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UML 2011/2012 Season Thread

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UMLFan said:
Congrats again Scott. I'm assuming Millan got the Defensive Player of the Week?

UML has moved back up #11 in the USCHO poll.
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Millan was Defensive Player of the Week, Mangene Player of the Week, and Maine Team of the week. I can't wait to read TIIL's comments on those later today.

Stat of the day - Lowell has allowed just 9 goals in 7 home games this season, and 4 of those were in 1 game to BC (1 into the empty net).
 
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bottomdweller said:
Bazin's quotes sound like they're going to be playing a lot of up and down hockey. With a team that is allegedly fast, it'd be good to see. Well conditioned combined with that style and who knows, maybe they wear a team down and steal a win or two over the course of the year (c'mon 10 total wins...)
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What I meant to say waaay back in October was: c'mon 10 total first half of the season wins. I'm pretty smart. :o
 
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Hockey East introduces the "MOVE OF THE WEEK". Fans can vote on the best move of the week. Both goals by Derek Arnold are in the running. You have to love the call by Bob Ellis on the NU game winner.
 
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This team is AWFUL on the road. They're going to get obliterated at Amherst on Friday. That was the worst game I've ever had to sit through..
 
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Patronick said:
This team is AWFUL on the road. They're going to get obliterated at Amherst on Friday. That was the worst game I've ever had to sit through..
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Do you have any speed other than fast forward or reverse with the pedal down? If that was the worst game you have ever had to sit thru you haven't been around very long, missed most of last year or a few other years that I can think of..... I didn't see this one but at least they put up 29 shots on net. That is more than a few games put together last yr.
 
leswp1 said:
Do you have any speed other than fast forward or reverse with the pedal down? If that was the worst game you have ever had to sit thru you haven't been around very long, missed most of last year or a few other years that I can think of..... I didn't see this one but at least they put up 29 shots on net. That is more than a few games put together last yr.
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You weren't there. Shot totals are misleading. Lowell couldn't enter the offensive zone to save their life. They had no hustle,were beat to every
lose puck and had no answers to Providence's intensity.

The problem is this is now a trend. Played awful against Northeastern prior to break. Played poorly against UConn but managed a win. Didn't show up in the third against Vermont and lost. Were outplayed by Northeastern but pulled it out in OT, and now put up a pathetic performance against PC. If that doesn't worry you then you're delusional.
 
leswp1 said:
Do you have any speed other than fast forward or reverse with the pedal down? If that was the worst game you have ever had to sit thru you haven't been around very long, missed most of last year or a few other years that I can think of..... I didn't see this one but at least they put up 29 shots on net. That is more than a few games put together last yr.
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Also last season we knew they sucked. This is a good team who I expect more from.
 
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This was just an ugly game from the players to the coaching staff. To give Providence credit, they clogged up the neutral zone very well and smothered the Lowell attack. Beaudry made the saves he had to but still left some rebounds out that Lowell never pounced on.

I just felt the team and coaching staff didn't play with any urgency until the last couple of minutes. They carried the play in the 2nd and 3rd, but there was never that breakthrough moment. The best shift of the night was the first 2+ minutes in the 2nd period and I thought it was going to be all Lowell from there on out. They even got the major but wow was the PP absolutely awful. How do you run the 4th line on a crucial 5 minute major? That I will never understand. In general I felt they tried getting too fancy with the puck or trying to force too much rather than getting the puck to the net. I guess Norm must have felt the team was tired by rolling 4 lines, but down a goal in the 3rd, you have to put some players out there that will bury some pucks. I think Leamen did a very good job scouting us and just shutting us down offensively so credit goes to them.

Clearly that wasn't the result that was wanted, but getting the next 8 points is big. Winning games they should win is crucial for home ice so hopefully they can turn it around for Friday.
 
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snipeshow10 said:
I guess Norm must have felt the team was tired by rolling 4 lines, but down a goal in the 3rd, you have to put some players out there that will bury some pucks.
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Three games in five days. I was a little surprised there were no line up changes tonight, if only to get some fresh legs in there. A tough weekend coming up against a well rested team that's only 4 points behind in the standings. The Hawks better be ready, I'm sure Amherst will be.
 
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The loss drops Lowell to a tie for 9th with BC in the Pairwise. 3 points against Amherst this weekend would give Lowell another series win and would put basically 7 points between Lowell and Amherst in the standings (TB going to Lowell). Big weekend. Lowell generally doesn't play well at the Mullins, similar to the Coffin, so hopefully Bazin can get their heads on straight. Give them Wednesday off and maybe just a light skate on Thursday with a bunch of passing drills to let them get their legs back.
 
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F O F room fan said:
UML was the better team tonight in the final 2 periods. Beaudry just had a great game.
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not true. 5/5 pc was better. penalties made it look like lowell was stronger at times

carr played outstanding and had 3 or 4 huge saves that could have should have been goals

Anytime you win 1-0 luck is involved but PC played better and was the better team. They match up well with Lowell
 
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boblav1 said:
Three games in five days. I was a little surprised there were no line up changes tonight, if only to get some fresh legs in there. A tough weekend coming up against a well rested team that's only 4 points behind in the standings. The Hawks better be ready, I'm sure Amherst will be.
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Agreed, Bob and now a short week to face off aganist Amherst. If they can get the W on Friday, they will even their January HE road swing at 2-2, not the greatest but not a disaster either. Sure, losing to Providence is tough, but as I've mentioned, physical, engaging teams will pose problems for the River Hawks as they are a rather small. By and large, the River Hawks are at times slow to make decisions. Add the two up and it cost them a game last night. The funny part is as badly as the River Hawks have played in those two losses, they only lost by a single goal, adding to the frustration.

We still have only lost one tiebreaker this season and have an excellent chance to win another this weekend if they take care of business. Lowell has a much larger ice surface to deal with on Friday night and by far a superior edge in goal. They came out strong after a bad loss in Vermont at home and I'm really interested to see how they deal with a tough loss when their next game is on the road. I will agree that I'm concerned about conditioning for the River Hawks. There's eight points up for grabs and if they gain six of those points, we're going to be sitting pretty in early February, still with a game in hand on BC and Maine.

After Friday, they only have two "real" road games left, BU & Providence (Volpe, while tough, isn't really a road game for the River Hawks and vice versa). Take at least three points like they did with NU. Sure, this team has problems on the road, but if the can't grab a road victory here or there and continue thier home dominance, we'll be fine. If we are lucky enough to see the number 22 in the points column Saturday night, I'll be happy.
 
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Huge couple of games this weekend. I'm nervous about the tired legs this team is exhibiting the past few games ... and the fact that in the last four HE games, they've scored just 9 goals while going 2-2. The scary part is they've only given up 6 goals, yet only gone 2-2.

UMass is an impressive 7-0-3 at home this year, but winless on the road (0-7-2) so this is definitely setting up to be a split with home victories for each team.
 
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UMLFan said:
UMass is an impressive 7-0-3 at home this year, but winless on the road (0-7-2) so this is definitely setting up to be a split with home victories for each team.
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That time of year again where I start talking ourselves in a hole (no offense Monty)... home road splits are as much psychology as it is luck. Home ice is only worth about .15 goals in hockey for and against... one every 3 games. I'd rather not have this team buy into the negative psychology.
 
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Patman said:
That time of year again where I start talking ourselves in a hole (no offense Monty)... home road splits are as much psychology as it is luck. Home ice is only worth about .15 goals in hockey for and against... one every 3 games. I'd rather not have this team buy into the negative psychology.
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While I understand what you're saying, home ice in general may not be much around the league(s) over the course of the year.

But you can't argue these ... in league play, UML goals per game at home is at 3.8. On the road that number drops to 2.7. Even more impressive is the goals against ... at home Lowell has given up just 1.5 goals per game, while giving up 3.22 per game. Those numbers, IMHO, speak for themselves.
 
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