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

Nice Poirier goes to the net and slides it between the legs after Peterson took a hit to advance the puck. Great play by Peterson.

Tied at 2
 
Really big win, one that they kinda had to have.

Honestly, aside from those few minutes in the first, I thought they played pretty well, especially in the third. That's a tough team to play against and they fought thru it, and this (hopefully) might become a touchstone moment that helps launch the rest of the season. I think they looked more like a team tonight as well.

Also, anyone else notice that Ben Barr seemed to have lost his voice in the post-game interview? Wonder if that means he wore it out yelling at the team on the bench and in the room.
 
Hopefully this gives Maine some momentum for the very important games coming up. Let’s be honest though, this was not a good result at all as far as pairwise goes. I think Maine played a pretty good game tonight, there just isn’t much between these teams.
 
D looks lazy and too offensively minded; it seems like even vets are going too deep into o-zone and coughing up the puck and giving up odd man rushes. Still so many lazy passes and bad turnovers. Has Chabrier always been this crafty and eager to take the extra touch? Not sure how beneficial it is for the team at this moment but it seems like his skating and hands are becoming elite. Langlois is a little scary at times but has so much skill and vision. I really like watching him. Gerrior's skating and hands are also sick. Sully seems to be improving in well-rounded ways but I don't like this C experiment
 
amkirby10 said:
Really big win, one that they kinda had to have.

Honestly, aside from those few minutes in the first, I thought they played pretty well, especially in the third. That's a tough team to play against and they fought thru it, and this (hopefully) might become a touchstone moment that helps launch the rest of the season. I think they looked more like a team tonight as well.

Also, anyone else notice that Ben Barr seemed to have lost his voice in the post-game interview? Wonder if that means he wore it out yelling at the team on the bench and in the room.
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I agree on all points. I damn near went to baseball during the first. It was a same/shit, next/day 1st.

Maine pulled together and was the much better team in the 2nd and 3rd.

And, yeah, Barr could barely speak post-game, and that just had to be a result of tearing some guys new assholes during the first intermission.

I see glimmers of hope. Winning cures every ill, sure, but with all these new players, Maine has to figure out who they are. I see this game as an important step forward against a team that's big, well-coached and talented. I would compare 'Gate favorably with the Q in those respects.
 
Tonight was better but still not good enough in my opinion. I thought the Fowler, Russell, Djurasevic, scholle group played much better tonight and the effort was much more evident. I think Nadeau probably changes that series a bit especially on the PP so hopefully we see him next week.

Overtime win is a start but will need their A game next week vs BU. Maine has the talent to compete and a sold out alfond should help make a difference.

Also full respect to Colgate who I thought were really sharp and can compete with Quinnipiac based on what I saw.
 
Barr's hoarse voice is hysterical. Really though, it's disappointing to hear about (the obvious/predictable) culture issues. I really hope *he* has a plan for the culture piece rather than delegating to player leaders or others on the staff. This was just an (1) obvious hole (that has translated into them falling on their face at crucial times in the past), (2) something to be expected/planned for given the make up of this yrs' team, and, (3) something the program has more than ample resources to address in a creative/intentional way
 
Orono1993 said:
Barr's hoarse voice is hysterical. Really though, it's disappointing to hear about (the obvious/predictable) culture issues. I really hope *he* has a plan for the culture piece rather than delegating to player leaders or others on the staff. This was just an (1) obvious hole (that has translated into them falling on their face at crucial times in the past), (2) something to be expected/planned for given the make up of this yrs' team, and, (3) something the program has more than ample resources to address in a creative/intentional way
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His plan? Bring out the buckets and work them in sprints until there is no more left.
 
A win is a win, doesn't have to be pretty and that one wasn't . Lots of work to do. Watching Maine try to get 50 50 pucks, no foot movement all stab at it with the stick.

I wonder if the "culture" knows what playing BU means to us fans? I'm sure not
 
walrus said:
A win is a win, doesn't have to be pretty and that one wasn't . Lots of work to do. Watching Maine try to get 50 50 pucks, no foot movement all stab at it with the stick.

I wonder if the "culture" knows what playing BU means to us fans? I'm sure not
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Doubtful. They were not even born when Maine and BU was a big rivalry. The only thing they have seen is our border rivalry with UNH.
 
Everything considered a pretty epic comeback. I saw a little never say die attitude out there, not as much as we expect as diehard fans as we are, but some nonetheless. Also saw glimmers of the skill set most of these guys came here with, and are beginning to figure out how to use in D1. It'll come together, I'm guessing a 10 to 15 range national ranking when its all said and done, and another early exit in the NCAA's. About what you might expect from a team with so many freshman. Unless they are Kariyas, which they are not, their magic only goes so far. This all based on full faith that Ben will untangle this quagmire of cultural issues he has to deal with. Very impressed with Gate....nice team and Niedermeyer is impressive with his puck control. We deserve nice things so why cant we get one of those sometime ??
 
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