Re: #5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
and D and goalies win in the playoffs
and D and goalies win in the playoffs
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#5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
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Re: #5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
and thats my mistype haha hard to have 6 games with one team in 2 years in one place haha
and thats my mistype haha hard to have 6 games with one team in 2 years in one place haha
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Re: #5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
you do realize that merrimack hadn't lost two games in a row all season until the sweep at maine... anything is possible... either team could sweep, it could go to overtime in game three... i wouldn't be surprised in the least...
and don't give me the SDC was out of the lineup BS... if merrimack's fortune depends so much on one player than they are by no means the team you think they are... the fact is, without SDC they went toe to toe with unh and took care of business... they also got their heads handed to them by maine... make no mistake, merrimack is a very good team, but the difference in this series wont come down to simply home ice, or the play of SDC or Nyquist... it is going to come down to effort and discipline...
these teams are a lot closer in terms of overall talent than one would think... take UAH, Niagara, Harvard, Army, and RIT off of MC's schedule and replace them with NoDak, Michigan State, and Miami and Merrimack's record might look much like Maine's
lastly, read back... cannata and sullivan are ranked 23rd and 24th nationally in goaltending... i would personally take cannata, but it's again, closer than you think...
you do realize that merrimack hadn't lost two games in a row all season until the sweep at maine... anything is possible... either team could sweep, it could go to overtime in game three... i wouldn't be surprised in the least...
and don't give me the SDC was out of the lineup BS... if merrimack's fortune depends so much on one player than they are by no means the team you think they are... the fact is, without SDC they went toe to toe with unh and took care of business... they also got their heads handed to them by maine... make no mistake, merrimack is a very good team, but the difference in this series wont come down to simply home ice, or the play of SDC or Nyquist... it is going to come down to effort and discipline...
these teams are a lot closer in terms of overall talent than one would think... take UAH, Niagara, Harvard, Army, and RIT off of MC's schedule and replace them with NoDak, Michigan State, and Miami and Merrimack's record might look much like Maine's
lastly, read back... cannata and sullivan are ranked 23rd and 24th nationally in goaltending... i would personally take cannata, but it's again, closer than you think...
Erix_The_Red
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Re: #5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
Is this true? If so, dick move, dude.
Is this true? If so, dick move, dude.
walrus
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Re: #5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
It is? If this series goes 3 games its going to happen before your eyes
It is? If this series goes 3 games its going to happen before your eyes
Gusforhobey
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they should because they'll be playing it all night. But then again superman is back for MC so maine should forfeit. He's that good.
"......Athletic Director has taken the liberty of hiring the Dayton University Pep Band for the weekend playoff games against Maine."
I really hope they learned how to play the Stein Song !!
they should because they'll be playing it all night. But then again superman is back for MC so maine should forfeit. He's that good.
WarriorHockey11
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wow what a game that was just wild my heart is still racing...... thought the refs were just brutal in this one, maine was assaulting da costa all night and nothing called yet they call 2 penalties on da costa, plus a brutal crosscheck by a maine player with at the end, he injures the merrimack player with it and they call embellishment??? how do you call embellishment when the player is actually injured?? just beyond me i guess... anyways the bigos call was certainly the right call i dont know what the hell he was doing but it was just plain stupid and we were lucky to escape down just 1-0. The madsen sheen flannigan line just flat out dominated and was the difference in the game. elliot sheen, winning!
wow what a game that was just wild my heart is still racing...... thought the refs were just brutal in this one, maine was assaulting da costa all night and nothing called yet they call 2 penalties on da costa, plus a brutal crosscheck by a maine player with at the end, he injures the merrimack player with it and they call embellishment??? how do you call embellishment when the player is actually injured?? just beyond me i guess... anyways the bigos call was certainly the right call i dont know what the hell he was doing but it was just plain stupid and we were lucky to escape down just 1-0. The madsen sheen flannigan line just flat out dominated and was the difference in the game. elliot sheen, winning!
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carltonbarrett
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If Maine had just average goaltending, they'd probably have 3-4 more wins and would be a lock for the NCAA's.
If Maine had just average goaltending, they'd probably have 3-4 more wins and would be a lock for the NCAA's.
Carmine Scarpaglia
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So how many goals did Maine win by tonight?
So how many goals did Maine win by tonight?
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Refs were fair, nothing called on Merrimack was garbage. Bigos is a goon. You're the most penalized team in college hockey, in fact I think you came in under your average for the season so get over it.
On to the game, Maine's ability to pizz away games should not surprise, but it does. Biggest goal of the night, IMHO, was the one that made it 2-2. Nemec giving up that puck was one of the worst blunders I've ever seen. I have no idea how the 4th goal got into the net. I thought Sirman was in net for a second. The goalies on this team can't hold the post. Willie gave up the same goal in the same spot in the Hockey East final last year. Doesn't make sense.
Throw in a shorty and it's the quintesential Whitehead era loss. Giving away leads, giving up shorthanded goals and losing to teams that just, eh. There really wasn't anybody for Merrimack that stood out, impressed me that much.
For Maine, Nemec and Cornell stunk up the joint. One of them should be out tomorrow, if not both. Van Dyk appeared much improved from the last time I saw him. Dee, Abbott and Beattie played as well as I've seen them. Gus was Gus, Joey was Joey and O'Neill kind of sucked while I'm thinking about it.
There's no reason Maine can't beat that team, but they probably won't.
Refs were fair, nothing called on Merrimack was garbage. Bigos is a goon. You're the most penalized team in college hockey, in fact I think you came in under your average for the season so get over it.
On to the game, Maine's ability to pizz away games should not surprise, but it does. Biggest goal of the night, IMHO, was the one that made it 2-2. Nemec giving up that puck was one of the worst blunders I've ever seen. I have no idea how the 4th goal got into the net. I thought Sirman was in net for a second. The goalies on this team can't hold the post. Willie gave up the same goal in the same spot in the Hockey East final last year. Doesn't make sense.
Throw in a shorty and it's the quintesential Whitehead era loss. Giving away leads, giving up shorthanded goals and losing to teams that just, eh. There really wasn't anybody for Merrimack that stood out, impressed me that much.
For Maine, Nemec and Cornell stunk up the joint. One of them should be out tomorrow, if not both. Van Dyk appeared much improved from the last time I saw him. Dee, Abbott and Beattie played as well as I've seen them. Gus was Gus, Joey was Joey and O'Neill kind of sucked while I'm thinking about it.
There's no reason Maine can't beat that team, but they probably won't.
WarriorHockey11
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the aptly named "know it all"... i will just ignore the personal insults and and attack on my knowledge of the sport of hockey from someone on a message board claiming to know me.... all that aside i completely agree with your points on bigos i dont deny it at all i thought he shoulda been tossed on the major penalty and id rather not see him on the ice tomorrow night. He honestly kills this team time and time again with stupid penalties and embarasses them with his goonery and cheap hits.
on to the actual game, your just watching the puck if you claim you didnt see all the shots taken on da costa throughout that game, it was a bit much and da costa certainly got frustrated and took what i again agree was a legitimate penalty and it was stupid, but that doesnt change that he was repeatedly crosschecked just before it right in front of the ref and had been targetted for assault behind the play all game.
Overall i thought it was an extremely even game, i only thought the reffing was brutal in the 3rd period so i will amend my previous statement a bit. I just wont agree with you that there is embellishment when a player is actually injured, and never will.
in the end its a win for merrimack i believe 5 goals to 4 means that, if my minuscule knowledge of the sport of hockey is correct 5 goals beats 4 but i could be wrong. maybe you can share some of your hockey wisdom as i clearly know nothing of the sport.
the aptly named "know it all"... i will just ignore the personal insults and and attack on my knowledge of the sport of hockey from someone on a message board claiming to know me.... all that aside i completely agree with your points on bigos i dont deny it at all i thought he shoulda been tossed on the major penalty and id rather not see him on the ice tomorrow night. He honestly kills this team time and time again with stupid penalties and embarasses them with his goonery and cheap hits.
on to the actual game, your just watching the puck if you claim you didnt see all the shots taken on da costa throughout that game, it was a bit much and da costa certainly got frustrated and took what i again agree was a legitimate penalty and it was stupid, but that doesnt change that he was repeatedly crosschecked just before it right in front of the ref and had been targetted for assault behind the play all game.
Overall i thought it was an extremely even game, i only thought the reffing was brutal in the 3rd period so i will amend my previous statement a bit. I just wont agree with you that there is embellishment when a player is actually injured, and never will.
in the end its a win for merrimack i believe 5 goals to 4 means that, if my minuscule knowledge of the sport of hockey is correct 5 goals beats 4 but i could be wrong. maybe you can share some of your hockey wisdom as i clearly know nothing of the sport.
Re: #5 Maine vs #4Merrimack HEA quarterfinals
Hockey is a *** for tat sport. Are we forgetting Nyquist getting run late in the 2nd game at Orono? Team's play by the unwritten rule that if you take cheap shots at our gifted scorer, they'll take cheap shots at yours. Can't drop the gloves at this level, so you see a lot more of those extracurriculars.
If Da Costa is the real deal, he's going to see more of that at this, or any level of play. He's a threat, and consequentially, he wears the same X on his back that Nyquist, Atkinson and other unique scorers have.
Hockey is a *** for tat sport. Are we forgetting Nyquist getting run late in the 2nd game at Orono? Team's play by the unwritten rule that if you take cheap shots at our gifted scorer, they'll take cheap shots at yours. Can't drop the gloves at this level, so you see a lot more of those extracurriculars.
If Da Costa is the real deal, he's going to see more of that at this, or any level of play. He's a threat, and consequentially, he wears the same X on his back that Nyquist, Atkinson and other unique scorers have.
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Patman
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I can't believe that's true... i mean, facebook says it is... I'm sure if I dug around more.... seriously though... everything has just gone weird lately
I can't believe that's true... i mean, facebook says it is... I'm sure if I dug around more.... seriously though... everything has just gone weird lately
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They mentioned it on the Merrimack video webcast. If MikeM says it's true . . .
They mentioned it on the Merrimack video webcast. If MikeM says it's true . . .
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I don't know if the actual Knowitall posted something or you're responding to my post, but here goes: Merrimack averages 20 PIMs a night and got 15 last night. So all in all a good night for the them right? Not to mention the fact that Mack was 6-15 and Maine was 5-10 last night in PIMs...so the only difference was the Bigos major. Speaking for myself, I never claimed I didn't see Da Costa get hit. What I didn't see was anything worse or different that what I see every star player in this league deal with, and certainly nothing that merited whistles and PIMs. I've seen a lot of Hockey East games and I've seen a lot of Hockey East games that were much more poorly officiated that that one.
In simplier terms, if you're a Merrimack fan and you have a problem with the refs Friday night, get over it.
I don't know if the actual Knowitall posted something or you're responding to my post, but here goes: Merrimack averages 20 PIMs a night and got 15 last night. So all in all a good night for the them right? Not to mention the fact that Mack was 6-15 and Maine was 5-10 last night in PIMs...so the only difference was the Bigos major. Speaking for myself, I never claimed I didn't see Da Costa get hit. What I didn't see was anything worse or different that what I see every star player in this league deal with, and certainly nothing that merited whistles and PIMs. I've seen a lot of Hockey East games and I've seen a lot of Hockey East games that were much more poorly officiated that that one.
In simplier terms, if you're a Merrimack fan and you have a problem with the refs Friday night, get over it.
WarriorHockey11
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the way this embellishment thing is going one of these times they are gunna call it on a guy getting stretchered off the ice, he'll have to be brought to the box for 2 before he heads to the hospital. The fourth one of those ive seen in about 4 or 5 weeks and its really gotten quite silly, and 2 or 3 of them went in merrimacks favor. Just a dumb thing to be calling unless its an obvious thing and in most cases should not be called when a legitimate penalty took place and is being called always find it weird when they call tripping and embellishment, like come on he got tripped you said so yourself. But now were puttin injured players in the box for being hurt.
like i said i amended my statement to say i felt the third period was poorly reffed i thought the 1st and second were actually very well reffed.
As for the hockey i expect another nail biter tomorrow, maine is such a better team than their record or standing would lead one to believe. Nyquist is just plain terrifying. Hopefully Bigos wont even be in the lineup tomorrow, everytime hes on the ice all i think about is either hes gunna get burnt or hes gunna take a stupid penalty and embarass the team, hurt the team, or both as he seems to do so often now. Hes a skilled player but enough is enough.
the way this embellishment thing is going one of these times they are gunna call it on a guy getting stretchered off the ice, he'll have to be brought to the box for 2 before he heads to the hospital. The fourth one of those ive seen in about 4 or 5 weeks and its really gotten quite silly, and 2 or 3 of them went in merrimacks favor. Just a dumb thing to be calling unless its an obvious thing and in most cases should not be called when a legitimate penalty took place and is being called always find it weird when they call tripping and embellishment, like come on he got tripped you said so yourself. But now were puttin injured players in the box for being hurt.
like i said i amended my statement to say i felt the third period was poorly reffed i thought the 1st and second were actually very well reffed.
As for the hockey i expect another nail biter tomorrow, maine is such a better team than their record or standing would lead one to believe. Nyquist is just plain terrifying. Hopefully Bigos wont even be in the lineup tomorrow, everytime hes on the ice all i think about is either hes gunna get burnt or hes gunna take a stupid penalty and embarass the team, hurt the team, or both as he seems to do so often now. Hes a skilled player but enough is enough.
Warriors15
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At the game tonight. Anyone who thinks Maine didn't have the ref advantage just wasn't watching the same game as me. Obviously they did. Obviously not going to blame the refs seeing that Merrimack won, but it makes their win even more impressive considering they were playing against the refs as well as Maine. Everytime you thought Merrimack was going to get a power play, it ended up being matching penalties. It was ridiculous.
At the game tonight. Anyone who thinks Maine didn't have the ref advantage just wasn't watching the same game as me. Obviously they did. Obviously not going to blame the refs seeing that Merrimack won, but it makes their win even more impressive considering they were playing against the refs as well as Maine. Everytime you thought Merrimack was going to get a power play, it ended up being matching penalties. It was ridiculous.