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UNH 2020 Off-Season Thread: That Rinky-Shrinky Thang And Other Lively Banter :D

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HockeyRef said:
...Obviously a culture of winning has been created at NU with Jim Madigan and Co. (who sat across the aisle from me on the way home from Ireland; I talked to the goal tender coach quite abit about that who sat next to me) which has paid off...
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Did JM and/or Ed Walsh talk you into making a donation to the Husky Hockey Fund?? Too bad we didn't run into each other in Belfast. What a fabulous road trip. Nothing like road trips to ummm...Lowell?
 
Split-N said:
Did JM and/or Ed Walsh talk you into making a donation to the Husky Hockey Fund?? Too bad we didn't run into each other in Belfast. What a fabulous road trip. Nothing like road trips to ummm...Lowell?
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haha nope, not quite! I spend my money on the 'Cats! It is too bad we didn't catch up in Belfast that was the 'ultimate' road trip! I enjoy my trips to Matthews; maybe next season for sure. Good luck the rest of the way...
 
HockeyRef said:
Well, I don't have the experience of those on this board who saw HE Championships, 20 plus win seasons...I started following just as NU was gaining some ground...the biggest thrill was when UNH defeated NU at home in 3 games to go to the Garden, beating PC in the semi and losing to UML in the HE Final in '14. (Which was not thrilling but it was enough to keep my attention..) After that we did make it back to the Garden the next season but have been chasing those days ever since...with a qtr final win over MC being the closest we've come and that was in 2018?

Anyway! Obviously a culture of winning has been created at NU with Jim Madigan and Co. (who sat across the aisle from me on the way home from Ireland; I talked to the goal tender coach quite abit about that who sat next to me) which has paid off. So, I kind of feel like I have been on/am on that frozen desert of sorts and am glad you have had the chance to find success in the past few seasons! Am happy for you...

Maybe these things come around only a few times for a team, but then, I think of other programs who have been stalwarts in NCAA hockey (and other sports) who seem to understand the importance of creating a winning culture and recruit to keep that going. It's awesome to have a 'past' but you can't have a 'future' without feeding that culture. Living in the past, talking about the past successes are fun to do; fill one with nostalgia of the 'good old days' but they do not guarantee present day success. Not a perfect science, but, seems to be effective (I'd make that in very small letters but can't due to this new board format)
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Just bad timing on your part, HR. Since the 1966/67 season (55 years), UNH has had 39 years with winning records: '66/67-'78/79, '80/81-'83/84, '90/91-'94/95, '96/97-''10/11, '12/13-'13/14 (I am assuming that we will not have a winning record this 55th season).
 
NCAA watcher said:
Amazing that NU can recruit with a 1920s non-NHL sized rink. Almost makes you think.
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They must really be selling the history part of the program, you know like the Ringling Brothers Circus spent time in these very same locker stalls. Come be a Husky and win a Beanpot every 30 years. Or maybe they just have a higher definition jumbotron than the Whitt that really sells to the new generation of players.
 
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Whalers said:
Reminds me of days long ago when UNH sweaters had McGinn, Chebator or Cooper (Jesse) on the back. :-)
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Bob Chebator was the team captain of the final UNH team to play in the old barn (Snively) in '94.

Can we get an update on UNH's HEPI after this past weekend's NU debacles?
 
Whalers said:
They must really be selling the history part of the program, you know like the Ringling Brothers Circus spent time in these very same locker stalls. Come be a Husky and win a Beanpot every 30 years. Or maybe they just have a higher definition jumbotron than the Whitt that really sells to the new generation of players.
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Eddie Shore, Dit Clapper, Lionel Hitchman and Larry Pleau also shared space with the circus folks ... :-)
 
Chuck Murray said:
Eddie Shore, Dit Clapper, Lionel Hitchman and Larry Pleau also shared space with the circus folks ... :-)
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Having STEVE Pleau walk thru the Whitt doors would be an upgrade these days. :-)

Chebator was an Arlington GBL guy. Not the swiftest afoot, but he brought his lunch pail to every game.
 
Chuck Murray said:
Can we get an update on UNH's HEPI after this past weekend's NU debacles?
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https://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/standings/index.php

BU, despite playing 7 less games than BC, is less than 0.15 percentage points behind to overtake the Eagles for first place in the standings.

Meanwhile, further south towards the cellar, the 'Cats are in danger of losing their lofty 9th place standing to Merrimack, who sit just 0.25 percentage points below them at 10th.

No comments, emojis or otherwise, are warranted at this time.
 
HockeyRef said:
UNH V MC for two this weekend. Friday UNH 3:30 start Sat @Lawlor 4:00
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"Great moments are born from great opportunity. You Cats were born to be hockey players, every one of you, and you were meant to play Mac not once, but twice, this weekend. This is YOUR TIME. Scotty Borek's TIME is done. It's over. Now go take 4 points!"
 
Snively65 said:
"Great moments are born from great opportunity. You Cats were born to be hockey players, every one of you, and you were meant to play Mac not once, but twice, this weekend. This is YOUR TIME. Scotty Borek's TIME is done. It's over. Now go take 4 points!"
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CK: "Was it ever Scotty Borek's time, Angus?"
AC: "Who the F is Scotty Borek, Charlie?!? Scotty Bowman, I've heard of ... "
 
Hey, I just noticed that this rinky shrinky thread blew by 1000 posts sometime in the past week. No other thread is even close, not even the Hockey East thread. :-)

And, even a bigger lead in Views, which are like SOG, I suppose. :-)
 
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Snively65 said:
Hey, I just noticed that this rinky shrinky thread blew by 1000 posts sometime in the past week. No other thread is even close, not even the Hockey East thread. :-)

And, even a bigger lead in Views, which are like SOG, I suppose. :-)
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Well then, our HEPI (Hockey East Posting Index) should put us in first place!! HANG A BANNER!!!!!
 
UNH "wins" 3-3, coming from a two goal deficit in the 3rd period to tie it kind of late (Crookshank), then after a scoreless OT Grasso wins in in the shootout. Robinson back in goal for the 'Cats.

A win is a win is a win ... but life-and-death with a nondescript Merrimack squad kind of tells its own story. It would still be nice if UNH could win one tomorrow night in regulation at MC.

Then we can regroup and see where the HEPI leaves things. Small unmarked bills should help.

Do we know if there is one or two more weekends of RS play??
 
Chuck Murray said:
UNH "wins" 3-3, coming from a two goal deficit in the 3rd period to tie it kind of late (Crookshank), then after a scoreless OT Grasso wins in in the shootout. Robinson back in goal for the 'Cats.

A win is a win is a win ... but life-and-death with a nondescript Merrimack squad kind of tells its own story. It would still be nice if UNH could win one tomorrow night in regulation at MC.

Then we can regroup and see where the HEPI leaves things. Small unmarked bills should help.

Do we know if there is one or two more weekends of RS play??
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Two more weekends.
 
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