UNO Maverick Hockey 2008-2009

Post by **Brad** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:56 am

I forgot my camera....

UNO WINS!!!!

Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:53 pm

Big Weekend this week with Michigan State coming to town.

They are calling it a "Cowbell Weekend" Special T-Shirts on sale at Lawlor's with the likeness of Will Farrow playing the cowbell. On sale now for 12 bucks.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:56 pm

Brad wrote:Special T-Shirts on sale at Lawlor's with the likeness of Will Farrow playing the cowbell.

Is he any relation to Mia Farrow?

Or perhaps Ramesses III, the last great Pharaoh of Egypt?

(SmartAssCow is working properly.)

Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:36 pm

Here is the Shirt:

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:48 pm

Big E wrote:
Brad wrote:Special T-Shirts on sale at Lawlor's with the likeness of Will Farrow playing the cowbell.
Is he any relation to Mia Farrow?

Or perhaps Ramesses III, the last great Pharaoh of Egypt?

(SmartAssCow is working properly.)

haha

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:51 pm

and FWIW, that skit was hilarious. Add in Christopher Walken and you have something golden anytime. Also, if you have the google toolbar, and start to type in "Christopher Walken" it auto finishes cowbell for the 2nd option. hmm.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:10 am

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:20 am

http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/sn ... wbell.html

Post by **Brad** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:41 pm

That's what we call DOMINATION!!!

UNO 7, Michigan State 1

A=6623

Same two teams tonight - Qwest Center Omaha 7.05

Post by **Brad** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:50 am

Twiztid1 wrote:That's one bad Michigan State team. Lerg was their only good player last night.

They beat Lerg and Palmisano on back to back nights, both Lancer Alumni.

SWEEP!!!!

UNO 3, MSU 1

A = 7,641

Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:01 pm

What a beautiful sight!

UNO #2 in the CCHA with 4 games in hand!!!!!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:06 am

If you liked that - how about this:

1 Minnesota (30) 7-1-4 498
2 Notre Dame 9-3-1 446
3 Colorado College (1) 8-3-3 404
4 Northeastern 9-2-2 395
5 Miami (Ohio) (1) 8-3-3 374
6 Boston College 7-4-1 332
7 Princeton (1) 7-1-0 328
8 Boston University 7-4-0 273
9 Minnesota State 7-3-2 218
10 Denver 7-5-1 200
11 Air Force (1) 12-0-0 160
12 Cornell 4-0-2 154
13 Vermont 7-3-2 116
14 Nebraska Omaha 9-2-1 58
15 Michigan 8-6-0 57

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:21 am

Impressive, although the season is only going to get tougher.

Oh, and my son plays in the Gopher hockey pep band too.

He says the U of M hockey atmosphere is just a little more 'electric' than that of football in the Metrodome (especially during an Iowa thrashing).

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:30 am

That's because they're all hosers, eh?

Post by **Brad** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:29 pm

Coyote wrote:If you liked that - how about this:

yes... my signature line! 14 in USA today Poll, 16 on the inside college hockey poll.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:33 pm

After being Swept by Ohio State, UNO has fallen to 18 and 19 in the polls. They have also gone form 2nd to 6th in the CCHA.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:06 pm

Closer to where they belong.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:08 pm

I had and still have high hopes, but it would not surprise me if they finish middle of the pack again. Time will tell, its still a young season.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:33 pm

For how many more years did UNO renew Kemp's contract for anyway ?

I realize he's the 'father' of the program... but unless everyone is content with year after year of mere mediocrity amid an occasional big win... maybe it's time to let another guy give it a try (sorry... assuming this ends up just 'another year').

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:36 pm

Stargazer wrote:For how many more years did UNO renew Kemp's contract for anyway ?

I realize he's the 'father' of the program... but unless everyone is content with year after year of mere mediocrity amid an occasional big win... maybe it's time to let another guy give it a try (sorry... assuming this ends up just 'another year').

They told him this year, top 4 in the CCHA or he is out.

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:30 pm

Stargazer wrote:For how many more years did UNO renew Kemp's contract for anyway ?

I realize he's the 'father' of the program... but unless everyone is content with year after year of mere mediocrity amid an occasional big win... maybe it's time to let another guy give it a try (sorry... assuming this ends up just 'another year').

Wow...talk about a quick hook. Lose two games on the road after the best start in program history, and people are calling for his head.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:24 pm

I didn't think he should have received a contract extension in the first place.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:37 am

What an AMAZING finish!

First UNO game to finish 0-0 after regulation
First UNO shootout at the Qwest
First UNO shootout to go to 6 rounds.

Round 4, Charleston hit a shot off the crossbar that I still don't think has come out of orbit yet... It went THROUGH the rafters of the qwest before coming back to earth!

Round 5, Perslow scores, but so does Alaska.

Round 6, Hudson scores and Dupont makes the save!

The qwest crowd of 5500 was kind of loud but in the shootout they were all on their feet and the place was rockin!!!

After, 3 periods, one overtime, and six rounds of shootout, UNO 1 Alaska 0

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Post by **Brad** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:29 pm

Hockey: Dupont, Mavericks hold on to win

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3 ... d=10513478

www.omaha.com wrote:SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The University of Nebraska at Omaha regained the lead in the second period on Friday night and goalie Jeremie Dupont took it from there.

The Mavericks got goals from Eddie DelGrosso, Nick Fanto and Tomas Klempa en route to a 3-2 win over Lake Superior State. The victory boosts UNO into a third-place tie with Alaska in the 12-team Central Collegiate Hockey Association with 17 points.

www.omaha.com wrote:The win boosts UNO to 10-4-3 overall and 6-4-3-2 in the CCHA. Lake Superior falls to 4-7-6 and 3-5-5-1.

The teams will play again tonight at 7:05 at Taffy Abel Arena, the Mavs' final game before taking a 16-day break for the holidays.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:17 am

UNO Mavericks 2
Lake Superior St 1

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:32 pm

UNO's next three games after the Christmas break have the potential to really make or potentially break UNO's chances for the postseason. Road trips to top-ten Princeton and #14 Minnesota Mankato.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:52 am

UNO, down 3 to 2 after Two, goes on to beat Yale 8 to 3

UNO has Princeton tonight (Tuesday)

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:43 pm

I didn't realize Princeton was the #8 ranked team in the nation. Good luck Mavs.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:51 pm

Stargazer wrote:I didn't realize Princeton was the #8 ranked team in the nation. Good luck Mavs.

Yep, its going to be a battle. Also, look at where they are playing!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:29 am

1 to 1 after one

Princeton gets a short handed goal early..
UNO gets one at 19:40 in the first!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:54 am

Darn... 5 to 1, Princeton

Post by **Brad** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:07 am

Hockey: Mavericks move on without Goulet

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3 ... d=10527825

CHAD PURCELL WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:UNO coach Mike Kemp chalks it up to just another example of the current state of college hockey.

But when a player decides his future as a pro prospect would be better served elsewhere, Kemp said all a team can do is wish him luck and move on.

Before the University of Nebraska at Omaha took off for its East Coast road swing to Yale and Princeton last weekend, defenseman Alain Goulet informed Kemp that he would not return to the Mavs for the second half of 2008-09. The 6-foot-3 sophomore from Kapuskasing, Ontario, then signed with the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

A sixth-round 2007 draft pick by the NHL's Boston Bruins, Goulet played in 54 games during his UNO career and totaled eight goals and 11 assists.

CHAD PURCELL WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote: UNO at Minnesota State-Mankato
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When: 7:07 p.m. Saturday

Where: Alltel Center, Mankato, Minn.

Radio: 1290 AM KKAR

Post by **Brad** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:34 pm

FINALLY!!!

After a month off, UNO returns home tonight, 7.05p, Qwest Center Omaha

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:52 pm

Hockey: Facing off with the fans

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3 ... d=10535521

CHAD PURCELL WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:When Mike Kemp left his job as an assistant at Wisconsin to create UNO's hockey program, legendary Badgers coach Jeff Sauer offered plenty of advice.

[img=left]http://www.omaha.com/neo-images/photos/ ... kempcm.jpg[/img]
But if you know anything about Kemp, it should come as no surprise that he shrugged off at least one of Sauer's suggestions — the one that had to do with Kemp's weekly radio show.

"I remember Jeff Sauer telling me, 'You don't want to do a live one — do it in the studio,'" Kemp said. "His show was always done in a radio studio, and he said, 'You don't want to have to face the music every time somebody doesn't like what you're doing.'"

Twelve seasons into his stint as the University of Nebraska at Omaha's coach, Kemp still shows up to face the music, and mingle with some of the Mavs' diehards, at 7 every Tuesday night from October through March. The Mike Kemp Radio Show, which airs on 1620 the Zone on the AM dial, endures as one of the longest running sports talk segments in the local market.

There's been some shuffling of Kemp's co-hosts over the years, and the show's been staged at nine locations since it began in 1997. But the format of airing the weekly segment live and in front of the public has been a constant for Kemp, who says he wouldn't have it any other way.

Every week during the season — be it following fabulous wins or frustrating losses — Kemp shares the microphone in Omaha with Terry Leahy, the UNO hockey team's radio color man. They're joined over the phone from St. Paul, Minn., by Greg Harrington, who does the Mavs' play-by-play.

"In Omaha, with us introducing college hockey to the community in the 1990s, early on we sort of approached it as a vehicle to educate the public about college hockey," Kemp said. "As it's grown and evolved, it's just become a thing where we've got a group of people who show up every week and just enjoy being a part of it."

Kemp, Leahy and Harrington go over highlights from the previous weekend, look ahead to UNO's upcoming games and break down matchups across the CCHA. The format also allows for a chat every week with one of Kemp's players.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:51 pm

Well it was an interesting weekend for the Mavs.

The Good:
Got 2 out of 4 points against the Number 10 team in the country.
Attendance was great both nights. 7,609 and 10,111

The Bad:
Getting Blown Out Saturday night
Getting blown out in front of your third biggest crowd ever...

Pics coming later.

Hockey: Mavs rally to defeat Miami

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3 ... d=10546514

CHAD PURCELL WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:It'd been four full years since the UNO hockey team had anything to feel good about during a game against Miami.

What was another 58-plus minutes?

Just 78 seconds away from suffering its 10th straight loss against the RedHawks, the University of Nebraska at Omaha flipped its fortunes in a flash. Defenseman Eric Olimb buried a tying goal at 18:42 of the third period after the Mavs had pulled goalie Jeremie Dupont for an extra attacker.

Olimb's score came only six-and-half minutes after senior forward Tomas Klempa cut Miami's two-goal lead in half by scoring his team-leading 12th goal of the season .

The game would end knotted in a 2-2 overtime tie, but Dupont made four huge saves in the shootout to help the Mavs earn a pair of critical CCHA points against the No. 10 RedHawks.

• Attendance: 7,609.

Hockey: Miami cruises past UNO

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3 ... d=10547253

CHAD PURCELL WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:Following the UNO hockey team's most dramatic home performance of the season on Friday, the stage was set for another special night Saturday at Qwest Center Omaha.

But this game would be all but over before most of the season-high crowd of 10,111 — the third biggest turnout in the history of the Mavs' program — settled in to watch.

No. 10 Miami jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead and never looked back while rolling to a 6-1 win over the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The loss was the most lopsided at home for the Mavs since February of 2003, when Michigan cruised by an identical 6-1 margin.

After UNO rallied for a 2-2 tie and a shootout win in the series opener, Miami came back with a vengeance Saturday and extended its four-year unbeaten streak against the Mavs to 10-0-1.

"If you're going to unravel, might as well do it all at once, I guess," UNO coach Mike Kemp said.

• Attendance: 10,111.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:33 pm

Standings
Notre Dame 34
Miami 32
Alaska 28
Michigan 26
Ohio State 26
Nebraska-Omaha 25
Ferris State 21
Lake Superior 19
Northern Michigan 19
Western Michigan 14
Bowling Green 13
Michigan State 12

Post by **Brad** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:51 pm

I just stopped by the UNO ticket office, they said tickets for the games at the Civic next weekend VS Notre Dame are starting to go fast.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:57 pm

So when do we get to offer Mike Hastings the UNO job anyway ?

Post by **Brad** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:59 pm

Stargazer wrote:So when do we get to offer Mike Hastings the UNO job anyway ?

Not sure, but I think UNO will be LUCKY to get more than 4 points the rest of the way...