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

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J.D. said:
So is Souza expected back next year?
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I think that Souza will at the least get an additional year extension through the 2024/25 season when a decision will be made in spring 2025 about a long-term extension or termination, so six years total, like tenure-track faculty get. Of course, tenure-track faculty denied tenure in their sixth year are given a seventh year, but usually the faculty member has already found a new position. The extra “severance-like” year obviously would not work for coaches.
 
Snively65 said:
I think that Souza will at the least get an additional year extension through the 2024/25 season when a decision will be made in spring 2025 about a long-term extension or termination, so six years total, like tenure-track faculty get. Of course, tenure-track faculty denied tenure in their sixth year are given a seventh year, but usually the faculty member has already found a new position. The extra “severance-like” year obviously would not work for coaches.
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That sounds like something they could very well be considering. BTW PSU is playing in their MASCAC finals tonight am streaming that plus looking in on other games on espn+ Come on Maine, pick itup will ya :-)
 
HockeyRef said:
That sounds like something they could very well be considering. BTW PSU is playing in their MASCAC finals tonight am streaming that plus looking in on other games on espn+ Come on Maine, pick itup will ya :-)
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So it looks like either Maine or Providence for the Mildcats [an old pinhead saying before moderators on here] I think i'd rather see Providence than Maine.
 
Robert Balin said:
So it looks like either Maine or Providence for the Mildcats [an old pinhead saying before moderators on here] I think i'd rather see Providence than Maine.
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Agree, maybe relive the 2015 victory there which sent us to the Garden? I'm down for that. But I will say watching UMass dismantle Maine these past two days (its not over yet) I think we'd have a shot at it, even up there (this will not age well I have a feelin')...haha
 
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Darius said:
Alfond I think. The tie breaking procedures with 3 on 3 OT and SO wins are reason enough to have ties.
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NESN team at end on NU-UML game said Alfond, too, but CHN says Schneider. And, JimF on Hockey East thread says Maine breaks tie over PC in head to head.
 
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Snively65 said:
NESN team at end on NU-UML game said Alfond, too, but CHN says Schneider. And, JimF on Hockey East thread says Maine breaks tie over PC in head to head.
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Which is where my brain first went until I read the first line of the tie breaking procedures: “Three-on-three overtime and shootout results will only be considered when breaking ties between two teams.”
 
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Chuck Murray said:
The tension is so thick you can cut it with a ... aahhhh ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .........
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More or less agree. Playing Providence in the on site rounds is getting old. Playing the ME rival would be more compelling. Also, a yearly personal challenge is to figure out tie breakers before HEA posts them on the standings page. This year I failed. Miserably.
 
Darius said:
More or less agree. Playing Providence in the on site rounds is getting old. Playing the ME rival would be more compelling. Also, a yearly personal challenge is to figuAre out tie breakers before HEA posts them on the standings page. This year I failed. Miserably.
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Awww don't feel too badly about that Darius...I only knew the story because I relied on other people who had figured it out for me haha and also Twitter was a help. I guess I'm thinking it really doesn't matter a ton who we play; although agree Maine would have been more intriguing given the rivalry like you point out. This season we went 1-1-1 with the Friars and who knows how this one will go. My gut on it is it's a one and done for the 'Cats, putting to bed a long season of more downs than ups I guess. We'll see.

I think it would be fun to pick the HE winner going forward here. I'm thinking a Yukon/BU final (depending on how the seeding goes of course). Maybe some 'dark horse' bwahaha rises up through the ashes you never know. Watching UMass this weekend they could be first round spoilers?
 
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HockeyRef said:
Awww don't feel too badly about that Darius...I only knew the story because I relied on other people who had figured it out for me haha and also Twitter was a help. I guess I'm thinking it really doesn't matter a ton who we play; although agree Maine would have been more intriguing given the rivalry like you point out. This season we went 1-1-1 with the Friars and who knows how this one will go. My gut on it is it's a one and done for the 'Cats, putting to bed a long season of more downs than ups I guess. We'll see.

I think it would be fun to pick the HE winner going forward here. I'm thinking a Yukon/BU final (depending on how the seeding goes of course). Maybe some 'dark horse' bwahaha rises up through the ashes you never know. Watching UMass this weekend they could be first round spoilers?
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I think that we win at Schneider then lose at Walter Brown. Cats are 5-6-1 in last 12 games at Schneider, including the dramatic 2-1 OT win leading to our last Garden appearance in March 2015. I agree that if a HEA bottom feeder somehow gets to the Garden, it will be the Minutemen (former Minutewagon).
 
NCAA watcher said:
Maine even one-upping Mike Souza's recruiting pitch that "you'll meet your future wife here"

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Maine captain Jakub Sirota proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Dominika Ivanicka, after last night's game on Senior Night
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Geeze, so much for the 'I can get you to the NHL' which is what I used to read from recruits as to why they picked UNH...
 
Wildcats v Friar playoff history from the HE website:

No. 7 Providence (14-13-7/9-9-6 HE) will welcome No. 10 New Hampshire (11-20-3/6-15-3 HE) on Wednesday night. UNH holds a 14-7-0 mark over the Friars in Hockey East Tournament play, although the two have not met since 2015. During the 2022-23 season, they skated to a 1-1-1 mark, with Providence holding an edge with a shootout victory on Oct. 28. The Wildcats boast a record of 7-3-2 since the calendar flipped to 2023, including a six-game unbeaten streak in February. The Friars have never lost an Opening Round game in tournament history (3-0). Bwahaha...wouldn't it be fun to change that history? Hey, a girl can dream!?!
 
HockeyRef said:
Wildcats v Friar playoff history from the HE website:

No. 7 Providence (14-13-7/9-9-6 HE) will welcome No. 10 New Hampshire (11-20-3/6-15-3 HE) on Wednesday night. UNH holds a 14-7-0 mark over the Friars in Hockey East Tournament play, although the two have not met since 2015. During the 2022-23 season, they skated to a 1-1-1 mark, with Providence holding an edge with a shootout victory on Oct. 28. The Wildcats boast a record of 7-3-2 since the calendar flipped to 2023, including a six-game unbeaten streak in February. The Friars have never lost an Opening Round game in tournament history (3-0). Bwahaha...wouldn't it be fun to change that history? Hey, a girl can dream!?!
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Hard to believe that PC, Vlae, Union, and a few others have banners. :-(
 
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