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UNH Wildcats 2021/2022 - Return of the Champions of October?
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I was never an Aerosmith fan but “Train Kept a Rollin’” comes to mind.
After the Whistle
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Nice W for these guys. Not pretty but perhaps what we can all hope for, continued determination and D focus. This is not new but they are finally finding some consistency and some scoring spread around. Would love to see home ice for the opening round of HE.
Go Cats!
Go Cats!
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Me neither, 'dc. Problem solved when you realize Joe Perry's team nicked it off the Yardbirds ...
After the Whistle
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Is there a hockey fan left out here besides HR? I love music and understand all the administration banter, but we had endless AD and HC talk with a dose or two of mask mania. They win 5 in a row and hockey crickets. This is a low scoring respectable team.
Darius
Go 'cats!
There’s you, me and a few other semi-lurkers who tend to stay above the fray.
If I were to post something hockey related it would be that BC really sucks, sieve so I’m reserving judgement. Need to see consistent forward scoring to get excited. BIG game today. Go ‘cats!
If I were to post something hockey related it would be that BC really sucks, sieve so I’m reserving judgement. Need to see consistent forward scoring to get excited. BIG game today. Go ‘cats!
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After the Whistle
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I get it Darius, most of us are afraid to get to invested since we have been burned many times. While even I would not call this a top 4 program in HE but I don’t remember ateam that played this hard. And I will give MR his due, he is playing very strong hockey as of late.
Ummmmm…. I believe I just laid out, a page ago, a series of thoughts about the team as well as a prediction for the REST of the season. And to be clear, “Train Kept a Rollin” was a direct reference to HR’s point about is winning 5 in a row. So if you’re jawing at me, I think it’s a little misdirected!
I think it might also be time to give Souza some credit as well. Same talent as early in the season (I know, Huard) clicking in the way they are generally says something about the staff.
After the Whistle
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Sorry that you saw that a an attack on you dc. I thought I gave you a lot of cred on your Auburn post resonantly. I have lived there n that’s crazy SEC environment. Just felt there was so much more positive going on, not a knock on your post.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
I was thinking the same thing ... I'm genuinely pleased with the team's recent uptick, but it seems like lots of our regulars are keeping their powder dry - maybe it is because of having been burned by premature positivity in the past? Sure, I've admitted to that myself, I get it. Anyway, all the team can do is continue to play better and better, churn out the results, and the rest of the stuff will eventually fall into place. Heck, if Men's Soccer can generate some legitimate buzz across the street and outdraw Football when the weather got cold, no reason Hockey can't do the same ... is there?
Without beating the drum too often to the point of monotony ... I think it's times like these when UNH's media indifference (take a departing bow, BS+4momos) shows up in a bad way. Fact is, a lot of old-timers have been away from the fray for so long, it's going to take an extended run of consistent winning hockey, and meaningful postseasons, to draw their attention back. And the sad fact is, more than a few old-timers just "won't be coming down for breakfast", even if UNH never loses another game. Which is what can happen if your program competitively disappears for too long.
Back on game issues ... isn't the Evans kid who scored for UConn in OT the same Evans kid our recruiting gurus were pushing on here for UNH to recruit a couple of years ago?
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
What's encouraging is, despite playing poorly for most of the game, UNH found a way to get a point on the road despite trailing well into the 3rd period, at a place where they haven't had much success in recent seasons. That's usually the trait of good teams, not also-rans, so it's another good sign.
Having an off-weekend, and two weeks between games at this point, however, is not what you want to see now. It'll be a challenge to see UNH picking up where it's left off (5-0-1), and I worry there will be another "Dartmouth dud" performance against Merrimack two weeks from now, making it hard to continue the forward momentum we've seen throughout January.
There are 9 games left on the RS schedule, and in six of those (based on recent form), UNH should be clear favorites. Even in the three games with UMass Lowell, two of those will be home games. UNH has crawled up over the .500 mark overall, and with a strong finish to the league season, there's no reason to think a long-awaited mid-March trip to Boston isn't within reach ...
NCAA watcher
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A couple of points, to me its always not just where you are now, but how it bodes for the future, i.e., are you building (recruiting) or are you not. So, does UNH playing better, more like I expected this offseason (I thought they were about 6th, battling with U.Conn), excite me? (From April 13th). I guess.
And from August
OK, so BC has flamed out. I always get UMass Lowell wrong by underestimating Bazin's ability to squeeze talent.
Let me phrase it as neutrally as possible - Hockey East is pretty bad this year. UNH is the Xenith of the first rebuild with 11 seniors or 5th year guys. Hoping to climb to the middle of the league (6th). Being excited by that is hard to do unless it signals something to future generations that UNH is on the "upswing."
Nope. Hockey East will have a Johnny Evans for 8 years once ours matriculates to UNH next year. That said, my pushing for him (and Ardanaz) a couple of years ago seems like a miss. He hasn't panned out quite as expected, but hopefully he can translate it to the same degree as their Johnny Evans. (i was also just reviewing my love for Dartmouth's Jack Cameron, who seems OK but not a world beater). Things I try and keep in mind when I evaluate others' misses.
On what this means for the future, here's an early look at next year's lineup
Sr.Tyler Ward-----------Sr.Harrison Blaisdell--------So.Robert Cronin
So.Liam Devlin---------Fr.Stiven Sardarian---------Fr.Kristap Skrastins
So.Will Margel----------Sr.Chase Stevenson--------Fr.John Evans
Fr.CyLeclerc-------------Fr.Jake Dunlop-------------Jr.Cam Gendron
Jr.Carsen Richels-------Fr.Morgan Winters----------Jr.Nick Cafarelli
So.Connor Sweeney----Sr.Joe Hankinson
So.Alex Gagne-----------Jr.Luke Reid
Sr.Kalle Eriksson---------Fr.Damien Carfagna
Fr.Nick Ardanaz----------So.Colton Huard
Jr.Nikolas Jensen--------Fr.Cade Penney
Fr.Tyler Muszelik----------Sr.David Fessenden------------Jr.Jeremy Forman
This.
EDIT: Remember when we used to worry guys were only going to stick around for two or three seasons? Now we look at many of them and say "Gawd, I hope he isn't on the five year plan."
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HockeyRef
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Looks young....at least there will be some experience coming back? Looking for the Crookshanks ...no reflection on these guys there's decent talent here.
Chuck as to your comment on the lay off agree that its tough to keep the 'train a rolling' MC is sooo hot right now and playing there is never easy (which is usually the excuse for if/when we lose there). Or...this could be a good time to work on some things. I'd be practicing on a shortened rink coz everything goes to goal in those games.
No excuses Wildcats it's now or never!!!
NCAA watcher
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Souza said they are shortening our rink this offseason
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
UNH hasn't lost a game in nearly a month. So, Merrimack is playing well, too. Yippee for them. That's a good test, if you ask me, and may offer insights. If I told you UNH would come back from Hartford without a regulation loss, I would have thought you'd be pretty stoked. Keep in mind, this is still Merrimack, 'Ref. Scotty Borek's Warriors. UNH is supposed to be ... worried?!?
If UNH can't beat Merrimack, then *maybe* this is indeed just a mirage. Know what I mean?
If UNH is going to have even the slightest chance of getting to Boston, these are must-win games.
So let's play the games, and find out. Then we can finish up with Luce, and go from there ...
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