Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
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Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
)Still gotta get over "quality win on the road hurdle",(Army? Harvard? not so much, and if they sweep UAH, don't nobody come on here espousing those as quality wins!).
By the way, if BC could knock off ME this weekend, it would be appreciated.
Reasonably stated. Thought they were there against UNH but coughed it up late (boy is Thompson having a nice season for them!) (Given UNH's playoff woes, would a regular season win for MC at the Whitt be more impressive than a playoff win ?
)Still gotta get over "quality win on the road hurdle",(Army? Harvard? not so much, and if they sweep UAH, don't nobody come on here espousing those as quality wins!). By the way, if BC could knock off ME this weekend, it would be appreciated.
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I'd say that's a pretty even trade-off.
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I'd say that's a pretty even trade-off.
Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
To digress ever so slightly, Merrimack fans and all opposing fans:
What Merrimack player not named Da Costa, Barton or Cannata have you seen that has really impressed you this season?
I am especially curious to see who sticks out to the non-MC fans who have watched Merrimack play. I have a couple names in mind--but I will hold until a few folks add their $.02.
To digress ever so slightly, Merrimack fans and all opposing fans:
What Merrimack player not named Da Costa, Barton or Cannata have you seen that has really impressed you this season?
I am especially curious to see who sticks out to the non-MC fans who have watched Merrimack play. I have a couple names in mind--but I will hold until a few folks add their $.02.
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Flanigan, and that third line in general has really impressed me. Great forecheck, cycling, energy. All of the freshman have impressed. I think all will progress and be nice contributors.
Flanigan, and that third line in general has really impressed me. Great forecheck, cycling, energy. All of the freshman have impressed. I think all will progress and be nice contributors.
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Stollery- Every time I watch him, he does something good. I've felt he's been very underrated on the HE landscape since his freshman year.
Ross- One of the best defensive d-men in HE.
Heywood- One of the best freshman d-men I've seen this season.
Stollery- Every time I watch him, he does something good. I've felt he's been very underrated on the HE landscape since his freshman year.
Ross- One of the best defensive d-men in HE.
Heywood- One of the best freshman d-men I've seen this season.
irishfan85
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
I didn't count Stollery because he has been my favorite MC defenseman since he arrived. He isn't big, but he's solid both ways. I agree with Heywood and also think Ellis is solid defensively. McCarthy in limited action has been good. I'm not as sold on Bigos or Ross as some others, but they are good and serve their role.
I didn't count Stollery because he has been my favorite MC defenseman since he arrived. He isn't big, but he's solid both ways. I agree with Heywood and also think Ellis is solid defensively. McCarthy in limited action has been good. I'm not as sold on Bigos or Ross as some others, but they are good and serve their role.
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Yeah, the D corps as a whole is great. I'm much more sold on Ross than Bigos. Aside from the fact that I don't like Bigos' late finishes on checks or his post-whistle stuff, I've also seen him miss quite a few assignments in his own zone. Ellis is well on his way to be a very good d-man, too, but I've seen him get caught out of position a couple times, which is why I took Heywood over him.
Yeah, the D corps as a whole is great. I'm much more sold on Ross than Bigos. Aside from the fact that I don't like Bigos' late finishes on checks or his post-whistle stuff, I've also seen him miss quite a few assignments in his own zone. Ellis is well on his way to be a very good d-man, too, but I've seen him get caught out of position a couple times, which is why I took Heywood over him.
sterlippo1
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
finish reading the post, salvo. BU and UNH both were 2-1 vs BC last year and..................
finish reading the post, salvo. BU and UNH both were 2-1 vs BC last year and..................
sterlippo1
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
again i say, seriously? winning a season series 2-1 means you own that team?
but, if that's what you want to pump your chest out about, have at it
..........now go take a cold shower.
some of you all are getting a bit ahead of yourselves..............watch out for that
again i say, seriously? winning a season series 2-1 means you own that team?
but, if that's what you want to pump your chest out about, have at it
..........now go take a cold shower. some of you all are getting a bit ahead of yourselves..............watch out for thatRe: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
And what, they didn't win a national title?
That's not what I'm concerned about...I have no thoughts of a national title, it just proved to me that we can compete. I never said that by winning the series 2-1 we would beat BC at the garden for the HE title and then move on and win the crown...all I said was that it shows that we can compete and that I take pride in that...again consider a compliment.
And what, they didn't win a national title?
That's not what I'm concerned about...I have no thoughts of a national title, it just proved to me that we can compete. I never said that by winning the series 2-1 we would beat BC at the garden for the HE title and then move on and win the crown...all I said was that it shows that we can compete and that I take pride in that...again consider a compliment.
Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Seems like our D-core is raising eyebrows (for the right reasons), the players I had in mind are both freshman, but that's probably because I watch so many games that I have grown used to the other players haha.
Heywood - Love his physicality all over the ice and responsibility with the puck, once he spends a couple of years in the league I think he could become a shutdown D-man.
Bates - I like his offensive game, he is quick and has a sneaky shot that seems to sneak through the pads. Only has 6 points in 16 games, but I think he could mature into a great offensive player.
Seems like our D-core is raising eyebrows (for the right reasons), the players I had in mind are both freshman, but that's probably because I watch so many games that I have grown used to the other players haha.
Heywood - Love his physicality all over the ice and responsibility with the puck, once he spends a couple of years in the league I think he could become a shutdown D-man.
Bates - I like his offensive game, he is quick and has a sneaky shot that seems to sneak through the pads. Only has 6 points in 16 games, but I think he could mature into a great offensive player.
Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
What?
Sorry, no. Merrimack's greatest moment in D1 was getting into the NCAAs as an Independent in 1988, beating Hockey East and Beanpot champion Northeastern in a two game, total-goals series, and then moving on to win the first game of the next round against Lake Superior in their own rink-- the first and only game they would lose at home that season. They beat Merrimack the next night, taking that series and went on to win the national championship.
A first round upset in the league playoffs doesn't, to my mind, rank with that. Maybe you didn't see those games-- you might have been sitting at the kiddie table yourself in those days, or perhaps a high chair? Does it feel better losing a series to a team you think belongs at the kiddie table? I'd have thought it felt worse.
MC hasn't done anything to earn your respect? Fine. I wasn't aware it was that important to earn. I would tend to think that BC's players and BC's coach respect Merrimack's team this year more than you do, and that's worth a lot more. Even if they didn't, there's always the scoreboard. As in all things, the name of the game is "what have you done lately" and what's happened lately between BC and Merrimack is Merrimack won two games by five goals total and BC won one game by one goal. At home.
The past is gone. The future is unknowable. In the gap between the two, there's Merrimack 2, BC 1. If it makes you feel better to count banners, you go right ahead, but until the two teams meet again-- either this season or next-- that's all there is. I make no predictions whatsoever. BC is a very good team. MC is a good team. BC will almost certainly finish first or second, and will very likely be in the finals. Should MC work hard enough and be fortunate enough to advance to the Garden, they may face the Eagles and the Eagles may win. If they do it will be because of what happens on the ice now-- not because of the banners, not because one team or the other did a better job of earning the respect of you, me, or any other fan on this board.
Of course I'd rather they think like you. They should go into the game thinking that Merrimack is still a division 2 club, not worthy of respect, and that the Eagles can just throw their golden skates out onto the ice, draped in their championship banners, and think they can win the game without actually playing. That'd suit me fine.
When you leave a game where Merrimack beats BC, do you think to yourself that it doesn't matter because BC won a banner last year? Is that what York tells his players-- it's OK to lose to Merrimack a couple times, because it doesn't matter-- they're assured a good record this season, probably a HE crown and maybe another NCAA banner?
If Merrimack is so bad that even winning a series against a top team like BC doesn't redeem them, how much worse is it for BC to have lost that series? Isn't it unconscionable, unbelievable, impossible?
Let's enjoy the games, guys. What happens, happens. If you're happy with your team's performance, now and in the past, good for you. If you can be happy with your team's good performance this season, we can be happy about our team's good performance this season-- even if the major highlight so far is beating BC two out of three.
What?
Sorry, no. Merrimack's greatest moment in D1 was getting into the NCAAs as an Independent in 1988, beating Hockey East and Beanpot champion Northeastern in a two game, total-goals series, and then moving on to win the first game of the next round against Lake Superior in their own rink-- the first and only game they would lose at home that season. They beat Merrimack the next night, taking that series and went on to win the national championship.
A first round upset in the league playoffs doesn't, to my mind, rank with that. Maybe you didn't see those games-- you might have been sitting at the kiddie table yourself in those days, or perhaps a high chair? Does it feel better losing a series to a team you think belongs at the kiddie table? I'd have thought it felt worse.
MC hasn't done anything to earn your respect? Fine. I wasn't aware it was that important to earn. I would tend to think that BC's players and BC's coach respect Merrimack's team this year more than you do, and that's worth a lot more. Even if they didn't, there's always the scoreboard. As in all things, the name of the game is "what have you done lately" and what's happened lately between BC and Merrimack is Merrimack won two games by five goals total and BC won one game by one goal. At home.
The past is gone. The future is unknowable. In the gap between the two, there's Merrimack 2, BC 1. If it makes you feel better to count banners, you go right ahead, but until the two teams meet again-- either this season or next-- that's all there is. I make no predictions whatsoever. BC is a very good team. MC is a good team. BC will almost certainly finish first or second, and will very likely be in the finals. Should MC work hard enough and be fortunate enough to advance to the Garden, they may face the Eagles and the Eagles may win. If they do it will be because of what happens on the ice now-- not because of the banners, not because one team or the other did a better job of earning the respect of you, me, or any other fan on this board.
Of course I'd rather they think like you. They should go into the game thinking that Merrimack is still a division 2 club, not worthy of respect, and that the Eagles can just throw their golden skates out onto the ice, draped in their championship banners, and think they can win the game without actually playing. That'd suit me fine.
When you leave a game where Merrimack beats BC, do you think to yourself that it doesn't matter because BC won a banner last year? Is that what York tells his players-- it's OK to lose to Merrimack a couple times, because it doesn't matter-- they're assured a good record this season, probably a HE crown and maybe another NCAA banner?
If Merrimack is so bad that even winning a series against a top team like BC doesn't redeem them, how much worse is it for BC to have lost that series? Isn't it unconscionable, unbelievable, impossible?
Let's enjoy the games, guys. What happens, happens. If you're happy with your team's performance, now and in the past, good for you. If you can be happy with your team's good performance this season, we can be happy about our team's good performance this season-- even if the major highlight so far is beating BC two out of three.
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
A UNH fan taking pot shots at BC fans in a Merrimack thread is not "you all getting ahead of yourselves". It's just lowering the signal to noise ratio. I don't speak for UNH fans, so please don't consider that a UNH fan speaks for us. The only thing sillier than UNH supporters using Merrimack to get under the skin of BC fans is BC fans letting them do it. Leave us out of it.
again i say, seriously? winning a season series 2-1 means you own that team?
but, if that's what you want to pump your chest out about, have at it
A UNH fan taking pot shots at BC fans in a Merrimack thread is not "you all getting ahead of yourselves". It's just lowering the signal to noise ratio. I don't speak for UNH fans, so please don't consider that a UNH fan speaks for us. The only thing sillier than UNH supporters using Merrimack to get under the skin of BC fans is BC fans letting them do it. Leave us out of it.
Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Sorry to have derailed a good thread again by replying to the old nonsense.
I'd say Flanigan, Collins, and Heywood.
Heywood still makes some rookie mistakes here and there, but he's also made a lot of plays that impressed me, that I thought were very smart, the kinds of plays I'd more expect to see from upperclassmen.
Flanigan and Collins both work hard and there's no substitute for effort. That's not to say that the rest of the team isn't working hard, but those guys go the extra mile, especially when forechecking.
Sorry to have derailed a good thread again by replying to the old nonsense.
I'd say Flanigan, Collins, and Heywood.
Heywood still makes some rookie mistakes here and there, but he's also made a lot of plays that impressed me, that I thought were very smart, the kinds of plays I'd more expect to see from upperclassmen.
Flanigan and Collins both work hard and there's no substitute for effort. That's not to say that the rest of the team isn't working hard, but those guys go the extra mile, especially when forechecking.
sterlippo1
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
you guys can compete and more, there is no doubt. just competing was last year......... point taken. Good luck this weekend down there and bring 4 points back to North Andover
you guys can compete and more, there is no doubt. just competing was last year......... point taken. Good luck this weekend down there and bring 4 points back to North Andover
Nick Papagiorgio
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Did you intend to write something this incredibly stupid or did this just happen by accident? WOW. This was brilliant.
Did you intend to write something this incredibly stupid or did this just happen by accident? WOW. This was brilliant.
Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
Everyone knock yourselves over and get excited about a middle of the pack team in a weak conference!!! Hurry!!!!
Ha, sorry, I can't bring myself to take MC fans seriously. Nothing against some of their long-time fans, but apparently some of these news fans think that just because the colors are the same that MC is now Michigan.
Everyone knock yourselves over and get excited about a middle of the pack team in a weak conference!!! Hurry!!!!
Ha, sorry, I can't bring myself to take MC fans seriously. Nothing against some of their long-time fans, but apparently some of these news fans think that just because the colors are the same that MC is now Michigan.
Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
lol no one said we're Michigan, no one said we're more than a middle of a pack team, just that we can compete, and compete darn well. We have a shot at home ice and from there who knows.
How do people think the whole rest thing is going to play into Tuesday night's game? The teams are already two of the most physical in HE...there WILL be lots of penalties called on both sides, will the rest factor play a roll in tipping the special teams in favor of BU?
lol no one said we're Michigan, no one said we're more than a middle of a pack team, just that we can compete, and compete darn well. We have a shot at home ice and from there who knows.
How do people think the whole rest thing is going to play into Tuesday night's game? The teams are already two of the most physical in HE...there WILL be lots of penalties called on both sides, will the rest factor play a roll in tipping the special teams in favor of BU?
sterlippo1
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Re: Merrimack College 2010-2011: taking H.E. one chair-back seat at a time
a UNH fan under my skin? not a chance ( i actually root for them and wish them well as i do your team) but if you're going to preach about clensing your thread perhaps you should have told HIM to take HIS pot shots to the appropriate thread. make sense? sounds fair, no?
a UNH fan under my skin? not a chance ( i actually root for them and wish them well as i do your team) but if you're going to preach about clensing your thread perhaps you should have told HIM to take HIS pot shots to the appropriate thread. make sense? sounds fair, no?
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