UNH Hockey 2023 Off Season Thread Turn and Face the Strange

[Darius]

Good for you. I have not convinced my family to allow this. You will never struggle to get a ticket and with the savings maybe you can donate to have D.Gerry Section 115 Row 8 at Towse Rink at the Whittemore Center at the Key Autogroup Complex in your honor....

I have never had season tickets. I have never missed a game that I wanted to attend. Ever.

[Darius]

So not hockey related but the **** show that is UNH Athletics, planned on tailgating for Family Weekend as I made that commitment to my daughter last year. Bought my "ticket" to the game to be able to buy a tailgating ticket. Well, the new ticket system was not ready after what is equitable to 9-month post football season to figure it out.

if anyone is planning on going and most likely stuck in A-Lot lets find a section to inhibit

https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2020/...ll-ticket-page

B lot is currently available. I’ve parked there and at other on campus locations for football games, but I enjoy walking campus. I received what seemed like plenty of notice for football parking on sale. Granted, I had no interest so didn’t see if parking was actually available. Family and homecoming weekends are always the most popular so the quick sellout is not surprising. I typically do not attend football games on those weekends although I get it because I attended a few of those when my daughter lived on campus.

Not directed at you personally, but reading the whining here about the state of the hockey program and also about the parking demand/scarcity for a successful nationally ranked UNH program is amusing.

[HockeyRef]

https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2020/...ll-ticket-page

B lot is currently available. I’ve parked there and at other on campus locations for football games, but I enjoy walking campus. I received what seemed like plenty of notice for football parking on sale. Granted, I had no interest so didn’t see if parking was actually available. Family and homecoming weekends are always the most popular so the quick sellout is not surprising. I typically do not attend football games on those weekends although I get it because I attended a few of those when my daughter lived on campus.

Not directed at you personally, but reading the whining here about the state of the hockey program and also about the parking demand/scarcity for a successful nationally ranked UNH program is amusing.

Sorry about the whining. Somedays are better than others...

[Darius]

Sorry about the whining. Somedays are better than others...

:-) When we are back to banging out Whitt attendance we can revert to complaining about long bathroom lines, poor concession quality, and lack of close proximity parking.

[Snively65]

Well yeah prominence is not the right word. Heck getting to the Garden before I'm 70 (5 years from now!) Is really all we can hope for? Geesh...Didn't realize it could take that long. What a freaking shame. At least we get to see teams like QU etc...gives you something to hope for.

When you put things in these terms makes me even more despondent about how things should have changed and where they ultimately went. Oh well..still going to be there regardless and will hope for the best.

So it's going to be the guy after the guy after the guy...

So, will the [next] guy, and the guy after the [next] guy, and the guy after the guy after the [next] guy each get 9 years to make things right (i.e., get our Sabertooth Tigers to the Garden), which means the guy after the [next] guy after the guy’s arrival will be 19 years from now, that is fall 2042? And, that means our next trip to the Garden will be in March 2052? Of course, all the above assumes that the [next] guy arrives in fall 2024, which I still think is very, very wishful thinking.

[Darius]

TNH article:

UNH Athletics receives $4 million donation:
https://tnhdigital.com/22724/news/un...lion-donation/

"There has been some skepticism concerning this gift from students in the community, many believe that their buildings are being neglected in the turn of athletics. In particular, many students mentioned issues with the Field House and the Paul Creative Arts Center."

[Chuck Murray]

TNH article:
UNH Athletics receives $4 million donation:
https://tnhdigital.com/22724/news/un...lion-donation/

"There has been some skepticism concerning this gift from students in the community, many believe that their buildings are being neglected in the turn of athletics. In particular, many students mentioned issues with the Field House and the Paul Creative Arts Center."

It was only a matter of time before the green-eyed monster reared its ugly head. What a shame.

Also, noticed that both Hockey programs' HC's were hailing this as "overdue", almost in unison.

The only thing "overdue" with Hockey is quality D-1 coaching for the previously elite D-1 programs they each run.

[Chuck Murray]

Lifted from the UMaine thread ...

2023-24 Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association Media Poll

1. BU (11) 156
2. BC (2) 135
3. Merrimack (2) 135
4. Connecticut 102
5. Providence 92
6. Northeastern 86
7. Massachusetts-Lowell 83
8. Massachusetts 79
9. Maine 74
10. New Hampshire 26
11. Vermont 22

[NCAA watcher]

So, 11 votes for 10th place (2 points), and 4 votes for last place (1 point).

[JB]

Lifted from the UMaine thread ...

2023-24 Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association Media Poll

1. BU (11) 156
2. BC (2) 135
3. Merrimack (2) 135
4. Connecticut 102
5. Providence 92
6. Northeastern 86
7. Massachusetts-Lowell 83
8. Massachusetts 79
9. Maine 74
10. New Hampshire 26
11. Vermont 22

Look at that cliff between 9th and 10th. Vote gap 9-to-10 is bigger than 4-to-9.

AKA - the writers think you really SUCK!

[Snively65]

So, 11 votes for 10th place (2 points), and 4 votes for last place (1 point).

Maybe UNH got 2 votes for 9th, 7 votes for 10th, and 6 votes for 11th?

[Snively65]

Lifted from the UMaine thread ...

2023-24 Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association Media Poll

1. BU (11) 156
2. BC (2) 135
3. Merrimack (2) 135
4. Connecticut 102
5. Providence 92
6. Northeastern 86
7. Massachusetts-Lowell 83
8. Massachusetts 79
9. Maine 74
10. New Hampshire 26
11. Vermont 22

Interesting that BC did not get any votes in yesterday’s national polls, good locker room wall material. Just like the above poll will be good locker room wall material for our Saber Cats.

[NCAA watcher]

Maybe UNH got 2 votes for 9th, 7 votes for 10th, and 6 votes for 11th?

Vermont got two 9th place votes to make it work.
10 last place (10), 3 10th place (6) and 2 9th place (6)

[Scott]

Still no love for Maine and Coach Barr....interesting.

[Snively65]

Vermont got two 9th place votes to make it work.
10 last place (10), 3 10th place (6) and 2 9th place (6)

Perhaps. Orrrrr, perhaps UVM got seven 10th place votes and eight 11th place votes, and some other loser team got the remaining one 11th place vote.