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UMass Lowell Off-Season 2017: Next verse, same as the first

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From the Lowell Sun.
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_30963955/2017-18-uml-hockey-schedule-released

2017-18 UMass Lowell hockey schedule:

October

6 -- New Hampshire

7 -- at New Hampshire

13 -- Nebraska-Omaha

14 -- Nebraska-Omaha

20 -- at St. Lawrence

21 -- at Clarkson

27 -- Northeastern

28 -- at Northeastern

November

3 -- Maine

4 -- Maine

10 -- at New Hampshire

11 -- Northeastern

17 -- Connecticut

18 -- at Connecticut

28 -- Bentley

December

8 -- Boston University

9 -- at Boston University

29-31 -- Catamount Cup at Vermont

January

5 -- Vermont

6 -- UMass Amherst

12 -- at Arizona State

13 -- at Arizona State

19 -- at Vermont

20 -- at Vermont

26 -- Boston College

27 -- at Boston College

February

6 -- American International

9 -- at Boston College

10 -- at UMass Amherst

16 -- at Providence

17 -- Providence

23 -- at Merrimack

24 -- Merrimack
 
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.........did I read this right? Amherst is only on the schedule twice?

good.
 
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tape said:
.........did I read this right? Amherst is only on the schedule twice?

good.
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Hmm weird. UNH and VT 3 times each and 1 of the 3 against VT isn't in the Catamount Cup? Must be mistakes.
 
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Fishhawk said:
Hmm weird. UNH and VT 3 times each and 1 of the 3 against VT isn't in the Catamount Cup? Must be mistakes.
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Unless the format has changed, they do that weird format where the match ups are set in advance, and the winner is determined by goal differential over both games. That means Lowell will probably not be playing Vermont in the tournament.
 
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I wonder if UMA will be paired with Lowell in the Catamount Cup? I hope not.

On paper, that looks like a weak OOC schedule. ASU has been getting better each season though.

I'm not surprised to see Bentley given the new arena. I assume UML will visit them the year after in the new barn.
 
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Middle Street said:
I wonder if UMA will be paired with Lowell in the Catamount Cup? I hope not.

On paper, that looks like a weak OOC schedule. ASU has been getting better each season though.

I'm not surprised to see Bentley given the new arena. I assume UML will visit them the year after in the new barn.
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The Catamount Cup is Vermont, Lowell, Harvard, and St. Lawrence.
 
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UNO, St. Lawrence and Clarkson are the only appetizing matchups OOC. If we play Harvard, that would be great, otherwise it's SLU twice.
 
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UMLFan said:
UNO, St. Lawrence and Clarkson are the only appetizing matchups OOC. If we play Harvard, that would be great, otherwise it's SLU twice.
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Yeah if that's the whole OOC schedule the Omaha games would be about as close to "must win" as you can get in the second week of the season. Not gonna get any SOS bump from AZ, AIC or Bentley.
 
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I'm not a fan of the late November/December part of the schedule. 10 day break for Thanksgiving, Bentley on a Tuesday, 9 day break, home/home with BU, then a 3-week break for Christmas. That's almost too much time off, especially for the early part of the season.
 
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Middle Street said:
I wonder if UMA will be paired with Lowell in the Catamount Cup? I hope not.

On paper, that looks like a weak OOC schedule. ASU has been getting better each season though.

I'm not surprised to see Bentley given the new arena. I assume UML will visit them the year after in the new barn.
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The home games with Bentley and AIC are on Tuesday nights.

https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuit...er=2&context=1966616&sequence=1&delivery=view
 
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Fishhawk said:
Yeah if that's the whole OOC schedule the Omaha games would be about as close to "must win" as you can get in the second week of the season. Not gonna get any SOS bump from AZ, AIC or Bentley.
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It's 34 games, so it's complete.
 
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UMLFan said:
UNO, St. Lawrence and Clarkson are the only appetizing matchups OOC. If we play Harvard, that would be great, otherwise it's SLU twice.
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The Catamount Cup games are both listed as "Harvard/St. Lawrence" on the schedule, and given that the Catamount has traditionally been a regular knockout tournament (winner plays winner for cup, loser plays loser for consolation) but rather played with predetermined matchups and the winner decided by goal differential, I'm led to believe Lowell will play both and the order hasn't been decided yet.
 
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I do wonder if some of this scheduling is to make it easier for the program to have some success this year. I think with the amount of talent that left, and a good number of frosh coming in, this might be a way to get them some "easier" games?
 
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riverchief1 said:
Bentley and AIC? W T F ?
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Last season Lowell was the only HE to not play an Atlantic Hockey opponent. With the exception of BU and Notre Dame,
everybody else played 2 games versus that league.
 
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UMLFan said:
Just to add it to this thread as well, Lowell Sun's article about the incoming frosh (and transfers)...
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It's good to see Charles Levesque coming in next season. Let's hope there isn't an issue with Erik Zohovs paperwork. I'm kind of surprised that they may bring in new recruit for next season.
 
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Has anyone played in the Lowell Golf Tournament? I'm kinda curious about this year's, and July 21st actually works for me.
 
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