#7 Vermont at #2 Univ.New Hampshire HE quarter final

[UVM Cat in Texas]

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Was surprised to see attendance listed in the box score as only 2,854. What's up with that?

 

[e.cat]

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I grew up in Durham (see my reminiscing posts above) and remember BU visits as being the wildest in the late 60s and early 70s; I remember Clarkson, Army, and UVM being a big deal in the outdoor Batchelder rink in the early 60s. Was not in the East from 1972 to 1981, so cannot say about those years, although as noted by Snively above, we had some great teams then, and a heart-breaking FF loss in 1977 that I watched on TV in Colorado.

I grew up in Lebanon, NH. UNH had a kid on the team from Hanover named Freddy Daley(did PG at Exeter) who I knew. Hanover was a big rival of mine in high school. Anyway, I'm not denying that BU was a rival(lopsided all-time series in BU's favor notwithstanding) and I also loved the Cornell, Clarkson, BC and Harvard games in the early 70's when I was at UNH. But I loved it when we hammered UVM.

By the way someone mentioned earlier the game at UNH which Vermont won on a Cap Raeder gaff, coming out of the net and leaving it wide open. The kid who scored that goal for UVM was the late Randy Koch who was later my oldest sons coach. Any good UVM fan worth his salt remembers that game with great delight and won't hesitate to remind a UNH fan of it.

 

[e.cat]

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Was surprised to see attendance listed in the box score as only 2,854. What's up with that?

The kids just went on spring break but I was surprised at the attendance as well. I bet there will be more people at tonight's game.

 

[pgv]

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The kids just went on spring break but I was surprised at the attendance as well. I bet there will be more people at tonight's game.

BC also drew only 2800 last night....FWIW, the deciding game last March at the Whitt only drew 2,500 But I agree tonight will be better

 

[C-H-C]

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BC also drew only 2800 last night....FWIW, the deciding game last March at the Whitt only drew 2,500 But I agree tonight will be better

The weather outside the Whitt for Game 3 last March was miserable - blowing, horizontal rain. A thoroughly crappy day all around. At least the weather will be better today.

 

[pgv]

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The weather outside the Whitt for Game 3 last March was miserable - blowing, horizontal rain. A thoroughly crappy day all around. At least the weather will be better today.

Yeah, I forgot about the weather last year...probably because I only had to drive 10 minutes

 

[e.cat]

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BC also drew only 2800 last night....FWIW, the deciding game last March at the Whitt only drew 2,500 But I agree tonight will be better

I'll be there tonight. Hope we blow 'em out but I'll be satisfied with a win anyway we can get it

 

[C-H-C]

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I grew up in Lebanon, NH. UNH had a kid on the team from Hanover named Freddy Daley(did PG at Exeter) who I knew. Hanover was a big rival of mine in high school.

I'll be there tonight. Hope we blow 'em out but I'll be satisfied with a win anyway we can get it

Hey e.cat - I grew up in Lebanon back in that era as well. Maybe we'll bump into each other tonight.

 

[Cat lover]

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2800+ is pretty bad, hell we had 3500+ last weekend for meaningless games versus UML and the student were gone.

I watched the game on the computer and as most have said Vermont had the better of it in the first and UNH in the second and fairly even in the third.
The replay on the non-call before UNH's first goal didnt show the hit on Bruniteau well enough to say if it was a terrible call but the refs could have least stopped
the play when the puck left the zone with a player down which might be part of the VT complaint.

It all came down again to the fact that Vermont this year is terrbile at specail teams, Vermont 0-5 and UNH 1-1. In the 2 games at UNH this year Vermont is 0-6 and UNH 4-8.

If Vermont had maybe 2 more snipers that could score they would be a much better.....oh yea ooooops I mean still had.

Cant complain about the effort last night and losing game one puts UNH right were we want them......I hope.

 

[e.cat]

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Hey e.cat - I grew up in Lebanon back in that era as well. Maybe we'll bump into each other tonight.

no way. where are you sitting? i'll stop by before the game or between periods.

 

[Darius]

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Was surprised to see attendance listed in the box score as only 2,854. What's up with that?

Speaking with several season ticket holders, things were different this year. Many found out that they did not have tickets for the playoffs as they did in prior years. Some were able to buy their seats last week, others had to buy other seats for last night's game. I suspect others decided tot to attend.

 

[C-H-C]

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no way. where are you sitting? i'll stop by before the game or between periods.

Check out your "reputation" under the "settings" menu.

 

[e.cat]

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Okay. I'll stop by at some point and we can chat. Thanks C-H-C

 

[bcfan131]

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BC also drew only 2800 last night....FWIW, the deciding game last March at the Whitt only drew 2,500 But I agree tonight will be better

We had this discussion last year as well. The Hockey East Quarters always have terrible attendance just about everywhere. Not sure what it is. Even the BU-BC quarterfinal games in 2004 were barely more than half full at Conte Forum...and BU-BC ALWAYS sells out. I'm sure the spring break thing has something to do with it, but it's not the whole story. Students at BC weren't on break last year and we only averaged around 3000 or 4000 for both quarterfinal games (and the student sections were full). This year we've set hockey attendance records at Conte Forum and we only drew 2800. By comparison, our game vs. UMass in early February drew 6800, which was our lowest attended regular season game in 2011.

 

[sterlippo1]

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BC also drew only 2800 last night....FWIW, the deciding game last March at the Whitt only drew 2,500 But I agree tonight will be better

don't fret, no one draws well for these, ever.......i guess except Mack this year with the smaller building and the newness of hosting..............

 

[ClOuD 9]

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Hopefully a better performance tomorrow night. And hopefully a better crowd. At 2,800 and change, that might be the smallest crowd ever since the Whit opened. I can check that but don't have the time tonight.

The worst I could remember was a US Under-18 exhibition a number of years back ('04-'05) but looking it up that drew 3,775 and even the blizzard Maine game of '07 drew 3,615 (that was a truly strange event). Looks like last years Game 3 on a Sunday might be the winner (2,531).

 

[Greg Ambrose]

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First to comment on tonight's game I guess. First off, you have to give some props to UVM which continued to battle in the late stages despite being down by two goals. They cut the lead to one, then pull the goalie. UNH calls time out and I am sure the message was, whatever you do, don't let them get behind you. The play begins and what happens? All of a sudden it is a partial breakaway, with a winger closing for a 2-on-1 at worst. Thank god for DiGi. Saved our bacon again.

The only positive I can take away from this series is that we won, and despite some long lapses of discipline. Tonight we got two big goals from the first line, especially Thompson's. Let's take that to the bank, build on it, and make some noise next Friday.

 

[Cat lover]

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First to comment on tonight's game I guess. First off, you have to give some props to UVM which continued to battle in the late stages despite being down by two goals. They cut the lead to one, then pull the goalie. UNH calls time out and I am sure the message was, whatever you do, don't let them get behind you. The play begins and what happens? All of a sudden it is a partial breakaway, with a winger closing for a 2-on-1 at worst. Thank god for DiGi. Saved our bacon again.

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I agree, as a Vermont fan I thought the timeout was a little bizarre as Vermont had none so why give them any chance to collect themselves and try to come up with
a play. I am sure Umile told them just the same thing you said and then when the Vermont D Mackenzie had the puck deep in the Vermont zone UNH has 5 guys to find
2 forwards and well just getting that chance was more than we thought we were going to get after Millers penalty.

Thought the UNH's guy mimicing the Vermont players "Captain Morgan pose" on the winning goal was a little classless, come on it was the guys first goal its not like he
was taunting the crowd or bench. Maybe more attention to the other teams players before goals instead of after would help.

All in all I was very pleased with how Vermont played this weekend, difference was that UNH had a first line that was a threat each time out. While Vermont had as many
if not more prime scoring chances they just dont have the same ability to finish.

Good luck UNH & Merrimack.....somebody please beat BC

 

[thecomicbookguy]

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The only positive I can take away from this series is that we won, and despite some long lapses of discipline. Tonight we got two big goals from the first line, especially Thompson's. Let's take that to the bank, build on it, and make some noise next Friday.

Not sure where you sit, so it might have been difficult to see, but the sequence leading up to the Sislo game-winner was just a great effort by him. He fought to get to the UVM player trying to clear the zone, broke up th eplay, stole the puck, got it down low to his linemates, then fought his way into the slot to net the rebound. I'm not sure we've seen that effort from that line in a few weeks; it looked like it would be the typical, "UNH loses the puck and meekly backchecks as the other team clears it on them". Instead, it was more like what we saw earlier in the season; the team needed a big play, and worked their butts off to get it.

Thought the UNH's guy mimicing the Vermont players "Captain Morgan pose" on the winning goal was a little classless, come on it was the guys first goal its not like he
was taunting the crowd or bench.

Maybe it was just a coincedence? Maybe Sislo wasn't "taunting the crowd or the bench", and was just excited to have given UNH the lead. Or, maybe he was a tad frustrated at hearing the UVM band in his building, and seeing the UVM mascot on his ice. And, perhaps he, nor any of his teammates, are sitting there thinking, "It's his first goal, I'm sure he's not trying to taunt us, or show us up, even though it does tie the game at 3, with just over 3:30 left, after we had a 2-goal lead. I won't return the gesture if I score on this very next shift with a hard-fought effort to keep the play alive and then score. I doubt the crowd would even cheer, out of respect for that guy."

 

[Greg Ambrose]

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Not sure where you sit, so it might have been difficult to see, but the sequence leading up to the Sislo game-winner was just a great effort by him. He fought to get to the UVM player trying to clear the zone, broke up th eplay, stole the puck, got it down low to his linemates, then fought his way into the slot to net the rebound. I'm not sure we've seen that effort from that line in a few weeks; it looked like it would be the typical, "UNH loses the puck and meekly backchecks as the other team clears it on them". Instead, it was more like what we saw earlier in the season; the team needed a big play, and worked their butts off to get it.


Maybe it was just a coincedence? Maybe Sislo wasn't "taunting the crowd or the bench", and was just excited to have given UNH the lead. Or, maybe he was a tad frustrated at hearing the UVM band in his building, and seeing the UVM mascot on his ice. And, perhaps he, nor any of his teammates, are sitting there thinking, "It's his first goal, I'm sure he's not trying to taunt us, or show us up, even though it does tie the game at 3, with just over 3:30 left, after we had a 2-goal lead. I won't return the gesture if I score on this very next shift with a hard-fought effort to keep the play alive and then score. I doubt the crowd would even cheer, out of respect for that guy."

I sit down the other end on the blue line opposite the UNH bench. Sometimes it is hard to see the intricacies of a play developing down the other end, although we have a pretty good view at our end of the ice. Both of the first line goals were very encouraging since, as you alluded, we haven't been seeing much from the first line in the last few weeks. Honestly, I thought Sislo's recent play has been indifferent, too bent on shooting rather than passing, too indifferent on the defensive side of the puck. He picked a great time to make a great play. Like I said, I hope he and his linemates build on that to have a great run at the Garden and beyond.

As far as Sislo taunting the UVM bench. Please! He's the team captain, down to the last three plus minutes of his last game at the Whit. A game that they thought they had well in hand has been tied up. UVM was chirping all night (we could see that down at our end) and, as noted they had brought their pep band and mascot (more on that below). To top it off, Sislo had been a scoring drought. He makes a great play and scores the tie breaking goal against a guy who stoned UNH quite a bit over the past two years. Pent up frustration on a lot of counts just boils over. Why shouldn't he be excited?

As for the band and mascot, my questions is why this is allowed? Has UNH ever brought their band to an away game? Can't remember. And their mascot(s)? Can't remember that either. My guess is that since it's the playoffs, the league allows it. As we know, Hockey East controls everything (the reason that there is no 50/50 sales), so it wouldn't surprise me if UNH had no say in the matter. Don't like it though.