Funny you mention it, I never thought of you as
opinionated...  Anyone else ever hear opinionated
statements out of Jim?  Certainly not on this board!

I, too, am frustrated that all season long we have to
get behind to start playing well.  I think another
perfect example is the BU game in Orono, that until
Maine got behind, it was lackluster at best.  The
question is why does it take desparation for Maine to
play hard and get in the game?  I mean, is it
laziness?  It seems like games are a lot of "going
through the motions" until we get behind, then we try
to execute the gameplan.  Let's keep our fingers
crossed for an acceptable weekend at BC.  Maine did
get a one day mention in the USCHO Bracketology on
Saturday after the win as seed 15 of 16 teams, then
quickly exited on Sunday with the tie.

Anyone else have thoughts on why Maine can't be
motivated to play hard all game?  



--- james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> what kind of banter do they do on the bench during a
> perfect game?
>    
>   I think that a lot of people have very little to
> say after this weekend for a reason.  we don't know
> what to say.  Our boys seem to have a ton of
> ability, but they only show it when their backs are
> to the wall.  They gave up 3 goals, 2 weak ones, and
> then they decided that it was time to play hockey.
>    
>   had you been in VT, you would have been treated to
> some of the most inconsistent officiating in my
> memory.  as long as people on here have known me, I
> think you will know me as opinionated, but I do not
> think that you will know me as a person who has a
> lot to say about referees, but Bunyon was just
> terrible.  On Sat, he let pretty much everything go,
> but for whatever reason he gave VT a 5 on 3. 
> Usually when you are letting everything go, you do
> not give 2 man advantages.  (Luckily for Maine, just
> when VT had scored on the 2 man advntage, and they
> were only up one man, Bunyon decided NOT to call
> Derek for a baseball bat swing slash on the puck
> carrier, at center ice.  we got lucky there, but he
> called Derek for running interference...a  rare
> call, and something that VT did all night both
> nights.  (this is when a team mate of the puck
> carrier gets in the way of defenders, either by
> clearing the way in front of him, or by preventing
> the defence from getting to check the puck
>  carrier... derek was called, and VT never was. 
> ALSO, VT ran Ben 4 times and was not called for it
> even once.  Bellamy was about to line up one of the
> players who hit Ben, but Bunyon blew the whistle,
> and pointed at the offending VT player, ONLY to call
> a penalty on Maine.... Bellamy WOULD have run the
> guy had he known that no penalty for charging was
> going to be called.
>    
>   the officiating was just as bad on Sat.  Bellamy
> got called for phantom hold with about 30 seconds
> left, and Miane gained posession and Levielle was
> breaking in short handed, he was hauled down, and
> Bunyon waved off a call.  I have no idea what he was
> doing, there was no shot on net, so he was not
> waving off a goal, and he was not near a blue line
> to wave off an off sides call, and he was not waving
> off icing.. he was doing his own thing, something
> that is not in the rule book, he waved off a trip
> call, that everyone in the stands could see.
>    
>   THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN HISTORY that Tim went 
> nuts and yelled and yelled at the ref.  I cannot
> remember the first one, maybe when Todd Jackson was
> given a forearm to the head in the national
> championship game and no call was made.
>    
>   that said, Bunyon called a Major on UVM and that
> was arguably the call that let Maine in the game,
> they scored 2 goals on that powerplay.
>    
>   looking forward to BC.
>   Maine has simply got to annoy the hell out of
> Schneider if they want to win this weekend.  
> 
> Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   No one else has anything to say about our 3-point
> weekend?
> 
> I thought this was a discussion list.
> 
> 
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