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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 3, 2024 20:52:55 GMT -5
with the amount of effort it appears we put into a Hockey East program we might as well be back in ECAC East. New barns for some of the D1 ECAC programs and recruiting will only become tougher. New D1 programs like Assumption and Stonehill put recruiting pressure on HC. In theory being in HE, a better conference than the NEWHA, would help HC but it hasn't proven fruitful yet. Stonehill or Franklin Pierce will make the NCAA Tournament this year. auto-bid, no?
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 22:52:32 GMT -5
We looked like an over 50 beer league team at times speed and stamina-wise. Time to invest in assistant coaches and recruiting. I would also move on from HCKL but I am sure there are people who will say "she just won the program's first D1 playoff game." After this many years in HE we should not be content winning a play-in game. As long as there's no doubt TPTB want to be in that league, then by all means, yes. Time to stop doing things half-assed. with the amount of effort it appears we put into a Hockey East program we might as well be back in ECAC East. New barns for some of the D1 ECAC programs and recruiting will only become tougher. New D1 programs like Assumption and Stonehill put recruiting pressure on HC. In theory being in HE, a better conference than the NEWHA, would help HC but it hasn't proven fruitful yet.
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 15:54:19 GMT -5
We looked like an over 50 beer league team at times speed and stamina-wise.
Time to invest in assistant coaches and recruiting. I would also move on from HCKL but I am sure there are people who will say "she just won the program's first D1 playoff game." After this many years in HE we should not be content winning a play-in game.
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 15:52:35 GMT -5
4-2 final. UConn much faster and great defensively.
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 14:30:32 GMT -5
3-1 UCONN end of 2
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 14:30:15 GMT -5
And 2.5" clear of the next guy
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 13:22:56 GMT -5
1-0 UConn 10:13 in the first.
Lazy penalty hooking I think. UConn PP came out in an umbrella and we stayed in a box, actually a straight line. Nobody on the weak side and UConn sniped one.
Not strong on clearing attempts. A bunch of muffins if you know hockey lingo
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 2, 2024 10:50:03 GMT -5
Happy gameday Crossports! 1pm on NESN+
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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 1, 2024 8:26:14 GMT -5
IIRC, the men's tourney used to be best of 3 in the quarterfinal round (1 vs. 8, etc) and then the semis and championships were one game. They moved to that all-in single elimination format a couple of years ago. Did they do that win the departure of ND and an unbalanced schedule?
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 29, 2024 19:45:13 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 29, 2024 12:49:40 GMT -5
Beck was outstanding. The BU powerplay was very potent and worked the puck around well. Lot of weak side looks for one timers and hard wristers. The rest of BU's game especially in transition was not too strong and they did give up a few rushes. Our neutral zone game/forecheck was strong.
We'll need that to bottle up #11 UConn. They beat us 3-0, 3-1, 5-1 this year. The earlier games were somewhat close. We just couldn't do anything offensively against them. The 5-1 win was about as lopsided as a game has been this year. (Outshot 36-21, FO were close though).
Saturday afternoon 1pm on NESN +
FYI...HC leads the league in both powerplays and powerplay opportunities against. Lot's of whistles in our games. 7th in PP and 8th in PK. Dead last in faceoffs. 3rd in blocks
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 29, 2024 12:38:52 GMT -5
I am sure the state of the art rink will help Union continue recruiting. They went to the Frozen Four in 2012 and 2014 and won the whole thing in 2014. They have fallen off a bit since then and I am sure a new rink not that far off campus will help. That being said, I love Messa Rink. It's a quirky rink shoehorned into a round dome, but has good sightlines up top between the bluelines. They also installed a center ice jumbotron a few years back. Reminds me of all the classic ECAC barns. In some ways a new rink will really make Union stand out in the ECAC since many of the buildings are...full of character...and aging. I wonder if that's what has helped Colgate women's hockey bounce back. They opened a new barn in 2016. Likewise, no coincidence that Q plays in one of the newer buildings in the league.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 27, 2024 16:13:56 GMT -5
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Band
Feb 25, 2024 12:32:31 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 25, 2024 12:32:31 GMT -5
NBC had the HBCU battle of the bands from Houston today at noon.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 23, 2024 22:30:06 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 22, 2024 11:37:53 GMT -5
Some great quotes from Riga. Love what he said about linear development, the portal, and recruiting. Seems like neither he nor the team want to wait so long in between Thursday's regular season finale and their second round home series (bye in the first).
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 22, 2024 11:34:37 GMT -5
I like balancing FBS gamesm have a non P4 game like a Buffalo or Northern Illinois followed by BC then back to a non P4 and back to someone like a Syracuse, Pitt, UVA. I like the idea of academic FBS schools like Vandy, UVA, Duke, Rice, Tulane, California, Stanford (who visited for women's lax- how did we pull that schedule off?)
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 20, 2024 20:56:21 GMT -5
Coker 3 and Hanson 6.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 20, 2024 11:21:28 GMT -5
This year, HE is definitely down. Not sure why, but BC and Northeastern had some great seasons in recent memory making it to the final before losing. I think BU also had a couple of finals appearances. With the strength of the WCHA, it would be hard to reach that level, but I see no reason why the ECAC is so much stronger the last few years. Clarkson is a powerhouse and Colgate is back after a few down years.
New coach and fully funded schollies will be a great help
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 20, 2024 11:16:35 GMT -5
Back in the 2010-11 season, AHA broke into two divisions, East and West. That year the East was much easier as RIT and AFA were really loaded. We easily won the East division and earned a bye into the next round where we played Canisius, a wild card birth from the West and 8 seed overall. Beat them 2 games to 1 before falling 3-2 to AFA in the semifinals.
The experiment did not last long. Geographically it would make sense to play 3 or 4 against Eastern teams and only 2 against the West, alternating sites each year. Another team like Stonehill would help scheduling. We have held our own against Hockey East foes this year and in recent memory. I think the men are better positioned to join HE and be a middle of the pack team than the women.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 20, 2024 11:11:07 GMT -5
Is this the same Vinny DePalma that ended our hopes vs BC this year? If it is, thats a heck of a jump to the NFL coaching ranks even as a defensive assistant.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 18, 2024 11:33:20 GMT -5
Am I right that so long as we don’t lose in regulation to Bentley while SH beats Bentley in regulation, we will get second? And if Canisius beats RIT twice in regulation and we beat Bentley in regulation, our guys are regular season champs? We are two points ahead of SHU for 2nd so I believe yes we would get 2nd in that instance. RIT is 2 points ahead, so a regulation win for us nets 3 points. They would have to be shutout of points in those two games. If we wind up tied, RIT has the tie-breaker due to head to head wins.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 17, 2024 15:12:21 GMT -5
I think there should be an auto NIT selection for the team that loses the first four game in both men and women's but that's just me.
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 17, 2024 15:10:51 GMT -5
Has HCMM lost the room? The offense is about as discombobulated as I can remember in recent memory. No open looks and the hustle just doesn't seem to be consistent. We have good shot stretches and stretches where we couldn't hit water if we fell out of a boat
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Post by cruskater31 on Feb 16, 2024 21:58:19 GMT -5
Huge win against a team right in front of us in the standings. Think we are a point back. Look for SHU to bounce back tomorrow but goaltending for us will be key in holding that charge.
1300 at the Hart would seem like almost a sellout but 1300 in a 3600 barn probably looks a little empty.
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