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Did Bentley get a bench warning for the repeated unmooring of the net. It seem to have happened quite a bit in the first two periods but it did not happen in the third.
 
DNAEagle said:
Did Bentley get a bench warning for the repeated unmooring of the net. It seem to have happened quite a bit in the first two periods but it did not happen in the third.
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Good question..I am guessing yes as the ref went over to talk with Bentley coach after the fifth or sixth episode. I did not see the post move behind Fowler at either end.
Ice looked crappy with pucks bouncing up & flipping over (Leonard shot at open net). Denver will be tough but Eagles played well today, just need to release shots quicker rather than winding up looking for torque. Defenders are falling into obvious shot lanes if given too much time to read.
 
I''m going to need some time to decompress from this one. :LOL:

This game was WAY different than what I was expecting even though I think any reasonable person knew this would be a tight one.

Two shocking things:
BC won 58% of faceoffs.
No changes up front from Greg Brown. I can't believe this when I saw the lineup card.

The ice conditions were horrific and pucks were bouncing around like a tennis ball. PA issues, goal pegs... etc. Terrible terrible venue that should never be awarded another regional.

I need to go back and watch things but I am pretty sure the play that led to the BC penalty that got Bentley on the board was very offside and missed by the linesman leading to the tripping and then Bentley's goal.

Normally I'd love to get the easiest path (duh) and Denver is scary af but I think this team needs to go through Denver to mentally get past the demons of last year.
 
despite the statements from brown and leonard that this team has been has been through these types of games, wins them and is comfortable in them. I felt like this was much of the same story that we've seen us end up on the losing end too many times. complete with the non-effective powerplay, leonard missing an open net, etc. etc.

kudos to fowler, it isn't to play where you don't see the puck at all and in these unplayable conditions.

for sunday, providence beat denver 38-18 on faceoffs, so maybe the puck will just sit there after its dropped?
 
DNAEagle said:
Did Bentley get a bench warning for the repeated unmooring of the net. It seem to have happened quite a bit in the first two periods but it did not happen in the third.
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They did long repairs to the holes/pegs that anchor the net on both ends. Evidently the pegs were not normal size according to the broadcast crew. Seems like the ice crew for that arena wasn’t prepared/competant. There isn’t an ice hockey team using that arena now, so ice there and crew must not be running like a well oiled machine. Evidently they fixed the issue. Did you not see how much time they were spending trying to chisel out and reset the pegs? Hauling buckets of water out and things.

It seemed like smallest amount of contact was knocking the net off.
 
I am going to make a comment that most will take as incredulous. Ryan Leonard as good as he is, has to at times not just take the puck to the net himself. There was an instance where he came from the side and went straight there but was rebuffed while Hagens was out in front all alone. A goal there and all the dramatics would not have been necessary later.
 
I saw what everyone else saw. I also saw the ref speak with the Bentley goalie after about the fifth unmooring and then go over to the Bentley bench and speak to the coach. That was the last time the net came off and curiously enough it did not come off at Fowler's end. Not saying that was what was happening but it was an old trick BU used to use sometimes. Agreed that the ice was bad but it was bad for both teams. Play somewhere else in the future.
 
Looks like BC/Denver is 7 pm Sunday night on ESPN2 as had been predicted here. I don't see myself going up there with a 7 pm gametime, terrible ice, and the high likelihood of Denver blasting this team into oblivion. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised by the result.

I still can't believe Greg Brown did not take the two weeks to rework the lines.
 
As a Manch resident, yesterday was embarrassing. PA volume, PA cutting out, PA announcer coordination with recordings and music, PA coordination with pep bands. All terrible. Ice and goal anchor conditions. Terrible. A friend remarked that the amount of visible yellow kick-board made it seem like they put the ice in Wednesday. The men's room queues were ridiculous. Nothing new for SNHUrena, I'm just getting old and impatient, but the bathrooms were also disgusting. Do y'all have a freaking mop? Jeez. The arena is showing its age, feels like a dump. Actually glad we are not on the future hosting schedule.

Our pre-game experience was also poor. The establishment was completely overwhelmed. One bartender, one waitress like they were expecting a typical Friday lunch. They were overwhelmed. The poor cook probably figured he'd be making a sandwich or two while concentrating on prep found himself with forty food orders. Fortunately we were in early and got out on time, but it was NOT a good experience. Nothing against the staff, they tried their best, were simply overwhelmed. Bad planning. Read the free local weekly paper people. Embarrassing.
 
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Darius said:
A friend remarked that the amount of visible yellow kick-board made it seem like they put the ice in Wednesday. The men's room queues were ridiculous. Nothing new for SNHUrena, I'm just getting old and impatient, but the bathroom were also disgusting. Do y'all have a freaking mop? Jeez. The arena is showing its age, feels like a dump. Actually glad we are not on the future hosting schedule.
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YES! This is another important point. It seems like there is an extra amount of yellow material on the kickplate that the ice surface needs to be over and it was not. As a result, you saw several perfectly flat bank passes from BC hit that and just kick up into the air especially on the penalty box side where there is no snow buildup whatsoever. I could visibly see it from my seat behind the net. Laughably bad.
 
Just thinking out loud, but if the Bentley goalie was dislodging the net, they likely would not have been repairing the area under the pegs repeatedly? Maybe it was both, but i think the problem got resolved. No matter, the entire venue was a disaster as indicated above. The only thing i haven't heard so far is that the toilets in the rest rooms didn't flush, but that wouldn't surprise me at this point.........
 
DNAEagle said:
I saw what everyone else saw. I also saw the ref speak with the Bentley goalie after about the fifth unmooring and then go over to the Bentley bench and speak to the coach. That was the last time the net came off and curiously enough it did not come off at Fowler's end. Not saying that was what was happening but it was an old trick BU used to use sometimes. Agreed that the ice was bad but it was bad for both teams. Play somewhere else in the future.
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The broadcasters were saying it was the pegs and how they weren’t anchored well. They even interviewed some ice crew guy in between periods. On the replay they showed once where the goalie did a side slide from post to post and when he planted his foot on other side net easily popped off. You see that move by goalies routinely in most games and not knocking the post off. The BU goalie Laroque used to back in under the crossbar lift it off. It didn’t appear this Bentley goalie was doing that. I’m pretty sure it was just an active goalie bumping net like any other game except crappy anchoring of the pegs.

Fowler didn’t see nearly as much action specifically across the crease with puck movement that the Bentley goalie saw. He’s a quiet goalie facing many fewer scenarios forcing him movement side-to-side. It likely got fixed with all the work they did on it as the game went on.
 
Carmine Scarpaglia said:
Looks like BC/Denver is 7 pm Sunday night on ESPN2 as had been predicted here. I don't see myself going up there with a 7 pm gametime, terrible ice, and the high likelihood of Denver blasting this team into oblivion. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised by the result.

I still can't believe Greg Brown did not take the two weeks to rework the lines.
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Brown is not the type of coach to win big games as a result. Some coaches with not as much talent get more out of their players because they pay attention to more adjustments and detail. He appears unemotional behind the bench generally. He is what he is and I don't see him changing his style much. Hopefully BC continues to recruit top talent to have a winning product on the ice. As far as Sunday, I am not very hopeful but will be pleasantly surprised if they do upset DU.
 
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Darius said:
As a Manch resident, yesterday was embarrassing. PA volume, PA cutting out, PA announcer coordination with recordings and music, PA coordination with pep bands. All terrible. Ice and goal anchor conditions. Terrible. A friend remarked that the amount of visible yellow kick-board made it seem like they put the ice in Wednesday. The men's room queues were ridiculous. Nothing new for SNHUrena, I'm just getting old and impatient, but the bathrooms were also disgusting. Do y'all have a freaking mop? Jeez. The arena is showing its age, feels like a dump. Actually glad we are not on the future hosting schedule.

Our pre-game experience was also poor. The establishment was completely overwhelmed. One bartender, one waitress like they were expecting a typical Friday lunch. They were overwhelmed. The poor cook probably figured he'd be making a sandwich or two while concentrating on prep found himself with forty food orders. Fortunately we were in early and got out on time, but it was NOT a good experience. Nothing against the staff, they tried their best, were simply overwhelmed. Bad planning. Read the free local weekly paper people. Embarrassing.
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I'd rather be at the Whittemore than be at Manchester rink even if it's a longer drive. SNHU is not a priority for renovation now that economic conditions are getting worse. Even the Tsongas is a better option than SNHU.
 
DNAEagle said:
I saw what everyone else saw. I also saw the ref speak with the Bentley goalie after about the fifth unmooring and then go over to the Bentley bench and speak to the coach. That was the last time the net came off and curiously enough it did not come off at Fowler's end. Not saying that was what was happening but it was an old trick BU used to use sometimes. Agreed that the ice was bad but it was bad for both teams. Play somewhere else in the future.
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NCAA issued a statement… https://x.com/MarkDivver/status/1905754047849893932
 
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