University of Maine 2024–2025: Freel-ing good

[grooverider]

Hey how abou those fu*ing Black Bears lol

[NewEnglandGuy]

How high in the polls today do they go? 6th?

Current:
1 Denver swept 19 NE
2 BC W - Am INT
3 BU W - UConn
4 Mich St exhibition
5 ND split @ 20 Minn St
6 Minn swept @ Duluth
7 Quinnipiac 2L @ 9 Maine
8 Cornell doesn’t play until 11/1
9 Maine swept 7 Quinnipiac
10 Michigan split 13 St Cloud
11 Colorado college OFF
12 Omaha 2L Augustana
13 St Cloud split @ 10 Michigan
14 Providence swept Arizona St
15 UMass split Sacred Heart
16 Wisconsin swept by Ohio st at home
18 Notre Dame split Alaska Fairbanks at home
17 Western Michigan OFF
19 NE swept by 1 Denver
20 Minn St split with 5 North Dakota
others receiving votes - Arizona st swept, Duluth swept, UConn Loss

10/21 guess:
1 Denver
2 BC
3 BU
4 Mich St.
5 Minnesota
6 Maine
7 Cornell
8 ND
9 Quinnipiac
10 Michigan
11 Colorado College
12 St Cloud
13 Providence
14 Western Michigan
15 Minn St
16 UMass
17 Omaha
18 Notre Dame
19 NE
20 Wisconsin

[walrus]

On to Northeastern, should be a battle at Mathews. Not sure how good NU is but based on last few years they certainly won't be a pushover.

[umhockey91]

How high in the polls today do they go? 6th?

10/21 guess:
1 Denver
2 BC
3 BU
4 Mich St.
5 Minnesota
6 Maine
7 Cornell
8 ND
9 Quinnipiac
10 Michigan

Looks good to me....that's what I have too. Would not surprise me to see Maine at #7 or #8 though.

I love the fact that Maine has 6 games coming up vs. #1, #2 and #3.....lots of opportunities to stick it to the voters.

[Drew S.]

For me this is probably a bigger series than Quinnipiac given how much Maine struggled on the road last year after the Merrimack series. All 12 league road games will be tough(even Lowell is going pretty good right now) and Maine is going to need to win at least four or five for a respectable finish in the league.

Beyond the results I just hope we see a couple solid performances. It’s great Quinnipiac out choked Maine Saturday but for me it was pretty shocking to see a team that is as well coached and plays as hard as Maine fall apart like that.

[grooverider]

On to Northeastern, should be a battle at Mathews. Not sure how good NU is but based on last few years they certainly won't be a pushover.

Looks to be a packed house both days too

[NewEnglandGuy]

Looks to be a packed house both days too

Last year at Mathews. The entire year will be a tough ticket. Crazy history. Bill Russell missed playing there by a year.

[UnMcGovernable]

For me this is probably a bigger series than Quinnipiac given how much Maine struggled on the road last year after the Merrimack series. All 12 league road games will be tough(even Lowell is going pretty good right now) and Maine is going to need to win at least four or five for a respectable finish in the league.

I agree with this 100%. This team is going to win in the comfy confines of the Alfond but you can't compete in Hockey East if you can't win in Boston.

[grooverider]

Spot on #6 in the poll.

[BlackBearFan19]

For me this is probably a bigger series than Quinnipiac given how much Maine struggled on the road last year after the Merrimack series. All 12 league road games will be tough(even Lowell is going pretty good right now) and Maine is going to need to win at least four or five for a respectable finish in the league.

Beyond the results I just hope we see a couple solid performances. It’s great Quinnipiac out choked Maine Saturday but for me it was pretty shocking to see a team that is as well coached and plays as hard as Maine fall apart like that.

I agree that this weekend is big for Maine just given the gauntlet that they’re in. They’re off to a good start. I think northeastern is going to be really good down the stretch so I think we might catch them at a good time. They did really well in the portal so it’s probably a matter of time before they start clicking.

They were .500 on the road last year which in my opinion is good enough, I’d love for them to improve a bit away from home but it’s hard to win on the road in college hockey.

[StillKIA2]

Do away teams get tickets any more? I just called the maine ticket office trying to get NU tickets, but was told to call NU…I asked if away teams still get tickets, he said no. I cannot believe that is correct (the quinnipiac fans were clearly in the away team seats at alfond)

[Drew S.]

Do away teams get tickets any more? I just called the maine ticket office trying to get NU tickets, but was told to call NU…I asked if away teams still get tickets, he said no. I cannot believe that is correct (the quinnipiac fans were clearly in the away team seats at alfond)

I would be surprised if they still did. I’m sure there is an arrangement for tickets for family of players but doubt there would be much more than that. I think the Quinnipiac fans you saw we’re probably friends/family of players.

[grooverider]

Do away teams get tickets any more? I just called the maine ticket office trying to get NU tickets, but was told to call NU…I asked if away teams still get tickets, he said no. I cannot believe that is correct (the quinnipiac fans were clearly in the away team seats at alfond)

I think Drew is right on this one. You can get a few tickets on Stubhub not insanely marked up right now but it's Friends and Family weekend at NU so there has been a shortage of tickets for quite some time.

[BlackBearFan19]

I think Drew is right on this one. You can get a few tickets on Stubhub not insanely marked up right now but it's Friends and Family weekend at NU so there has been a shortage of tickets for quite some time.

https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Universitymaine47

I hope this link works. Black Bears of Boston is having a pregame event for alumni and fans. They also have $15 tickets here. I bought mine prior through SeatGeek for $30 but looks like
they still have some available.

When I spoke to NU ticket office they said to expect a sellout for family and friends weekend. I replied telling them to expect a lot of blue because the black bears are in town.

[grooverider]

https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Universitymaine47

I hope this link works. Black Bears of Boston is having a pregame event for alumni and fans. They also have $15 tickets here. I bought mine prior through SeatGeek for $30 but looks like
they still have some available.

When I spoke to NU ticket office they said to expect a sellout for family and friends weekend. I replied telling them to expect a lot of blue because the black bears are in town.

Does anyone know what the best seats are sight wise? Looks to be a big bowl with not any premium seating options