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UML 2011/2012 Season Thread

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Article about Bazin and UML in the Globe today.

I think it’s going to take some time to play a different style and institute our philosophy [a puck-possession style]. However, it’s not the players I inherited. It’s our team and that is what we’re going with
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Bazin could be a politician, he already knows to pass the buck to the previous guy. ;)
 
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Yes Zach Sarig, he tried walking on but never got any game action. I think Conderman coming back may have something to do where Lowell is later on in the standings. I've heard mostly the same with Brickler, hopefully he gets back soon. He was a good energy guy from the small sample size I saw
 
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So those that went to the game ... how was it? Merrimack with another good win last night.
 
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UMLFan said:
So those that went to the game ... how was it? Merrimack with another good win last night.
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Merrimack looked good, absolutely peppered Northeastern with shots (47 in the game). Rawlings played good for NU, can't really fault him for anything although Madigan did end up pulling him after the second goal. It'll be interesting to see how they fare against UConn tonight but it doesn't look like last year was a fluke, the Warriors are dominating so far early on.
 
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jrobes01 said:
Merrimack looked good, absolutely peppered Northeastern with shots (47 in the game). Rawlings played good for NU, can't really fault him for anything although Madigan did end up pulling him after the second goal. It'll be interesting to see how they fare against UConn tonight but it doesn't look like last year was a fluke, the Warriors are dominating so far early on.
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Since I just got back home, I actually posted my thoughts on the Merrimack thread.

In full agreement with jrobes01 assessment, it was a balanced attack and a senior-laden team taking advantage of a spunky, but inexperienced NU squad. To continue the point about Rawlings; he needed to be pulled after the third goal just to change the flow of the game. Bigos absolutely smoked an NHL quality shot from 50 ft just inside the blue line top shelf for the third goal and already to that point faced 37 shots. It was simply a night where the NU defense was overmatched by talent.

Give credit to NU, because they did play better for about 5:00 minutes after Witt came in for mop-up duty coupled with Merrimack calling off the dogs (no pun intended). NU did score a goal shortly thereafter but gave momentum right back as they took a very stupid headhunting major that was a textbook call. Lowell fans will soon meet young Ludwig Karlsson, a Swede with excellent speed and offensive skill and made Cannata look silly on the goal he put into the net. Merrimack may be a top #10 team tomorrow afternoon.

Getting back to us for a moment, we have our hellish stretch against the Big Four and UMass. Out of those 14 available points, how many points would be considered "successful" during this stretch given last year's team. My answer would be five, as I think they can take points from the BU/UMass games if they play like they did in Mankato, including one or two points on the road. We have seen some very inconsistent results from BU, UNH, and Maine. While do I think they will have a losing HE record during the stretch, it could not be as bad as people may think.
 
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John_Fuller said:
Since I just got back home, I actually posted my thoughts on the Merrimack thread.

In full agreement with jrobes01 assessment, it was a balanced attack and a senior-laden team taking advantage of a spunky, but inexperienced NU squad. To continue the point about Rawlings; he needed to be pulled after the third goal just to change the flow of the game. Bigos absolutely smoked an NHL quality shot for 50 ft just inside the blue line top shelf for the third goal and already to that point faced 37 shots. It was simply a night where the NU defense was overmatched by talent.

Give credit to NU, because they did play better for about 5:00 minutes after Witt came in for mop-up duty coupled with Merrimack calling off the dogs (no pun intended). NU did score a goal shortly thereafter but gave momentum right back as they took a very stupid headhunting major that was a textbook call. Lowell fans will soon meet young Ludwig Karlsson, a Swede with excellent speend and offensive skill and made Cannata look silly on the goal he put into the net. Merrimack may be a top #10 team tomorrow afternoon.
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And this is what kills me about how our program just failed after that loss in the HE Final. :(
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Out of those 14 available points, how many points would be considered "successful" during this stretch given last year team. My answer would be five, as I think they can take points from the BU/UMass games if they play like they did in Mankato, including one or two points on the road.
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I actually agree. But I'm going to start slowly and hope we can steal a point somehow this weekend coming up to start.
 
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I'm still curious as to why Lowell HAD to schedule that Tuesday night "home" game against UConn (at a rink this team hasn't played in) after flying home Sunday, AFTER playing two tough games out west. Anyone?

If this scheduling was an arena issue it was an absolutely horrific job by the athletic department. I mean serious, low rent, bush league, "smacks of something that idiot Peter Casey would think up" kind of job. We had this whole weekend (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) wide open. I'd rather have played @ UConn and given the team time to get their legs back. I'd rather play any AH/ECAC team on the road than play a makeshift home game at a rent-a-rink, scheduled by a genius who thought 3 games in 5 days was a super idea. I would have rather left the schedule open, had a red-on-blue game, or invited another Canadian team down than play that game.

In the land of stupid UML Athletic Department decisions, this one is up there.
 
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I'm still curious as to why Lowell HAD to schedule that Tuesday night "home" game against UConn (at a rink this team hasn't played in) after flying home Sunday, AFTER playing two tough games out west. Anyone?

If this scheduling was an arena issue it was an absolutely horrific job by the athletic department. I mean serious, low rent, bush league, "smacks of something that idiot Peter Casey would think up" kind of job. We had this whole weekend (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) wide open. I'd rather have played @ UConn and given the team time to get their legs back. I'd rather play any AH/ECAC team on the road than play a makeshift home game at a rent-a-rink, scheduled by a genius who thought 3 games in 5 days was a super idea. I would have rather left the schedule open, had a red-on-blue game, or invited another Canadian team down than play that game.

In the land of stupid UML Athletic Department decisions, this one is up there.
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Yes, the game should have been played at a minimum of the Tully Forum, on the road, and not two days after a long road trip but let me try something here.

-- First off, I thought we were to play Niagara this year at the Tsongas Center as part of the back half of a two-year series to be played this past weekend. If my memory is correct, your guess is as good as mine as far as why they were able to get out of the contract,

-- When your team finishes 5-27-2 or whatever in the previous year, you are not going to find teams lining up at your door to play you.

-- NCAA rules limit the amount of exhibition games you play to two I believe unless it is the US D-17 Team. We already had one against the CIS team and the second game later this year aganist the Russian Red Stars. Since they are non-exempt, the exhibition game does hit the seven NC games limit.
 
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UMLFan said:
And this is what kills me about how our program just failed after that loss in the HE Final. :(
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Monty,

Who would have thought an injury to Robo over Christmas Break and a controversial call in the HE Championship game in 2009 would have led to the collapse of this team just two years later. We win that ORD tournament and we would have been in the NCAA's as an at-large.

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I actually agree. But I'm going to start slowly and hope we can steal a point somehow this weekend coming up to start.
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I hope Friday gets off to a positive HE start. We are playing BC, so I do have to be realistic. At the same time, we are going to find out a lot about this team over the weekend and this stretch.
 
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Why is Patronick so angry about the schedule? It is Division 1 one hockey and traveling is part of being a Division one program. So stop your **** crying.
 
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bigeasy29 said:
Why is Patronick so angry about the schedule? It is Division 1 one hockey and traveling is part of being a Division one program. So stop your **** crying.
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Glad to see you earned enough computer time at the halfway house to post that chief, thanks for the input.

Part of me wants to further explain my point, because it really is my fault I didn't boil it down to a series of brightly colored flashed cards that you could easily understand. At the same time, the other part says I shouldn't waste my time holding the hand of someone who still pins his mittens to his coat because, and let's face it, the "functional" part of your moniker was put there to make your parents feel better while they signed the commitment paperwork.

For everyone else who doesn't put a helmet on to go to bed, I think it's fairly obvious I'm speaking to the timing of this "home" game more than the travel. Yes, every team in D1 has to travel, Igor. But why was it so necessary to do this on a Tuesday when the rest of the weekend was open? Like I said, I would have preferred traveling TO UConn on Thursday or Friday then rushing a neutral site game and putting this young team behind the eight ball.

Regardless, it's over and done with. Time to turn our attention to the approaching horde of York and his Immortals. Hopefully Lowell keeps it respectable.
 
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Patronick said:
I'm still curious as to why Lowell HAD to schedule that Tuesday night "home" game against UConn (at a rink this team hasn't played in) after flying home Sunday, AFTER playing two tough games out west. Anyone?

If this scheduling was an arena issue it was an absolutely horrific job by the athletic department. I mean serious, low rent, bush league, "smacks of something that idiot Peter Casey would think up" kind of job. We had this whole weekend (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) wide open. I'd rather have played @ UConn and given the team time to get their legs back. I'd rather play any AH/ECAC team on the road than play a makeshift home game at a rent-a-rink, scheduled by a genius who thought 3 games in 5 days was a super idea. I would have rather left the schedule open, had a red-on-blue game, or invited another Canadian team down than play that game.

In the land of stupid UML Athletic Department decisions, this one is up there.
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Just because the hockey schedule shows an open weekend doesn't necessarily mean that either venue was available for hockey.

Fact#1: I cannot determine if either venue was available on Thursday.

Fact#2: The UConn women's team had a game on Friday night so travel to UConn was not an option. The Tsongas Center was preparing for an event on Saturday.

Fact#3: UConn men's team played at Merrimack on Saturday so no game is possible here.

Fact#4: UML was hosting an open house for prospective students at the Tsongas Center during the day on Sunday. Not sure if it possible to play at UConn.
 
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pressbox said:
Just because the hockey schedule shows an open weekend doesn't necessarily mean that either venue was available for hockey.

Fact#1: I cannot determine if either venue was available on Thursday.

Fact#2: The UConn women's team had a game on Friday night so travel to UConn was not an option. The Tsongas Center was preparing for an event on Saturday.

Fact#3: UConn men's team played at Merrimack on Saturday so no game is possible here.

Fact#4: UML was hosting an open house for prospective students at the Tsongas Center during the day on Sunday. Not sure if it possible to play at UConn.
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As true as all of those may be, this schedule wasn't made two weeks ago. Yet the powers that be still decided to pick the scenario that puts Lowell at the biggest disadvantage. That's stupidity, no matter how you slice it. Fact. There's no defending it. If this was the best they could do, then they should have not scheduled a game at all and left the whole week open.
 
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Any word on ticket sales for Friday night? It would be nice to have a full house for BC.
 
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I just noticed that you guys flew out to Minnesota St. for two, then had to fly all the way back home, then had to play another game 3 days later. Anyone got an opinion about that?
 
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boblav1 said:
Any word on ticket sales for Friday night? It would be nice to have a full house for BC.
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They are over 5000. It will depend on how many students show up. They are running another "Beat the record" promo for the students.
 
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