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

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Sparkee said:
I’m not sure that is a good idea. If a player is doing well at the USHL level, which is the best junior a league, then they can’t be held off. That is what will lead to them pulling their commitment and going elsewhere. I had Cisar as the second best forward coming in next season, after Kuzma. So I want him to come in next season. Imagine the coaching staff does. I agree with who you listed as forwards may likely be moving on. Somers evidently turned down hockey in better leagues to stay in the SJHL.

Out of curiosity, what did you have for rankings for the forward coming in next season? Anyone else can chime in too.
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Regarding Cisar, I don't see 20 pts in 45 GP as eye-popping numbers. Now, the argument could be made that since he's on the best team in the league, maybe he is getting less minutes and therefore opportunities than his talent level would indicate? I also haven't seen him (or any other recruits for that matter) actually play, which I will admit, so I'm purely going off the stat sheet. But with all this in mind, my personal top list for the incoming class is Kuzma, James, Pichette, Peluso, Cisar. Probably in that order, but that last three in my opinion could be argued in almost any order. Throw in Komarov somewhere too, forgot about him since it was so recent.

I think Peluso has been overlooked so far, this year he skated in a few USHL games with minimal results, but then went to Brooks and has been a PPG player with that powerhouse team, which continued after they moved to the BCHL. I think he could be a sneaky one to watch.
 
Today’s been a long time coming.

I don’t think Maine’s ever lost to BU at TD Garden, 5-0 and the last Hockey East semi or final they lost to ‘em wouldve been at the Old Garden in ‘91

But Ben Barr is 1-6 against BU so.

Sports!
 
BoSox3066 said:
Today’s been a long time coming.

I don’t think Maine’s ever lost to BU at TD Garden, 5-0 and the last Hockey East semi or final they lost to ‘em wouldve been at the Old Garden in ‘91

But Ben Barr is 1-6 against BU so.

Sports!
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I have this strangely high level of innate confidence. I think we leave the building happy tonight.
 
Any last minute ticket needs? They're in the BU section, but I'm sure you can sit elsewhere once the BC/UMass fans leave. I have three tix. Let me know if you're interested. (jmbdash@gmail.com)
 
Sparkee said:
Wahoo. I’ll drive in after the girls basketball game is done. So far, so good. Maine up by 1 over OSU after 5 minutes. They’ve had to hit four of four taken 3 pointers though.
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Maine has 8 turnovers already. Now down by 10. OSU far superior defensively.
 
Sparkee said:
Wahoo. I’ll drive in after the girls basketball game is done. So far, so good. Maine up by 1 over OSU after 5 minutes. They’ve had to hit four of four taken 3 pointers though.
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A 14-11 Maine lead was likely the high water mark for the season.

Impressive effort by the WBB team though. Maine needs to get a higher seed in the national tournament to avoid these lopsided first round games, especially in the women's game where 13-16 have to play on the home team's court.
 
Way too many unforced turnovers. Way to slow and not nearly as athletic. I remember when they beat Stanford and then had to play LSU?? Its kind of like that game. Props for getting to the dance, no one should expect them to beat a 2 seed
 
For those at home don't forget that Maine baseball makes its America East debut at 3PM at Bryant on ESPN+ before tonight's battle with BU.

Both Hockey East games are also on +, as are the ECAC games and the Women's Frozen Four.

The easiest way to keep Maine east for the national tournament is for BC to defeat UMass in the early game so the best the Minutemen can do is a #4 seed, displacing BU. Maine would then be placed in Springfield for attendance purposes. A UND win over Omaha would be nice, too. But I'm sure we'll revisit this topic again soon.

Keep an eye on this thread for updates.
https://fanforum.uscho.com/forum/co...-pairwise-and-tournament-qualification-thread
 
ticapnews said:
The easiest way to keep Maine east for the national tournament is for BC to defeat UMass in the early game so the best the Minutemen can do is a #4 seed, displacing BU. Maine would then be placed in Springfield for attendance purposes. A UND win over Omaha would be nice, too. But I'm sure we'll revisit this topic again soon.

Keep an eye on this thread for updates.
https://fanforum.uscho.com/forum/co...-pairwise-and-tournament-qualification-thread
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Does QU matter at all?
 
UnMcGovernable said:
Does QU matter at all?
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It is hard to say which team doing well matters. I have not seen the pairwise this in flux this late in the season in ages. Maybe ever. There are scenarios where Maine and Q are battling for the #2 seed in Providence. Then it depends on what the committee wants: reward the higher seed of Maine vs Q and let them stay home, or 'protect' the overall #1 seed (and maintain some semblance of bracket integrity) by having the lower seeded team stay home. History says they will choose the latter in that scenario, so go Bobcats, although there are more games that are far more important than how Q does.
 
Maine's lines tonight:

Freel-Scott-Houle
Poisson-Breen-Scholle
B. Nadeau-Renwick-J. Nadeau
Lindauer-Hanson-Calafiore

Breazeale-Antonacci
Holt-Arnott
Lesakowski-Charbier
Dalton

Boija
 
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