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Maine Hockey 2013-2014 - Red White Bleeding Blue...

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TERRIERFANinLA said:
so who has more to prove, Nate's boys who were "deserted" after a year or two, or Nate, after "deserting" Union?

when was the last time a head coach faced his former players in the NCAA tournament?
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Well who knows..? Maybe you could give the 1st hand insight on tomorrows matchup between Union/PC.
 
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Priceless said:
I would assume the Union deal is a home-and-home so Union will be in Orono in 2015-16. Quinnipiac will have to wait.

Maine will be in Alaska Oct 10-11 and host Anchorage 24-25 so 17-18 would be a fine time for the pair @Union.

If Maine plays 18 home games (and they should) that leaves 5 open dates to fill. The road slate is full.
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Probably a fair bet that an AHA team will be in for a 1-off.

So, two series left to schedule, plus exhibitions.
 
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Priceless said:
I would assume the Union deal is a home-and-home so Union will be in Orono in 2015-16. Quinnipiac will have to wait.

Maine will be in Alaska Oct 10-11 and host Anchorage 24-25 so 17-18 would be a fine time for the pair @Union.

If Maine plays 18 home games (and they should) that leaves 5 open dates to fill. The road slate is full.
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How come Harvard and Yale are never in the cards? Easy travel, not AHA doormats.
 
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ck1969 said:
How come Harvard and Yale are never in the cards? Easy travel, not AHA doormats.
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Shawn once said he couldn't get Harvard to come to Orono and I don't think they ever have. He never said why but surly they must have had their reasons.
 
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Pucknut said:
Shawn once said he couldn't get Harvard to come to Orono and I don't think they ever have. He never said why but surly they must have had their reasons.
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Because Danato disliked Walsh for comments he made when Harvard was in the Championships years ago.
 
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This had been nagging in my head for a little bit so I decided to look into it. Remember how Blaine Byron started off the season, and it looked like he was gonna be a big scorer on this team? yes, i know he's only a freshman, and he's got a lot of developing to do, so I'm not saying this disparagingly, or to put any pressure on the guy.

But after the new year, he had only 2 goals and 3 assists the rest of the season. This coincides with the injury he took in the Florida tourney, so I'm thinking he played with some sort of nagging injury for the rest of the season, which slowed him down greatly.
 
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rufus said:
This had been nagging in my head for a little bit so I decided to look into it. Remember how Blaine Byron started off the season, and it looked like he was gonna be a big scorer on this team? yes, i know he's only a freshman, and he's got a lot of developing to do, so I'm not saying this disparagingly, or to put any pressure on the guy.

But after the new year, he had only 2 goals and 3 assists the rest of the season. This coincides with the injury he took in the Florida tourney, so I'm thinking he played with some sort of nagging injury for the rest of the season, which slowed him down greatly.
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He wasn't the same player after the layoff from that injury...plus he was not together a lot afterwards with Morgan & Brown...could be he was still hurting and played thru it...I see a lot of positives from him come next season...and I would expect that the Staff expects him to come thru also and there should be no reason why he can't be like the 1st half of this last season.
 
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The reason the Ivies don't come to Orono is the lack of scheduling opportunities. Remember that the Ivies only play 29 games (instead of 34) and don't start play until after most D-I teams have already played their NC games in October. Harvard has even less of a schedule because they have the Crockpot and annual games with BU and BC aside from the Crockpot. That leaves them with only three NC games. Looking at the schedules of the Ivies, they prefer to play local teams in HEA and AHA in single games and rarely play 2-game series. Colgate might be the best bet to get a home-and-home series.

Maine should be trying to get Colorado College and Penn State/Michigan State in for weekends this fall. They would be good draws at the gate AND they are teams that were at or near the bottom of their conferences, which means they would be good additions for Maine's RPI (54% of which is made up of oppoppwin%).
 
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Priceless said:
The reason the Ivies don't come to Orono is the lack of scheduling opportunities. Remember that the Ivies only play 29 games (instead of 34) and don't start play until after most D-I teams have already played their NC games in October. Harvard has even less of a schedule because they have the Crockpot and annual games with BU and BC aside from the Crockpot. That leaves them with only three NC games. Looking at the schedules of the Ivies, they prefer to play local teams in HEA and AHA in single games and rarely play 2-game series. Colgate might be the best bet to get a home-and-home series.

Maine should be trying to get Colorado College and Penn State/Michigan State in for weekends this fall. They would be good draws at the gate AND they are teams that were at or near the bottom of their conferences, which means they would be good additions for Maine's RPI (54% of which is made up of oppoppwin%).
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Trust me,Donato has NO love lost for Maine.
 
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Now that the CCCC will be renovated, Red and Maine should push for Portland to host a regional. Could this happen one day?
 
Dirt said:
Now that the CCCC will be renovated, Red and Maine should push for Portland to host a regional. Could this happen one day?
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Public knowledge that CCCC and Maine are going to bid on a regional. They are hoping the ice Breaker tournament is well attended to show Portland is a good tourney spot.
 
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Priceless said:
Maine should be trying to get Colorado College and Penn State/Michigan State in for weekends this fall. They would be good draws at the gate AND they are teams that were at or near the bottom of their conferences, which means they would be good additions for Maine's RPI (54% of which is made up of oppoppwin%).
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Beat me to the punch on that point... SOS has a lot of tangential aspects to it, and those can be compounded by the PW via W% in ways that aren't entirely logical, but are nonetheless effective.
 
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Ma#1ne Hky said:
He wasn't the same player after the layoff from that injury...plus he was not together a lot afterwards with Morgan & Brown...could be he was still hurting and played thru it...I see a lot of positives from him come next season...and I would expect that the Staff expects him to come thru also and there should be no reason why he can't be like the 1st half of this last season.
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I agree that he was maybe 75% at best after his layoff.

I hope he comes back healthy next year. I think that kid has a huge upside.
 
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I gotta hunch most or all of these guys will come back next year in great condition ready to get after it. Consistency will be a key for them imo.
 
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Pucknut said:
Shawn once said he couldn't get Harvard to come to Orono and I don't think they ever have. He never said why but surly they must have had their reasons.
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Probably couldn't find their way. That book smarts stuff sometimes doesn't transition well to practicality!:D
 
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