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Northeastern 2015-16: Hobey Roy Kenobi and the Freshman Force

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riverchief1 said:
Notre Dame had a presence here in the past but zero this season. I think I saw something in a thread this year that they were all ticked about the way they were supposedly being treated on the boards so they just decided to not play here. They're "too good" for this board I guess.
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The domers don't know how to laugh at themselves.
 
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I am excited for the weekend, I expect them to play well, but I do expect them to fall short. Hopefully next year the kids will get the message and come out ready to play. Those Bently games have cost this team the NCAA. They belong there but they won't be there. But anyone that loses 2X to Bentley shouldn't be there. I think they are one of the 16 best teams, but they will fall short.
 
JerryP66 said:
Those Bently games have cost this team the NCAA. They belong there but they won't be there. But anyone that loses 2X to Bentley shouldn't be there. I think they are one of the 16 best teams, but they will fall short.
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..hate to agree with this.. but hard facts.
Hopefully they can surprise us one wknd at a time.. but those early losses will eventually catch up costing us the NCAA spot.

Coaching staff need realize to have the kids prepared throughout the season and not just in spurts. Still.. is fun cheering this team now & perhaps they can spring a few surprises.. just leave it all out there.
Go Huskies
 
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JerryP66 said:
I am excited for the weekend, I expect them to play well, but I do expect them to fall short. Hopefully next year the kids will get the message and come out ready to play. Those Bently games have cost this team the NCAA. They belong there but they won't be there. But anyone that loses 2X to Bentley shouldn't be there. I think they are one of the 16 best teams, but they will fall short.
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I hadn't realized that we had been eliminated from the Hockey East tournament. I thought we were still alive and that the winner gets an automatic bid to the tournament. If you're thinking about games from October while your team is still very much alive for an automatic bid in March, then you should consider changing your life in some way that will give you a more positive outlook. If the coaches and players had a single thought in their heads about Bentley while playing these past two months, then they wouldn't have had the best record in the country during that stretch. Think positive. An at-large bid is a consolation prize for a team that doesn't get the automatic bid. Focus on the real prize - the conference championship. Cheer on the team without reservation or regret. Go Huskies!
 
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Every time I start thinking "if only they'd won against [whoever] back in the first half of the season," I catch myself there. Looking at the big picture, maybe all that was necessary for this team to find its way. It wasn't the finished article right out of the gate; it wasn't ready to go on a run like this from the start. It took a little while to realize that DRoy wasn't the answer in net, just like it then took a while for the true freshman Ruck to get the experience he needed to grow into being a starting D-1 goalie. It took time for the defensive unit to gel. It took time for a lot of guys to step up in the absence of KRoy and Hedges. Maybe it wasn't totally possible for them to get that preparation without actually playing the games. Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize how it took a while for this team to come around and play how it potentially could. And here we are, peaking at playoff time with everything left to play for. A team and staff that kept trying to improve, didn't quit on the season, and eventually saw results from that. In the grand scheme of things, that doesn't sound too bad. I'm not apologizing for how the first half went, just saying that maybe that overcoming those challenges was necessary for this team to get where it had to go. Psyched as hell about this weekend's series.
 
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northeastern said:
I did have one question though.. why no ND thread on here this season? Pretty good season in Hockey East and the team is doing well nationally.
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No idea. There's plenty of discussion on a general ND sports site that I frequent, presumably most get their ND hockey fix there.
 
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Like the system and adjustments Madigan has made. I think it is high time to lock him up to an extension. #MadiganForPresident
 
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Am I the only one that is worried that we're going to get blown out this weekend? I have the feeling that being the hot hand while running into a team that was just as hot but received a wake up call makes me think this will be an ND sweep.
 
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Chickens@NU said:
Am I the only one that is worried that we're going to get blown out this weekend? I have the feeling that being the hot hand while running into a team that was just as hot but received a wake up call makes me think this will be an ND sweep.
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Wonderful. Another positive soul. As someone stated earlier, ND doesn't have a thread on here, so please feel free to start their thread with your predictions of an ND sweep.

Are there any NU fans out there who are enjoying the winning streak and hoping, and expecting, to advance to the Garden? All this doom and gloom is killing me. I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a Debbie Downer skit from Saturday Night Live. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/debbie-downer/n11825
 
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beanstalk said:
Wonderful. Another positive soul. As someone stated earlier, ND doesn't have a thread on here, so please feel free to start their thread with your predictions of an ND sweep.

Are there any NU fans out there who are enjoying the winning streak and hoping for, and expecting, to advance to the Garden? All this doom and gloom is killing me. I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a Debbie Downer skit from Saturday Night Live. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/debbie-downer/n11825
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..fine, i'm biting..
it's going 3 gms.. then, anyone's guess.. :)

Now go Huskies!
 
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You dang jabroni!! You sit there and you're going to pick notre dame!? This isnt goddang football son!! The nu huskies are 16-2-1 are are goddang rollllling son! Stevens-zar-stevens is better than nd's 1st line and vive le captain is rolling!!! D man will pressure and pinch, score a few jammers and stick it up cal's monkey *****! Nu in 2!!! Friday night is 3-2 and saturday is 3-1!! Let's goooooo! Go dawgs!!! #gonu #fridaynightroy #saturdaynightroy #hottestteaminthenation #herecomesthencaas #madigan4prez let's gooooooooo!!!!
 
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KevinRoy4HobeyBaker said:
You dang jabroni!! You sit there and you're going to pick notre dame!? This isnt goddang football son!! The nu huskies are 16-2-1 are are goddang rollllling son! Stevens-zar-stevens is better than nd's 1st line and vive le captain is rolling!!! D man will pressure and pinch, score a few jammers and stick it up cal's monkey *****! Nu in 2!!! Friday night is 3-2 and saturday is 3-1!! Let's goooooo! Go dawgs!!! #gonu #fridaynightroy #saturdaynightroy #hottestteaminthenation #herecomesthencaas #madigan4prez let's gooooooooo!!!!
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i will miss ya.. dos equis guy.. be well. :)
 
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Chickens@NU said:
Am I the only one that is worried that we're going to get blown out this weekend? I have the feeling that being the hot hand while running into a team that was just as hot but received a wake up call makes me think this will be an ND sweep.
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Notre Dame will not blow NE out this weekend. Maybe the Irish win in two, maybe Northeastern forces a third game, maybe the Huskies win the series. My guess is no one wins a game by more than two goals. And then probably an ENG will be in the mix.

These are two teams that made their bones doing equally well against the bottom of HE and struggled some against the top of the league. The edge might go to Notre Dame in that they did squeeze out a couple of wins against the other top-4 teams while NE went winless in 9 tries against them (counting the Beanpot). But Notre Dame looked awful against Harvard (one of their worst efforts on the season) and Northeastern handed them a 4 goal loss.

Statistically the two teams are on each other's heels. 4 and 5 in scoring. 5 and 6 in defense. ND has the 3rd best PK to go against the 3rd place NE PP. An area that might appear to favor Notre Dame is our 4th place PP going against an PK that is just 8th best in Hockey East, but Northeastern is the least penalized team in the league and the Irish have forced the fewest PP opportunities against their opposition.

Then there are the intangibles. Notre Dame is healthy and rested, but will that lead to rust? Northeastern is on a roll and hungry, needing to win to play next week but the Irish are almost certainly in the NCAAs regardless of the outcome in South Bend. Will they be loose and confident, or lazy and complacent, awaiting what they may perceive to be bigger dogs to hunt? This year Notre Dame finally enjoyed some success on home ice after losing 4 of the previous 5 games at the CFIA to Northeastern, including the worst loss at the rink, a 9-2 pounding in the inaugural season of the building.

My guess is this goes three games. I'm leaning towards an Irish win, about 51% to 49%.
 
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mookie is thinking if these games are low scoring, nd gonna pull them out. nu is gonna give up goals, so they need to outscore nd right outta of the box to get to boston.
 
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