Wayne correctly points out the statistical reasons why this game isn't
important below, but I would argue that it is critically important that
Maine plays well and wins easily for confidence reasons.  You can tell
reading some of the media this morning that confidence has been a bit
shaken on the team after not winning a game in several weeks until last
night (though it didn't count).

There are no more meaningless games for this team.

-Deron

--- Wayne T Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Deron Treadwell wrote, in part:
>
> >All this leads into a must-win game on Sunday against Quinnipiac.
> >
>
> With all due respect, Sunday's Quinnipiac game is the least important
> game UMaine will play for the remainder of this season!  It doesn't
> matter to PWR. It doesn't matter for HEA tournament positioning. It
> just
> doesn't matter wrt post-season goals, except for personal and team
> pride
> ... and maybe as a help in expecting to win and doing what the the
> coaching staff wants.
>
> Quinnipiac isn't having as good a season as Maine.  After a good
> start,
> they are 6-8-3. They've scored 2.5 and given up 3 goals per game in a
> schedule where most teams haven't measured up to those on Maine's
> schedule. QC is lead by their seniors, but has freshmen playing well,
> also.  No one  player stats stand out to this reporter, but I will
> mention senior forward Chris White, if only because he shares his
> name
> with our  UMaine Band Director, Chris White. ;-)
>
> See you at the game ... or hope you can catch it on NESN ...
>
> cheers, wayne
>