UNH Wildcats 2014 Post-Season Thread: "Maybe Dick" Hunts the Great White Whale

[unh1982]

Ugh! I don't think we are talking about the same seats. But anyway, according to your name on this site, did you graduate in 1982? That's the year I graduated from UNH. If you did, do you really need to jump over barricades to get a good seat? You are over 50 now...

we all played lax , 3 other brothers, 73,76,80.

 

[unh1982]

Okay buddy.

anyways see you between periods.

 

[The Zlax45]

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While I won't be attending the games this weekend (My friend and I have 4 kids under the age of 5 between us, and apparently babysitters aren't lining up to give up Friday nights) I am excited at the possibilities of the weekend. Any of these teams can win, and the mere fact that UNH has a realistic shot at the autobid is amazing when you think of where we were 3 weeks ago needing a come from behind win and a mini miracle (BU sweep) just to host a playoff game. The weekend in Durham showed UNH matched up well against Notre Dame, however they appear to be a different team now just over a month later. Providence and UML have been close games the past couple of years and a meeting with them could go either way (Slight edge to UML in a head to head but anything could happen).

The problem I fear will arise this weekend is Umile's (this is not an indictment of his coaching style just an observation) tendency to have the team back off and simply gain center ice, dump, change, and repeat to protect the lead. While I can understand his thinking (Inconsistent offense, stellar D at times) that keeping games low scoring is to his benefit that stats for the year show that they can't rely on that. To reference the weekly release in 21 wins 88 goals scored and just 34 allowed. In 17 losses 34 goals scored and 66 allowed. They get their best defense when they are attacking on offense. There is obviously more to it than that but trying to protect the lead is not the right course of action. Back to this weekend I fear that will be the downfall because it almost cost the team their season last week. Against Northeastern they shut it down with a big lead on Saturday and couldn't flip the switch back on. On Sunday they appeared to shut it down again in the second period and got fortunate their top line showed up to play.

At this point anything could happen this weekend, but ultimately I feel UNH will fall, and it will be a game in which they jump out to an early lead. Regardless of what happens I'm satisfied with the way the season has ended. While I felt they played below their potential at times they still suffered some injury problems that leads me to think they actually overachieved a little in the last few weeks.

Dump and chase against PC is a losing proposition...that is what Maine tried to do and it really didn't turn out that well for them.

 

[scoreboard]

anyways see you between periods.

Just don't try to steal my seat....

 

[Snively65]

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Re: UNH Wildcats 2014 Post-Season Thread: "Maybe Dick" Hunts the Great White Whale

Not on the club level. That is the luxury box level. Your ticket gets checked twice to get there. The club level is not the lower bowl except for the seating higher up in the middle of the arena which is surrounded by a wall that is not accessible from the other lower bowl seating.

This is my recollection, as one year I bought these more expensive club level tickets that got me access to the Boston Sports Museum, which I do not think is accessible from the lower bowl or the nose bleed seats. I bought seats next to e.cat in section 13, so if the AT&T Sports Deck does not work, maybe we can find another meeting place accessible from the mid-priced seats in the lower bowl between the first and second periods of game 1 and post something here to meet there between the second and third periods, assuming that others have smart phones?

After playing around with the pwr predictor for a bit, I found a way to get UNH a three seed against second seed Ferris State, likely at the Bridgeport regional. Only requirement is the following five auto-seeds that would not make it with at-large bids: UNH, Bowling Green, Denver, Penn State, and Robert Morris (either Quinnipiac or Union would make it anyway).

 

[GoUNH]

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Safe to assume the boys will be wearing their away jerseys?

 

[The Zlax45]

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Re: UNH Wildcats 2014 Post-Season Thread: "Maybe Dick" Hunts the Great White Whale

Safe to assume the boys will be wearing their away jerseys?

PC is higher seed and has last change.

 

[ClOuD 9]

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Does anyone know if UNH is doing anything to get students to the game? Back in my day UNH gave the students a couple of sections at the Garden. I know due to recent history with the NCAA's the administration has done nothing (or very little) to support a student presence at the game. It is pathetic that UNH has had no substantial student representation when they have hosted the regionals at Manchester. In recent years, both BU and Lowell have taken better care of their students for games there. Lets hope there is a student section to make some noise!

No bus. It is my understanding that an email did go out to students advertising $10 student tickets and the Downeaster (which goes from the Whitt to North Station), however I heard this email went out on Tuesday, which was the last day student tickets were available at the Whitt box office. Not sure what time the email went out, but they had until 6pm that night to get over to the Whitt to buy them, from Wednesday on they have to be purchased at the Garden box office.
I agree that the lack of importance placed on student attendance is frustrating, other school's efforts continuously put us to shame.

 

[ClOuD 9]

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Re: UNH Wildcats 2014 Post-Season Thread: "Maybe Dick" Hunts the Great White Whale

p.s. Good luck to the UNH club hockey team, who will play in the national tournament against Northern Arizona in Marlborough this morning. <a href="http://achanationalsboston.com/">achanationalsboston.com</a>

 

[Snively65]

After playing around with the pwr predictor for a bit, I found a way to get UNH a three seed against second seed Ferris State, likely at the Bridgeport regional. Only requirement is the following five auto-seeds that would not make it with at-large bids: UNH, Bowling Green, Denver, Penn State, and Robert Morris (either Quinnipiac or Union would make it anyway).

Penn State upset Michigan, so we are part way to our NCAA 3 seed.

 

[HockeyRef]

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p.s. Good luck to the UNH club hockey team, who will play in the national tournament against Northern Arizona in Marlborough this morning. <a href="http://achanationalsboston.com/">achanationalsboston.com</a>

That is really cool; I know the head coach via someone I umpire college field hockey; Stephen McIsaac will make a great assistant / associate head coach one day...and eventually...a head coach! He and his staff work hard to keep that club team going and getting them recognition.. Good luck to them as well!

Bring it Club Cats!!

 

[HockeyRef]

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GAME DAY Folks!!! Here we gooooo 'Cats!!!!!!

Bring it 'Cats!!

 

[e.cat]

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Scoreboard, UNHHKYRKS, thanks for your input regarding the Sports Deck area. Snively65's right. Let's keep the smartphones on for updates on meeting. Who said this was going to be easy

UNHHKYRKS, we are counting on you to get us into the club. JK, but it would be fun

GO UNH!

 

[Chuck Murray]

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Thanks so much for this info Chuck!! He is used to the subway system to an extent and this will be very helpful...Will we see you tomorrow night?? Hope so!!

Hoping to get there tonight ... will all depend on how things go today with the day job.

 

[TRS49]

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Hoping to get there tonight ... will all depend on how things go today with the day job.

Enjoy your get together tonite. Excellent article written by Al Pike in todays Fosters about Brett Pesce and how he has really stepped it up! Let's hope that the whole team follows his lead this weekend.

 

[unh1982]

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UNH is tied at 16 in power with 42 pcw's going into tonight game against PC , but don't understand why they don't move an inch if they win tonight's game . They still remain at 42 , can someone explain ?

 

[Darius]

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Re: UNH Wildcats 2014 Post-Season Thread: "Maybe Dick" Hunts the Great White Whale

Because UNH was 1 - 1 vs. PC this year?

 

[scoreboard]

UNH is tied at 16 in power with 42 pcw's going into tonight game against PC , but don't understand why they don't move an inch if they win tonight's game . They still remain at 42 , can someone explain ?

Because the win would not flip any comparisons against other teams in UNH's favor . Basically, their out of conference record hurt them too much. Plus, they performed poorly against the teams ahead of them. Not enough games left to catch them.

 

[Darius]

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Re: UNH Wildcats 2014 Post-Season Thread: "Maybe Dick" Hunts the Great White Whale

1 win vs. MI would have been sweet then, correct?

 

[scoreboard]

1 win vs. MI would have been sweet then, correct?

Or Union, BC, Lowell, UVM......