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Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

Merrimack earned the Ws.. both of them. Refs had nothing to do with the wknd this wknd.

Meanwhile, UMass season continues.. Maine continues (yup, they made the adjustments & beat VT).. (we know UConn is just getting warmed up)..
Merrimack season continues.. BC continues, Harvard continues.. PC continues, UML continues, BU continues..
who'd I miss.. oh us.

ps Hoky, it was a sideways move for Saponari (school wise), back then.. & he did not get tossed for bad grades to begin with.. he was good player.
BC was stacked team wise regardless of admissions.. not sure it'd be the same today with him though, re NU..
hey.. give us some chatter on the hockey & our future Coach/ Coaches situation.. c'mon.. you know you have the 411.. right? :)
 
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Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

steakbomb said:
Didn't see the game but please don't tell me Bene was a problem again, or worse, THE story. Can't. Take much more bad officiating
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Not whatsoever, NU penalty was more than justifiable, especially considering they had two OT PPs themselves, and using the corner angle view, it was very apparent the puck crossed the line to confirm the call on the ice. Overhead camera was inconclusive, corner was not.
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

My first thought after this disaster was 1988 all over again. But in 1988, there was no Cameron Voss to keep us from winning the Beanpot.

Too devastated to say anything more at this point.
 
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Split-N said:
Cameron Voss to keep us from winning the Beanpot.
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Laughable. Your lack of a PK and your defense allowing two BU forwards to beat you to the net nine seconds into a period kept you from winning the Beanpot.
 
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Split-N said:
My first thought after this disaster was 1988 all over again. But in 1988, there was no Cameron Voss to keep us from winning the Beanpot.

Too devastated to say anything more at this point.
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0-3-4 overtime record this year. I am sure NU would have won if they somehow could have miraculously done this crazy thing called killing a penalty. Don't count your NU beanpot failures before they happen!
 
that's just it.. no one would have seen any more of our atrocious PK had that ridiculous penalty not been called to begin with.. team had the momentum from the last 2 goals that night & then.. just like that.. 9 secs in. like JP made another backdoor deal with the devil & Bertagna once again.. that the penalty was a bad, bad call has been acknowledged widely.. just not with some of the bu faithful & fine.. goes with the territory.. sure some of us would've done the same if results were reversed..

well, well.. what difference does it make now.. lot of work with this program & don't know why the higher ups make it so difficult to see & 'get it' regarding the hockey program currently.. & changes needed..

..most everyone in our hockey 'world' gets it.. save our admin..
 
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RossiRules said:
Lowell doesn’t have the admission requirements that NU has, if any of you think the hockey players at NU are getting a pass for the rest of the standards you are dead wrong. Providence can beat any team on any given night and have a way better history of success than we do over its history, with a commitment from the university brass too. You can't compare Catholic schools with public and private national universities. As a catholic #1, I will tell you that any kid from a dynamic and practicing Catholic family would kill to go to ND, BC, for hockey or even Providence and will chose it ahead of NU any day of the week. Catholic schools give the same credence to success on the athletic fields as they do in the classroom. It doesn't matter if you are at St Joe's, Villanova or Marist or Fordham, you must compete and occationally win, even if the crows are small. When I was at Iona and actually playing we were expected to win regardless of our division. Totally different dynamic at PC the AD is a guy who takes winning and fielding the best possible team as important as the ranking in US News and World Report. NU is a different animal form top to bottom. You will never find a Roby at a Catholic school. Not even Georgetown would have a guy like him.
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The excuse machine is really working overtime this weekend.
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

What a roller coaster of a season it's been. First and foremost though want to thank everyone who has followed along and listened to us all season on WRBB. We really do appreciate all the support.

I echo many of your sentiments regarding the end of the season. Was it a lot to ask of Northeastern to get a sweep up in Orono after being unbeaten in their previous nine games? Yes. Were any of us really expecting Northeastern to beat BU in the Beanpot Championship ? No. Did Northeastern's play against BU the following weekend raise a ton of red flags? Yes, but they split with the #4 team in the country. Did we run into maybe the hottest goaltender in the country in Tirronen? Yes.

With all that being said, I don't know how many times we can go through the same song and dance. Start off the season slow, heat up in the middle of the year, lose the Beanpot, spiral out-of-control from there. It's always something new, this year it was the penalty kill. If we have a competent PK, we are at least in a game three with 'Mack. Something needs to change and I honestly don't think it's the coaching staff. A lot of people are complaining about our talent, and although I agree especially defensively this season, have you seen our up-coming recruiting classes? The talent is going to be there.

Also, from what I've heard I'd be absolutely shocked if Kev's not back next year.
 
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Head Coach sounded like an excuse maker. MC won, it wasn't all the goalie. By doing that you are in a way dissing your own goslie. Who was very good.
Maybe if he could post a 45 save shutout you might win
Lose with dignity, the angry image after a while comes off as s punk
 
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brassbonanza said:
Laughable. Your lack of a PK and your defense allowing two BU forwards to beat you to the net nine seconds into a period kept you from winning the Beanpot.
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No argument. I'm having trouble coming up with a strong enough adjective to describe the futility of the PK (PP too). Atrocious isn't good enough.
 
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Why are we still talking about the Beanpot? This series epitomized NU hockey. Mediocre. Another .500% season. Whoopde doo. I'm sure Roby is pulling a Bruce Allen and will tell us it's okay because we are winning off the ice.

The fact is, every other team made great hires a few years ago and we did not. A nice 16-6-5 run for sure but as usual when it mattered, team was outplayed and not sharp. Still don't have the talent to consistently make the tournament.

As long as Roby is in charge though, expect a lather, rinse, repeat because he has no interest in finding an actual great coach.
 
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josh_brown said:
..I don't know how many times we can go through the same song and dance..
..Something needs to change and I honestly don't think it's the coaching staff..
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If the ever increasing empty seats (spring break notwithstanding) aren't testament enough that the dwindling diehards & season tix holders are fatigued that the U. has totally ignored the program since there was some momentum with Cronin.. I don't know what shoe they are waiting for.. to drop..

Let's just respectfully agree to disagree..
 
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SkinsFan09 said:
Why are we still talking about the Beanpot? This series epitomized NU hockey. Mediocre. Another .500% season. Whoopde doo. I'm sure Roby is pulling a Bruce Allen and will tell us it's okay because we are winning off the ice.

The fact is, every other team made great hires a few years ago and we did not. A nice 16-6-5 run for sure but as usual when it mattered, team was outplayed and not sharp. Still don't have the talent to consistently make the tournament.

As long as Roby is in charge though, expect a lather, rinse, repeat because he has no interest in finding an actual great coach.
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No "great" coach would even consider working for this moron.
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

Mark Dennehy deserves credit for the brilliant game plans that he used both Friday and Saturday. NU has better personnel than his team with the exception of the goal tender; I wonder who their goalie coach is? They had to play both games without their best player, Brett Seney. Dennehy’s players, in both games, played very physical and intelligent. I was very disappointed in the inability of the NU coaches to adjust their game plan after their shocking loss on Friday. Perhaps their head coach is still not over the shock of being thrown under the bus by the Hockey, Football Assassin.
 
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Unbelievable. Really. A week ago MC didn't look like they belonged on D-1 ice. I feel for y'all. Someday...
 
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Split-N said:
No argument. I'm having trouble coming up with a strong enough adjective to describe the futility of the PK (PP too). Atrocious isn't good enough.
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Nauseating?

Malignant?

Robyesque?
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

Not sure what coaching has to do with 65 saves?
Not suture what coaching has to do with 7 men on the ice ?
Not sure what coaching has to do with losing 9 in a row?
Nor sure what coaching has to do with being out played?

Goalie was the difference. Coaching had little if anything to do with it
 
Re: Northeastern Huskies 2014-15 Season Thread Part II: It Ain't over!!

NU has the second worst PK in division 1. This is the number one reason why our season is over. Coaching has everything to do with a bad PK.

Power play also was anemic. Granted Merrimack has the 4th best PK in D1, there is no way we should have been so bad on the man advantage this series. I felt as though the coaches changed nothing in terms of how to attack on the man up.
 
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