UNH Hockey 2023 Off Season Thread Turn and Face the Strange

[acs64]

I do not think that I have told this story on these threads. I was not able to attend the FF in Anaheim, so a friend invited me over to watch the NC game on her TV. She had two young cats that she was trying to teach how to play hockey at the time, and during the first intermission said “watch this” as she flicked a small plastic puck onto the linoleum kitchen floor. The puck wound up in a corner with lower cabinets and after the cats skidded into the corner with both batting at the puck with their little paws for several seconds, the puck came flying out into the middle of the floor with both cats in quick pursuit. Just like in real hockey at the Whitt. The cats were napping, as cats are prone to do, when MS7 scored his goal, and as I jumped up and yelled, one cat shot straight up over two feet in the air while the other snoozed right through the commotion. That first cat’s response was my favorite memory of that game. No moral to this story.

I spent the better part of the first period of that game at someone's retirement party. A long time co-worker who I absolutely had to honor for all his contribution to the company over the years. You can bet I was a just a little antsy waiting for it to end so I could get home and watch.

[Snively65]

UNH visits SHU on December 30th, which should help our SOS (strength of schedule) for PWR.

[NCAA watcher]

I think i'd rather have Dyck and your words were he's the plum of the portal.

Another HE to Big 10 migration

[HockeyRef]

UNH visits SHU on December 30th, which should help our SOS (strength of schedule) for PWR.

Gonna have to check that out esp with the new arena..closer than Scenectady...cute story about the cats btw...

....will Bruce Cassidy get his ring? Knights in 5...Ps reading about him discovered his nickname is Butch...love it!

[Chuck Murray]

....will Bruce Cassidy get his ring? Knights in 5...Ps reading about him discovered his nickname is Butch...love it!

Leaving lots of folks in the B's front office with egg on their faces ... but hey, look at the bright side, at least Jake DeBrusk and Brandon Carlo are happy not to get yelled at by big meanie Butch Cassidy every day in practice. There are just some things that are more important than wins and losses, after all ...

Revisiting Bruins' Firing of Bruce Cassidy One Year Later (thehockeywriters.com)

[Scott]

So Atlantic Hockey and CHA are merging for the '24-'25 season, anyone else heard about this?

Just hearing about it too.

I will bet Holy Cross will make a pitch to join Hockey East...or Hockey East may make a pitch to them.

[After the Whistle]

Scott do you think we would give them a waiver on there arena size. It is nice but very small -1500+/-?

[d.gerry]

Just hearing about it too.

I will bet Holy Cross will make a pitch to join Hockey East...or Hockey East may make a pitch to them.

That wouldn't surprise me either and would be a good fit. Strangely my post disappeared - I was editing it though, maybe I hit delete - oops!

[Scott]

Scott do you think we would give them a waiver on there arena size. It is nice but very small -1500+/-?

Good point....who knows? Their Women's team already competes in Hockey East, but arena sizes are irrelevant.

[Snively65]

Scott do you think we would give them a waiver on there arena size. It is nice but very small -1500+/-?

The Cross’s Hart is listed at 1400 capacity, which is 1150 seats less than Mac’s Lawlor.

Bentley’s arena seats 1917 with standing room at counters around the entire mezzanine adding another 200.

With Robert Morris returning to the AHA in 2023-24, the AHA scheduling will become complicated again like HEA scheduling with 11 teams.

There will be six women’s teams in the CHA in 2023/24, with five of the schools already having men’s teams in Div 1: Penn State (BiG), Mercyhurst, RIT, and Robert Morris (AHA), and Lindenwood (Independent) leaving Syracuse with its perennial discussion for adding Div 1 hockey.

[e.cat]

FYI. Tucker is back and on Twitter. Check out Ep. 1 @TuckerCarlson. Obligatory hockey content….It appears he is broadcasting from his bunker in Maine

[Snively65]

Woo hoo!! Princeton coming to the Whitt for two on 5-6 January 2024! We have never lost to Princeton, beating the Tigers 3-2 in consolation games at Florida Classic on 29 December 2013 and at Friendship Tournament in Belfast on 30 November 2019, 6-3 at the Whitt on 16 December 2000, and 11-2 at some neutral site on 9 January 1976. Umile must be wondering why we could not schedule the Tigers for two at the Whitt when he was going for the NRN. And, yet, with the Tigers PWR at 44 last season, these two games should also help our SOS this coming season, along with SHU PWR at 42 last season (reminder: UNH PWR was 50 last season). A blockbuster OOC schedule in the making here!

[HockeyRef]

Woo hoo!! Princeton coming to the Whitt for two on 5-6 January 2024! We have never lost to Princeton, beating the Tigers 3-2 in consolation games at Florida Classic on 29 December 2013 and at Friendship Tournament in Belfast on 30 November 2019, 6-3 at the Whitt on 16 December 2000, and 11-2 at some neutral site on 9 January 1976. Umile must be wondering why we could not schedule the Tigers for two at the Whitt when he was going for the NRN. And, yet, with the Tigers PWR at 44 last season, these two games should also help our SOS this coming season, along with SHU PWR at 42 last season (reminder: UNH PWR was 50 last season). A blockbuster OOC schedule in the making here!

What, no Stonehill? I'll be verrryyyy disappointed if we don't play Stonehill....When I started following the 'Cats in 2013 they were playing the likes of Michigan...Speaking of the Friendship 4 in Belfast (which for the first time this season it will be a women's tournament) Kohei Sato has signed with the Belfast Giants.

[ClOuD 9]

Received an email today from someone at UNH ticketing with their season ticket pitch and an offer to book a time to meet with them to discuss; presumably went out to all single game ticket purchasers.

On the one hand, it's good to see them casting the net out there, this is the first time I've gotten an email from anyone other than the standard "UNH Athletics" email address trying to sell tickets, and the chance to discuss one on one with a rep provides a great opportunity to collect feedback.
On the other hand, I don't have the heart to waste the poor person's time making them prepare for a meeting just to hear that I won't be back until Souza is gone.

A few days after ignoring the email I got a cold call, didn't recognize the number so didn't pick up. A voicemail was left trying to arrange a callback to discuss tickets for next season.

Conjecture on my part, but if they're pushing this aggressively in late May/early June I can't imagine renewals have gone well.

[HockeyRef]

A few days after ignoring the email I got a cold call, didn't recognize the number so didn't pick up. A voicemail was left trying to arrange a callback to discuss tickets for next season.

Conjecture on my part, but if they're pushing this aggressively in late May/early June I can't imagine renewals have gone well.

Would love to see those numbers, esp of 'non renewals' stats over the past 5 to 6 seasons...not to mention 'new' STH numbers.