When was the last time, if ever, that brothers player together at UNH? During two years in the late 60’s (1966/67-1967/68) William J. Rothwell and William H. Rothwell played together at UNH, but I think that they were cousins, one from Melrose, the other from Swampscott.
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UNH Hockey 2023 Off Season Thread Turn and Face the Strange
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When was the last time, if ever, that brothers player together at UNH? During two years in the late 60’s (1966/67-1967/68) William J. Rothwell and William H. Rothwell played together at UNH, but I think that they were cousins, one from Melrose, the other from Swampscott.
Chuck Murray
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Quiet times oop North, eh Snives?
Always happy to play along, but kinda curious as to relevance (asks the King of Offseason Irrelevance)?
Chuck Murray
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LOL. Doesn't matter if we have 6 or 16 scholarships available this year, if the range of interested recruits consists of D-3 upgrades, low end D-1 kids from Atlantic Hockey or thereabouts, or true freshmen from the Greater Boston League. All of these places have Internet connectivity, and everyone knows that UNH is currently where pro ambitions come to die. I figure if MS7 survives through Monday, we're screwed for at least another five years - i.e. next season, and the next four after that when MS7's replacement tries to turn chicken sh!t into chicken salad.
I'm only slightly amazed that Mucinex hasn't hit the portal yet. I guess Ty will survive the cull this offseason.
NEW WIS CONTEST - WHICH UNH ASSISTANT COACH GETS TO WALK THE PLANK FIRST?
I'd figured it would probably be Conklin, but now I'm a solid lean towards Guiliano, sometime before Memorial Day.
Steve and Scott Morrow - late 80's - early 90's.
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Turns out that the van Riemsdyk kids and the Siedem kids were not drinking from the same water supply, although their home towns are only 47 miles apart.
Ok, what about the other brothers trivia question?
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Agreed.....I'm sure he's already got his resume out hoping for a return to the pro ranks.
Excellent! And, Steve’s son Scott is yet another UNH hockey alum’s kid who chose not to attend UNH, as he is putting together a nice career at UMass-Flagship as sophomore D-man and ‘Canes 2021 pick, NHL #40 overall.
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Monty should have stayed the course with his tandem style that got him where the Bruins were all season. If I were a betting person (which I can be) I'd bet he'd go with Sway
tomorrow as I don't think its going to matter and might spark the D to play better. He (Monty) faces alot of criticism no matter WHAT he does if they lose...why did you play Ullmark all 7 games? If he plays Sway why did you play a cold goal tender? He should have played Sway in game 4, at least. Also as a whole the turnovers, etc have been horrendous. Not to mention the Panthers 'tender is having a series. As much as I'm not a Matthew Tkachuk fan, he's killing it. Thank God Pasta had life the other night...
IF the Bruins can play to the level they are capable of I'm not worried about tomorrow. Sure seems like a waste of a great season if they lose. Right up there with the Yankees blowing their 4 game lead to the Sox in '04. (and I am NOT...a Yankees fan but was always impressed with Derek Jeter)
Seems Monty shook up the line up and it shows. Plus Bergy, Krejci, Ullmark are all injured players. It's do or die time Bruins!!
So...to answer your baiting Norbert, I will not say "Bruins in 7" as I think, I've jinxed them enough already!
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I believe we have a pair of brothers coming in; the MacPherson's? (spelling) Both are in playoffs right now. Would have to check C-H-C's page to see where they are in the scheme of things (coming to the U)
Darren and Jeff Haydar, 2000-01
The Bruins faced the Panthers backup goaltender most of the first three games, so one could argue that the Bruins were lucky to win two of those first three games. Other than Marchand, Coyle, and a couple others, the Bruins look worn out to me. I think that Montgomery should have used more load management during the last month of the season and not gone after all the regular season records, which I think are comparatively meaningless to a Stanley Cup.
Good pick ups on the Haydar and Foley brothers. Funny that Jeff Haydar played only one year in 2000/01 before wrapping up his hockey career with a year playing for the Odessa Jackalopes, one of my favorite iconic animals. And Brian Foley played in only 2 games with Pat in 2003/04, and only one more game in 2005/06 in which he picked up 15 penalty minutes. Hmmmm.
Referring to other posts about players in the portal, I wonder how much scholarship money, if any, Jeff Haydar and Brian Foley received.
Referring to other posts about players in the portal, I wonder how much scholarship money, if any, Jeff Haydar and Brian Foley received.
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Being a coach is tough. Hard decisions to be made that are always second guessed, but from where I stand I don't see why he didn't start Sway in game 6. To me it seemed like a stretch for the B's to win that game on the Panthers home ice anyway, and who knows maybe Sway stands on his head if he had started and closes out the series. Now what do you do? Go back to Ulmark again? You kind of have to since you have placed so much faith in him going down the stretch, and now maybe Sway is a little more rusty that he should be. Guess I'd rather stay a fan than a coach, lol
Yup, completely agree. A lot easier to second guess now load management the last month of the regular season. I think that Swayman deserved starts in games 2, 4, and 6. Now I have no idea what I would do if the decision were mine. If Bruins end their season today, and Cassidy takes his new team deeper into the Cup playoffs, there will be lots more second guessing.
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Really good points about the Bruins being exhausted; that makes sense. Most fans won't see that, however, and are hanging onto the reg season accolades (which I can't blame them for that either).
Nice to see Pesce and Foegele's teams moving on at least; something to watch IF...
CHN has MacPherson twins (Connor and Ryan, born 2 March 2005) arriving this fall as “true freshmen” forwards, as will be Brendan Fitzgerald, D-man from North Reading, which we all agreed is close enough to Stoneham and Melrose. Both MacPherson’s have put up good numbers in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) with the Leamington Flyers, who are in the Sutherland Cup Playoffs for the second year in a row. Can never have enough Connor’s (or Conor’s or Conner’s) and Ryan’s on the team.
By my count on CHN, and I could be way off, we have 11 returning and 8 incoming forwards, 5 returning and 3 incoming D-men, and 3 returning and 1 incoming goalies. So, seems that we would need to postpone some incoming or give the boot to some returning to make room for the elder Siedem bro or others in portal. “I really like this team the way it is,” said MS7.
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Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
If you guys think Monty was putting undue emphasis on regular season games this season, you ain't seen nothing yet.
MS7 is gonna be treating the first two months of the upcoming season like the MBPREGAM "playoffs".
Keep the word "defiant" in mind, it'll be used often later this year to describe UNH's besieged HC ...
... and in the meantime, with Tampa Bay now out as of last night, Jeff Blashill may be open to calls, AD Rich.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
And to think, Bobrovsky really hasn't stolen a game in this series yet. Certainly not like when he and Columbus knocked TBL out of the playoffs in 2019 after (stop me when this sounds familiar) the Bolts had just completed a historical regular season a week-plus earlier. As a DRW fan, this is feeling somewhat similar to the catastrophic '94 loss to the Sharks in the first round. You just can't let an 8 seed with a good goalie stick around too long, they start to believe in themselves, and sometimes it comes back to haunt you.
Other commentary is premature, because if the B's come out tonight and blow the doors off Florida - and I'm thinking Monty will make it happen - then all is good, and you have the gift of chronic playoff pussbags Toronto standing between you and the Conference Finals. The Leafs won their "Cup" last night, so I figure tonight's winner eases into the Final Four against the 'Canes or NYR/NJD. 'Canes are looking the best of all, so far ...
Chuck Murray
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It would have been a very brave decision for Monty to try to continue the tandem style in the playoffs from the outset, since no one really does that, it's against the conventional NHL wisdom for the playoffs. Having said that, I think Paul Maurice has played his situation perfectly for the Panthers, as it was apparently their backup (Lyon) who they rode into the playoffs down the stretch, when it seemed like they were fading with about a month left in the schedule. So he got his reward by starting the series, prolonged his run with a Game 2 win, and then Maurice went back to Bobrovsky late in Game 4 when Lyon's play had lost its lustre. As I've said elsewhere, Bob hasn't stolen anything yet, but he has been winning elimination playoff games, and that counts for something. He's the most talented goalie in the series, and the B's can't let him get into their collective heads.
With the exception of the end of Game 6, this has been a frontrunner's series. If the B's don't have a lead after the first period tonight - maybe even a multi-goal lead - I think that will be cause for justifiable worry. If I were Monty, I would put all of my eggs into the "blast them out of the arena in the first period" basket, and along those lines, I'd be sorely tempted to start Swayman and hope you can get a clean game out of him, and maybe *just maybe* inject a little extra added urgency into the rest of the team.
The longer this one plays out as a close game, the better for the road team, playing with house money. JMHO.
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