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

gochiefs said:
From the UML email announcement.

both the Wednesday home game at the Tsongas Center and Saturday road game at Bentley have been postponed due to protocols within the program. The teams are working on rescheduling the dates and more information will be provided as those dates are confirmed.
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At least it's just a postponement and not a cancelation. A couple of good showings against Bentley would help in the pairwise since they are leading Atlantic Hockey.
 
Do both games against Maine this weekend count in Hockey East standings? I hope we're not rusty after only one game played in the last month!
 
Midseason look down the road, does ten more wins put UML in the tourney? Looks doable, especially if they get past the first round in the HE tourney.
 
medic4419 said:
Midseason look down the road, does ten more wins put UML in the tourney? Looks doable, especially if they get past the first round in the HE tourney.
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I'd say more like 14.

edit: i hope I'm being too tough... at least 12, strength of schedule is iffy.
 
Patman said:
I'd say more like 14.

edit: i hope I'm being too tough... at least 12, strength of schedule is iffy.
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As of now, they have 15 regular season games left (unless Bentley gets rescheduled). If they lose in the first round of the playoffs, you're looking at 16 games. Asking for 14 (or even 12) wins is a lot.
 
medic4419 said:
Midseason look down the road, does ten more wins put UML in the tourney? Looks doable, especially if they get past the first round in the HE tourney.
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I think they would have a very good chance, but it's not a lock. I also believe it would depend on the if those end up being regulation wins vs. OT. The 3x3 OT wins are weighed slightly higher than a tie, but are recorded as full wins when comparing team records.

At this point, I'm just hoping Lowell gets more than 3 points this weekend. Losses this weekend will hurt their chances greatly.
 
medic4419 said:
At least it's just a postponement and not a cancelation. A couple of good showings against Bentley would help in the pairwise since they are leading Atlantic Hockey.
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Bentley is #34 PW. Wins won't help anywhere near as much as losses would hurt.

(And both of my nephews graduated from UML... I'm a fan, not a troll.)
 
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UMLFan said:
As of now, they have 15 regular season games left (unless Bentley gets rescheduled). If they lose in the first round of the playoffs, you're looking at 16 games. Asking for 14 (or even 12) wins is a lot.
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yeah, well, strength of schedule is going to stink for the league... I will admit i haven't even tried to run the numbers. I don't even know where to start in computing RPI these days without somebody else checking my work. If i had something i could plug in hypothetical results. Mostly because I'd want to see if our SoS would get any better. Our league kinda sucks and while we're good we aren't that good. We need additional offensive contributors.

edit; apparently CHN's website you can add results from scheduled games... 10-5 win the first 10, lose the next 5 gets us to 12th.. but past years have shown this can go UP as much as 4 and down as much as 6 (pulling numbers out of my butt) so a lot depends on others. 11-4 is 9th, 12-3 still 7th... and saving before i get to the lower batches.

9-6 is 16th, 8-7 is 18th, 7-8 is 18th again and right now i don't want to verify because i'm lazy and this is annoying. 15-0 gets you to the top, 0-15 drops us to 41st.

None of the above is randomized, no rescheduling... win the first x lose the last y. no playoffs. Playoffs cap out at one loss this year unlike pass years where it could be 2.

Pairwise moves with teams around it. There is an UPWARD bias because HEA is not likely to have much of a "quality win bonus" so teams like Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Omaha could ping us from behind playing as expected because they can pick an unlikely win against stronger competition. Like every season its all a mess until it isn't.

If you could guarantee me with reschedules 12-5-1 (23-8-4) I would feel comfortable. 11-6-1 (22-9-4) and start munching on those cigarettes
 
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UML said:
Any chance we get an earlier start Saturday since the Pats are playing at night?
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Given that more than half the team had COVID last week, I highly doubt Norm would agree to a quicker turnaround between games.
 
The major against Lee is legit. Hockey East refs are pathetic for letting Lee get beat on. HEA refs are further pathetic for matching up a different set of calls on that play. Lee has problems but the reffing is disgraceful.

edit: and that was interference, bad call refs.
 
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boblav1 said:
I was also surprised they didn't call a penalty on the Maine player. He even went to the box, but nothing was called.
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It's always strange when a player goes to the bench knowing he deserves it, and is then told ... nah, you good. WTF?

Thought we looked off to start but the three goals gave us the comfort we needed for this, because the second and third was basically all Maine. I kept thinking don't let them back into this game, not necessarily that they get a point from the game, but enough to not give them something to build on tonight. Too much sloppy play the second and third, and yes, I think a part of that was related to legs not being there from lack of games.

On a side note, I was actually impressed by the crowd last night. I'm expecting less than 1k tonight though (no matter what the "announced" attendance is).
 
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