UML '09/'10 Season Thread

[Rover]

Re: UML '09/'10 Season Thread

The comparison of NU students to pigeons is true on a number of levels.

I don't know...I've never seen pigeons join the Crips and go around campus capping people in the arse.

 

[northeastern]

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I don't know...I've never seen pigeons join the Crips and go around campus capping people in the arse.

..that's cause you're too busy holding up young girls at knifepoint. Oh & while you're at it.. quit smoking

 

[boblav1]

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Caveney's out 6-8 weeks.

On the radio show this week, Blaise mentioned Joe Caveney and Mike Sheu were back on the ice this week. I'm not sure when they will be game ready but it was good to hear.

Lot's of depth this year, getting into, and staying in the line up is going to be tough for some.

 

[bottomdweller]

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On the radio show this week, Blaise mentioned Joe Caveney and Mike Sheu were back on the ice this week. I'm not sure when they will be game ready but it was good to hear.

Lot's of depth this year, getting into, and staying in the line up is going to be tough for some.

It's going to be a constant rotation of who goes balls out during the week in practice. Only good can come from this, I hope.

 

[Patronick]

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On the radio show this week, Blaise mentioned Joe Caveney and Mike Sheu were back on the ice this week. I'm not sure when they will be game ready but it was good to hear.

Lot's of depth this year, getting into, and staying in the line up is going to be tough for some.

maybe this means we can sit finally sit Maniff. The number of times I shouted "c'mon Maniff!!" this past weekend was more than enough for the season.

 

[UMLFan]

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On the radio show this week, Blaise mentioned Joe Caveney and Mike Sheu were back on the ice this week. I'm not sure when they will be game ready but it was good to hear.

Lot's of depth this year, getting into, and staying in the line up is going to be tough for some.

Agreed. It's an issue on the defensive side as well, with Carr still not getting ice time.

 

[boblav1]

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Agreed. It's an issue on the defensive side as well, with Carr still not getting ice time.

Maybe that's why we saw Colin Wright at forward this past weekend. Blaise mentioned they had him working as a defenseman one week and then as a forward the next in practice. Apparently they decided to keep him at forward, a position he played prior to the past two years in juniors. He really liked what he saw from the Ferreira, Wright and Wetmore line this past weekend.

 

[Patman]

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Agreed. It's an issue on the defensive side as well, with Carr still not getting ice time.

i was under the impression that players like Carr (not knowing the whole depth chart) was down at the bottom of the chart. I know its early in the season, but how much leeway do we really have to mess around?

 

[UMLGoon]

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i was under the impression that players like Carr (not knowing the whole depth chart) was down at the bottom of the chart. I know its early in the season, but how much leeway do we really have to mess around?

yeah carr has seven guys in front of him, not counting wright i guess, and the only rotation this year has been capraro/corcoran at no.6. he's definitely not taking a spot from anyone in the top-5.

 

[bottomdweller]

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yeah carr has seven guys in front of him, not counting wright i guess, and the only rotation this year has been capraro/corcoran at no.6. he's definitely not taking a spot from anyone in the top-5.

he redshirted last year right, so he's only technically a freshman hockey wise? He'll most likely be able to crack the line-up next year and have 3 years of solid ice time if he's good enough.

 

[UMLFan]

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he redshirted last year right, so he's only technically a freshman hockey wise? He'll most likely be able to crack the line-up next year and have 3 years of solid ice time if he's good enough.

That's true. But not playing this year puts him pretty even with the freshmen coming in next year as well (playing time wise, not knowledge of the system wise).

Next year, the D corps will be:
Sr: Blair, Edwards (big if)
Jr: Corcoran
RS So: Carr
So: Wright (if he returns to the blue line)
RS Fr: Ickert
Fr: Rayner, Melchiori

Right now, depending on Edwards (and assuming Wright goes back to D), we're probably looking at only 7 blue liners next year.

 

[UMLFan]

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Stats for UML recruits through last night ...

[B]2010[/B]
[U]Name                POS  TEAM (League)                HT   WT   DOB     GP  G  A  PTS  PIM[/U]
Tyler Brickler      LW   Sioux City (USHL)          5'11  175  01/27/91  3  0  3    3    0
Julian Melchiori    LD   Newmarket Hurricanes (CCHL) 6'1  180  12/06/91 15  5 11   16   10
Joe Pendanza        LW   Boston Jr. Bruins (EJHL)   5'10  180  11/22/90 13  7  7   14    4
Will Rayner         RD   Lincoln Stars (USHL))       6'1  190  01/19/90  5  0  0    0    6
Shayne Thompson     LW   Brockville Braves (CJHL)   5'11  195  06/13/89 18 10 18   28   18

[U]Name                POS  TEAM (League)                HT   WT   DOB     GP  W  L  T  %       GAA[/U]
Marc Boulanger       G   Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)       5'11  165  03/27/90  9  2  5  2 90.2%   2.91
T.J. Massie          G   Boston Jr Bruins (EJHL)    5'11  165  05/03/90 10  4  3  1 90.8%   4.04

[B]2011[/B]
[U]Name                POS  TEAM (League)                HT   WT   DOB     GP  G  A  PTS  PIM[/U]
William Eiserman    LD   NH Jr. Monarchs (EJHL)     5'11  187  07/21/92  6  0  4    4    0
Colton Saucerman    RD   Des Moines Bucaneers (USHL) 5'9  170  05/05/92  8  0  0    0   20

Assumptions being made (not sure on either of this officially) is that Massie is returning to Lowell. I'm hearing more and more that this is a certain thing.

*Thompson's 28 points has him currently tied for eighth in CJHL scoring.
*Melchiori's 16 points have him fifth amongst all defensemen in the CCHL.

I'm making the assumption that Lowell will be going after Chris Eiserman (William's brother). He's starting quite a few games for the Monarchs so far (over BC commit for 2010 Brian Billett). Not sure if it's due to injuries or not. Anyway, Eiserman has a 6-1 record, with a 90.8% save rate and a 3.76 GAA.

 

[bottomdweller]

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Massie's stats are kind of worrisome, no?

 

[UMLFan]

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Massie's stats are kind of worrisome, no?

From what I've heard and just looking at the Jr Bruins games, their defense has been suspect. The GAA isn't great, but I do expect that and the save rate to be a bit higher by the end of the year.

 

[Rox22]

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Massie looks to be improving as he won the EJHL Goaltender of the Week for last week.

 

[boblav1]

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I believe Rayner has missed a few games lately due to injury. I'm not sure what's going on with Brickler, 3 points in 3 games, but he seems to be in and out the line up for Sioux City, who have played a total of 7 games.

 

[UMLFan]

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I believe Rayner has missed a few games lately due to injury. I'm not sure what's going on with Brickler, 3 points in 3 games, but he seems to be in and out the line up for Sioux City, who have played a total of 7 games.

The leading point getter for that team has only 5 points in 7 games as well.

 

[UMLFan]

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Massie looks to be improving as he won the EJHL Goaltender of the Week for last week.

Thanks! From the EJHL's site...

T.J. may have only played in one game last weekend, but he certainly made the most of his opportunity. In a game where his Junior Bruins teammates were outshot 40-18, Massie turned away 38 shots to give his team a 3-2 victory. The Lexington, MA, native will play for UMASS-Lowell next fall.

 

[boblav1]

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Off topic:

- The Field hockey team won their NE-10 Quarterfinal game 4-1. They will take on Bentley in the semifinals Saturday.
- Women's Soccer lost their regular season finale to Merrimack 1-0. They will host Stonehill Sunday in the first round of the NE-10 Tournament.
- Men's Soccer ended their regular season with a 2-0 loss to Merrimack. The team had a very tough season finishing at only 4-12-0.

 

[Federal League]

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- Women's Soccer lost their regular season finale to Merrimack 1-0. They will host Stonehill Sunday in the first round of the NE-10 Tournament.

Speaking of women's soccer, how about Jamie Gillis breaking the NCAA D-II record for consecutive shutout minutes and getting in SI's "Faces in the Crowd"? She graduated from Billerica High a year ahead of me, so that's pretty cool.