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UNH Hockey 2023 Off Season Thread Turn and Face the Strange

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HockeyRef said:
Good for 'Mack!!! Wow what a game!!!
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Warriors vs Ospreys at Garden.

The most annoying part for me at the Garden in March 2011 was the Warriors’ goal song (stolen from Chicago Blackhawks) that they somehow got played illegally on the loudspeaker system, four times in the semi’s and three more times in the final game. Uggghhh!
 
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Snively65 said:
Warriors vs Ospreys at Garden.

The most annoying part for me at the Garden in March 2011 was the Warriors’ goal song (stolen from Chicago Blackhawks) that they somehow got played illegally on the loudspeaker system, four times in the semi’s and three more times in the final game. Uggghhh!
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Not one of my fave goal songs! I can tell you their fans are super fired up wonder how they will do for fan support at the TD. Personally I'm happy they are in and wish them the best going forward.

Was 2011 their last appearance at the TD? Sorry it was a long night haha am still in town battling sleep deprivation and daylight savings time haha...

****Answered my own q...Twitter CHN says its their first appearance in 12 years. UNH isnt far behind with a headline like that. Hope MC takes it!
 
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Here is a chart of the cumulative records of every current Hockey East coach who has been behind the bench for more than one season (i.e., it doesn't include Greg Brown or Jay Pandolfo):


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It turns out that Coach Souza's record is very similar to Coach Cavanaugh's record, with the difference that Coach Cavanaugh had a winning first season as he wasn't in Hockey East. So, it's possible that Coach Souza will have winning seasons in another 4 years. That said, for most successful coaches you see an improving record over the first 5 seasons, not a worsening record*.

Sean

* Note: several coaches have had great first seasons making it very hard to improve their cumulative winning percentage over succeeding seasons. However, they usually remain well above 0.500 and most of the time above 0.600. Coach Bazin is an example of a coach who started strong and continued strong over his first five seasons.
 
HockeyRef said:
He was some happy last night..we sat behind their bench. Good for Scott (y)!!! He has a great group out there I've a feeling they are playing for Josh...
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The Warriors looked happy immediately postgame on NESN.

Cool graphic, Sean. Many thanks. Uncanny parallel between Luce’s and MS7’s cumulative win percentages the past four seasons.
 
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Not one of my fave goal songs! I can tell you their fans are super fired up wonder how they will do for fan support at the TD. Personally I'm happy they are in and wish them the best going forward.

Was 2011 their last appearance at the TD? Sorry it was a long night haha am still in town battling sleep deprivation and daylight savings time haha...

****Answered my own q...Twitter CHN says its their first appearance in 12 years. UNH isnt far behind with a headline like that. Hope MC takes it!
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So, to close the 2011 Garden loop on this thread, we lost 4-1 to the Warriors in the HEA semi’s in 2011.

Now a question for PWR geeks: if Friars were to beat Warriors in HEA championship game, what else would need to happen to get PC, Mac, and BU into NCAA’s?
 
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So, to close the 2011 Garden loop on this thread, we lost 4-1 to the Warriors in the HEA semi’s in 2011.

Now a question for PWR geeks: if Friars were to beat Warriors in HEA championship game, what else would need to happen to get PC, Mac, and BU into NCAA’s?
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Not a PWR geek but this is from Mike McMahon on Twitter about this: (might be behind a pay wall but hit 'keep reading')

The gist of it is:

According to the @chnews
PWR Probability Matrix, only 15 teams can earn at-large bids. That means the only thing that can eliminate Alaska, Merrimack, etc. would be non-qualifying teams winning automatic bids, and many of those teams are still left.

Right now I think MC is sitting at 14 in PWR? PC is 24th so unless they win HE I don't see how PC gets in? BU seems like a lock...Hope that at least ONE HE team is playing in ManchVegas...
 
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HockeyRef said:
Not a PWR geek but this is from Mike McMahon on Twitter about this: (might be behind a pay wall but hit 'keep reading')

The gist of it is:

According to the @chnews
PWR Probability Matrix, only 15 teams can earn at-large bids. That means the only thing that can eliminate Alaska, Merrimack, etc. would be non-qualifying teams winning automatic bids, and many of those teams are still left.

Right now I think MC is sitting at 14 in PWR? PC is 24th so unless they win HE I don't see how PC gets in? BU seems like a lock...Hope that at least ONE HE team is playing in ManchVegas...
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Exactly, PC needs to win HEA and an auto bid, but wondering what it would take for Mac to hang in there at 14th. The AHA auto bid takes 16th, and I believe that Alaska is vulnerable at 15th should any team other than DU or St Clown wins NACHO, or if Colgate wins ECAC, or if Northern Michigan wins CCHA. If two of these three things happen, I think that Mac gets bounced from 14th. But there may be other PWR subtitles that I am missing. For example, would Northern Michigan knock Minn State out of 13th? Will know the other two teams in the NACHO final four after tonight.
 
Sean Pickett said:
Here is a chart of the cumulative records of every current Hockey East coach who has been behind the bench for more than one season (i.e., it doesn't include Greg Brown or Jay Pandolfo):


HE_Coaches.png



It turns out that Coach Souza's record is very similar to Coach Cavanaugh's record, with the difference that Coach Cavanaugh had a winning first season as he wasn't in Hockey East. So, it's possible that Coach Souza will have winning seasons in another 4 years. That said, for most successful coaches you see an improving record over the first 5 seasons, not a worsening record*.

Sean

* Note: several coaches have had great first seasons making it very hard to improve their cumulative winning percentage over succeeding seasons. However, they usually remain well above 0.500 and most of the time above 0.600. Coach Bazin is an example of a coach who started strong and continued strong over his first five seasons.
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I'm rooting for Norm and his Riverhawks. The guy has always been a class act, and has been cranking out winning D-1 hockey in Lowell for a long time with little if any fanfare. Fantastic to see these Merrimack Valley rivals meeting with something important on the line next weekend.

I've been looking for someplace to haunt the microscopic/myopic UConn Hockey fanbase about Luce lololololol ...
 
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