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Wow, I did not have Alex Gagne as Capt on my Bingo card, but am pleased nonetheless! How many other times has a jr. been Capt? Not in my short tenure as a fan
have I seen this, I don't think...a good choice for all 3!!
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UNH Hockey 2023 Off Season Thread Turn and Face the Strange
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Wow, I did not have Alex Gagne as Capt on my Bingo card, but am pleased nonetheless! How many other times has a jr. been Capt? Not in my short tenure as a fan
have I seen this, I don't think...a good choice for all 3!!
UNH Jr Captains a rarity, I think. Last previous was Patrick Foley in 2002/03. Also, Graham Bruder in 1967/68. Others?
In golf photo: Mike Souza, 1999/2000; Chris Grassie, 1989/90 (had to look up); Matt Fornataro, 2007/08; Dick Umile, 1971/72; Ed Mullen and Ken Mackinnon, Co-Captains, 1961/62 (how cool is that? also had to look up)
Maybe some of the $4 mil grant gift can be used to construct an aerial tramway from the large parking lot across the tracks to da Whitt?
Chuck Murray
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only big dreamer on here. Sign me up! Way to go, Snives!!
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James Richmond was a three time captain in 84-87, during the last fallow period before Coach Kullen rebuilt the program. He was a gregarious leader, telling lots of tales about his summer involved in filming Youngblood in Toronto. He returned to Canada and quickly climbed in the coaching ranks, and for the past decade has been GM of the OHL team.
https://chl.ca/ohl-steelheads/missi...s-richmond-to-a-five-year-contract-extension/
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4560
Always good to see a smiling Coach Umile.
https://twitter.com/UNHMHOCKEY/status/1702833193928261641/photo/1
HockeyRef
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Thanks for that bit o history 'Watcher! Maybe James would consider a gig in Durham...you know, return to his roots?? But looks like he's a little busy right now...
Excellent! Thanks, ‘watcher. I was back in New England during the 1980’s but was not paying much attention to UNH hockey that decade. I think that 1985/86 was our all-time worst record at 5-29-3, which some here are hoping that our Cats replicate that year. Do you think that you would have remained a fan if you began following Cats hockey in the 1980’s, HR?
So, Patrick Foley, James Richmond, and Graham Bruder were Captains as Juniors (and Richmond also as Sophomore). Others?
HockeyRef
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haha that is a tough question to answer...I think that knowing me I prob would continue to follow is because one of two things is true: Misery Loves Company OR...Hope Springs Eternal! I know we've had seasons that have not been great but to only win 5 games...but in the 'covid year' 20-21 we went 6-14-3...
Trying to be generous tho regarding that year as it was a complete sh*t show for everyone, including me. (pardon ma Francais) ***but we did make it into
the qtrs that year, losing to BC 2-3 FWIW dept.
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UNH Hockey 85-87, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 
That''s him in the background of the movie trailer at the 49 second mark
https://youtu.be/dn6wNEv7M2w?t=49
https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-m...n-oral-history
Most of the players in the film, such as Steve Thomas, Don Biggs, Peter Zezel and James Richmond, were OHL or NCAA players at the time. Thomas and Zezel went on to lengthy NHL careers. THN reached out to Lowe, but he declined the opportunity to talk. No matter. Lowe might have been the pretty face in front of the camera, but so many people worked hard to make him look good. This is their story.
JAMES RICHMOND, BOMBERS CAPTAIN “STORDAHL”: It was the best summer job I ever had. Patrick Swayze and I got pretty close during the filming. We’d go for dinner or to get a couple drinks. He’d come over to visit my mom and dad, and we hung out a few times when we weren’t shooting.
RICHMOND: Instead of having a lunch break, because we could eat anytime, we’d have a pickup game. Some guys were pretty high level, so those games would get pretty serious sometimes. The makeup people would get ticked off because guys would be drenched in sweat after these games. And if you were doing the same scene as you did before lunch, you looked different. The Mustangs square off against the Thunder Bay Bombers, the toughest team in juniors, for the championship series. In the first period, a bench-clearing brawl ensues after Racki decks the Mustangs’ goalie.
RICHMOND: The Bombers were the goon squad. We weren’t supposed to smile. We were told to look angry or mean on the ice.
RICHMOND: In the big fight scene, I was paired up with Swayze. In one shot, he actually connected with a punch and got me right under the eye. That was pretty funny. And then he ended up kissing the linesman when he’s breaking us up. Swayze adlibbed that. It wasn’t scripted, and they put that take in the movie. We got a good chuckle out of that. In the story’s nadir, Racki slew-foots Sutton, who hits his head on the ice and is hospitalized.
RICHMOND: I played in Denmark for a few seasons. My teammates there loved Youngblood and used to watch it all the time. They thought it was the best thing in the world that I was in it. So the next year, when I came back, I gave one of my teammates my Stordahl jersey.
Richmond knew/dated the captain of the women's team (Janet Siddel??), and after they won it all (87) there was a bang up party at the women's team's house (on the way down to Oyster River) that was pretty fun. The only (unofficial) UNH championship. I remember it was one of the nights the Celtics were playing the Lakers in the finals, so that makes it 87.
That''s him in the background of the movie trailer at the 49 second mark
https://youtu.be/dn6wNEv7M2w?t=49
https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-m...n-oral-history
Most of the players in the film, such as Steve Thomas, Don Biggs, Peter Zezel and James Richmond, were OHL or NCAA players at the time. Thomas and Zezel went on to lengthy NHL careers. THN reached out to Lowe, but he declined the opportunity to talk. No matter. Lowe might have been the pretty face in front of the camera, but so many people worked hard to make him look good. This is their story.
JAMES RICHMOND, BOMBERS CAPTAIN “STORDAHL”: It was the best summer job I ever had. Patrick Swayze and I got pretty close during the filming. We’d go for dinner or to get a couple drinks. He’d come over to visit my mom and dad, and we hung out a few times when we weren’t shooting.
RICHMOND: Instead of having a lunch break, because we could eat anytime, we’d have a pickup game. Some guys were pretty high level, so those games would get pretty serious sometimes. The makeup people would get ticked off because guys would be drenched in sweat after these games. And if you were doing the same scene as you did before lunch, you looked different. The Mustangs square off against the Thunder Bay Bombers, the toughest team in juniors, for the championship series. In the first period, a bench-clearing brawl ensues after Racki decks the Mustangs’ goalie.
RICHMOND: The Bombers were the goon squad. We weren’t supposed to smile. We were told to look angry or mean on the ice.
RICHMOND: In the big fight scene, I was paired up with Swayze. In one shot, he actually connected with a punch and got me right under the eye. That was pretty funny. And then he ended up kissing the linesman when he’s breaking us up. Swayze adlibbed that. It wasn’t scripted, and they put that take in the movie. We got a good chuckle out of that. In the story’s nadir, Racki slew-foots Sutton, who hits his head on the ice and is hospitalized.
RICHMOND: I played in Denmark for a few seasons. My teammates there loved Youngblood and used to watch it all the time. They thought it was the best thing in the world that I was in it. So the next year, when I came back, I gave one of my teammates my Stordahl jersey.
Richmond knew/dated the captain of the women's team (Janet Siddel??), and after they won it all (87) there was a bang up party at the women's team's house (on the way down to Oyster River) that was pretty fun. The only (unofficial) UNH championship. I remember it was one of the nights the Celtics were playing the Lakers in the finals, so that makes it 87.
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Chuck Murray
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Umile looks like he's in better shape than Souza. And that's a 30 year gap, isn't it??
HockeyRef
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Pretty cool story; looks like a couple of our UNH alums have movie history! Funny you mention the time of the Lakers v Celtics (circa late 80's) I used to be a big Laker
fan but not so much then. I have been enjoying the 'Winning Time' series tho (since it features a few of my past fav Lakers like Jerry West and of course,
Pat Riley). Never saw "Youngblood" so now you have piqued my interest, particularly since it stars two wicked cute actors, Patrick and Rob haha...!
fan but not so much then. I have been enjoying the 'Winning Time' series tho (since it features a few of my past fav Lakers like Jerry West and of course,
Pat Riley). Never saw "Youngblood" so now you have piqued my interest, particularly since it stars two wicked cute actors, Patrick and Rob haha...!
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The state will soon have pre-owned tram cars available:
https://www.snowstash.com/news/2023/6/cannon-mountain-funding-tram-replacement
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James Van Reimsdyk in this is 40?
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For passenger transport between the Whitt and the parking lot on the west side of the tracks, probably dozens of smaller aerial gondola cars would be cheaper and more efficient than a Cannon Mountain-type, two-car tramway.
Chuck Murray
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I just love this "thinking outside the box" stuff on the tramway idea. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I've always thought a solution from the "A" Lot to The Whitt would be under the Amtrak right of way, not over. I'm admittedly guessing, but air rights over the tracks might be a red tape monster - but then again, so could the under?? It would also probably be less expensive to go under as well. But some solution would open up the west end of the arena property (and the arena itself) AND the most remote portions of the "A" Lot to further development. And the tramway, with its signature NH-style invoking images of the ski industry up north, is a fantastic idea for the visuals alone.
I realize you are putting that out in half-jest, Snively, but even a horizontal gondola will gobble up that $4mm...X2+. Hard to get it to "pencil" when it only operates, what, 50 days at the outside? On the other hand, if we just print the money, all our dreams will come true! Looks like we're stuck with buses, which beat walking headlong into a 30 mph wind out of the north on a 10 degree eve. Miss the days of just rolling up to T-Hall parking at 645 after the 1.5 hour drive from Thornton that you are intimately familiar with
Looks like we're stuck with buses, which beat walking headlong into a 30 mph wind out of the north on a 10 degree eve. Miss the days of just rolling up to T-Hall parking at 645 after the 1.5 hour drive from Thornton that you are intimately familiar withI realize you are putting that out in half-jest, Snively, but even a horizontal gondola will gobble up that $4mm...X2+. Hard to get it to "pencil" when it only operates, what, 50 days at the outside? On the other hand, if we just print the money, all our dreams will come true!
T-Hall is kinda a long walk. I usually park much closer to da Whitt, in a secret area where I have yet to be ticketed.
Maybe if the steps up/down to the bridge were widened about fourfold, everything would be fine for walking between A Lot and the Whitt. That should cost much less than $4 mil.
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