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UNH- How Far West Do We Go?

FlagUp17 said:
Ive also been perplexed as to why we haven’t seen Coombs at all this year… he’s a bigger guy (6’2”) and posted a very good save pct (.926) for a championship team in the SJHL last year. I’m not as familiar with this league, but it may be similar to the BCHL?

It appears long gone are the days of Umile rotating goalies to around a 50:50 split. I can’t remember the last set of goalies where they did that. MS7 seems to get locked into one, and (outside of maybe a shakeup 2-3 times a year or an injury) he sticks with his main guy. This or he does make a change (I think Hellsten) and the other guy never gets a legitimate second shot.

Don’t get me wrong, I think KC has had a decent year. He has had some games where he has been absolutely left out to dry by his defense (PC game a few weeks ago) which hurts his overall stat line.

Very curious to see what happens in the portal this spring, especially with two more goalies in the pipeline (Grout and Henriquez) likely arriving in the next 1-2 years. I presume they target another 1 year guy like KC to help bridge the gap, but likely it leaves one of Coombs, Grout, or Henriquez to never get serious playing time in Durham.
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Coombs played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League which is considered one level below the BCHL.
Ryan Grout has DI potential but probably needs one more season in the WHL. He's played some solid games this season but overall has a 4.00 GAA and .875 Save %.
I project Leo Henriquez as a 2026 or '27 commit. He's a Neutral Zone 4-star prospect and is exciting to watch (e.g., goalie fight; scored a goalie goal). It will partly depend on whether UNH can land a transfer at or above the Jakob Hellsten level or an uncommitted, high-end goalie ranked by NHL Central Scouting.
 
Snively65 said:
How about 2022/23 when Muszelik got into 13 games and Fessenden 23?

But, agreed in general, as need to go back pre-DT (Ty Rone) before that.

Meanwhile, maybe Whale can be a red shirt this season and come back next season as he has played in only three games. Mike Robinson played in six games and was a red shirt in 2017/18.
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Robinson was granted a 5th year of eligibility due to the COVID pandemic.
 
Nick Papagiorgio said:
Anyone know if this is the same Ryan Cordeiro as the former UNH and Merrimack player?



Given that he was from the NE area and this mess happened in a rink I'd wager it's probable this is the same guy. May have saved some lives.

edit - there is a 2001 birthdate with the same name from RI so maybe less likely now that I originally thought.
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This is probably behind a paywall but it was definitely the UNH/MC Ryan Cordeiro

www.bostonglobe.com

After the Pawtucket shooting shattered ‘Senior Night,’ a hockey coach and his team pick up the pieces together - The Boston Globe

While the coach made sure the players were safe, three men, including a dad of one of the hockey players, leapt into action to subdue the gunman. Then the coach returned to the scene to help the victims.
www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com
 
Alternate blues again tonight! I’m honesty a bit surprised they are going to them 3 games in a row, but I’m not complaining!

Let’s get another W in them tonight!
 
Felger said:
This is probably behind a paywall but it was definitely the UNH/MC Ryan Cordeiro

www.bostonglobe.com

After the Pawtucket shooting shattered ‘Senior Night,’ a hockey coach and his team pick up the pieces together - The Boston Globe

While the coach made sure the players were safe, three men, including a dad of one of the hockey players, leapt into action to subdue the gunman. Then the coach returned to the scene to help the victims.
www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com
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Serious kudos to Cordeiro, regardless of if he's "ours" or not. Ironic that a guy who was known for having possibly one of the worst "hockey dads" when he was a kid, has risen to the occasion (and then some) when it was his turn to be the responsible adult in the room. My admiration of this action knows no bounds.
 
FlagUp17 said:
Prediction time again for this weekend. All weekends are big at this point of the season, and this one is no different. This prediction is a bit tough, as I feel UNH has usually played much better on Friday vs. Saturday this season, but they’re away on Friday this go around.

Fri: UNH 3 UMA 2
Sat: UNH 2 UMA 3 (OT)

I’m foreseeing a swap of 3-2 games, but UNH gets an extra point with an OT loss on Saturday. I’m feeling a bit more optimistic than usual given the strong finish on Saturday.

In all reality, UNH truly needs at least 4 points this weekend to get out of the basement. The schedule gets no easier the final two weekends, finishing with PU, UConn, and back against UMA. If they lay another goose egg this weekend, I’m not feeling confident seeing more than 1-2 points the rest of the way… likely sealing our fate back in the basement to close the year, and a daunting trip back to Agganis or Lawlor in the 1st round.

Need to build momentum to finish out strong. Play like you did last Friday, and I think 4+ points is possible this weekend.

Let’s go!
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Oops, Friday prediction “did not age well.”
 
HockeyRef said:
UNH has become what UMass used to be...nothing personal UMass fans. Sighhh
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I was thinking of that during the 3rd. UNH used to take UMass to the woodshed pre-Carvel. How the times have changed.

There’s no reason why UNH can’t change the script. But with this coaching staff? I find it harder and harder to believe each weekend…
 
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