UNH-Merrimack weekend
Well UNH did what they should have done and took 4 points from the Warriors (3-1 and 4-1) Watched the game Friday night on TV and went down to Merrimack Saturday night.
First about the Warriors. Defensively they are not a bad team, they really know how to clog up the middle and on Friday night they were good at having a guy back to avoid any odd man rushes. They have some solid goaltending. Healy played well Friday night, got a little beat up Saturday in the first letting up 3 goals. Watson came in to play the last 2 periods and played well. Now offensively Merrimack is AWFUL!! When your top scorer has 9 points you know you are in trouble. They could not complete a pass at all. Their 2 goals were kind of break downs by UNH. Caught them on a line change Friday night and got a wrap around goal Saturday night.
Now for UNH. They played all right. Their best period was the first Saturday night, they came out and dominated that period and pretty much had the game wrapped up early. The played well Friday night, did what they had to do. Power play is beginning to click now that everyone is healthy. They probably could had more goals, some missed opportunities and Healy stopped them a few times. It was a game that once in became 2-1 you pretty much knew it was over. Saturday night the second period was very lack luster for the Cats, they played somewhat down to Merrimack. But did come out in the third clicking. Merrimack started to let their emotions play in the last couple of minutes and took some cheap shots at UNH. But was good to see the Cats fight back and not be pushed around. Overall a good performance for the weekend. Was one of those trap weekends. Coming off the Maine weekend and looking forward to the BU weekend next weekend. Could have slipped some and lost a point. But they did what they needed to do, came out with 4 points and everyone healthy for next weekend.
Now next weekend we have a home and home with BU. By my math 1 win should clinch the regular season title. Would be a nice thing to happen on home ice Friday night. It wont be easy as BU is playing well right now. Hoping BU wins the Beanpot Monday night and come in with a little let down for Friday night. Curry is playing tough in net for BU and will give the Cats offense a real test. Not really sure I like the thought of clinching the title this early. Can cause a little let down going into the playoffs. But might be a chance to rest some guys. Wouldn’t mind seeing McFlicker get some rest, He has been getting beaten up all season. Also giving Regan a night off wouldn’t be a bad thing. He has played a lot of minutes. Even though he is playing extremely well, one of the best in the country right now. A night off might be good going into the tough Hockey East playoffs.
Well UNH did what they should have done and took 4 points from the Warriors (3-1 and 4-1) Watched the game Friday night on TV and went down to Merrimack Saturday night.
First about the Warriors. Defensively they are not a bad team, they really know how to clog up the middle and on Friday night they were good at having a guy back to avoid any odd man rushes. They have some solid goaltending. Healy played well Friday night, got a little beat up Saturday in the first letting up 3 goals. Watson came in to play the last 2 periods and played well. Now offensively Merrimack is AWFUL!! When your top scorer has 9 points you know you are in trouble. They could not complete a pass at all. Their 2 goals were kind of break downs by UNH. Caught them on a line change Friday night and got a wrap around goal Saturday night.
Now for UNH. They played all right. Their best period was the first Saturday night, they came out and dominated that period and pretty much had the game wrapped up early. The played well Friday night, did what they had to do. Power play is beginning to click now that everyone is healthy. They probably could had more goals, some missed opportunities and Healy stopped them a few times. It was a game that once in became 2-1 you pretty much knew it was over. Saturday night the second period was very lack luster for the Cats, they played somewhat down to Merrimack. But did come out in the third clicking. Merrimack started to let their emotions play in the last couple of minutes and took some cheap shots at UNH. But was good to see the Cats fight back and not be pushed around. Overall a good performance for the weekend. Was one of those trap weekends. Coming off the Maine weekend and looking forward to the BU weekend next weekend. Could have slipped some and lost a point. But they did what they needed to do, came out with 4 points and everyone healthy for next weekend.
Now next weekend we have a home and home with BU. By my math 1 win should clinch the regular season title. Would be a nice thing to happen on home ice Friday night. It wont be easy as BU is playing well right now. Hoping BU wins the Beanpot Monday night and come in with a little let down for Friday night. Curry is playing tough in net for BU and will give the Cats offense a real test. Not really sure I like the thought of clinching the title this early. Can cause a little let down going into the playoffs. But might be a chance to rest some guys. Wouldn’t mind seeing McFlicker get some rest, He has been getting beaten up all season. Also giving Regan a night off wouldn’t be a bad thing. He has played a lot of minutes. Even though he is playing extremely well, one of the best in the country right now. A night off might be good going into the tough Hockey East playoffs.
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