james acheson wrote, in part,  on 2/25/2007 6:42 PM:
> many people these past few weeks, at the games, have commented on how 
> "quiet" I have been on this discussion board.
> these people of course are people WHO HAVE NEVER POSTED ANY DISCUSSION 
> whatsoever.
> people, discuss!

Good point.

> I heard a lot of grumbling that Maine did not take it to Merrimack 
> like they "should have". ...

During the first dozen minutes of Saturday's game, UMaine looked like a 
Frozen Four team ... keep the faith! ;-)

> I liked that Hamilton looks like he has fully recovered from the knee 
> problems that were bugging him all of last year (and maybe his soph. 
> year as well), Ditto Billy's ankle recovery...

I thought Johnson looked fast ... faster than whatever injury slowed him 
down.

I agree with the Ryan thought ... fast and mobile. Nice game.

> Ben looked good, Wilson looked great in relief.  Granted it is a 
> little easier to play against Merrimack breakaways than it is to play 
> against Bradford, Gerbe, MOtherwell and the rest of the BC team, but 
> Merrimack has all D1 players and Wilson did a great job against them.

Exactly.

>  
> What more?  Talk people... what did you see?

I thought a couple of the big-hitting senior forwards still are without 
consistent transition to defense.  Those BC forwards mentioned above 
would have had a number of open chances 12 feet in front of Bishop had 
MC been able to get the puck there.  But that makes it sound like I know 
what's going on (clearly not the case!).

> Did anyone else notice that Tim is playing only 4 defensemen in the 
> 3rd periods of many games (IN ORDER TO WIN, ...

Yes, Jon and I agreed on that, chatting Saturday night, too!



on other fronts ...

A couple of people said that Dan Hannigan reported that UMaine only had 
to win 1 more to assure itself of home ice.  I don't think that's quite 
accurate ... I hope to find time to figure it out, but I challenge any 
and everyone to do it first.  (I think UMaine may need 3 points to 
assure home ice in HEA playoffs ... with only 2, cannot VT win 4 points 
and take 4th place?  Likewise, I think UMaine can drop to 6th place with 
a split!  I eagerly await more thoughtful analysis! ;-)

cheers, wayne