John_Fuller
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Re: UML '09/'10 Season Thread
I have to disagree with this. Lowell is 6-2-0 when scoring the first goal this year, but only 5-4-2 when opponents score first. That first goal got that place jumping with excitment of a facility enhancment (LED Ribbon) along with a frustrated fan base back on the wagon hoping that it was going to be a hard earn split of a weekend series. With a win last night, Lowell would have taken the Alumni Cup, only five pts from first place, been tied for fifth w/Amherst and most importantly, the season series/tiebreaker. Now with the sweep, Lowell gave a four point swing to UNH, BC, and Maine, and an eight point swing to UMA and seven pts from first, eight if you count tiebreaker.
Could Lowell have lost that game after leading 1-0, sure, anything could have happen. However, Lowell played right into the Amherst playbook by allowing them to hang around, trap, and win by a goal. I'd have to say the result would have been a lot different had Lowell's goal counted. I had a good feeling after that "first goal" went it. I hate to admit it but when the goal was disallowed, reality set in on how they were going to lose this one.
No argument here, Lowell had plenty of chances to put the puck in the net but couldn't do so when it counted (no pun intended). Lowell did dominate most of that game but the problem is the score is what counts toward winning the game. As another poster said, the BC, UNH, BU's of the world have that instinct to finish games off by tying or winning game they should and sometimes shouldn't. Lowell doesn't; to bolster this point they are just 2-4-0 in games that are tied (or up for grabs) after two periods. This has to get better from this point out.
Sure, talent is some of that over a long stretch (consecutive years), but again, we were "supposed" to have it this year, according to the college hockey media. The penalties have to stop, no matter whom is committing them. Five of the last eight Hockey East points have been lost because of those penalities and this team can't afford to let any more points slip away due to fouls.
I have to disagree with this. Lowell is 6-2-0 when scoring the first goal this year, but only 5-4-2 when opponents score first. That first goal got that place jumping with excitment of a facility enhancment (LED Ribbon) along with a frustrated fan base back on the wagon hoping that it was going to be a hard earn split of a weekend series. With a win last night, Lowell would have taken the Alumni Cup, only five pts from first place, been tied for fifth w/Amherst and most importantly, the season series/tiebreaker. Now with the sweep, Lowell gave a four point swing to UNH, BC, and Maine, and an eight point swing to UMA and seven pts from first, eight if you count tiebreaker.
Could Lowell have lost that game after leading 1-0, sure, anything could have happen. However, Lowell played right into the Amherst playbook by allowing them to hang around, trap, and win by a goal. I'd have to say the result would have been a lot different had Lowell's goal counted. I had a good feeling after that "first goal" went it. I hate to admit it but when the goal was disallowed, reality set in on how they were going to lose this one.
No argument here, Lowell had plenty of chances to put the puck in the net but couldn't do so when it counted (no pun intended). Lowell did dominate most of that game but the problem is the score is what counts toward winning the game. As another poster said, the BC, UNH, BU's of the world have that instinct to finish games off by tying or winning game they should and sometimes shouldn't. Lowell doesn't; to bolster this point they are just 2-4-0 in games that are tied (or up for grabs) after two periods. This has to get better from this point out.
Sure, talent is some of that over a long stretch (consecutive years), but again, we were "supposed" to have it this year, according to the college hockey media. The penalties have to stop, no matter whom is committing them. Five of the last eight Hockey East points have been lost because of those penalities and this team can't afford to let any more points slip away due to fouls.
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I think Monty would have already thrown himself into the mighty Merrimack River! 
