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The Barr Has Been Raised at UMaine
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Blackbear96
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Barr knew it was going to be bad, but I'm not sure he thought it was going to be this ugly. UMaine may legitimately be the worst team in all of college hockey. Red (RIP) left the cabinet so, so empty. Lots of work ahead of Coach.
Breen, Dawe, JSS, and Renwick all had good USHL careers. Sirota was close to a point a game last year and ben has two decent goalies. Maine isn’t a good team but they shouldn’t be worse than 40th or so in the pairwise.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
Was over 20% last year...
NorthMike
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To me its just a reflection of such poor total team offensive skill. Breen and Houle are the only bright spots.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
I don't think this helps your argument that this year's team is better...
Maine is the only team in the country without a win in regulation. It is a statistical anomaly that has them ahead of Yale.
The point I was trying to make is it’s not a talent issue on the PP.
I’m truly shocked. I didn’t expect Maine to be in the top 10 in the country but did expect them to be top 10 in hockey east. Hopefully things are better in the second half.
UVM Cat in Texas
Now UVM Cat in Georgia
You were saying….? Honestly, I can’t gloat too much. What this weekend showed me is that UVM sucks right now, but Maine sucks even more. Despite coming out on top in the points department, I feel like this was one of our worst weekends of hockey this season. Hopefully Woodcroft and Barr can straighten things out, but they’ve got some work to do. Good luck the rest of the way.
UncleRay
M-A-I-N-E, GooOOO, Blue!
You wanted them to be top ten in HE? Way to set the bar(r) high!!
Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
Football has been far more relevant over the past 10 years, and that fact is irrefutable.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
Never said it wasn't. I said "Football will continue to be a black hole that may have a good season every few years."
That fact is also irrefutable.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Seems to be an eminently reasonable take on the situation, not sure why it has set some folks off.
I still think Barr will come good in the future. Remember, Carvel and Barr's first year at UMass turned out worse than what got their predecessor fired.
BlackBearFan19
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For the people out there overreacting. Can we really be that upset with what we've seen over the last 4 games? Are the results there, no but as someone who's watching every game, they're improving.
The last 4 games have seen Maine "win" a shootout against BC, play a really good Lowell team down to the wire in a game they outshot the Riverhawks, "lose" an overtime game with Vermont, and triple up Vermont's shots and "lose" a shootout. They played really well last night, anytime you put up 51 shots and don't win is pretty unlucky.
They're not getting the bounces and haven't scored a rebound goal all year. Everything's not perfect but the sky also isn't falling. Like we said going into this weekend, they need more from the seniors and proven players and they haven't gotten it all year. Breen, Houle, Breazeale and Sirota are the only ones who look confident enough to make a play. The PP is tough to watch and that was probably the best it had looked all year.
Give it some time, it wasn't going to happen overnight, we are asking what was already a bad team to play a whole new style. UVM is better than Maine right now, Woodcroft went out and brought in talent, much like what Barr is going to do. I have a feeling both programs won't remain in the cellar.
The last 4 games have seen Maine "win" a shootout against BC, play a really good Lowell team down to the wire in a game they outshot the Riverhawks, "lose" an overtime game with Vermont, and triple up Vermont's shots and "lose" a shootout. They played really well last night, anytime you put up 51 shots and don't win is pretty unlucky.
They're not getting the bounces and haven't scored a rebound goal all year. Everything's not perfect but the sky also isn't falling. Like we said going into this weekend, they need more from the seniors and proven players and they haven't gotten it all year. Breen, Houle, Breazeale and Sirota are the only ones who look confident enough to make a play. The PP is tough to watch and that was probably the best it had looked all year.
Give it some time, it wasn't going to happen overnight, we are asking what was already a bad team to play a whole new style. UVM is better than Maine right now, Woodcroft went out and brought in talent, much like what Barr is going to do. I have a feeling both programs won't remain in the cellar.
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