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Maine Hockey 2013-2014 - Red Light District

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umhockey91 said:
If Merrimack can't compete on the ice without running to Papa Bertagna.......maybe they should just leave the league?
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According to the Bangor Daily they said Lomberg was assessed a 2 minute penalty for interference at the time, but had the refs seen his elbow up beforehand they would have kicked him out.

So, the big question is, why didn't the refs go to video review at the time?

They did once before in the game to give Anthoine a 2 minute penalty for hitting after the whistle. It's not right to penalize the whole Maine team because the refs failed to get a call right the game before. If there was any doubt at all on the call then they should have gone to see a replay to make sure they had the call right.

Coach Gendron was quoted in the Bangor Daily as saying "I support the league’s decision.” I definitely don't support the decision and I think Hockey East is totally out of line for handling a blown call the way they did. If there's any doubt go to replay when it happens, but don't pull some bogus communistic collective punishment because their (Hockey East's) officials couldn't get the call right on the ice.
 
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Are you ***** kidding me? So just because it wasn't seen by an official on the ice means the league should never review any play that warrants being reviewed? That is asinine. Completely backwards way of handling things.
 
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I understand the frustration because anyone that watched that game with Merrimack knew their coach was "coaching" them to draw certain match penalties where it benefited his team. It is the only time I have seen a goalie called for a dive leave the ice due to injury. Prior to that Maine's 4th line was even causing Merrimack to ice the puck. The previous weekend in Notre Dame I thought it was convenient that their goalie had multiple "equipment issues" at a critical point in the game where I thought some Notre Dame top lines were over-shifted. But that one is a little less obvious probably because Jackson used a little more suave... This and in that same game a Merrimack player was called for embellishing... which might be only a slightly more politically correct way of saying diving.

Now, I think if the league reviewed it, they probably got it right. So like it or not, Lomberg will have to sit. Now, I don't think this labels Lomberg as any sort of cheap shot artist given what I've seen of his play and also given we have had players before like Prestin, Diamond, etc...

A little adversity isn't a bad thing. Maybe Henke gets back in the line up. Maybe Norman goes to the 4th line, etc... The team will just do battle as it has to. Imagine what a win it would be on Friday and the boost you get on Saturday when Lomberg comes back. These kind of moments forge a team, and let's see how they do. :)

OK, that is as much kool aid as I can dish out, because Merrimack's coach did pull some tom foolery the other night IMO.
 
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Agree. There's nothing to be done about it, and as adversity goes, it's better to sit for a night than to miss the rest of the season on crutches. There are bad breaks, and then there are bad breaks.

If HEA really wanted to screw Maine and help a Boston team, why didn't they stop that farce at Fenway during the 1st intermission, instead of making sure the game went final.*

*I know, they gave BU some garbage time power plays, but the point stands.
 
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amherstblackbear said:
Agree. There's nothing to be done about it, and as adversity goes, it's better to sit for a night than to miss the rest of the season on crutches. There are bad breaks, and then there are bad breaks.

If HEA really wanted to screw Maine and help a Boston team, why didn't they stop that farce at Fenway during the 1st intermission, instead of making sure the game went final.*

*I know, they gave BU some garbage time power plays, but the point stands.
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You have to figure that 4 points and no serious injuries is a good weekend with Merrimack. :D
 
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blackbear80 said:
You have to figure that 4 points and no serious injuries is a good weekend with Merrimack. :D
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Not only that but I started out the season going... that is a big team. Then that is a big team. And now I am realizing we have one of the smallest and youngest teams going. :D

I think if we are clever we can shave Wally and put him on the ice. Not sure his knees can take is but I doubt there will be much to shoot at. Post game interviews would be a bit of a challenge. Not sure Wally can pull off a flat brim hat kinda not quite on center telling everyone his favorite things are house music, napoleon dynamite, and chipoltes. But if it means wins in the quarters and a trip to the fleete we should give it a run. :D
 
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Well all kidding aside, I've met a lot of great Maine fans over the years. Wally, HockeyPuck, ApplePicker, Amherst, Allbear( I mean acs64), Pucknut, Rufus, etc... They might have called us internet nutcases, so be it. But I can say this without a doubt these fans love their team. And when I have the occasion to go to a game it really is something. I can see a huge difference between hope and not this season. Outstanding work by the team and the coaches. Keep it going because it won't be long before "IT" is back. :D

Disclaimer: So my favorite book is "IT" also. :D
 
blackbearbandie said:
If I'm looking at the right rule book, http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/IH14.pdf, it says that in Rule 93.2 that replay can be used to "correctly identify individuals who participated in a fight or committed an infraction."
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They can review only to determine which player actually committed the infraction, but not to ascertain if an infraction occurred. It happened during the melee that followed the embellishment call on Abbott posted earlier. They knew someone slashed a Maine player but didn't catch his number because of the ensuing scrum. They went to replay to put a number to the penalty.
 
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blackbearbandie said:
According to the Bangor Daily they said Lomberg was assessed a 2 minute penalty for interference at the time, but had the refs seen his elbow up beforehand they would have kicked him out.

So, the big question is, why didn't the refs go to video review at the time?
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I'm just guessing here but they probably didn't review it at the the time because they didn't see it. If they had seen it they wouldn't have needed to review it?
 
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umhockey91 said:
If Merrimack can't compete on the ice without running to Papa Bertagna.......maybe they should just leave the league?
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Really? They should leave the league? How about if Lomberg can't play hockey without resorting to throwing his elbows around he should just quit playing hockey... You guys are really getting carried away with this. Suspensions happen...even after the game has ended.
 
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jcarter7669 said:
Really? They should leave the league? How about if Lomberg can't play hockey without resorting to throwing his elbows around he should just quit playing hockey... You guys are really getting carried away with this. Suspensions happen...even after the game has ended.
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Merrimack has a reputation for a reason. If you can't skate with 'em........beat the sh*t out 'em.:rolleyes:
 
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I find it ridiculous that if it wasn't called and nobody was injured how it would even be considered for review after the fact. I guess this must be considered a victory for Merrimack in their eyes seeing how they can't get one on the ice.....may as well try for something.
 
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ck1969 said:
I find it ridiculous that if it wasn't called and nobody was injured how it would even be considered for review after the fact. I guess this must be considered a victory for Merrimack in their eyes seeing how they can't get one on the ice.....may as well try for something.
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why is this so hard to understand for some of you? the opposing team can submit anything they want to the league. they did and it was reviewed. this is not a witch hunt against maine black bears.
 
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umhockey91 said:
Merrimack has a reputation for a reason. If you can't skate with 'em........beat the sh*t out 'em.:rolleyes:
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That has nothing to do with your assertion that if they go whining to Bertagana they should just leave the league... nor does it have much with the incident which was regarding a Maine player. Are you now trying to say that it's OK to elbow people if they have a bad reputation and if you don't like it you should leave the league?
 
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The league has the responsibility to review any play and impose penalties to ensure player safety. In my mind, that is the appropriate course of action.
 
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The article in the BDN also states that the league official reviews all game tapes. It seems to me that this is a standard review of a game tape and the infraction was noted and punishment was handed out accordingly.
 
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Little Ryan Lomberg pulled a Brooks Orpik. End of story. I find it comical though that dirtbag Dennehy found the need to shadow Lomberg instead of Shore....***. Talk about not knowing who the dangerous individual is...so what if bergie had one good game. Maybe he was trying to tell Bigo's successor with his elbow that he's got the wrong guy. :D I thought full blown shadowing went the way of the dinosaurs in college hockey.
 
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