I know that I have said this before, but I miss SteveF's milk cartoon threads, which I thought were hilarious. And, those were not all that long ago, right?
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UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Chairs?
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I know that I have said this before, but I miss SteveF's milk cartoon threads, which I thought were hilarious. And, those were not all that long ago, right?
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
While we're visiting the "way back machine" ... at the top of my list of (sadly) missing former posters is our own "Bobo". Peerless. Even Jacques "Rabbit" Porriveau (sp?) hasn't made an appearance for far too long.
While we're visiting the "way back machine" ... at the top of my list of (sadly) missing former posters is our own "Bobo". Peerless. Even Jacques "Rabbit" Porriveau (sp?) hasn't made an appearance for far too long.
Darius
Go 'cats!
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Hear hear. Per hapz when ze Canadien rehcrueting picks up, non?While we're visiting the "way back machine" ... at the top of my list of (sadly) missing former posters is our own "Bobo". Peerless. Even Jacques "Rabbit" Porriveau (sp?) hasn't made an appearance for far too long.
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HockeyRef
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What were those like..."have you seen so and so player" kind of thing? Curious!
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Believe it or not, I still have some of the old photoshopped milk cartons on my hard drive at home. Some people got it, some people didn't and threw fits that a BC player 'that was -5 this weekend didn't get picked!'. Good times. Good times.
As were the physical threats we used to get for our weekly mailbag blogs.
Believe it or not, I still have some of the old photoshopped milk cartons on my hard drive at home. Some people got it, some people didn't and threw fits that a BC player 'that was -5 this weekend didn't get picked!'. Good times. Good times.
As were the physical threats we used to get for our weekly mailbag blogs.
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Until Nick finds his photo-shopped pics, here is the most recent milk carton thread, not that long ago, 2010.
http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...on-All-Milk-Carton-team&highlight=milk+carton
Until Nick finds his photo-shopped pics, here is the most recent milk carton thread, not that long ago, 2010.
http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...on-All-Milk-Carton-team&highlight=milk+carton
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Speaking of which....What ever became of the Pinhead blog? Defunct? Great stuff!
Speaking of which....What ever became of the Pinhead blog? Defunct? Great stuff!
HockeyRef
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Yep Wild Wild West...
Thiessen'sBetter
Well-known member
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Anyone here interested in a HE fantasy league? I was thinking a 10 round draft, maybe 7 F and 3 D, 2 points for a goal, 1 for an assist, possible $ involved if there is interest. Either respond here or message me if you're interested.
Anyone here interested in a HE fantasy league? I was thinking a 10 round draft, maybe 7 F and 3 D, 2 points for a goal, 1 for an assist, possible $ involved if there is interest. Either respond here or message me if you're interested.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Not for nothing, but it was funny to read a few pages on that and see Hokydad and a few other goofbags go gaga over Henrion's 2 pts vs. Miami on the first weekend of the season. That ended up being 11% of his production that year (19 whopping points!) and did not have a single point in the team's last 13 games.
http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/statistics/players.php?unhm17
It's not easy being right all the darn time.
Not for nothing, but it was funny to read a few pages on that and see Hokydad and a few other goofbags go gaga over Henrion's 2 pts vs. Miami on the first weekend of the season. That ended up being 11% of his production that year (19 whopping points!) and did not have a single point in the team's last 13 games.
http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/statistics/players.php?unhm17
It's not easy being right all the darn time.
Come on, Nick, he played in all 39 games (ironman), notched 108 SOG, and was +10 on the season; what is not to like?
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Entertaining, but actually relatively tame compared to the older stuff. By this time, BC had separated themselves by way of multiple NC's (with another one on the way), so the pushback from the UNH and UMaine contingents was less compelling by then, in comparison to the level of flak from earlier years.
I'll say the apex of the real "Wild West" days at USCHO was back between 1998-2003, when UMaine, BC and UNH were all regularly in the mix for the FF. And at the start of that passage of time, UMaine and BC had one NC apiece - UMaine's with a hotly-debated asterisk back in '93 courtesy of Walshy, and BC's dating back to 1949 and the era of wooden pucks (per Bobo
). And UNH was knocking at the door looking to join the club. BC lost in the '98 Finals in OT, UNH'ers gloated and then karma bit us in the backside when UMaine beat UNH in the '99 Finals in OT. 2000 was UNH's famous flameout to Niagara 
, and then in 2001 BC matched UMaine with their second NC (and first with the conventional vulcanized pucks ). In 2002 and 2003, UNH finally won their first two (and still only) HE Tourney titles, but pulled a team "milk carton" against UMaine in the FF semis (this time UMaine would lose the Finals in OT 
), and in the 2003 FF, UNH took defending NC Minnesota into the 3rd period tied, before turning into pumpkins in the final 20 minutes.
There were plenty of skirmishes after that, but once UNH (and then eventually UMaine) stopped making deep runs into the FF, it wasn't the same heated debate it used to be. BC winning the NC every other year just lifted "Bandwagon Nation" above the fray. Their *charm* used to be that they acted like perennial NC's for years before they actually reached that level. Like they say, it ain't bragging if you can back it up. And their program certainly did that for them. Spoilsports.
Well written AMC stuff by SteveF ... brings back great memories of Adam Pinneault, Eddie Caron and Travis Banga .
Entertaining, but actually relatively tame compared to the older stuff. By this time, BC had separated themselves by way of multiple NC's (with another one on the way), so the pushback from the UNH and UMaine contingents was less compelling by then, in comparison to the level of flak from earlier years.
I'll say the apex of the real "Wild West" days at USCHO was back between 1998-2003, when UMaine, BC and UNH were all regularly in the mix for the FF. And at the start of that passage of time, UMaine and BC had one NC apiece - UMaine's with a hotly-debated asterisk back in '93 courtesy of Walshy, and BC's dating back to 1949 and the era of wooden pucks (per Bobo
). And UNH was knocking at the door looking to join the club. BC lost in the '98 Finals in OT, UNH'ers gloated and then karma bit us in the backside when UMaine beat UNH in the '99 Finals in OT. 2000 was UNH's famous flameout to Niagara , and then in 2001 BC matched UMaine with their second NC (and first with the conventional vulcanized pucks ). In 2002 and 2003, UNH finally won their first two (and still only) HE Tourney titles, but pulled a team "milk carton" against UMaine in the FF semis (this time UMaine would lose the Finals in OT ), and in the 2003 FF, UNH took defending NC Minnesota into the 3rd period tied, before turning into pumpkins in the final 20 minutes.There were plenty of skirmishes after that, but once UNH (and then eventually UMaine) stopped making deep runs into the FF, it wasn't the same heated debate it used to be. BC winning the NC every other year just lifted "Bandwagon Nation" above the fray. Their *charm* used to be that they acted like perennial NC's for years before they actually reached that level. Like they say, it ain't bragging if you can back it up. And their program certainly did that for them. Spoilsports.
Well written AMC stuff by SteveF ... brings back great memories of Adam Pinneault, Eddie Caron and Travis Banga .
HockeyRef
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Entertaining, but actually relatively tame compared to the older stuff. By this time, BC had separated themselves by way of multiple NC's (with another one on the way), so the pushback from the UNH and UMaine contingents was less compelling by then, in comparison to the level of flak from earlier years.
I'll say the apex of the real "Wild West" days at USCHO was back between 1998-2003, when UMaine, BC and UNH were all regularly in the mix for the FF. And at the start of that passage of time, UMaine and BC had one NC apiece - UMaine's with a hotly-debated asterisk back in '93 courtesy of Walshy, and BC's dating back to 1949 and the era of wooden pucks (per Bobo
There were plenty of skirmishes after that, but once UNH (and then eventually UMaine) stopped making deep runs into the FF, it wasn't the same heated debate it used to be. BC winning the NC every other year just lifted "Bandwagon Nation" above the fray. Their *charm* used to be that they acted like perennial NC's for years before they actually reached that level. Like they say, it ain't bragging if you can back it up. And their program certainly did that for them. Spoilsports.
Well written AMC stuff by SteveF ... brings back great memories of Adam Pinneault, Eddie Caron and Travis Banga .
Well that's a great history lesson Chuck appreciate it. I've read way back about some of the games and watched the vid clips...oh what might have been and you guys remind me of Red Sox fans waiting for the 87 year drought to end...hang in there...it has to be worth the wait!
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Almost as accomplished as the captain of this year's squad
Almost as accomplished as the captain of this year's squad
Exactly; if the five senior leaders this year can score 19 points each, 540 SOG collectively, and average +10, see you at the Gahden again, and maybe in the NCAAs.
HRef, the Sox fans waited only 86 years.
HockeyRef
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Exactly; if the five senior leaders this year can score 19 points each, 540 SOG collectively, and average +10, see you at the Gahden again, and maybe in the NCAAs.
HRef, the Sox fans waited only 86 years.
Oops! Well see it's getting better already
8days to puck drop!!Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Hey Chuck,
Driving myself crazy trying to remember the handle used by "Jean Shaheen's janitor". Any help?
CHRIS!!!/old salty/name of the week was highly entertaining. Had a lot of time on his hands down at the train yard.
Go Expos!
Hey Chuck,
Driving myself crazy trying to remember the handle used by "Jean Shaheen's janitor". Any help?
CHRIS!!!/old salty/name of the week was highly entertaining. Had a lot of time on his hands down at the train yard.
Go Expos!
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
His name was Nick, and I'm vaguely recalling his handle may have been "NickUNH"? Met him a few times - really great guy, even if we didn't see things the same politically - and he actually underplayed his real-life situation by quite a bit. He's gone on to a very prominent career in politics, and I'm guessing he still checks the boards once in awhile.
CHRIS!!! was something else, for sure. Always had those BC line projections for the next 4+ seasons of recruits posted somewhere. Used to see him regularly at Conte and the Garden (f/k/a the Fleet Center or whatever), and he was nothing like his on-line persona ( ... which was good!). His uncle still shows up on TV once in awhile. Every time I encounter the Providence & Washington Railroad right of way while on the road, I start thinking about who is going to be skating on Adam Pinneault's line in 3 years' time ...
They'll be back eventually - only question is whether I'll live long enough to see it. I think they'll be back by 2020 ...
His name was Nick, and I'm vaguely recalling his handle may have been "NickUNH"? Met him a few times - really great guy, even if we didn't see things the same politically - and he actually underplayed his real-life situation by quite a bit. He's gone on to a very prominent career in politics, and I'm guessing he still checks the boards once in awhile.
CHRIS!!! was something else, for sure. Always had those BC line projections for the next 4+ seasons of recruits posted somewhere. Used to see him regularly at Conte and the Garden (f/k/a the Fleet Center or whatever), and he was nothing like his on-line persona ( ... which was good!). His uncle still shows up on TV once in awhile. Every time I encounter the Providence & Washington Railroad right of way while on the road, I start thinking about who is going to be skating on Adam Pinneault's line in 3 years' time ...
They'll be back eventually - only question is whether I'll live long enough to see it. I think they'll be back by 2020 ...
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Wildcats 2015 Offseason - Future Planning ...or Just Rearranging the Deck Cha
Speaking of Les Expos ... be there or be square, going back to the Big Owe for the first time in almost a dozen years!
http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/150290768/red-sox-blue-jays-to-play-montreal-exhibition
we've got some extra space to use on this thread before the new one starts soon
Speaking of Les Expos ... be there or be square, going back to the Big Owe for the first time in almost a dozen years!
http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/150290768/red-sox-blue-jays-to-play-montreal-exhibition
we've got some extra space to use on this thread before the new one starts soon