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Colgate 2023-24

Thanks, Barb! I leave in the morning and will overnight near Dartmouth. Just taking backroads for the most part. Then both nights in Orono near the University. P.S. - I sent you two emails last weekend when on the road to, and in, Lake Placid. It sounds like you didn’t get them. Dang!

Where are you sitting? Looks like both games are going to be a sell out.
 
Section N. Row 8. Seat 12.
Lovely Maine fans on both sides of me.
Carter Gylander led the team onto the ice for tonight’s pre-game warm-up.
Albin Boija Maine’s starting goalie.
Colgate penalty. Killed.
Beautiful Maine score by Bradly Nadeau.
Maine penalty. Killed.

Maine 10, Colgate 4, SOG after one.
Maine 1, Colgate 0, score after one.

Colgate came out strong, but Maine got a wraparound goal by Harrison Scott.
51 seconds left in the period, Maine won the faceoff and scored their third goal (by Brian Hopkins).

Maine 28, Colgate 19, SOG after two.
Maine 3, Colgate 0, score after two.

Maine penalty. Colgate emptied the net. And Ryan McGuire scored a PPG.

Colgate penalty. Then matching Roughing penalties. Killed. Colgate emptied the net.

Maine 3, Colgate 1, final score.
Got to chitchatting with Maine fans at the end of the game, so didn’t get final SOG. We came back, but they still led that category. The third period got very chippy, which wasn’t great to see.

Apparently the ‘Gate team will bus back to Hamilton, N.Y., tomorrow night after the game (in hopes of beating the forecasted incoming snow). I will leave early Sunday morning.

My take-away is that Maine’s third- year coach, Ben Barr, has been a main reason for their turnaround. The other is two freshmen brothers from New Brunswick, Bradly & Josh Nadeau, who chose Maine so their family could watch them (only 2.5 hours from home). They are wickedly talented.
 
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I think I saw you with your Colgate hat over in that section. Quiet crowd for Maine standards with no students but I thought Colgates best effort was the beginning of the second they came out on fire. They also stifled the first line. Let's see what happens tomorrow, nice seeing visiting fans in Orono I know it's a trek
 
My take on your Colgate team, they play hard and are a lunch pale scrappy bunch....goaltender was your mvp last night as he kept your team in the game with quality saves.....he looks to be a type that could steal a close game on any given might...kudos to him...I look for Maine to come out hard tonight and push there speed all night long,they could very well wear Colgate down by the 3rd period.
 
Section N. Row 8. Seat 12.
Lovely Maine fans on both sides of me.
Carter Gylander led the team onto the ice for tonight’s pre-game warm-up.
Albin Boija Maine’s starting goalie.
Colgate penalty. Killed.
Beautiful Maine score by Bradly Nadeau.
Maine penalty. Killed.

Maine 10, Colgate 4, SOG after one.
Maine 1, Colgate 0, score after one.

Colgate came out strong, but Maine got a wraparound goal by Harrison Scott.
51 seconds left in the period, Maine won the faceoff and scored their third goal (by Brian Hopkins).

Maine 28, Colgate 19, SOG after two.
Maine 3, Colgate 0, score after two.

Maine penalty. Colgate emptied the net. And Ryan McGuire scored a PPG.

Colgate penalty. Then matching Roughing penalties. Killed. Colgate emptied the net.

Maine 3, Colgate 1, final score.
Got to chitchatting with Maine fans at the end of the game, so didn’t get final SOG. We came back, but they still led that category. The third period got very chippy, which wasn’t great to see.

Apparently the ‘Gate team will bus back to Hamilton, N.Y., tomorrow night after the game (in hopes of beating the forecasted incoming snow). I will leave early Sunday morning.

My take-away is that Maine’s third- year coach, Ben Barr, has been a main reason for their turnaround. The other is two freshmen brothers from New Brunswick, Bradly & Josh Nadeau, who chose Maine so their family could watch them (only 2.5 hours from home). They are wickedly talented.

Ben Barr has been a main reason for their turnaround… you are correct I wish he was behind the bench at his alma mater. We had him but decided to go in a different direction lol. It’s worked out well for RPI. Nadeau boys are Elite.
 
Section N. Row 8. Seat 12.
Lovely Maine fans on both sides of me.
Carter Gylander led the team onto the ice for tonight’s pre-game warm-up.
Albin Boija Maine’s starting goalie.
Colgate penalty. Killed.
Beautiful Maine score by Bradly Nadeau.
Maine penalty. Killed.

Maine 10, Colgate 4, SOG after one.
Maine 1, Colgate 0, score after one.

Colgate came out strong, but Maine got a wraparound goal by Harrison Scott.
51 seconds left in the period, Maine won the faceoff and scored their third goal (by Brian Hopkins).

Maine 28, Colgate 19, SOG after two.
Maine 3, Colgate 0, score after two.

Maine penalty. Colgate emptied the net. And Ryan McGuire scored a PPG.

Colgate penalty. Then matching Roughing penalties. Killed. Colgate emptied the net.

Maine 3, Colgate 1, final score.
Got to chitchatting with Maine fans at the end of the game, so didn’t get final SOG. We came back, but they still led that category. The third period got very chippy, which wasn’t great to see.

Apparently the ‘Gate team will bus back to Hamilton, N.Y., tomorrow night after the game (in hopes of beating the forecasted incoming snow). I will leave early Sunday morning.

My take-away is that Maine’s third- year coach, Ben Barr, has been a main reason for their turnaround. The other is two freshmen brothers from New Brunswick, Bradly & Josh Nadeau, who chose Maine so their family could watch them (only 2.5 hours from home). They are wickedly talented.

It was nice chatting with you last night. You are a special college hockey fan. I appreciate your devotion to college hockey, based on the huge number of rinks you have visited all over the country. I didn't realize Colgate had such a small student population (1500). It was cool that you were sitting right behind the Nadeau family. You have good young team and goal tender. good luck the rest of the season.
 
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Not to nitpick but Colgate has 3000 students, last night was their first game in six weeks. Hopefully they play better tonight and don't run out of gas. I thought UMaine had a ton of talent, I still remember when they were a powerhouse.

Iowa, smart waiting to leave for home tomorrow. Snow supposed to start around 3:00 pm here and the heaviest snow is supposed to be all night and taper off Sunday pm but the warning goes until 7:00 PM Sunday night. If you need a report later on let me know, I'm here every am.
 
Thanks, Shabby! From here, I am going to stay north, heading west before I drop down. I will take it easy and drive two-lane roads (which keeps my speed down).
Because Colgate never gives up, I wasn’t too concerned when we were down 2-0. But when they scored their third, I felt it was over. Shots and obviously goals weren’t coming easy for us. Pulling Gylander for an extra attacker on the power play was brilliant. But, too little too late.
I will go to today’s BC at Maine women’s game, then take in the rematch. But, we are still PWR#42 and they are still PWR#1. he he he
 
I watched last night’s game on ESPN+. The Maine announcers had good things to say about us despite being on the losing end of the game.

They said we were the better team in the 2nd period despite being outscored 2-0, and that the team should be frustrated going into the locker room at the 2nd intermission. I would agree - it looked like we were shaking off the rust from the 5 week layoff in the 1st.

Also they mentioned that we only dressed 5 defenseman and 14 forwards - apparently the 5 weeks off wasn’t enough time for our injured players to heal? Ouch.

Anyways - onto the next game, and hopefully some better luck tonight.
 
Rainman… I don’t remember seeing Sebastian Tamburro last night.

Runsub5… I lied to you last night… Colgate’s enrollment is 3,219. I just looked it up.

And Carter Gylander was his usual self… he kept us in the game. Maine’s goalie, Albin Boija, was outstanding. He is a freshman from Sweden.
 
I was ok with yesterday’s game. Looked rusty coming out in the first (especially knowing Maine played last week). I look for a close game maybe even pull it out tonight
 
Carter Gylander led Colgate out onto the ice for tonight’s pre-game wrap-up.
Senior Victor Ostman from Sweden is in goal tonight for Maine.
Less than a minute in, Brett Chorske (from Pierson Brandon) scored on the short-side.
Colgate penalty. Killed.
12:56 of period. 12-2 SOG. Shooting Gallery.
Colgate’s Ryan McGuire from Brett Chorske and Pierson Brandon. Goal!!
Maine penalty. Colgate PPG by Panetta and LaBelle.
Goalie change for Maine.. Boije in net.
Seconds later… Maine goal by Johnny Houle.
What an intense period of hockey!! Just wild.
Ross Mitton took a hard hit at center ice.
Colgate penalty. Killed.

Maine 17, Colgate 11, SOG after one.
Colgate 3, Maine 1, score after one.

Colgate penalty. Killed.
Maine penalty seconds later. Killed.
Another Maine penalty. Killed.
Two Colgate penalties. Maine penalty. Killed.
38 seconds left in second period, Maine scored.
Maine penalty. Maine SHG.

Maine 28, Colgate 19, SOG after two.
Colgate 3, Maine 3, score after two.

Maine penalty. Killed.

Colgate’s Brett Chorske from Simon LaBelle. Score!!

Colgate penalty. Killed.
2:25 left. Maine goal.

Maine 41, Colgate 25, SOG after regulation.
Colgate 4, Maine 4, score after regulation.

Going to Shootout.
 
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Proud of the boys for taking #7 Maine to OT and shootout in their barn tonight!! Still missing Sebastian Tamburro and Nic Belpedio from the lineup. Safe home, boys! Go 'gate!!!!!
 
Carter Gylander led Colgate out onto the ice for tonight’s pre-game wrap-up.
Senior Victor Ostman from Sweden is in goal tonight for Maine.
Less than a minute in, Brett Chorske (from Pierson Brandon) scored on the short-side.
Colgate penalty. Killed.
12:56 of period. 12-2 SOG. Shooting Gallery.
Colgate’s Ryan McGuire from Brett Chorske and Pierson Brandon. Goal!!
Maine penalty. Colgate PPG by Panetta and LaBelle.
Goalie change for Maine.. Boije in net.
Seconds later… Maine goal by Johnny Houle.
What an intense period of hockey!! Just wild.
Ross Mitton took a hard hit at center ice.
Colgate penalty. Killed.

Maine 17, Colgate 11, SOG after one.
Colgate 3, Maine 1, score after one.

Colgate penalty. Killed.
Maine penalty seconds later. Killed.
Another Maine penalty. Killed.
Two Colgate penalties. Maine penalty. Killed.
38 seconds left in second period, Maine scored.
Maine penalty. Maine SHG.

Maine 28, Colgate 19, SOG after two.
Colgate 3, Maine 3, score after two.

Maine penalty. Killed.

Colgate’s Brett Chorske from Simon LaBelle. Score!!

Colgate penalty. Killed.
2:25 left. Maine goal.

Maine 41, Colgate 25, SOG after regulation.
Colgate 4, Maine 4, score after regulation.

Going to Shootout.

'Gate's starting goalie was waaaay better than was Maine's.

Maine will work on that, but Colgate played with grit.
 
Back at the Black Bear Inn and still thrilled that PWR#42 tied PWR#1 in Orono tonight. I believe that Maine’s only home blemish this season prior to tonight was a tie against Boston College. And we accomplished that tonight, thanks mainly to Carter G.
I honestly look forward to seeing Maine in the NCAA tournament this year and hopefully in St. Paul. Two talented New Brunswick kids and two talented Swedish goalies are fun to watch, along with the other cast of characters.
This weekend’s two-game series reminded me of the two games I saw last Saturday in Lake Placid at the Adirondack Winter Invitational. The consolation game (Clarkson over UMass) was exciting, but the title game (Arizona State over Cornell) was intense. Last night’s Maine win was exciting, but tonight’s tie was intense. The action was wild the whole night (and thankfully not real chippy).
As a bonus, I really enjoyed the Maine fans around me. An Oceanography professor, a Human Sexuality professor, a couple of guys from the Maine thread on here and the aunts of the New Brunswick boys. What a hoot!!
P.S. - Barb, I forgot about Nic Belpedio. Dang!
P.P.S. - Brett Chorske continues to be a great pick-up for us from Colorado College.
 
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tough call on Chorske in ot...have to take another look at the tape, but Chorske getting called for "goaltender interference" seemed a stretch...and yes, IBT, he's been a very good pickup after two rather unproductive years at CC...makes up for CC stealing Noah Laba from us almost two years ago...Ryan continues to impress all over the ice...cautiously optimistic going forward...an interesting team that is fun to watch and is getting better...
 
Nothing to be ashamed of last night, tieing the #1 PWR team on the road in front of 5000 fans is a win in my books. Maine's two goals in nineteen seconds in the last minute of the second period to tie it was disappointing. We should be fine in the ECAC, need to find some consistency.

Iowa we've got about a foot here in Rome and it's still coming, supp to taper off this afternoon.
 
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