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Post by purplehaze on Jun 12, 2019 8:13:40 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 12, 2019 14:19:04 GMT -5
Pretty soon the hockey season will start before the leaves turn.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 12, 2019 23:48:04 GMT -5
They are playing at Providence in early October and I believe the USNTDP team is going to play at Holy Cross which is great since they have the best prospects for the 2020 draft
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jun 13, 2019 6:06:45 GMT -5
Open w Merrimack at home.
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Post by timholycross on Jun 13, 2019 12:34:44 GMT -5
There is some method to that madness...college hockey over the course of the season has far less weeknight games than college basketball, which stretches out the season. That should be a plus for an academically-oriented school. |
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Post by purplehaze on Jun 13, 2019 16:33:42 GMT -5
Interesting ooc game in Feb, Arizona St at HC Friday Feb 7. They're very good.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jun 13, 2019 18:22:42 GMT -5
AZ St. played two at the Hart 2 yrs ago when program was in it's infancy.
One visit to their beautiful & warm campus is all any recruit from the snow-belt needs to be sold. That's how they got good real fast.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 13, 2019 23:15:52 GMT -5
Open w Merrimack at home. A new D1 school who will probably pass us by in most sports. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 13, 2019 23:39:03 GMT -5
Open w Merrimack at home. A new D1 school who will probably pass us by in most sports. "Sad but twue." -Bugs Bunny 😋 |
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 15, 2019 14:10:33 GMT -5
Open w Merrimack at home. A new D1 school who will probably pass us by in most sports. Been D-1 in Hockey since 1984 and joined hockey east in 1989... |
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 15, 2019 19:47:06 GMT -5
A new D1 school who will probably pass us by in most sports. Been D-1 in Hockey since 1984 and joined hockey east in 1989... There are more sports than men’s hockey. |
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Post by timholycross on Jun 16, 2019 12:23:09 GMT -5
Bryant, Umass Lowell, Central Connecticut, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart would comprise a list of New England schools to Merrimack that moved up from Division 2.
I really can't agree that HC is athletically inferior overall to this group; Quinnipiac hockey excluded (and we all know how HC screwed the pooch on that one). Therefore, I can't say I'm worried about Merrimack's new venture; again,hockey excluded.
And Merrimack is not joining the A10 or something like that, they're joining the NEC.
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 16, 2019 21:48:43 GMT -5
Agree. It just cuts a little deeper when we lose to one of these half dozen schools.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 18, 2019 15:17:35 GMT -5
Bryant, Umass Lowell, Central Connecticut, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart would comprise a list of New England schools to Merrimack that moved up from Division 2. I really can't agree that HC is athletically inferior overall to this group; Quinnipiac hockey excluded (and we all know how HC screwed the pooch on that one). Therefore, I can't say I'm worried about Merrimack's new venture; again,hockey excluded. And Merrimack is not joining the A10 or something like that, they're joining the NEC. Here are four of those schools that have teams that are ahead of HC athletically QU Women's Hoops...they have a sweet 16 appearance in 2017 and won a game in 2018 tourney. CCSU has six NCAA baseball appearances since 2002 and two in the last three seasons. Bryant Men's Lax has four NCAA appearances including an NCAA quarterfinal in 2014. Merrimack Men's Lacrosse is back to back D-2 National Champions...the difference between low level D-1 and D-2 really isn't there as seen with Bryant's rise so quickly. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 19, 2019 10:53:05 GMT -5
Very informative. ADMB's kids got a trip to Disney world but he gets no honeymoon on his new job. There is work to be done.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 20, 2019 23:05:16 GMT -5
Here are a couple of HC hockey dates
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Post by purplehaze on Jun 25, 2019 10:35:06 GMT -5
Season ticket announcement on the goHC site today - includes the following regarding home games:
The Crusaders are set to play 18 regular-season home games in 2019-20. Non-conference matchups include national powerhouses Quinnipiac (Jan. 17) and Arizona State (Feb. 7), who both finished last season ranked top-20, as well a Hockey East opponent Merrimack (Oct. 17) and ECAC foe St. Lawrence (Oct. 25).
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Post by hchoops on Jun 25, 2019 10:57:38 GMT -5
Here are a couple of HC hockey dates What is NTDP ? |
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Post by HC13 on Jun 25, 2019 11:07:53 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 25, 2019 22:47:39 GMT -5
Here are a couple of HC hockey dates What is NTDP ? USA National Developmental Team. This past year’s team had eight guys go in the first round of the draft. Coach Berard’s kid was on the u-17 team this past year and expected to be on the U-18 team that is visiting PC (where he is committed) and Holy Cross. The U-17 and U-18 teams live in Ann Arbor and go to school and play hockey. It is usually the best of the best on those squads as Jake Eichel, Austin Matthews, Charlie McAvoy and more have come through that squad. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 26, 2019 8:38:28 GMT -5
The East German Olympic Team had a similar arrangement 😉. Only kidding, this sounds like a great opportunity and there are pros and cons to every approach.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 26, 2019 10:27:05 GMT -5
The East German Olympic Team had a similar arrangement 😉. Only kidding, this sounds like a great opportunity and there are pros and cons to every approach. The U-18 squad barnstorms against NCAA squads, some USHL games, and I think a couple of college club teams before they enter the U-18 world championships which they dominate since the program started. U-17 squad plays a majority of their games against the USHL and of course a few international tourneys! |
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Post by nhteamer on Jun 26, 2019 14:17:09 GMT -5
There is some method to that madness...college hockey over the course of the season has far less weeknight games than college basketball, which stretches out the season. That should be a plus for an academically-oriented school. fewer |
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 26, 2019 15:46:12 GMT -5
The East German Olympic Team had a similar arrangement 😉. Only kidding, this sounds like a great opportunity and there are pros and cons to every approach. Here is the results of the U-18 squad since they went into existence at the U-18 World Championships 1999 — 7th place 2000 — 8th place 2001 — 6th place 2002 — Gold 2003 — 4th place 2004 — Silver 2005 — Gold 2006 — Gold 2007 — Silver 2008 — Bronze 2009 — Gold 2010 — Gold 2011 — Gold 2012 — Gold 2013 — Silver 2014 — Gold 2015 — Gold 2016 — Bronze 2017 — Gold 2018 — Silver 2019 — Bronze |
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Post by purplehaze on Jul 1, 2019 14:22:55 GMT -5
Our women open the regular season on Sat Sep 21st at Colgate. I don't understand why our men never play Colgate since we have the PL relationship (and women's college hockey starts ridiculously early !)
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