are spot on. UNH had its shot to be considered on par with the consistent winners but sadly this period was transient for the program. At this point, if I catch a game against a good squad (BU, BC or Michigan for example), I hope the score is respectable and all the elements of a good game are in place.

Hopefully, life and sports start trending more towards normal. It will be fun to get back into a barn and catch a good game.

[Dan]

Question:
Having YouTube TV, and the recent lack of NESN that has been scrubbed from their platform, how does one watch the NESN/NESN+ games living inside of New England? It appears to watch NESN games on the NESN wedsite a TV provider login is needed. Anyone have a solution or a method to ideally watch UNH hockey for free?

All Hockey East games are streaming free this weekend - including the NESN games, which are available on a free stream for those outside of New England and otherwise unable to watch...

https://www.collegesportslive.com/hockeyeast/

[Nifty16]

All Hockey East games are streaming free this weekend - including the NESN games, which are available on a free stream for those outside of New England and otherwise unable to watch...

https://www.collegesportslive.com/hockeyeast/

Problem is being in New England hopefully NESN can come to deal with YouTube TV

[Dan]

Problem is being in New England hopefully NESN can come to deal with YouTube TV

Oh, gotcha. My mistake, I read that wrong.

[deltabravo62]

Problem is being in New England hopefully NESN can come to deal with YouTube TV

If you have one, use a VPN and set your location to outside New England and watch the free stream. That's what I'm having to do until Youtube TV figures out if they are going to reinstall NESN or not.