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UMass Lowell '12/'13 Season Thread

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leswp1 said:
I was thinking this is not the first time we have come back against NU- didn't Schaus do his famous bird thing with something like 1.6 seconds left? Maybe I am just misremembering but I thought we have had more than a few nailbiters with NU in the last few years.
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The "Dirty Birdie Game" as I call it was on 1/16/2009 against BC where Scott Campbell scored an EA goal with 45 seconds left to tie it. BC goon Nick Petrecki takes a stupid penalty about 20 seconds later and Schaus wins it as the PP was expiring in OT. Schaus was flapping his arms for the NESN cameras to the chagrin of the BC faithful. Aside: (To this day, I still believe that should have been a 2:00 call but Petrecki's bad rep contributed to the major call and I didn't complain ;) :D)) One of my all time favorites.

The NU game from that season you are thinking of is of course the HE Semifinal where NU was called for another obvious but dumb penalty for too many men on the ice with a minute left. Campbell also scored that GTG to force overtime and Chris Auger bagged the game winner.

I don't recall if this was the last time we scored an EA goal in the third period .and. force OT. Bonus points if someone can figure out the last time we did that and then won the game since that point.
 
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Patronick said:
I think some of the lines were harder to see as the periods went on, other than that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I did like the zamboni's cleaning the ice, it looked like they were painting them pink :)
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Like you were there to even see it... worst...fan...ever
 
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In my mind, they deserved three points this weekend; they also deserved zero points this weekend. I'll take the former and move on. I would say that the game is #2 on my list of regular-season favorites...but the BU 1996 game at Tully still edges it slightly. Without question, it easily exceeds any game played at the Tsongas in the 15-year history of the barn. It was about time something special happen at that arena, I'm hoping it won't take 15 years for it to happen again. :p How many times were we on a NU end of something like that at UNH/BU/BC/Maine..

Looking ahead to this weekend, this UML-Merrimack game hopefully will have a playoff-type atmosphere because this is the weekend that both teams catch Providence as we come to the 2/3 pole in the season over the Beanpot "break" if you will. Due to the Beanpot and TV games, Friday will be the only day in February where all ten teams are in action on the same night.

Aside from the Merrimack Valley war, all three of the middle teams have very tough road tasks:

Providence goes to Maine on Friday for their single after the Black Bears swept Boston College at Conte and are still w/o a home win at Alfond. Hate to be the Friars right now after they were able to manage a disappointing point (from a PC POV) in a key series against BU.

Merrimack goes right back up to UNH on Saturday (WBIN ) this time at Lake Whitt to conclude their season series. This is the rubber game so a huge tiebreaker is on the line.

We go up to Maine on Sunday; knowing our luck, I think it's good that we are going up there on Sunday.

I thought I was a little concerned for last week with Northeastern. This upcoming weekend downright scares me. As we know Merrimack is a much tougher team at home and going to Maine takes years off our lives :eek:. Focusing in on the game at Merrimack, over the past three seasons Volpe hasn't been kind to the River Hawks in what was considered a "home away from home". They were badly outplayed and outworked in their lone game last season by a score of 5-2,; split two games in 2011 (the win broke the 13-game losing streak in a game no one expected that outcome) and a crushing 3-1 loss in 2010 where the team took a critical weekend off (they lost to BU the previous evening in Lowell). In hindsight, that was the weekend where home ice started to slip away in 2010. In case you're wondering, the weekend in 2010 was the first weekend of February.

I really don't know which team is going to show up this weekend, the one that played for the first 50 minutes of last night's game, or the team that as several media blogs and outllets wrote where Pendenza put the team on his back and carried them to the promised land. Either way, this team will have another chance to prove to Hockey East and in some ways the nation (courtesy of NESN) that the pre-season accolades were justified. We got away with some bad play in all segments of the game this weekend; we will be run out of both arenas if that same overall effort is repeated this weekend.

On Saturday, Lowell saved its home ice chances...this weekend Lowell must earn its chance to vie for home ice. The unbeaten streak is at 11...it's go time, boys.
 
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Those were some of the better quality highlights Lowell has provided this year. If they're going to continue with that clarity, I have 0 problem waiting until mid day the day after the game to watch them. And Bob's call on the NU 4th goal was great (because that's what we were all saying... oh, it's in the net), and then the last three Lowell goals were good to hear as well.

Once DA29 scored the third goal, Lowell just put so much pressure on the NU defense that you could feel the tying goal was going to come. It also helps, I suppose, that according to one of the NU twitter feeds that once Element went down in the 2nd (by the doing of his teammate Cornell), they were only rolling 4D. That is a lot of ice time against a Lowell team that has definitely found its physical side (incredible hits by Wilson, Wallin, etc).

4 big road points on the line this weekend. Neither game is going to be easy. Merrimack has been playing well and we all saw what Maine just did at BC. If Connor is healthy, I think you see him get both starts, especially with a day off between games. Carr for whatever reason is really fighting the puck this season.
 
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John_Fuller said:
I would say that the game is #2 on my list of regular-season favorites...but the BU 1996 game at Tully still edges it slightly. Without question, it easily exceeds any game played at the Tsongas in the 15-year history of the barn. It was about time something special happen at that arena, I'm hoping it won't take 15 years for it to happen again. :p
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This was by far the best home game experience since the Tsongas opened, or at least in the 12 years I've been going to games there. The game itself rivals the HE semi game against NU in 09. Extra attacker goal, win in OT. Both of those games Lowell should have lost because they came out so flat for so long. But I'll take the win, take the much needed points in the standings, and look ahead to this weekend. I seriously can not justify paying $20 for a game 7 minutes from my house when it will be on NESN... and there is no way you're getting me to go up to Orono for a one day tilt. Been there, done that... not happening.
 
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John_Fuller said:
The "Dirty Birdie Game" as I call it was on 1/16/2009 against BC where Scott Campbell scored an EA goal with 45 seconds left to tie it. BC goon Nick Petrecki takes a stupid penalty about 20 seconds later and Schaus wins it as the PP was expiring in OT. Schaus was flapping his arms for the NESN cameras to the chagrin of the BC faithful. Aside: (To this day, I still believe that should have been a 2:00 call but Petrecki's bad rep contributed to the major call and I didn't complain ;) :D)) One of my all time favorites.

The NU game from that season you are thinking of is of course the HE Semifinal where NU was called for another obvious but dumb penalty for too many men on the ice with a minute left. Campbell also scored that GTG to force overtime and Chris Auger bagged the game winner.

I don't recall if this was the last time we scored an EA goal in the third period .and. force OT. Bonus points if someone can figure out the last time we did that and then won the game since that point.
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After 28+ yrs it all seems to blend together. I knew there was some NU game that was close.
 
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bottomdweller said:
... and there is no way you're getting me to go up to Orono for a one day tilt. Been there, done that... not happening.
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Why? It's not like there's anything on TV that night. :eek:

I'm bummed I missed the game Saturday. I found someone's lost truck bumper on the highway Friday night and my transportation options were limited this past weekend.
 
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ScottK said:
Did a little checking today - the last time Lowell came back from a 3-goal deficit to win was the consolation game of the Badger showdown, 12/28/2003. They trailed Union 3-0 after 1 period and won 5-3. The last time Lowell overcame a 3-goal deficit in the 3rd period was at home on 2/9/2002, when they came back to tie UMass 3-3. I've gone back to 1998 and I have yet to find a game where they trailed by 3 in the 3rd period and won.
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Got the following info from Bob Ellis:

The comeback itself reminded me of the ULowell comeback at Clarkson in 1992… down 3-0 in the third, the Chiefs scored four goals to win it… Shane Henry got the game winner with just 51 seconds left in regulation… Clarkson was number 5 in the nation at the time… and I think it was the first time we had ever played them at the Cheel Center. The previous games had been at the Walker Arena. We’d lost at St. Lawrence the night before and after five periods of hockey it felt as though the drive home was going to be miserable… The Henry goal changed that.
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bottomdweller said:
So obviously there is a lot of hockey left to play and this Lowell team needs to play better, but with the results from this weekend, there really is no place in Hockey East that Lowell can't reach (positive position). Lowell is currently 5pts behind BC, with 2 games in hand and one more against the Eagles. Theoretically, if Lowell wins those two games and the game against BC, they will pass them in the standings. Now I do not think this will happen because next week starts February and that's when BC realized its BC and destroys everyone, but it is something to keep an eye on if this team can take care of business against the teams it should beat.
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Consider where Lowell was, even just a month ago.

And then think about the above post. Not saying Lowell can/will take the lead in Hockey East, but the fact that they've put themselves in a position to actually make noise ... impressive.
 
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Rene Rancourt will be singing the anthem on Friday night.

Also:
Hockey East ‏@hockey_east
MEN: @ProAmbitions Rookie of the Week: Christian Folin (UML). Folin scored the OT game winner against NU, completing a 5 goal comeback win
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The climb up continues ... Lowell has moved up to #13 in the USCHO poll (move 15). They were 12th in the USA Today poll, which hasn't yet been udpated.
 
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Possibly the worst 45 minutes of hockey I saw all season, followed by possibly the best 15+ minutes of hockey. With 3 minutes to go I am scratching my head wondering why #4 and #26(?) - who looked horrible of NU's 4th goal; are on the ice for UML; does Bazin want to win this game? Then #4 makes a great play to tie it with less than a minute left and then #26 one times a beauty in OT for win? I got to keep the day job.

Can someone tell me what the D rotation is? The top 4 D seem established, how is Bazin rotating the 3rd D pairing?
 
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We should both keep our day jobs Doubleminor because I was cursing Folin (26) for most of the game. They guy looked his skates were filled with rocks. He was on the ice for 3 of the 4 NU goals. I would have benched him too, sure am glad Norm is smarter than us!!!
 
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Never been to Lawler but i was thinking of heading to the game. Does anyone know where i can buy tickets in the arena?
 
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RiverhawkFan978 said:
Never been to Lawler but i was thinking of heading to the game. Does anyone know where i can buy tickets in the arena?
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Get tickets through Lowell. I believe they're expecting a sell-out so waiting till game day wouldn't be good.
 
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Doubleminor said:
Possibly the worst 45 minutes of hockey I saw all season, followed by possibly the best 15+ minutes of hockey. With 3 minutes to go I am scratching my head wondering why #4 and #26(?) - who looked horrible of NU's 4th goal; are on the ice for UML; does Bazin want to win this game? Then #4 makes a great play to tie it with less than a minute left and then #26 one times a beauty in OT for win? I got to keep the day job.

Can someone tell me what the D rotation is? The top 4 D seem established, how is Bazin rotating the 3rd D pairing?
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Folin has been great this season, but until he scored that goal in OT, he had a horrific game Saturday. Good way to redeem himself and bounce back though.
 
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