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UMass Lowell 2021-2022: Which way are we going?

ScottK said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Lowell still in 1st place in Hockey East? Seems to me that not everything is going wrong.
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NCAA tournaments are more important than league titles. Or did everybody NOT see the shocking improvement in recruiting after those titles.
 
Patman said:
NCAA tournaments are more important than league titles. Or did everybody NOT see the shocking improvement in recruiting after those titles.
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In 2013, Lowell was #18 in the Pairwise on 2/4, and still #16 as late as 2/18, but made the Frozen Four. Being tied for 14th on January 25 does not mean all hope is lost for making the NCAA's.
 
Chiefof78 said:
Sophomore class, other than Engum, Meehan, Welsh and Amstrong-Kinkade
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While I've commented repeatedly about recruiting, you just named four of the six sophomores as doing well. Therefore that can't be a bad class. We'll have to wait and see how the freshmen wind up. There's some potential offensive help coming next year, but you never know how that will pan out.
 
Let's not look past Merrimack being red hot right now and having swept Providence College the weekend before. This is a PC team with nine NHL draft picks and a very solid recruit pipeline. Lowell had THREE losses before this past weekend.

I don't think UML has looked great lately, but they are still in a very good position. They do need to give a massive effort this Friday as another 0 point weekend will put them on the outside looking in.
 
Middle Street said:
They do need to give a massive effort this Friday as another 0 point weekend will put them on the outside looking in.
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I would imagine the Hawks will be facing the Huskies backup goalie with Levi heading to the Olympics. I was actually impressed with NU's team defense back in November when they played. They really made it tough to get shots through. It should be an interesting weekend.

Games tonight: UConn defeats Merrimack 3-2. BU defeats UMA 6-4 in a wild one. BU led at one point 4-0. BU is on a roll, 8-1-1 in the last 10.
 
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boblav1 said:
I would imagine the Hawks will be facing the Huskies backup goalie with Levi heading to the Olympics. I was actually impressed with NU's team defense back in November when they played. They really made it tough to get shots through. It should be an interesting weekend.

Games tonight: UConn defeats Merrimack 3-2. BU defeats UMA 6-4 in a wild one. BU led at one point 4-0. BU is on a roll, 8-1-1 in the last 10.
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If i remember seeing, Matt Brown is playing very well recently. Or at least scoring
 
Barry Scanlon @Scanlon65
UMass Lowell without top goal scorer Andre Lee and top-four defenseman Marek Korencik for battle at Northeastern. Puck drop in 50 minutes at Matthews Arena.

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It wasn't pretty at times, but the Hawks got it done. The last half of the second period was a real struggle. Congratulations to Stefan Owens on his first goal. I just realized that Isac Jonsson also missed last night's game. Hopefully he and Andre Lee will be back for the game tomorrow. Any word on when Marek Korencik will return?

I watched the game online and was impressed with NU's video quality.
 
boblav1 said:
Postgame press conference: Head Coach Norm Bazin Postgame vs UMass (1/30/22) - YouTube
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Thanks for sharing this. The school doesn't release these as often anymore. I wasn't at yesterday's game, but I did catch the 3rd period on the radio. I know Lowell still leads the standings by a point, but with a game in hand, I think Umass will go on to win the league. They have more talent, and they showed it yesterday. Maybe Lowell can get revenge in the tournament.

Barry asked Norm about the Bentley games and he was non committal. Strange. Given the distance between schools, you would think squeezing in a pair of Tue or Wed mid week games wouldn't be difficult. I wonder what is going on there? There isn't much time left in the season, feels like they either won't be played at all, or only one will.

That win Friday was season saving. Let's hope Lowell plays like with a lot of hunger this coming Friday. Andy and Bob mentioned BC has not won a game during the month of January and they've just lost some key players due to the Olympics. That said, it's still BC. I'm sure there is still half a dozen or more NHL draft picks on that roster that can wake up at any time. Look at BU, they got it together.
 
if i were the school i would not be in a rush to schedule games against bentley. COVID could come up again for any of our schedule. Those will not be easy wins and would only be of benefit to both schools if they thought they were better off playing tuesday games instead of practicing.
 
I hope the Hawks get another shot at the Minutemen. Agree about the talent difference but it's not like the Hawks are getting blown out. Scott Morrow has been a huge get for UMA, 5 points (3-2-5) in the 3 games against Lowell. He's also the top scoring defenseman in the league. It's my understanding he was committed to North Dakota but they wanted him to play another year in juniors.

I'm surprised they haven't made a decision on those Bentley games. They're running out of time. I can't believe no one asked Norm when Jonsson and Korencik are expected back when he brought them up in press conference.

Let's hope BC waits until Monday to break out of their funk.
 
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