University of Maine 2024–2025: Freel-ing good

[ticapnews]

Wow, that was a weird one. But outcome was fine. I remember a certain decent Maine team in 93 having a giant meltdown that ended as a loss in OT.

I was suffering from PTSD.

Play of the game perhaps? Nadeau stops the shot at the empty net.

https://www.facebook.com/maineicehockey/videos/912177616908551/

The way the pairwise works, and with both teams so highly rated and in contention for the national tournament, that may end up being the single most important play of the regular season. Instead of a loss, Maine gets a win. Instead of a road win against a ranked non-conference opponent, Quinnipiac gets a loss.

 

[StillKIA2]

Lol, Hansen too good grief.
The boarding call against maine was right in front of hansen, he was watching.
Roulliard called it from 100ft away. It was oobvious enough

That was in front of me and I laughed because Hansen was looking right at it.

hansen also allowed 27 to change on a quinipiac icing after putting his hand up saying no changes and looking at 27

(does anyone know if an injured player can sit after an icing in ncaa hockey?)

 

[grooverider]

That was in front of me and I laughed because Hansen was looking right at it.

hansen also allowed 27 to change on a quinipiac icing after putting his hand up saying no changes and looking at 27

(does anyone know if an injured player can sit after an icing in ncaa hockey?)

Good question because I thought you had to stay out there and that was gamesmanship by Pecknold

Also Roullaird was determined to be the first star all weekend some calls were right, some downright bad, and both refs let stuff go they should have called but in their defense the pace was intense

Also its been a while since I've attended a game like that. Most of the crowd stayed and that place erupted on the tying goal

 

[Sparkee]

Breazeale after the game interview: https://youtu.be/H2pYibEbrlk?feature=shared

“After I just skated down towards Albin and the student section. I don’t have a celebration lined up because I don’t score too many goals.” -Breazeale

 

[Sparkee]

Holt after the game: https://youtu.be/lTC66w9WOcQ?feature=shared

He says he threw it on net and somehow it went in. That somehow was largely due to the screen Freel set, goalie didn’t even react to the shot so he was completely screened by Freel. Freel is doing great battling at the net front this year.

 

[UncleRay]

Well they never had kids so that musy be worth at least a few mill. You gonna open up an investigation?

Sorry I'm a curious person. None of the articles say and I'm not finding any info online. Thought somebody here might have some info but all there is is snark.

 

[ticapnews]

Sorry I'm a curious person. None of the articles say and I'm not finding any info online. Thought somebody here might have some info but all there is is snark.

Snark? In this forum? Say it ain't so.

 

[walrus]

Sorry I'm a curious person. None of the articles say and I'm not finding any info online. Thought somebody here might have some info but all there is is snark.

I thought the same thing when I read he was retired military.16 million is a ton of money but I assumed family is where it came from. Pretty nice gift for the Athletic Dept.

 

[StillKIA2]

Good question because I thought you had to stay out there and that was gamesmanship by Pecknold

Also Roullaird was determined to be the first star all weekend some calls were right, some downright bad, and both refs let stuff go they should have called but in their defense the pace was intense

Also its been a while since I've attended a game like that. Most of the crowd stayed and that place erupted on the tying goal

I looked it up…on an icing, the offending team’s players cannot change, but that does not include injured players…The way 27 stayed down and then skated gingerly once he got up, I would agree that he was “injured”

i wonder if Maine had lost, whether Coach Barr would have had to have helped Roulliard and Hansen out of the rink by squeezing their heads out the door. ( remembering whitehead’s best line)

 

[Fishman'81]

I was suffering from PTSD.



The way the pairwise works, and with both teams so highly rated and in contention for the national tournament, that may end up being the single most important play of the regular season. Instead of a loss, Maine gets a win. Instead of a road win against a ranked non-conference opponent, Quinnipiac gets a loss.

Thinking the same thing. Potentially, big PW benefits down the road. I'd have to speculate that The Q will be a major player as the season continues.

Watching the games on TV almost DQ's me from making any salient comments, but I continue to be a fan of Scott, and am really liking Russel so far. Mitton looks good as well. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if Ben shuffles the lines. I thought Albin was fighting the puck a bit last night, but it all worked out.

While I know that most of our little group ignores football, Maine demolishing #5 'nova didn't suck, either.

That's a Homecoming weekend for ya!

 

[umhockey91]

Sorry I'm a curious person. None of the articles say and I'm not finding any info online. Thought somebody here might have some info but all there is is snark.

His parents immigrated from France to Manhattan.....is father was a chef at the Biltmore Hotel in Manhattan....his wife was from Belgium....he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army....they had no children....he lived to be 83....I'd say inheritance, a good income and maybe some good investments?

 

[Sparkee]

His parents immigrated from France to Manhattan.....is father was a chef at the Biltmore Hotel in Manhattan....his wife was from Belgium....he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army....they had no children....he lived to be 83....I'd say inheritance, a good income and maybe some good investments?

It is a huge step towards the $38 million needed to get the $170 million from the Alfonds. They named the softball field after the Labats.

I wonder how much is left to get to that $38 million matching needed?

 

[umhockey91]

It is a huge step towards the $38 million needed to get the $170 million from the Alfonds. They named the softball field after the Labats.

I wonder how much is left to get to that $38 million matching needed?

Are you a bit off on your numbers? $90 million (Alfond) + $10 million (Morse) + $7 million (New Balance) + $80 million (Alfond) + $16 million (Labat) = $203 million. And that is not counting "smaller" donations. Total of athletic fundraising will be $241 million?

 

[Sparkee]

Are you a bit off on your numbers? $90 million (Alfond) + $10 million (Morse) + $7 million (New Balance) + $80 million (Alfond) + $16 million (Labat) = $203 million. And that is not counting "smaller" donations. Total of athletic fundraising will be $241 million?

From this article: https://goblackbears.com/news/2024/...tics-receives-record-setting-estate-gift.aspx

“The Labat gift will also help UMaine move closer to meeting the $38 million match necessary to leverage the $170 million UMS TRANSFORMS grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation. The Alfond Foundation's commitment to the Black Bears is one of the largest single contributions to a Division I athletics program in U.S. history.”

 

[umhockey91]

From this article: https://goblackbears.com/news/2024/...tics-receives-record-setting-estate-gift.aspx

“The Labat gift will also help UMaine move closer to meeting the $38 million match necessary to leverage the $170 million UMS TRANSFORMS grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation. The Alfond Foundation's commitment to the Black Bears is one of the largest single contributions to a Division I athletics program in U.S. history.”

Oh OK.....$38 million - $10 million - $7 mllion - $16 million = $5 million.....so probably less than $5 million.

 

[grooverider]

Hey how abou those fu*ing Black Bears lol

 

[NewEnglandGuy]

How high in the polls today do they go? 6th?

Current:
1 Denver swept 19 NE
2 BC W - Am INT
3 BU W - UConn
4 Mich St exhibition
5 ND split @ 20 Minn St
6 Minn swept @ Duluth
7 Quinnipiac 2L @ 9 Maine
8 Cornell doesn’t play until 11/1
9 Maine swept 7 Quinnipiac
10 Michigan split 13 St Cloud
11 Colorado college OFF
12 Omaha 2L Augustana
13 St Cloud split @ 10 Michigan
14 Providence swept Arizona St
15 UMass split Sacred Heart
16 Wisconsin swept by Ohio st at home
18 Notre Dame split Alaska Fairbanks at home
17 Western Michigan OFF
19 NE swept by 1 Denver
20 Minn St split with 5 North Dakota
others receiving votes - Arizona st swept, Duluth swept, UConn Loss

10/21 guess:
1 Denver
2 BC
3 BU
4 Mich St.
5 Minnesota
6 Maine
7 Cornell
8 ND
9 Quinnipiac
10 Michigan
11 Colorado College
12 St Cloud
13 Providence
14 Western Michigan
15 Minn St
16 UMass
17 Omaha
18 Notre Dame
19 NE
20 Wisconsin

 

[walrus]

On to Northeastern, should be a battle at Mathews. Not sure how good NU is but based on last few years they certainly won't be a pushover.

 

[umhockey91]

How high in the polls today do they go? 6th?

10/21 guess:
1 Denver
2 BC
3 BU
4 Mich St.
5 Minnesota
6 Maine
7 Cornell
8 ND
9 Quinnipiac
10 Michigan

Looks good to me....that's what I have too. Would not surprise me to see Maine at #7 or #8 though.

I love the fact that Maine has 6 games coming up vs. #1, #2 and #3.....lots of opportunities to stick it to the voters.

 

[Drew S.]

For me this is probably a bigger series than Quinnipiac given how much Maine struggled on the road last year after the Merrimack series. All 12 league road games will be tough(even Lowell is going pretty good right now) and Maine is going to need to win at least four or five for a respectable finish in the league.

Beyond the results I just hope we see a couple solid performances. It’s great Quinnipiac out choked Maine Saturday but for me it was pretty shocking to see a team that is as well coached and plays as hard as Maine fall apart like that.