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UMass Lowell 2025-2026: Youth will be served

After tomorrow, the upcoming schedule is absolutely brutal. BC x 2, Maine, Minnesota State, St. Cloud/Yale, UConn x 2, BU x 2, Maine x 2, UMass x 3.
 
Bad: This is the 5th time Lowell has been shutout in back-to-back games.
Worse: The previous 4 times were among the 14 worst seasons in program history.

1991-92 (11-19-4 - 12th worst in program history)
2005-06 (14-20-2 - 14th worst in program history)
2010-11 (5-25-4 - worst in program history)
2023-24 (8-24-4 - 3rd worst in program history)
 
ScottK said:
Bad: This is the 5th time Lowell has been shutout in back-to-back games.
Worse: The previous 4 times were among the 14 worst seasons in program history.

1991-92 (11-19-4 - 12th worst in program history)
2005-06 (14-20-2 - 14th worst in program history)
2010-11 (5-25-4 - worst in program history)
2023-24 (8-24-4 - 3rd worst in program history)
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Seeing that upcoming schedule doesn't give me much faith that this team isn't going to add to the "worst seasons" in program history.
 
I've said it repeatedly for years that I wasn't thrilled that we didn't change our recruiting strategy once we got our name on the national stage. Providence immediately changed theirs, as did UMass. We continued with what we had been doing. We've been surpassed because of it.
 
gambo5 said:
How they finish.
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That wasn't what you said. You said they haven't been competitive in a "few seasons", and I pointed out that they were more than competitive for the 1st half of last season (before the injury bug hit them hard).
 
ScottK said:
That wasn't what you said. You said they haven't been competitive in a "few seasons", and I pointed out that they were more than competitive for the 1st half of last season (before the injury bug hit them hard).
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Who else other than Mirko and Nemec got hurt after the break? Mirko missed a couple games and Nemec missed a month. They’re both very good players but if a season derails because those two miss a handful of games, is it fair to say the roster wasn’t strong on the whole and perhaps they overachieved in the first half? Last years second half was a monumental collapse in my opinion. We saw a similar collapse in the second half of the 2018/2019 season. This program has been treading water for a while now and while I’m aware of what this program was before Norm, fans have the right to be restless at this point.
 
FiveLetterBird said:
Who else other than Mirko and Nemec got hurt after the break? Mirko missed a couple games and Nemec missed a month. They’re both very good players but if a season derails because those two miss a handful of games, is it fair to say the roster wasn’t strong on the whole and perhaps they overachieved in the first half? Last years second half was a monumental collapse in my opinion. We saw a similar collapse in the second half of the 2018/2019 season. This program has been treading water for a while now and while I’m aware of what this program was before Norm, fans have the right to be restless at this point.
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On the money you get some people need to take off the blinders
 
FiveLetterBird said:
Who else other than Mirko and Nemec got hurt after the break? Mirko missed a couple games and Nemec missed a month. They’re both very good players but if a season derails because those two miss a handful of games, is it fair to say the roster wasn’t strong on the whole and perhaps they overachieved in the first half? Last years second half was a monumental collapse in my opinion. We saw a similar collapse in the second half of the 2018/2019 season. This program has been treading water for a while now and while I’m aware of what this program was before Norm, fans have the right to be restless at this point.
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Mirko missed 4 games with a concussion (and did not play much in his 1st game back), and Nemec missed 10. As for who else was out? Welsch was hurt. Halasz played 7 games in a row from late January into much of February (Maine, PC x2, BC, Merrimack, Vermont, UConn) and after the first few did not do well. Welsch carried them in the first half, but when he was hurt, Halasz was clearly not capable of carrying this team for a month with no rest, especially with offense at a premium since 2 of your top scorers were also out.

Through Palm Springs:
Welsch 9-2-1 2.50/.892
Halasz 3-2-1 2.14/.922

After Palm Springs:
Welsch 2-6-0 3.01/.900
Halasz 2-6-2 2.85/.902
 
I think it's more like the team carried Welsch in the first half. Injured or not, Henry did not deserve much ice time in the 2nd half with an .892 save %. I didn't know he was hurt. I assumed he was not playing due to performance.
 
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