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University of Maine 2024–2025: Freel-ing good

BlackBearFan19 said:
Newark airport is about the same distance from Allentown. Probably doesn’t change much as they’re both over an hour but gives people more options.
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Having driven around that region for a lot for years, I'd take the flight to Philly and drive up from there, as opposed to getting out of Newark, which is a parking lot half the time. The flight to either one might be pretty much the same price..?

But, yeah, it has a lot to do with time of day, and volume, and the unpredictable accidents. (Once, we barely avoided a 6-hour delay to even get off the 80/ The Parkway/ 78 interchange at high noon.)

If Maine is there, we can can head south on the Northeast Extension, and avoid too much of any of it before we even reach the Reading area, arriving in Allentown in about 4 hours.

But, being woodchucks, we leave from Podunk, NY, and not along the I-95 corridor, so there ya go.
 
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ticapnews said:
Yes. Just the suite (16 tickets)
Food and beverages extra. When I first did this in Tampa in 2016 it was $375/ticket (that included food).
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The Tampa deal sounds a bit more reasonable, especially if they fed you. ( Seafood, maybe?)

Just the same, I could never eat at any Maine Regional that I ever attended.

My guts churned too much to dine. I was a nervous wreck, even though Maine won every one of those games.

I'd like to think that I have a better grasp on Life writ-large here in my old age, but I'll probably consider donning a pair of Depends if we make it to Allentown.
 
ticapnews said:
Boston University wins the shootout to go to 40. The magic number for Maine (42) to clinch second is four. The Terriers have clinched no worse than third. Teams 4 through 8 are separated by three points.
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BU hasn't clinched third as of Thursday afternoon (before ML-Mass tonight). Lowell has 29 points and 4 games left. They can get to 41 and grab third ahead of BU if everything goes their way.
 
Jim F. said:
BU hasn't clinched third as of Thursday afternoon (before ML-Mass tonight). Lowell has 29 points and 4 games left. They can get to 41 and grab third ahead of BU if everything goes their way.
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I was just looking at 4th place and didn't check the others. Oops. Providence could also catch BU (and they play h2h next Thursday night. Merrimack could still tie BU but they would lose the tiebreaker. Hockey East is insanely close this season.
 
ticapnews said:
I was just looking at 4th place and didn't check the others. Oops. Providence could also catch BU (and they play h2h next Thursday night. Merrimack could still tie BU but they would lose the tiebreaker. Hockey East is insanely close this season.
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I ran the numbers as well I could.

Seems to me that sweeping VT should seal the deal, as far as the 2nd seed goes.

It's complicated. Guess that the bottom line is simply this: win, or at least get a point in every game.

Oughta work.
 
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Fishman'81 said:
I ran the numbers as well I could.

Seems to me that sweeping VT should seal the deal, as far as the 2nd seed goes.

It's complicated. Guess that the bottom line is simply this: win, or at least get a point in every game.

Oughta work.
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Maine got 4 points vs. BU. So, Maine wins the 2-way tiebreaker. BU can only get to 46 points. So, Maine clinches the second seed with 4 points in their last 4 games.
 
Lets hope the seniors lead the way to a strong weekend over Vermont. Love to see Breen play like he did the weekend he broke his leg.
 
grooverider said:
Vermont is not as bad as their record. Boys need to come out and slam the door tonight early
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I'll be having flashbacks to that Hockey East first round game from a couple years ago where Maine laid an egg at home.

Hopefully they don't mess around and take care of these cats early both nights.
 
AMC said:
If you opt in you can share up to $21M in athletic revenues with your athletes. It doesn't change NIL coming from outside the department. And, if you don't HAVE $21M in revenues, you can still opt in and share whatever you want. The downside with opting in is the roster limit, as Barr said.

North Dakota may be looking at their NIL operations vs. their revenues and figuring that the outside NIL will more than makeup for what the actual department can share. So why opt in and limit your rosters?

Maine may have a different calculation. I don't get the sense that there's any kind of NIL behemoth set up. If we can endow some of that Alfond money within the athletic department and produce $2-3M in revenues within the department per year to give directly to players, we may be better off opting in.

My sense that Maine is opting in comes from how the teams are talking about roster limits. Not just Barr on the podcast, but the baseball team releasing a ton of recruits from their commitments and all of those recruits saying things like "Due to new NCAA regulations I am no longer committed to UMaine and am reopening my commitment." The only regulation there would be a roster limit, and that only applies if Maine is opting in.
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My understanding is that the revenue share has two limits. 22% of the gate and $21M maximum on that. And there is a cross-cutting Title 9 requirement that men and women get the same.

Most teams are now carrying more than 26 on their rosters. So that is a reduction for those who opt in or who are already in. But there is no limit on the number of scholarships.

There is a new deal on NIL too. Can no longer be paid from the outside. It has to go through the institution. Which means, I am guessing, NIL may be subject to a cross-cutting Title 9 restriction too. But who knows?

Both inners and outers can still give Alston grants.

I hope that helps, but I also hope even more that it is right. ;)
 
Line up tonight:

Freel/Scott/Nadeau
Makar/Renwick/Russell
Fowler/Breen/Scholle
Carney/Komarov/Niemo

Brazeale/Charbrier
Holt/Djuresevic
Antonacci/Nobes

Boija in net

Arnott is the extra skater
Berzins and Stewart the back up goalies.

Notes: Lesakowski, Dalton, Pichette, Morse healthy scratches. Mitton and Califiore still injured.
 
Coach Barr three keys… keep your feet moving, finish your checks, get to the net. He thinks they should keep things simple.

My own key…. Looking at the conference stats Maine has a big edge for goal differential during 5-on-5. So stay out of the box and grind ‘em 5-on-5.
 
Fishman'81 said:
I ran the numbers as well I could.

Seems to me that sweeping VT should seal the deal, as far as the 2nd seed goes.

It's complicated. Guess that the bottom line is simply this: win, or at least get a point in every game.

Oughta work.
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I'm just assuming a second place finish in Hockey East and a playoff game two weeks from tomorrow against the 7-seed. Last change in the semis against the Terriers on Thursday and hope Boston College lays an egg in the final.

A championship game appearance should be enough to lock up the top seed in Allentown. Once the national tournament starts anything can happen.


ETA: are the students on break already? The balcony is only about 80% full.
 
Sparkee said:
Coach Barr three keys… keep your feet moving, finish your checks, get to the net. He thinks they should keep things simple.

My own key…. Looking at the conference stats Maine has a big edge for goal differential during 5-on-5. So stay out of the box and grind ‘em 5-on-5.
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My key to the game: score more goals than Vermont. Maine is undefeated when scoring more goals than the opponent.
 
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