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Maine Black Bears 2020: The Hunt For Red October

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walrus said:
Can Red coach speed?
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Well he did last week. I mean Maine did a good job of closing the gaps, chasing the puck, and had good team speed. NU was better at passing and moving the puck cleanly but Maine got there to break it up and was actually good on the boards.
They can do it, there's no room for error now. At this point it's up to the team. Not sure how much Red will help.
 
Fishman'81 said:
Maine can't finish. They never have under Red.

Averaging <2.5 GPG would seem to put them in No-wheres-ville, but they're certainly in the conversation right now, which is kinda amazing.

If this team is going anywhere, it'll be because of the excellent goal-tending and the very decent D.

They get a bid, they have a shot at the FF. I actually believe that. But the getting-in will the hard part. Maine is only a couple of mis-steps from dropping completely out of the PW picture.
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Let’s hope the mis-step message is front and center on the coaches and players minds. Sounds like based on what I am hearing on this board that UMaine has the talent to get it done this season. No excuses, hard work doesn’t take talent :D
 
ticapnews said:
The NCAA doesn't care. It gets paid no matter what. And it can tell the hosts "Hey, we gave you local Big 10 teams!"

If Maine does what it should the next four games the Bears could be atop Hockey East on Miracle Day. That doesn't mean they'll win the title - other teams will have multiple games in hand - but home ice is almost guaranteed. But Maine has to beat UConn twice to get there. Two wins in six years...
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They needed help from Providence to have any chance of winning hockey east. Second is the best case scenario at this point.
 
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Bottom line "IF" they can get Home ice for the 1st round that has to be a added bonus to the season.
 
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ticapnews said:
If Maine does what it should the next four games the Bears could be atop Hockey East on Miracle Day. That doesn't mean they'll win the title - other teams will have multiple games in hand - but home ice is almost guaranteed. But Maine has to beat UConn twice to get there. Two wins in six years...
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"Home ice is almost guaranteed."??? :rolleyes: Maine isn't catching UMass. Not catching Lowell - they've got a game in hand. We're "tied" with BC right now, but they have not one, but two games in hand. That's three teams that will clearly finish the season ahead of Maine. BU is only one point back and has a game in hand. UHN is only a point back. And UConn is only two points back, has a game in hand, and will face da Bears for two this weekend - which means the status of just those two teams could look a LOT different in a week's time. Guaranteed? I'm too busy to look at all the upcoming games in the league, but I don't think they're even guaranteed a top 8 finish.
 
UncleRay said:
"Home ice is almost guaranteed."??? :rolleyes: Maine isn't catching UMass. Not catching Lowell - they've got a game in hand. We're "tied" with BC right now, but they have not one, but two games in hand. That's three teams that will clearly finish the season ahead of Maine. BU is only one point back and has a game in hand. UHN is only a point back. And UConn is only two points back, has a game in hand, and will face da Bears for two this weekend - which means the status of just those two teams could look a LOT different in a week's time. Guaranteed? I'm too busy to look at all the upcoming games in the league, but I don't think they're even guaranteed a top 8 finish.
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What he said was if they win their next four games they are nearly guaranteed home ice. He didn't say anything about how it stands right now.
 
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UncleRay said:
"Home ice is almost guaranteed."??? :rolleyes: Maine isn't catching UMass. Not catching Lowell - they've got a game in hand. We're "tied" with BC right now, but they have not one, but two games in hand. That's three teams that will clearly finish the season ahead of Maine. BU is only one point back and has a game in hand. UHN is only a point back. And UConn is only two points back, has a game in hand, and will face da Bears for two this weekend - which means the status of just those two teams could look a LOT different in a week's time. Guaranteed? I'm too busy to look at all the upcoming games in the league, but I don't think they're even guaranteed a top 8 finish.
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UMass has 2 with Lowell.

Lowell has 2 with UMass, 2 with NU and 2 with UNH.

BC has 2 with NU, 2 with UNH and 1 with BU.

I think that things are pretty much up in there air right now.
 
UncleRay said:
"Home ice is almost guaranteed."??? :rolleyes: Maine isn't catching UMass. Not catching Lowell - they've got a game in hand. We're "tied" with BC right now, but they have not one, but two games in hand. That's three teams that will clearly finish the season ahead of Maine. BU is only one point back and has a game in hand. UHN is only a point back. And UConn is only two points back, has a game in hand, and will face da Bears for two this weekend - which means the status of just those two teams could look a LOT different in a week's time. Guaranteed? I'm too busy to look at all the upcoming games in the league, but I don't think they're even guaranteed a top 8 finish.
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If after games on 22 February they have 28 points then yes, they'll likely be in first place with home ice virtually guaranteed. If they lose or even tie any of the next four games all bets are off - both conference and nationally. The margin is razor thin.
 
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acs64 said:
Oh, I thought you were supposed to take speed, not coach it :D

Yeah why not, just coach the speedsters to go get the puck and move it with speed ;)
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Only in my youth ;) Red would tell Pavel Bure to slow down and hit somebody
 
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walrus said:
Only in my youth ;) Red would tell Pavel Bure to slow down and hit somebody
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Can you imagine how he would have "coached" PK..? He probably would've had him on the 4th line, or even scratched half the time.
 
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UncleRay said:
"Home ice is almost guaranteed."??? :rolleyes: Maine isn't catching UMass. Not catching Lowell - they've got a game in hand. We're "tied" with BC right now, but they have not one, but two games in hand. That's three teams that will clearly finish the season ahead of Maine. BU is only one point back and has a game in hand. UHN is only a point back. And UConn is only two points back, has a game in hand, and will face da Bears for two this weekend - which means the status of just those two teams could look a LOT different in a week's time. Guaranteed? I'm too busy to look at all the upcoming games in the league, but I don't think they're even guaranteed a top 8 finish.
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Lowell still has two games against Umass Amherst and two against Northeastern. BU has two against Northeastern and one against. ETC. So if Maine keeps winning, they can make up ground against several teams.
 
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