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UNH At The Starting Gate....

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billb said:
One thing, however, has me puzzled. If BU just stunk out the joint this afternoon against a mediocre Harvard squad, then how good could BU be? And, if it's the same team that outmuscled and outhustled the Wildcats a few weeks back, how good can UNH be?
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Because good teams NEVER lose to mediocre/crappy ones. The transitive property doesn't quite work in college hockey. Take a look at BC vs UNH in the 2007-08 regular season.

("Stunk up the joint" = losing by 1 goal? They may have played poorly, but it's not like they were blown out.)
 
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thecomicbookguy said:
Because good teams NEVER lose to mediocre/crappy ones. The transitive property doesn't quite work in college hockey. Take a look at BC vs UNH in the 2007-08 regular season.

("Stunk up the joint" = losing by 1 goal? They may have played poorly, but it's not like they were blown out.)
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Remember, they got embarrassed in that 2-1* game in which they outplayed BU in stretches.
We'll have to wait for the next UNH loss for pillb to chime in again, so don't waste your breath cbg :p
 
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Dont have the resources or mostly the time , but it seems to me when UNH gets high in the rankings # 1 or 2 ( over the years ) I can predict a loss the following week , they never ever hold there spot at the top and it always seems they achieve this recognition during the middle part of the season ( yes at least they get there ) , as opposed to the later. Does it go to there heads and they incur a let down , or are they simply over achievers. Could be sour grapes on my end but it takes alot to get to the top , one would think you would want to stay there. Is at also a case of other teams getting better or does UNH system or style of play run its course , just food for thought.
 
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unh1982 said:
Dont have the resources or mostly the time , but it seems to me when UNH gets high in the rankings # 1 or 2 ( over the years ) I can predict a loss the following week , they never ever hold there spot at the top and it always seems they achieve this recognition during the middle part of the season ( yes at least they get there ) , as opposed to the later. Does it go to there heads and they incur a let down , or are they simply over achievers. Could be sour grapes on my end but it takes alot to get to the top , one would think you would want to stay there. Is at also a case of other teams getting better or does UNH system or style of play run its course , just food for thought.
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I'd defer to more knowledgeable folks than myself, but in my opinion, UNH hits its peak way early, when other teams are finding how (and how not) to win, and then crashes down when the games reach critical mass. It makes for a (mostly) entertaining season, but has the deleterious effect of catastrophically deflating hopes that had slowly built up over the course of the season. Teams that have epitomized success (read BC, BU, etc.) in the post-season seem to elevate their game as they approach prime time.

It all gets back to the trending that has been discussed, which is the reason for my signature.
 
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According to Mike McMahon of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune:

Stephane Da Costa’s lower-body injury, suffered in last Friday’s game at UNH, is not season-ending. There is still no definitive timetable for his return to the Merrimack lineup.

Da Costa, Merrimack’s leading scorer with 36 points, underwent testing after swelling receded enough for accurate pictures to be taken.
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thecomicbookguy said:
("Stunk up the joint" = losing by 1 goal? They may have played poorly, but it's not like they were blown out.)
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Why nots? If de udder team almost stunk up da jointe et dey still beated you den you stunked up da jointe. Sometime bof team play bad mais one ave to win, juste like sometime bof team paly goods mais one ave to lose. Non?
 
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Jacques "Rabbit" Poriveau said:
Why nots? If de udder team almost stunk up da jointe et dey still beated you den you stunked up da jointe. Sometime bof team play bad mais one ave to win, juste like sometime bof team paly goods mais one ave to lose. Non?
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I agree... those were two terrible teams there, just because one team won doesn't mean they don't stink. Losing to this year's Harvard team = stinking up the joint.
 
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I've already posted this elsewhere, and probably will eventually post it in a couple other places just to hit everyone, so bear with me... but we're really trying to gain momentum with this in DC:

As a heads up to Greater DC 'Cats fans: UNH is having a gamewatch at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern for the Friday night game. Puck drops at 7:05. Hopefully, we'll be upstairs.

I don't know if UVM is doing anything, but they've held hockey events at PQST before as well. All are welcome.

Please pass this along to anyone you know in the area.
 
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Coach and players understand deficient areas which need to improve.
From fosters.com:

Umile's biggest beef last weekend was the inability of UNH to get more shots to the net. The Wildcats attempted 80 shots in Saturday night's overtime loss at Merrimack but only half reached goalie Joe Cannata. Twenty-three were blocked and another 17 were off-target.

"Everybody's got to bear down on their shots," said Speelman, who has four goals in the last six games. "If you see somebody lying down in front of you, you need to pull it around him and get it on net. Everybody needs to focus harder on shooting the puck, including me.

"I feel like some of it was we were just trying to be too cute with the puck," Speelman added. "I think we just could have fired it on net and gone after rebounds, that's for sure."

"I think we were trying to pick the upper corners," Umile said, "instead of getting them on the goalie's pads. If you get them on his pads — and we practice that — it's hard for him to handle that."

That's one of the details the Wildcats have been focusing on in practice this week.
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And from concordmonitor.com:

And while Vermont doesn't have the firepower that UNH does up front, that doesn't mean the Wildcats defense won't still have to be on their toes.

"Just a few miscommunications, nothing crazy, we just need to tone it down a little bit ... and play our system," said UNH sophomore blue liner Brett Kostolansky, who noted defensive zone coverage has been the focus of practice this week.
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Greg Burke has the worst luck (fosters.com):
Lee's Greg Burke is questionable for the series, having hurt his back Monday in practice. The sophomore forward has already missed 12 games this year with a shoulder injury and mono.
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Greg Burke has the worst luck (fosters.com):
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I like the player, I like his game when he is on. However at some point it stops being luck and starts being injury prone. Which for a player with his physical tools and developing skills just sucks.
 
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JB said:
I like the player, I like his game when he is on. However at some point it stops being luck and starts being injury prone. Which for a player with his physical tools and developing skills just sucks.
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That thought must have crossed the mind of anyone who has followed Greg Burke's career. I didn't want to say the "i p" word because it's not a flattering rep to have. Who knows if injuries will plague his career in the future. I wonder whether the number of injuries he has suffered is related to his style of play. Whenever I've seen him play, he has used his body to disrupt the opponent who has the puck and to create space for himself when he carries the puck. Maybe other college players (e.g., JvR) shy away from this physical style because they don't want to prematurely end their career.
 
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Clark-Hislop-Cox said:
Coach and players understand deficient areas which need to improve.
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Problem is that we have seen this act before. The team isn't playing as well down the stretch. Hope grows as the papers are filled with quotes from players who recognize the problems they're having, and that they're working to correct them. They'll have to prove that this time is different, and are not just saying the right things.
 
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