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UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
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Dickens! My ORHS education, for sure!
Darius
Go 'cats!
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
I lurked for many months before daring to venture in to that flame fest.
Darius
Go 'cats!
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
At the time, with home ice last change, I thought Coach set that match up because they were playing well/wanted to see how they would do/give them the experience.
Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
It's a quiet day during a quiet time on the USCHO dedicated UNH thread, so let me reminisce ...
* I'm pretty sure Bobo is still out there, and checks in once in awhile. Funniest poster ever, bar none.
* Another prominent pro-UNH poster from back then has gone onto behind-the scenes political success on a national level.
* I was in my mid-30's when I found USCHO, and I'm now in my early 50's. Things change - we change - time moves on.
* Former UMaine head coach Shawn Walsh - lovingly referred to in the past by myself as the "Human Lightning Rod" - passed away over a decade ago. There used to be much *debate* over the "dark clouds" and "asterisks" attached to UMaine's '93 National Championship, which used to get the UMaine-iacs a wee bit defensive. The simple mention of the term "retroactive financial aid" would be good to get a 5 page flamefest underway at virtually ANY time of the season. UMaine ended up getting the last laugh (to date anyway) when they beat UNH in the '99 Frozen Four Finals in OT, and the UMaine-iacs finally got to push back at the lack of "asterisks" this time around;
* A UMaine poster whose name is lost in cyberspace history once accused me of thinking "Walsh is Satan". Running with that comment, I immediately founded "WIS" as the umbrella under which many nefarious raids against the Downeast Dark Prince were undertaken. It got back to me from some well-connected UMaine-iacs that Coach Walsh actually thought some (not all) of the stuff was pretty funny. He definitely did enjoy being in the limelight, for better or for worse. Hockey East hasn't been the same since his untimely passing, as "Walshy" brought the HE media focus outside of Greater Boston for the first (and arguably only) time. RIP Walshy;
* The BC v. UNH flamefests were probably just as heated as the UNH-UMaine ones, and in some ways were even better. At the time, BC was the proverbial post-season choke-a-matic team when it came to the NCAA's, and they had to put up with the taunt "1949" and references to wooden pucks ad nauseum. Of course, their retort would be to point at the virtually barren UNH trophy case, and point out that at least BC was winning HE Tourney trophies - even if it was blatantly obvious they were extremely jealous of the BU trophy case a few miles down the trolley line. We called them snobs and "Ivy wanna-bes" and they called us hicks and dopes.
* In reality, it was basically two HE programs knocking at the door to NCAA D-1 honors, and trying to get in line behind BU and *UMaine on the top tier of Hockey East at the time. BC lost in the Finals in '98 in OT, and UNH did the same in '99. It wasn't until 2001 when BC finally broke through to earn their first national title of the modern era, and then they fell back slightly for the next couple of years while UNH took their last two swings at Frozen Four glory. UNH got drubbed in the semis by UMaine in '02 (a couple of weeks after they'd beaten the Black Bears at the Garden for UNH's first of two straight HE Tourney titles), and then got back to the Finals in '03, where Minnesota finished off their back-to-back D-1's with a dominant 3rd period to break a 1-1 tie.
The BC national title juggernaut would begin shortly afterwards, changing the dynamics of the board for the forseeable future, while UMaine first, and then gradually UNH began to fade from the national discussion. When the dust settled, BC had pulled themselves up to what they'd always hoped for, which was (at least) equal billing with BU, UMaine was left with one or *two D-1 trophies in Orono but a wistful outlook that things might never return to the glory days of Coach Walsh's time in the Downeast ... and UNH has ended up as I write this as the "odd man out" in the NCAA Tourney game of "musical chairs" for the national trophy. UNH is historically locked into the Hockey East "second tier" with the likes of Providence and newcomers UMass Lowell, who both also have two HE Tourney trophies but no success on the ultimate stage. We can debate all we want about which of the three are "best among equals", but until something big happens, there will be BC and BU atop the HE pyramid, with that noisy contingent from the Downeast still able to point to trophies that no one else outside of Comm Ave. can claim in the HE universe.
But we keep coming back anyway ... enjoying the sport we all love, pulling for our respective teams to push further ahead, and enjoying the give-and-take of this unique league that (barring one notable exception) allows us fans to see as many games as we dare try to get to, all on a single tank of gas. Long may it continue.
It's a quiet day during a quiet time on the USCHO dedicated UNH thread, so let me reminisce ...
* I'm pretty sure Bobo is still out there, and checks in once in awhile. Funniest poster ever, bar none.
* Another prominent pro-UNH poster from back then has gone onto behind-the scenes political success on a national level.
* I was in my mid-30's when I found USCHO, and I'm now in my early 50's. Things change - we change - time moves on.
* Former UMaine head coach Shawn Walsh - lovingly referred to in the past by myself as the "Human Lightning Rod" - passed away over a decade ago. There used to be much *debate* over the "dark clouds" and "asterisks" attached to UMaine's '93 National Championship, which used to get the UMaine-iacs a wee bit defensive. The simple mention of the term "retroactive financial aid" would be good to get a 5 page flamefest underway at virtually ANY time of the season. UMaine ended up getting the last laugh (to date anyway) when they beat UNH in the '99 Frozen Four Finals in OT, and the UMaine-iacs finally got to push back at the lack of "asterisks" this time around;
* A UMaine poster whose name is lost in cyberspace history once accused me of thinking "Walsh is Satan". Running with that comment, I immediately founded "WIS" as the umbrella under which many nefarious raids against the Downeast Dark Prince were undertaken. It got back to me from some well-connected UMaine-iacs that Coach Walsh actually thought some (not all) of the stuff was pretty funny. He definitely did enjoy being in the limelight, for better or for worse. Hockey East hasn't been the same since his untimely passing, as "Walshy" brought the HE media focus outside of Greater Boston for the first (and arguably only) time. RIP Walshy;
* The BC v. UNH flamefests were probably just as heated as the UNH-UMaine ones, and in some ways were even better. At the time, BC was the proverbial post-season choke-a-matic team when it came to the NCAA's, and they had to put up with the taunt "1949" and references to wooden pucks ad nauseum. Of course, their retort would be to point at the virtually barren UNH trophy case, and point out that at least BC was winning HE Tourney trophies - even if it was blatantly obvious they were extremely jealous of the BU trophy case a few miles down the trolley line. We called them snobs and "Ivy wanna-bes" and they called us hicks and dopes.
* In reality, it was basically two HE programs knocking at the door to NCAA D-1 honors, and trying to get in line behind BU and *UMaine on the top tier of Hockey East at the time. BC lost in the Finals in '98 in OT, and UNH did the same in '99. It wasn't until 2001 when BC finally broke through to earn their first national title of the modern era, and then they fell back slightly for the next couple of years while UNH took their last two swings at Frozen Four glory. UNH got drubbed in the semis by UMaine in '02 (a couple of weeks after they'd beaten the Black Bears at the Garden for UNH's first of two straight HE Tourney titles), and then got back to the Finals in '03, where Minnesota finished off their back-to-back D-1's with a dominant 3rd period to break a 1-1 tie.
The BC national title juggernaut would begin shortly afterwards, changing the dynamics of the board for the forseeable future, while UMaine first, and then gradually UNH began to fade from the national discussion. When the dust settled, BC had pulled themselves up to what they'd always hoped for, which was (at least) equal billing with BU, UMaine was left with one or *two D-1 trophies in Orono but a wistful outlook that things might never return to the glory days of Coach Walsh's time in the Downeast ... and UNH has ended up as I write this as the "odd man out" in the NCAA Tourney game of "musical chairs" for the national trophy. UNH is historically locked into the Hockey East "second tier" with the likes of Providence and newcomers UMass Lowell, who both also have two HE Tourney trophies but no success on the ultimate stage. We can debate all we want about which of the three are "best among equals", but until something big happens, there will be BC and BU atop the HE pyramid, with that noisy contingent from the Downeast still able to point to trophies that no one else outside of Comm Ave. can claim in the HE universe.
But we keep coming back anyway ... enjoying the sport we all love, pulling for our respective teams to push further ahead, and enjoying the give-and-take of this unique league that (barring one notable exception) allows us fans to see as many games as we dare try to get to, all on a single tank of gas. Long may it continue.
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Talk about a walk down memory lane!!
Some funny characters during the BC/UNH flamefest days.....ee darin, MAV, Jim Rittinger, and who could forget the multiple faces of our favorite Providence/Worcester RR marketing guru, CHRIS!!!!!!!!! All balanced with insightful responses from Chuck and Bobo.
Gawd....I miss those days.....
It's a quiet day during a quiet time on the USCHO dedicated UNH thread, so let me reminisce ...
* I'm pretty sure Bobo is still out there, and checks in once in awhile. Funniest poster ever, bar none.
* Another prominent pro-UNH poster from back then has gone onto behind-the scenes political success on a national level.
* I was in my mid-30's when I found USCHO, and I'm now in my early 50's. Things change - we change - time moves on.
* Former UMaine head coach Shawn Walsh - lovingly referred to in the past by myself as the "Human Lightning Rod" - passed away over a decade ago. There used to be much *debate* over the "dark clouds" and "asterisks" attached to UMaine's '93 National Championship, which used to get the UMaine-iacs a wee bit defensive. The simple mention of the term "retroactive financial aid" would be good to get a 5 page flamefest underway at virtually ANY time of the season. UMaine ended up getting the last laugh (to date anyway) when they beat UNH in the '99 Frozen Four Finals in OT, and the UMaine-iacs finally got to push back at the lack of "asterisks" this time around;
* A UMaine poster whose name is lost in cyberspace history once accused me of thinking "Walsh is Satan". Running with that comment, I immediately founded "WIS" as the umbrella under which many nefarious raids against the Downeast Dark Prince were undertaken. It got back to me from some well-connected UMaine-iacs that Coach Walsh actually thought some (not all) of the stuff was pretty funny. He definitely did enjoy being in the limelight, for better or for worse. Hockey East hasn't been the same since his untimely passing, as "Walshy" brought the HE media focus outside of Greater Boston for the first (and arguably only) time. RIP Walshy;
* The BC v. UNH flamefests were probably just as heated as the UNH-UMaine ones, and in some ways were even better. At the time, BC was the proverbial post-season choke-a-matic team when it came to the NCAA's, and they had to put up with the taunt "1949" and references to wooden pucks ad nauseum. Of course, their retort would be to point at the virtually barren UNH trophy case, and point out that at least BC was winning HE Tourney trophies - even if it was blatantly obvious they were extremely jealous of the BU trophy case a few miles down the trolley line. We called them snobs and "Ivy wanna-bes" and they called us hicks and dopes.
* In reality, it was basically two HE programs knocking at the door to NCAA D-1 honors, and trying to get in line behind BU and *UMaine on the top tier of Hockey East at the time. BC lost in the Finals in '98 in OT, and UNH did the same in '99. It wasn't until 2001 when BC finally broke through to earn their first national title of the modern era, and then they fell back slightly for the next couple of years while UNH took their last two swings at Frozen Four glory. UNH got drubbed in the semis by UMaine in '02 (a couple of weeks after they'd beaten the Black Bears at the Garden for UNH's first of two straight HE Tourney titles), and then got back to the Finals in '03, where Minnesota finished off their back-to-back D-1's with a dominant 3rd period to break a 1-1 tie.
The BC national title juggernaut would begin shortly afterwards, changing the dynamics of the board for the forseeable future, while UMaine first, and then gradually UNH began to fade from the national discussion. When the dust settled, BC had pulled themselves up to what they'd always hoped for, which was (at least) equal billing with BU, UMaine was left with one or *two D-1 trophies in Orono but a wistful outlook that things might never return to the glory days of Coach Walsh's time in the Downeast ... and UNH has ended up as I write this as the "odd man out" in the NCAA Tourney game of "musical chairs" for the national trophy. UNH is historically locked into the Hockey East "second tier" with the likes of Providence and newcomers UMass Lowell, who both also have two HE Tourney trophies but no success on the ultimate stage. We can debate all we want about which of the three are "best among equals", but until something big happens, there will be BC and BU atop the HE pyramid, with that noisy contingent from the Downeast still able to point to trophies that no one else outside of Comm Ave. can claim in the HE universe.
But we keep coming back anyway ... enjoying the sport we all love, pulling for our respective teams to push further ahead, and enjoying the give-and-take of this unique league that (barring one notable exception) allows us fans to see as many games as we dare try to get to, all on a single tank of gas. Long may it continue.
Talk about a walk down memory lane!!
Some funny characters during the BC/UNH flamefest days.....ee darin, MAV, Jim Rittinger, and who could forget the multiple faces of our favorite Providence/Worcester RR marketing guru, CHRIS!!!!!!!!! All balanced with insightful responses from Chuck and Bobo.
Gawd....I miss those days.....
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
lol.
The dynamics of this place really changed from the fans posting around here, to the performance of their respective teams, to the administration of the forum. It will never be the same.
lol.
The dynamics of this place really changed from the fans posting around here, to the performance of their respective teams, to the administration of the forum. It will never be the same.
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Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Too true. Especially the "lol" part. One person's "insightful" is another person's "unbalanced".
Too true. Especially the "lol" part. One person's "insightful" is another person's "unbalanced".
I do hope the Cats return to prominence at some point, if only to get you, FSteve, etc., back into a good old-fashioned weekend series flamefest.
W-2s, safety schools, popped collars, no hardware, all that jazz.
Should be exempt from forum admin. No holds barred. Red chiclets dished out like it's going out of style. Allow for private messages for the week as well.
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
I think it was about a decade ago, when UNH and BC both went to game 3's (at home) in the HE quarters. UNH wins a thrilling 1-0 deciding game yet when I'm walking downtown in front of DHOP after the game I heard one UNH fan say to another "I can't wait to get home and post 'take that Steve F." (#8 BU had upset #1 BC in their game 3.) Just shows where everyone's heads were at....
I think it was about a decade ago, when UNH and BC both went to game 3's (at home) in the HE quarters. UNH wins a thrilling 1-0 deciding game yet when I'm walking downtown in front of DHOP after the game I heard one UNH fan say to another "I can't wait to get home and post 'take that Steve F." (#8 BU had upset #1 BC in their game 3.) Just shows where everyone's heads were at....
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Sorry that I missed the early USCHO fan forum days. But, I also miss Steve F's annual milk carton thread, and even the incorrigible Jacques "Rabbit" Poriveau on UNH threads;.wonder what happened to that guy?
Sorry that I missed the early USCHO fan forum days. But, I also miss Steve F's annual milk carton thread, and even the incorrigible Jacques "Rabbit" Poriveau on UNH threads;.wonder what happened to that guy?
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theprofromdover
The Original Dope Detector
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Would that be Jean Shaheen's butt-boy, NickUHN? ;-)
Would that be Jean Shaheen's butt-boy, NickUHN? ;-)
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Sounds like he may have been an inbred relative to the "Eat it Mav" 2004 guy up at Maine.
Ah those were the days.
Sounds like he may have been an inbred relative to the "Eat it Mav" 2004 guy up at Maine.
Ah those were the days.
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Forgot about the milk carton award, thanks for the reminder Snively. I still recall the one he wrote about Henrion, had me in stitches.
However, wasn't Steve the one who had the "you can't spell playoff chokers without Ayers" tagline? Just curious how he resolves that with "Touchdown Mikey" behind the Eagles' bench.
Forgot about the milk carton award, thanks for the reminder Snively. I still recall the one he wrote about Henrion, had me in stitches.
However, wasn't Steve the one who had the "you can't spell playoff chokers without Ayers" tagline? Just curious how he resolves that with "Touchdown Mikey" behind the Eagles' bench.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Look at the postseason results since he got to BC!
Look at the postseason results since he got to BC!
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Rookie of the Week!
Recruiting news from Chris!!!!! that had a line of Thomas Vanick, Zach Parise, and Ben Eaves coming to the heights.
And of course the Pat Eaves/Merrimack Goalie (blanking on his name) incident fueled this place for 6 months. Le-gen-dary.
Rookie of the Week!
Recruiting news from Chris!!!!! that had a line of Thomas Vanick, Zach Parise, and Ben Eaves coming to the heights.
And of course the Pat Eaves/Merrimack Goalie (blanking on his name) incident fueled this place for 6 months. Le-gen-dary.
theprofromdover
The Original Dope Detector
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Joe "I forgot to attach my chinstrap" Exter. ;-)
Joe "I forgot to attach my chinstrap" Exter. ;-)
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
"High-Scoring Stevie Moses Weighs NHL and KHL Options"
Includes interview.
"High-Scoring Stevie Moses Weighs NHL and KHL Options"
Includes interview.
FiveHole12
Registered User
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Not sure who said it... Mav, Darren, Chris, SteveF, or Case04... but it's a hall of famer.
'The wheels on your house go round and round.'
Not sure who said it... Mav, Darren, Chris, SteveF, or Case04... but it's a hall of famer.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
Just want to point out that even through all of this historical context from the time I can remember the super early days of this forum through today, BC has not lost to UNH in the postseason. I don't know how many games that is but I think maybe 7 straight wins for BC?
(99 HE tourney title game, 00 HE tourney semi, 05 HE tourney title game, 07 HE title game, 08 HE semi, sweep at Lake Whitt back in the 2009 QFs, am I missing any?)
In that span of time BC went from 1 to 5 Natty titles, Shawn Walsh passed away, Vermont, Notre Dame and Uconn joined the league... and there is UNH with their still empty trophy case. It sure would be nice to see Dick U get one before the clock runs out.
Just want to point out that even through all of this historical context from the time I can remember the super early days of this forum through today, BC has not lost to UNH in the postseason. I don't know how many games that is but I think maybe 7 straight wins for BC?
(99 HE tourney title game, 00 HE tourney semi, 05 HE tourney title game, 07 HE title game, 08 HE semi, sweep at Lake Whitt back in the 2009 QFs, am I missing any?)
In that span of time BC went from 1 to 5 Natty titles, Shawn Walsh passed away, Vermont, Notre Dame and Uconn joined the league... and there is UNH with their still empty trophy case. It sure would be nice to see Dick U get one before the clock runs out.
Re: UNH Wildcats Official Wait til Next Year...14/15 thread
"Former UNH Star Stevie Moses Breaks KHL Goal-Scoring Record"
Includes video.
"Former UNH Star Stevie Moses Breaks KHL Goal-Scoring Record"
Includes video.
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