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Hockey East: Anyones Tournament

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J.D. said:
I certainly remember Merrimack over BU and BU over BC...what was the 3rd?
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Northeastern beat BC 6-5 in 1991 when the tournament first round was single elimination

beyond those three instances, only maine last year vs. bu and and merrimack in 1990 vs. bc have forced a game three as the #8 seed in the tournament
 
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Chris_NH said:
This matrix seems to indicate that BC-UNH could only meet in the Final:

http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/heast_10.htm

Same with BC-BU.
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Hockey East reseeds after the quarters... says so at the top of the "matrix." If UNH, BC, and BU advance along with any other team BU and BC will meet in the semifinal. In order for BU and BC to meet in the final UNH would have to lose to UVM.

BUhockey24 said:
1. I am a BU fan and admit to being impartial.
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You're going to admit... to being... impartial? We really do need to get rid of CGS.

This thread started with a fail.
 
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Did someone say impartial. I'm a UMass-Amherst grad, a BU season ticket holder, two of my closest friends are avid BC fans and I consider Coach Dennehy to be a good friend. All of that means I'm confused as much as anything...Three of these series could go either way....BC-Umass will not be close (bc wins in 2 )
 
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steakbomb said:
Did someone say impartial. I'm a UMass-Amherst grad, a BU season ticket holder, two of my closest friends are avid BC fans and I consider Coach Dennehy to be a good friend. All of that means I'm confused as much as anything...Three of these series could go either way....BC-Umass will not be close (bc wins in 2 )
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no confidence in your alma mater eh? they have strung together 3 excellent games in a row which is what you want to be doing at this point..........
 
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steakbomb said:
Did someone say impartial. I'm a UMass-Amherst grad, a BU season ticket holder, two of my closest friends are avid BC fans and I consider Coach Dennehy to be a good friend. All of that means I'm confused as much as anything...Three of these series could go either way....BC-Umass will not be close (bc wins in 2 )
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I'm supposed to be impartial. I have a really hard time hiding my undying love for AIC, though.
 
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sterlippo1 said:
no confidence in your alma mater eh? they have strung together 3 excellent games in a row which is what you want to be doing at this point..........
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I just can't get that Friday night NESN game @ Mullins out of my head. Probably a bit short-sighted on my part, but I really think this is a bad matchup for UMass.. Hope I'm wrong
 
Re: Carter Hutton - 1st Team Hockey East - All American

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jcarter7669 said:
Wow, you think MC will sweep BU on the road where they are 3-13-1 this year. :confused: That would be a huge upset. You have to be a UML fan.
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This is not that big a stretch. MC has won only 3 road games but they won them all in the past few weekends (sweep of Amherst, 3/4 points from Providence, 3/4 points from Vermont).

The total goal margin between BU and MC this year was paper-thin. Both teams won at home, but MC won more convincingly. Many observers commented that MC outplayed BU for four periods out of six at Agganis and BU was lucky to win both games.

Is it a lock? Is it a sure thing? Of course not. Not for either team. However I think of all the first round series, the two most ripe for upsets are UML @ UM and MC @ BU.

After all, it's happened before, when BU was much better and MC was not as good. Why not?

Hopefully all the Terrier players agree with you, even though their coach agrees with me-- at least publically.
 
Re: Carter Hutton - 1st Team Hockey East - All American

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WildShawn said:
Where did MC get their first road win/points... I can't remember ;)
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At UVM, currently ranked #16 in the PWR.

Not as good as winning at BU, currently ranked #23 in the PWR...

Oh, wait...

Of course I'm not saying UVM is playing better than BU right now. That's simply not true. However it would also be unfair to say that any of the teams from #4 to #8 in HE this year have done much of anything to distinguish themselves one from another; BU finished only 2 points ahead of MC and MC finished only one point ahead of UVM.
 
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J.D. said:
One question I have on Merrimack is did they float one guy outside the defensive zone at all times against all teams or just BC? I've only seen them against BC and had never really seen a team use such a philosophy. Very high risk, high reward.
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Given how well MC's special teams have played I think it's actually high reward with relatively low risk. If the opponent chooses to shadow that player, then you're playing 4x4 in your own zone; the extra room can make it easier to get the puck over your own blue line into center as there are more open passing lanes.

If the opponent chooses not to shadow, then you're essentially killing a one-man advantage, except you've got the possibility of hitting the floater for a breakway if you can get possession.

Most teams don't do it, which means most opponents have to adjust their game slightly to account for it, and any such change may negate advantages in the opponents' game plan. Merrimack doesn't always do it, which means that the opponent has to be constantly evaluating whether to make that adjustment or not, which takes away from concentrating on executing their own game plan.

I don't think it's an earth-shattering advantage, to be sure, but if anything I think it shows that Dennehy is doing everything he can to gain an advantage, even if it means doing something a bit unorthodox.

Coach Anderson used to do the same when he had players who were particularly good on breakaways-- Agostino Casale comes to mind.
 
Re: Carter Hutton - 1st Team Hockey East - All American

Re: Carter Hutton - 1st Team Hockey East - All American

ScottK said:
Is that similar to all those crazy people that picked Lowell to beat Vermont last year in the playoffs? :rolleyes:
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jcarter7669 said:
It doesn't. It has to do with picking UML to beat Maine, BC and UNH to win the HE Championship......
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Typical UML fan response....pick half the post to respond to. You would do well to try (and I know its hard for you) and read the entire post before responding.
 
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slurpees said:
So inevitably Umile and/or MacDonald will get whistled for 2 minutes for rolling their eyes at Hache.
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and someone, likely a goaltender, from UNH will get injured badly

dmjossel said:
Given how well MC's special teams have played I think it's actually high reward with relatively low risk. If the opponent chooses to shadow that player, then you're playing 4x4 in your own zone; the extra room can make it easier to get the puck over your own blue line into center as there are more open passing lanes.

If the opponent chooses not to shadow, then you're essentially killing a one-man advantage, except you've got the possibility of hitting the floater for a breakway if you can get possession.

Most teams don't do it, which means most opponents have to adjust their game slightly to account for it, and any such change may negate advantages in the opponents' game plan. Merrimack doesn't always do it, which means that the opponent has to be constantly evaluating whether to make that adjustment or not, which takes away from concentrating on executing their own game plan.

I don't think it's an earth-shattering advantage, to be sure, but if anything I think it shows that Dennehy is doing everything he can to gain an advantage, even if it means doing something a bit unorthodox.

Coach Anderson used to do the same when he had players who were particularly good on breakaways-- Agostino Casale comes to mind.
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It was wacky watching that on the big sheet. If it weren't for Brathwaite, UNH destroys MC in that game early on. The shots were something like 12-0 before MC even got the puck out of the zone w/out icing... I guess in the long run, MC persevered and got that game to OT, but if UNH had any finishing touch that night, the game's over early....
 
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With all the parity in the league, I'm hoping a giant flamefest starts with everyone getting in on the action.

This thread can become epic.
 
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