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Post by rgs318 on Jan 29, 2022 9:21:54 GMT -5
I can remember when we would see win after win for the women. They now seem to lose pretty consistently against the stronger competition some were asking for (as they dismissed the wins). I am glad we do not see anything like the pitchforks and torches that some have pulled out for MBB.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 29, 2022 16:03:46 GMT -5
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This is because there is a lot more interest in MBB than women's hockey.
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 2, 2022 8:28:05 GMT -5
With losses to UConn and Providence (last night) we’re now 1-20-0 in the league - 6 games remaining in this painful season - I think Kit will have to take a close look at what the plan is to compete in HE
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 2, 2022 15:29:54 GMT -5
With losses to UConn and Providence (last night) we’re now 1-20-0 in the league - 6 games remaining in this painful season - I think Kit will have to take a close look at what the plan is to compete in HE Uconn is at least ranked...Providence is having a rebuilding year after qualifying for the NCAA Tournament last year. PC is 9-12-5 and a dreadful 5-11-2 in Hockey East. PC's best player Sara Hjalmarsson is in Beijing right now competing in her second Olympics.
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 6, 2022 16:23:41 GMT -5
The ladies cannot catch a break - lost both games this weekend to Providence by identical 3-2 scores, and both in OT - now 1-22-0 in the HE - don't know what to say except they've been competitive but nothing to show for it
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 6, 2022 16:30:04 GMT -5
The ladies cannot catch a break - lost both games this weekend to Providence by identical 3-2 scores, and both in OT - now 1-22-0 in the HE - don't know what to say except they've been competitive but nothing to show for it Those are games you have to have with Sara being out for the Friars. Good news is they got two points on the weekend.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 13, 2022 15:34:28 GMT -5
Women's Hockey is 3-27 with two regular season games and one guaranteed tournament game left. Will they end up surpassing the MBB losses of 2019-20 when they went 3-29?
The good news is that MBB turned things around two years later under the same coaching staff and have won five of six.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 13, 2022 16:47:06 GMT -5
I wouldn’t say men’s basketball has turned things around just yet.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 13, 2022 19:35:21 GMT -5
From Futility to .500 is a pretty good start to a turn around. A return to Futility from here would be inexplicable.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 13, 2022 19:39:59 GMT -5
I wouldn’t say men’s basketball has turned things around just yet. They’re at least in the car.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 13, 2022 19:40:33 GMT -5
From Futility to .500 is a pretty good start to a turn around. A return to Futility from here would be inexplicable. We are 6-16.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 13, 2022 19:49:34 GMT -5
6-16, 8-16, 6-6 depending on the shade of purple in your spectacles. It's a very short window of time to declare a turn around, but I don't see how the players can go back to not getting it now that they've shown they get it.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 15, 2022 17:00:42 GMT -5
Women's Hockey is 3-27 with two regular season games and one guaranteed tournament game left. Will they end up surpassing the MBB losses of 2019-20 when they went 3-29? The good news is that MBB turned things around two years later under the same coaching staff and have won five of six. .067 point percentage while the Merrimack who is one spot ahead of them is at .208. UNH is at .435 for third to last place. (Point Percentage is how they are doing standings in Hockey East this year due to COVID cancellations for games) That is how far back they are....
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 23, 2022 22:27:21 GMT -5
An absolutely terrible season ended tonight at PC in the HE first round with a 3-1 loss Final record of 3-30 (1-26 in the league) reflected zero progress with this program in year 3 of playing at this level - I just can't be confident we have the right coach And our best player, goalie Jada Brenon who played the great majority of the minutes will be graduating (after a 42 save performance tonight)
ADKH, please don't ignore this program where the school has made a huge investment
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Post by hchoops on Feb 24, 2022 10:17:46 GMT -5
I know nothing about this team, but could it be very difficult recruiting for a new league ?
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 24, 2022 10:59:38 GMT -5
We took a team that was an annual big time winner (granted against lower NCAA Division teams) and made them an annual basement-dwelling annual loser. That was what some fans called for to "raise the level of competition" and to get the men's team up to that level in a new league. If that happens will we then have two hockey programs that are annually seen as the biggest loser? In all seriousness, I have to ask how has the move by the women benefited anyone?
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Post by beachbound on Feb 24, 2022 11:32:48 GMT -5
The women didn’t have a league at the time they were forced to leave the NEHC. The NEWHA didn’t exist yet which consists of schools they used to play like St Anselm, Sacred Heart, Post, Franklin Pearce, etc. It would be a much better fit for our women’s program. I suspect the decision to go to Hockey East may have been a vanity decision by a previous AD and a backdoor attempt to get the Men in Hockey East as well. Regardless, the decision was not well thought out.
I know some posters on here believe we offer the maximum number of 18 scholarships for women’s hockey but I have never heard that confirmed / verified by someone in the Athletics Department. So I don’t know if we are playing on an equal ice sheet as the rest of the conference. However, this was our 4th year in Hockey East and we had the same number of conference wins as our first year. Whatever our coaching staff is doing, it is not working with regards to recruiting, player development and on ice coaching.
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Post by princetoncrusader on Feb 24, 2022 12:59:28 GMT -5
The former AD you cite told me that the plan was to have a "fully funded program with 18 scholarships." Not sure if that plan was realized. In any event, not a good season for the ladies.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 24, 2022 15:44:42 GMT -5
It would seem obvious that Hockey East is not a league you can hope to compete in on the cheap. Because even with an equal number of scholarships HC still has challenges compared to the established programs in the league.
No complaints from players or families have leaked onto Crossports which is a good sign. If our freshman and sophomores have more production than the Freshman and Sophomores during the initial Big East Season, that would indicate recruiting is somewhat effective while the W/L record indicates four year player development and in game coaching hasn't been good enough to move the needle.
If we are skating with less than the same scholarships as our league mates, any criticism of the coaching staff becomes murky. If the change in ADs resulted in planned funding of maximum scholarships being reduced, it is disappointing because Hockey East is the only conference we ask our student athletes to compete in that is arguably a power conference in their sport. (Not too familiar with women's hockey leagues)
FB is in FCS and the PL, except maybe in lacrosse, is a low major D-1 league. So our women's hockey players deserve HC's full support as they skate against the best or among the best in the country.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 25, 2022 0:49:04 GMT -5
It would seem obvious that Hockey East is not a league you can hope to compete in on the cheap. Because even with an equal number of scholarships HC still has challenges compared to the established programs in the league. No complaints from players or families have leaked onto Crossports which is a good sign. If our freshman and sophomores have more production than the Freshman and Sophomores during the initial Big East Season, that would indicate recruiting is somewhat effective while the W/L record indicates four year player development and in game coaching hasn't been good enough to move the needle. If we are skating with less than the same scholarships as our league mates, any criticism of the coaching staff becomes murky. If the change in ADs resulted in planned funding of maximum scholarships being reduced, it is disappointing because Hockey East is the only conference we ask our student athletes to compete in that is arguably a power conference in their sport. (Not too familiar with women's hockey leagues) FB is in FCS and the PL, except maybe in lacrosse, is a low major D-1 league. So our women's hockey players deserve HC's full support as they skate against the best or among the best in the country. The current HC coach was a key part of the BU staff and developing that women's program. Once she left, that program has dropped off. She isn't getting in the upper echelon canadians like she got to go to BU like Philip Poulin who only scored in the Gold Medal game for the third straight Olympics.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 25, 2022 8:05:45 GMT -5
I suspect we have several recruiting obstacles.
1. We stink. What great player wants to come to a bad team? 2. Admissions. I’m sure we recruit from a shallower pool than some of the other HE teams. 3. Funding. Not sure where we are on scholarships but I’ll bet a nickel out recruiting budget is among the lowest in the league. 4. Barn. Not sure where all the other women’s teams play their home games but the Hart rink ain’t a selling point. I know UConn is getting a new on-campus arena where the women will play.
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