{"id":97985,"date":"2014-11-03T06:12:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T12:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/hockey-east-blog\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2014-11-03T06:12:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T12:12:16","slug":"lowells-mirage-and-panics-at-maine-and-northeastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2014\/11\/03\/lowells-mirage-and-panics-at-maine-and-northeastern\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowell’s mirage and panics at Maine and Northeastern"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think<\/em> I learned these three things this week.`<\/p>\n

1. Massachusetts-Lowell’s ugly loss to Michigan a week ago was only a mirage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I watched the River Hawks lose 8-4 to Michigan, I thought it indicated they weren’t as good as their 2-0-1 record to that point had indicated. The early departures to the pros in the offseason had knocked Lowell down a peg after all, as so many of us had expected.<\/p>\n

Instead, that game is looking more and more like the anomaly, and the River Hawks are looking more and more like the real deal.<\/p>\n

They followed that loss with a win over Michigan State, then this weekend swept New Hampshire in their home-and-home series. They shut out the Wildcats, 2-0, in their own barn, and then spanked them 8-2 at the Tsongas.<\/p>\n

They now stand at 5-1-1 overall and a perfect 3-0-0 within Hockey East.<\/p>\n

So much for a regression at Lowell.<\/p>\n

2. The early panic in Orono appears to have been unfounded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It didn’t look good when Maine opened the season by traveling to Alaska and coming back with a doughnut. Then when the Black Bears were swept at home by Union, albeit second-ranked Union, the oh-for-the-season began to look ominous.<\/p>\n

Since then, however, the Black Bears have gone 3-0-1, including a sweep this weekend over Massachusetts, so the concern has abated. In league play, they’re now one of only three teams with perfect records.<\/p>\n

We’ll see if that remains true this next week when Maine travels to Vermont for two in the Catamounts’ barn, but for now, all is well in Orono.<\/p>\n

3. Maybe it is time to panic at Northeastern.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’ve been asking for a few weeks now whether it’s time to panic at Northeastern. In last week’s column, NU coach Jim Madigan explained to Jim Connelly why it wasn’t.<\/p>\n

But after getting swept at Quinnipiac this weekend, the Huskies are now 0-6. Yes, Quinnipiac was a nationally ranked team a week ago, and Colgate, which swept the Huskies two weeks ago, is now ranked fourth in the country. And all four of those games were on the road.<\/p>\n

Fair enough.<\/p>\n

But the other two losses were at home. Vermont smoked the Huskies, 6-2, in the opener, and a team thought to be destined for the lower reaches of the standings, Massachusetts, beat them a week ago.<\/p>\n

Next week, Northeastern plays a home-and-home series against Lowell, one of the top teams in the league, if not the country.<\/p>\n

If now isn’t the time to panic, when is?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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