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The Barr Has Been Raised at UMaine

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amkirby10 said:
Kind of a frustrating ending, but Maine was the better team in this game, and they improved as they went along. A point is better than no points.

I was sitting just behind the goal when Ostman made that stop at the end of regulation. I knew right away that he had kept it out, but it was no doubt an incredible stop.
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It was the save of the year. After seeing the replay several times I am not sure you could convince me that the puck wasn't all the way across the line just based on where his glove was. Logic would tell you that if his glove is behind the line the puck had to but lucky for Maine the call on the ice was no goal and it was by definition inconclusive. Regardless, the effort for Ostman to get across and even make it that close was incredible!
 
MoxieMan21 said:
It was the save of the year. After seeing the replay several times I am not sure you could convince me that the puck wasn't all the way across the line just based on where his glove was. Logic would tell you that if his glove is behind the line the puck had to but lucky for Maine the call on the ice was no goal and it was by definition inconclusive. Regardless, the effort for Ostman to get across and even make it that close was incredible!
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No way the ref could tell where the puck was other than in Ostmans glove, Ostmans body was in the way of the refs view.
 
Projecting into the tourney is a little early at this point. Lol. They have six more conf games to deal with, everyone will be tough and every team is hungry now. If they win the first round tourney game Id be happy. How many of those did the prior regime win? Even though the format changed. Without looking it up I cant think of any off the top of the head.
 
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Drew S. said:
Hopefully it’s a good atmosphere. Back in the day going to games there was so much fun and you couldn’t get tickets for love or money.

Maine is in a really interesting place in the standings. They could easily drop to tenth if they struggle and could also easily move up to sixth place. If they could finish sixth and play UVM then Merrimack they would have a great shot of making the garden. BC or UMA could be tricky for BU in the quarters. I think if Maine stays healthy and keeps playing decent hockey they have a legit shot in the hockey East tourney.
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I believe the team won a first round series in 2 of 8 years. (13-14 - single game vs Merrimack) (17-18 swept UNH)

I’m really happy with where the team is at, I thought they played well yesterday but Lowell is stingy as always.

I agree with everything above, if they can avoid BU, the garden is a possibility. Maine just doesn’t matchup well with them. I personally would like to avoid Merrimack as well, I don’t see Maine winning at Lawler. *if Maine makes it to the second round,* I think the ideal second round matchup is UConn, Maine played them really hard back in November and Maine has improved greatly since then.
 
BlackBearFan19 said:
I believe the team won a first round series in 2 of 8 years. (13-14 - single game vs Merrimack) (17-18 swept UNH)

I’m really happy with where the team is at, I thought they played well yesterday but Lowell is stingy as always.

I agree with everything above, if they can avoid BU, the garden is a possibility. Maine just doesn’t matchup well with them. I personally would like to avoid Merrimack as well, I don’t see Maine winning at Lawler. *if Maine makes it to the second round,* I think the ideal second round matchup is UConn, Maine played them really hard back in November and Maine has improved greatly since then.
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I think it would be unanimous that we all want to avoid having to play on Comm Ave in the tourney, provided they win the first game. But I actually think they can take on and beat the Warriors at Lawler, MC has been sliding since Christmas and the first of two games down there was competitive. I would much rather see the team go back to Lawler to potentially avenge last year than have to go to the house of horrors known as Matthews Arena.
 
amkirby10 said:
I think it would be unanimous that we all want to avoid having to play on Comm Ave in the tourney, provided they win the first game. But I actually think they can take on and beat the Warriors at Lawler, MC has been sliding since Christmas and the first of two games down there was competitive. I would much rather see the team go back to Lawler to potentially avenge last year than have to go to the house of horrors known as Matthews Arena.
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I second this. I would much rather play at Merrimack than Northeastern. Heck.....I'd almost rather play BU than NU.
 
Couldn’t ask for a better road period to open the weekend. 2 shots against is good work. Have to weather the storm to start the second UNH is gonna bring it to try to get the building back in the game.
 
Henbrandt hit the post and then UNH goes down the other way and scores to tie it. Frustrating sequence, but Maine has been the much better team 5-on-5 in my opinion.
 
Henbrandt is a really skilled player, his speed into the zone set up that go ahead goal.

Much better pace from the Black Bears so far in the third.
 
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