The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Here's what I know about UNH: no lead is safe, either for or against them.

BU will probably score some goals. UNH might struggle to score, at least on Friday, as they may be too distracted by Milan's "cool" new leg pads (if you're watching the game forgets who UNH is playing, and don't want to look up at the jerseys, just take a gander at Milan's shins). I'm going to predict lots of pad saves for Milan, as the UNH players will seemingly be hypnotized by the new pads and will aim for the leather.

BU's PP looked pretty awful on Friday, so UNH may be able to play a little more physical without fear of taking penalties that will lead to auto-goals. Milan looked OK, probably better than Foster in the games I've seen. I think his bigger problem is the defense in front of him. They seem to have trouble clearing the puck, or just at handling it in front of the net (at least 2 of MC's goals Friday were a result of BU's D turning the puck over in the slot). Also, I think some of UNH's speedier guys (I'd love to have JVR this weekend) could give BU some trouble.

I wonder if there's a way we could mic up Umile and Parker this weekend? I'm sure one of them is going to rip into a ref or two at some point. My guess is it will be in the same game, too.

Im going with two sister kissers for this weekend... Friday 4-4, Saturday 2-2

I read this as "two sisters kissing".

...I'll just leave it at that.

I just sat staring blankly at my computer screen for about five minutes trying to craft a coherent thought about this weekend's matchup and I failed miserably. I guess that is telling of these two teams at this point of the season .

I think this is more telling of your Minnesota upbringing and education.

Alright, both sides, please drop this now. It's not worth discussing. Reverse the roles, and some, if not many, BU fans would say the same thing. I don't agree with him, but I understand how he can think that.

 

[C-H-C]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

That wildcat forgot to corner the Terrier wearing goalie pads. And if you think the hook on JVR was borderline, you're blind.

Yes, Milan single-handedly kept BU in the game in the 2nd and 3rd periods.

Funny thing, I was sitting next to two, middle-aged BU fans throughout the game. We were in the front row on the blue line to the right of Foster. Nice guys..enjoyed chatting with them. Anyway, after the penalty was called on JVR I asked them "Do the refs usually make that call with two minutes left in a tie game?" Without hesitating, they said "No, not usually."

 

[slurpees]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Yes, Milan single-handedly kept BU in the game in the 2nd and 3rd periods.

Funny thing, I was sitting next to two, middle-aged BU fans throughout the game. We were in the front row on the blue line to the right of Foster. Nice guys..enjoyed chatting with them. Anyway, after the penalty was called on JVR I asked them "Do the refs usually make that call with two minutes left in a tie game?" Without hesitating, they said "No, not usually."

mmkay.

 

[mookie1995]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Yes, Milan single-handedly kept BU in the game in the 2nd and 3rd periods....

interestingly enough, we learned just this past weekend that he is awful. that BU won last year in spite of him. that he shouldn't be playing. and that joe cannnnata is far, far superior.

 

[Terrierbyassociation]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Yes, Milan single-handedly kept BU in the game in the 2nd and 3rd periods.

Funny thing, I was sitting next to two, middle-aged BU fans throughout the game. We were in the front row on the blue line to the right of Foster. Nice guys..enjoyed chatting with them. Anyway, after the penalty was called on JVR I asked them "Do the refs usually make that call with two minutes left in a tie game?" Without hesitating, they said "No, not usually."

It was a legit penalty. If it went the other way you wouldn't be complaining. It was a borderline call because of when it happened? A penalty is a penalty.

 

[C-H-C]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

It was a legit penalty. If it went the other way you wouldn't be complaining. It was a borderline call because of when it happened? A penalty is a penalty.

Geez guys, lighten up. Your team won the National Championship and they deserved to win it (which I said in my original post). Are you so testy because your team is off to such a crappy start this season?

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

It was a legit penalty. If it went the other way you wouldn't be complaining. It was a borderline call because of when it happened? A penalty is a penalty.

Am I the only person who rates this comment high on the "unintentional comedy" scale?

 

[ActionJoe]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Yes, Milan single-handedly kept BU in the game in the 2nd and 3rd periods.

Funny thing, I was sitting next to two, middle-aged BU fans throughout the game. We were in the front row on the blue line to the right of Foster. Nice guys..enjoyed chatting with them. Anyway, after the penalty was called on JVR I asked them "Do the refs usually make that call with two minutes left in a tie game?" Without hesitating, they said "No, not usually."

I would agree that usually refs will let some penalties slide in the last couple minutes of a tied game. But blatant penalties like hooking a player down as he is going toward the net will always be called. Regardless of how the game is going. At least hopefully.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Geez guys, lighten up. Your team won the National Championship and they deserved to win it (which I said in my original post). Are you so testy because your team is off to such a crappy start this season?

Just don't say something that suggests you don't think Colby Cohen deserved to win the MOP of the Frozen Four.

Even though he didn't.

 

[slurpees]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Just don't say something that suggests you don't think Colby Cohen deserved to win the MOP of the Frozen Four.

Even though he didn't.

frankly, he didn't. save his goal, he had a subpar FF.

 

[mookie1995]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Just don't say something that suggests you don't think Colby Cohen deserved to win the MOP of the Frozen Four.

Even though he didn't.

just as much as chrissy bourque deserved the beanpot mop, er mvp, er haberly thingy his year.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

frankly, he didn't. save his goal, he had a subpar FF.

Hmmm...guess I'll have to wait for the less rational posters to come in here.

Honestly, even the goal was kinda subpar - he shot at a sliding defenseman.

 

[mookie1995]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Hmmm...guess I'll have to wait for the less rational posters to come in here.

Honestly, even the goal was kinda subpar - he shot at a sliding defenseman.

he would have been on the short list for 'goat' if the world tipped and destiny's march was halted.

but of course that wasn't happening.

 

[Agganis]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

An inconvenient truth is that the Wildcat had the Terrier cornered last March in Manchester. A borderline penalty call in the last two minutes of the game and a sprawling Pollastrone accidently directing the puck behind Foster gave the puppies new life.

If one fanbase says it is a penalty and the other one says it isn't the conversation will never end as bias will always be blamed. So, I'll show you what 3 UNH fans said immediately after the game:

I have not read the thread. I have other things to do tonight but I thought I would post a quick couple of thoughts.

Congrats BU!

Congrats UNH, sorry the season had to end but at last (not a typo) you left it all on the ice.

The end of the game was a bummer. Not that BU won but how it ended (not the power play it was a good call). I would have rathered a clean "pretty" goal than a "dirty" goal. It is unfortunate that so many great games end with "dirty" goals.

And that was a great game.

More later.

If JVR the hot pro prospect hadn't found himself out of position he wouldn't have had to take the so-called smart penalty.

Just back from the VWA....one of the best and hard-fought games I've seen in a long time. Congrats to BU on the W. Could not have been more pleased with UNH's performance tonight, save for the over-rated dope that took the penalty at the end of regulation. The game started with them being the underdog and, IMHO, they had an ever-so-slight edge as the game progressed.

The only fan I saw that agreed with you had a large number of mysterious red boxes below his name. If Pet_Donkee is the only one agreeing with you rarely will you be right.

As for the goal, Pollastrone has nowhere he can play it that puts the puck in a good position for UNH, and if he doesn't play it the puck ends up on Wilson's stick on the doorstep. His only real option would have been to cover it up in the crease, leading to another penalty.

Hmmm...guess I'll have to wait for the less rational posters to come in here.

There were a couple times it was brought up that player A or player B was more deserving than Colby (Nick Bonino was the most common name IIRC) and I don't remember any BU fans defending Colby.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

If one fanbase says it is a penalty and the other one says it isn't the conversation will never end as bias will always be blamed. So, I'll show you what 3 UNH fans said immediately after the game:

Not the best time to be picking out comments - immediately after the game, I thought it was BS. Granted, I had a bad view of it, and I don't recall if there were any replays of it (there probably were, but I may have missed them). An impartial observer informed me it was legit later in the week.

Two of those posters may not be the best ones to prove your point, either, as they were so bent on blaming JVR that they would have called it legit regardless (over-rated to the tune of 16 pts in 14 games in the NHL so far...just terrible). I do recall it being discussed, as people watched replays of the game, that JVR was out of position, but due to a bad line change, not laziness on his part.

I agree with your larger point, though, that this conversation will go nowhere.

There were a couple times it was brought up that player A or player B was more deserving than Colby (Nick Bonino was the most common name IIRC) and I don't remember any BU fans defending Colby.

*sigh* Fine, BU fans, keep being all rational about this.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Took a glimpse at the BU season thread. Could someone give a concise run-down of who from BU will likely be out this weekend? Could be an x-factor that swings the games in UNH's favor, as it seems like BU has about 6 players dressing right now.

 

[UNHhockey29]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Took a glimpse at the BU season thread. Could someone give a concise run-down of who from BU will likely be out this weekend? Could be an x-factor that swings the games in UNH's favor, as it seems like BU has about 6 players dressing right now.

But if we don't stay out of the box BU will still probably score a bunch even if they only have 6 skaters.

 

[RockTheWhit]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Also, UNH will be without their only senior D-man (Krates) the rest of the first half and two top line forwards (Speelman and Burke) for the weekend.

 

[slurpees]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Took a glimpse at the BU season thread. Could someone give a concise run-down of who from BU will likely be out this weekend? Could be an x-factor that swings the games in UNH's favor, as it seems like BU has about 6 players dressing right now.

 

[JB]

Re: The Truth About The Cats and Dogs - BU/UNH 11/20 and 11/21

Not the best time to be picking out comments - immediately after the game, I thought it was BS. Granted, I had a bad view of it, and I don't recall if there were any replays of it (there probably were, but I may have missed them). An impartial observer informed me it was legit later in the week.

Two of those posters may not be the best ones to prove your point, either, as they were so bent on blaming JVR that they would have called it legit regardless (over-rated to the tune of 16 pts in 14 games in the NHL so far...just terrible). I do recall it being discussed, as people watched replays of the game, that JVR was out of position, but due to a bad line change, not laziness on his part.

I had a good view at the game live and saw many replays, it was a penalty. I believe a penalty is a penalty regardless of what time is on the clock, that is the entire problem with "playoff hockey" to many rules get tossed out.

JVR was way out of position due to a line change issue. The change problem occurred because of a UNH player that was down on the ice in the other end and therefore was behind the play, on the UNH bench side of the ice. I didn't see how he got on the ice live. However on replay that looked like a penalty on BU that wasn't called, I am almost positive the replay showed the ref watching what I thought was a clear penalty and not calling it.

In my opinion it wasn't called because of the time left in a playoff game, and that it wasn't "influencing" a scoring play... This all brings me back to my original problem with refs... When that ref decided not to call the penalty, he couldn't possibly have seen all ends and that the non call would lead to a call at the other end because of a hook "influencing" a scoring play.

It is so much easier to just call the rules and not worry about the rest.

Please note: I am NOT saying UNH was robbed, it was the refs fault, etc., etc. UNH didn't pot their chances. When you don't put the puck in the net when you have the chance you allow the possibility that these things happen.

I still feel the same way today as in that post - I have no problem with the outcome of the game - just how it ended on a "dirty" goal. Everybody left it on the ice which is all you can ask.