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Maine Black Bears 2020: The Hunt For Red October

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NorthMike said:
They just didn't want it bad enough. Just out there playing a hockey game no indication of the importance.
I guess they are happy with last week and call it a season.
Fire Red!

Cav has been under criticism all season, he's got that team playing pretty good.
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Consider the source of the criticism. Cav does have them playing well. Really well.
 
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amkirby10 said:
.........If they play like they did tonight against Vermont next weekend they will probably serve up the Catamounts their first Hockey East W.
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With Providence tying Vermont tonight, a loss against the Catamounts next weekend would not be surprising.
 
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Runsub5 said:
With Providence tying Vermont tonight, a loss against the Catamounts next weekend would not be surprising.
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Would anything surprise you via a Red team?

Same old. He wouldn't know a scorer if he bumped into him on the street.
 
Fishman'81 said:
Would anything surprise you via a Red team?

Same old. He wouldn't know a scorer if he bumped into him on the street.
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Looks like another Red season, fighting for that coveted 8th HE playoff seat. There was a glimmer of hope for better.
Finishing out the season with 1 or 3 wins out of 6 looks more realistic. Too bad really, there was some heightened local interest in the hockey team lately. More than I have seen in years.
 
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Including this season looks like Red is 2-7-3 against UConn. How do you explain that? I doubt any of us are shocked by another loss, it is a let down. Lose tonight and season is over
 
walrus said:
Including this season looks like Red is 2-7-3 against UConn. How do you explain that? I doubt any of us are shocked by another loss, it is a let down. Lose tonight and season is over
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It's hard to compete with a team with so many Hockey East championships and is a Frozen Four contender every season.
 
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umhockey91 said:
Is Red locked in for another 2 or 3 years?
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At least publically, he is signed for one more year. He and the AD are buddies from the days when they were both in the state of New Hampshire together.
 
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ticapnews said:
It's hard to compete with a team with so many Hockey East championships and is a Frozen Four contender every season.
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Must be as their overall records are pretty close to the same yet Red is owned by Cav
 
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I'm not an expert when it comes to the Pairwise system, but my guess would be that a win tonight is absolutely necessary to have a chance at a tournament bid. Would four wins (UC, VT, VT & PC) in the next five games and a first-round playoff series victory get them in or is that being too optimistic? Are their tournament hopes now contingent on an at-large bid?

On the other end of the spectrum, a loss tonight could open up the possibility of a catastrophic ending to the season with a ninth-place finish in HE.

Seems like tonight is shaping up to be super important if the Black Bears want any shot of playing deeper into the season.
 
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GoBlue51 said:
I'm not an expert when it comes to the Pairwise system, but my guess would be that a win tonight is absolutely necessary to have a chance at a tournament bid. Would four wins (UC, VT, VT & PC) in the next five games and a first-round playoff series victory get them in or is that being too optimistic? Are their tournament hopes now contingent on an at-large bid?

On the other end of the spectrum, a loss tonight could open up the possibility of a catastrophic ending to the season with a ninth-place finish in HE.

Seems like tonight is shaping up to be super important if the Black Bears want any shot of playing deeper into the season.
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A win tonight could propel the team back into the tournament - as high as 12.

A loss tonight would certainly complicate matters on the pairwise front, but there is so much mediocrity at the 12-20 spots that Maine could still sneak into the tournament. They would need to sweep UVM, win the home game vs Providence then the QF of Hockey East and hope teams like Quinnipiac, Bemidji, Ohio State suffer early losses in their conferences. A QF pairing (and sweep) with Lowell would be ideal for the Black Bears, as they would pick up huge wins for pairwise and simultaneously eliminate a competitor for a national tournament spot. Just win tonight and it all becomes easier.
 
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Maine could win tonight and be as high as second in Hockey East or lose and be as low as ninth.
 
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NorthMike said:
Has a one year ext. been announced? Have not seen it.
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His contract was extended a couple of years ago. The current contract expires sometime after the 2020-2021 season. I haven't seen or heard of any contract extension beyond the 2020-2021 season. I suppose it's possible an extension was granted and was not announced.
 
Runsub5 said:
His contract was extended a couple of years ago. The current contract expires sometime after the 2020-2021 season. I haven't seen or heard of any contract extension beyond the 2020-2021 season. I suppose it's possible an extension was granted and was not announced.
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Oh right, musta misread your post.
 
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