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UNH 2020 Off-Season Thread: That Rinky-Shrinky Thang And Other Lively Banter :D
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http://hockeyeastonline.com/men/art...ege-picked-to-top-hockey-east-mens-league.php
No real surprises here, but I think that the 'Cats could and should finish higher.
UNH certainly capable of finishing higher, but on paper not sure who they jump. Easy answer is UConn, but the Huskies return a ton of FR and SO (now SO & JR) capable of making big jumps in production. If I had to pick, it may be Northeastern that comes back to the pack - lots of talent, but in a reloading phase perhaps.
Tough first four for UNH could really set the tone, one way or another. I think 8th (hoping to fend of Maine) is exactly where I'd place them, personally...
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With more and more teams canceling their seasons, it will be interesting to see if more transfer opportunities arise for 2021 and IF players who leave these programs for a new school (or a junior program) would get credit for a full year 'in residence' and be eligible for their new team in the Fall of 2021. Might be an exception someone could apply for as the season has only just begun and there are extenuating circumstances...
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Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Now might be a really good time to post an updated 4 year recruiting grid, 'Watcher ...
Interesting, was he specifically NOT listed before? I hadn't paid close enough attention, but assume he would be listed on the team website regardless of eligibility. He is also listed on CollegeHockeyStats.net, however, which is a good sign. If they have immediately applied the new one time transfer rule and/or Denver has given their blessing than that is a huge boost to this UNH team...
What I'd like to see for opening night:
Crookshank - Engaras - Kelleher
Richels - Pierson - Grasso
Ward - MacAdams - Cafarelli
Stevenson - Herrmann - Esposito
Sato
Maass - Eriksson
Reid - MacKinnon
Verrier - Jensen
Robinson
Taylor
I put Sato in that spot because he's a guy capable of filling in on any line and playing any role - expecting him to play a 'regular shift' across a number of lines. It was because of his production that I put him in that position, rather than as a fourth-line winger, though I understand that is not necessarily the usual strategy for the 'extra' skater...
Sato is not really a scorer, just a capable forward with terrific speed. That combination allows him to skate on a scoring line but also play where he is better suited, IMO, in a bottom-six match-up role. On line three, Ward/Cafarelli are better offensive talents and MacAdams is a center. The bottom trio still needs to prove they can be as productive or dangerous offensively as Sato was last season, until then they would be the ones in limited roles...
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Not sure we are in any position to throw stones over attendance, our target audience the last few seasons has been youth hockey teams...
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
... yes, and even with the demise of the so-called "Kings of NH Hockey" as competition for the hockey dollar, the folks in Durham still can't seem to devise a more effecting marketing campaign.
I'm not sure if it's apathy or just downright laziness? Such a shame, though ...
Not only that but the guy is simply flat out wrong but whatever...
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Just my view, but if you're not selling the tickets anyways do a full court press to get students in the building and give them both ends. In the fall instead of just the pep band bring the full marching band in every game. Let the students own it and let it be their "thing". Hell, if it takes tailgating to get them to opt-in open Boulder Field and do that pre-game as well.
As well as additional concessions money you'll also breathe some life in to the building which will probably help recruiting, no one likes sitting in a library on a recruiting trip.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Hard to disagree with any of that. But that would take some degree of effort by someone in the ticket office and/or athletic department ... which of course is where we run smack-dab into the whole apathy - laziness thing. But I don't see it happening until MS7 develops the necessary gravitas that only comes with a few winning seasons, and starts to throw his weight around.
Try that now, and BS35+infinity might be tempted to show MS7 the gate McCloskey style, and hire a more subservient sort. Thou shalt not disturb my very comfortable tenure etc. ad nauseum.
Surprising that we haven't heard from our old pal 1932 yet. Honestly, I do hope he's alright ...
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Further musings.
While the Monarchs and UNH are both hockey it's a bit of an apples and oranges comparison. For a lot of people in their mid-20's - mid-30's the Monarchs were part of the larger idea of a 'night out', at least with people I knew. They'd go to the game, hit the bars after, and get up to whatever else for entertainment in Manchester. Durham doesn't have that same draw. Yes, it has bars, but they're college bars, and unless you're an alum it's probably a bit awkward to be in your late-20's/mid-30's hanging out in a college town in a college bar surrounded almost entirely by 21 and 22 year olds; it's something most probably feel they have grown out of by that age.
The Monarchs, just like most levels of pro-hockey from the mid to late 90's on, relied heavily on casuals. That's not to say they didn't have regulars or die-hards, but it's a different experience to UNH. From my time at the Whitt it's been almost entirely based around regulars, and when regulars would leave for the most part they'd be replaced by new regulars - there's never really been a casual fan element, even at the height of it's popularity. The problem they ran in to is that the number of regulars who stopped coming exceeded the number of new regulars they could get to buy in.
Now, you can certainly make the argument that "a dollar is a dollar, bring on the casuals!", but I'd honestly hate it if that were the Whittemore Center experience; large groups of people who are only there for the night and have no emotional investment in whether the home team wins or loses. But, a dollar is a dollar.
While the Monarchs and UNH are both hockey it's a bit of an apples and oranges comparison. For a lot of people in their mid-20's - mid-30's the Monarchs were part of the larger idea of a 'night out', at least with people I knew. They'd go to the game, hit the bars after, and get up to whatever else for entertainment in Manchester. Durham doesn't have that same draw. Yes, it has bars, but they're college bars, and unless you're an alum it's probably a bit awkward to be in your late-20's/mid-30's hanging out in a college town in a college bar surrounded almost entirely by 21 and 22 year olds; it's something most probably feel they have grown out of by that age.
The Monarchs, just like most levels of pro-hockey from the mid to late 90's on, relied heavily on casuals. That's not to say they didn't have regulars or die-hards, but it's a different experience to UNH. From my time at the Whitt it's been almost entirely based around regulars, and when regulars would leave for the most part they'd be replaced by new regulars - there's never really been a casual fan element, even at the height of it's popularity. The problem they ran in to is that the number of regulars who stopped coming exceeded the number of new regulars they could get to buy in.
Now, you can certainly make the argument that "a dollar is a dollar, bring on the casuals!", but I'd honestly hate it if that were the Whittemore Center experience; large groups of people who are only there for the night and have no emotional investment in whether the home team wins or loses. But, a dollar is a dollar.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
I'm trying to get excited about this, I really am. But gosh, it's even quieter than usual on here ...
Nick Papagiorgio
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Source?? Not seeing anything on the websites and social media......
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