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.

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.

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.