UHN Pregame Thread (RIT and Denver too)

[Josh '99]

It seemed to me last weekend that the boards in Albany were very rough and unpredictable -- the puck was often not where the guys expected it.

The boards in Albany are shitty; recall that one of Harvard's goals in the 2006 title game came from a Lynah bounce.  (Can we still call it that now that it's been eliminated at Lynah?)  Getting away from those boards is certainly one good thing about the Atlantic City move.

Not until we see what that ice is like.

Fair point.

[Josh '99]

Um, why does everybody misspell UNH?

Yeah, it's a long story that involves their own fans' inability to put their U-H-N signs in correct order.  The story ends with them sucking and not deserving respect when being discussed in pregame discussion.

Somewhere in the middle of the story is the tale of a goal that was waved off on a "high stick" that was clearly at waist level.  But my toddler has torn those pages out of the book.

The U-H-N was in Worcester in 2002. The questionable call was Buffalo in 2003.

For what it's worth, I'm told that the letters were out of order intentionally, though I can't remember the reason why.  (I still think we should make fun of them, though.)

[munchkin]

Um, why does everybody misspell UNH?

Yeah, it's a long story that involves their own fans' inability to put their U-H-N signs in correct order.  The story ends with them sucking and not deserving respect when being discussed in pregame discussion.

Somewhere in the middle of the story is the tale of a goal that was waved off on a "high stick" that was clearly at waist level.  But my toddler has torn those pages out of the book.

The U-H-N was in Worcester in 2002. The questionable call was Buffalo in 2003.

For what it's worth, I'm told that the letters were out of order intentionally, though I can't remember the reason why.  (I still think we should make fun of them, though.)

From the story I've heard is that's they were making fun of Maine fans who wouldn't know how to spell UNH, but that only works if the people on the other side understand that they're being mocked rather than just seeing 3 posters out of order.

[Trotsky]

I'm a little surprised no one has brought this up yet.

Not looking past UHN or anything, but the last game Cornell played against Denver in the NCAA tournament Cornell won.

That was the last meeting between the 2 teams.  It's a little tarnished that it was on the back end of a total goals series that Cornell lost, so it was a "lethal win."

The most recent Cornell advance to the NCAA title game was because of this win over Denver in 1972.

[FarEastLax]

I think the last thing we want to do is look past UNH to a potential second-round matchup with Denver.  

Although we looked very good when we won at their place in January, UNH was coming off a long break, so there must have been some rust.  The long 6 X 6 shift in their zone was very impressive for us, but the UNH coach highlighted it after the game and is no doubt reminding his players about it now.  As if being in the NCAA tournament isn't motivation enough, UNH has some real incentive to play well against us to show they're a better team than the one we saw earlier.  Also, they did win the Hockey East regular-season title this year, an impressive result in any season.  And they've had an extra week off to rest and prepare.  

We have the experience of having played them this year, so we know their team.  And this time the teams will skate in a regular-sized rink which would seem to be to our advantage as well.  Plus they took us out of the NCAA tournament in 2002 and 2003, so we also have some motivation.  

This seems like it will be a very tough first-round game, and we'll need to play well to win.  Unfortunately we are not in the same position as Miami; the Red Hawks can probably safely look past the baby Crimson to their regional-final game.  We cannot.  This may not be UNH's best NCAA tournament team in recent years, but the baby Crimson they are not.

[KenP]

USCHO Region Preview is up:
http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18518/2010NCAATournamentEastRegionalPreview.html

[Greenberg '97]

USCHO Region Preview is up:
http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18518/2010NCAATournamentEastRegionalPreview.html

There's got to be a T-shirt in this:

Watching Cornell hockey is like watching a plant die of thirst: It's slow, but it's inevitable.

[Jim Hyla]

USCHO Region Preview is up:
http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18518/2010NCAATournamentEastRegionalPreview.html

There's got to be a T-shirt in this:

Watching Cornell hockey is like watching a plant die of thirst: It's slow, but it's inevitable.

It's cute but doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Now if he'd said, "Watching Cornell hockey win is like watching a plant die of thirst: It's slow, but it's inevitable.", that I could take.

[cu722001]

Umile says UNH has a young team.  They have a poor out of conference record because they've played some very tough teams, among which he did not mention Cornell.  And most of those games were early when the team's youth really showed.

Schaefer says UNH is strong in transition while CU is strong inside the blue lines. Should be an game of contrasts.  If Scrivens stays in the trance he's been in the last few games, that will be the difference.

[KenP]

Umile says UNH has a young team.  They have a poor out of conference record because they've played some very tough teams, among which he did not mention Cornell.  And most of those games were early when the team's youth really showed.

Schaefer says UNH is strong in transition while CU is strong inside the blue lines. Should be an game of contrasts.  If Scrivens stays in the trance he's been in the last few games, that will be the difference.

If Scrivens continues his shutout streak through this weekend I will GUARANTEE a victory.

[FarEastLax]

What would the t-shirt say for the UAH Baby Crimson?  Perhaps "As Shocked To Be Here As You Are To See Us" would fit?

[Jordan 04]

Umile says UNH has a young team.  They have a poor out of conference record because they've played some very tough teams, among which he did not mention Cornell.  And most of those games were early when the team's youth really showed.

Schaefer says UNH is strong in transition while CU is strong inside the blue lines. Should be an game of contrasts.  If Scrivens stays in the trance he's been in the last few games, that will be the difference.

If Scrivens continues his shutout streak through this weekend I will GUARANTEE a victory.

Depends on how you look at it. In many places, his shutout streak has been noted in terms of cumulative minutes, in which case he could very well extend it without a Cornell victory. On the other hand, if he wants to post his 3rd straight shutout, I guess I'll sign up for that. :-D

[Josh '99]

Umile says UNH has a young team.  They have a poor out of conference record because they've played some very tough teams, among which he did not mention Cornell.  And most of those games were early when the team's youth really showed.

Schaefer says UNH is strong in transition while CU is strong inside the blue lines. Should be an game of contrasts.  If Scrivens stays in the trance he's been in the last few games, that will be the difference.

If Scrivens continues his shutout streak through this weekend I will GUARANTEE a victory.

Depends on how you look at it. In many places, his shutout streak has been noted in terms of cumulative minutes, in which case he could very well extend it without a Cornell victory. On the other hand, if he wants to post his 3rd straight shutout, I guess I'll sign up for that. :-D

Hasn't he already done that?  :-}

[Jordan 04]

Umile says UNH has a young team.  They have a poor out of conference record because they've played some very tough teams, among which he did not mention Cornell.  And most of those games were early when the team's youth really showed.

Schaefer says UNH is strong in transition while CU is strong inside the blue lines. Should be an game of contrasts.  If Scrivens stays in the trance he's been in the last few games, that will be the difference.

If Scrivens continues his shutout streak through this weekend I will GUARANTEE a victory.

Depends on how you look at it. In many places, his shutout streak has been noted in terms of cumulative minutes, in which case he could very well extend it without a Cornell victory. On the other hand, if he wants to post his 3rd straight shutout, I guess I'll sign up for that. :-D

Hasn't he already done that?  :-}

Dammit you people are too quick! I was literally just checking USCHO because I was pretty sure I was wrong on the 3rd straight, and was just about to edit. I guess you're getting about as much work done today as I am

[judy]

Umile says UNH has a young team.  They have a poor out of conference record because they've played some very tough teams, among which he did not mention Cornell.  And most of those games were early when the team's youth really showed.

Schaefer says UNH is strong in transition while CU is strong inside the blue lines. Should be an game of contrasts.  If Scrivens stays in the trance he's been in the last few games, that will be the difference.

If Scrivens continues his shutout streak through this weekend I will GUARANTEE a victory.

Depends on how you look at it. In many places, his shutout streak has been noted in terms of cumulative minutes, in which case he could very well extend it without a Cornell victory. On the other hand, if he wants to post his 3rd straight shutout, I guess I'll sign up for that. :-D

Hasn't he already done that?  :-}

Dammit you people are too quick! I was literally just checking USCHO because I was pretty sure I was wrong on the 3rd straight, and was just about to edit. I guess you're getting about as much work done today as I am

Work? What's that?