i agree that one of the REAL highlights is Simon's
improvement.  He has a lot of goals lately and he
really knows how to lug the puck up ice.  I suppose
that he was just never allowed to before, but it is
still nice to see that he can do it.
One of the things that makes his recent goal scoring
special is that he is doing it against quality league
opponents during the important part of the season.  At
the beginning of the year, WHitney for BC was scoring
up a storm, but it was against non-league opponents. 
Other  players do the same, score like all americans
at the beginning of the season and then get cooled off
when other teams are keying on them, or just when team
scoring goes down.  The fact that Simon is scoring now
is even more impressive than if he had a couple
against Mercyhurst and RPI.


--- Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> My view on the game was that for one of the few
> times I've seen I thought Maine actually played with
> some speed, and maintained it pretty well through
> most of the game.  Despite the fact UNH is a team
> built for speed, I thought Maine hung in there. 
> Maine also broke out the puck with more speed and
> confidence than the last games I saw vs. BC.  They
> didn't get hung up in their end as much and it
> showed.
> 
> What I will agree with is that Maine does not play
> 60 minutes.  Maybe it is too harsh to say "Maine",
> but maybe I should say "some players".  Some of
> these players get lazy -- especially late in periods
> -- and they do stand and watch the puck or just make
> bad plays (blind pass says hello).
> 
> On the positive side:
> 1. A win tonight and the weekend is a good one!  Us
> Patriot fans could use one!
> 2. How about the development of Simon Denis-Pepin? 
> Larry Mahoney was glowing about him on the TV
> broadcast, and boy is he right.  He is playing with
> such confidence and already can't wait to see what
> he'll do next year.
> 3.  I continue to enjoy watching Andrew Sweetland. 
> He has potential to be a nice little player for us.
> 4.  Welcome back Keenan Hopson.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Anthony DelMonaco <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2008 1:16:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Another disappointing loss...
> 
> 
> doesn't help giving up a short handed goal either,
> then again zero shots on said man advantage hurts as
> well...why take simon out at the end of the game
> when he's been playing pretty decent hockey as of
> late? the team just looks like their conditioning
> has been neglected...possibly to the point that DHHS
> should be involved, there is zero movement out
> there, a lot of times they just stand around, when
> there's a loose puck nobody, ahem, hardly anybody in
> a maine sweater makes a move for it...they did
> completely dominate the first period, with the
> exception of the blind pass on the first goal but
> they've made millions of blind passes to nobody all
> season. if it was made to someone it was the wrong
> team...i think if they possibly made one less pass
> and just took a shot, they are always looking to
> pass, especially when they have a good look at the
> goal, they try for the barry melrose highlights on
> espn...as much as i've bitched i do believe this was
> one of
>  the better games this season, hopefully tomorrow
> night will be a different result!!!
> 
>  
> If you don't have the best of everything, make the
> best of everything you have
> -Shawn Walsh
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2008 10:42:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Another disappointing loss...
> 
> 
> Up until the last 20 seconds of the first period,
> Maine dominated the period.  Wasn't someone just
> talking about soft goals by Ben Bishop?  Sheesh.
>  
> Overall I thought Maine played pretty well,
> considering their opponent was one of the top teams
> in the nation.  Of course, it doesn't help get you
> in the playoffs, but then again expectations at this
> point are different.
>  
> One thing that was the same is Rob Bellamy taking a
> penalty late in the game with Maine trying to claw
> back into the game.
>  
> -Deron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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