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UNH Hockey 2023-2024 Season Thread - End Of The Cellar-Dweller Era??

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Chuck Murray said:
You save that one for tonight IF the 'Cats can pull off the sweep, e.cat. That's the one that you wanna leave still ringing in their ears, as they warm up the bus for the long ride back home tonight. You break that one out a night early, then you're guilty of premature ... celebration. Let's at least act like we've been there before (long ago) ...

Good night for MS7 ... despite telegraphing his tactics to Coach Barr (maybe he can't be bothered to check the UL leading up to the series?), it looked like the UMaine defense never really got into the flow, and UNH enforced an effective forecheck for most of the game, setting the tone right from the jump. And at least two of his struggling scorers - Conmy and obviously Devlin - got off the schneid, which bodes well for tonight.

UMaine can't complain too much (haven't been to their thread yet) ... first, Barr busted Fitzy out of the game for the 5 minute contact to the head on video review, which could have turned the game on its head at a critical juncture ... and then when that failed, UMaine was probably fortunate that their 2nd goal stood after what felt like one of the longest goal reviews in the long history of HEA regular season games. Kudos have to go to MS7 and his 'Cats for dealing very well with both of those situations. In retrospect, however, if UMaine scores on their close call just before Conmy's goal, and it's 2-2 instead of 3-1, this is a different game down the stretch.

Am I the only one who detected a hint of emotion in Souza's voice at the start of his post-game on-ice interview? What a shame ... what could have been with this victory, and a possible sweep, had UNH taken care of business in two of the three recent losses to UConn-UVM-Merrimack. Sadly, that damage has been done, so the best you can do is just pick things up and go from there. If I'm Coach Barr, though ... I'm lighting up my guys in the dressing room afterwards, as it looks like they quit after the ENG, and pretty much allowed UNH the "cherry on top" finish with the Sardarian goal a few seconds from the end. I'm thinking UNH is gonna have a P.O.'ed opponent to deal with tonight, and one that will be far better prepared for things that seemed to (inexplicably) catch them by surprise tonight, and motivated to avenge an embarrassing loss.
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Maybe the Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey goodbye one also.
 
Also “Warm up the bus” as embedded in Chuck’s post. A win tonight coupled with a BC win tomorrow would be huge going into next weekend vs. UMA. A fifth place finish is still a realistic possibility. Fourth and even third are possible with some help. ’cats need to help themselves first. Maine did not look like a top ten team last night. Kick ’em when they’re down. Go ’cats. Beat Maine.
 
Isn’t this completely typical of the ‘Cats? Just when you think all is lost, MS7 fires them up, they go pull out a big win. Suck you back in, just a little, only to stomp on your dreams when it really counts! Don’t buy in, you’ll regret it.
 
HockeyRef said:
Leapfrogged Yukon in HE but they didn't play this weekend..would be nice to put alittle distance with a W tonight but I'm not going to fan duel yet lol
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Yukon has only five games remaining, so we still will have a game in hand and 2 points over them even if we lose tonight’s Maine game. Also, Yukon has home and home games against BU and NU, along with hosting UVM, so if we take care of business with a sweep of UML, we should be able to stay ahead of Yukon in the HEA standings even if we get swept by UMass and BC. Besides UML, I would like to think that we can also stay ahead of UVM and Mack for home ice in the MBPBEGAM game. So, a winning 18-17-1 record still seems possible, even if a trip to the Garden and a NCAA regional are unlikely.
 
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norbert said:
I have to believe he gets the nod tonight. After a 2nd major this year, Fitzy leads the team with 42 minutes in penalties and now is -8 for the year.
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Good news is no Fitzy. We have Zach Hahn in tonight. Did not even know he existed on the team, should be interesting.
 
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norbert said:
Good news is no Fitzy. We have Zach Hahn in tonight. Did not even know he existed on the team, should be interesting.
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This game will be Hahn’s first. I was always surprised that Fitzgerald and Hahn were the only first-year D-men brought in this season, for a total of only eight, including three seniors who may not be back next season. Maybe the staff was expecting to grab one more D-man via the portal?
 
d.gerry said:
Isn’t this completely typical of the ‘Cats? Just when you think all is lost, MS7 fires them up, they go pull out a big win. Suck you back in, just a little, only to stomp on your dreams when it really counts! Don’t buy in, you’ll regret it.
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Right?!? Just adds to the drama or saga of UNH hockey.
was proud of the game they played last night..they have it in them deserved that W.

But ohhhh yeah my heart come.March ..and come back for more in October...

Go 'Cats!
 
Going to be a heavy lift but you can throw out the records at this point. Like Chuck says, Maine is going to be po’d. If UNH survives the early onslaught they have a chance.
 
e.cat said:
Going to be a heavy lift but you can throw out the records at this point. Like Chuck says, Maine is going to be po?d. If UNH survives the early onslaught they have a chance.
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I read that the over/under for number of goals that Hahn scores tonight is 0.5.
 
e.cat said:
Haha. Gotta love it. I was trying to find your post on the stats v Maine but I?m tech challenged at the moment. Love your analysis though.
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Those of you at the Whitt should post play-by-play here, like they do in the Maine thread. I have not purchased the ESPN+ package, so I am watching the NU-UML game on NESN, which is also important to our HEA points standing, and I will follow UNH-Maine on the CHN live box, which does not list the extra skater for UNH — any idea who that is?
 
Aerman said:
Hellsten was really good last night, especially during the major. Hope ha has some left!
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Must be something like that as Babbage has third best +/- (+5) on the blue line, behind only Gagne (+13) and Jensen (+6). Why cannot Babbage at least be the extra skater?

edit: I quoted wrong post, instead of your post right below this one.
 
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Snively65 said:
Those of you at the Whitt should post play-by-play here, like they do in the Maine thread. I have not purchased the ESPN+ package, so I am watching the NU-UML game on NESN, which is also important to our HEA points standing, and I will follow UNH-Maine on the CHN live box, which does not list the extra skater for UNH — any idea who that is?
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UNH down by 1 early. ME penalty, UNH on their first PP.
 
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