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BU Season Thread II: The Resurgence

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Tater said:
True, but Merrimack was a .500 team coming into the weekend sitting at around 30 in both PWR and KRACH. Fairly average to a little below average ranking. BU made Merrimack look like a middle of the standings AHA team last weekend. It was some of the best hockey BU has played all season.
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Excellent. So let's keep the momentum going is all I'm saying. When you have a team that can go all the way (which, honestly, legacy program or no, doesn't happen ALL that often), you want them playing at the top of their game at this time of year. I'm just saying that because they have an NCAA bid locked up I hope they don't lose focus.

UNH is on fire and if we don't come out ready to play we may dig ourselves a hole we won't be able to get out of.
 
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chickod said:
My point being that we have played from behind a lot more that one would think for a 23-win team. It won't be as easy in the post-season. We need to get off to a better start. As I previously mentioned, no panic button. Just an observation... :)
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Mathematically speaking MC going into last weekend and UNH going into this weekend have a virtually identical RPI. And last week was in the post-season. And we got off to a great start.
 
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And I'm not being "negative" (because I know someone will say that). Tirone stood on his head and is playing out of his mind right now. When you get behind in that situation, sometimes you start squeezing the sticks and things don't come that easily. Our third period domination has been nice, but I'd prefer it if we would take care of business earlier than that.
 
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Agganis said:
Mathematically speaking MC going into last weekend and UNH going into this weekend have a virtually identical RPI. And last week was in the post-season. And we got off to a great start.
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Sorry, but forget the numbers (which are calculated over the ENTIRE season). You have got to be kidding if you are implying that UNH and Merrimack are even remotely comparable the way they are playing NOW.
 
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Terrier520 said:
Man, I did not see Providence falling so far thanks to their loss to UNH.
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If my viewing results and refreshing the PWR page is what I think it was, the Harvard win over Yale had something to do with this. The Friars didn't play either team so maybe something with common opponents?
 
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But, OK. I'm done until Friday (collective sigh of relief). Go Terriers! :D
 
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chickod said:
Sorry, but forget the numbers (which are calculated over the ENTIRE season). You have got to be kidding if you are implying that UNH and Merrimack are even remotely comparable the way they are playing NOW.
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Or 3 weekends ago in Durham. Merrimack advancing to the quarters seemed impossible.
 
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Tater said:
True, but Merrimack was a .500 team coming into the weekend sitting at around 30 in both PWR and KRACH. Fairly average to a little below average ranking. BU made Merrimack look like a middle of the standings AHA team last weekend. It was some of the best hockey BU has played all season.
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The second period of game two was one of the most dominant periods of hockey I've seen in a long time at any level. You could probably count on one hand the number of times Merrimack gained the zone with control. All of this, mind you, with BU playing only 5 D and rotating pairs constantly.

That said, all of that plus a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee this Friday. Have to continue the effort.
 
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chickod said:
Sorry, but forget the numbers (which are calculated over the ENTIRE season). You have got to be kidding if you are implying that UNH and Merrimack are even remotely comparable the way they are playing NOW.
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The same? No. But going into this past weekend which was the hotter goalie, the answer would absolutely be Tirronen. He played extraordinarily well against NU while Tirone coasted against a nonexistent UConn offense. Of course, UNH is playing excellent hockey right now and Tirone is going to be tough to beat. But it would be wrong to discount that Tirronen was playing extraordinarily well, and the MC penalty kill was equally as strong, and BU made both look silly over the weekend.

chickod said:
And I'm not being "negative" (because I know someone will say that). Tirone stood on his head and is playing out of his mind right now. When you get behind in that situation, sometimes you start squeezing the sticks and things don't come that easily. Our third period domination has been nice, but I'd prefer it if we would take care of business earlier than that.
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Same story as above, Tirronen started both games this weekend standing on his head and robbing BU offensive attempts blind. At no point did BU start pressing, taking bad shots, and losing control, or anything you described above. They continued their game plan, continued to attack as they were, and the pucks started going in. Have to continue the same approach Friday. Lest we forget we put 9 pucks past this guy over the weekend last month.
 
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Gotta love the fact that Quinn said going into the weekend that BU had play high-paced, not get sucked into slow down mode - and it worked to perfection. I'm not so sure the approach or execution would have been the same under the prior administration. I have to think that from a recruiting perspective, this is a very important positive development.
 
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defkit said:
Gotta love the fact that Quinn said going into the weekend that BU had play high-paced, not get sucked into slow down mode - and it worked to perfection. I'm not so sure the approach or execution would have been the same under the prior administration. I have to think that from a recruiting perspective, this is a very important positive development.
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Definitely agree with this! :)
 
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Let's not forget that during this streak UNH is on that people are so concerned about includes 4 games against UConn and 2 against Merrimack. Yes, you still have to win the games and of course, one was a win against BU, but I think the team learned an important lesson that game. If BU can't get past UNH with a HEA Championship and #1 seed at stake, then we don't have to worry about them going far in the NCAAs.
 
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UNH doesn't exactly have the best post season track record and their coach is still Dick Umile last time I checked. :eek:

Also, given how quickly Quinn has turned the program around, can we now all admit that a coaching change was long, long overdue? 'scuse me while I pat myself on the back now. ;)
 
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Tater said:
If BU can't get past UNH with a HEA Championship and #1 seed at stake, then we don't have to worry about them going far in the NCAAs.
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Nobody said we CAN'T. Just hoping that they are not looking past this weekend...

Rover said:
...given how quickly Quinn has turned the program around, can we now all admit that a coaching change was long, long overdue? 'scuse me while I pat myself on the back now. ;)
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Never disagreed about this... :)
 
chickod said:
Nobody said we CAN'T. Just hoping that they are not looking past this weekend
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I don't get the feeling this is a team that will be looking past this weekend. They may have been looking forward to playoffs as the regular season was winding down but the seem completely dialed in now.
 
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If MacLeod comes back, who sits at forward? I thought Baillargeon was flying on Saturday night and had a couple points Friday night. Can't see sitting him. I liked to see Piccinich getting some 2nd line time, given that he sat quite a few games earlier in the year. But I figure either he or Greer will sit. I would imagine Moran will play since he is an upperclassman and has played pretty well.
 
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defkit said:
If MacLeod comes back, who sits at forward? I thought Baillargeon was flying on Saturday night and had a couple points Friday night. Can't see sitting him. I liked to see Piccinich getting some 2nd line time, given that he sat quite a few games earlier in the year. But I figure either he or Greer will sit. I would imagine Moran will play since he is an upperclassman and has played pretty well.
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Based on playing time this past weekend, I have to think it's either Phelps or Greer who sits.
 
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smyler3 said:
Based on playing time this past weekend, I have to think it's either Phelps or Greer who sits.
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Totally forgot about Phelps. You're right, he didn't see much ice time. I would imagine he is more likley to sit than Greer. Although Greer makes me nervous as far as taking inopportune penalties.
 
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If it's a close game, I don't see the 4th line seeing much ice time in the 3rd period. Any word on MacLeod?
 
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