Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Put me down for a 3-1 UNH victory to start the season against my alma mater.
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UNH 2024/2025 Goldberg Edition
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Spoken like someone who was at the last meeting. (lol)
Bentley was much better in the first than UNH, Whale playing especially well to earn a tie heading into the intermission.
Conmy scores for UNH against all run of play. Bentley equalizes shorthanded on a poor UNH turnover below the defensive blue line.
Broadcast mentions LeClerc and Jensen as week-to-week injuries. Leaves me to assume the second MacPherson might be a healthy scratch - which is disappointing.
Attendance is awful.
Conmy scores for UNH against all run of play. Bentley equalizes shorthanded on a poor UNH turnover below the defensive blue line.
Broadcast mentions LeClerc and Jensen as week-to-week injuries. Leaves me to assume the second MacPherson might be a healthy scratch - which is disappointing.
Attendance is awful.
Meant to drop this last week - I very much fear Maine is a wagon this year. They haven't played any one of note, but they've done exactly what you should do against no one of note thus far. Next weekend at QU will be telling...
Boston College
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Maine
Boston University
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Providence
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Northeastern
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Connecticut
Merrimack
Lowell
Vermont
I could see UNH finishing as high as third and as low as eighth - though I am less bullish after 20.
Boston College
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Maine
Boston University
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Providence
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Northeastern
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Connecticut
Merrimack
Lowell
Vermont
I could see UNH finishing as high as third and as low as eighth - though I am less bullish after 20.
HockeyRef
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Student section doing 'Whale sounds' on his saves! A bright spot so far tonight...stay out of the box 'Cats!!
Through 40 minutes Bentley is dominating the game; frankly Whale has 'stolen' the Wildcats an opportunity to win this game in the third...
UNH being outshot, out chanced and out possessed decisively.
By comparison Maine outscored their two AHA opponents (AIC & Army Exh.) 11-0, outshooting them 76-25.
Ugly start.
UNH being outshot, out chanced and out possessed decisively.
By comparison Maine outscored their two AHA opponents (AIC & Army Exh.) 11-0, outshooting them 76-25.
Ugly start.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
3rd period should be interesting ... no excuse for the 'Cats not winning this one in regulation.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
UNH looked/looks lost at even strength, but almost cashed in a strong 2nd PP. 3rd PP to follow halfway thru 3rd.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Going to overtime. Underwhelming, wouldn't you agree Dan?
grooverider
Your Team Sucks
I know you guys probably don't care for my opinion but it's wierd you guys look good for stretches then almost lethargic and slow. I don't know if this is a reflection on the coach or not.
Extremely underwhelming. UNH was outplayed - significantly - for most of the game, and struggled to even possess the puck until the mid-third period PP you mentioned earlier. They didn't start skating and asserting themselves until late in the third and OT...
A fortunate overtime PP and they'll escape with the win, but that was not a good start IMO. Better to learn a lesson in a win, but they have a lot to learn from tonight...
The Good:
* Whale was excellent
The Must Improve:
* Everything else
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Edit - I know it's not the early '00s any longer, but I am shocked by the opening night crowd (without another home game this month to boot)...
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
All opinions in good faith (or good humor) are welcome, groovy. Very lucky to get the W, but a W is a W, so ...
Dan - totally agree, Whale took a huge step towards quelling the Hellsten anxieties tonight. Very impressed.
In other news ... UNH Men's Soccer (3W-3L-5D) has somewhat predictably receded with Coach Hubbard at NC State this season, where they are 5-2-4 after a 6-9-3 season last year. It was really fun and nice while it lasted ...
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Of the five games the teams have now played, all have been one-goal games, with two OT’s, except for the Bentley 5-1 win at the Whitt in October 2016.
Bentley commonly plays better against HEA teams than they do against Atlantic Hockey teams, although the AH coach’s poll has the Falcons finishing fourth this season. I think that UNH has a long history of playing down to their opponents, even back in their hay days of the late 90s to early 00’s.
In an annual friends and family pool, I have UNH going 21-10-4 through one playoff game. Good to read that everyone here was happy with Jared Whale’s play in net tonight, which I think is key to another winning season. Will be good to get Leclerc and Jensen back, but whaasup with Connor MacPherson not in the lineup tonight?
The two teams Maine played both had long bus rides and have lots of new players. I think Maine is a decent team but don’t see the two wins being super meaningful.
Maine got barely scraped by Bentley last year and got their *** kicked by them two years ago. It really is remarkable they can play HEA teams so tough and then suck in their own conference.