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The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

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ck1969 said:
Nice weekend for the boyz. I am having these very strange feelings. It almost feels like hope and pride. My god is this possible?!? Nice to feel good about this team again.
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PC's offense is awful. I know Maine is good, but they couldn't score at the Cadillac Lounge this year.
 
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Jeez, anybody else lose their radio/internet broadcast (Yahoo sports) with 1:15 mins to go in the 3rd just as Maine took a timeout? I had 2 seperate laptops with independant internet connections on each and the broadcast went out on both and never came back..... bummer. Nice win though, not easy but a good one nonetheless.
 
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Yep. Usually, you can't get connected for the start of the game, tonight Blake and Learfield throw us for a loop by disconnecting at the end.

Maine becomes the first HE team to sweep a weekend series this season. Never expected that to happen.
 
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The UMaine athletic department needs to get their sh*t together with these internet broadcasts! It's one thing to have crappy teams.....it's another to have crappy broadcast coverage due to technical difficulties EVERY game. :mad:
 
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A nice sweep and a 4 game winning streak. Beaudry is tough to score on.
 
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This team is playing as a unit. Everyone is contributing. They sure are fun to watch. I can't believe the turn around from the beginning of the season.:eek: About 4100 fans there to see it. Both games were very entertaining.
 
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Runsub5 said:
This team is playing as a unit. Everyone is contributing. They sure are fun to watch. I can't believe the turn around from the beginning of the season.:eek: About 4100 fans there to see it. Both games were very entertaining.
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Fun to watch is exactly the way I felt after the 2 games at Northeastern. Forecheck like crazy, they go to the net and they can skate. Have to also be pleased with the depth as they don't lose a beat despite injuries and Solomon steps in last night and picks up an assist on the game winner.

Still a ways to go, BUT it sure is nice to see positive posts on the Maine Hockey thread again after a summer of the nattering nay-bobs of negativity:D !

Now a W next Saturday can put an exclamation point on the 1st half! Second half will be even tougher as we will have played 7 home and 5 road in Hockey East.

As for Bunyon's dad, IMHO Ned was not one of the better officials in his day, which is putting it nicely!
 
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jaster said:
GoMaine24, gscott13, and acs64, thanks for the replies! Good to hear all positive things about Gus. A lot of Wings fans are hoping the Wings sign him after this season, but I hope they sign him when he is ready. If that's after the 2010-11 season, I'm fine with that. Proper development is important, and NCAA hockey is a great place for strength and conditioning. The Wings do a great job cultivating their prospects, so if they don't think Gus can step into a top-9 role right away with Grand Rapids, I'm sure they'll keep him at Maine another year (or two, though that looks unlikely).
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Yeah, Nyq needs one more year at Maine. You tell your Wingz fans that :) Seriously, one more year of strength development will go a long way towards starting his career off on the right foot. They take him too early and he very well might regress a bit against the bigger stronger guys. Hell, we'll develop him for his senior year at no charge. :D

My 17-13-4 progonstification doesnt look so out of reach anymore, eh? ;)
 
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You people are complete wankers who need to get out more. A couple of losing seasons and you're ready to commit suicide over the "collapse" of the program??? LOL...Did I miss the official proclamation from God that Maine hockey ALWAYS has to win? Pathetic. Note to morons: Watching a team start to turn it around after a couple of down years is half the fun in sports. Life will go on--even for people like you who don't have lives... :D
 
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Vooter said:
You people are complete wankers who need to get out more. A couple of losing seasons and you're ready to commit suicide over the "collapse" of the program??? LOL...Did I miss the official proclamation from God that Maine hockey ALWAYS has to win?
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It was on one of the stone tablets Moses brought down but it was mistranslated. It turns out the Hebrew for "Black Bear" and "adultery" are very close...
 
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Vooter said:
You people are complete wankers who need to get out more. A couple of losing seasons and you're ready to commit suicide over the "collapse" of the program??? LOL...Did I miss the official proclamation from God that Maine hockey ALWAYS has to win? Pathetic. Note to morons: Watching a team start to turn it around after a couple of down years is half the fun in sports. Life will go on--even for people like you who don't have lives... :D
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Undefeated, untied seasons are our inalienable right. What ta phck is the matter with you?:cool:
 
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GoMaine24 said:
Other than what you mentioned (Comfort and experience) which are big improvements....his forecheck is much, much, much stronger. He gets after it in the offensive zone and gives defenders the business almost as relentlessly as these two freshmen who we're all falling in love with quickly (Adam Shemansky and Matt Mangene)

He does look stronger, and more willing to play the body...but he definitely has another year or two, MINIMUM, to try and bulk up and get his size and speed up enough to be effective at the professional level. Even though they said "they feel comfortable tucking him away for 4 years"....if he continues on this pace I am positive that Detroit will try hard to bring him into Grand Rapids next year, and unfortunately, he might take the bait.

This is not simply a bias because I want to keep him for four years but I will say this....if he goes to Grand Rapids next year.....he probably won't dazzle you for at least 2 years. He is an exceptional player in the making no doubt, certainly elite at his current level with a multitude of future potential.....but if he signs that contract this offseason....I think he might have a rude awakening.

I think he's in the PERFECT situation to continue bulking up (he was in the coorider warming up a few times last year when fans were walking in and the guy had sticks for arms! I'm confident he's developed physically since then), continue developing his confidence, enjoy the limelight of superstar status at his current level and adapt to the pressures that come with that role as Maine hopefully gets to play games of greater importance down the road and for the next few years.

I think the one thing that is really helping his effectiveness is his common sense out there. We know he has creative stick skills....but he really shows great sense of when its appropriate to be creative, and when to stick to fundamental hockey.
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The guy has made strides since last season, no doubt. He has tools and has improved on them more on the off-season MORE than his teammates. Very good player, but not great. Needs a coach who can develop and make him the best HE can be, and he doesn't have that here in ORONO. Hope he hangs on another year, and is smart enough to do that. He's not a Paul Kariya, but glimmers during a shift or -2- reminds me of him.
 
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Good win Saturday and very nice to get a four point weekend. Interesting that there hadn't been a sweep in Hockey East so far. The league is wide open.

This team is fun to watch. They compete all over the ice. Passing seems to be much better, team speed has drastically improved and guys are constantly going to the net. Nothing more frusterating than 3 guys in the corner or guys trying to do too much with the puck.

They appear to be a well balanced team with depth that we haven't seen for a few years.

The drive home sucked, but worth it after the W.
 
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One thing I like about this team this season is you don't know which line will lead the way. I think that's a good thing, yes Gustav Nyquist will get his points but I like the fact the team doesn't need to count on him night in and night out.

I wander if the 17 day layoff will hurt the team and their momentum.
 
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good win, didn't see or hear much of the game but it sounds like Darling played well once again, good on him.
 
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I think that it also helps that TIMMAY started to feel some pressure and knew that something had to give this season. He seems to be more open to an offensive philosophy instead of sitting on 1-0 leads.........who knew that scoring goals could win games?:confused: :rolleyes:
 
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