Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
Makes no sense. GB is the early game???? sure
Makes no sense. GB is the early game???? sure
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Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
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John_Fuller
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
This is going to be a classic CCHA vs. Hockey East war in the backyards of the Hockey East teams. While both UNH and Merrimack will have some "home ice cooking", we know that any of these teams can score at any time. Like most NCAA tournament games, the goaltending and PP's will decide this region's winner. Can either of the CCHA's teams score early and keep the crowd out of the game. Any one of these teams is more than capable of beating the other three on any given night. We'll just have to wait to find out.
One underrated key is the status of Chris Barton for Merrimack College, who was unavailable for the HE Championship Weekend in Boston. While I understand that Kreider was out of BC in the championship game as well to somewhat balance the odds, not having Barton in the lineup on Saturday really hurt the Warriors and why they simply ran out of gas in the championship game.
Merrimack doesn't have an organized pep band so I'm sure that's why they played their goal song over the PA at the Garden. They may do the same at the NCAA's.
In my view, the 8 PM start on Sunday won't have any impact on attendance unless UNH and Merrimack are bounced on Saturday.
UNH vs. anyone = sellout. Merrimack vs. CCHA = 2/3 to 3/4, CCHA < 1/2
This is going to be a classic CCHA vs. Hockey East war in the backyards of the Hockey East teams. While both UNH and Merrimack will have some "home ice cooking", we know that any of these teams can score at any time. Like most NCAA tournament games, the goaltending and PP's will decide this region's winner. Can either of the CCHA's teams score early and keep the crowd out of the game. Any one of these teams is more than capable of beating the other three on any given night. We'll just have to wait to find out.
One underrated key is the status of Chris Barton for Merrimack College, who was unavailable for the HE Championship Weekend in Boston. While I understand that Kreider was out of BC in the championship game as well to somewhat balance the odds, not having Barton in the lineup on Saturday really hurt the Warriors and why they simply ran out of gas in the championship game.
Merrimack doesn't have an organized pep band so I'm sure that's why they played their goal song over the PA at the Garden. They may do the same at the NCAA's.
In my view, the 8 PM start on Sunday won't have any impact on attendance unless UNH and Merrimack are bounced on Saturday.
UNH vs. anyone = sellout. Merrimack vs. CCHA = 2/3 to 3/4, CCHA < 1/2
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When unh faced bu, was it two years ago in the north east finals, game wasn't sold out. Ticket is expensive, a detractor in my opinion. I'd like to see them less greedy and fill the place up
I live on the Seacoast. No moose here. I don't own a gun either. Any other ideas?
Tickets are sold as a 2 day package, not individual games. So even if they did sell every seat, it would only appear to be sold out at the end of game 1 and beginning of game 2 on Saturday as not every fan will be present for all 3 games.
manurespreader
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They will sell individual day tickets later in the week as long as the 2 day packages aren't sold out, which happened in 09. The regionals didn't come close to selling out
My house in Lowell is 10 miles closer to Manchester than Durham is to Manchester so I'd be a fool if I didn't walk. I'll be able to put the money I save on gas and parking towards those $77 tickets.
Priceless, according to Melrose you can simply walk from the campus to Manchester. As long as it isn't raining, you should be fine.
UNH beats Miami of Ohio and ND beats MC. I think the Irish find a way to get to St. Paul.
Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
Pick up sea shells by the seashore.
Pick up sea shells by the seashore.
irishfan85
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
I really cannot believe people are complaining about the price. I mean you get to see three very meaningful college hockey games that will decide the eventual national champion of our sport for under $100 per person and get good seats that would cost about $100 a ticket for a regular season meaningless Bruins game.
I really cannot believe people are complaining about the price. I mean you get to see three very meaningful college hockey games that will decide the eventual national champion of our sport for under $100 per person and get good seats that would cost about $100 a ticket for a regular season meaningless Bruins game.
thecomicbookguy
Nobody.
Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
The coaches in the early game give ND a better chance against Merrimack?
One week before Merrimack beat BC.
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irishfan85
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
Any college hockey friendly bars in the area that people have gone to during past regionals to watch the other games from around the country on ESPNU? Thanks in advance!
Any college hockey friendly bars in the area that people have gone to during past regionals to watch the other games from around the country on ESPNU? Thanks in advance!
Not really sure what that is supposed to mean.
Carmine Scarpaglia
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
Nice try dopey. No I mentioned that no one was talking about ND coming out of the bracket, which kind of... ya know, makes the other two teams and their coaches relevant. If they get past Merrimack, you have either Jeff Jackson vs. Umiliated or Jeff Jackson vs. Mr. Bean. Either one is a mismatch of epic proportions from a preparation and mental standpoint. Think Johnny Knoxville in the Ringer running against a bunch of retarded kids. What was the final score of that last ND/UNH tilt in the NCAAs that Jackson and Umiliated coached in?
Nice try dopey. No I mentioned that no one was talking about ND coming out of the bracket, which kind of... ya know, makes the other two teams and their coaches relevant. If they get past Merrimack, you have either Jeff Jackson vs. Umiliated or Jeff Jackson vs. Mr. Bean. Either one is a mismatch of epic proportions from a preparation and mental standpoint. Think Johnny Knoxville in the Ringer running against a bunch of retarded kids. What was the final score of that last ND/UNH tilt in the NCAAs that Jackson and Umiliated coached in?
IrishHockeyFan
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
I'll play Devil's Advocate here at odds with my fairly obvious rooting viewpoint.
The 2008 regional that Notre Dame dominated had a team that had 4 classes of players who were unusually close and played off of each other like few other teams I have seen before or since, and certainly not at Notre Dame. The subtraction of an insane amount of leadership provided by 3 or 4 guys from each of the 2008 and 2009 classes has affected this team in ways they have not yet recovered.
They also had a goaltender in Jordan Pearce who was having a fabulous season, better by far than either of the two netminders Notre Dame is likely to use, and was the best goalie I have seen at Notre Dame in my 40 years of attending games. And it isn't even close on that count. The 2008 squad was not prone to making the mistakes the current edition makes, and when they did, Pearce was solid as a brick wall. Johnson and Summerhays have yet to show that.
They were also playing with few expectations, being the last at-large team selected and only in their second season of being any kind of contender like they appear to be becoming. While not blessed with a player as dynamic as either Anders Lee or TJ Tynan have proven to be, they had a depth of playmaking this team lacks.
While that team also came into the NCAAs on the heels of two losses in the CCHA finals at the Joe, the two losses did not look like either of the two losses this past weekend. I did not attend this weekend but did watch Friday and got good and accurate reports on how they looked Saturday. In 2008 we played a solid Miami team down to the final seconds with a lead and lost a heartbreaker in OT, holding what I believe was the CCHA's highest scoring team to two goals, then doing the same to a decent offensive team in Northern the next night.
Finally, while Jackson versus Blasi may be seen by some as an epic mismatch (not by me, and although I do think Jackson is the superior coach, it isn't as if it is Jackson versus Poulin) Notre Dame's game against Miami looked like a pretty epic mismatch to me. Miami played bigger, faster, smarter, and with more passion. Notre Dame looked ill-prepared and lost virtually all of the game, save for a portion of the second period.
Notre Dame beating any of these teams will be a tall order. It can be done. Look no further than Notre Dame in 2008, or to BSU or RIT or any other lower seeded team to come out a regional. Merrimack and Notre Dame are both 4-4 in their last 8 and ranked next to each other in KRACH, and I think both are prone to giving up bad goals. The Warriors will have a much bigger crowd pulling for them, but Notre Dame will trump them in NCAA experience, both on the ice and the bench. And if the Irish get by them, its either a game against a home team riding the high of a pretty big upset NCAA tourney win, or a game against a team playing hockey as well or better than anyone else right now.
I'll play Devil's Advocate here at odds with my fairly obvious rooting viewpoint.
The 2008 regional that Notre Dame dominated had a team that had 4 classes of players who were unusually close and played off of each other like few other teams I have seen before or since, and certainly not at Notre Dame. The subtraction of an insane amount of leadership provided by 3 or 4 guys from each of the 2008 and 2009 classes has affected this team in ways they have not yet recovered.
They also had a goaltender in Jordan Pearce who was having a fabulous season, better by far than either of the two netminders Notre Dame is likely to use, and was the best goalie I have seen at Notre Dame in my 40 years of attending games. And it isn't even close on that count. The 2008 squad was not prone to making the mistakes the current edition makes, and when they did, Pearce was solid as a brick wall. Johnson and Summerhays have yet to show that.
They were also playing with few expectations, being the last at-large team selected and only in their second season of being any kind of contender like they appear to be becoming. While not blessed with a player as dynamic as either Anders Lee or TJ Tynan have proven to be, they had a depth of playmaking this team lacks.
While that team also came into the NCAAs on the heels of two losses in the CCHA finals at the Joe, the two losses did not look like either of the two losses this past weekend. I did not attend this weekend but did watch Friday and got good and accurate reports on how they looked Saturday. In 2008 we played a solid Miami team down to the final seconds with a lead and lost a heartbreaker in OT, holding what I believe was the CCHA's highest scoring team to two goals, then doing the same to a decent offensive team in Northern the next night.
Finally, while Jackson versus Blasi may be seen by some as an epic mismatch (not by me, and although I do think Jackson is the superior coach, it isn't as if it is Jackson versus Poulin) Notre Dame's game against Miami looked like a pretty epic mismatch to me. Miami played bigger, faster, smarter, and with more passion. Notre Dame looked ill-prepared and lost virtually all of the game, save for a portion of the second period.
Notre Dame beating any of these teams will be a tall order. It can be done. Look no further than Notre Dame in 2008, or to BSU or RIT or any other lower seeded team to come out a regional. Merrimack and Notre Dame are both 4-4 in their last 8 and ranked next to each other in KRACH, and I think both are prone to giving up bad goals. The Warriors will have a much bigger crowd pulling for them, but Notre Dame will trump them in NCAA experience, both on the ice and the bench. And if the Irish get by them, its either a game against a home team riding the high of a pretty big upset NCAA tourney win, or a game against a team playing hockey as well or better than anyone else right now.
thecomicbookguy
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
I figured as much, I'm just curious as to your utter dismissal of Merrimack.
SteveF
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Re: Northeast Regional: Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame, UNH
well, what is most amazing is not just that Umile and Blasi are in the same regional, but that they get to play each other in the first round. which means one of them actually has to win. which will inevitably lead to premature and short lived delusions of grandeur from one of their fanbases. which will inevitably lead to utter disappointment after merrimack curbstomps either of them.
well, what is most amazing is not just that Umile and Blasi are in the same regional, but that they get to play each other in the first round. which means one of them actually has to win. which will inevitably lead to premature and short lived delusions of grandeur from one of their fanbases. which will inevitably lead to utter disappointment after merrimack curbstomps either of them.