Maine Hockey 2013-2014 - Red White Bleeding Blue...

[Priceless]

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Yeah, but as always isn't it going to come down to $$. If they have a couple of slots to fill they'll take the cheapest route. Which means a short to medium bus ride.

The cheapest route is to host games to which they can sell 4-5000 tickets.

[maineiac]

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Please NO!!!!! No more non-conference games vs. Hockey East!(excluding UNH).......especially the Vermonts and UMass's of the world.

How about a couple against Quinnipiac?

[BassAle]

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Please NO!!!!! No more non-conference games vs. Hockey East!(excluding UNH).......especially the Vermonts and UMass's of the world.

like it or not, we are a Vermont or UMass of the hockey world now

[walrus]

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like it or not, we are a Vermont or UMass of the hockey world now

Umass maybe, Vermont is in the tourney

[blackbearbandie]

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Nyquist had two more goals last night in a loss to Columbus... the only 2 goals Detroit scored. Here's an article from Tuesday saying that he was the NHL's #1 star of the week http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/03/...-playoff-slot/ , and here's another feature article on him from Wednesday: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-s-h...lkA1ZJUDM2OV8x

In other news, Jimmy Howard's birthday is today too. They just mentioned it during the Rangers vs. Flyers game while I was typing this post!

[umhockey91]

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like it or not, we are a Vermont or UMass of the hockey world now

I don't give a crap.......I still don't want to see Maine play them in non-conference games. Isn't twice enough for you?

[umhockey91]

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How about a couple against Quinnipiac?

Sure.......as long as they are not Hockey East games.

[TERRIERFANinLA]

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I don't give a crap.......I still don't want to see Maine play them in non-conference games. Isn't twice enough for you?

Maine does not yet deserve to be playing Minnesota or even Union at the Alfond. Tim worked hard to make it so that Maine would be lucky to get Huntsville to want to come back to Orono.

teams schedule out of conference away games against teams that will possibly help their PWR.... Maine cannot help a tournament team yet, so why would Minny or St.Cloud or any other "good" team want to travel to Orono?

keep your donations pouring in so that Red can rebuild the program!

[umhockey91]

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Maine does not yet deserve to be playing Minnesota or even Union at the Alfond. Tim worked hard to make it so that Maine would be lucky to get Huntsville to want to come back to Orono.

teams schedule out of conference away games against teams that will possibly help their PWR.... Maine cannot help a tournament team yet, so why would Minny or St.Cloud or any other "good" team want to travel to Orono?

keep your donations pouring in so that Red can rebuild the program!

[Priceless]

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Maine does not yet deserve to be playing Minnesota or even Union at the Alfond. Tim worked hard to make it so that Maine would be lucky to get Huntsville to want to come back to Orono.

teams schedule out of conference away games against teams that will possibly help their PWR.... Maine cannot help a tournament team yet, so why would Minny or St.Cloud or any other "good" team want to travel to Orono?

keep your donations pouring in so that Red can rebuild the program!

Make too many reaches like that and you could rip your arm right out of the socket.

A team will come to Alfond if it is worth the risk of losing the game vs other opportunities. As it stands now, neither Minnesota or Wisconsin would look favorably on a trip to Maine, primarily because the risk of losing is too great. For anyone else, a trip to Orono could be very attractive - depending on what other opportunities are out there. Under the new pairwise formula, Maine makes out pretty well. A road win is worth a considerable amount and a road loss is not as punishing. Further, Maine finished #24 in RPI. Finish in the top 20 and suddenly you're worth quality win bonus points. Even if you come to Maine and lose, with the road modifier and the team's improved RPI, the loss won't be nearly as costly as it would have been a few years ago.

[TERRIERFANinLA]

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Make too many reaches like that and you could rip your arm right out of the socket.

A team will come to Alfond if it is worth the risk of losing the game vs other opportunities. As it stands now, neither Minnesota or Wisconsin would look favorably on a trip to Maine, primarily because the risk of losing is too great. For anyone else, a trip to Orono could be very attractive - depending on what other opportunities are out there. Under the new pairwise formula, Maine makes out pretty well. A road win is worth a considerable amount and a road loss is not as punishing. Further, Maine finished #24 in RPI. Finish in the top 20 and suddenly you're worth quality win bonus points. Even if you come to Maine and lose, with the road modifier and the team's improved RPI, the loss won't be nearly as costly as it would have been a few years ago.

apparently you're convinced of your logic, I hope you can convince the ADs at schools that matter to agree with you.

[Priceless]

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apparently you're convinced of your logic, I hope you can convince the ADs at schools that matter to agree with you.

It isn't "my" logic. It's Simple Math™ to anyone who understands the RPI formula and the pairwise. I doubt many ADs understand it, but I'm pretty sure hockey coaches do.

[umhockey91]

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apparently you're convinced of your logic, I hope you can convince the ADs at schools that matter to agree with you.

Do you have a point that you are trying to make?

[TERRIERFANinLA]

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It isn't "my" logic. It's Simple Math™ to anyone who understands the RPI formula and the pairwise. I doubt many ADs understand it, but I'm pretty sure hockey coaches do.

John, it is much more than simple math, if it were simple math, then good teams would be lining up to come to Orono. they are not doing that yet, due to simple math that is calculated by those that matter

[AMC]

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Looks like UAA is coming in, per their schedule:

Fri, Oct 24 Maine at Orono, Maine 3:07 p.m.
Sat, Oct 25 Maine at Orono, Maine 3:07 p.m.