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UNH Hockey: Where Do We Go From Here....
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Great engineer. Great body of work. Actually you need to have beer with me.
e.cat
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Off the top of my head; Bobby Butler and Kevin Goumas would be two.
HockeyRef
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Cheated: (looked it up...) Downing, Saviano, Radja, Sislo, Thompson, DeSimone, Aikins and Fornataro (not necessairily in this order, but the last 10 including Butler and Goumas. Brett Hemmingway prob deserves to be in the last 10 list?
No doubt Potsy could have been had he stayed, and, now, who might be on track, Crookshank? Boy, did I miss out on some amazing players...
Cheated: (looked it up...) Downing, Saviano, Radja, Sislo, Thompson, DeSimone, Aikins and Fornataro (not necessairily in this order, but the last 10 including Butler and Goumas. Brett Hemmingway prob deserves to be in the last 10 list?
No doubt Potsy could have been had he stayed, and, now, who might be on track, Crookshank? Boy, did I miss out on some amazing players...
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e.cat
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wildcatfan_GoNH
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I was thinking about this recently. It’s a shame. Not necessarily indicative of a good or bad program to have 100+ pt scorer in every class or other class. But you’d like to have some “go to” scorers on the roster to post 25+ points per year consistently. What is scary is that UNH really hasn't had a shot at this type of scorer since TyK and Pots (maybe Warren F would have done it recently). E.i. No high caliber player has left earlier since then before posting his likely 100+ points. Broken record alert but recruiting for consistent and pure scorers has been weak since approximately the Thompson, Sislo, Desimone era IMO. That team could score. Who remembers Thompson scoring late in the third at the Whitt to beat Maine at white out after Nyquist just missed somewhat of an empty net. I loved that team and era about ten ish year ago
wildcatfan_GoNH
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXfvEJNhmc
Golly I want this team to be good again. Those were great days to be a wildcats fan. Bring us some talent and a competitive fire Souza. Win on whatever width the rink is
HockeyRef
Well-known member
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LOVE this...of course, mostly coz Kevin G is on the ice!! Great footage. Very talented skaters! Why was the next season not so hot?
LOVE this...of course, mostly coz Kevin G is on the ice!! Great footage. Very talented skaters! Why was the next season not so hot?
Close. Need to substitute more recent B Hemingway and Micflikier for Saviano and Atkins. All well after the hay days of the late 90s early 2000s.
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I'm posting my first comments on this site after many years of following. Been around the program since early 60s, watched many games outside before Snively. I have loved the back and forth, and decided to join the fun. My first thought is that Mike continues to move the program forward. This is definitely a marathon, not a sprint, and he needs to be given every opportunity to succeed.
I'm posting my first comments on this site after many years of following. Been around the program since early 60s, watched many games outside before Snively. I have loved the back and forth, and decided to join the fun. My first thought is that Mike continues to move the program forward. This is definitely a marathon, not a sprint, and he needs to be given every opportunity to succeed.
HockeyRef
Well-known member
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Welcome!!! Keep coming back. Love the perspective about the 'marathon, not a sprint'. Thanks for the reminder that it's a definite work in progress. This season it seemed like we'd take some big steps (wins) forward...then a few steps back (losses we really needed to win). Growing pains, I guess! Hope you will continue to bring this perspective; it gets lost in the shuffle when disappointment sets in, and the 'wouldas, couldas, shouldas' that we (speaking for myself especially) often feel when things aren't moving quite fast enough. All that said, I think it's also ok to feel disappointment as a fan, when all we want to see is the team to be successful, and take part in things we haven't been a part of for awhile. Memories are nice, but memories don't win hockey games
Welcome!!! Keep coming back. Love the perspective about the 'marathon, not a sprint'. Thanks for the reminder that it's a definite work in progress. This season it seemed like we'd take some big steps (wins) forward...then a few steps back (losses we really needed to win). Growing pains, I guess! Hope you will continue to bring this perspective; it gets lost in the shuffle when disappointment sets in, and the 'wouldas, couldas, shouldas' that we (speaking for myself especially) often feel when things aren't moving quite fast enough. All that said, I think it's also ok to feel disappointment as a fan, when all we want to see is the team to be successful, and take part in things we haven't been a part of for awhile. Memories are nice, but memories don't win hockey games
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Me thinks that UNH really needs to figure out that hockey IS their bread and butter sport. The football team is nice, but if you are not in the final 4 every year (North Dakota State), what exposure are you really getting? Tough to turn your back after sinking $25Mil+ on the stadium, but hockey definitely gives more payback. Why cant they move some money around to increase the recruiting budget by 50% and give it a go? How much extra woudl that actually be in total dollars? Not sure how much the budget is, please enlighten me.
Need to put some asses in the seats, get a buzz going on campus and some media willing to give more coverage. They are the only game in town with Beer League+ now in ManchVegas. The time to ramp up is NOW, we are not on year 2, we are really on Year 3 + 2. The good recruits should be in the pipeline NOW to turn this ship.
Maybe we should frame this situation somewhere between what is happening now and WWWD - What Would Walshy Do!
Me thinks that UNH really needs to figure out that hockey IS their bread and butter sport. The football team is nice, but if you are not in the final 4 every year (North Dakota State), what exposure are you really getting? Tough to turn your back after sinking $25Mil+ on the stadium, but hockey definitely gives more payback. Why cant they move some money around to increase the recruiting budget by 50% and give it a go? How much extra woudl that actually be in total dollars? Not sure how much the budget is, please enlighten me.
Need to put some asses in the seats, get a buzz going on campus and some media willing to give more coverage. They are the only game in town with Beer League+ now in ManchVegas. The time to ramp up is NOW, we are not on year 2, we are really on Year 3 + 2. The good recruits should be in the pipeline NOW to turn this ship.
Maybe we should frame this situation somewhere between what is happening now and WWWD - What Would Walshy Do!
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Quick numbers for arguments sake. At $ 15 per ticket, a 4K avg ='s $60K per game in ticket sales. 5K avg ='s $75K and 6K ='s $90K. If you bumped the recruiting budget to get things going by $90,000, takes 6 games with the increase in revenue from 4K to 5K to pay it off, or 3 games if you can get 6,000 per game.
Quick numbers for arguments sake. At $ 15 per ticket, a 4K avg ='s $60K per game in ticket sales. 5K avg ='s $75K and 6K ='s $90K. If you bumped the recruiting budget to get things going by $90,000, takes 6 games with the increase in revenue from 4K to 5K to pay it off, or 3 games if you can get 6,000 per game.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
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Fantastic post. Please share your thoughts more often.
Fantastic post. Please share your thoughts more often.
HockeyRef
Well-known member
Believe it was mentioned during the game last nite he was injured..oh my broke his right index finger:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/111395158
Ps...Bruins got @%%!! on that penalty then Bergeron...!
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Could preclude him reaching 25 goals this season; now 19+21= 40 points in 66 games so far.
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HockeyRef
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Welp 'Cat fans here we are in what could be our last weekend of the season. As always, hard to believe we are at this point, let alone facing elimination for the post season, but, what are you gonna do. Heading to BC today so if any of yous are there, do connect! Watching UMass battle UVM down to the last seconds last night gave me some hope. I know what we are up against. Just hoping we give it our all both games. Wishing the best to our women's team as well; hopefully they advance to the HE finals; it has to be a long time for them to make it to that game; for us, 2014. Anyhoo....Go 'Cats!!!!
Welp 'Cat fans here we are in what could be our last weekend of the season. As always, hard to believe we are at this point, let alone facing elimination for the post season, but, what are you gonna do. Heading to BC today so if any of yous are there, do connect! Watching UMass battle UVM down to the last seconds last night gave me some hope. I know what we are up against. Just hoping we give it our all both games. Wishing the best to our women's team as well; hopefully they advance to the HE finals; it has to be a long time for them to make it to that game; for us, 2014. Anyhoo....Go 'Cats!!!!