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  1. Jack Hanson

    BU Hockey '25-'26: Can we keep up the run to Vegas?

    Michael Hrabel looks like the sure winner from where I sit. He carried a team in last place and left for dead in January to second and still fighting for the NCAA’s. There is plenty of precedent for giving the award to a goalie. Leaman looks like the COY. We’ll see soon enough.
  2. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    Looking forward to this game rence. I was looking at Merrimack’s NCAA history and see they lost a hard fought game to the eventual champs in 2023. UMA has lost to the eventual champions the past two years. That’s three straight seasons an HEA team came up short in the regionals. Time to change...
  3. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    It was nothing fancy, but a very solid effort by the Minutemen. One of their best of the season, at least the best I've seen. They were moving out of their own end much more effectively. I don't know if NU didn't have the personnel for a strong forecheck or what. Maybe keeping the two 'C's...
  4. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    Would you like some cheese with your whine? Beat Army last fall, UMA is still in play. Ditto second Omaha game. Or the second Cornell game. And probably half a dozen other games. PWR doesn’t give you what you want. Nor does KRACH. So what the hell do YOU propose to fix this so-called...
  5. Jack Hanson

    UMass Lowell 2025-2026: Youth will be served

    I remember Dean Jenkins. He couldn’t crack the varsity until his junior year. He used his stick like a machine gun after scoring. His older brother Mark was even better. I think Mark went on to play for Union. Dean played with Paul Miller senior year. I was a classmate of Dean, freshman year...
  6. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    The one team I didn't want to see, for the 5th time, was Northeastern. I hate this matchup. The Minutemen don't many things well. They are 2nd worst in the conference in faceoffs, powerplays, and shots/game; third worst in goals/game. Alt;hough the Minutemen are the biggest team in...
  7. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    I never doubted them for a minute. Hours and hours maybe, but not for a minute. 😀 This is all on Hrabel who I absolutely had no faith in too. The rest of the team has looked mediocre. They are going to need the top two lines to start picking up the scoring load, tout suite. Hrabel is due for...
  8. Jack Hanson

    UMass Lowell 2025-2026: Youth will be served

    Ah, do you think he’ll stick around? It’s a strange path he’s taking. But then we’re living in strange times. I haven’t forgiven him for that hit on Mikey DeAngelo. Yes he got tossed and suspended one more, but Mikey missed more than that recovering. We won’t know until Wednesday but it’s...
  9. Jack Hanson

    UMass Lowell 2025-2026: Youth will be served

    One of those “freshman” is 23 and last year played in the AHL. He’d be pushing 26 if he stays 4 years. He’s probably gone in 2 weeks.
  10. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    For fun go to the CHN NPI optimizer and change exactly one result, the Army game. As Al Davis used to say, just win baby. The rest takes care of itself.
  11. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    It blows my mind that the Minutemen could finish second. They got to 20 wins so this season is already a success. And they owe it mostly to Hrabel after a seriously bad first half. They still suck at faceoffs and Murray should be a forward. He’s one of the better offensive players on a team...
  12. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    I don’t think it’s possible to come up with a completely fair rating system. Especially on the fringes. I certainly won’t shed any tears if/when they lose out on a bid. UMass blew it when they went 2-6 in November.
  13. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    No one enjoys that crap. While I'm in an old man "get off my lawn" mode, this doesn't go far enough. I've always hated the incessant, piped-in music that gets played the millisecond after a stoppage that continues until a millisecond after the next face-off. Every effing arena does it, it's...
  14. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    Something good came out of the light fiasco. Doesn’t help UConn though. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2026/03/02_Hockey-East-Shuts-Down-Goal.php
  15. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    It was unfortunate, to say the least. An explanation is called for and someone’s head should roll. Don’t hold your breath waiting for either though. You should be ticked off, I would be. But that said, it wasn’t a clean 2 on 1. More like a 2 on 2 if the play finished cleanly. The UConn...
  16. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    Five out of six points vs UConn is better than I expected. However they've dropped to 20 in the NPI. Playing around with the CHN optimizer I find that if that had beaten Army, they'd be at 15 and with a fighters chance at a bid. And if you add a sweep of Omaha instead of a split, they'd be...
  17. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    Yup. If they can remain in the top five then they have to win three games. Doable as long as someone else removes BC from the picture. As good as Providence is playing, they struggle against Carvel coached teams. The probability matrix gives them a 12% chance of winning HEA to sneak in.
  18. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    They were missing Musa, which didn’t help. If they get to 20 wins and stay in the top 20 NPI then considering where they started the New Year this season is a moderate success. If they can keep the band together then next year looks promising. Olvestad is the only player they lose to...
  19. Jack Hanson

    UMASS-NEWMASS 2025-2026

    Must sweep weekend vs UNH. It has happened in the past vs the Wildcats, but not very often. If it somehow happens, they have do it all over again next week vs UConn. And then the following week beat BC. The probability matrix over at CHN has the odds of an at-large at 6%. So, it doesn't feel...
  20. Jack Hanson

    UNH- How Far West Do We Go?

    Yes Makar won one regular season title. Lost in both HEA and NC finals his second and last season. I do remember him saying that the NHL was easier for him when he first arrived. Everyone was keying on him in the NCAA’s and he was just another player in the NHL. Of course that quickly changed...
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