I dont think I agree with this. Just looking at the list of sophomores, I think there's been significant progress from Holt and especially Charbier, and some measure of progress from Arnott, Antonacci, and Lindauer. The only soph. who plays regularly I would agree hasn't really shown any progress is Freel, he's been a phantom all second semester, although he did finally have a good play last night.
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UMaine Hockey 23 - 24: The Barr Crawl to Glory!!!
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I dont think I agree with this. Just looking at the list of sophomores, I think there's been significant progress from Holt and especially Charbier, and some measure of progress from Arnott, Antonacci, and Lindauer. The only soph. who plays regularly I would agree hasn't really shown any progress is Freel, he's been a phantom all second semester, although he did finally have a good play last night.
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Agree on Holt. As for as sophs go, I disagree. Him and Chabrier are the best D guys.
Niemo had a break out this weekend.
Freel has been on the best line for the past 2 months.
Lindauer has played the last 4 games and was a healthy scratch before. He was on a line and Hanson was the free skater.
Senior contributors at this point are just Breen, Houle, and Poisson as a graduate.
Juniors - Breazeale, Scott - currently their best player until Nadeau’s rebound, Renwick, and Hanson.
Niemo had a break out this weekend.
Freel has been on the best line for the past 2 months.
Lindauer has played the last 4 games and was a healthy scratch before. He was on a line and Hanson was the free skater.
Senior contributors at this point are just Breen, Houle, and Poisson as a graduate.
Juniors - Breazeale, Scott - currently their best player until Nadeau’s rebound, Renwick, and Hanson.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
The new lines last night, had to shake stuff up but My guess is he did it to make everyone accountable. All players had to watch out for the other guys as they weren’t used to playing with each other.
Good win, hard fought game. Boija did his job. Why all the penalties? It’s late in the season they should know better. UMass going to be tough.
Good win, hard fought game. Boija did his job. Why all the penalties? It’s late in the season they should know better. UMass going to be tough.
tylerzx2002
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Noticed Barr had the whole team standing on the bench for the duration of the game. Some coaches swear by that, but don't think we've seen that from Barr before.
Overall I liked the new lines and wonder if they will stick. We'll see if the addition of Renwick can bring some needed size between the Nadeaus to let them focus more on what they do best.
BlackBearFan19
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Women’s basketball playoff game Friday at 5 in the Pit
A game like last night can really jump start this team. Nice long bus ride home knowing you got a monkey off your back. Absolutely love how so many kids are contributing now.... you watch, the NB kids are going to have a resurgence and a lot to say with how far this team goes in post season.
Possible...they need a spark...they need to come out hard early and make a statement against UMass...put them on there heels...challenge them not the other way around....push the play.
If PC loses in any manner on Thursday night, a Maine win in any manner on Friday will clinch the 3rd seed for the Black Bears. If PC wins in OT, a regulation win by Maine will still clinch them 3rd, thanks to them then having the tiebreaker against both PC and UMA.
So, in other words, Go Terriers!
So, in other words, Go Terriers!
NorthMike
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Breen is still just maines best all around player and skill player, scott is close but nope. 82 isnt even close to scott, maybe when he's a junior, the boy has lots of potential and lots of development to go.
Freel is a solid player, maybe not standing out lately but generally reliable and does what is needed.
I liked the line changes. After fridays comment by Barr about two not back checking for the vt goal, we all know what 2 he was referring to, he was clearly not happy. I think moving the bros to "third" line was a great move, a piece of humble pie that hopefully will move as motivation. Id keep them there until they earn a change. Renwick played tough this weekend might be a good fit with 20 and 82.
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ticapnews
Never graduate.
I don't know...if I try to cheer for Sux2BU I may vomit.
After the BC-UNH game I'm going to (try) to post all the various scenarios for the Black Bears this weekend.
Spoiler: two wins makes it incredibly easy.
grooverider
Your Team Sucks
Top 4 gets home ice right? UNH also can go no lower then 7th if they lose their last 2 and NU wins one
Yes with BC's 1-0 win...bye is fine...but hoping that either a 3-4 finish...finishing 5 puts them on the right with 4...would take my chances at home[3-4 finish]then on the road...anything is possible as they have limped in @8-7-1 since there 12-3-1 start...here's to they finish the season on a solid note, beat UMass this coming weekend...
Sparkee
Blackbear
Yes, top 4 host. Need Maine to play near peak this weekend!
ticapnews
Never graduate.
New Hampshire losing means the Mildcats can no longer catch Maine. The Black Bears have clinched a first round bye. A look at the relevant standings: [TABLE="border: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100"]Team[/TD]
[TD="width: 86"]Points[/TD]
[TD="width: 86"]Max[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Maine[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[TD]44[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mass[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Providence[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
If Maine gets to 42, 43 or 44 points the Black Bears clinch the #3 seed.
If Maine gets to 41 points, as long as PC does NOT get to 42, Maine gets the #3 seed. If the Friars win twice in regulation, Maine finishes #4 and will host UMass.
Now things get tricky. If Maine and UMass finish alone at 40 points, Maine wins the tiebreaker (5-4 H2H points). If PC finishes with 41 or 42 points, they finish #3 and Maine #4. If PC finishes with <40 Maine finishes #3. However, if Maine, PC and UMass all finish with 40 points, the tiebreaker suddenly swings to UMass (10-8-3 H2H points {2-1.6-.75 ppg}). Then it depends on how both teams get to 40 points. Tiebreaker would be H2H points (3-3) then number of wins. If a game is still tied after OT it goes down as a tie and HEA awards the shootout winner an extra point, but that is still not a win. Maine leads PC 12-11 so a shootout win coupled with 2 OTW for PC flips the tiebreaker and drops Maine to #5. Two Maine OTL and a ROW + OTL for the Friars gets Maine to 4th. If PC and Maine end up tied in wins, the final tiebreaker is points per game vs 1st place team, which Maine wins 2-1.67
If Maine finishes with 39, the best they can do is 4th if PC gets 39 or below. If the Friars end up with 40 or more, then Maine finishes #5. I believe Maine wins every conceivable tiebreaker if both teams end up with 39, but I could be missing something.
If Maine loses both in regulation and ends on 38 then the Bears need PC to finish with <39 to finish 4th. 39 or better by the Friars drops Maine to #5. Again, I think Maine wins all possible tiebreakers at 38. That SOW against BC could be huge.
But just win twice and all this becomes irrelevant.
On the national scene, looking at Maine in a vacuum:
2 wins = 7th in Pairwise
1 win = 9th in Pairwise
0 wins = 10th in Pairwise
This does NOT account for any other teams around them, just the Black Bears. The wrong combination of (improbable) results could see Maine drop to 13th.
[TR]
[TD="width: 100"]Team[/TD]
[TD="width: 86"]Points[/TD]
[TD="width: 86"]Max[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Maine[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[TD]44[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mass[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Providence[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[TD]42[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
If Maine gets to 42, 43 or 44 points the Black Bears clinch the #3 seed.
If Maine gets to 41 points, as long as PC does NOT get to 42, Maine gets the #3 seed. If the Friars win twice in regulation, Maine finishes #4 and will host UMass.
Now things get tricky. If Maine and UMass finish alone at 40 points, Maine wins the tiebreaker (5-4 H2H points). If PC finishes with 41 or 42 points, they finish #3 and Maine #4. If PC finishes with <40 Maine finishes #3. However, if Maine, PC and UMass all finish with 40 points, the tiebreaker suddenly swings to UMass (10-8-3 H2H points {2-1.6-.75 ppg}). Then it depends on how both teams get to 40 points. Tiebreaker would be H2H points (3-3) then number of wins. If a game is still tied after OT it goes down as a tie and HEA awards the shootout winner an extra point, but that is still not a win. Maine leads PC 12-11 so a shootout win coupled with 2 OTW for PC flips the tiebreaker and drops Maine to #5. Two Maine OTL and a ROW + OTL for the Friars gets Maine to 4th. If PC and Maine end up tied in wins, the final tiebreaker is points per game vs 1st place team, which Maine wins 2-1.67
If Maine finishes with 39, the best they can do is 4th if PC gets 39 or below. If the Friars end up with 40 or more, then Maine finishes #5. I believe Maine wins every conceivable tiebreaker if both teams end up with 39, but I could be missing something.
If Maine loses both in regulation and ends on 38 then the Bears need PC to finish with <39 to finish 4th. 39 or better by the Friars drops Maine to #5. Again, I think Maine wins all possible tiebreakers at 38. That SOW against BC could be huge.
But just win twice and all this becomes irrelevant.
On the national scene, looking at Maine in a vacuum:
2 wins = 7th in Pairwise
1 win = 9th in Pairwise
0 wins = 10th in Pairwise
This does NOT account for any other teams around them, just the Black Bears. The wrong combination of (improbable) results could see Maine drop to 13th.
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Nope, cannot bring myself to rooting for the scarlet satans. They may win, but not with me behind them.
; )
tylerzx2002
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St. George lost to Kimball Union on Thursday, but saw Ryder Shea was also co-named USHR Goalie of the Year.
Shea finished the year with a 1.90 GAA and .938 SV%. He's going to be a stud.
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