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

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I have the sinking feeling that if BC scores the first goal tomorrow night, game over.
 
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acs64 said:
Throw any stiff out there for the weekend. Chit, Seeley would even work. Gonna be tough sledding with your number 1 goalie out and your hottest scorer as well. If I were Tim, I'd just mail the 4 points down to Conte and Schneider and save the gas money. Timbo's got all the ready made excuses he needs to get rolled this weekend. Not to mention the fact that Maine coming town is the hi-lite of Jerry's season. Like it used to be Jackies....Jerry wins this and his season is made.
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acs, why is "maine coming the highlight of jerry's season like it used to be jackie's," i am kind of new to this especially in terms of the early 90's but what is the reason you say that??
 
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sterlippo1 said:
acs, why is "maine coming the highlight of jerry's season like it used to be jackie's," i am kind of new to this especially in terms of the early 90's but what is the reason you say that??
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It's the drugs.;)
 
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Considering the injuries I'd be stunned if Maine wins this game. I'm amazed that so many people are saying this is a big game...it's almost like they're building up this game so they can rip the team (or one person in particular) after they lose.

Almost.
 
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Priceless said:
Considering the injuries I'd be stunned if Maine wins this game. I'm amazed that so many people are saying this is a big game...it's almost like they're building up this game so they can rip the team (or one person in particular) after they lose.

Almost.
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Any game against a conference opponent is a big game.
 
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Nah, no build-up here. This is penciled-in as a loss. Anything better would be a complete surprise.
 
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True Blue Fan said:
Any game against a conference opponent is a big game.
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This game makes up 1/27 of the conference schedule.

I penciled this game in as a loss weeks ago, even before the injuries. The bigger games are the series against UHN and the weekends at Vermont and BU. I have this team finishing third in Hockey East, behind UHN and BC.
 
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True Blue Fan said:
Any game against a conference opponent is a big game.
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Look at the current PWR as of today. Look at who is just ahead of Maine, and just behind.

Would we want Maine to depend solely on winning the HEA post-season Champion auto-bid to get in the Tournament or instead keep in the hunt for at-large seeding through winning most of your available points from this game forward ?

Maine clearly is on the bubble right now, but in reasonably good shape. Tank the next couple of weeks with a depleted squad, however, and Maine is going to be out of the at-large hunt, although likely will not miss the conference post-season.
 
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If you think back about 10 - 11 months, Wilson was our best goal tender. If he is given an opportunity, I think he is capable of a good performance. Sirman could possibly do well, too, but I think he has much less experience at this level. Who knows, that may not be a factor at all. He could step in and be lights out. When I was at practice yesterday, Kerluke was studying the goal tenders very intently. I suspect the coaching staff will go with whoever looked the best this week.
 
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Priceless said:
This game makes up 1/27 of the conference schedule.

I penciled this game in as a loss weeks ago, even before the injuries. The bigger games are the series against UHN and the weekends at Vermont and BU. I have this team finishing third in Hockey East, behind UHN and BC.
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I understand what you are saying and do not expect the team to win every conference game. My opinion still stands though, that every conference game is a big game, every conference point is a big point. Especially against teams close to them in the power rankings.

I had not penciled this game in as a loss, Maine played BC very well the two games they played back in November and I think Maine has improved since that point.
 
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I saw Sirman play at Umass in relief of Darling and at UNH the next night. I thought he looked pretty solid positionally, we didnt have the same team back then too. I see absolutely no point in playing Wilson, but I'm sure Timmay will anyways which is frustrating.
 
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Priceless said:
Considering the injuries I'd be stunned if Maine wins this game. I'm amazed that so many people are saying this is a big game...it's almost like they're building up this game so they can rip the team (or one person in particular) after they lose.

Almost.
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It is a big game.......no matter how much you try and down play it.
 
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True Blue Fan said:
Here is todays article on the injuries to Darling and Dee.

http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/134723.html

Wilson should get the starts, hope he plays well. He has had some good games in the past, but has also had some real bad ones.

My opinion aside, I would hope that both have received plenty of time in net during practice. Sirman may be a good goalie, despite the showing against Union. First game in net for him and he gave up 4 goals through 2 periods. Maine has come a long way since the opening weekend, both offensively and defensively. Having not seen those games, I really don't know if the goals that Sirman gave up were the result of poor positioning on his part or defensive breakdowns by Maine that led to the goals.

Either way it will be a big test for this team on Friday night against BC.
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Wilson was in net BOTH nights Vs. Union...Sirman did not play in that series.
 
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sandiegoblkbr said:
It is a big game.......no matter how much you try and down play it.
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It is, play with what ya got and play hard. BC is good but once again, No Gionta, No Boyle, No Gerbe, Maine can win this game. Will they? Who knows
 
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Honestly how many games has Wilsieve played in that we genuinely felt he could backstop us to a win? Hopefully Maine can get good netminding from whomever is getting the starts while Darling is out. The worst thing that can happen to Maine is having to rush Darling back into the net only to see him get hurt again.

I think this is the perfect time to let Sirman show his skills, and if he falters then we can hit the panic button and go to Wilson (and panic some more :eek:).

Let's hope it doesn't come to that though...
 
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