How do people feel about our players talking about Pairwise Rankings on
2/1 on the eve of two important games with UNH?

I don't know why, but it strikes me wrong.  Like it is "OK" that things
haven't gone well lately, because heck we are still #7 in Pairwise?  I
can't put my finger on why and there is nothing about what Shepheard
says that is "bad", it just strikes me wrong for some reason.  Maybe it
is because we are in sixth-place (according to this article) in Hockey
East and that despite our PWR status, that is unacceptable, which means
there is a lot of work to do the next few weeks.

And wins the next three weeks will take care of the Pairwise rankings.


Quote from today's Maine Campus:
Despite the Black Bears' woes so far this year, the one constant
throughout has been their steadfast play on the road, where they carry
a 7-2-1 record. The mark is bolstered by an impressive opening run in
the beginning of the season that featured wins against North Dakota and
Minnesota. Although the Black Bears know they are in fine standing with
the PairWise Rankings - No. 7 - they are eager to get back to clogging
up their resume with quality wins. 

"I don't think we can say we haven't been looking," said Shepheard
about taking a gander at the PairWise. "I mean we're sitting seventh
right now in the PairWise even though we haven't been doing that well
lately. However, the wins at the beginning of the year against
Minnesota and North Dakota really solidified us. If we can get two road
wins this weekend, that would be huge for the PairWise and that is what
matters at the end of the year."

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