James that's a limb all right, and that limb is already broken and 
caused a major fracture.

There is no way that Murphy, Ronan or Mush get booted!!!!!

Folks take a deep breath and relax.

I also don't think the team or Prestin ever think about Jimmy's stats.  
I think there is a case to be made that the team sometimes relies to 
much on Jimmy, and thus worked harder on nights that he was not in net!

As for this weekend, I GUARANTEE Leveille does not get a hat trick, as 
it was reported on the BDN website in a piece by Larry that he 
separated his shoulder and will be out two-three weeks.  It's a tough 
loss, but adversity builds character.  I have faith in this group of 
players to come into their own, and that we will not see a repeat of 
two years ago.  Incidentally two years ago we started like a house of 
fire and finished with a brutal stretch run on a senior laden team.  
Good Maine teams in the past have struggled early and been playing 
their best hockey at the end of the year.

I hope nobody breaks any limbs jumping off the bandwagon, this is way 
to early for that.  I'll reserve judgment until after the next 4 games, 
and will have a chance to see 3 of the 4 as well.

Have a good week and GO SOX!!

Bob Fitta '83


On Oct 25, 2004, at 11:13 AM, james acheson wrote:

> I am gonna go out on a limb here and make a prediction.
> I predict that Coach is NOT HAPPY with the leadership and the play of 
> the upper classmen in generaland he is going to do something about it.
>  
> I predict that Ronan, Murphy and Mushaluck get benched or booted.
> that will send a message, and let Tyler, Maxwell, Bellamy, JOhnson, 
> Hamilton and maybe a few others get some more ice time and it will 
> open their eyes up.
>  
> I remember when Brendan Walsh was benched as a senior... that woke 
> some people up.
>  
> I am also gonna go out on a limb and bet that someone tells the team 
> to stop worrying about Jimmy's stats and start taking some chances and 
> start scoring some goals.
>  
> Last season, I did the math, Maine scored about 2.4 goals per Jimmy 
> game and he gave up 1.17 goals per game
>  
> Miane scored over 4.5 goals per Frank game and he gave up just over 2 
> goals per game.
> Jimmy was involved in 4-6 1-0 shutout losses.  I do not think that 
> frank was involved in 2.
>  
> JImmy and Al Montoya are apparently human, unlike what the press had 
> us believing.  THe loss of Prestin is apparently huge on Jimmy's 
> stats.   Is there a reason that Mushaluck cannot start putting fear 
> into the opposition?  I would not be scared skating around him, I 
> would be more afraid of Bellamy... he is smaller, but he hits
>  
> I am not looking forward to a loss at Merrimack this weekend... 
> Merrimack really stinks this year.. has no goalie and only one player 
> that could possibly make the Maine roster, Schmidt... I think he is 
> NHL caliber, but the rest of the team is weak.  Somehow I have to 
> wonder if our boys will pull it together enought to win.  Also, the BU 
> game is far from won at this point.  I know I am a poor sport, but I 
> am used to MY team walking all over most of HOckey East.  I jsut don't 
> see it happening this year.
>  
> last... another prediction.  Levielle gets his (first) hat trick on 
> the ice where he scored his first college goal... Friday in North 
> Andover!!!
> Wayne T Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hmmm.
>
> 85-86 ... two years later we had one of the best teams ever.
> 90-91 ... two years later we won the national championship.
> 96-97 ... two years later we won the national championship.
>
> Lookout in 2006-2007! See you in St Louis for the Frozen Four!
>
> cheers, wayne (right on with your weekend report, Jon!)
>
> Jacob Metzler wrote, in part, on 10/22/2004 3:06 PM:
>
> >So other than 96-97 and 90-91 when they lost the season openers, you 
> have to go all the way back to 85-86 to find a time that a Maine team 
> had a losing record at the start of the year (first 3 games) (worse 
> than 0-1). Not that it means a darn
> >thing but lets hope that last weekend was the start of something good 
> and they can continue it this weekend.
> >
> >
>
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