official thread of the UNH wildcats

[LifeisLife2Step]

What happened to Kristen Thomas and how long will she be sidelined ?

Thanks

[AnniesFannie]

Thomas and Erin Whitten are playing with the US Select Team at the Four Nations Cup...

See the story: http://www.unhwildcats.com/hockeyw/20022003/101002.html

[Da Big Bad Cow]

Originally posted by AnniesFannie
felt they should have played faster than they did and had a lot more shots on net. They won't let it happen again. how can you say that when its happened twice in two weekends? they felt even worse about their performance in the first quinnipiac game. i dont think you can say "they wont let it happen again" when its something that has already happened twice against weaker teams...if they do this against a good club it will be lights out early.

Originally posted by AnniesFannie
This isn't the Wildcat Team of the past few years! These ladies are happy to play, fast on their feet, and ready to win big!!! They ought to be ranked in the top 5 within a week or two! i agree...they do look like a better team this season...believing in your coach and his/her system can increase a teams play exponentially....the first maine game was the best game ive seen unh play in over 2 seasons, but we ought not get ahead of ourselves...they are yet to play a real solid team this season. this weekend will be a real test for them, playing on the road, against a goalie who is huggons equal, and a very quick and talented club without their leading scorer, who also anchors their defense along with edgar. i dont think any coach would ever come out and say they'd be happy with a split, but if unh goes to st lawrence and gets one i think mccloskey would be thrilled. they definitely can win these games, but under the conditions a split would be a nice weekend for them...more than a split is exceptional

[HEfanatic]

i disagree with DBBC's statement that UNH has "yet to play a real solid team this season." I think Maine is a solid team, not exceptional, but solid. The second game for UNH was a little slower but the first contest showed that the cats can be dangerous. 5-1W over Maine is a great score and even when performing poorer the next day, the girls still found a way to win 1-0, dominating the third period. OSU also showed they are a solid team as well when they skated to a 2-1L with Minnesota. UNH hasnt beaten an exceptional team yet but OSU and Maine are both very solid teams that will win games this year against some strong clubs.
secondly, St.Lawrence is very good, but I dont think that they are above UNH. The Saints beat NU only 2-1. I watched the BC v NU game Sunday, which ended in a tie and NU didnt look nearly as good as UNH did against Maine on Saturday. St.Lawrence also tied Providence and I am also not sure if I would say that Providence is better than the cats either, but who knows. The point is, while St.Lawrence will be the toughest opponent that UNH has seen to date, they are far from the toughest competition the cats will face this season. I think that the absence of Thomas will make it tougher, but that just taking one from St.Lawrence this weekend wouldnt be exceptional at all. The cats are capable of taking both and need to be able to take both if they want to be considered with teams like Harvard, Dartmouth, and the Minnesotas.

[Da Big Bad Cow]

the problem with your thinking is that this isnt a high school math problem

you cant use the transitive property to compare teams. it doesnt work, you just have to wait until they play each other. ohio state and maine might be decent teams...they certainly are better than quinnipiac...but until UNH plays against and wins a couple games against the likes of duluth (who they dont play this year, i believe), minnesota, harvard, dartmouth, brown, and wisconsin.....and consistently beats other above average teams like niagara, providence, and northeastern i dont think you can just annoint them a top 5 team....and they cant just be competitive with these teams, they actually have to win more than they lose...UNH hasnt shown they can do that the past few years, and until they do, in my opinion, its a reach to place them so high.

besides...if they stay lower in the rankings, it will give them a little extra incentive when they play these teams ranked above them :D

[Da Big Bad Cow]

Originally posted by HEfanatic
I think that the absence of Thomas will make it tougher, but that just taking one from St.Lawrence this weekend wouldnt be exceptional at all. The cats are capable of taking both and need to be able to take both if they want to be considered with teams like Harvard, Dartmouth, and the Minnesotas.

also, please quit misquoting me. i said more than a split would be an exceptional weekend, and a split on the road against a solid club, without their best player would be a nice weekend for them

[HEfanatic]

i quoted you once and only once and it is in quotations and in the first line of my other response. You said UNH has "yet to play a real solid team this season" and i disagreed. anything that isnt in quotes isnt a misquote of you. And to clarify, you said a split would be a "nice" weekend. I think a split would be simply an okay weekend, however, besides the first part of my earlier post dealing with whether maine and OSU are solid teams, the rest wasnt in response to you at all, i was actually responding more to grandaddy because he said that a split would be "outstanding." sorry for the misunderstanding.
furthermore, i saw northeastern play and i also saw UNH play and from what i saw there was no transitive property needed. UNH looked alot better against Maine, a better opponent than BC. I am not saying i am going to be right but i think that stlawrences 2-1W over NU and 3-3 tie with providence is just a good indicator that they shouldnt be hesitant this weekend and are capable of taking both. i didnt say they will- i think that they can.

[HEfanatic]

and i didnt say that UNH is better than harvard or dartmouth or duluth or minnesota. i said that stlawrence, in my opinion, isnt as good as those teams, and UNH needs to beat stlawrence this weekend if they want to start being considered with those top contenders. if you asked me right now to say who would win in UNH v Harvard, i would say harvard. UNH v dartmouth, i would say dartmouth. UNH v Minne or duluth, id pick the western teams. but against anybody else, id say UNH has a great shot at beating anyone else in the top ten, and they will be competitive with the top 4 teams as well. My whole point was that stlawrence is very good, but they arent top 5. A sweep of the saints would put UNH **** close to the top 5 in my book. and i dont mind the cats lower in the rankings either even if i think they are better...it keeps them hungry and i like that, especially after they were ranked #2 last year and then fell off the charts. :)

[Da Big Bad Cow]

Originally posted by HEfanatic
i saw northeastern play and i also saw UNH play and from what i saw there was no transitive property needed. UNH looked alot better against Maine, a better opponent than BC. thats the problem. you cant make those assumptions on one game. would you feel that way if you were comparing UNH's 5-3 win vs quinnipiac to a stronger NU performance? you cant watch a team play once and make a statement like that. UNH may well prove to be the best team in HE, and i hope they do...but you said "st lawrence isnt any better because they only beat NU 2-1, and NU doesnt look that good based on what i saw against BC." UNH may be better than st lawrence, and they may not be, but it nothing that could possibly be deciphered by comparing scores of non-relevant games.

[HEfanatic]

ok, fair enough. i have yet to see stlawrence play and their 2-1 performance against NU could have been a poor showing for them.
however, you must realize that the scores are all people have to go on until two teams actually play- and thats why what people say on this board is only opinion. Even the real USCHO.com poll is just the opinion of 15 coaches and press members that are basing rankings off of results and scores. They have to use the so-called "transitive property" to compare teams that havent played eachother in order to rank them. It is all prediction and opinion.
So, St.lawrence could give the cats a huge wakeup call this weekend or as I "predict" based on st.lawrences results and UNHs play thus far, that the cats have a good shot at taking both.
I mean, I think Harvard is the 3rd best team in womens hockey but they havent played a game yet! they could end up not clicking and as talented as their roster looks, getting beaten by a less talented but closer knit team. who knows. but that doesnt stop anybody from predicting that harvard will contend for the top. and it shouldnt. predicting based on scores is okay- its not a science- just an opinion.

[Da Big Bad Cow]

thats why the polls this early are worthless.

like i said the only way we really know where UNH falls is to wait for them to play some of those top teams. until then i say we let them remain the huge underdogs...it will make all the victories a little more fun for us fans

[Gibber]

Have a few shots up from the two games against Maine this weekend at the website:
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~jdgibney/whockey (under "Photos")
enjoy
-gib

[HEfanatic]

ok...so, can anyone tell me exactly what UNH is up against this weekend? has anybody seen stlawrence play? who do they have that the cats should watch out for?

[mattj711]

Haven't seen them play this year...but based on last season Barrie is a very strong goaltender. Gina Kingsberry, Shannon Smith, Amanda Sargeant, and Chera Marshall are all very good forwards who can put up good points. Actually, probably one of St. Lawrance's biggest strengths is depth. They have four lines that can play very solid hockey.

I was also very impressed with Kate Michael when I saw her play in the past. Obviously, the college game is different from that of high school, but I'm a bit suprised she hasn't put any points up on the board yet. She is very sound defensively and is also capable of creating a significant amount of offense.

[cat_fan100]

Is anyone following tonights game?

[hckychck12]

does anyone know the score of tonights unh-st. lawrence game?

[steelershockey]

Final Score: SLU 4 -- UNH 3

Scoring for SLU: Russell (2), Marshall, Sargeant
Scoring for UNH: Kaip (2), Jones

SLU was missing Kingsbury due to 4 Nations

[Da Big Bad Cow]

and UNH was missing kristen thomas to that tournament...so that evened out

the only thing that really surprises me about this game was that 7 goals were scored.

[HEfanatic]

anyone know anyhting about game 2?

[HEfanatic]

UNH gets a tie and a their first loss of the season this weekend from stlawrence. anybody see the games? the box scores suggest that they were both close, the shots for both teams being close to the same.