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UNO '13-'14 Season Thread: Barnstorming Through a New League and Raising a New Barn

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I'm glad you found that I was gonna post it on here and find your thoughts. He also had a funny quote about people told him he as a "sieve" and that "he sucks". Did he just play a game at St. Cloud State?
 
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UNO backs into home ice tonight by virtue of Western Michigan's loss.

This, on the back of one of the most woeful performances in school history. With a conference title still on the line along with the words of Coach Blais, who said publicly this week that our players were super stoked and very ready to play this series, the Mavericks then went out and authored up one the worst defeats in school history.

Very, very impressive.

UNO has lost games in program history by 11 goals (once), 9 goals (once), 8 goals (once), 7 goals (4 times) and 6 goals (4 times, including tonight).

Really inspiring, guys. You authored up the 5th worse defeat in school history tonight (along with the other 3 games in that 6 goal realm).

Coach Blais should be ashamed, in my book. A season high 33 minutes of penalties! The best player on our team makes a bonehead play, gets a major, and gets tossed. Eight different players took penalties. The fewest shots on goal we've gotten in a game all season.

Yes, we were really prepared all right. To get our asses kicked in an almost historic way we were.
 
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I think dean is trying to get himself fired
 
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Here is the ticket information pursuant to home ice as it pertains the City of Omaha's jerking around of the UNO Athletic Department in scheduling a Demi Lovato concert at the Clink in the middle of the NCHC tournament since they figured UNO would not get home ice:

http://view.tmclient.ticketmaster.c...362027a7516&camefrom=EMCL_238903_11666702&r=0

Courtesy of Mavpuck.

Edit: I since got the email from the school myself, since posting this.
 
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MAVFANJEFF said:
I think dean is trying to get himself fired
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If his level of "care" is still what it apparently was when he was at North Dakota then we have recruiting issues that go beyond talent, or lack thereof. We are then in the realm of character issues (plus, we don't have a goaltender).

He doesn't talk like a guy that really "cares" in my book, though. I get the "mailing it in" vibe every time I hear him talk about our team and the program. THAT has concerned me for some time. He is always pretty vague and not very specific. It's hard to gauge since he doesn't get a lot of press here since the media here usually gives the Mav hockey program kinda sketchy, pseudo-coverage. It's down the totem pole here pretty far, unfortunately, which is sad, because the UNO hockey program's potential upside here is tremendous.
 
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I wonder if he decided a couple of years ago that this would be his last stop before retirement and he didn't/ doesn't want to pack up and relocate again unless that means moving to his cabin in Minnesota and all he's here for is to occupy his time until the arena is built and he is retired. That is one long sentence.
 
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3rd place, which equaled our all time best conference finish.

Except for what was on the line, this weekend reminded me a bit of our first season when we went up to Orono at almost the end of the year and got our asses handed to us by Maine in what was then, and still is, the worst defeat in program history, at 11-0.

Then, the next night, we went out and beat them 4-3 (which remains the only time we have ever defeated them).

Out of all the potential first round opponents for us, DU is the one that would, and, does, probably, have the biggest axe to grind where we are concerned. Not a particularly good match-up. We could just as easily be 1-3 against them as the 3-1 we were. Their season has been just as up and down as ours.

We finished 3rd in our conference yet their are 4 teams in the conference that are ahead of us in Pairwise (note: DU is not one of them).

I hope no DU fans make travel plans thinking we are playing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
 
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UNO recruit Avery Peterson is the 2014 winner of the "Mr. Minnesota Hockey" award:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/249201251.html

I love how this Minneapolis Star Tribune article makes no mention of where he is going to be going to school---or where 3 other candidates for the award are headed with him.

Congrats, Avery, and, welcome to Omaha. You, too, Phil, Steve, and Luc.
 
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3rd place, which equaled our all time best conference finish.

Except for what was on the line, this weekend reminded me a bit of our first season when we went up to Orono at almost the end of the year and got our asses handed to us by Maine in what was then, and still is, the worst defeat in program history, at 11-0.

Then, the next night, we went out and beat them 4-3 (which remains the only time we have ever defeated them).

Out of all the potential first round opponents for us, DU is the one that would, and, does, probably, have the biggest axe to grind where we are concerned. Not a particularly good match-up. We could just as easily be 1-3 against them as the 3-1 we were. Their season has been just as up and down as ours.

We finished 3rd in our conference yet their are 4 teams in the conference that are ahead of us in Pairwise (note: DU is not one of them).

I hope no DU fans make travel plans thinking we are playing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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You guys know they don't have fans, right? ;)
 
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Red Cows said:
UNO recruit Avery Peterson is the 2014 winner of the "Mr. Minnesota Hockey" award:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/249201251.html

I love how this Minneapolis Star Tribune article makes no mention of where he is going to be going to school---or where 3 other candidates for the award are headed with him.

Congrats, Avery, and, welcome to Omaha. You, too, Phil, Steve, and Luc.
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To be fair to the Star Tribune, that was just the press release from the organization that gave the award away. I've read some other articles today where UNO was mentioned.

On a side note, I live in Eden Prairie like Steve and Luc, and you guys will love those two. Luc played the entire state tournament with a broken hand, and if that's not a heart-and-soul player, I don't know what is.
 
Red Cows said:
UNO recruit Avery Peterson is the 2014 winner of the "Mr. Minnesota Hockey" award:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/249201251.html

I love how this Minneapolis Star Tribune article makes no mention of where he is going to be going to school---or where 3 other candidates for the award are headed with him.

Congrats, Avery, and, welcome to Omaha. You, too, Phil, Steve, and Luc.
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Why? The award is for his high school achievements. Not sure why it's the Star Tribune's job to discuss your program's recruiting. Sure, they could have probably mentioned where he was going to play for college. I am sure HE would have appreciated that, but your take on the number of finalists heading to UNO is a bit overblown.

If this were 5 years ago, having 4 of the Minnesota Mr. Hockey finalists would mean a whole lot more. You've got to consider the players who would have been eligible to win the award, but forewent their senior season to play with the NTDP (Glover, Dougherty, Gersich) or the USHL (Sheehy, Hurley, etc..). There were roughly 30 players who left MN high school hockey early to play juniors, and a number of other players who have played all of their hockey at programs like Shattuck, who would probably have been a factor.

It's a nice award, and I am glad Peterson was rewarded for coming back for his senior season, but the award just isn't the same as it used to be. Minnesota high school hockey isn't quite the same, and is still changing. A larger and larger percentage of this state's top players aren't hanging around until their senior season to win the award.

Not saying the recruits you landed aren't good (Peterson is a Wild draft pick and we are excited about him too). Just explaining the reality of MNHS hockey these days. Sad to see, but probably inevitable. It will still be a fun and competitive league, but will probably become more and more of a younger player's league. And since the Mr Hockey award is handed out to the top senior player, that award will mean less and less.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
Why? The award is for his high school achievements. Not sure why it's the Star Tribune's job to discuss your program's recruiting. Sure, they could have probably mentioned where he was going to play for college. I am sure HE would have appreciated that, but your take on the number of finalists heading to UNO is a bit overblown.

If this were 5 years ago, having 4 of the Minnesota Mr. Hockey finalists would mean a whole lot more. You've got to consider the players who would have been eligible to win the award, but forewent their senior season to play with the NTDP (Glover, Dougherty, Gersich) or the USHL (Sheehy, Hurley, etc..). There were roughly 30 players who left MN high school hockey early to play juniors, and a number of other players who have played all of their hockey at programs like Shattuck, who would probably have been a factor.

It's a nice award, and I am glad Peterson was rewarded for coming back for his senior season, but the award just isn't the same as it used to be. Minnesota high school hockey isn't quite the same, and is still changing. A larger and larger percentage of this state's top players aren't hanging around until their senior season to win the award.

Not saying the recruits you landed aren't good (Peterson is a Wild draft pick and we are excited about him too). Just explaining the reality of MNHS hockey these days. Sad to see, but probably inevitable. It will still be a fun and competitive league, but will probably become more and more of a younger player's league. And since the Mr Hockey award is handed out to the top senior player, that award will mean less and less.
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Yeah, I asked about the why's of all this in your (Gopher) thread and got a lot of informative replies that put this in it's proper context for me. I had no idea so many high school players were leaving before they even became seniors. That certainly has to water down the award to some degree, I am sure.

That said, WCCO in Minneapolis sure took note since they ran a story about UNO recruiting in Minnesota during their nightly newscast that was in the Mr. Minnesota Hockey-context. If you didn't see my post of this before, here it is, again:

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/03/04/omaha-ne-recruits-top-mn-boys-high-school-hockey-players/
 
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Yeah, I asked about the why's of all this in your (Gopher) thread and got a lot of informative replies that put this in it's proper context for me. I had no idea so many high school players were leaving before they even became seniors. That certainly has to water down the award to some degree, I am sure.

That said, WCCO in Minneapolis sure took note since they ran a story about UNO recruiting in Minnesota during their nightly newscast that was in the Mr. Minnesota Hockey-context. If you didn't see my post of this before, here it is, again:

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/03/04/omaha-ne-recruits-top-mn-boys-high-school-hockey-players/
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Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled that these kids are getting an opportunity to play D1 hockey, and for a great program and great coach. I'm an Eden Prairie alum and it is awesome to see Spinner and Snuggarud get the opportunity.

I saw that article. Nice piece. It will be fun to see what those kids can do at UNO.
 
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UNO defenseman recruit Luc Snuggerud from Eden Prairie, MN wins the 2014 Reed Larson Award given annually to the top senior boys’ high school hockey defenseman in Minnesota:

http://www.letsplayhockey.com/today...rairie-named-winner-of-reed-larson-award.html

Besides his having been a finalist, too, for the "Mr. Minnesota Hockey Award".

Snuggerud is the second-highest rated high school prospect in the NHL Central Scouting ranking for the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, besides.

Congrats, Luc, and, welcome aboard!

God only knows we can use some blue line help.
 
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mnstate0fhockey said:
Why? The award is for his high school achievements. Not sure why it's the Star Tribune's job to discuss your program's recruiting. Sure, they could have probably mentioned where he was going to play for college. I am sure HE would have appreciated that, but your take on the number of finalists heading to UNO is a bit overblown.

If this were 5 years ago, having 4 of the Minnesota Mr. Hockey finalists would mean a whole lot more. You've got to consider the players who would have been eligible to win the award, but forewent their senior season to play with the NTDP And since the Mr Hockey award is handed out to the top senior player, that award will mean less and less.
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It always impresses me more to see high school kids finish playing at their high school until they graduate and the same goes for college kids who don't skip out of college to turn pro. One bad concussion in the pros and I'll bet a player would be bad to have that college degree in place.
 
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Hard hitting (:rolleyes:) expose' about UNO being jerked around by the City of Omaha and MECA respective to the upcoming NCHC tournament and the scheduling of a Demi Lovato concert that conflicts with it:

http://www.omaha.com/section/mavs

Rob White of the Omaha World Herald should be ashamed for writing this complete and total fluff piece. He apparently only asked Josh Archibald, Michael Young, and Dean Blais about this. What did you think they were going to say about this situation? I could have predicted their quotes without you writing this article. Do you really think they would say that this might be some sort of problem?

How about asking the legion of irate UNO fans, Rob, or the school's administration, or, the Athletic Department about this?

I guess that would have required him to actually do his job.

How about a mention of the untold financial loss the school will be taking here as result of this? This gave the school one less day to sell tickets and forces them to sell tickets for weeknight games, too, which is a problem here relative to where the game is and where the population base that goes to games live.

My prediction? The Thursday night game will be among the worst attended games of the season, if not THE worst. All thanks to the City of Omaha and MECA.

FYI, the Omaha World Herald has not won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism since 1943, one of the longest droughts by a major daily in this country. This sort of article is a window into why this is.
 
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This article is a couple months old, but it is worth reposting here about UNO recruiting in Minnesota:

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/201...minnesota-recruits-mavericks-hockey-prospects

Even though Gopher fans are sort of pooh-poohing UNO's incoming class as "one they wouldn't trade their incoming class for", UNO's class sure seems to be attracting and commanding a good deal of attention. I know it has attracted mine, as well as that of our fans.

In the FWIW category, here, too, is the UNO recruiting thread at Mavpuck:

http://www.mavpuck.com/mpboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9535
 
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Anybody watching the UNO/DU series tonight, streaming, on the NCHC web site shouldn't have much trouble picking me out of the crowd since I'll have very little company.

Ticket sales are abysmal. My bet is the crowd will be under 5,000 tonight.

It is a very nice day and I have hopes for a good walk-up.

Starting this series on Thursday night is a disaster for ticket sales. Thank you, MECA and the City of Omaha.
 
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