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UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
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John_Fuller
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Crap, now I have to root for the Wildcats tomorrow night at the Whitt....God, I feel dirty.
A Merrimack win tomorrow night would really screw this league up; not only would the win the tiebreaker against the Wildcats, they would hold sole possession of third place, and have a date with the Terriers the following Friday. It would just add more fuel to the insane amount of fire Lowell now faces on Sunday @Maine to bring home two points and pull into a tie with Providence. Maine is still looking for its first home win of the season.
Crap, now I have to root for the Wildcats tomorrow night at the Whitt....God, I feel dirty.
A Merrimack win tomorrow night would really screw this league up; not only would the win the tiebreaker against the Wildcats, they would hold sole possession of third place, and have a date with the Terriers the following Friday. It would just add more fuel to the insane amount of fire Lowell now faces on Sunday @Maine to bring home two points and pull into a tie with Providence. Maine is still looking for its first home win of the season.
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Lowell is in 12th in PWR now and the carriage has officially turned back into a pumpkin. Straight talk: Lowell needs to either practically run the table in the remaining 10 games and make it deep into the HE tourney (say 7-2-1 Semi-finals) or win the HE tourney to even get a whiff at the NCAA's. They're TUC record(3-7) is going to basically spell their doom.
Since Bazin has been at the helm Lowell haslooked like utter crap three out of 4 games against Merrimack. Even the 3-0 win a year ago needed two reviewed goals that both went against Mack (1 for, 1 against) and an ENG to seal it. Can't blame this game on the goal tending, Carr had a great game. The offense never got off the bus. Aside from the PP that everyone knows is hot garbage, at ANY point in tonight's game did a single one of you ever feel like Lowell had a chance to score before the 6x3? The shots were from well beyond the circles, forced because defenders were on them. They were stopped and brought the other way. No sustained offense. No one even near the front of the net. No rebounds. Nothing.
Maine's still looking for their first HE home win of the season. I think Lowell's going to give it to them.
Lowell is in 12th in PWR now and the carriage has officially turned back into a pumpkin. Straight talk: Lowell needs to either practically run the table in the remaining 10 games and make it deep into the HE tourney (say 7-2-1 Semi-finals) or win the HE tourney to even get a whiff at the NCAA's. They're TUC record(3-7) is going to basically spell their doom.
Since Bazin has been at the helm Lowell haslooked like utter crap three out of 4 games against Merrimack. Even the 3-0 win a year ago needed two reviewed goals that both went against Mack (1 for, 1 against) and an ENG to seal it. Can't blame this game on the goal tending, Carr had a great game. The offense never got off the bus. Aside from the PP that everyone knows is hot garbage, at ANY point in tonight's game did a single one of you ever feel like Lowell had a chance to score before the 6x3? The shots were from well beyond the circles, forced because defenders were on them. They were stopped and brought the other way. No sustained offense. No one even near the front of the net. No rebounds. Nothing.
Maine's still looking for their first HE home win of the season. I think Lowell's going to give it to them.
Re: UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
Game takeaway.
http://blog.collegehockeynews.com/2013/02/the-takeaway-merrimack-ends-lowells-unbeaten-streak/
Norm's Post game interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fFJVPWp-ZY&feature=player_embedded
Game takeaway.
http://blog.collegehockeynews.com/2013/02/the-takeaway-merrimack-ends-lowells-unbeaten-streak/
Norm's Post game interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fFJVPWp-ZY&feature=player_embedded
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leswp1
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Re: UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
Speculation about grades is simple. If they are academically ineligible they cannot play in intersession. I didn't think anyone took that one seriously because he played intersession.
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sterlippo1
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Re: UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
tough crowd. you guys just won 11 in a row and then lost a squeaker in a barn that is notorious for being a really tough place to play. Win tomorrow and a biggie awaits Friday night
tough crowd. you guys just won 11 in a row and then lost a squeaker in a barn that is notorious for being a really tough place to play. Win tomorrow and a biggie awaits Friday night
leswp1
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Re: UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
That being said, I do wish they did a better job of setting up the power play and moving the puck around the zone. The plan seemed intent on getting it into a corner scrum which we almost always lost. Also, as dominant as we've been on faceoffs in a lot of games, last night seemed to be a very obvious reversal on that and it definitely didn't help our cause. Anyhow, that game is in the books, time to move on to Alfond and make sure we don't give them their first home win.
GO HAWKS!
Eh....I think it's a crowd of 1 at this point.
That being said, I do wish they did a better job of setting up the power play and moving the puck around the zone. The plan seemed intent on getting it into a corner scrum which we almost always lost. Also, as dominant as we've been on faceoffs in a lot of games, last night seemed to be a very obvious reversal on that and it definitely didn't help our cause. Anyhow, that game is in the books, time to move on to Alfond and make sure we don't give them their first home win.
GO HAWKS!
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UMLWeatherman
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I think the Maine game will tell us how we should expect the final push of the season to go. They need to respond with some offense against a bottom of the pack team.
After Maine, Lowell plays against only TUC teams (assuming Amherst can hold on to that last TUC spot). I think if they go 7-2 or better after Maine, they will be in NCAA range going into the HE playoffs.
I think the Maine game will tell us how we should expect the final push of the season to go. They need to respond with some offense against a bottom of the pack team.
After Maine, Lowell plays against only TUC teams (assuming Amherst can hold on to that last TUC spot). I think if they go 7-2 or better after Maine, they will be in NCAA range going into the HE playoffs.
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Understand that when I say smoke and mirrors I don't mean that the team is fraudulent or that they haven't played well over the stretch. I'm only talking about their prior place in the PWR. When they're sitting at 6th I think a lot of people failed to grasp how fragile the position was. Lowell only had one win against a team that isn't a threat to drop off - the BU game. Amherst and even PC could fall below the line with a few losses.
I think the offense was stagnat last night and I think Bazin has had trouble figuring out how to beat Merrimack.
John_Fuller
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In some ways, the expected bath Lowell took in the PWR with a loss is a blessing in disguise. Their ranking was over-rated courtesy of a nice winning streak and a very good non-conference schedule. There's no question with the loss last night that it put Lowell at a disadvantage for the NCAAs. Keep in mind, the ranking of #15 in the PWR on Groundhog Day is the same value a #7 ranking had last week. We are now where we are supposed to be given the overall season but still control our destiny for where we want to go.
Before I can get concerned about the NCAAs, we have a home ice race in Hockey East that probably the most competitive since 2010. Last night, I mentioned that Merrimack could be in the driver's seat with a win tonight, and especially with a win against BU next Friday. With a UNH victory tonight and a Lowell victory in Maine tomorrow, one little point separates third from sixth. If we want to think of Lowell as an NCAA team, it has to win tomorrow afternoon in Maine against a bottom-tier team in the standings. It's not an easy task, given the track-record up there, so we will see if this year's team can close out the season series with a win.
Longer term, let's not totally dismiss Patronick's points. This team has got pushed around by teams like Merrimack and going back to last year; Providence, UConn (in both games), and Vermont in the game at the Gut. This team seems to shy away from the contact and fails to match that physical intensity of their opponents. Run and gun is fine, but at some point you have to use the body to win games. As we head into the home stretch, tighter games and finding a way to wine is going to be more and more paramount especially in the HE playoffs and hopefully NCAAs.
In some ways, the expected bath Lowell took in the PWR with a loss is a blessing in disguise. Their ranking was over-rated courtesy of a nice winning streak and a very good non-conference schedule. There's no question with the loss last night that it put Lowell at a disadvantage for the NCAAs. Keep in mind, the ranking of #15 in the PWR on Groundhog Day is the same value a #7 ranking had last week. We are now where we are supposed to be given the overall season but still control our destiny for where we want to go.
Before I can get concerned about the NCAAs, we have a home ice race in Hockey East that probably the most competitive since 2010. Last night, I mentioned that Merrimack could be in the driver's seat with a win tonight, and especially with a win against BU next Friday. With a UNH victory tonight and a Lowell victory in Maine tomorrow, one little point separates third from sixth. If we want to think of Lowell as an NCAA team, it has to win tomorrow afternoon in Maine against a bottom-tier team in the standings. It's not an easy task, given the track-record up there, so we will see if this year's team can close out the season series with a win.
Longer term, let's not totally dismiss Patronick's points. This team has got pushed around by teams like Merrimack and going back to last year; Providence, UConn (in both games), and Vermont in the game at the Gut. This team seems to shy away from the contact and fails to match that physical intensity of their opponents. Run and gun is fine, but at some point you have to use the body to win games. As we head into the home stretch, tighter games and finding a way to wine is going to be more and more paramount especially in the HE playoffs and hopefully NCAAs.
Re: UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
I think they need to have a really good game and catch some breaks to beat teams that are that much more physical than they are. They did it against Miami in the tournament, and against PC some of the games and against the Mack @ the Tsongas. I also think it's worth noting that Lawler has just been a house of horrors for this team of late. Not 2003-2009 Alfond, but still an increasingly tough place to play.
I think they need to have a really good game and catch some breaks to beat teams that are that much more physical than they are. They did it against Miami in the tournament, and against PC some of the games and against the Mack @ the Tsongas. I also think it's worth noting that Lawler has just been a house of horrors for this team of late. Not 2003-2009 Alfond, but still an increasingly tough place to play.
John_Fuller
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Re: UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread II
Agreed, and I think we can all verify that Lawler has become that for all of Hockey East, not just Lowell. HE people have a hard time comprehending Merrimack College not as a 9th or 10th place bottom feeder. They are waiting for the collapse, but guess what folks, I don't see it happening. They have a good coach, miles better talent then 5-10 years ago, and a program that is on the upswing. A smaller version of another school I know of 12 miles upstream. Losing is never good, but I don't feel as bad about a 1-0 loss at Lawler/Volpe right now. Eight years ago would have been a different story.
I think this team can win at places like Lawler and Alfond, they simply have to execute offensive fundamentals and not take the crap that is handed to them. We will find our the answer to this theory about this time tomorrow afternoon.
Agreed, and I think we can all verify that Lawler has become that for all of Hockey East, not just Lowell. HE people have a hard time comprehending Merrimack College not as a 9th or 10th place bottom feeder. They are waiting for the collapse, but guess what folks, I don't see it happening. They have a good coach, miles better talent then 5-10 years ago, and a program that is on the upswing. A smaller version of another school I know of 12 miles upstream. Losing is never good, but I don't feel as bad about a 1-0 loss at Lawler/Volpe right now. Eight years ago would have been a different story.
I think this team can win at places like Lawler and Alfond, they simply have to execute offensive fundamentals and not take the crap that is handed to them. We will find our the answer to this theory about this time tomorrow afternoon.
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