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This Week In Hockey East, Volume II: Now Even Hockey East-ier!

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Friday, February 21:
Maine at Connecticut HE 2:00 pm ET
Providence at Vermont HE 7:00 pm ET

Saturday, February 22:
Boston University at Boston College HE 2:00 pm ET
New Hampshire at Northeastern HE 2:00 pm ET
Maine at Connecticut HE 2:00 pm ET
Providence at Vermont HE 4:00 pm ET

Sunday, February 23:
Northeastern at New Hampshire HE 2:00 pm ET
Boston College at Boston University HE 3:00 pm ET
 
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Maine is up 3 - 0 with <1 minute left.
 
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HOLY CRAP I WAS 8 FOR 8?!

Late to the party this week but I would NAHT have picked Maine to beat UConn.

Friday, February 21:
Maine at Connecticut 2:00 pm
Providence at Vermont 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 22:
Boston University at Boston College 2:00 pm
New Hampshire at Northeastern 2:00 pm
Maine at Connecticut 2:00 pm
Providence at Vermont 4:00 pm

Sunday, February 23:
Northeastern at New Hampshire 2:00 pm
Boston College at Boston University 3:00 pm
 
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DC78-82 said:
4 - 0 start of the third. I can't even remember who I picked for this game!
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Oh well... I should've gone with my gut saying UConn looked atrocious at Matthews, just thought they might revert to beating bc form, since Maine didn't exactly look spectacular at Matthews either recently.

I assume you and the whole crowd will be in Durham on Sunday, will you be trekking down for tomorrow?
 
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NUWH DogHouse said:
Oh well... I should've gone with my gut saying UConn looked atrocious at Matthews, just thought they might revert to beating bc form, since Maine didn't exactly look spectacular at Matthews either recently.

I assume you and the whole crowd will be in Durham on Sunday, will you be trekking down for tomorrow?
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Oh, but of course! Hopefully we will look good at Matthews!
 
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D2D said:
Going into the season not too many people would have predicted that Vermont would be playing the first round at home.
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Great turnaround for a program that was in shambles a few years ago.
 
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In my mind Vermont, Maine and UCONN each over performed expectations. Sometimes coaching changes are need to evolve programs. Vermont now plays a strong system in all three zones and really move the puck. UCONN is past the continual bench screaming and to me made some of the best in game coaching adjustments in the games I saw. Maine had a coaching change at the beginning of the season yet found a way to play hard and smart.

Injuries had impact on UNH and PC, while NU seemed to work magic with a very short bench to finish tied for third.

Coaches Coach and players play you can't change the players only teach and develop through coaching. Vermont, Maine and UCONN seemed to do this well to make a big move up.
 
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Brought to mind some posts we had in the pre season regarding these teams.

DC78-82 said:
Vermont may surprise you. Second year under a coach that made some positive steps last year, a hard working group of veterans, strong recruiting class, and good goaltending.

U Conn may surprise you. They have a completely new coaching staff, which often gives a team a big boost, plus a few solid newcomers (including UNH's Vaattovaara's sister Viivi, who is in the Finish National system)

Providence will challenge your birds, as they return a strong core as well as a solid recruiting class. Goaltending will be the question mark there.

UNH has a solid core returning as well as a small, but solid rookie class. With 10 players returning for their second year at UNH, all of whom played big minutes in all situations, this team could surprise you too. Let's see if they've been blessed by the goal fairy.

Northeastern may surprise themselves with what they can do, but not just without #77. Pickett and Llanes are big graduation losses. They have speed and scoring potential, and a D core returning nearly intact,as well as a rested and seasoned Desjardin.

There may be a bigger battle for #1 than you want to admit. There is no room for error if you want to be at the top of HE in March, and BC seems to manage to drop points it shouldn't on paper. We'll see~

BU - and Maine - I have to agree with you, but BU does have some big scorers left after the Olympic vacuum ran them over.
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HockeyEast33 said:
- Don't agree on Vermont. Feel their recruiting class is LARGE, but not strong. Mostly folks who were contributors on their HS/club teams but not standouts (Litchfield is the exception). Salerno will help on defense - always capable of playing D1 but opted for Amherst instead. If you look back to last year, you will see that I predicted that Vermont would be better than people thought - disappointing. I do think that Plumer is a good coach and that they are on an upward trend, but don't think they are getting the major recruits that will get them winning more consistently/frequently.

- Be shocked if Connecticut is significantly competitive. New coaches, new players, lost some of their better players - way too much change to expect much out them this year. They will almost certainly be better than last year, but that probably means losing by less not actually winning more.

- Feel like UNH has potential, but probably won't realize much of it. While I have limited exposure to the program, the little I do have leads me to feel that the coaching and recruiting is not very strong there and it shows in their game performance.

- Providence to win it all this season. Just a feeling. BC second, BU third, NE fourth, everybody else finishing based on in season development and good ole dumb luck.
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joehockey said:
In my mind Vermont, Maine and UCONN each over performed expectations. Sometimes coaching changes are need to evolve programs. Vermont now plays a strong system in all three zones and really move the puck. UCONN is past the continual bench screaming and to me made some of the best in game coaching adjustments in the games I saw. Maine had a coaching change at the beginning of the season yet found a way to play hard and smart.

Injuries had impact on UNH and PC, while NU seemed to work magic with a very short bench to finish tied for third.

Coaches Coach and players play you can't change the players only teach and develop through coaching. Vermont, Maine and UCONN seemed to do this well to make a big move up.
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DC78-82 said:
Brought to mind some posts we had in the pre season regarding these teams.
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Also worth noting that in her preseason press availability, Coach Crowley singled out Vermont as a team to watch. At the time we all went a bit "really?" but turns out she knows something about hockey.
 
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Any speculation about the ...of the year awards? I'm assuming team and coach will go to the Eagles. Rookie is between Anastos and Andreakos as far as I can see, probably Anastos. Player of the Year is more interesting: Lefort / Warren / Pelkey / Skarupa are the scoring leaders, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it go to one of the Northeastern players in recognition of the great job they've done since Christmas. It would be Wallace purely on points but judging by the Northeastern writeups they feel that Esposito has been a huge contributor, so she might get the nod.

Is there a defensive player of the year award? If so, Chuli / Desjardins / Boyles are all in contention I would think.

I assume each coach can nominate one player in each category?
 
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Hockey East Awards


COACH OF THE YEAR
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
TURFER ATHLETIC AWARD HISTORY
BEST DEFENSEMAN
BEST DEFENSIVE FORWARD
THREE STARS AWARD

TOURNAMENT MVP
 
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Regular Season Final Standings...

Bring on the Playoffs!

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[tr][td]Current Position[/td][td]Username[/td][td]weekly correct answers[/td][td]weekly percentage[/td]
[td]YTD correct answers[/td][td]YTD percentage[/td][td]Position Last Week[/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]1 [/td][td]OnMAA [/td] [td]6 [/td] [td]75% [/td] [td]112 [/td] [td]67%[/td] [td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]1 [/td][td]lancer [/td] [td]8 [/td] [td]100% [/td] [td]112 [/td] [td]67%[/td] [td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]3 [/td][td]cali [/td] [td]7 [/td] [td]88% [/td] [td]111 [/td] [td]66%[/td] [td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]4 [/td][td]hux [/td] [td]6 [/td] [td]75% [/td] [td]110 [/td] [td]66%[/td] [td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]5 [/td][td]whoop87 [/td] [td]6 [/td] [td]75% [/td] [td]107 [/td] [td]64%[/td] [td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]6 [/td][td]henri [/td] [td]4 [/td] [td]50% [/td] [td]106 [/td] [td]63%[/td] [td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]7 [/td][td]wwhyte [/td] [td]6 [/td] [td]75% [/td] [td]104 [/td] [td]62%[/td] [td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]8 [/td][td]NUWHdoghouse[/td] [td]6 [/td] [td]75% [/td] [td]103 [/td] [td]62%[/td] [td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]9 [/td][td]TTT [/td] [td]6 [/td] [td]75% [/td] [td]88 [/td] [td]53%[/td] [td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]11 [/td][td]goaliedad35 [/td] [td]5 [/td] [td]63% [/td] [td]83 [/td] [td]50%[/td] [td]11[/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]10 [/td][td]joehockey [/td] [td]- [/td] [td] -% [/td] [td]80 [/td] [td]48%[/td] [td]10[/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]12 [/td][td]DC78-82 [/td] [td]5 [/td] [td]63% [/td] [td]76 [/td] [td]46%[/td] [td]12[/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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Hockey East Quarterfinal Weekend
Fri 02/28/14
New Hampshire at Boston College 7:00 p.m.
Connecticut at Northeastern 7:00 p.m.

Sat 03/01/14
Maine at Vermont 1:00 p.m.
Providence at Boston University 3:00 p.m.
 
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Hockey East Quarterfinal Weekend
Fri 02/28/14
New Hampshire at Boston College 7:00 p.m.
Connecticut at Northeastern 7:00 p.m.

Sat 03/01/14
Maine at Vermont 1:00 p.m.
Providence at Boston University 3:00 p.m.
 
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