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Get the W tonight and beat the snow back to Amherst!

Win tonight and get back into the top 20 NPI

Hrabal standing on his head again to keep this scoreless. Need a goal.

WIN 1-0

Great goaltending from Hrabal this weekend. Needed every inch of it. Vermont actually did hit the crossbar a few times, but that was as close as they could get to a goal.

Making up a lot of ground in HE with back-to-back 6 point weekends. Believe that puts is in a tie for 6th with Maine.

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:30 pm Great goaltending from Hrabal this weekend. Needed every inch of it. Vermont actually did hit the crossbar a few times, but that was as close as they could get to a goal.

Making up a lot of ground in HE with back-to-back 6 point weekends. Believe that puts is in a tie for 6th with Maine.

Correct - 6th place….1 point out of 5th…

Keep it rolling boys ! Mission accomplished at the Gut !

TruBluMaroon wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:38 pm

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:30 pm Great goaltending from Hrabal this weekend. Needed every inch of it. Vermont actually did hit the crossbar a few times, but that was as close as they could get to a goal.

Making up a lot of ground in HE with back-to-back 6 point weekends. Believe that puts is in a tie for 6th with Maine.

Correct - 6th place….1 point out of 5th…

Yeah Northeastern is currently in 5th, big game on Friday. Can move ahead of them with a win.

Have gone from 43 to 21 in the NPI during the win streak

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:50 pm

TruBluMaroon wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:38 pm

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:30 pm Great goaltending from Hrabal this weekend. Needed every inch of it. Vermont actually did hit the crossbar a few times, but that was as close as they could get to a goal.

Making up a lot of ground in HE with back-to-back 6 point weekends. Believe that puts is in a tie for 6th with Maine.

Correct - 6th place….1 point out of 5th…

Yeah Northeastern is currently in 5th, big game on Friday. Can move ahead of them with a win.

Using old baseball terminology UMass has a game in hand with Northeastern and Maine and two games with BU , the three teams directly above them in the standings and

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:50 pm

TruBluMaroon wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:38 pm

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:30 pm Great goaltending from Hrabal this weekend. Needed every inch of it. Vermont actually did hit the crossbar a few times, but that was as close as they could get to a goal.

Making up a lot of ground in HE with back-to-back 6 point weekends. Believe that puts is in a tie for 6th with Maine.

Correct - 6th place….1 point out of 5th…

Yeah Northeastern is currently in 5th, big game on Friday. Can move ahead of them with a win.

Using old baseball terminology UMass has a game in hand with Northeastern and Maine and two games with BU , the three teams directly above them in the standings and 3 points behind BU.

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:50 pm

TruBluMaroon wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:38 pm

Sheck wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:30 pm Great goaltending from Hrabal this weekend. Needed every inch of it. Vermont actually did hit the crossbar a few times, but that was as close as they could get to a goal.

Making up a lot of ground in HE with back-to-back 6 point weekends. Believe that puts is in a tie for 6th with Maine.

Correct - 6th place….1 point out of 5th…

Yeah Northeastern is currently in 5th, big game on Friday. Can move ahead of them with a win.

Using old baseball terminology UMass has a game in hand with Northeastern and Maine and two games with BU , the three teams tied or above them in the standings and 3 points behind BU. Tied with Maine.

mdogt12 wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:05 pm Have gone from 43 to 21 in the NPI during the win streak

Especially considering how for a while it would looked like hockey east was a 1 bid league, this is amazing. It’s not just UMass moving up during conference play as there are currently 3 hockey east teams in at large spots whereas for most of the season it’s only been 1.While there’s still a lot of work to be done, UMass went from needing to win the hockey east tournament to now having a real shot at challenging for an at large spot in the ncaas.

This is most surprising to me any way because the majority of the wins were against mostly teams in the bottom half of the NPI This volatility makes each game more important than the previous. I assume a loss to a team outside the top 16 or would move UMass way back down. Each game is must win I think for the foreseeable future.

After Friday hosting Northeastern, there will be nine (9) games remaining and three (3) are against teams higher in the HE standings……….for what it’s worth….

apparently, a fair number of the guys are banged up. hopefully we get some of them back soon.