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UNH Hockey: Where Do We Go From Here....

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2-2 Final.

You know, other fans may hate me for saying this, and I don't give a rat's derrierre if they do, but the "C" needs to come off of Wyse's jersey. Immediately. Two points and tie for 7th place were tossed out the window tonight thanks to his "once again", ill-timed hooking penalty with 2:25 left in the game. :mad: :mad:
 
Scott said:
2-2 Final.

You know, other fans may hate me for saying this, and I don't give a rat's derrierre if they do, but the "C" needs to come off of Wyse's jersey. Immediately. Two points and tie for 7th place were tossed out the window tonight thanks to his "once again", ill-timed hooking penalty with 2:25 left in the game. :mad: :mad:
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Arggggggghhhhh
 
Aerman said:
Oh Captain, my Captain ... sigh
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Our words exactly along with some others...hard fought game. Robinson stood on his head big time. Saw some decent effort (after the first was lil rocky). Big one tomorrow night kiddies!! GO 'CATS!!
 
Scott said:
2-2 Final.

You know, other fans may hate me for saying this, and I don't give a rat's derrierre if they do, but the "C" needs to come off of Wyse's jersey. Immediately. Two points and tie for 7th place were tossed out the window tonight thanks to his "once again", ill-timed hooking penalty with 2:25 left in the game. :mad: :mad:
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You go Scott...I love a fiesty fan!!!
 
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Yeah, if it works out that this team doesn't make it, which is all but a sure thing then I agree it's disappointing. I think the standings bear out that there is a lot of parity in the league. On paper, this team should have ended up in the middle of the pack IMO. Leadership issues, starting with bad untimely penalties, from the top down. Hate to say it but I think that's the case !
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Yep. Bad, untimely penalties from the top!
 
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Anyone wanna talk about the shrink the rink news? Guess the sight lines for the first few rows are going to be lousy..
 
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From Fosters interview with UNH president James Dean on the shrinking of the ice sheet at the Whitt
The downside for fans is that, after the new construction, the sight lines will be affected for those seated in the first few rows along the side boards, according to Dean.

“The sight lines to the rink are not going to be as good,” Dean said, “because the rink has shrunk and so what’s going on just next to the boards won’t be visible.

“I could never figure out why it was going to be so expensive to fix that, but it turned out the proposal was to basically bring in concrete and raise the level of every seat in the arena — which was an additional 4 to 5 million dollars — so the people could see over the boards which are now farther away from them. We decided not to do that.”
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https://www.fosters.com/sports/20200228/unh-president-whittemore-center-ice-surface-to-shrink
 
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Filip Engaras what ifs...what if he could have played last year..what if he hadn't missed 9 games this year? Excellent player so glad he stayed with it. Works hard every shift. Looking for great things from him the next 2 seasons!!!
 
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Very disappointed that there isn't a long term plan to address the gap that will exist between the first row of seats and the glass after the resize. Even if they don't have the funds in place to do it this year I'd have expected them to have a plan in place to address it next year/in two years/three years/etc, instead it's going forward with no fix.
Even the passed over $4m-$5m proposal discussed in the article would have just raised every seat <u>higher</u>, not put any seats <u>closer</u>.
Also fear this gap will become a de facto walkway. As if the worse sightlines aren't enough, enjoy folks walking in front of the glass while you're trying to watch.

At a time when we are struggling with attendance is it really a good idea to make the game day experience <b>worse</b>?
 
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ClOuD 9 said:
Very disappointed that there isn't a long term plan to address the gap that will exist between the first row of seats and the glass after the resize. Even if they don't have the funds in place to do it this year I'd have expected them to have a plan in place to address it next year/in two years/three years/etc, instead it's going forward with no fix.
Even the passed over $4m-$5m proposal discussed in the article would have just raised every seat <u>higher</u>, not put any seats <u>closer</u>.
Also fear this gap will become a de facto walkway. As if the worse sightlines aren't enough, enjoy folks walking in front of the glass while you're trying to watch.

At a time when we are struggling with attendance is it really a good idea to make the game day experience <b>worse</b>?
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They ought to instead just drop the ice surface 4 or 5 feet. Then you could change the name from the Whitt to the Pitt :D
 
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ClOuD 9 said:
Very disappointed that there isn't a long term plan to address the gap that will exist between the first row of seats and the glass after the resize. Even if they don't have the funds in place to do it this year I'd have expected them to have a plan in place to address it next year/in two years/three years/etc, instead it's going forward with no fix.
Even the passed over $4m-$5m proposal discussed in the article would have just raised every seat <u>higher</u>, not put any seats <u>closer</u>.
Also fear this gap will become a de facto walkway. As if the worse sightlines aren't enough, enjoy folks walking in front of the glass while you're trying to watch.

At a time when we are struggling with attendance is it really a good idea to make the game day experience <b>worse</b>?
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Unfortunately, too many focus groups equate "game-day experience" with ear-splitting awful music and inane between-periods contests.
 
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Funny, the fan experience was really good when they recruited well. But I guess throwing a couple of million is the cost for competing for the top 4 nowadays -- well, except for U.Conn which is recruiting well (recently) and winning without a home rink, so, nevermind.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another number that caught my eye: Attendance at XL Center in Hartford for UConn-UMass was 6,666</p>— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/1233802896313069568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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This whole process scares me. As a front row STH since day 1 I am not it favor of the size shrinking. They already did it once. Also if they have a walkway between the first row and the glass ,hello Merrimack and going nuts trying to see the game. Note to self, change seat.
Last night was such a must win and it felt like we might somehow do it. So sad that we took a penalty with 2:24 left. You knew they were going to pull the goalie and we just make it that much easier.
Bright spots included good goaltending, occasional strong play that highlighted what we are capable of but can't seem to sustain. Last night's shoutout goes to Joe Hankinson. For a kid with probable 20 - 30 second shifts all year he really showed some promise. He looked comfortable, made good decisions and held his own defensively. No I'm not saying he is a future go to guy, just nice to see. If we used a serviceable 4th line like the better clubs can we wouldn't be so susceptible to late game fades.
Go Cats!
 
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Guess the jumbotron wasn't the recruiting weapon it was supposed to be
 
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I haven't been around much on here, and haven't gotten to a ton of games since my work takes me away on weekends but this is atrocious. Obviously nothing draws a crowd like winning but the sight lines at the Whittemore Center have been as good as they get for hockey. I know we were talking about shrinking the rink as long as 15 years ago. I personally like the idea of a 200x90 surface but it will hurt the fan experience. Having the front row five feet from the glass on either side will be awful, and it will be like the Worcester Centrum for awful sight lines. I think I read in the article they looked into raising the seats (right idea) but it would cost an additional 4-5mil... I'd say don't do it until you can afford to do it right but what do I know. I also know they waited until they had to replace the aged compressors which makes sense but still. grrrr...:cool:
 
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