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UMass Lowell 2024-2025 Season: Expectations are.....Expectations

On the surface this looks like a much more difficult schedule than last season. December through the first weekend of February is going to be an absolute grind. 12 out of 16 games against teams that made the tournament, and 9 in a row after the Cactus Cup to finish off that stretch against UConn, BU, Maine, and UMass. Wheels fell off the bus during that time last year, so let's see what they can do. One thing is for certain: the new faces on D and in net are going to have to rapidly adjust to the college game if they want to have any hope for a deep postseason run.
 
Lowell2001 said:
On the surface this looks like a much more difficult schedule than last season. December through the first weekend of February is going to be an absolute grind. 12 out of 16 games against teams that made the tournament, and 9 in a row after the Cactus Cup to finish off that stretch against UConn, BU, Maine, and UMass. Wheels fell off the bus during that time last year, so let's see what they can do. One thing is for certain: the new faces on D and in net are going to have to rapidly adjust to the college game if they want to have any hope for a deep postseason run.
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Agreed but at least they aren’t playing Stonehill again mid season. I can’t stand those pairwise killers on the schedule. Yes Mercyhurst could be bad, but at least that will happen early.
 
Middle Street said:
Agreed but at least they aren’t playing Stonehill again mid season. I can’t stand those pairwise killers on the schedule. Yes Mercyhurst could be bad, but at least that will happen early.
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I was going to say its a pairwise killer if they lose.... but thats not how it works, its an rpi killer regardless.

I'm more worried about the headspace than enables us to lose those games than playing the games themselves
 
Yeah, I’m aware pairwise has been abandoned and it doesn’t matter if you lose to a bad opponent game 1 vs 34, the outcome will be the same, but for me, it’s more frustrating to watch the team lose that kind of game later in the season, especially if things were going well.
 
Most people in the forums and on social media, myself included, seem to be concerned with the D core and how they'll perform with so many new players having to play big minutes, but here's an interesting offensive stat: In 2024-2025 Seniors/Grads/Players who transferred out accounted for 127 out of 248 points, which equated to 51.2% of all offensive production. So they'll need to replace half of last year's totals and then add even more if they want to finish with a better record and position themselves well for the postseason.
 
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Lowell2001 said:
Most people in the forums and on social media, myself included, seem to be concerned with the D core and how they'll perform with so many new players having to play big minutes, but here's an interesting offensive stat: In 2024-2025 Seniors/Grads/Players who transferred out accounted for 127 out of 248 points, which equated to 51.2% of all offensive production. So they'll need to replace half of last year's totals and then add even more if they want to finish with a better record and position themselves well for the postseason.
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My concern is the goaltending, with 3 freshmen this coming season, specifically how they hold up in the 2nd half. That was one of the biggest issues last season:

Pre-Christmas:
Welsch 8-2-1 2.55/.893
Halasz 2-2-1 2.16/.925
Team 10-4-2 2.4/.905

Post-Christmas:
Welsch 3-6-0 2.90/.898
Halasz 3-6-2 2.78/.902
Team 6-12-2 3.1/.892
 
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