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The Barr Has Been Raised at UMaine

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The passing, especially on breakouts, is actually starting to excel. Sure, some are blind and end up on the wrong stick, but to me it is greatly improved as seen over the last few games.
Next, we wait on the scorers to arrive….
 
Orono, Maine -- The University of Maine System (UMS) has updated its COVID-19 guidance for children who attend an indoor gathering of more than 250 people on any of its premises.

Starting Jan. 4, the System will require anyone five years of age or older attending an indoor event with more than 250 people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a negative test within 72 hours of the gathering. Proof of vaccination or a negative test also will be needed. The updated guidance reflects a recent recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that children ages 5-11 receive COVID-19 vaccines.

The System also may require individuals who are not age-eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine - children younger than 5 years of age - to wear a face covering and pass a symptom check to participate in an indoor gathering of more than 250 people starting Jan. 4. The requirement does not apply to children younger than two years of age, who are not required to wear masks.

The System extended its requirement to wear face coverings indoors through March 20.

This updated guidance includes UMaine events held at the Cross Insurance Center and all on-campus venues. UMaine Athletics understands that the new guidance will make attending games difficult for some people. If you have purchased tickets to games after Jan. 4 and would like a refund, please contact the Black Bear Ticket Office at 207.581.2327, Monday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or by email at um.tickets@maine.edu.
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The "media narrative" is quite something. Lots of professional athletes committed to the lie. Over 100 NFL players and dozens of NHL players - including Swayman. Or, as Liverpool FC coach Jurgen Klopp said: "I know the anti-vaxxers will say Klopp said get the vaccine but now his players have the virus. But it makes it more unlikely you'll get it and even if you do get it, it means you can get through it in the right way."
 
ticapnews said:
The "media narrative" is quite something. Lots of professional athletes committed to the lie. Over 100 NFL players and dozens of NHL players - including Swayman. Or, as Liverpool FC coach Jurgen Klopp said: "I know the anti-vaxxers will say Klopp said get the vaccine but now his players have the virus. But it makes it more unlikely you'll get it and even if you do get it, it means you can get through it in the right way."
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I’d be surprised if fans are allowed the rest of the year. Hopefully things improve towards the end of the winter.
 
My opinion(guess): no fans second semester mostly because of the coming healthcare collapse.
I also believe we are approaching the end of this 2 year cluster eff. The newest Omicron Coronavirus variant just may be leading the way in reverting back to what it used to be, a cold. To get there, of course Delta has to fade away…
Regardless, on topic, I like the thought that Barr has a few weeks to “deliver his message” with no games and expect we will see the results after the break.
 
Drew S. said:
I’d be surprised if fans are allowed the rest of the year. Hopefully things improve towards the end of the winter.
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Yeah, Ive sort of thought all along that soon as it wreaks hazard with students and faculty then us at games will end. I saw that cornell has a 97% student vaccine rate, like orono, and got hit hard last week with new cases.
 
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NorthMike said:
Yeah, Ive sort of thought all along that soon as it wreaks hazard with students and faculty then us at games will end. I saw that cornell has a 97% student vaccine rate, like orono, and got hit hard last week with new cases.
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Nobody who was vaxxed got seriously ill, though, and that's the salient point going forward.

(So far...)
 
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Who are the 2 defenseman who left? BDN’s Mahoney is reporting this and as I refuse to pay for their crap, I only see the headline with no names.
 
Wayuphere said:
Who are the 2 defenseman who left? BDN’s Mahoney is reporting this and as I refuse to pay for their crap, I only see the headline with no names.
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Dockery and Winfree. According to the article, Winfree is transferring schools and Dockey intends to go pro.
 
amkirby10 said:
Dockery and Winfree. According to the article, Winfree is transferring schools and Dockey intends to go pro.
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2 defensemen leave UMaine men’s hockey team


Two defenseman on the University of Maine men’s hockey team have recently decided to leave the program.

Black Bear first-year head coach Ben Barr said Dominic Dockery, who had been a regular on the blue line this season after transferring in from Merrimack College, and seldom-used junior Perry Winfree have departed.

Dockery had one assist in 17 games this season while Winfree had appeared in just two games and didn’t register a point.

Sophomore defenseman Kabore Dunn left the program earlier this season. Dunn, who also played forward this season, was scoreless in four games.

The two latest departures leave UMaine with just seven defensemen. Barr intends to bring in a defenseman for the second semester to go with the seven the team has right now.

Barr said Dockery indicated he wanted to begin a pro hockey career. Winfree was looking to transfer to another school and Dunn intended to go back to junior hockey.

Dockery played in 125 career games between Merrimack and UMaine and registered three goals and 17 assists.

Winfree appeared in nine games for the Black Bears and didn’t register a point.

Dunn played in 11 games over his two seasons at UMaine and produced two assists.

“Players make decisions based on what they feel is best for them,” Barr said. “I wish them all the best of luck. We will move forward.”

Freshman Tim Gould is a defenseman who has been playing up front due to injuries that have sidelined four forwards. Barr said he could move Gould back to defense or convert another forward to defense.

Forwards Grant Hebert, Matthew Fawcett and Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup have been sidelined by concussions and Brad Morrissey has a lower body injury.

Graduate student Cam Spicer, seniors Jakub Sirota and Simon Butala, juniors Adrien Bisson and Dawson Bruneski and freshmen David Breazeale compose the defense corps. Sirota, Spicer, Bisson and Breazeale have played in all 17 games. Butala has played in 14 and Bruneski has played in six since becoming a regular this month. Gould has played in five games as a forward.

UMaine, 2-11-4 overall and 1-8-2 in Hockey East, will travel to take on Penn State for the first time ever on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at 5 p.m.

Penn State is 11-8 overall, 3-7 in the Big Ten.
 
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Dockery and Winfree. According to the article, Winfree is transferring schools and Dockey intends to go pro.
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Not surprised about Winfree, he wasn’t getting the ice time. Really surprised about Dockery tho, he played in every game thus far and was pretty solid. Also he doesn’t really project as a pro prospect so he’s reasoning was strange.

It’ll be interesting to see who he brings in for the second semester. I believe Antonacci and Arnott have signed their NLI, so you’d have to assume it’s one of them. I hate to see them burn a year of eligibility but having another returning defenseman with experience won’t hurt.
 
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New recruit ? Parker Lindauer.
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A forward who played the first 7 games of the year with the Tri-city Storm and then transferred to the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the USHL Don't know if he signed a NLI or is just a verbal commitment
 
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Really surprised about Dockery tho, he played in every game thus far and was pretty solid. Also he doesn't really project as a pro prospect so (his) reasoning was strange.
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Guessing it's either an ECHL opportunity, or something in a lower level Euro league?

Sometimes kids have a hard time accepting they're not a "prospect", and the (NHL) dream dies hard. Or maybe he was just tired of the school part of things ... although if that were the case, it would have been a recent development, as no one forced him to come to UMaine after leaving Merrimack.
 
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