In last night’s midseason review post I took a look at how the season has played out so far for the Minutemen, from their hot streak in October to start the season to the current nine game winless streak heading into winter break. Now it’s time to look ahead to the games remaining. The team is not trending well right now, but there’s still a lot of hockey to be played and with the team currently tied for seventh in Hockey East they’re still within striking distance of a number of achievements.
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Midseason Review ▲ Looking Ahead To The Second Half
Posted by rocks22 on December 16, 2015
https://fearthetriangle.com/2015/12/16/midseason-review-%e2%96%b2-looking-ahead-to-the-second-half/
Midseason Review ▲ After Hot Start To Season Minutemen Limp Into Winter Break
The Massachusetts Minutemen play an exhibition hockey game this Friday against the US Junior National Team, but for all intents and purposes the team is on winter break, having played 18 of its 34 regular season games this season. So this is a good time to reflect on what has transpired so far in the first half of the season. Maybe it makes sense to split that half in halves again, because there were two distinct phases of the season and one could almost say the Minutemen were two distinct teams in those two time periods. In the early part of the season UMass surprised everyone, jumping out to a 6-2-1 record and finding itself just on the outside of the USCHO rankings. But the Minutemen have not won since grabbing that sixth win on November 7th, going winless in their last nine games and losing their last five straight before break. The sum of the two performances leaves UMass holding an overall record of 6-8-4 with their 2-4-4 league record leaving them in a three-way tie for 7th place with New Hampshire and Vermont.
Posted by rocks22 on December 15, 2015
https://fearthetriangle.com/2015/12/15/midseason-review-%e2%96%b2-after-hot-start-to-season-minutemen-limp-into-winter-break/
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