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UNH Wildcats - 2011 Playoff Quest

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RockTheWhit said:
Moy doesn't include UNH in the bubble teams but doesn't say they've clinched. I asked Priceless on his Pairwise Predictor thread, and he said...
"I get them out with BU winning Hockey East, Ferris winning the CCHA, Dartmouth winning the ECAC and CC winning the WCHA. That puts them at 14, but the cut line would be 13 because the AHA Champ, Ferris (16) and CC (15) would take autobids.

UNH should root for Western, Harvard and Wisconsin tonight and take care of BU on Friday."
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Well, with BU and Ferris State losing this evening, it looks like UNH has a very good chance of making the NCAA Regionals in Manchester. And congratulations to Dartmouth on their win today.
NU-BC & Merrimack-UNH - should be a very interesting weekend.
 
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Dartmouth is going to AC for the ECAC tourney, so there is still a chance that they could flip UNH for the 3rd seed at Manchvegas, sending BC to St. Louis.
 
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goblue said:
Something tells me that the T will have to hold the last trains once again -- could be a very long night of hockey! And an NU - MC final isn't out of the question, novel though it may be not to have one of the "big 4" (or is it now "big 3"?) playing for the championship. It's never happened before in the history of HEA, as far as I know.
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Well, let's look...

Merrimack has never been to an HE final. They've been to the semis, but only once, and lost to BC.

NU has only been to the finals once-- in 1988. They beat Maine 4-3, but lost in the NCAAs later that season... to Merrimack. So there's a certain bit of poetry if that matchup were to happen this season.

Since 1985, only five times has a championship game not involved either BC or BU (or both, for that matter-- that's happened twice).

1988: NU def. Maine
1992: Maine def. UNH
1996 PC def. Maine
2002 UNH def. Maine
2004 Maine def. Amherst

Notice that all of those games involve either Maine or UNH, and twice involves both. So if NU and MC were to both make it to the final, it would indeed be the very first time that none of the "Big Four" teams make it.

I'd have put money against BC not making it to the championship game this year... but frankly, I think if there's a team in Hockey East that can do it right now, it's Northeastern.
 
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http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...ing-Gate....&p=5027054&viewfull=1#post5027054

Think of it like the beginning of Rocky III: Rocky (or in this case, UNH) has held the title for a while, and just kinda goes through the motions, fights some contenders, and enjoys the winnings. Clubber (Merrimack) viciously slugs away, waiting for his chance at the Big Time, waiting to make a statement.
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http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...ing-Gate....&p=5027063&viewfull=1#post5027063

That analogy suggests that UNH will get smoked this weekend, only to drub Merrimack in the HEA finals.
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Oh, come on!

Well, except for finals part, we'll see if Irish's analogy holds.
 
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From insidecollegehockey.com:

"Each member of the all-senior Wildcat first line has at least 40 points, making them one of five teams nationwide and the only one East of Miami with three 40-point scorers (Miami, Minnesota Duluth, North Dakota and Wisconsin are the others)."
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Darius said:
Potentially epic.
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I really hope so. I didn't see the Beanpot game live but it was wild on TV. Sign me up for a game like that.

Or even the other way of an edge of your seat (lots of scoring chances) 1 to 1 game works too.

The only thing I don't want is a game stuck between the bluelines or a blow out either way, both are yawners.
 
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unh1982 said:
Same here game has ot stamped all over it. Might get to beer works before the first game thou
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I think this game will be a let down. NU won't be able to sneak up on BC the way they did in the Beanpot. I think BC wins 4-1 in a snoozer. I think your game may be the best game in the country on Friday night.
 
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Onion Man said:
I think this game will be a let down. NU won't be able to sneak up on BC the way they did in the Beanpot. I think BC wins 4-1 in a snoozer. I think your game may be the best game in the country on Friday night.
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Well it is good to know NU did the "sneak up" on BC in the one game NU lost. The very next weekend (4 days later) the two teams had a 2 game set. NU went 1-0-1 in those two games. Clearly after the wild beanpot ride, NU was able to sneak up on BC not once but twice more (Monday 6-7OT, Friday 7-7OT, Saturday 2-1) finally winning the last time...

Interesting note: Since Jan 21st BC has played
BU - 2 times (3rd)
UML - 2 times (10th)
UMA - 5 times (8th)
PC - 1 time (9th)
NU - 3 times (going on 4) (6th)
UNH - 2 times (2nd)

50% of the games against 8,9 and 10. Just jumped of their schedule when I was getting the NU scores correct. No conclusion from me, just interesting.
 
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Onion Man said:
I think this game will be a let down. NU won't be able to sneak up on BC the way they did in the Beanpot. I think BC wins 4-1 in a snoozer. I think your game may be the best game in the country on Friday night.
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I think BC knew that NU wouldn't sneak up on them after the beanpot. It didn't help.
 
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Onion Man said:
I think this game will be a let down. NU won't be able to sneak up on BC the way they did in the Beanpot. I think BC wins 4-1 in a snoozer. I think your game may be the best game in the country on Friday night.
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I agree about NU/BC. I think BC will win it without too much scare. NU is really hot, but BC has way more talent.
 
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Saetia22 said:
I agree about NU/BC. I think BC will win it without too much scare. NU is really hot, but BC has way more talent.
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NU is 4-4-2 in their last ten. I wouldnt be stunned if NU won but I'd be surprised.
 
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JB said:
Well it is good to know NU did the "sneak up" on BC in the one game NU lost. The very next weekend (4 days later) the two teams had a 2 game set. NU went 1-0-1 in those two games. Clearly after the wild beanpot ride, NU was able to sneak up on BC not once but twice more (Monday 6-7OT, Friday 7-7OT, Saturday 2-1) finally winning the last time...

Interesting note: Since Jan 21st BC has played
BU - 2 times (3rd)
UML - 2 times (10th)
UMA - 5 times (8th)
PC - 1 time (9th)
NU - 3 times (going on 4) (6th)
UNH - 2 times (2nd)

50% of the games against 8,9 and 10. Just jumped of their schedule when I was getting the NU scores correct. No conclusion from me, just interesting.
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Yeah, I stopped betting against BC in the postseason a long time ago. Fools errand if you ask me.
 
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JB said:
Interesting note: Since Jan 21st BC has played
BU - 2 times (3rd)
UML - 2 times (10th)
UMA - 5 times (8th)
PC - 1 time (9th)
NU - 3 times (going on 4) (6th)
UNH - 2 times (2nd)

50% of the games against 8,9 and 10. Just jumped of their schedule when I was getting the NU scores correct. No conclusion from me, just interesting.
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Well, that would explain why BC wasn't in first place until the end of they year and UNH was... and the gap between the two (was it 5 points at one time? I can't remember) closed as the schedules evened out.
 
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JB said:
Well it is good to know NU did the "sneak up" on BC in the one game NU lost. The very next weekend (4 days later) the two teams had a 2 game set. NU went 1-0-1 in those two games. Clearly after the wild beanpot ride, NU was able to sneak up on BC not once but twice more (Monday 6-7OT, Friday 7-7OT, Saturday 2-1) finally winning the last time...

Interesting note: Since Jan 21st BC has played
BU - 2 times (3rd)
UML - 2 times (10th)
UMA - 5 times (8th)
PC - 1 time (9th)
NU - 3 times (going on 4) (6th)
UNH - 2 times (2nd)

50% of the games against 8,9 and 10. Just jumped of their schedule when I was getting the NU scores correct. No conclusion from me, just interesting.
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yes, we knew this in october, that if we played well in the first half, the schedule was brutal by the way, that we would have it a bit easier in the second half of the schedule. it isnt always that way of course but it was this year. don't matter
 
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