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UML 2013/2014 Season ... The Target is firmly on

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leswp1 said:
:rolleyes: jump ship, we stink, we are done, nothing to see here folks, move on.....

Usually we have to wait for this stuff until we play a game we care about.
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He's another one of those who pops by when we drop a game.

Our play was disjointed, no polish whatsoever. Last year's team was a team grounded in discipline once they figured out that they really needed to commit to it. Yesterday was not a mental game achievement by any means. I do worry about the conditioning aspect.

First game, McGill played solidly in general, they are deeper into their season at this point, got a few opportunistic goals. They won the CIS last year IIRC with a iffy record which to me says they play soundly without real talent.

Now, I do expect better from a national #1, but after what we've been through the last couple I would buy that they need a bit of time to coalesce. Their freshman kid is pretty **** good. I assume he played MJ, will check... probably doesn't have NCAA eligibility but it'd be nice to dream.

edit: Halifax, QMJHL
 
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Mutha Fucha said:
Looks like UML is definitely overrated after having that much trouble with McGill. Probably more like a 15-20 team that will be on the bubble come tourney time.
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HAHA, taking anything out of this game is like judging a practice golf swing before actually hitting the ball. Playing with the lines, vanilla system, no urgency outside of get your legs under you for conditioning, etc....All that and it was like McGill's Stanley Cup playing the US #1 - play this game in 2 weeks with a real game on the line and it is 5-0
 
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UMLKLB said:
HAHA, taking anything out of this game is like judging a practice golf swing before actually hitting the ball. Playing with the lines, vanilla system, no urgency outside of get your legs under you for conditioning, etc....All that and it was like McGill's Stanley Cup playing the US #1 - play this game in 2 weeks with a real game on the line and it is 5-0
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Stop it. You are ruining all the fun for those people who live for pessimism.

For the rest of us who have watched hockey for years- ho hum. Exhibition games are for fun. He played the full roster, switched kids out half way thru the game. If anyone expects fluency when half the bench is replaced midway thru the game I bow to their superior expectations. :p
 
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I noticed the team was wearing their road blue jerseys yesterday. Are they switching that this year? Or does the NCAA have some type of home white rule and they only wore blue because it was an exhibition?
 
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Middle Street said:
I noticed the team was wearing their road blue jerseys yesterday. Are they switching that this year? Or does the NCAA have some type of home white rule and they only wore blue because it was an exhibition?
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You know, I don't know if there's an explicit hockey east rule or not. I know quite a few years ago, we played BU on valentines day and we wore the red jerseys at home. The reason was that Blaise thought we had better luck in the road shirts, IIRC. Whatever.

There could be a variety of possible reasons. I think they mentioned one of the radio, but i forgot what it was.
 
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I'm pretty sure it's completely up to the home team - they just have to notify the visitor's. My neutral impression from the press box was there were certainly some positive signs. I wouldn't look too much into the draw. BU barely eked by St. Francis Xavier and BC was trailing 2-0 to the same X-Men this afternoon. Norm talked about the freshmen remaining calm despite trailing by one three separate times. Wilson sure does have a shot.
 
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Patman said:
You know, I don't know if there's an explicit hockey east rule or not. I know quite a few years ago, we played BU on valentines day and we wore the red jerseys at home. The reason was that Blaise thought we had better luck in the road shirts, IIRC. Whatever.

There could be a variety of possible reasons. I think they mentioned one of the radio, but i forgot what it was.
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I'm not even sure those were the jerseys for this season. Zink wore 15 instead of 25 and Kapla wore 2 instead of 3. Also I don't believe they had the Hockey East 30th anniversay patch on them.
 
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boblav1 said:
Any word if WUML fill be broadcasting the games as well?
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It doesn't sound like it.. No mention of it in any press release I've seen. Too bad, really. Not that it's a ratings-driven station, but I feel like UML games had to at at least triple their normal ratings on Fri/Sat night.
 
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jrobes01 said:
It doesn't sound like it.. No mention of it in any press release I've seen. Too bad, really. Not that it's a ratings-driven station, but I feel like UML games had to at at least triple their normal ratings on Fri/Sat night.
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We have sold our soul just to think we are big league. Very sad.
 
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