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UML 2011/2012 Season Thread

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Agreed, Monty, I don't like the situation any more than you do and I don't think there is one Lowell fan that enjoys the current situation either. It's completely frustrating because I want to have others share in the enjoyment of seeing a Lowell team in the NCAA's that you and I had the good fortune of experiencing some fifteen years ago.

This whole thing about conference reshuffling and TV contracts across all of D-I sports is scaring me. In my opinion, it's an arms ($$$) race to see how many people can be paid off (TV people, bonus for University Presidents/Execs, ad sales, etc). Unfortunately, it's usually the majority bottom that pays for it the most. The brunt of this is going to be seen and felt be some of the smaller programs across the country. See Alabama-Huntsville as the textbook example.

As Bruce Hornsby said, "That's Just The Way It Is"
 
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Bottom line, we're putting in the background investments to be competitive... If the on ice product follows suit we will be fine. There's no reason to go chicken little about the whole deal... Yes, I understand that it hurts if we get marginalized... I'm not saying we should just take it.

Do what we need to do and the rest will find a way. ****ing about it won't do much more than fill a toilet. As long as we do the right things we'll be better able to handle what comes. I'm fairly confident we are doing that.
 
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John_Fuller said:
This whole thing about conference reshuffling and TV contracts across all of D-I sports is scaring me. In my opinion, it's an arms ($$$) race to see how many people can be paid off (TV people, bonus for University Presidents/Execs, ad sales, etc). Unfortunately, it's usually the majority bottom that pays for it the most. The brunt of this is going to be seen and felt be some of the smaller programs across the country. See Alabama-Huntsville as the textbook example.
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I agree with all of what you said. I do believe Hockey East made out the best in all the conference re-shuffling. They added a big name school. Hockey East didn't lose big name schools like the CCHA/WCHA did. I think HE will be strong for a while and every team in the conference has a shot. Merrimack has proved that recently and UML was a player in the mid 90s. I love seeing the small schools do well like SLU, UML, MC, NMU, LSSU, UMD, CC, etc.
 
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John_Fuller said:
This whole thing about conference reshuffling and TV contracts across all of D-I sports is scaring me. In my opinion, it's an arms ($$$) race to see how many people can be paid off (TV people, bonus for University Presidents/Execs, ad sales, etc). Unfortunately, it's usually the majority bottom that pays for it the most. The brunt of this is going to be seen and felt be some of the smaller programs across the country."
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Occupy Tsongas Arena?
 
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Also agree with John’s comparison between UML and the smaller SEC schools. Really enjoy UML hockey and would love to see more press but can understand why the top performers and big schools get the publicity.

Only one game this weekend and hopefully a chance to come back from a tough last few games. BU is hard to predict, seems very streaky, and will unfortunately be looking to come out from under some disappointing games as well. They seem to be a team that runs very hot and very cold between games and sometimes even within games.

Beat UNH 5-0 (I think UNH is better than their record indicates).

Spotted PC 3 goals in the 1st, came back hard but ran out of time in a 5-3 loss.

Went up 4-0 on Denver before letting them get 3 in the 3rd in a 4-3 win.

Went down 5-2 against Holy Cross before a furious comeback in the 3rd but fell short 5-4.

Spotted Amherst a pair before coming back to tie 2-2 in game 1 last weekend.

Spotted Amherst 3 before coming back to win 5-4 in OT in game 2 last weekend.

They obviously have monster talent (Nieto, Coyle, Gill, Chaisson, etc.) but it seems like they let teams stick around and then rely on the big dogs to pull them out of it. Sometimes it works and sometimes they seem to run out of time. Hopefully the new high-shooting UML team can get up early (Millan has a 2.97 GAA and .911 save %), keep up the pressure, and hold off the dogs until the final whistle.

Would be surprised to see anyone but Carr on Saturday between the pipes.
 
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goUMLgoBC said:
Would be surprised to see anyone but Carr on Saturday between the pipes.
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Definitely agree with you on this one.

I'd love to see a win this weekend, if for nothing else, just to give this program yet another step in the right direction. Playing BC as well as they did Friday was a good step, now you need to beat a high ranked team. With a good crowd expected, that would just be another plus.
 
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UMLFan said:
Definitely agree with you on this one.

I'd love to see a win this weekend, if for nothing else, just to give this program yet another step in the right direction. Playing BC as well as they did Friday was a good step, now you need to beat a high ranked team. With a good crowd expected, that would just be another plus.
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There should be no consideration given; Carr needs to get the start, and hopefully, gets a win out of it. We need to start getting some home wins in the first semester to keep the people coming, especially with another large (5000 perhaps) crowd expected.

BU has ben an enigma for the last few years, one never knows which team is going to show up. Even when they won the NC in 2009, they turned it on when they needed to get the win. That's the sign of a good, but lazy team and sometimes, they'll get caught, see PC game from earlier this year.

This is a game where the fan takes a seat and sees what happens. I don't have a clue, especially watching the UMA game on TV last week. It's the only game for both teams this week, so it will be interesting to see if BU looks ahead to Merrimack and Boston College next week. (Yeah, I know, looking ahead to Merrimack :eek: :o)

I believe it's been a few years since beating the Terriers at home, might have to go back to either 2007 or 2008 if my memory serves me correct, I think it's been that long. With three more consecutive road games to Maine and UNH, that's going to put a lot of pressure on the young River Hawks if they are haven't found another win by the time UMA coming rolling into town with the return of Blaise.
 
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Just saw this posted on the BU thread...
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Boston Hockey Blog just reported that Gilroy and NiCastro will be benched Saturday at Lowell for skipping classes...they must have actually gone to 0% of their classes to get suspended for that
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Up for discussion:

The first game is on New Years Eve and it is BU at ND. Maybe it was the only game available to include ND so as to sell the storyline of the team coming into the league.

The other regular season games are being played at Vermont. Why would they play there if they were trying to showcase the top teams in the league? Travel and personnel expenses? It's just an odd occurrence to be playing up there than down in Boston.

It is a surprise that the playoff games will not be on NESN. How many subscribers actually have VS. and how many have NESN? I guess they are trying to broaden the reach of Hockey East by putting the games on VS. Or they are preparing to have Notre Dame enter the league, and to do so, need a national network instead of a regional network.
 
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pressbox said:
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It is a surprise that the playoff games will not be on NESN. How many subscribers actually have VS. and how many have NESN? I guess they are trying to broaden the reach of Hockey East by putting the games on VS. Or they are preparing to have Notre Dame enter the league, and to do so, need a national network instead of a regional network.
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From what I know, the games are still going to be on NESN, it's just that Versus will become NBC Sports Network on 02 January and that Versus will have the national rights. Within Boston's DMA, (see map), http://www.newenglandantenna.com/boston_dma.htm, the games would shown by NESN under the 50 mile + the DMA blackout rule when it comes to exclusive live sports telecasts. There are no Bruins conflicts this year, in fact, the Broo-ins have a matinee with Philly on Championship Saturday.

Where Versus is owned by Comcast* and they just bought NBC, Comcast* people are all set as they has a near-monopoly on most cities and towns from east of the 495 belt (at least in Massachusetts) and have a virtual stranglehold on a good part of New England. RI has COX, Worcester has Charter, and I know there are several out small munis out there.

Bottom line, most of us will be watching the game on NESN.

* Like most people I know, I have other words for these guys. As Neidermeyer said, "they are so profound and disgusting, that decorum prohibits list them here"

PS: If you are confused about all this technicality, come find at a game. My company does a lot with media and DMA's and it's too much to type.
 
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BU didn't run out of time in that game...they actually tied it up and then PC took over from there...
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Thanks.. Didn't see the game and was going through a bunch of box scores quickly while doing the post. Must have glanced over or misread the sequence.
 
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I've been noticing the TV stuff as well, and hate that we might be dropping off the radar in yet another way.

To the actual game tonight, a win would put us in the last playoff spot (yes, I know it's early) ... and with 4 games in hand on UMass, which is off to a horrendous 0-4-2 HE start, giving up 27 goals in those 6 games. Of course, this assumes UMass loses at home to BC tonight.

UMass has given up 14 more goals in two more games played (all games) ... ouch. And even worse for UMass, in 7 games played, they've given up 30 goals. Merrimack has given up 8 in that same amount of games.
 
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UMLFan said:
I've been noticing the TV stuff as well, and hate that we might be dropping off the radar in yet another way.

To the actual game tonight, a win would put us in the last playoff spot (yes, I know it's early) ... and with 4 games in hand on UMass, which is off to a horrendous 0-4-2 HE start, giving up 27 goals in those 6 games. Of course, this assumes UMass loses at home to BC tonight.

UMass has given up 14 more goals in two more games played (all games) ... ouch. And even worse for UMass, in 7 games played, they've given up 30 goals. Merrimack has given up 8 in that same amount of games.
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The game I'm watching closely tonight besides our own is game two of UVM and Providence. This is a big game for both teams as Providence as they've won all of the Hockey East league games at home, including their opener against BU. This could be the game that signifies the end of PC being a #10 team as with the win, they would have taken care of UVM for the season series and have already beaten UMass. Be interesting to see if they can continue the success against the bottom tier on the road as all of their wins thus far have been at home. They have a good stretch of 4/5 NC games with a NU contest sandwiched, but finish the semester against Merrimack and BC, the former being a team the Friars have given fits over the past few years. Certainly, I would not expect the Friars to gain home ice but this was one of the four teams I had in mind that Lowell would be completing against for the last three playoff spots. A 0-4-0 start for UVM would be more of a hole to dig out of than 0-4-0 for the River Hawks given the schedule they both have.

Hopefully, the River Hawks can cancel that early PC victory by winning tonight at home against BU.
 
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Let's recap...

No NESN games, no Versus games, no WBIN games, and no WUML radio show... Awesome.
 
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Alright, not getting on alternate TV if available is inexcusable if the other schools can (especially Merrimack). I'd hate to think we're just throwing cash in a hole.
 
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