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HE Quarterfinals - #8 Maine @ #1 Lowell

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NESN makes the call.

edit - I am changing my story. Pretty sure it is a mutual decision between NESN and Hockey East. I don't believe the the teams decide although we do know they prefer semifinal #1 and most of the time it works out anyway. I think a few years ago they said that obviously NESN wants the higher profile matchup for the late game, but, for the league, if a large fanbase from a few hours away was in the tournament (mostly referring to Maine), they would prefer to push them off to the late game anyway to encourage ticket sales and give Maine fans travelling down to Boston additional time to get in to the city. Most of the time that has worked out as Maine hasn't been the highest remaining seed in a long long time and they generally bring a good amount of eyeballs for NESN anyway. I think it's safe to say that if UML wins their series they will be the first semifinal and will be happy with that, as a matchup with UML and anyone other than the Boston Bruins will bring maybe 50 people to the table for NESN viewership so everyone wins in this scenario anyway.
 
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Re: HE Quarterfinals - #8 Maine @ #1 Lowell

This conversation is hilarious. Of all the Big Four teams, Maine fans are the only ones with anything approaching a self-deprecating sense of humor (BC humor seems to involve lots of BU jokes, for which I appreciate them dearly). UML fans has the most consistently loyal and least profane of all the Other Six fans.
I understand that UML fans are nervous because they so rarely beat Maine and Maine fans are excited about maybe being free of TIMMAY!! but altercations in the stands are unexpected.

BTW, Pedenza from UML is ridiculous. I am glad I don't have to actually play against him. He's insanely good.
 
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MainefaninMA said:
I'm putting pretty good odds that tomorrow I'll either witness a UMaine win or Whitehead's last game ever as coach. I think I'll save my ticket stub!!
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So you're saying that the odds are good that Maine will either win or lose tonight? ;)
BoSox3066 said:
Shore's last goal was pretty, worth watching the video.
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Yes it was. We were commenting on that post-game at the bar as well.

Good win for the Hawks. I said to some people pre-game this would be a sweep for Lowell, and I'll stick by that, even with that rather lackluster first period.
 
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UML Fans: Congratulations on a game well played, specifically a period extremely well played that really gave Maine no chance to recover. I was impressed with how Lowell refused to let up in the late stages of the game, they skated hard a full 60 minutes. In my opinion the game was definitely won fairly by Lowell, I am not delusional and do not think Maine played the game they had to in order to be up 1-0. That said the officiating last night was horrendous. UML was getting out hustled in the 1st period which led to an unbalanced number of powerplays in Maine's favor. I was unimpressed by the seeming "make up calls" that followed for UML. My feed of the game was being called by UML home town announcers and even they referred to the calls this way. I feel like if Maine wins tonight its going to be 1-0, 2-1 style grind it out hockey with Ouellette playing incredible. If the game gets wide open like last night, look for a quick UML sweep. I still give Maine a great chance tonight. And for all the Diamond haters out there, thank you. He is a grimey dirty cherry picking cheap shot 100 point career most penalty minutes in school history LEGEND. Your hate is merited and he deserves hate because hes awesome. Go Black Bears tonight, lets grab one out of the sewer that is Lowell.
 
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Re: HE Quarterfinals - #8 Maine @ #1 Lowell

Nick Papagiorgio said:
NESN makes the call.

edit - I am changing my story. Pretty sure it is a mutual decision between NESN and Hockey East. I don't believe the the teams decide although we do know they prefer semifinal #1 and most of the time it works out anyway. I think a few years ago they said that obviously NESN wants the higher profile matchup for the late game, but, for the league, if a large fanbase from a few hours away was in the tournament (mostly referring to Maine), they would prefer to push them off to the late game anyway to encourage ticket sales and give Maine fans travelling down to Boston additional time to get in to the city. Most of the time that has worked out as Maine hasn't been the highest remaining seed in a long long time and they generally bring a good amount of eyeballs for NESN anyway. I think it's safe to say that if UML wins their series they will be the first semifinal and will be happy with that, as a matchup with UML and anyone other than the Boston Bruins will bring maybe 50 people to the table for NESN viewership so everyone wins in this scenario anyway.
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My recollection is that Jack Parker wanted the later game in 2009 against BC, bucking conventional wisdom that the early gamers have more time to rest up. (Maybe JackPa figured playing late would keep the Terriers out of the bars? :D ) Whatever the reason, BU won the championship, and the rest, as they say, is history.
 
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I think the big benefit of the early game is that you KNOW when you're going to play and you can have your steady pre-game ritual. Late game, you play roughly an hour after the early game ends and the ice quality may be degraded somewhat (which some teams may find an advantage). If it goes to overtime, you're waiting more and waiting more and still unsure.
 
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Brian Kasabian said:
UML Fans: Congratulations on a game well played, specifically a period extremely well played that really gave Maine no chance to recover. I was impressed with how Lowell refused to let up in the late stages of the game, they skated hard a full 60 minutes. In my opinion the game was definitely won fairly by Lowell, I am not delusional and do not think Maine played the game they had to in order to be up 1-0. That said the officiating last night was horrendous. UML was getting out hustled in the 1st period which led to an unbalanced number of powerplays in Maine's favor. I was unimpressed by the seeming "make up calls" that followed for UML. My feed of the game was being called by UML home town announcers and even they referred to the calls this way. I feel like if Maine wins tonight its going to be 1-0, 2-1 style grind it out hockey with Ouellette playing incredible. If the game gets wide open like last night, look for a quick UML sweep. I still give Maine a great chance tonight. And for all the Diamond haters out there, thank you. He is a grimey dirty cherry picking cheap shot 100 point career most penalty minutes in school history LEGEND. Your hate is merited and he deserves hate because hes awesome. Go Black Bears tonight, lets grab one out of the sewer that is Lowell.
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For the most part this is a great post!

I'd say Lowell skated hard for 40 minutes tops. It was obvious that Maine was going to score their first goal as our penalty killers were standing around. Lowell had quite a few lapses like that and are lucky only one cost them.

Joey is scary good and a vicious little bastard. Lowell's McGrath plays a similar "style" and I love him. Problem is Joey is scary dumb too. He shoulda got an extra 2 added to his clipping penalty for his after the whistle head shot. I wonder what % of his career penalty minutes were drawn after whistles?

This is your second nasty little comment about the city of Lowell. Are you just trying to get rise out of us or do believe what you spew? I've lived all over the northeast and 20 years ago I might have agreed with you but at present Lowell is one cool little city.
 
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I asked Hockey East people about this last year or the year before, and it's pretty much what Nick said. If one game is clearly going to draw better TV ratings, that's the late game. If the two games look pretty even, it's the top seed's choice, and that team will most likely choose the early game.
 
Fishhawk said:
For the most part this is a great post!

I'd say Lowell skated hard for 40 minutes tops. It was obvious that Maine was going to score their first goal as our penalty killers were standing around. Lowell had quite a few lapses like that and are lucky only one cost them.

Joey is scary good and a vicious little bastard. Lowell's McGrath plays a similar "style" and I love him. Problem is Joey is scary dumb too. He shoulda got an extra 2 added to his clipping penalty for his after the whistle head shot. I wonder what % of his career penalty minutes were drawn after whistles?

This is your second nasty little comment about the city of Lowell. Are you just trying to get rise out of us or do believe what you spew? I've lived all over the northeast and 20 years ago I might have agreed with you but at present Lowell is one cool little city.
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Lowell is about as cool as any other old mill town, Lewiston Maine and Manchester NH come to mind as other places I classify with Lowell. It's a home town hero's paradise full of white trash and general dirtbaggery. If you think that's great I feel bad for you. I will offer a distinction between how I feel about the place that is Lowell and The University of Massachusetts Lowell which is obviously a legitimate institution. Just like its not Yale's fault they are in New Haven just horrible luck.
 
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Brian Kasabian said:
It's a home town hero's paradise full of <b>white</b> trash and general dirtbaggery.
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So I guess you had to put the word "white" in there so you wouldn't be called a racist?? Because heaven knows whites are to blame for everything that's wrong with the world...right?
 
ScottK said:
Pretty sure that's what some (a lot?) of us think of the entire State of Maine.
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Your right then Scott what I said applies to much of Maine. But since I'd call Lewiston the pinnacle example of that in Maine, and Lowell is just Lewiston tripled I'd say Lowell is 3 times the example any single place in Maine is.
 
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