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UNH At The Starting Gate....

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Believe me Markt when I say that I can relate to your financial pain but ask yourself what you would do if you were UNH....if there are seats to be sold, especially during student vacation, why not do the deal? Personally I like to finally see the combo deal including the women's game since it seems the only way that locals will come to see the women play! Besides don't we spend our money on UNH from our heart not our head? I know I have just a few too many hoodies with UNH hockey on it.....and keep in mind how incredible it is that we even have a competitive hockey program here given that most of the schools we compete against have more than 1% of their Alumni reinvesting......just a thought
 
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Markt said:
On to Lowell... 2/$22 tickets again this week. I've had season tickets since '98, and I'm seriously considering dropping them next year and taking the half price deal that everyone else gets. Maybe I can claim a charitable deduction for paying double.
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STH since '02 who decided not to renew this season (it came down to price), it has worked out quite well for me. :D

zoofer said:
Personally I like to finally see the combo deal including the women's game since it seems the only way that locals will come to see the women play!
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Love the cross marketing, unfortunately it's just not their year this year.
 
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On the nosy, Cloud 9....I do love the cross marketing though.....I don't understand how at basketball schools, the fans can accept, and then enjoy both genders playing their games, however here in hockey country, it seems the fans don't even try to accept the women's game for what it is.....they just evaluate it as boring, no-checking hockey! So relatable t what Geno Auriema was saying at his 89th wn press conference
 
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zoofer said:
I don't understand how at basketball schools, the fans can accept, and then enjoy both genders playing their games, however here in hockey country, it seems the fans don't even try to accept the women's game for what it is.....
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Are you basing this off of the folks in Connecticut and maybe TN and a few other places? Generally speaking, people can't stand women's basketball even at basketball schools. I think that view is mirrored on the hockey side at hockey schools too. Of course, there was a lot of excitement nationally for the US-Canada gold medal game for the women's team in Vancouver, but I would put that as a national phenomenon and an exception to the rule.

For the most part, sports fans hate women's sports unless it is beach volleyball, which we saw had a humongous surge in popularity following the last Olympics. Thanks Misty May.
 
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Nick, I agree with the UConn and TN choices but at Baylor, Stanford et al there are many people that enjoy women's B-Ball...to be honest, while I hate basketball, I'd rather watch women play over men.....at least they still have to take shots instead of jamming it in the hoop.....then to pull on their jersey because it's so tough for a 6' 11" player to dunk.....c'mon, it's definitely a minority but to say that sports fans hate women's sports? Maybe in Arizona....the women's game in any sport is simply enjoying a different game for what it is......
 
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From an interview with Ralph Cox in The Daily News of Newburyport:

"What are your fondest memories of UNH?"
"Two things stick out: We had a powerfully, rambunctious audience every game. It was a massive fan base and energetic home games. Certainly, I played with phenomenal teammates. Winning the ECAC championship my senior year was another memory."
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"Are you still involved with the program?"
"I'm a member of Friends of UNH Hockey, which is really a lovely group of people, many of which I stay in touch with regularly. I still have season tickets. I try to support the program as much as I can."
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Paul Thompson's 4 goals and 2 assists in the two weekend games against UML and UMass earns him Hockey East Player of the Week. So far, he is having a Butleresque senior season. On the other hand, Al Pike of Foster's Daily Democrat makes a persuasive case that Matt DiGirolamo has been UNH's MVP.
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I don't really care who is UNH's MVP as long as we are seeing some production from everyone. Thompson definately gave us 4 points last weekend. I wasn't super impressed with UNH's play this past weekend. They came out strong for Lowell and then seemed to slow down a bit. Down at UMass we played a bit sloppy and there wasn't much intensity. Hopefully things start to pick back up in their play or the tougher teams are going to eat us up. Not trying to be super negative even though it sounds that way, just my observations of the weekend.
 
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UNHhockey29 said:
Down at UMass we played a bit sloppy and there wasn't much intensity. Hopefully things start to pick back up in their play or the tougher teams are going to eat us up. Not trying to be super negative even though it sounds that way, just my observations of the weekend.
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Ya, at the Mullins Center they were particularly sloppy in the defensive end at times. This highlights the value of DiGi since he made some key saves to keep the game at 1-1. Dartmouth should be a legitimate test and a good barometer of how well UNH is playing.
 
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Little about the Saturday game as a game. Perhaps, like me the thought of having to watch it at the VC dominates your thinking. For me, seats at the goal line instead of on the blue line at the Whitt. Long commercials. Little cheering. Sorry, showing fans in team garb on the big screen is not my idea of a major college hockey atmosphere. And on and on.

So, in the interest of attitude adjustment, will note that, after a long holiday layoff, a stumble against StL, and warmups against UML and UMass, UNH starts the second half against a good opponent. Darmouth is tied for 19th in the pairwise but 23rd in the USCHO poll. Goalie James Mello is scary: .940 SV% and 1.85 GAA for the year and 35 saves of 37 shots against Yale. A good game (and UNH win) could make up for many of the negatives of the annual money raiser.
 
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