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Maine 2012 - Take 2. If This Ain't the Bottom...

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It used to be they made money on the Program and the ON ICE Product was the factor along with winning and playing for a chance at the NC...funny now its ok to JUST make the money and who cares about the ON ICE Product...well alot of people(fans/etc.)still do care...but the old saying ONLY in Maine do you come away with this Logic. 2 wrongs don't make a Right: Whitehead and losing Hockey.
 
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FiveHole12 said:
all bear hit the nail on the head. Maine's Garden appearance last year was similar to the occasional appearance of a PC, UMass, Merrimack or Lowell... a participant, not a contender. Maine isn't even close to being among the elite of Hockey East, never mind being all but forgotten nationally. It's sad to see.
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You are right: Sad to see....no need of it either....common sense....and thats not in play now a days at the U.
 
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FiveHole12 said:
all bear hit the nail on the head. Maine's Garden appearance last year was similar to the occasional appearance of a PC, UMass, Merrimack or Lowell... a participant, not a contender. Maine isn't even close to being among the elite of Hockey East, never mind being all but forgotten nationally. It's sad to see.
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Hasn't Maine been in the final two of the last three years?
 
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Drew S. said:
Hasn't Maine been in the final two of the last three years?
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Don't confuse the detractors of the Maine hockey program with factual information, their mind is made up.;) :p

Attendance so far this year is also up at Alfond Arena. On a side note, Ryan Lomberg is out tonight (violation of team rules).
 
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Runsub5 said:
Don't confuse the detractors of the Maine hockey program with factual information, their mind is made up.;) :p

Attendance so far this year is also up at Alfond Arena. On a side note, Ryan Lomberg is out tonight (violation of team rules).
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I guess as long as we can continue to ignore the FACT that we are the worst team in HE, all is good with Maine Hockey. Whats sobering is to see a BC fan with no axe to grind with Maine's program tell us from an unbiased point of view what most of us already knew. Shockah
 
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FiveHole12 said:
all bear hit the nail on the head. Maine's Garden appearance last year was similar to the occasional appearance of a PC, UMass, Merrimack or Lowell... a participant, not a contender. Maine isn't even close to being among the elite of Hockey East, never mind being all but forgotten nationally. It's sad to see.
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Who other than BC has been a contender at the Garden lately? Certainly not BU or UNH...
 
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Runsub5 said:
Attendance so far this year is also up at Alfond Arena.
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Red herring. Product of schedule.

2011-12:
Merrimack 4173
Northeastern 3798
Providence 4422
Providence 4183
Lowell 4749
Lowell 4642
Average:4327.83

2012-13:
Quinnipiac 4338
St. Lawrence 4636
St. Lawrence 4689
Boston College 4733
New Hampshire 4659
UMass 4231
Average Minus BC/UNH: 4473.5

Seems insignificant to me, especially if you subtract that Sunday Northeastern game from last year that coincided with a 4:00 Jets-Patriots game.
 
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FiveHole12 said:
all bear hit the nail on the head. Maine's Garden appearance last year was similar to the occasional appearance of a PC, UMass, Merrimack or Lowell... a participant, not a contender. Maine isn't even close to being among the elite of Hockey East, never mind being all but forgotten nationally. It's sad to see.
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Kind of like BC's appearances in the early 90's. Oh wait, there weren't any. From 1991-1996 BC went 0-1 in the Garden, missing the last four four times and the tournament altogether in 1995. From 1998-2002 mighty BU went 0-2 at the Garden and missed the last four three times. I think UHN would rather just avoid this topic entirely. But no, these things never work in cycles or anything.

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Red herring. Product of schedule.

2011-12:
Merrimack 4173
Northeastern 3798
Providence 4422
Providence 4183
Lowell 4749
Lowell 4642
Average:4327.83

2012-13:
Quinnipiac 4338
St. Lawrence 4636
St. Lawrence 4689
Boston College 4733
New Hampshire 4659
UMass 4231
Average Minus BC/UNH: 4473.5

Seems insignificant to me, especially if you subtract that Sunday Northeastern game from last year that coincided with a 4:00 Jets-Patriots game.
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No, we can't subtract anything. Attendance is sacred. Besides, I seem to recall a Maine game this year was played on a Sunday that coincided with a 4:00 Pats game against Peyton Manning.
 
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Ma#1ne Hky said:
It used to be they made money on the Program and the ON ICE Product was the factor along with winning and playing for a chance at the NC...funny now its ok to JUST make the money and who cares about the ON ICE Product...well alot of people(fans/etc.)still do care...but the old saying ONLY in Maine do you come away with this Logic. 2 wrongs don't make a Right: Whitehead and losing Hockey.
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It's called the Harry Sinden syndrome.
 
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fiqure8 said:
and the highest paid coach .......$195 K ? sic ? Is this like Jerry York's salary? ..............what is UMaine's spend for the recruiting budget. Is it comparable to other schools?
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I would believe that York makes a lot more than that. This is comparable to Sneddon at Vermont.
 
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Priceless said:
No, we can't subtract anything. Attendance is sacred. Besides, I seem to recall a Maine game this year was played on a Sunday that coincided with a 4:00 Pats game against Peyton Manning.
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:rolleyes: Against UNH. If Maine can't crack 4k for UNH, we might as well shutter the program.
 
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AMC said:
:rolleyes: Against UNH. If Maine can't crack 4k for UNH, we might as well shutter the program.
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Last year when a certain someone pointed out that the Northeastern game was on a Sunday vs the Pats-Jets (and during fall break, when Maine rarely plays at home) that person was told to stop making excuses for a flailing program. You can't point to it as an outlier now.
 
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I think the fact that the game is on TV will have a negative affect on attendance. Plus the game is at 8..stupid. Game will end at 11. Final score 0-0
 
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Gusforhobey said:
I think the fact that the game is on TV will have a negative affect on attendance. Plus the game is at 8..stupid. Game will end at 11. Final score 0-0
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Final score cannot be 0-0. Why? Because neither of these teams can "score", so how can the game have a score? How about we just call it nil, kind of like where both programs have been heading for a while.
 
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Runsub5 said:
Don't confuse the detractors of the Maine hockey program with factual information, their mind is made up.;) :p

Attendance so far this year is also up at Alfond Arena. On a side note, Ryan Lomberg is out tonight (violation of team rules).
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Did he burn his hand on a stove cooking eggs?? :D This game will be a 6-5 game.
 
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Hopefully they play at least decent enough to win though I hope they play better than "Decent".
 
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Priceless said:
Last year when a certain someone pointed out that the Northeastern game was on a Sunday vs the Pats-Jets (and during fall break, when Maine rarely plays at home) that person was told to stop making excuses for a flailing program. You can't point to it as an outlier now.
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Seeing as I wasn't the one who told you that, I can do whatever the hell I want.
 
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Priceless said:
Kind of like BC's appearances in the early 90's. Oh wait, there weren't any. From 1991-1996 BC went 0-1 in the Garden, missing the last four four times and the tournament altogether in 1995. .
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So what did BC do to rectify that situation?
 
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