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Maine Hockey 2013-2014 Part 1: Red Dawn

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There may have been a crossed wire in the communications. Dave may be the goalie coach for summer camp, not with the team. Am efforting a clarification now.
 
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"We'll never play a game at the Cross Insurance Center"...........or something to that effect. Which UMO boob said that and when????..........or is everyone going to mysteriously deny that now?:rolleyes:

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Im lovin the stretch October 25th-December 7th 11 straight Hockey East games and Amherst and Vermont make up 8 of those games and BU, BC and UML all at home over that stretch...really solid chance to build up momentum
 
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Sandie, please forward a million so they can put the ice making equipment in at the Cross Center and get that one game in you are longing for. And do it quickly. Keep it in perspective, the regionals one day will be at the renovated CCCC, not ever in Bangoah.
 
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Brian Kasabian said:
Hey can you explain why that is?
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It has been explained several times in this thread. To sum up: Because HEA added Notre Dame, almost every HEA school is playing one or more conference rival in non-conference games because many schools were not able to fill the gap when the normal seven OOC games became 14.
 
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Priceless said:
There may have been a crossed wire in the communications. Dave may be the goalie coach for summer camp, not with the team. Am efforting a clarification now.
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No mixup. Dave will be the grad assistant and work primarily with the goaltenders. The coaching staff will now be two former assistants under Shawn Walsh, and two alumni from the program, one under Walsh and the other under Whitehead.
 
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Thanks Priceless, I try and keep up with this board and Hockey East in general...I knew there were changes with the playoff format and season schedules but I didn't realize/grasp that we were going to play Hockey East teams as out of conference games. How can you tell which 7 games count out of the 11 I mentioned?
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Brian Kasabian said:
Thanks Priceless, I try and keep up with this board and Hockey East in general...I knew there were changes with the playoff format and season schedules but I didn't realize/grasp that we were going to play Hockey East teams as out of conference games. How can you tell which 7 games count out of the 11 I mentioned?
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On the official schedule, the ones with a * are the conference games.
 
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Hockey East AD's voted for single games for the teams positioned 6 - 11 in the final standings. This has the makings for a real upset and could have implications for teams in the pairwise rankings. Teams 1 - 5 get byes and the winning three teams in the single elimination game will be re-seeded. Very interesting.
 
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walrus said:
I like the pick, he is a volunteer asst, they get paid diddly squat, you ain't getting Patrick Roy to come in for a few grand. I think he'll work hard and the players will like him
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I don't think its the money aspect...great that he's willing to go forward and help the team,never figured he'd be interested in such a position...does he reside in the area compared to Alexander the Great..?
 
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ck1969 said:
At least they brought someone in to coach the goalies. Keep in mind, sometimes people are better teachers than players. Knowledge is different than execution. I know what a proper golf swing looks like but can I execute it consistantly? No, but I can still show you. Just because you don;t have the physcal gifts doesn't mean you don't have the knowledge and skills to teach.
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After reading your post this very well could be the truth,my first thought about Wilson doing the job surprised me,that he would even be interested in the first place,but somewhat like in Baseball where the backup catcher or the Career Minor Leaguer becomes a top notch Manager(Joe Maddon/Earl Weaver to mention a couple)...I hope and wish him well,as he goes the Maine Goaltending situation will go....plus with the Veteran Coaching of Gendron/Leach to go along with the New rookie asst. coach in Guite,Wilson has a lot to fall back on for help(if needed). A blend of past/present and future.
 
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Runsub5 said:
Hockey East AD's voted for single games for the teams positioned 6 - 11 in the final standings. This has the makings for a real upset and could have implications for teams in the pairwise rankings. Teams 1 - 5 get byes and the winning three teams in the single elimination game will be re-seeded. Very interesting.
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So a bottom-third team will occasionally upset a middle-third team. Big deal. The number of bottom-third teams that go on to upset a top-third team in an away series will be very, very small over time. Why leagues continue to bother including bottom-feeders in league tourneys is beyond me. Actually, it isn't - follow the Benjamins.
 
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UncleRay said:
So a bottom-third team will occasionally upset a middle-third team. Big deal. The number of bottom-third teams that go on to upset a top-third team in an away series will be very, very small over time. Why leagues continue to bother including bottom-feeders in league tourneys is beyond me. Actually, it isn't - follow the Benjamins.
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Yup...and that's how they spell NC$$.!
 
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ck1969 said:
At least they brought someone in to coach the goalies. Keep in mind, sometimes people are better teachers than players. Knowledge is different than execution. I know what a proper golf swing looks like but can I execute it consistantly? No, but I can still show you. Just because you don;t have the physcal gifts doesn't mean you don't have the knowledge and skills to teach.
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Sounds like wishful thinking; Dave is a nice guy but he was pretty awful in net, perhaps the worst goalie I've ever seen at Maine.

Hope I'm wrong about his ability to transcend all that, but I don't see how I really could be... His decision-making was abysmal most of the time.
 
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wishful thinking: sometimes the best coaches were players who weren't superstars themselves. They empathize better with players and they know how to spot mistakes better because they made them themselves.

agreed about his on-ice abilities however, the BC Hockey East Championship game was brutal to watch other than the one huge breakaway save. the OT goal was a high school level save.
 
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umainesuperfan said:
agreed about his on-ice abilities however, the BC Hockey East Championship game was brutal to watch other than the one huge breakaway save. the OT goal was a high school level save.
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It went with the high school level defense Tim employed
 
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