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UMaine 25-26: Marques My Word: Back to the Big Time

The 20 minute stretch from the middle of the second until the middle of the third was truly heinous hockey to watch, probably the worst 20 minutes I've ever seen Maine play. And I watched some pretty bad Maine teams in my time at Orono and immediately after. But when they decided they actually wanted to be playing, they kind of took it to the River Hawks. Maybe it really has been an effort problem, I had previously been convinced that it wasn't. Boija is still a disaster, my mom who was at the game with me commented that it looked like Lowell kept using the same play every time they scored and it kept working. But hey, as others have said, five points and two wins is never a bad outcome. Another crack at the Friars next weekend; let's hope they look a little better than last time.
 
I thought the 2nd and 3rd goals were soft and Boija should have been pulled. It appears to be a lack of focus thing where he’s zoning out and not in position on a face off. This type of stuff.

I was happy with the way that James, Peluso, and Pichette played this weekend. They gave the team a good lift. Now, on other teams ice you would think they would have it rough because Lowell can put their top line out there against them. Only once did they seem to get pinned in their own end for a long stretch. Other than that it appeared as though they consistently outplayed the Lowell lines they were up against.

I’m happy they got two wins on the road. It was kind of sloppy tonight and overall not sure Maine demonstrated they are better than a middle of the pack hockey east team in a down year for hockey east. At this point it would be a successful season if they play tough down the stretch and even host the quarterfinals. That is likely the ceiling with this team.

The goaltending needs to get more consistent. The defense needs to stop turning the puck over. The upperclass forwards need to score regularly. The entire team needs to be more disciplined and not take stupid penalties. The effort level runs hot and cold and needs to be full 60 minutes. The coaching could be better as it was pretty obvious Boija gave up some softies and wasn’t on. Not sure what made them decide to not let Rousseau have any more games in a rotation. Also it appears Barr is favoring puck moving mistake prone defensemen over solid ones. Not sure why Motew hasn’t been given more time, he seems well suited for a defensive defensemen role. There is just a lot of things to work on and not enough time to improve all of it.

It isn’t a terrible team, it just isn’t above average either. Which is kind of disappointing given how Maine was the last couple years. It is a rebuild year, and I’ll still cheer them on just the same.
 
umhockey91 said:
The mo of this country in general is to let things fester for decades and then go nuts trying to fix things in the worst possible ways. Yeah the employees (athletes) deserve a piece of the pie......but why destroy the very thing that is bringing in the big bucks? The worst part is that everyone will claim ignorance at where it all went wrong. 🤪
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There definitely could be a world where athletes get paid commensurately based on what they bring to the program.... And there are limits and a less liberal transfer portal that screws everything up
 
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