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UMaine Hockey 23 - 24: The Barr Crawl to Glory!!!

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I think Maine just put a couple nails in UMass coffin. Now they have to go to the coffin and potentially the loser gets knocked out of the ncaa playoffs! Maine might have just ensured staying east for ncaa regionals with the win tonight. HUGE!!!!!
 
Great win. Great goal. Happy for Breen. Hope he comes back. This year has been a lot of fun. Poisson is glad he played an extra year. If Houle and Breen are back. With the Nadeau’s….and a bunch of BU and BC guys take their talents elsewhere….alright I’ll just enjoy tonight.

Everyone local pack the sea dog Wednesday and Alfond Saturday. Let’s go Blue
 
Breen had been hovering just shy of 100 career points for a month or so. Must have felt good to get that monkey off his back!
 
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Omaha swept North Dakota, so Omaha took over 12th in pairwise dropping Providence and UMass to 14th and 15th in the pairwise rankings. So the winner of that Providence/UMass game likely in and loser likely out. I think this means very likely Maine is staying east. Tippycanoe can tell us probably. Kind of sucks not to know which place for ticket purchase reasons. I’m wanting to go pretty bad since it has been so long since Maine has been in NCAA playoffs. Tickets are expensive though, so I’m not buying tickets for both places.
 
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I don't see anyone questioning Barrs pic for goalie tonight. He knows who gives them the best shot to win and what a win or loss does in national picture. I hope Maine is ready to go and gets another win. Got a ticket for next Saturday.
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Hit the nail.

At that point, nobody's feelings mattered

Boo was hung out by the D for all three of his GA, if you ask me. Victor would have allowed all three of them, and a soft one or two to boot.
 
One thing that needs to be addressed is this fallacy that winning will help you stay in your region. The only teams that are helped by winning are the potential hosts. BU is going to be the overall #2 seed; North Dakota the #3 overall seed. Both are in danger of being shipped out of their region because of hosts. Further, Maine could go on a run where they defeat UHN, BU and BC to win the Hockey East title and secure a #1 regional seed and still get shipped to Missouri because the Black Bears are not going to pass either the Eagles or Terriers. On the other hand, Maine could lose to UHN and back into the tournament as a 3 seed in Springfield or Providence because that makes the most sense in the pairwise. So while teams, coaches, media and fans will all say winning helps a team stay in their home regional, that's garbage. All the committee care about is what band you are in and making sure to avoid intra-conference matchups. Sure, attendance would be nice, but the NCAA already has its money - a lack of fans is the host's problem. Even in the case where attendance is a complete embarrassment the NCAA doesn't care.

All games have now gone final. I have Maine as the #2 seed in Providence playing Michigan with Boston College and the 16th ranked qualifier. Springfield is BU-Western and Wisconsin-Qpac. UMass has fallen to 15th which is below the cutline. Providence is just above the cutline. The nightmare scenario is averted for now as Omaha has moved all the way to a 3 seed. If the Mavericks finish as a 4 seed and UND and DU both are #1's it is a disaster for both Sioux Falls and Springfield.
 
Alfond should be full and Rockin' next Saturday night as UHN will be coming to town. Be careful what you wish for as UHN steamrolled Maine at the litter box a few weeks ago. We shall see if Maine learned anything from that? No game will be easy for Maine(or anyone else) at this point.
Might watch last nights game again seeing as its pouring rain out. : )
 
walrus said:
Alfond should be full and Rockin' next Saturday night as UHN will be coming to town. Be careful what you wish for as UHN steamrolled Maine at the litter box a few weeks ago. We shall see if Maine learned anything from that? No game will be easy for Maine(or anyone else) at this point.
Might watch last nights game again seeing as its pouring rain out. : )
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There are no surprises on either side when you play a team for the fifth time in a season.

Atmosphere should be electric either way and I’m looking forward to it.
 
One thing that will be interesting to see is how Maine handles a one and done. All focus and prep will be for one game for all the marbles.
 
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