UNH Men’s Hockey 22-23: the start of something new, or more of the same?

[GrouchyUNHer]

Jumpin' Jeezus H GUNHer, cut me some slack willya?!? That *drivel* has been helping keep the schit stirred on here, while you've been enjoying your happy pills and stalking/gawking at the help over at Happy Oaks, ferchrissakes!!! Now, willya just go sharpen your pencil and keep posting, your streak is up to a whopping 2 games, and MS7's family is gonna want to keep you on the right side of the lawn though at least early March, know your role!!! :-D

Oh, for the love of everything that is holy......lookee here you bumblin' twit! I know my role!! You're just like the network news, which I shut off each day!!! Drone, drone, drone, drone.....yeah, that's you Charlie, I tell ya, your posts are the best cures for insomnia yet!! And don't be knockin' happy pills 'til ya try them, you sanctimonious buffoon!!! MASK UP YOU INGRATE!!!!

 

[Chuck Murray]

Oh, for the love of everything that is holy......lookee here you bumblin' twit!

Did someone say ... twit?!?

 

[HockeyRef]

Potsy makes the AHL All Star team...go Andrew!

 

[HockeyRef]

JvR with 900 games under his belt and TvR with 500 tonight...and, playing each other if I have that right! What other UNH alums had some decent longevity in the N? Dan Winnick, who else?

 

[Felger]

JvR with 900 games under his belt and TvR with 500 tonight...and, playing each other if I have that right! What other UNH alums had some decent longevity in the N? Dan Winnick, who else?

Rod Langway, Steve Leach.

 

[Chuck Murray]

JvR with 900 games under his belt and TvR with 500 tonight...and, playing each other if I have that right! What other UNH alums had some decent longevity in the N? Dan Winnick, who else?

Rod Langway, Bobby Gould, Dave Lumley, the much-discussed Ty Conklin, Bobby Miller, Jay Miller, Andy Brickley, Norm Lacombe, Jamie Hislop, Bruce Crowder, Jason Krog, Mark Mowers, Bryan Muir, Steve Leach and Kevin Dean to name a few off the top of my head, guys with enough NHL service time to draw a decent pension anyway? I think Langway is the consensus best-ever UNH player at the NHL level, with a Cup ('79) and two Norris Trophies with the Capitals in the '80's to his name. As much crap as I've given him over the years, JvR is arguably the second most accomplished NHL level player amongst UNH alums. Gould had a good run in the '80's with the Capitals, Leach also with the Caps a few years after Gould and Langway, while guys like Lumley and Jay Miller had extended runs as enforcers that far exceeded their baseline skill levels.

Some of UNH's most dynamic attacking players (Darren Haydar, Derek Bekar, Bobby Francis and Poturalski) sadly followed the same pattern of getting small windows of NHL opportunity early in their respective careers, apparently failing to make an impression, before fading into careers as minor league lifers. I guess it's what happens when your program recruits at a certain level, which I suppose is a credit to Coaches Holt and Umile to have gotten their teams as far as they did at the apex times of their respective D-1 coaching careers.

It's hard to believe anyone associated with the UNH program in recent memory can expect a long NHL career, although the current five player contingent seems to be showing little sign of slowing down (other than perhaps JvR) ...I thought Gildon might have a shot, but he's now three years into his pro career, and it looks like he's still stuck in neutral. Crookshank hasn't exactly been lighting it up in the Sens' organization either ...

 

[HockeyRef]

Rod Langway, Bobby Gould, Dave Lumley, the much-discussed Ty Conklin, Bobby Miller, Jay Miller, Andy Brickley, Norm Lacombe, Jamie Hislop, Bruce Crowder, Jason Krog, Mark Mowers, Bryan Muir, Steve Leach and Kevin Dean to name a few off the top of my head, guys with enough NHL service time to draw a decent pension anyway? I think Langway is the consensus best-ever UNH player at the NHL level, with a Cup ('79) and two Norris Trophies with the Capitals in the '80's to his name. As much crap as I've given him over the years, JvR is arguably the second most accomplished NHL level player amongst UNH alums. Gould had a good run in the '80's with the Capitals, Leach also with the Caps a few years after Gould and Langway, while guys like Lumley and Jay Miller had extended runs as enforcers that far exceeded their baseline skill levels.

Some of UNH's most dynamic attacking players (Darren Haydar, Derek Bekar, Bobby Francis and Poturalski) sadly followed the same pattern of getting small windows of NHL opportunity early in their respective careers, apparently failing to make an impression, before fading into careers as minor league lifers. I guess it's what happens when your program recruits at a certain level, which I suppose is a credit to Coaches Holt and Umile to have gotten their teams as far as they did at the apex times of their respective D-1 coaching careers.

It's hard to believe anyone associated with the UNH program in recent memory can expect a long NHL career, although the current five player contingent seems to be showing little sign of slowing down (other than perhaps JvR) ...I thought Gildon might have a shot, but he's now three years into his pro career, and it looks like he's still stuck in neutral. Crookshank hasn't exactly been lighting it up in the Sens' organization either ...

As to your last comment I'd say Brett Pesce has a good chance of having a long career...if he stays healthy. And UNH can use players like Gildin...and especially Crookshank. Thanks for the education on the former UNH contingent.

 

[Snively65]

JvR with 900 games under his belt and TvR with 500 tonight...and, playing each other if I have that right! What other UNH alums had some decent longevity in the N? Dan Winnick, who else?

Excellent post by Chuck on UNH alums in NHL. Interesting to me about last night’s game between the vR bros is the report that TvR recorded his 100th assist in his 500th game, when the box score does not award him an assist, but moreover Hockey DB has him at only 99 points (78 assists, 21 goals). More important is were they on the ice much at the same time and did they get into any dust ups? Anyone here remember the Eiserman bros getting into a tussle in front of the net at the student/band end in the UNH 5-4 win over Bentley on 28 November 2015? I was screaming at the refs to throw both Billy and Shane in the box.

 

[Snively65]

As to your last comment I'd say Brett Pesce has a good chance of having a long career...if he stays healthy. And UNH can use players like Gildin...and especially Crookshank. Thanks for the education on the former UNH contingent.

Speaking of Brett, he doubled his season goal total to 4 tonight.

 

[HockeyRef]

Excellent post by Chuck on UNH alums in NHL. Interesting to me about last night’s game between the vR bros is the report that TvR recorded his 100th assist in his 500th game, when the box score does not award him an assist, but moreover Hockey DB has him at only 99 points (78 assists, 21 goals). More important is were they on the ice much at the same time and did they get into any dust ups? Anyone here remember the Eiserman bros getting into a tussle in front of the net at the student/band end in the UNH 5-4 win over Bentley on 28 November 2015? I was screaming at the refs to throw both Billy and Shane in the box.

ha I do remember the Shane/Billy scuffle. I see brother Cole is doing very well...he committed elsewhere...Anyway going back to the game the other night it was noted by the announcer when they were on the ice together at one point they got a kick out of "JvR schooling his younger brother" or something like that when JvR took the puck away....

Speaking of JvR, I'm going to the Garden Monday to see the B's play the Flyers! Psyched...

 

[Chuck Murray]

Anyway going back to the game the other night it was noted by the announcer when they were on the ice together at one point they got a kick out of "JvR schooling his younger brother" or something like that when JvR took the puck away....

Must have been the Philly crew. The Caps' crew probably would say, "JvR got the puck, but TvR got the ring!" ;-)

Speaking of JvR, I'm going to the Garden Monday to see the B's play the Flyers! Psyched...

With the trade deadline approaching in a month or so, and with JvR playing on an expiring contract, this could be your last opportunity to see JvR skating in the white/orange/black of the Flyers, 'Ref. With Philly rebuilding, and unlikely to re-sign him, playoff contenders with cap space could be looking at adding him as a PP specialist/lower six forward for playoff depth. Bruins? Reunion with Trev on the Caps? Rangers or Islanders, or even the 'Canes?? Someone out West seems less likely, as he's played his entire career in the East. We'll see.

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Hard to believe JvR is 33 and the second oldest player on the Philly roster. Time flies when you're having fun ...

 

[Snively65]

UNH has climbed to a tie for 47th in PWR without even playing in a game yet this weekend. Woo hoo!

 

[HockeyRef]

UNH has climbed to a tie for 47th in PWR without even playing in a game yet this weekend. Woo hoo!

Yep, thanks to the PC loss tonight I assume? And prob a ton of other variables. But I believe Maine climbed into the top 8 tonight with their W over UML, if the announcers had that correct (which, btw, I didn't listen to as they were um, terrible- I like the MC announcers better haha had 3 games going at the same time...)

EDIT: just checked the HE standings, and hey with a W tomorrow we can get out of the HE basement...it's the little things, ha!

 

[HockeyRef]

Brother on Brother crime as JvR scores in the Flyers 3-1 win over brother TvR's Caps tonight whilst he was on the ice...I think the Flyers will give my Bruins a game and I am HERE FOR IT!

 

[Snively65]

Maine has beaten New Hampshire once again, this time in the Mega Millions lottery to the tune of $1.35 bil, with winning ticket sold in “Lebanon,” on the border, a few miles southeast of South Effingham.

 

[Chuck Murray]

Maine has beaten New Hampshire once again, this time in the Mega Millions lottery to the tune of $1.35 bil, with winning ticket sold in “Lebanon,” on the border, a few miles southeast of South Effingham.

One of my assistant coaches lives in Maine, in the town that shares its high school with Lebanon. I also used to coach HS soccer directly across the ME/NH border (and Three Ponds) from Lebanon. FWIW Effingwoods is at least a 45 minute drive from the place that sold the winning ticket. "Ya can't get theah ... from heah" as the locals might say.

Said assistant was at our game last evening, arrived with a wry smile, saying "Bet you didn't expect to see me tonight?", to which I responded, "You're probably the only guy who would come here for nothing while sitting on a billion bucks". His kids are both college students, so I hope for their collective sakes that their Dad was just playing it cool, while setting up attorney and accountant appointments for early next (this?) week.

That neck of the woods - wedged between Sanford ME and Rochester NH - is most notable for its fair amount of rural poverty, so it's nice to see someone there catching a break (how's that for the latest "Understatement of 2023" candidate?) ... but yeah, another round of the Border Battle looks to have gone in Maine's favor.

 

[Snively65]

One of my assistant coaches lives in Maine, in the town that shares its high school with Lebanon. I also used to coach HS soccer directly across the ME/NH border (and Three Ponds) from Lebanon. FWIW Effingwoods is at least a 45 minute drive from the place that sold the winning ticket. "Ya can't get theah ... from heah" as the locals might say.

Said assistant was at our game last evening, arrived with a wry smile, saying "Bet you didn't expect to see me tonight?", to which I responded, "You're probably the only guy who would come here for nothing while sitting on a billion bucks". His kids are both college students, so I hope for their collective sakes that their Dad was just playing it cool, while setting up attorney and accountant appointments for early next (this?) week.

That neck of the woods - wedged between Sanford ME and Rochester NH - is most notable for its fair amount of rural poverty, so it's nice to see someone there catching a break (how's that for the latest "Understatement of 2023" candidate?) ... but yeah, another round of the Border Battle looks to have gone in Maine's favor.

I put “Lebanon” in quotes because I could only find South Lebanon, East Lebanon, and North Lebanon on the Maine highway map. I know better the area and the rural poverty to the north around Keezar Falls from geological mapping. I dared not trespass on Carolyn Chute’s property in South Parsonfield, but I highly recommend her early books beginning with ‘The Beans of Egypt, Maine’ (1985).

Someone posted on the Maine thread the hope that the lottery winner would build them a new rink in Orono.

Watching my fifth UNH men’s hockey game of the season on NESN (or NESN+); two more on the docket the remainder of this season.

 

[Snively65]

Brentwood, Cow Hampsha!

 

[HockeyRef]

Brentwood, Cow Hampsha!

Yup a great season our "boy from Brentwood" is having; 17 points on the season. Margel looks decent out there... We are in this one...Fezzie had a great first period keeping UMassy off the board. Go 'Cats!

 

[Snively65]

Yup a great season our "boy from Brentwood" is having; 17 points on the season. Margel looks decent out there... We are in this one...Fezzie had a great first period keeping UMassy off the board. Go 'Cats!

Will Skrastins’ second goal of season stand up over the final 7+ minutes?

EDIT: yes! Latvia!