It's going to take a pretty impressive run for this team to get into the
tournament. The stature of the program works in its favor, but .500 hockey
the rest of the way simply won't get it done. It's certainly doable, but
the Black Bears find themselves in relatively unfamiliar territory
concerning the NCAAs as the calendar quietly flips to 2005: The outside
looking in.

If there isn't a sense of urgency with this team to start winning - and a
10-8-3 mark suggests there isn't - now is a pretty good time to start
playing that way. It's easy to say this team can just fight through this,
but the clock is ticking in what is already shaping up to be a pretty
disapointing/frustrating season.
--- Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Maine ended up falling 4-3 to Cornell.  Maine is now 10-8-3 and is
> winless in its last three.
>
> It stands to reason that for the first time in a long time Maine will
> not be ranked in the Top 15 this week.  (what do you guys think, about
> five or six years?)
>
> But that won't be even close to as scary as our Pairwise Ranking will
> look when that comes out.  There is at least some hope there.  With
> Maine playing mostly Hockey East teams the rest of the way, if they can
> put together a serious win streak they could still play themselves into
> the NCAA Tournament.  However, that is a big IF and it becomes more and
> more likely it will take defending their Hockey East title to get a
> berth in the big dance.
>
> -Deron
>


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