UNO Maverick Hockey 2007-2008

Post by **Brad** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:33 pm

UNO won 2 to 0 with a Senior Goalie in Goal getting his first Career Shutout and his first career CCHA win.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:07 pm

Nice bounce back game for UNO. We desperately need to sweep Alaska this weekend. I know they normally have our number but this year they are winless in the CCHA.

Greg

Hellenistic Kshatriya · Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:42 pm

Need a big statement win tonight.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:03 pm

another tie... another small crowd...

Hellenistic Kshatriya · Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:06 pm

Disappointing game. They needed to sweep this weekend. It may be time to jsut realize this team is middle of the pack CCHA this year.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:51 am

Dang... Another tie! Two games this weekend against the last place team and two ties and two VERY small crowds. Tonight's crowd didn't even hit 5,000

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:24 pm

They said attendance was something like 4000 ----- I doubt that number was was lots of open room in the lower bowl.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:26 am

MAVERICKS vs MAVERICKS

UNO Mavericks 6, Mankato Mavericks 3 In front of 3700+/- at the Qwest Center.

I really need a different camera for this kind of photography, but here is what I did with what I have:

How many does it take to review the goal? Apparently 2 tonight...

Post by **Brad** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:30 pm

Finally, for season #12:
UNO Hockey picks up its first ever OMAHA recruit

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1 ... d=10217132

Hockey: Player's pledge is milestone for Mavs

Nick Oddo can't wait for 2009 to arrive.

But last Friday, Oddo took one giant step toward making a decade-old dream come true.

Oddo, a first-year hockey forward with Cedar Rapids of the USHL, accepted a scholarship offer to join the University of Nebraska at Omaha for the 2009-10 season. The native Omahan is the first Nebraskan recruited by the Mavericks in their 11-year hockey history.

Oddo's arrival at UNO two seasons from now will mark a milestone of sorts. He'll have a chance to become the first Omaha youth-hockey product to skate on scholarship in a Mavericks sweater.

"I wanted to play at UNO since I was a kid, so this is very special for me," Oddo said. "I'm just really excited. I hope these next two years are going to go by pretty fast."

There currently are only two Omahans on UNO's letterman list. Tom Shaffer appeared in four games during the Mavs' inaugural season of 1997-98, and Jeremiah Johnson skated in 12 games from 2001 to '03.

Those two forwards both were walk-ons, and neither of them recorded a point at UNO.

Hellenistic Kshatriya · Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:01 am

#1 Miami coming into town on the 11th and 12th. Should be a blast.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:20 pm

Hellenistic Kshatriya wrote:#1 Miami coming into town on the 11th and 12th. Should be a blast.

Or a crime scene....

Erik · Post by **Erik** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:12 pm

your not kidding Brad! LOL :lol:

Hellenistic Kshatriya · Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:55 pm

Yea... more likely the latter.

They hung with Miami the first time in Oxford... why can't we finally pick up a big win :d.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:01 pm

First off, its a young team.

Second, over the past 11 years other teams have changed and UNO keeps playing the same old slow kemp style.

Third, what about starting 2 and 3 goaltenders? Is it if you have 2 starters you really have none?

I want to see them get things turned around before they drive the rest of the fans away. People around here are spoiled and don't hang with losers very long.

Hellenistic Kshatriya · Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:22 pm

Yep. A win against Miami would be so big. Let's do it on Friday night to get the attention before the Saturday night game... and then do it again!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:26 pm

Hellenistic Kshatriya wrote:Yep. A win against Miami would be so big. Let's do it on Friday night to get the attention before the Saturday night game... and then do it again!

Exactly. I will not be there on Friday but I will on Saturday. I missed both Poison Ivy League games so I am jonsin for some UNO Hockey. That and I need to get Greg his mavboni photos DVD I shot for him.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:03 pm

Hockey: Two Mav games to be televised

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3 ... d=10217455

Two University of Nebraska at Omaha hockey games have been pegged for live television coverage, including the Friday, Jan. 11, game against Miami of Ohio.

That 7 p.m. Central Collegiate Hockey Association contest at Qwest Center Omaha will be shown on Nebraska Educational Television's cable network, NET2, and in high definition on NET-HD. In the Omaha area on Cox Communications, NET2 is Channel 16.

The contest also will be webcast free on NET's Web site (netNebraska.org).

UNO's CCHA game Sunday, Jan. 6, at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo will be televised nationally on cable network ESPNU. That game is scheduled to start at 3:05 p.m.

Both games will be broadcast on KKAR, 1290 AM.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:22 pm

From: Michael, Dallas
Published Friday, Dec. 28, 2007

-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What would you say about a coach that has:

- Been at a program for several years
- Outstanding facilities compared to his rivals
- More-than-adequate fan support
- The largest booster club in his sport
- A warmer climate than his rivals
- A larger city than most of his rivals
- A recruiting advantage in his own backyard

Yet his team consistently ranks in the middle of the pack or worse in his conference each and every year.

the rest of the story...
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1921

Post by **Brad** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:06 pm

UNO sweeps Western last weekend and really needs a sweep again this weekend to make up ground on #2 Miami of Ohio.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:39 pm

Get out to the Qwest tonight and support the Mavericks 7:05p

Game also on NET2

Post by **Brad** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:52 pm

#2 Miami of Ohio Sweeps UNO this weekend 6-3 and 4-1

Good news for UNO, the crowd 7,306 and 8,932, too bad that crowd didn't see something worth watching. Miami was gust too big, too fast, too phisical.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:47 am

UNO Mavericks 3, Alaska Nanooks 1

Game two Saturday in Fairbanks at 10:05p Centeral time

Post by **Brad** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:54 am

SWEEP!!! UNO 4, Alaska 3 OT

Let me Paraphrase what Terry Lehey and Greg Harrington said as the called the game on 1290 KKAR at 12:30am Omaha Time, 9:30pm Alaska Time.

Alaska Drives it in over the line. Centering Pass and A shot.... Oh what an amazing save by UNO Goalie Jarrod Kauffman. Mick Lawrence takes the puck and drives in the Alaska territory Pass to Juha Uotila and shoots, Goal!!! The assistant ref is point to the goal signaling goal! Meanwhile terrible head referee Wilkins is heading over for a replay, Wilkins steps back on the ice pointing at the center ice singling goal and end of game so at .29 seconds in to OT Juha Uotila scores his first goal of the season assisted by Mick Lawrence giving UNO the win 4 - 3.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:39 am

UNO won Friday in OT and dropped Saturdays Game. Decent weekend split for the mavs.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:36 am

In front of 10,598 UNO beats Ohio State 5-2 this evening. What a crowd! Cue the pictures - Brad?

Post by **Brad** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:34 pm

Coyote wrote:In front of 10,598 UNO beats Ohio State 5-2 this evening. What a crowd! Cue the pictures - Brad?

After Watching UNO win with a RECORD CROWD!!!! After Watching Dale Jr Drive to Victory Lane.... I celebrated!

I think I will have time to post 1 quick pic, but I have a bunch tomorrow!

It was great, they were raising the garbage bags that cover the upper bowl at the end of the first to fit more people in!

Post by **Brad** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:54 pm

OK here is a quick one that I really overexposed so you can see the people way up top!

Good ones to come later. AMAZING CROWD!

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:12 pm

Wow, great crowd!

OmahaBen · Post by **OmahaBen** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:14 pm

From a numbers perspective it was an outstanding crowd. From a noise perspective...I never want to hear complaints about Creighton's fan base again. I've never heard 10,000+ people be that quiet before. After moving down into some empty seats in the lower bowl, you could easily hear Ohio State's coach yelling over the din of the crowd.

CapitalGuy · Post by **CapitalGuy** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:25 pm

From a numbers perspective it was an outstanding crowd. From a noise perspective...I never want to hear complaints about Creighton's fan base again. I've never heard 10,000+ people be that quiet before. After moving down into some empty seats in the lower bowl, you could easily hear Ohio State's coach yelling over the din of the crowd.

I am not sure that this piece of anecdotal evidence really means anything, but that is neither here nor there. Great crowd compared to the usual number the Mavs see, but it could still be better. In defense of the Mavs though, their biggest problem recently been the recent apathy towards hockey in the US in recent years.

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:39 pm

OmahaBen wrote:From a numbers perspective it was an outstanding crowd. From a noise perspective...I never want to hear complaints about Creighton's fan base again. I've never heard 10,000+ people be that quiet before. After moving down into some empty seats in the lower bowl, you could easily hear Ohio State's coach yelling over the din of the crowd.

I haven't been to a Creighton game game in a couple of years, but at that time, 6,000 UNO fans were louder than 12,000 CU fans. And Saturday night's 10,500 UNO fans were much louder than that.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:00 pm

Thats 10,600...

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:09 pm

Anyone that was at both games really think there were 5000 more Creighton fans Sunday night than there were UNO fans Saturday night?

-Big E

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:11 pm

Big E wrote:Anyone that was at both games really think there were 5000 more Creighton fans Sunday night than there were UNO fans Saturday night?

-Big E

Probably. That section they had closed off at the UNO game is huge.

We were only 6082 Fans away from a Sellout! (16,680 for a hockey sellout)

IT CAN HAPPEEN!!!!

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:55 pm

Awesome, I will be able to make it to all 3 Games!

UNO Hockey: Concert date changes possible home series

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1 ... d=10256246

Assuming the UNO hockey team will be home for the first-round of the CCHA playoffs, the Mavericks will play their best-of-three series under a Thursday-Saturday-Sunday format at Qwest Center Omaha.

Because of the Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood concert scheduled for Friday, March 7, at Qwest Center Omaha, the University of Nebraska at Omaha received approval from the CCHA to play its potential best-of-three playoff series Thursday, March 6; Saturday, March 8; and Sunday, March 9, if necessary.

Under the current CCHA playoff format, teams typically don't get an idea until late in the season where and when they'll open the league tournament.

The clubs that finish first through fourth in the final conference standings receive a first-round bye. Teams that finish fifth through eighth in the league host first-round series, while the schools that come in ninth through 12th are sent on the road to open the playoffs.

Although nothing is certain, it appears likely that the Mavericks - in fifth place in the CCHA - will be one of the four teams hosting a first-round series.

Dork stuff I am interested in:

Because of the Nebraska state high school wrestling tournament, UNO will host Bowling Green this weekend at the Civic Auditorium. But Kemp said the Mavs' former arena wasn't available for the playoffs because the ice will be removed Feb. 21 through 24 for the Shrine Circus.

The ice also had to be torn up at Qwest Center Omaha to accommodate the state wrestling tournament - but the rink will be frozen again for UNO's Feb. 29 exhibition against the U.S. National Development Team.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:12 pm

Brad wrote:We were only 6082 Fans away from a Sellout!

And only 10,000 away from completely empty.

-Big E

cp jay 07 · Post by **cp jay 07** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:47 pm

HskrFanMike wrote:
OmahaBen wrote:From a numbers perspective it was an outstanding crowd. From a noise perspective...I never want to hear complaints about Creighton's fan base again. I've never heard 10,000+ people be that quiet before. After moving down into some empty seats in the lower bowl, you could easily hear Ohio State's coach yelling over the din of the crowd.
I haven't been to a Creighton game game in a couple of years, but at that time, 6,000 UNO fans were louder than 12,000 CU fans. And Saturday night's 10,500 UNO fans were much louder than that.

I can guarantee that Sunday nights SIU crowd was 10x louder than any of unos crowds. heck 4000 Knight fans use to make more noise than 8000 UNO fans.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:44 pm

Twiztid1 wrote:I'm a UNO fan, although the entitlement attitude of SOME of their fans makes it hard to be. I hate to say it, but most UNO games are dead quiet. I love the Red Army; they have some great chants. Why do none of them every spread around the rest of the arena? The rest of the the crowd chants "UNO" after goals and then sits back down with their drinks...something UNO fans ridicule Creighton for. It was the same way when UNO was at the Civic. But this weekend's crowd will be a lot of fun.

I always thought there should be 2 red armies. One on each end. Then they chant back and foruth and have all the fans in the middle. The would be fun.

Its not a UNO problem, its Not a Creighton problem, its an Eastern Nebraska Problem... Eastern NE because I am including the "sit down" blue hairs in Lincoln.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:17 am

FINALLY!!! I LOVE THIS PANO!!!

I have been trying for so long to get a cool UNO pano!!!