UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Paul's listed as 5' 7" and 175 lbs. (soaking wet?) -- imagine that for a d-man? But he was a flat out terrific player.

From Paul Powers through to Brad Flaishans, Kevin Kapstad, and now, Brett Kostolansky, UNH traditionally has one undersized defenseman with excellent mobility and stick-handling skills.

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

From Paul Powers through to Brad Flaishans, Kevin Kapstad, and now, Brett Kostolansky, UNH traditionally has one undersized defenseman with excellent mobility and stick-handling skills.

Excellent point. And with Paul, it was also a case of "attitude counts for a lot".

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

One other thing about that 1977 squad -- they scored 245 goals (!) in 39 games.

In fact, from '74 (when we started to get really good) through '79, I think they scored something like 1,079 goals in 181 games...

 

[goblue]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

One othr thing about thhat 1977 squad -- they scored 245 goals (!) in 39 games.

In fact, from '74 (when we really started to get good) through '79, I think they scored something like 1,079 goals in 181 games...

Richard, knowing you vicariously, (through the Internet tubes, to paraphrase the former Senator from Alaska) I suspect your "something like" is not a guess or approximation.

I attended from '73 to '77. Those were pretty good years, and extremely entertaining, even without a national championship. Gordy Clark, Jamie Hislop, Cliff Cox, Bobby Miller, Ralph Cox, et al. Wow- what forwards. Not to mention the superb defense of goaltender Cap Raeder and D-men Tim Burke and Rod Langway (a football recruit, whose name is on the Stanley Cup and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Who'd a thunk?) I'm sure I left a few out. How about Bobby Gould?

 

[goblue]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Loved the line about Eaves' kid and BC.

Wish I could tell you who scored for us, but that's gone from my mental hard drive.

But yes, that was quite a squad. How's this for just a handful?:

Forwards:
Ralph Cox (126 goals in 127 college games!)
Bruce Cowder
Barry Edgar
John Fontas
Bobby Gould
Bob Miller

Defensemen:
Frankie Roy
Tim Burke
Sean Coady
Jim Harvie
Rod Langway
Paul Powers

Yikes!

And 3 of them lived on my dorm wing.

 

[Darius]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

What a great/fun 'Cats squad that '77 one was, eh? Wish it had all ended just two wins better.

Was that the year we beat BU in the ECACs? I recall listening to the game in an overflowing Keg Room. When UNH won, the patrons all began banging their mugs on the tables chanting "free beer, free beer".

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Richard, knowing you vicariously, (through the Internet tubes, to paraphrase the former Senator from Alaska) I suspect your "something like" is not a guess or approximation.

I attended from '73 to '77. Those were pretty good years, and extremely entertaining, even without a national championship. Gordy Clark, Jamie Hislop, Cliff Cox, Bobby Miller, Ralph Cox, et al. Wow- what forwards. Not to mention the superb defense of goaltender Cap Raeder and D-men Tim Burke and Rod Langway (a football recruit, whose name is on the Stanley Cup and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Who'd a thunk?) I'm sure I left a few out. How about Bobby Gould?

What a great note (and yes, I think you have me 'pegged')

Still love this program as much as I ever did, but if you told folks how loud/rowdy those squads made Snively get (or how long before game time there'd be a line -- hello incoming team bus! -- just to get the better bench "seats"), I'd bet some folks would think we're just old stiffs blowing hot air. OK, maybe the former, but not the latter.

Look at it this way: your team averages roughly six goals per game across a six year span (in an era when anyone working on a center ice trap scheme to slow the game down would have been summarily executed) -- what fun!

PS: Used to see Rod L. running on the highway bypass in mid-August humid 90's, weighing a vest full of weights! Future Hall of Famer? No further questions, Your Honor.

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Was that the year we beat BU in the ECACs? I recall listening to the game in an overflowing Keg Room. When UNH won, the patrons all began banging their mugs on the tables chanting "free beer, free beer".

Sadly, no. We beat Brown in OT (4-3?) to advance to our first ever trip to the Garden for the ECAC's, then beat Cornell 10-9 in double (!) OT in the semis, before BU topped us in the championship game 8-6.

Jack O'Callahan, Mike Eruzione, Ricky Meagher, with Brian Durocher in the nets while Jim Craig watched from the bench. They were, umm, sort of good...

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

And 3 of them lived on my dorm wing.

Lucky you.

I bet that was not the equivalent of an Amtrak train's "quiet car".

 

[Greg Ambrose]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Was that the year we beat BU in the ECACs? I recall listening to the game in an overflowing Keg Room. When UNH won, the patrons all began banging their mugs on the tables chanting "free beer, free beer".

Nope, we beat Cornell in 2 OT 10-9, then lost to BU the next night in a defensive struggle, 8-6. BU had a comeback of their own in the semis. They were down to Clarkson by two with less than five minutes to go, then scored three to win in regulation. All offense back then. We never beat BU in the ECAC's until we hosted them in a quarterfinal series in 1983, the one where Jerry August pulled a nutty. The next year they beat us at Walter Brown in the stupid mini-game in the last ECAC game for both teams.

I was out in Detroit for those games. It was my first exposure to Wisconsin hockey and, just as important, their fans. Badger fans are the best in all of hockey. I think they truly are the seventh man for their team. Anyway, Wisconsin had some great players on that team, including Eaves, Steve Alley, and sophomore Mark Johnson. His dad, Badger Bob (It's A Great Day for Hockey) was the coach. Their goalie was Julian Baretta, who was always introduced while skating through the gauntlet of Wisconsin players to the tune of "Penny Lane" by the Beatles. Pretty quirky.

My recollection is, at the start anyway, that the Badgers didn't respect UNH. But we had some pretty good offense and I do remember that Joe Rando had the game of his life on defense and Magnarelli, who could be unbelievably shaky, played very well. I too, do not remember who scored for UNH but we were ahead in the third period, 2-1, before Wisconsin tied it up. I was sitting across the ice from the winning face-off, which was to the left of Magnarelli. Had no idea the puck went into the net until I saw the Badgers celebrating. Got pretty drunk that night. BTW, I've been told that, somewhere, there is a VHS or DVD of that game. I'd love to get my hands on it.

Bob Miller had 89 points that year and his linemate Ralph Cox had 40 goals. Absolutely will not see stuff like that ever again. There were 8 guys on that '77 team who played in the NHL (Miller, Bobby Gould, Bruce Crowder, Jon Fontas, Dave Lumley, Gary Burns, Bob Francis, and Rod Langway, plus Cox and Tim Burke who were All-Americans but never got a sniff of the big show. Langway was a two-time Norris Trophy winner and Lumley had the good fortune to play on Gretzky's line for awhile in Edmonton and, because of it, at one time held the NHL record for goals in consecutive games. He's probably one of the most underrated players in UNH history.

The mention of Paul Powers playing defense brings to mind Charlie Holt's habit of taking puckhandling forwards and moving then back to defense. In his time he had Guy Smith, Gordie Clark, Bruce Crowder, Dave Lumley, Andy Brickley, and Jeff Lazaro, all future NHL forwards, play all or at least part of a year on defense. The whole idea was to get the offense moving. This led to a lot of goals at both ends of the ice. A lot of fun to watch, for sure, but not much defense. Goalies had no help in those days.

Great memories, but let's think of this Friday. UNH has to bring Tiger's A game (the one on the golf course), if they expect to win. A strong first period is a must. Jump on the Big Red early, make it a skating game, and play great transition. That, and solid game by Foster, are the keys to victory in my book.

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Richard, knowing you vicariously, (through the Internet tubes, to paraphrase the former Senator from Alaska) I suspect your "something like" is not a guess or approximation.

I attended from '73 to '77. Those were pretty good years, and extremely entertaining, even without a national championship. Gordy Clark, Jamie Hislop, Cliff Cox, Bobby Miller, Ralph Cox, et al. Wow- what forwards. Not to mention the superb defense of goaltender Cap Raeder and D-men Tim Burke and Rod Langway (a football recruit, whose name is on the Stanley Cup and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Who'd a thunk?) I'm sure I left a few out. How about Bobby Gould?

On a personal level, maybe my favorite of the whole bunch. Humble as all get out, worked his butt off backchecking, and had several of the most important goals scored in that era. Three I remember: one beats Yale in OT in a holiday tourney, the next beats Cornell 10-9 in double OT in that '77 ECAC semi, and the third at 17:17 of the 3rd beats Dartmouth to grab us our onlt ECAC title).

As you know, he went on to play for several seasons in the NHL with the Capitals. Never a star, always dependable as all getout. The NHL Hockey Scouting Report had him tagged:

"Gould is easy to coach because he has a terrific attitude, placing the team's success before his own. He works hard all the time because he is not a quitter (and) is a fine defensive forward who will do whatever is asked of him".​

 

[snively]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Nope, we beat Cornell in 2 OT 10-9, then lost to BU the next night in a defensive struggle, 8-6. BU had a comeback of their own in the semis. They were down to Clarkson by two with less than five minutes to go, then scored three to win in regulation. All offense back then. We never beat BU in the ECAC's until we hosted them in a quarterfinal series in 1983, the one where Jerry August pulled a nutty. The next year they beat us at Walter Brown in the stupid mini-game in the last ECAC game for both teams.

I was out in Detroit for those games. It was my first exposure to Wisconsin hockey and, just as important, their fans. Badger fans are the best in all of hockey. I think they truly are the seventh man for their team. Anyway, Wisconsin had some great players on that team, including Eaves, Steve Alley, and sophomore Mark Johnson. His dad, Badger Bob (It's A Great Day for Hockey) was the coach. Their goalie was Julian Baretta, who was always introduced while skating through the gauntlet of Wisconsin players to the tune of "Penny Lane" by the Beatles. Pretty quirky.

My recollection is, at the start anyway, that the Badgers didn't respect UNH. But we had some pretty good offense and I do remember that Joe Rando had the game of his life on defense and Magnarelli, who could be unbelievably shaky, played very well. I too, do not remember who scored for UNH but we were ahead in the third period, 2-1, before Wisconsin tied it up. I was sitting across the ice from the winning face-off, which was to the left of Magnarelli. Had no idea the puck went into the net until I saw the Badgers celebrating. Got pretty drunk that night. BTW, I've been told that, somewhere, there is a VHS or DVD of that game. I'd love to get my hands on it.

Bob Miller had 89 points that year and his linemate Ralph Cox had 40 goals. Absolutely will not see stuff like that ever again. There were 8 guys on that '77 team who played in the NHL (Miller, Bobby Gould, Bruce Crowder, Jon Fontas, Dave Lumley, Gary Burns, Bob Francis, and Rod Langway, plus Cox and Tim Burke who were All-Americans but never got a sniff of the big show. Langway was a two-time Norris Trophy winner and Lumley had the good fortune to play on Gretzky's line for awhile in Edmonton and, because of it, at one time held the NHL record for goals in consecutive games. He's probably one of the most underrated players in UNH history.

The mention of Paul Powers playing defense brings to mind Charlie Holt's habit of taking puckhandling forwards and moving then back to defense. In his time he had Guy Smith, Gordie Clark, Bruce Crowder, Dave Lumley, Andy Brickley, and Jeff Lazaro, all future NHL forwards, play all or at least part of a year on defense. The whole idea was to get the offense moving. This led to a lot of goals at both ends of the ice. A lot of fun to watch, for sure, but not much defense. Goalies had no help in those days.

Great memories, but let's think of this Friday. UNH has to bring Tiger's A game (the one on the golf course), if they expect to win. A strong first period is a must. Jump on the Big Red early, make it a skating game, and play great transition. That, and solid game by Foster, are the keys to victory in my book.

Awesome post and memories, Greg.

I've been just on/reading the Score Updates threads this year and last, and it's evident I've been seriously cheating myself.

Thank you so much -- and yes, probably right/time to turn the attention back to Friday...

 

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

I've been just on/reading the Score Updates threads this year and last, and it's evident I've been seriously cheating myself.

Thank you so much -- and yes, probably right/time to turn the attention back to Friday...

Albany isn't that far from NJ.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Judging by the Frozen Four poll quiddlet started, there are about 14 people who think UNH will make it out of this region. Of course, one of them (UMICHhockeyRULZ) is an idiot, and one UNH fan picked the four teams in the East regional, so he's either: dumb, trying to avoid jinxing UNH, or it's his way of saying that the East Regional is the Frozen Four. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Even reading the thread about the regional, I think more people think RIT can beat Denver than UNH can beat Cornell.

 

[[UNH]Rig]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Judging by the Frozen Four poll quiddlet started, there are about 14 people who think UNH will make it out of this region. Of course, one of them (UMICHhockeyRULZ) is an idiot, and one UNH fan picked the four teams in the East regional, so he's either: dumb, trying to avoid jinxing UNH, or it's his way of saying that the East Regional is the Frozen Four. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Even reading the thread about the regional, I think more people think RIT can beat Denver than UNH can beat Cornell.

Avoiding the Jinx is where it is at

 

[C-H-C]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Judging by the Frozen Four poll quiddlet started, there are about 14 people who think UNH will make it out of this region. Of course, one of them (UMICHhockeyRULZ) is an idiot, and one UNH fan picked the four teams in the East regional, so he's either: dumb, trying to avoid jinxing UNH, or it's his way of saying that the East Regional is the Frozen Four. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Even reading the thread about the regional, I think more people think RIT can beat Denver than UNH can beat Cornell.

Originally posted 1 year ago on the thread named:
"Re: Northeast Regional: BU (1) v. OSU (4); North Dakota (2) v. New Hampshire (3)"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<<<<< radar >>>>>
UNH​

 

[i'zonprize]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Judging by the Frozen Four poll quiddlet started, there are about 14 people who think UNH will make it out of this region. Of course, one of them (UMICHhockeyRULZ) is an idiot, and one UNH fan picked the four teams in the East regional, so he's either: dumb, trying to avoid jinxing UNH, or it's his way of saying that the East Regional is the Frozen Four. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Even reading the thread about the regional, I think more people think RIT can beat Denver than UNH can beat Cornell.

Got a bit excited seeing that Priceless gave UNH a vote.. until i started looking and realized that every team has a vote from Priceless!!!

 

[i'zonprize]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

Originally posted 1 year ago on the thread named:
"Re: Northeast Regional: BU (1) v. OSU (4); North Dakota (2) v. New Hampshire (3)"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<<<<< radar >>>>>
UNH​

Ya know it's a nice time of year for a little 4 game win streak! UNH could definitely be a 'sleeper' this yr.

 

[thecomicbookguy]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

I hadn't seen this until tonight, from the USCHO article on the brackets:

“I’m really excited to get three teams in from our conference,” York said of Hockey East. “During the last few weeks we were always talking about is it going to be one, is it going to be two. Three looked like a reach there for a while. Also with Hockey East, it’s all different brackets. Now we can really root for each other. Now it’s, ‘Hey let’s get as many teams.’ We can get three teams in the Frozen Four. It happened in Anaheim [in 1999] . I’ll be texting [Vermont coach] Kevin [Sneddon] and [New Hampshire coach] Dick [Umile] this morning, ‘I’ll see you at Ford Field.’”

I don't like many of the BC fans (especially on here; in person it's a bit different), but I like Coach York.

 

[WildShawn]

Re: UNH Wildcats - '10 Playoff Edition

I hadn't seen this until tonight, from the USCHO article on the brackets:

“I’m really excited to get three teams in from our conference,” York said of Hockey East. “During the last few weeks we were always talking about is it going to be one, is it going to be two. Three looked like a reach there for a while. Also with Hockey East, it’s all different brackets. Now we can really root for each other. Now it’s, ‘Hey let’s get as many teams.’ We can get three teams in the Frozen Four. It happened in Anaheim [in 1999] . I’ll be texting [Vermont coach] Kevin [Sneddon] and [New Hampshire coach] Dick [Umile] this morning, ‘I’ll see you at Ford Field.’”

I don't like many of the BC fans (especially on here; in person it's a bit different), but I like Coach York.

There are few coaches as classy as coach York. And to be honest, Other than UNH, there's no team I enjoy watching more than BC. The fans make it difficult to want them to win, but I love the way BC plays, the games against UNH are often some of the best, most clean, high flying games every year...

THanks for posting that quote