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

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HockeyRef said:
Oh..and the game "mattered" to the fans who went amd to the 'Cats. They could have mailed it in finding out right before they weren't going ahead in their season. Interestingly for me at least, I actually found a sense of enjoyment being there. I'm sad its over...
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Same for me. I went in knowing the game "didn't matter" to us, watched it like a scrimmage, was a bit disappointed BC didn't show more flash and talent which might have been due to a pretty high compete level from the 'cats. After the game I hung around looking at Lake Whitt for the last time and thinking about all the great memories. I ended up chatting with a former BC player. he was a senior when JY was a Freshman. He had an interesting comment, "When you are on the ice, it always matters".

deltabravo62 said:
Macadams initial move to the net contacted the goaltender and turned him a full 90 degrees with no help from the defender. Not even 2 seconds later someone bangs in that rebound, it's a pretty easy call and in my opinion the right call. I wouldn't want that goal to stand against us, and the announcement was "contact with goaltender in the crease" which was drowned out by the crowd.
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Agreed. Same with the too many men call, it was obvious. MacAdams initial drive from the neutral zone in was impressive.

ClOuD 9 said:
While it was only a minute long, that "U-N-H" chant during the OT goal review was the loudest the building has been in over 10 years.
Just like the team itself at times this year, it showed a momentary glimpse of what could be; and what used to be.
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That was a good moment from a decent crowd. The 'cats till have a solid fan base. If they ever start winning again, packing people in and continue selling beer it could get downright rowdy.
 
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You guys will know.....when was the last time we didn’t make the playoffs?
 
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zoofer said:
You guys will know.....when was the last time we didn’t make the playoffs?
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Scott posted it in the new thread he started believe it was 32 years ago??

Despite their 15-15-4 record which ended a four-year streak of losing seasons, UNH hockey fails to make the Hockey East playoffs for the first time in 32 years....and yes, all because of an arbitrary rule change made by Hockey East.
 
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If you can't crack the top eight in your league, you don't deserve anything.

Who cares about the rule changes - arbitrary or not - they applied to everyone, and UNH finished 9th.
 
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j.d. said:
yes, believe he scored the gwg of a 3rd period comeback win over the mildcats. Poor ty conklin lost his mind after it.
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No, that would have been Jeff Farkas or Blake Bellefeiulle. :) :D :p

You guys used to struggle to beat UNH (at least in the regular season).
 
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HockeyRef said:
Scott posted it in the new thread he started believe it was 32 years ago??

Despite their 15-15-4 record which ended a four-year streak of losing seasons, UNH hockey fails to make the Hockey East playoffs for the first time in 32 years....and yes, all because of an arbitrary rule change made by Hockey East.
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Correct...the last time they missed the Hockey East playoffs was the 1987-1988 season.

https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/7/2/MHOCKEY_0702151751.aspx
 
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Chuck Murray said:
No, that would have been Jeff Farkas or Blake Bellefeiulle. :) :D :p

You guys used to struggle to beat UNH (at least in the regular season).
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Oh no, it was BCs national title season. Farkas and Bellefeuille were gone. UNH had a 2-0 3rd period lead at Conte and BC scored 3 in the 3rd to win. Almost positive Hughes scored the winner. Momentum didn't carry over as I believe UNH won the next night.
 
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J.D. said:
Oh no, it was BCs national title season. Farkas and Bellefeuille were gone. UNH had a 2-0 3rd period lead at Conte and BC scored 3 in the 3rd to win. Almost positive Hughes scored the winner. Momentum didn't carry over as I believe UNH won the next night.
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He did. It was just after his mother died.
 
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J.D. said:
Oh no, it was BCs national title season. Farkas and Bellefeuille were gone. UNH had a 2-0 3rd period lead at Conte and BC scored 3 in the 3rd to win. Almost positive Hughes scored the winner. Momentum didn't carry over as I believe UNH won the next night.
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I stand corrected then. Jack mentioning Hughes' mom's passing does ring a bell, and Conklin was a senior in 2001. You guys had WAY better reasons to remember 2001 than I did, I suppose. :)
 
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Serious question for our BC visitors: What happens when the number of HE officials with current or former BC ties reaches critical mass, where there won't be anyone available to officiate BC games?
 
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Chuck Murray said:
Serious question for our BC visitors: What happens when the number of HE officials with current or former BC ties reaches critical mass, where there won't be anyone available to officiate BC games?
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Besides Hughes and Brendan Kelleher, a linesman and Timmy Kelleher’s brother, who else has BC ties?
 
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theprofromdover said:
Besides Hughes and Brendan Kelleher, a linesman and Timmy Kelleher’s brother, who else has BC ties?
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Kevin Shea … second in command to Father Leahy? Holy Cross grad, but he's been working in the BC President's office for about 15 years now?? I think he counts as one of youze guys … :)

https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/announcements/Shea_named_vice_president.html

If you need a more detailed connect-the-dots description, check out the latest WIS thread Effingwoods Hockey Almanac to see how he gets regular non-BC assignments … and also on Dave Lezenski, another BC guy in charge of the HEA Wonen's officials.

So once the new commish starts bringing in his UNH buddies to officiate games and handle league-wide assignments, we'll have no bellyaching from you folks, now will we?!? :D :p ;)
 
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Chuck, given you're not happy with the state of officiating in the league and your own coaching situation up in Durham, wouldn't the easy solution be to hire Brian Pouliot to just beat up the officials? I hear he is available. :D
 
J.D. said:
Yes, believe he scored the GWG of a 3rd period comeback win over the Mildcats. Poor Ty Conklin lost his mind after it.
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Dale, are you out there? That’s the night you and I both got kicked out of Conte. For those who weren’t there, our offense was to go up to the glass and yell at ref, no profanity. I drove down to Cleveland Circle and watched the rest of the second period at the late lamented Ground Round, the worst excuse for a restaurant in North America. I then drive back, walked back into Conte with no problem and watched the third period meltdown by the BC trophy case.

Speaking of a goalie meltdown, one of my favorite BC-UNH games of all time was Mark Mowers sophomore year, the first year of the Whit. BC was on a power play, with Marty Reasoner at the left point. He fiddles with the puck, Mowers picks his pocket, streaks in and scores. Later in the game BC is on another power play with Reasoner on the point again. Mowers is forechecking and as Reasoner starts to make a move, my friend John W yells out, “Look our Marty, here he comes again.” Sure enough Mark again picks his pocket, skates in and roofs another one past the goalie. The goalie is now really po’d, skates over to the sideboards, slams his stick against the glass and breaks it.

I wish I could remember the goalie’s name because his real claim to fame came when Steve Cedorchuck, the former coach at that point and who had doled out more scholarships than he had available, called the goalie’s father up. The father was the premier dental surgeon in Alberta, big bucks, so Cedor called to ask if he would pay his kid’s way at BC. It wasn’t long after that that he was fired and that Mike Millbury was offered the job but declined after seeing the mess the program was in. And that’s how Jerry York got the job.
 
Greg Ambrose said:
Dale, are you out there? That’s the night you and I both got kicked out of Conte. For those who weren’t there, our offense was to go up to the glass and yell at ref, no profanity. I drove down to Cleveland Circle and watched the rest of the second period at the late lamented Ground Round, the worst excuse for a restaurant in North America. I then drive back, walked back into Conte with no problem and watched the third period meltdown by the BC trophy case.

Speaking of a goalie meltdown, one of my favorite BC-UNH games of all time was Mark Mowers sophomore year, the first year of the Whit. BC was on a power play, with Marty Reasoner at the left point. He fiddles with the puck, Mowers picks his pocket, streaks in and scores. Later in the game BC is on another power play with Reasoner on the point again. Mowers is forechecking and as Reasoner starts to make a move, my friend John W yells out, “Look our Marty, here he comes again.” Sure enough Mark again picks his pocket, skates in and roofs another one past the goalie. The goalie is now really po’d, skates over to the sideboards, slams his stick against the glass and breaks it.

I wish I could remember the goalie’s name because his real claim to fame came when Steve Cedorchuck, the former coach at that point and who had doled out more scholarships than he had available, called the goalie’s father up. The father was the premier dental surgeon in Alberta, big bucks, so Cedor called to ask if he would pay his kid’s way at BC. It wasn’t long after that that he was fired and that Mike Millbury was offered the job but declined after seeing the mess the program was in. And that’s how Jerry York got the job.
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Great story, Greg! Wish that I had been at the Whitt for that one. BC goalie must have been Greg Taylor. :-)
 
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Greg Ambrose said:
Speaking of a goalie meltdown, one of my favorite BC-UNH games of all time was Mark Mowers sophomore year, the first year of the Whit. BC was on a power play, with Marty Reasoner at the left point. He fiddles with the puck, Mowers picks his pocket, streaks in and scores. Later in the game BC is on another power play with Reasoner on the point again. Mowers is forechecking and as Reasoner starts to make a move, my friend John W yells out, “Look our Marty, here he comes again.” Sure enough Mark again picks his pocket, skates in and roofs another one past the goalie. The goalie is now really po’d, skates over to the sideboards, slams his stick against the glass and breaks it.

I wish I could remember the goalie’s name because his real claim to fame came when Steve Cedorchuck, the former coach at that point and who had doled out more scholarships than he had available, called the goalie’s father up. The father was the premier dental surgeon in Alberta, big bucks, so Cedor called to ask if he would pay his kid’s way at BC. It wasn’t long after that that he was fired and that Mike Millbury was offered the job but declined after seeing the mess the program was in. And that’s how Jerry York got the job.
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Fantastic story … I may have been at that game as well, IIRC UNH laid the wood to BC on that night, York's second year post-Cedorchuk, and Reasoner's frosh season. It was also a losing season for UNH, but one that laid the foundations for the run that would follow over the next 7 seasons. Snives, I'm sure you were correct about the BC goalie being Greg Taylor, who also was the BC goalie in the March '94 finale in double OT when Bogie closed the place down in double OT. BTW that '94 playoff game marked "Count" Cedorchuk's final game in charge at BC. Taylor was a pretty decent goalie, but played behind some terrible BC teams.

Good times, too bad that York guy came along and ruined all the fun ...
 
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