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Lowell, 2016 Off-Season Thread

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UML Puck Hawk said:
23 year old fart checking in
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I think that is giving them too many yrs. I would guess 21. Discovering alcohol and more interested in hoisting a few than seeing the game (everyone I talked to said sight lines were awful)
 
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More outside games booze in Lowell Boston Albany the game is something different the players must love it
 
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chiefs11 said:
More outside games booze in Lowell Boston Albany the game is something different the players must love it
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No. They worry about poor conditions, injury. If it was for fun maybe but when it is a league game- no.

I hear the grammar horse neighing
 
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boblav1 said:
Bad news for the UML Golf program.
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I feel bad for the athletes and the coach. The coach, Mr Hughes, used to be at Dracut High. Taught history and was golf coach. Nicest guy you will ever meet.

I know this is a growing time but it always makes my heart ache for the athletes who get screwed in the process. They chose to make a commitment in good faith to the U, bypassing other opportunities, made changes in their lives, invested time into planning things out to succeed, then, poof! All gone and fairly late in the year, after other places have already recruited and pretty much have teams set. Sure they can transfer but the opportunities are not going to be the same as if they were Freshmen. Same thing happened when they moved up to D I. Kids who would have been All American in some of the sports, amazing in their sport, are now an afterthought in a conference that isn't that great and now they can't compete at a national level.

For some reason this kind of stuff really bugs me. Maybe because I have a kid this age and if they offed his sport he would be like a bus that lost the wheels at 100mph
 
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I'm not as shook up because I never understood why we went varsity in golf to start with... Especially given the other sports we abandoned such as tennis.

(Edit: of course if my coworker were here he'd mention swimming but that happened before my time and he went to northeastern so... Blah.)

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I still think the bigger crime was raising crew to varsity and then immediately dropping it.

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Will have to see what this will mean to the overall program
 
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Not arguing the need for the move. I think they added it because they had someone give $$ toward it. Same with crew. I just feel bad for the people who invested their trust and time only to be displaced.
 
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Patman said:
I still think the bigger crime was raising crew to varsity and then immediately dropping it.
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I'm not so sure about that after reading this. It seems like the coach and rowers were totally on board not being DI as they never wanted to be given America East had no rowing, etc. It's an interesting read that makes a lot of sense.
 
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Next season's schedule is on the goriverhawks.com website.

15 home games plus 1 exhibition vs University of Prince Edward Island
 
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UML Hockey 2016 – 17 Schedule
October
Sunday October 2 Prince Edward Island Exhibition
Friday October 7 Minnesota-Duluth
Saturday October 8 Minnesota-Duluth
Friday October 14 at Colorado College
Saturday October 15 at Colorado College
Friday October 21 St. Lawrence
Saturday October 22 Clarkson
Friday October 28 at Nebraska-Omaha
Saturday October 29 at Nebraska-Omaha

November
Friday November 4 Vermont
Saturday November 5 Vermont
Friday November 11 at Maine
Sunday November 13 Maine
Thursday November 17 at Notre Dame
Friday November 18 at Notre Dame

December
Friday December 2 UConn
Saturday December 3 at UConn
Friday December 9 Merrimack
Saturday December 10 at Merrimack
Friday December 30 Dartmouth Tournament vs. Colgate
Saturday December 31 Dartmouth Tournament vs. Dartmouth/Army

January
Tuesday January 3 at RPI
Friday January 6 at UNH
Saturday January 14 at UMass
Friday January 20 Providence
Saturday January 21 at Providence
Friday January 27 Northeastern
Saturday January 28 at BU

February
Friday February 3 at Northeastern
Saturday February 4 UNH
Friday February 10 BU
Saturday February 11 UMass
Saturday February 18 at UMass
Friday February 24 BC
Saturday February 25 @BC
 
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gochiefs said:
Next season's schedule is on the goriverhawks.com website.

15 home games plus 1 exhibition vs University of Prince Edward Island
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The school sets another attendance record, and they decide to play two less home games next season? :confused:
 
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Middle Street said:
The school sets another attendance record, and they decide to play two less home games next season? :confused:
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The schedule is essentially the same as last year. The game against Brown in Belfast and the AIC game get replaced with a 2-game series at UNO. Instead of ASU coming here for a pair, the North Country schools do. The difference is the RPI game is on the road instead of at home, and the extra game with UMass is in Amherst not Lowell. For all the complaints about last year's non-conference schedule, this year's is much better.
 
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ScottK said:
The schedule is essentially the same as last year. The game against Brown in Belfast and the AIC game get replaced with a 2-game series at UNO. Instead of ASU coming here for a pair, the North Country schools do. The difference is the RPI game is on the road instead of at home, and the extra game with UMass is in Amherst not Lowell. For all the complaints about last year's non-conference schedule, this year's is much better.
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My point is they are playing 16 games at the Tsongas this season instead of the 18 they've been playing in recent years. I'm not sure why they would give up that revenue? I suppose they could make up for it next season with 20 home games. I agree the OOC schedule is better. If scheduling 18 home games this season meant they would need to host two Atlantic Hockey teams then I'm glad they will be playing UNO on the road instead.
 
Middle Street said:
My point is they are playing 16 games at the Tsongas this season instead of the 18 they've been playing in recent years. I'm not sure why they would give up that revenue? I suppose they could make up for it next season with 20 home games. I agree the OOC schedule is better. If scheduling 18 home games this season meant they would need to host two Atlantic Hockey teams then I'm glad they will be playing UNO on the road instead.
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Scheduling isn't easy... 34 games to work with. Best of "fair" conditions that's 17 games... Then consider neutral site games and series to pay back and the rest... It will happen.

On the other hand, these schools will have to return some of these dates.
 
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