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Any chance this game will be streamed on AmericaOne?
Any chance this game will be streamed on AmericaOne?
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UML 2011/2012 Season Thread
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Re: UML 2011/2012 Season Thread
It's not on their schedule, which isn't surprising.
John_Fuller
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The expectation was already there even before the season started that Lowell should beat UConn and was thought to be one of the few games that Lowell would be able to achieve two points given their difficult first half league schedule against the Big Four. With the unexpected sweep of Mankato, little did anyone think the River Hawks would have the chance to go 3-0-0 after tonight as they conclude the first half of the non-conference opponents. I'm very curious tonight to see how the River Hawks respond after a four-point weekend and protect the votes in the poll.
Sure, I agree that for the size of the school, UConn does not place as much resources and effort into the hockey program compared to its athletics breadwinner (bouncy-ball) and football (another story for another day). However, the River Hawks do have take care of business no matter whom the opponent may be. Pumping the brakes now on a team like UConn isn't all that wise, in fact it has to be full steam ahead.
Certainly, I'll have far lower expectations next Friday night when BC comes to town. If the River Hawks are able to win tonight and duplicate the effort they showed in Mankato against BC, the home opener will be far more competitive that any of the BC games last season. Before we get to BC, let's get through tonight first. Look what happened to BU last week when they were looking ahead to Denver; Providence surprised them. Army gave Merrimack (a team that I have getting home ice this year) all they could handle in Volpe Complex last Saturday. Taking rests in D-I sports will cost you in the end.
The expectation was already there even before the season started that Lowell should beat UConn and was thought to be one of the few games that Lowell would be able to achieve two points given their difficult first half league schedule against the Big Four. With the unexpected sweep of Mankato, little did anyone think the River Hawks would have the chance to go 3-0-0 after tonight as they conclude the first half of the non-conference opponents. I'm very curious tonight to see how the River Hawks respond after a four-point weekend and protect the votes in the poll.
Sure, I agree that for the size of the school, UConn does not place as much resources and effort into the hockey program compared to its athletics breadwinner (bouncy-ball) and football (another story for another day). However, the River Hawks do have take care of business no matter whom the opponent may be. Pumping the brakes now on a team like UConn isn't all that wise, in fact it has to be full steam ahead.
Certainly, I'll have far lower expectations next Friday night when BC comes to town. If the River Hawks are able to win tonight and duplicate the effort they showed in Mankato against BC, the home opener will be far more competitive that any of the BC games last season. Before we get to BC, let's get through tonight first. Look what happened to BU last week when they were looking ahead to Denver; Providence surprised them. Army gave Merrimack (a team that I have getting home ice this year) all they could handle in Volpe Complex last Saturday. Taking rests in D-I sports will cost you in the end.
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John_Fuller
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I think this will be the last time we'll be playing in Conway Arena for a little while.
A rather uninspiring display by the River Hawks who just 72 hours prior took a sweep away from Mankato State. Every little detail that they did correctly over the weekend was pretty much undone tonight. Size was a concern I had from the exhibition game and UConn was the far more physical team that frustrated the River Hawks for the first 40:00 minutes. They used their size advantage by crowding the net in front of Bartus and were able to push River Hawks off the puck with relative ease. During the game, UConn attackers beat them time and time again to loose pucks. Passes that were completed with relative easy over the weekend simply were not there, there was little communication, and at times, they were tentative. I'd like to see the faceoff numbers by period if anyone has them. I thought Lowell really struggled here too.
The third period was by far the best showing by Lowell during the game. About the only thing the River Hawks did tonight was shoot the puck at the net, holding almost a 2:1 advantage. Similar to last year, they could not find the back of the net at key times, especially in the third period to put the game away and let UConn hang around.
One thing to note was that there were several lineup changes seen tonight that was the case over the weekend. Really didn't see anyone that stood out tonight other than Wetmore. Eiserman (three penalties against) and Vallorani (too cute with the stick) both had games to forget. I'm sure that the both of them would not be pleased by their efforts.
I would have given the first star to Bartus, the UConn goaltender who made several key saves late in the game. The game doesn't get to overtime without his efforts. In the end, goaltending was the deciding factor; Robbins severely over-committed and was way out of position on the overtime goal. The UConn attacker was easily able to outmuscle the puck past the Lowell defender and into a virtual open net. I think Carr will be the starting goalie for the home opener after his solid performance on Saturday night.
I guess tonight's result was poetic justice. The people responsible for moving this game too a huge risk by giving away a true home game and I wasn't really a fan of the move. Don't get me wrong, the game was a sell-out and I hope the Nashua Panthers did well tonight from their fundraiser. Had the River Hawks won, they would have looked like geniuses. However, these are the games that you need to win and unfortunately, it just blew up in their faces.
I think this will be the last time we'll be playing in Conway Arena for a little while.
A rather uninspiring display by the River Hawks who just 72 hours prior took a sweep away from Mankato State. Every little detail that they did correctly over the weekend was pretty much undone tonight. Size was a concern I had from the exhibition game and UConn was the far more physical team that frustrated the River Hawks for the first 40:00 minutes. They used their size advantage by crowding the net in front of Bartus and were able to push River Hawks off the puck with relative ease. During the game, UConn attackers beat them time and time again to loose pucks. Passes that were completed with relative easy over the weekend simply were not there, there was little communication, and at times, they were tentative. I'd like to see the faceoff numbers by period if anyone has them. I thought Lowell really struggled here too.
The third period was by far the best showing by Lowell during the game. About the only thing the River Hawks did tonight was shoot the puck at the net, holding almost a 2:1 advantage. Similar to last year, they could not find the back of the net at key times, especially in the third period to put the game away and let UConn hang around.
One thing to note was that there were several lineup changes seen tonight that was the case over the weekend. Really didn't see anyone that stood out tonight other than Wetmore. Eiserman (three penalties against) and Vallorani (too cute with the stick) both had games to forget. I'm sure that the both of them would not be pleased by their efforts.
I would have given the first star to Bartus, the UConn goaltender who made several key saves late in the game. The game doesn't get to overtime without his efforts. In the end, goaltending was the deciding factor; Robbins severely over-committed and was way out of position on the overtime goal. The UConn attacker was easily able to outmuscle the puck past the Lowell defender and into a virtual open net. I think Carr will be the starting goalie for the home opener after his solid performance on Saturday night.
I guess tonight's result was poetic justice. The people responsible for moving this game too a huge risk by giving away a true home game and I wasn't really a fan of the move. Don't get me wrong, the game was a sell-out and I hope the Nashua Panthers did well tonight from their fundraiser. Had the River Hawks won, they would have looked like geniuses. However, these are the games that you need to win and unfortunately, it just blew up in their faces.
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irishfan85
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Sad. I always root for HE teams and have liked Lowell even though a Merrimack fan. I hope Bazin turns it around so the River Hawks are good again. I have fond memories of Tully Forum in the mid 90s. I know it's one game. I didn't mean I'm assuming Bazin is failing, but anytime a HE team loses to an AHA team, it's not good for the league.
Sad. I always root for HE teams and have liked Lowell even though a Merrimack fan. I hope Bazin turns it around so the River Hawks are good again. I have fond memories of Tully Forum in the mid 90s. I know it's one game. I didn't mean I'm assuming Bazin is failing, but anytime a HE team loses to an AHA team, it's not good for the league.
John_Fuller
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It's going to be two or three years to fairly determine if Bazin is the one to turn the program around. UConn was far and away the better team this evening.
I thought the River Hawks would be 2-1-0 going into the HE schedule, little did I believe that the loss would be against UConn.
It's going to be two or three years to fairly determine if Bazin is the one to turn the program around. UConn was far and away the better team this evening.
I thought the River Hawks would be 2-1-0 going into the HE schedule, little did I believe that the loss would be against UConn.
irishfan85
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UML outshot UConn big time according to college hockey stats.
UML outshot UConn big time according to college hockey stats.
bottomdweller
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The pumping of the brakes was on expectations for the team. Basically saying that even though they beat Mankato twice on the road, this is still a Lowell team that only won 5 games last season.
I wanna know who the schedule makers are who thought flying cross country to play a game on a Tuesday night was a swell idea. It's going to be bad later on in the year when they have 5 games in 7 or 8 days.
The pumping of the brakes was on expectations for the team. Basically saying that even though they beat Mankato twice on the road, this is still a Lowell team that only won 5 games last season.
I wanna know who the schedule makers are who thought flying cross country to play a game on a Tuesday night was a swell idea. It's going to be bad later on in the year when they have 5 games in 7 or 8 days.
John_Fuller
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That's why reading the box score at times can be deceiving. Had Lowell played the way they did in Mankato that margin may have been 3:1. Most likely, they would have won or at least tied the game.
I understand what you are saying....having expectations for home ice/deep HE playoff run/NCAA appearance. Sure, that's probably not going to happen this year and possibly for next season as well.
There has to be some expectation of improvement from last year. Doubling their overall win total. Making the HE playoffs this year. Improvement in GFPG/GAPG from last year. Those are certainly attainable goals with this team that only had 5 wins, scored 83 goals and gave up 136 last season to its opponents.
Losing to UConn in a "home" game isn't acceptable at this level if their goal is making it into the big time no matter what the schedule reads.
That's why reading the box score at times can be deceiving. Had Lowell played the way they did in Mankato that margin may have been 3:1. Most likely, they would have won or at least tied the game.
I understand what you are saying....having expectations for home ice/deep HE playoff run/NCAA appearance. Sure, that's probably not going to happen this year and possibly for next season as well.
There has to be some expectation of improvement from last year. Doubling their overall win total. Making the HE playoffs this year. Improvement in GFPG/GAPG from last year. Those are certainly attainable goals with this team that only had 5 wins, scored 83 goals and gave up 136 last season to its opponents.
Losing to UConn in a "home" game isn't acceptable at this level if their goal is making it into the big time no matter what the schedule reads.
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Patman
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I will again say that things are tighter in college hockey than we're used to assuming. While we rightfully expected to win last night the bottom isn't as faraway as it seems anymore. These teams will lose more often than they win, but make no mistake, they can win, and it's foolish for us, a bottom level big conference team, to expect to hang up a 6 spot on them. I expected a close game... Like it, no, but it wasn't going to be a freewheeling blowout.
I will again say that things are tighter in college hockey than we're used to assuming. While we rightfully expected to win last night the bottom isn't as faraway as it seems anymore. These teams will lose more often than they win, but make no mistake, they can win, and it's foolish for us, a bottom level big conference team, to expect to hang up a 6 spot on them. I expected a close game... Like it, no, but it wasn't going to be a freewheeling blowout.
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Had to go to an online class last night so missed all but the last 10 minutes of the 3rd and the OT so didn't really get a feel for how the game went aside from what's in the box score. As has been mentioned, the amount of shots Lowell took was huge. Sub-.900 save percentage for Robbins on the night which is tough and starting down 2-0 must have been a wake up call.
Back to reality and hopefully they take away some good lessons and tighten it up before playing the big guys in a couple weeks. It will probably be nice for them to play back on campus as well.
Had to go to an online class last night so missed all but the last 10 minutes of the 3rd and the OT so didn't really get a feel for how the game went aside from what's in the box score. As has been mentioned, the amount of shots Lowell took was huge. Sub-.900 save percentage for Robbins on the night which is tough and starting down 2-0 must have been a wake up call.
Back to reality and hopefully they take away some good lessons and tighten it up before playing the big guys in a couple weeks. It will probably be nice for them to play back on campus as well.
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I thought Vall tried to do way too much tonight. I thought Wetmore had his normal (good) game. I also thought Budd played pretty well. Eiserman ... ouch. Lyles showed some good speed last night. Robbins I thought was left out to dry a bit from the angle I saw the game at anyway.
I thought another major concern was the very sloppy ice, people falling down all over the place.
This is the biggest thing I walked away from last night's game with. UConn hit us, hit us, hit us, and then they did it again. I'd be curious to see what that stat played out like. At times you could see Lowell d-men especially being very careful going to the boards.
I thought Vall tried to do way too much tonight. I thought Wetmore had his normal (good) game. I also thought Budd played pretty well. Eiserman ... ouch. Lyles showed some good speed last night. Robbins I thought was left out to dry a bit from the angle I saw the game at anyway.
I thought another major concern was the very sloppy ice, people falling down all over the place.
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Things just didn't seem right for the Hawks all night long, although I thought they would eventually pull it out. Give credit to Uconn they hung around and got the game winner. Hopefully this is the last regular season game at the Conway
Some different faces in lineup last night as Coach Bazin wanted to take a look at some different players. I missed seeing Furlong on defense and I would have liked Buco in the lineup last night. He showed good play making ability at Mankato, something that was missing last night. Tough night for Eiserman with 6 PIM and I agree Vall is trying to do way to much. He was doing the same thing this past weekend.
Was this Lowell's first lose to a AHA/MAAC team? I can't remember them every losing to one. I know there have been a few ties and they lost to Niagara but they were in the CHA at the time. Well 10 days to get ready for BC. That should be an interesting weekend.
Things just didn't seem right for the Hawks all night long, although I thought they would eventually pull it out. Give credit to Uconn they hung around and got the game winner. Hopefully this is the last regular season game at the Conway
Some different faces in lineup last night as Coach Bazin wanted to take a look at some different players. I missed seeing Furlong on defense and I would have liked Buco in the lineup last night. He showed good play making ability at Mankato, something that was missing last night. Tough night for Eiserman with 6 PIM and I agree Vall is trying to do way to much. He was doing the same thing this past weekend.
Was this Lowell's first lose to a AHA/MAAC team? I can't remember them every losing to one. I know there have been a few ties and they lost to Niagara but they were in the CHA at the time. Well 10 days to get ready for BC. That should be an interesting weekend.
John_Fuller
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Agreed with the Budd comment, he did have a decent game. I'd have to see a replay of the goal again; from my view and instinct, Robbins was a bit too high and left the post open for business. Granted, the play wasn't all his fault as his defense wasn't doing anything special to help him out on the attack. Regardless, that's the type of play that really can't beat you in a overtime period.
Agreed with the Budd comment, he did have a decent game. I'd have to see a replay of the goal again; from my view and instinct, Robbins was a bit too high and left the post open for business. Granted, the play wasn't all his fault as his defense wasn't doing anything special to help him out on the attack. Regardless, that's the type of play that really can't beat you in a overtime period.
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Don't let that stat fool you. UCONN has been outshot substantially in every game this season. It is just the way they play. They have some scorers who don't need lots of shots to bury the puck, and a solid goalie.
Don't let that stat fool you. UCONN has been outshot substantially in every game this season. It is just the way they play. They have some scorers who don't need lots of shots to bury the puck, and a solid goalie.
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This was the 1st ever loss to a AHA team but there have been some ties,RIT & Canisius, and maybe somebody else. I know the gap has been closing but this is a game Lowell should have and needed to win.
This was the 1st ever loss to a AHA team but there have been some ties,RIT & Canisius, and maybe somebody else. I know the gap has been closing but this is a game Lowell should have and needed to win.
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