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UMaine 25-26: Marques My Word: Back to the Big Time
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umhockey91
Well-known member
W....T....F?
grooverider
Your Team Sucks
And hit the post. Lol. Tough loss. At home..not good for the long term picture here
umhockey91
Well-known member
The head of the Alfond Foundation handed Barr a check for $6 million a few weeks ago. Anyone know what they are doing with that money?
tony potter
Member
WOW this is the best maine recruiting can do? the skill level on this team is very low
umhockey91
Well-known member
Not sure if you are a troll or a Maine fan but I was just thinking the same thing. I just want some of the same recruits that Providence, Northeastern and UMass bring in....if Barr can't do that with the new assets and financial support he has.....then we have a problem.
ticapnews
Never graduate.
Hookers and crack?
I share the thoughts of others that Marques has been a disappointment. I would put Scott in the disappointment category too, I feel like he's barely done anything this year and he somehow missed the net on that tailor made pass that would have been the tying goal. I also thought Boija was definitely off tonight, those second and especially the third goals are ones that you should stop and usually would stop.
On the more positive side, I have liked the growth shown by Komarov and Pichette so far this year, and in terms of newcomers I have generally liked what I've seen from Gerrior up front and Peterson on the back-end. I also thought that Rousseau played pretty well when we saw him last Saturday, despite giving up four; the team really hung him out to dry with all the penalties they took.
And speaking of that, the team discipline looks to be noticeably worse this year. They had a parade to the box last weekend in Hamden, especially on Saturday, and they got sunk by taking bad penalties in tonight's game.
Obviously still early, and definitely too early to be hitting the red alert button, but being frank they have left a lot to be desired this year thus far in terms of their play. They were good in the third tonight tho despite not scoring, I'll give them that.
On the more positive side, I have liked the growth shown by Komarov and Pichette so far this year, and in terms of newcomers I have generally liked what I've seen from Gerrior up front and Peterson on the back-end. I also thought that Rousseau played pretty well when we saw him last Saturday, despite giving up four; the team really hung him out to dry with all the penalties they took.
And speaking of that, the team discipline looks to be noticeably worse this year. They had a parade to the box last weekend in Hamden, especially on Saturday, and they got sunk by taking bad penalties in tonight's game.
Obviously still early, and definitely too early to be hitting the red alert button, but being frank they have left a lot to be desired this year thus far in terms of their play. They were good in the third tonight tho despite not scoring, I'll give them that.
Really lazy, sloppy passing, and bad turnovers.
Lol
We'll be lucky if there are ups based on the way they have played thus far.
All else being as it was, Scott was Mr. unclutch, and a goalie for a championship winning team needs to stop at least 2 of 3 of those goals. Still not worried about the talent levels or inexperience, or even work ethic/consistency. But I am worried about whether they can build what it takes to score when they NEED to
Providence down by 2 to St Thomas at the end of 2nd btw. I think there's a chance that w the portal, NIL, CHL, and amount of money funneling into the young programs (Stonehill, Lindenwood, St. Thomas, etc. etc.), there's going to be a lot more parity than we're used to
One thing helping keep my concerns in check is that a lot of programs in Hockey East seem to be off to slow starts. BU swept by MSU and smoked tonight by UConn, and tied this same Colgate team; Providence swept at home by UMich and losing to the Tommies currently; BC lost to Denver (again) tonight, lost to Q at home; UMass lost to NU at home, was taken to overtime by Bentley, and in a dogfight in Omaha right now, etc. Even nationally, PSU has played shaky coming in despite still winning, and barely beat Stonehill at home; Q lost to Mack tonight, etc. It's not just Maine that seems to be off to a slow start. Like Orono1993 said, there could be a lot more parity than expected nationally this year.
tylerzx2002
Well-known member
I have zero doubt Barr will crucify the team for spending 52 minutes of that game coasting and then 8 minutes playing with their hair on fire. Not sure how they didn’t score on any of those chances late, but my word so many close calls.
The fourth line is the only reliable line Barr has at the moment. Pichette was an animal all game long. Really feel for Komarov after his stick exploded on a one-timer late in that game.
Scholle looked good on his off-wing yet again. Don’t really understand why he gets moved out of that spot as often as he does but he looks much more comfortable reading the ice from the right side.
What a mixed bag Peterson was… Did a great job activating any chance he got but his size makes him very vulnerable in his own zone, and we certainly saw that a bunch tonight. Could say the same for Coughlin, but he wasn’t as rough to watch in the D zone.
Couple really stupid offensive zone penalties for Scott/Poirier and to be honest outside of Scott this team is really unreliable winning crucial face-offs.
The GWG on Boija might be easily one of the worst goals I’ve seen him give up. Just a complete backbreaker that deflated the whole building.
The fourth line is the only reliable line Barr has at the moment. Pichette was an animal all game long. Really feel for Komarov after his stick exploded on a one-timer late in that game.
Scholle looked good on his off-wing yet again. Don’t really understand why he gets moved out of that spot as often as he does but he looks much more comfortable reading the ice from the right side.
What a mixed bag Peterson was… Did a great job activating any chance he got but his size makes him very vulnerable in his own zone, and we certainly saw that a bunch tonight. Could say the same for Coughlin, but he wasn’t as rough to watch in the D zone.
Couple really stupid offensive zone penalties for Scott/Poirier and to be honest outside of Scott this team is really unreliable winning crucial face-offs.
The GWG on Boija might be easily one of the worst goals I’ve seen him give up. Just a complete backbreaker that deflated the whole building.
cinnamoroll
baby sharks enthusiast
Something I heard this past week that I think sums up the new reality re: early returns of all the changes- every team's floor is a lot higher than previous seasons. That's why you get stuff like Western Michigan losing to Ferris State on their banner raising night and LIU taking both Penn State and UNH to OT. Even Michigan has had their perfect streak broken
No easy nights. Except maybe Mercyhurst?
Looks like UMass and the Friars saved themselves in the 11th hr.. :/
NorthMike
Well-known member
At this point this team seems just lost with no system in place that works for these players, nor is there any leadership on the ice yet. Some of the veterans need to step it up.
I think the second half of the season will be different, alot of good teams start slow.
The dump and thump and grind on the boards offensive system isnt looking good right now, except the 4th line, Im not going to say that this team is too small for that but alot of the guys were just bouncing off Colgate players.
Im also worried about the D, not going to say their awful small either, but hopefully the young guys just arent used to the player strength, skill and speed of the game yet.
I think the second half of the season will be different, alot of good teams start slow.
The dump and thump and grind on the boards offensive system isnt looking good right now, except the 4th line, Im not going to say that this team is too small for that but alot of the guys were just bouncing off Colgate players.
Im also worried about the D, not going to say their awful small either, but hopefully the young guys just arent used to the player strength, skill and speed of the game yet.
Sparkee
Blackbear
The top two scorers(Poirier, Lipinski) are both freshmen.
I think it is more of a case of not having much talent in the top two classes. Aside from Nadeau, which upperclassmen would make any defensemen scared… nobody.
This years freshman class is a lot better than previous seasons. The fact the upperclassmen aren’t doing much is proof the lack of good recruiting happened in previous seasons(2 or 3 years ago).