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

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ticapnews said:
If someone had come to you in September and offered home ice in Hockey East, a trip to Boston and an NCAA tournament invite, who would have said no?

​​​​​​It's been a long time since there has been any hope around the program, or indeed the athletics department as a whole. Three NCAA tournament berths in 23-24, contract extensions for successful coaches and plans for extensive renovations in the coming years are all signs of a rejuvenated department with an exciting future.
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Absolutely.
Off season will be interesting to see what new players come in and who comes back. Barr isnt happy nor satisfied how this ended, you know he wont be just a nice guy and keep the guys who want to stay. Half the roster could be upgraded, if he can.
 
Any idea which guys might be leaving via the portal? Have to think Trudeau is probably going to bolt for an opportunity elsewhere.
 
Great season for the Bears, you cant climb K2 in one leap, takes lots of steps. Kudos to Cornell...impressive display of lock down defense. They will be a handful in the remaining games, against anyone..
 
I still come back to the 5 minute major. Yes Cornell is big, yes they are physical, but if you put them down 2-0, 3-0, they have to spend their energy coming from behind. That was a huge squander. I will say that I'm glad it works for them, but Cornell's brand of hockey is awful. I'm not sure how well it's going to work against Denver.

Maine literally played right into their hands all game. They can't win street fight type hockey, mucking around. They need transition and speed.

One last night, I don't know what happened to Ostman. But I'm grateful for the good times he gave us, but he is done here. A couple of those goals last night were weak. Maine needs an elite goaltender. Is that Bojia?
 
Maine played into their hands because Cornell forced them there. They were punishing all day. Interesting to see how Denver handles them, if they even can. Maine may have lost to the last team standing if they can play that hard against their opponents.
 
Cornell is in the F4, Denver can't handle that. Like to see Cornell and the speed of BC in a game. Cornell plays just like LSSU in their hey day in late 80s early 90s.
 
All in all, I'd have to say the season is a success. Back to Boston, back to the NCAAs, filling the Alfond... that's where this program has needed to be. The next step is to make that the baseline expectation. Despite what the PWR said all year, this team was probably somewhere around 10th-12th in the country.

To me, the issues were the ability to break out of the defensive zone, not just on transition odd man rushes, but when Maine gets to the puck and disrupts possession. Too often it was stickhandling around in the defensive end only to lose possession. Whether it's some pug lugging defensemen, or more physical forwards who can force their way up the boards, it just felt like at times there were spells where Maine was stuck and stuck and stuck in their own zone. As has been mentioned, deepening the forward scoring depth has to be on the list. Obviously the Nadeaus and whoever centered them could score. Whoever was on the second line was generally fine. But there was just no expectation the third line would create much, and the 4th line was completely a non-factor.

But really, on schedule for the Barr regime. If the Nadeaus stick around, and there are some impactful recruits, let's do it again but a little better.
 
walrus said:
Apparently if you try to post more than a sentence, USCHO objects. Can't believe this site is all but done
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I don't understand what the thought process is in letting the message board die. Why is anyone going to read this site if it's gone? Poorly edited articles with the depth of a third rate college newspaper? Gambling podcasts? Gross google ads?
 
Congrats to Maine on a great season from an NU fan. The loss is disappointing, but it was great to see Maine back in the national picture all season, brought back lots of great memories. You guys are among the best fans in all of college hockey, and deserve to have great teams every year.
 
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