Lowell vs Northeastern, home and home

[leswp1]

Re: Lowell vs Northeastern, home and home

Well. 4-0 good guys. We were tenacious and played pretty well. NU was in our zone plenty but even when they were swarming couldn't buy puck luck. There were some really odd bounces that came out in our favor. Carr was huge. Really thought we were going to see a penalty shot when the D dove on the puck in the crease in the 2nd to freeze the puck. It was so blatant from where we sat. The refs were not at the angle we were at tho. Ah well.

Onward to tomorrow.

 

[bottomdweller]

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fixed it for you. Your Welcome!

How's that work for you so far?

 

[hawkeytown]

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I have been waiting to reply to Huskies01 obtuse remarks. His new nickname is Rex or Rex Ryan, you're a joke dude just like your mentor… All talk about how unreal this group of overrated misfits play. Wow. Like seriously. All this talent you speak of, these supposed NHL level players that have been drafted, and your team is a joke. A JOKE.

I do not feel like getting into a ****ing match over UML with a fellow NU fan. They have been doing it with smoke and mirrors. I await the step off the cliff for them in the 2nd half.

I love it when smoke and mirrors beats supreme hockey east talent. amazing how magic can beat talent. you believe in magic little Rex? Thats adorable little boy. joke.

I do not think UML is a good team. Sue me. They pack the front of the net to protect their goalie. They have three good forwards and orange cones on defense. If their PP starts to dip, they are done. Not to jump ahead but NU is going to take at least 3 points from them next weekend barring something stupid happening this weekend, like Rawlings blowing a knee or a fight suspending 4 guys.

You had your team chump. congrats on your 3 points this weekend Rex. Joke. Speaking of orange cones? Ya, exactly. Fraud.

but to bad teams like PC, UVM, and UML.

I love it when bad teams beat "elite" 9th place hockey east teams. joke

NU could be in 9th place on Friday.

The only, smart thing you have said. you should leave on that note Rex

 

[bottomdweller]

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He goes by the name of Bitetto. And Ruhwedel should be thankful that he gets to share the ice with him. Crystal?

Bitetto tonight? Oh yeah... -4. Ruhwedel you ask? +2.

 

[Patronick]

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Oh boy.

You know, one might think it would be tiresome to be right all the time. No, no...not particularly.

The game went basically as I figured it would, although it is embarrassing to admit that I did inexplicably give the Huskies some offensive credit and predicted they would score a goal. How foolish of me. I must have forgot that Doug Carr was going to be in net. That's the only rational explanation I can come up with.

Lowell dominated every phase of the game and it was, at times, hard to watch them skate around Northeastern players with such ridiculous ease. When the Huskies did manage to get their stick on the puck the shots came from almost impossible angles or missed the net by a country mile. Carr made a half dozen or so excellent saves, but the rest of the night was JV duty against a pathetically inept offensive team.

For those of you keeping score at home:

...ROY Karlsson...

Yes, I realize it's an absolutely absurd claim. Did Scott Wilson suddenly drop off the face of the planet? Did he transfer? Mission work in South America? Any of these scenarios would have to come to fruition before Karlsson even sniffs ROTY. Tonight's tale of the tape:

Wilson: 2-0-2/+2
Karlsson: 0-0-0/-3

I would love to be able to tell Husky fans that I failed to notice Karlsson tonight, but that would be a big fat lie. I noticed him being outworked and out-hustled to a number of pucks. I noticed his inept puck handling when NU established offensive zone possession. And I certainly noticed Derek Arnold blowing his doors off on the second Lowell goal. ROTY, eh? I'm sure against lesser teams he's a decent freshman forward and will probably make the Hockey East All Frosh team. But ROTY? You're having a laugh, we get it. For the season:

Wilson: 18GP 10-8-18 (1.00/game)
Karlsson: 19GP 8-10-18 (0.95/game)

Please make sure whoever is in charge of the trophies know it's spellled W-I-L-S-O-N. Thanks.

Moving on to Sieve-ville, population Rawlings.

But you are right about Carr and Rawlings, they are not in the same league. Rawlings is Major League compared to Single A short season for Carr.

Of the two goalies, one of them is playing at the highest level he ever will, the other one will a future pro. Here is a hint, Rawlings is the pro.

I have follow up questions. Pro in WHAT, exactly? Surely you don't mean hockey. Even when Rawlings got clean looks at the puck tonight he struggled to hold on, the one that almost trickled over his shoulder being my personal favorite. Again, stats don't lie:

Carr: 0 GA/1.00 SV%
Rawlings: 4 GA/ .875 SV%

Yeah, that right there is the definition of pro. At least he'll have that NU education to support himself when he's playing backup in the beer leagues five years from now. For the season:

Carr: 1.84/.933 (2.00/.931)
Rawlings: 2.47/.925 (2.71/.922)

There's really no way to spin this one, right? Carr is head and shoulders above Rawlings. It isn't debatable. Fact. Science.

Lastly, we come to star defensemen:

First, our D corps is so far ahead of yours its not even funny.

He goes by the name of Bitetto. And Ruhwedel should be thankful that he gets to share the ice with him. Crystal?

I'm sure anyone who watched the game tonight couldn't possibly still hold this opinion and be serious about it. Then again you support Northeastern, so being wrong is kind of par for the course at this point, eh?

Tonight's performance:

Ruhwedel: 0-1-1/+2
Bitetto: 0-0-0/-4

Minus four. Holy S. THIS is your star defenseman? THIS is the man you claim is better than Chad Ruhwedel? You wonder why nobody takes you seriously. Ridiculous, unsupportable statements made from what can only possibly be a delusional state. For the season:

Ruhwedel: 18GP 2-15-17/+5 (12 GP 2-9-11/+1)
Bitetto: 21GP 3-5-8/+3 (16GP 3-1-4 /-2)

We have a winner. Out of three ridiculous, asinine arguments, this one is officially the dumbest. Bitetto doesn't even belong shagging pucks for Ruhwedel.

Good luck tomorrow Huskies, you're gonna need it.

Lowell rules.

 

[northeastern]

That was an embarrasing performance by our team coupled with some great hustle by Lowell. All I can say is.. hopefully the team responds tonight. I was very impressed with Carr, he will take Lowell far this season.
C'mon NU, let's get it together..boy do our special teams need work.. hopefully they just forget last night and play with some fight. I do believe we can solve this.

 

[Huskies01]

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NU layed an egg tonight and UML was able to beat us for the first time this decade. 5 wins in a row against them or whatever it was. UML was due to throw the upset. Happens. Move on, and win the season series again tonight, and Friday night is just another loss against a bad team for us.

 

[ScottK]

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NU layed an egg tonight and UML was able to beat us for the first time this decade. 5 wins in a row against them or whatever it was. UML was due to throw the upset. Happens. Move on, and win the season series again tonight, and Friday night is just another loss against a bad team for us.

When the team in 5th place before the game beats the team in 8th place, it's not an upset.

Just keeping telling yourself that Lowell is a "bad team" when the playoffs start and Northeastern isn't playing.

 

[bmwhusky]

NU layed an egg tonight and UML was able to beat us for the first time this decade. 5 wins in a row against them or whatever it was. UML was due to throw the upset. Happens. Move on, and win the season series again tonight, and Friday night is just another loss against a bad team for us.

Dude, I'm a NU fan and you are smokin something. You should just keep your mouth shut until we can get it over .500 in the league. After sitting thru that snoozer I jut don't get how we swept ND and Mich, who were on NBC sports last night.

Not sure if you were there but last night was the worst. UML seems to have studied the handbook on how to beat Rawlings and he looked avg at best. Special teams were brutal and Lowell worked harder and looked more skilled. Carr was good and NU struggled to generate much in the way of quality chances and those they did they missed the net or the shot was blocked. Credit Lowell. The team just had no legs.

Hopefully they will bounce back tonight but if they come out flat it will be over quick. NU never got off the ropes last night.

 

[Thiessen'sBetter]

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As Shannon Sharpe once said, "don't get into a peeing contest with a skunk, you'll lose everytime." Still not sure what that means but it somehow seems relevant.

Lowell seems to be one of the most consistent teams in the conference. Great goaltending certainly helps that. Wilson is a fantastic player, so is Karlsson, their late season numbers will determine who gets ROTY.

As for NU, we are certainly one of the most inconsistent teams in the conference. Having 11 underclassmen skaters every night is a part of that. I'm hoping were not in the middle of another long streak of Husky ineptitude. Tonight is pretty close to a must win.

P.S. If Dongara plays for Stone again, I will officially have my first big gripe with Madigan

 

[Patronick]

Dude, I'm a NU fan and you are smokin something. You should just keep your mouth shut until we can get it over .500 in the league. After sitting thru that snoozer I jut don't get how we swept ND and Mich, who were on NBC sports last night.

Not sure if you were there but last night was the worst. UML seems to have studied the handbook on how to beat Rawlings and he looked avg at best. Special teams were brutal and Lowell worked harder and looked more skilled. Carr was good and NU struggled to generate much in the way of quality chances and those they did they missed the net or the shot was blocked. Credit Lowell. The team just had no legs.

Hopefully they will bounce back tonight but if they come out flat it will be over quick. NU never got off the ropes last night.

Two of the goals were tap ins (first and second). The last two, however, beat Rawlings high glove side, and if you watch the highlight video on the HE site, Rawlings reaction to the shots were really delayed. Not sure if that's the book on him, but it will be interesting to see if Lowell goes back to it tonight.

 

[bottomdweller]

Re: Lowell vs Northeastern, home and home

Two of the goals were tap ins (first and second). The last two, however, beat Rawlings high glove side, and if you watch the highlight video on the HE site, Rawlings reaction to the shots were really delayed. Not sure if that's the book on him, but it will be interesting to see if Lowell goes back to it tonight.

2nd goal was not a tap in. Arnold blew down the left side and did a one handed backhand that beat Rawlings. One of 4 pretty setup/goals on the evening.

 

[steve66]

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Huskies01 is a clown. How anyone rooting for the 9th place team can call the 5th place team bad is beyond me.

 

[UMLFan]

Re: Lowell vs Northeastern, home and home

NU layed an egg tonight and UML was able to beat us for the first time this decade. 5 wins in a row against them or whatever it was. UML was due to throw the upset. Happens. Move on, and win the season series again tonight, and Friday night is just another loss against a bad team for us.

Awesome!

Lowell worked harder

This is what it comes down to, plain and simple for Lowell... they somehow forgot this when the third period began at UVM last weekend.

As Shannon Sharpe once said, "don't get into a peeing contest with a skunk, you'll lose everytime." Still not sure what that means but it somehow seems relevant.

One of my favorite stupid quotes ever. Sharpe is a riot. An idiot, but a riot.

Wilson is a fantastic player, so is Karlsson, their late season numbers will determine who gets ROTY.

Agreed.

As for NU, we are certainly one of the most inconsistent teams in the conference. Having 11 underclassmen skaters every night is a part of that.

Lowell is playing around 13 every night ... had 14 last night.

Huskies01 is a clown. How anyone rooting for the 9th place team can call the 5th place team bad is beyond me.

I never mind trash talk, but it has to be funny. He's not even that.

 

[Patronick]

2nd goal was not a tap in. Arnold blew down the left side and did a one handed backhand that beat Rawlings. One of 4 pretty setup/goals on the evening.

You're right. I forgot Arnold got the goal. From the video it looks like the trailing Lowell player put it in after the initial shot.

 

[Ryecheers]

Re: Lowell vs Northeastern, home and home

Oh boy.

You know, one might think it would be tiresome to be right all the time. No, no...not particularly.

The game went basically as I figured it would, although it is embarrassing to admit that I did inexplicably give the Huskies some offensive credit and predicted they would score a goal. How foolish of me..

I've been reading these boards and posting for many years. I can truthfully say that I have never read the rantings of such a "bad winner" before I read this post. Your comments are not only classless, they misrepresent the university and its many fine people and fans.

Considering where your team was a year ago, (dead last in case you've forgotten), wouldn't your literary skills be better employed by sending a personal note (handwritten - not an email) to your new coach thanking him for giving you your life back.

Try to recognize that there are similarities between these teams and that normally they are very competitive. We dominated our game in December and the Hawks dominated last night. We are on a bit of a downer after a great run, but you should be prepared for a more competitive game tonight.

 

[UMLFan]

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Try to recognize that there are similarities between these teams and that normally they are very competitive. We dominated our game in December and the Hawks dominated last night. We are on a bit of a downer after a great run, but you should be prepared for a more competitive game tonight.

I agree that tonight will be much more competitive, but I'm not sure how NU dominated that first game in December? Lowell wound up outshooting NU 40-32 in the game, shots were 27-26 Lowell going into the third. Seemed like a pretty competitive game to me, from what I heard. I'll admit I wasn't there though.

 

[Patronick]

IWe are on a bit of a downer after a great run, but you should be prepared for a more competitive game tonight.

How will tonight be more competitive? Last I checked Lowell was still playing Northeastern.

 

[Ryecheers]

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I agree that tonight will be much more competitive, but I'm not sure how NU dominated that first game in December? Lowell wound up outshooting NU 40-32 in the game, shots were 27-26 Lowell going into the third. Seemed like a pretty competitive game to me, from what I heard. I'll admit I wasn't there though.

NU has been outshot in virtually every game this year, including all but one of their wins. It's a shame that shot totals aren't broken down by a quality ("grade A" etc.), which would make them far more meaningful. For example, in roundball, three point attempts are listed separately from closer shots. By comparison, a shot on goal from center ice is included in the shot total as though it had been taken from the slot.

While I'm at it, why aren't power play stats calculated based on the time actually spent with a man advantage? That way a team that scores quickly and efficiently would benefit and/or a team that takes a penalty ten seconds into their powerplay would not be charged as not having scored on a full two minute opportunity.

 

[Thiessen'sBetter]

Lowell is playing around 13 every night ... had 14 last night.

Are you counting juniors as underclassmen? NU only has 1 senior. Either way, two very young teams who barring unforeseen departures should have talented squads returning next year.