what was it that did nt impress you?
I am particularly unhappy with the passing.  they are
passing just like it is JOhn Ronan's team all over
again.  Mostly to the backhand or to the skates.  To
Fittafy my last statement, though, once the lines are
solidified, I am sure the players will know how to
pass to thier linemates.

I thought they looked great against NU, I really did. 
For the most part, they shut down Vitale, just like
Ouimette-Jones-Ricci, the Merrimack first line, shut
down our top line(s).  
Trivia... can anyone on here name a Junior linemate of
Rob Ricci???  (i.e. who he played with in juniors???

answer down below....






Abdelkader, the kid who beat Maine at the frozen four
was also a linemate of this guy.....








wears 62  and leads the AHL in scoring right now.....









and the answer i


--- Scott Lerman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've been to the games down here around Boston. At
> the time, I thought
> the team looked mediocre against Northeastern, but
> as we've all
> learned, Northeastern is better than most people
> thought they were. I
> wasn't all that impressed by the games at Merrimack.
> I may go to the
> Lowell and Amherst games in February.
> 
> As a bit of an aside, does anyone around Boston know
> if we get NHPTV
> on Comcast? I thought we did, but I can't find what
> channel it is.
> 
> On Dec 14, 2007 8:07 PM, Adam Parker
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Speaking on the topic of why the chatter is so low
> - I would wonder how many
> > people have seen the team live.  I live in NH now
> and let friends/family
> > have my season tickets (with the exception of one
> series that I kept to
> > myself in February).  So, I can't speak a lot
> about the team because I
> > haven't seen them.
> >
> > Also, how many people have moved over to listening
> to games on Yahoo since
> > they are no longer broadcast on wzon.com?
> >
> >  ________________________________
> >  From: The Maine Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Bob Fitta
> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:15 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Derek/ UNH and early season play
> >
> >
> >
> > A Fitta-ism!
> >
> >
> > Well that is a new one on me, Jim you actually
> made me laugh out loud!
> >
> >
> > I believe the lack of chatter has much do to with
> our expectations, or lack
> > there of. In the past we knew what to expect.
> These days we're unsure what
> > team will show up, so you don't here much crowing.
> Avery good friend of
> > mine, who is a UNH grad and fan, and has great
> respect for Maine. Said the
> > over/under for this one was 3 goals. I immediately
> chastised him thinking
> > for the first time since '99 he was showing
> unusual bravado picking UNH by
> > 3. He corrected me and had me reread it. Not UNH
> by 3 goals, a total of 3
> > goals! I told him I would take the under!
> >
> >
> > Teams a bit of a mystery to use a Gump-ism, "you
> never know what you're
> > gonna get". But hopefully it will be fun, always
> is fun going to this one,
> > lots of buzz and atmosphere, hopefully the young
> guys feed off it!
> >
> >
> > Bob Fitta(ism) '83
> >
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2007, at 3:19 PM, james acheson wrote:
> >
> >
> > Derek will be in Lowell tomorrow night with the
> river
> > rats. We will be there, assuming I want to
> drive...
> > (it is only about 10 miles)
> >
> >
> > UNH... this is about the least chatter ever prior
> to a
> > UNH whiteout at the Whit...
> > my question is ... does the team remember the
> running
> > of the Bishop last season??? Ben was injured when
> a
> > UNH star, Trevor Smith took him out with a (kinda
> > arguably) cheap shot... Ben has unarguably not
> been
> > the same since. I will be taking my daughter to
> this
> > one... and a friend is looking for a single
> ticket...
> > anyone???
> >
> >
> > I spoke with an old BC captain 2 nights ago and he
> > said a few things that were mentioned on here by
> > different people in response to my question "WHAT
> is
> > wrong with your Eagles this season, and what is
> wrong
> > with all of Hockey East.?"
> >
> >
> > He said, first that nobody tries to win every
> game,
> > right now, you try and get your team to learn how
> to
> > play together and you win some, you lose some...
> (I
> > think some people took issue with my theory that
> Tim
> > does not try and win every game when I said that a
> > year or so ago)...
> > He also said that based on his [York's ] track
> record,
> > he had faith that Jerry York would have his team
> > playing its best in time for the playoffs....( I
> think
> > that this is a Fitta-ism, but only reference to
> Tim
> > and the Black bears) It may also have been a
> > Wollstadt-ism... but certainly not a quote that I
> can
> > claim as my own.
> >
> >
> > anyone have anything to add (at all, anymore)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Bruce Hale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > List, I thought the List would enjoy a positive
> > success story on one of our
> > former and local players. I saw Derek play for the
> > Albany River Rats (AHL)
> > vs. the Hershey Bears in Hershey last night. He
> was
> > called up from the
> > Florida Everblades a couple a weeks ago after
> > leading the league in scoring
> > for a couple of weeks. He played well in front of
> > the net and on the boards
> > on offense and is being used on the Power Play in
> > front of the net. He had
> > a rebound goal on a power play in the second
> period
> > and then had the
> > winning goal in the shoot-out after a scoreless
> > overtime. He made a great
> > fake on the goaltender and got him to go down and
> > then held the puck until
> > the last minute and wristed a forehand over his
> > blocker to score the second
> > shoot-out goal. Albany ended up with the win after
> > the 3-3 tie in
> > regulation.
> > I talked with Derek after the game and he looks
> > great and is excited to be
> > playing in the AHL. He knows he needs to work on
> his
> > speed and skating, but
> > is confident he can play and score goals. He is
> > using Ben Guite as his role
> > model of hard work and perseverance in front of
> the
> > net and on special
> > teams. He has grown into a serious, hard-working
> > young man since I advised
> > him at Maine. A true example of Shawn's motto of
> > making the best of what
> > you have! Enjoy the holidays. Bruce Hale, Director
> > of Academic Support for
> > Student-Athletes, 1998-2003.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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