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The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
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AtHomeAtTheAlfond
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Great game tonight. Both teams played great hockey and no one can say that either team didn't show up. This was just a good hockey game all around. Can't wait to see how the second half of the season goes! PS- last night aside, this team is playing some great hockey lately!!!!
Great game tonight. Both teams played great hockey and no one can say that either team didn't show up. This was just a good hockey game all around. Can't wait to see how the second half of the season goes! PS- last night aside, this team is playing some great hockey lately!!!!
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GoBlackBears
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That was a great win tonight. Nice to see Darling and House bounce back from last night. Now New Brunswick comes in on Saturday where we could get up to two feet of snow starting Friday morning.
That was a great win tonight. Nice to see Darling and House bounce back from last night. Now New Brunswick comes in on Saturday where we could get up to two feet of snow starting Friday morning.
FiveHole12
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Way to go Maine!
Your boys are on a roll.
Kicking your arse in January will be all the more meaningful and fun!
Way to go Maine!
Your boys are on a roll.
Kicking your arse in January will be all the more meaningful and fun!
Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Darling, your Igle House will get Nemeced, your Diamonds stolen, so Swallow hard Pryor to getting a Nyquist up ur arse !!
Way to go Maine!
Your boys are on a roll.
Kicking your arse in January will be all the more meaningful and fun!
Darling, your Igle House will get Nemeced, your Diamonds stolen, so Swallow hard Pryor to getting a Nyquist up ur arse !!
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
It was a great W, and more important to win a game that was low scoring. However why do we all need to get caught up in this top 20 stuff? Top 20 means nothing, top 10 means nothing! Winning games and improving on PWR does. I have no expectations of Maine challenging for a NC$$ championship this year. However, this is great for the program to show the necessary improvement to get back to the top of Hockey East and bring the tradition back!
It was a great W, and more important to win a game that was low scoring. However why do we all need to get caught up in this top 20 stuff? Top 20 means nothing, top 10 means nothing! Winning games and improving on PWR does. I have no expectations of Maine challenging for a NC$$ championship this year. However, this is great for the program to show the necessary improvement to get back to the top of Hockey East and bring the tradition back!
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
They may have gone down early. When we went to Los Angeles we had 8 days of downtime. Where would you rather spend 8 days in December: Snowy and cold Orono or the beaches of LA?
The PWR will be updated soon, but right now this might not be enough to get the team in. They'll probably be 17th. There are 4 comparisons they can easily flip, including North Dakota and three ECAC teams. If Union remains in the top 25 the two losses hurt the TUC component. So, heading into the second half, Maine's priorities are:
1) Win. Every win helps; and if they go on a losing streak now it wastes a great effort in the middle part of the season. It also renders the rest of this list moot.
2) Hope for CC to win out west. Every win over a WCHA team helps the COp component with those teams (plus the RPI gain).
3) Union loses to Cornell, Quinnipiac and Yale...and pretty much everyone else...get those two TUC losses off the record and Maine jumps in the rankings. If Union remains a TUC, drive their TUC record down and Maine can flip that comparison at least.
4) Cheer for BU (I know this will be hard) because Maine already has a big win over the Terriers. Right now it's not very important because BU sucks, but if they have a typical Jan/Feb it will be critical. The catch is Maine plays 2 @ Agganis the weekend after the Crackpot.
The PWR start to solidify in February (except for Denver) so Maine has to have a good January to continue the momentum.
They may have gone down early. When we went to Los Angeles we had 8 days of downtime. Where would you rather spend 8 days in December: Snowy and cold Orono or the beaches of LA?
The PWR will be updated soon, but right now this might not be enough to get the team in. They'll probably be 17th. There are 4 comparisons they can easily flip, including North Dakota and three ECAC teams. If Union remains in the top 25 the two losses hurt the TUC component. So, heading into the second half, Maine's priorities are:
1) Win. Every win helps; and if they go on a losing streak now it wastes a great effort in the middle part of the season. It also renders the rest of this list moot.
2) Hope for CC to win out west. Every win over a WCHA team helps the COp component with those teams (plus the RPI gain).
3) Union loses to Cornell, Quinnipiac and Yale...and pretty much everyone else...get those two TUC losses off the record and Maine jumps in the rankings. If Union remains a TUC, drive their TUC record down and Maine can flip that comparison at least.
4) Cheer for BU (I know this will be hard
) because Maine already has a big win over the Terriers. Right now it's not very important because BU sucks, but if they have a typical Jan/Feb it will be critical. The catch is Maine plays 2 @ Agganis the weekend after the Crackpot.The PWR start to solidify in February (except for Denver
) so Maine has to have a good January to continue the momentum.FiveHole12
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Muse may think you can, but I don't Carey what you say.
No Wey you Cross us in our barn.
Big Price to pay. You can't Sneep up on anyone now.Darling, your Igle House will get Nemeced, your Diamonds stolen, so Swallow hard Pryor to get a Nyquist up ur arse !!
Muse may think you can, but I don't Carey what you say.
No Wey you Cross us in our barn.
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BlackBear8
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Great for the boys to get the tourney win. After coughing up two big leads it is sure nice to see them get a third period come from behind win the next night. Exciting way a to finish off the calendar and begin the new year. Should be a fun second half. I don't think anything is out of reach for this team. Although that could vary from an extended losing streak to a deep run in the tournaments. The scoring seems to be there. The d must now consistently follow suit.
Happy New Year all!
Great for the boys to get the tourney win. After coughing up two big leads it is sure nice to see them get a third period come from behind win the next night. Exciting way a to finish off the calendar and begin the new year. Should be a fun second half. I don't think anything is out of reach for this team. Although that could vary from an extended losing streak to a deep run in the tournaments. The scoring seems to be there. The d must now consistently follow suit.
Happy New Year all!
mainescores
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
They head back to Maine early this morning....no extra day in Florida this year..........
sterlippo1
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
they're baaaaa-aaack............great win for the Bears!
they're baaaaa-aaack............great win for the Bears!
Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Nice win for the team. Got to say saw timmay during the break at the Alfond, he looked his normal confused self, but have to give credit the team is playing better(minus the 3 goals on the 5min major). Calling timeouts, getting a bench minor for arguing, did somebody give him, hockey coaching for dummies for xmas?
Let's hope the team can have a strong second half of the year and win some key HE games. Still need to get some recruits lined up who will show up and play for Maine in the future.
Nice win for the team. Got to say saw timmay during the break at the Alfond, he looked his normal confused self, but have to give credit the team is playing better(minus the 3 goals on the 5min major). Calling timeouts, getting a bench minor for arguing, did somebody give him, hockey coaching for dummies for xmas?
Let's hope the team can have a strong second half of the year and win some key HE games. Still need to get some recruits lined up who will show up and play for Maine in the future.
FreddyFoyle
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Hopefully the weather won't mess with UNB fans travelling to Orono on Saturday.
For those who don't follow CIS hockey (which understandably is probably most folks here), the Varsity Reds are undefeated against CIS and NCAA teams so far this season. They are 15-0 in AUS conference play and 10-0 in exhibition games against CIS and NCAA schools (with wins against PC, UMass and Vermont). Their only loss has been against the AHL's Portland Pirates. They stayed home for the holidays and and won their own Peterbilt Pete Kelly Cup tourney last night, defeating archrival Moncton 4-1 in a game that had lots of emotion for a exhibition game, including the first fighting major for star forward (and leading CIS scorer) Hunter Tremblay. He will have to sit out UNB's next conference game, and can't serve the suspension against Maine.
The Varsity Reds are the reigning CIS champions, and have been ranked #1 all season. They are probably the best conditioned team in the CIS, and by Canadian standards they are a fast team. Of course they are older than NCAA teams, and almost every player is a former Major Junior, and a couple have some minor pro experience. As good as they are they don't have high NHL draft picks - those kids play Major Junior or NCAA.
There is one American on the team - Luke Lynes from Michigan who grew up in the Washington, DC area. He opted to play in the OHL with Brampton, and played last fall in the minor pros before joining UNB after Christmas.
UNB plays a puck possession - puck pursuit game and seldom dumps the puck in. They are pretty big, and compared to most NCAA teams they play a more methodical, "pro style" game. UNB's defence is relatively inexperienced, and their goaltending tends to be untested -- they average over 40 shots per game and usually only give up just over 20.
UNB's top line features veteran John Scott Dickson on one wing and star Hunter Tremblay on the other, centred by the leading rookie in the conference, Chris Culligan. Daine Todd was injured last year in the second game against Maine and missed all of last season, so he is starting all over again as a rookie centre. He also quarterbacks the first power play unit. UNB gets scoring from all of their lines. The top defenceman now is Jonathan Harty, a second year player, but he is coming off knee surgery and may only play a period or so. Hard to miss is rookie Josh Kidd, a hulking 6'5" d-man. Rookie Ben Shutron won a Memorial Cup with Windsor and was the tournament MVP at the Pete Kelly Cup.
Hopefully the weather won't mess with UNB fans travelling to Orono on Saturday.
For those who don't follow CIS hockey (which understandably is probably most folks here), the Varsity Reds are undefeated against CIS and NCAA teams so far this season. They are 15-0 in AUS conference play and 10-0 in exhibition games against CIS and NCAA schools (with wins against PC, UMass and Vermont). Their only loss has been against the AHL's Portland Pirates. They stayed home for the holidays and and won their own Peterbilt Pete Kelly Cup tourney last night, defeating archrival Moncton 4-1 in a game that had lots of emotion for a exhibition game, including the first fighting major for star forward (and leading CIS scorer) Hunter Tremblay. He will have to sit out UNB's next conference game, and can't serve the suspension against Maine.
The Varsity Reds are the reigning CIS champions, and have been ranked #1 all season. They are probably the best conditioned team in the CIS, and by Canadian standards they are a fast team. Of course they are older than NCAA teams, and almost every player is a former Major Junior, and a couple have some minor pro experience. As good as they are they don't have high NHL draft picks - those kids play Major Junior or NCAA.
There is one American on the team - Luke Lynes from Michigan who grew up in the Washington, DC area. He opted to play in the OHL with Brampton, and played last fall in the minor pros before joining UNB after Christmas.
UNB plays a puck possession - puck pursuit game and seldom dumps the puck in. They are pretty big, and compared to most NCAA teams they play a more methodical, "pro style" game. UNB's defence is relatively inexperienced, and their goaltending tends to be untested -- they average over 40 shots per game and usually only give up just over 20.
UNB's top line features veteran John Scott Dickson on one wing and star Hunter Tremblay on the other, centred by the leading rookie in the conference, Chris Culligan. Daine Todd was injured last year in the second game against Maine and missed all of last season, so he is starting all over again as a rookie centre. He also quarterbacks the first power play unit. UNB gets scoring from all of their lines. The top defenceman now is Jonathan Harty, a second year player, but he is coming off knee surgery and may only play a period or so. Hard to miss is rookie Josh Kidd, a hulking 6'5" d-man. Rookie Ben Shutron won a Memorial Cup with Windsor and was the tournament MVP at the Pete Kelly Cup.
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Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
Should be a good game then !! Hopefully we can see what Sirman can do.
What should Maine do, sit out some key players to prevent injuries going down the stretch?
Should be a good game then !! Hopefully we can see what Sirman can do.
What should Maine do, sit out some key players to prevent injuries going down the stretch?
Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!
well, like I said a few weeks ago, after seeing them make Lowell look like a HS team, I thought about booking seats out to Ford Field.
Then I realized that the next bunch of games were all wins against crappy teams.
after the CC win, I think Maine can play with the big boys, and that is a vast improvement over last season.
DrewS was right again
well, like I said a few weeks ago, after seeing them make Lowell look like a HS team, I thought about booking seats out to Ford Field.
Then I realized that the next bunch of games were all wins against crappy teams.
after the CC win, I think Maine can play with the big boys, and that is a vast improvement over last season.
DrewS was right again
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