HockeyRef
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Is that all you got? Weak...
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UNH Hockey 2023-2024 Season Thread - End Of The Cellar-Dweller Era??
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Is that all you got? Weak...
HockeyRef
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Darius
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You keep alluding to this or that he has already been extended, sometimes in now deleted posts. Do you know something? Who are you speaking with? Do you have weekly Tuesday Tea with AD Rich? Lol
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In followup to HR’s bullet points 2 and 3 and Chuck’s bullet point 3 in their excellent posts, why would anyone think that MS7 has brought stability to the men’s hockey program unless one is satisfied with an average of 12 wins per season? that may be stable, but BAD stable. Even in a best case scenario in which we get to 17 wins (sweep UML and win MBPBEGAM game) this season, that number would be simply an outlier by luck of the draw in picking up Hellsten through the portal, I think.
Here is where UNH stands amongst the 64 Div teams this season, which includes first-year team No. 64 Stonehill College (1-27-0), which won their first game this past weekend.
UNH is:
1) tied for 40th in goals scored (78), which is only good compared to the past two seasons
2) tied for 50th in goals given up (70), which is admittedly very good (really 15th best), primarily thanks to Hellsten in net for most games
3) 40th in SOG (807), which I found surprisingly low considering how many times e.cat and I have lauded us for winning the SOG contest in losing games (I confide that Chuck is likely correct that SOG numbers are artificially high for teams constantly playing from behind with opposing teams sitting back on their leads)
4) 41st in shot scoring percentage (9.7%), for which we reminisced recently about our “Mr High and Wide” past shooter
5) 28th in PPG scored percentage (20.4%), which surprised me, as that number places us in the top half of Div 1 teams
6) tied for 40th in penalty minutes (272), which is ok (really 25th best, as opposed to top ten in the SMT days of the past)
7) 41st in PK percentage (78.7%), which is below average
8) 18th in FOW’s, another very good
9) 8th in SHG’s (5), which is admittedly excellent
10) tied for 49th in SHG given up (1), which is very good (really tied for 16th best)
In sum, it appears to me that the only areas in which we have performed above average this season have been PPG’s scored percentage, FOW percentage, and SHG’s, but how important are these categories compared to making it to the Garden and/or NCAA’s?
Here is where UNH stands amongst the 64 Div teams this season, which includes first-year team No. 64 Stonehill College (1-27-0), which won their first game this past weekend.
UNH is:
1) tied for 40th in goals scored (78), which is only good compared to the past two seasons
2) tied for 50th in goals given up (70), which is admittedly very good (really 15th best), primarily thanks to Hellsten in net for most games
3) 40th in SOG (807), which I found surprisingly low considering how many times e.cat and I have lauded us for winning the SOG contest in losing games (I confide that Chuck is likely correct that SOG numbers are artificially high for teams constantly playing from behind with opposing teams sitting back on their leads)
4) 41st in shot scoring percentage (9.7%), for which we reminisced recently about our “Mr High and Wide” past shooter
5) 28th in PPG scored percentage (20.4%), which surprised me, as that number places us in the top half of Div 1 teams
6) tied for 40th in penalty minutes (272), which is ok (really 25th best, as opposed to top ten in the SMT days of the past)
7) 41st in PK percentage (78.7%), which is below average
8) 18th in FOW’s, another very good
9) 8th in SHG’s (5), which is admittedly excellent
10) tied for 49th in SHG given up (1), which is very good (really tied for 16th best)
In sum, it appears to me that the only areas in which we have performed above average this season have been PPG’s scored percentage, FOW percentage, and SHG’s, but how important are these categories compared to making it to the Garden and/or NCAA’s?
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HockeyRef
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No I do not have tea with AD Rich! Sorry can't divulge my sources if I did I'd have to go into a witness protection program...ha!
Frankly am sorry I brought it up...but I stand by my thoughts on the matter.
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2013hockeyfan
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Sorry if this has been addressed, but how come Muszelik hasn't dressed the last few weeks? Is he still with the program? I know the question is less pertinent with his performance this season but I am curious.
HockeyRef
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Injury unfortunately...but I don't know what/ the extent...
Maine and UNH. Always a hard one to predict no matter what each team has. I would be surprised to see either team sweep, honestly. Probably more like one team gets a win and a tie, the other loss and a tie. Either way will be a good series. However, if Maine should sweep, emphatically lets say (not that I am predicting that), I would have to say that would put the final nail in MS7's coaching coffin at UNH, would it not? Thoughts ?
PLEASE - I will provide nails, and hammer
2013hockeyfan
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It doesn't feel like this weekend is hard to predict given recent results from UNH (and the less recent matchup between the two teams in Orono, which wasn't a particularly competitive game). I'm just curious if they will be able to keep it close either night, tbh.
Darius
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I can’t say I know your exact sources, but I’m pretty sure I know the pack they run with. We’ll see.
To your second point, once upon a time I was much more connected to the program. Directly via people who worked in the UNH athletics department and first degree of separation via people I 100% trusted who knew other people who worked in the UNH athletics department. Looking back, it blows my mind how connected I was and how legit my information was. Not once was I told something by someone who said it was in confidence. Not once did I post it here or anywhere or share it except for sometimes in direct conversation with a very select few, like three, people I trusted us much as my sources. Over the years, as people moved on, some of this information has found its way here, but not much.
Darius
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Do you know it is an injury or might he be sick?
Darius
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I’m with you. Some on the Maine thread feel that the Black Bears are trending down. That may be offset by having just suffered their first home defeat. Hoping I am way wrong, but we’re gonna get waxed. Maybe even shellacked or varnished.
I do not think that a Maine sweep will put any nails in coffins, as the AD and her department must be simply delighted that fans are back in their seats paying the big bucks. I know many UNH fans who do not care whether we win or lose, rather they just enjoy watching live hockey. And, given the level of play at the top of HEA this season, along with great players who are on the fast track to the NHL, even UNH fans are getting to watch excellence on opposing teams.
Knee. I’ve believe he will be dressed this weekend from what I’m hearing.
Sparkee
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That is true. AD must be happy about the likely finish in the 6th through 8th spot, allowing UNH to host the play-in game. Since UNH was picked to finish 10th, this was unexpected. As such, likely AD will reward MS7 with an extension since the extra game can subsidize the lucrative raise MS7 will get. This can be announced prior to the play-in game making for a feel good all around experience. UNH finishing in 6th, winning a play-in game, and MS7 extended… spirits riding high on their bus trip to Orono for the quarterfinal game! Chuck would love this!
Wowser, just watched Bean Pot on NESN in which NU won for the fifth time in the past six seasons. Had we not beaten NU three times earlier in the season, we would not be close to getting home ice in the MBPBEGAM game, and no way that MS7 would be under consideration for a contract extension.
HockeyRef
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Yeah was quite a game! And glad we played them when we did. I still enjoyed that W at Matthews....regardless.
So now does that mean BU / BC won't win the NC for failing to win the Beanpot? Asking for a friend.
Well, BU won't but not for that reason. (smiley emoji that we can't do anymore) It's deflating when you completely dominate a game and let in two bad goals...
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