ECAC 2015-16

Iceberg
barring a miraculous comeback by RPI.

Final was Harvard 8 RPI 2. If we win we get Harvard in the early game.

More bonus hockey in the North Country. 2nd OT coming up soon. Audio is free and can link to it from the ECAC page.

Bayreuther wins it, SLU advances.

St. Lawrence wins early in 2OT. so 3/4 teams going to Lake Placid decided:

Harvard
Dartmouth
St. Lawrence

LGR!!!

Clarkson, who went to the ECAC F4 in every year in the 90's, has now missed the F4 for 14 of the ensuing 17 seasons, including the last 9.

Trotsky
Bayreuther wins it, SLU advances.

RPI's Appert was quoted in the Saturday Times Union that in spite of pulling Kasdorf on Friday that he'd be back in goal for game two. But he was hiding the fact that Kasdorf pulled a groin muscle during warmups on Friday. Kas decided not to play on Saturday and Cam Hackett had to take 8 for the team.

It might not be the end of Senior Kasdorf's RPI career - though the senior won't see any more college playing time this year. He has a year of eligibility left due to missing almost all of the 13-14 season.

According to USCHO, SLU loses junior Christian Horn to the pros. I had never heard of him. He was 4-9-13 in 30 GP of SLU's 37.

Alex Lyon apparently not returning for his senior year at Yale. I really had no idea he'll be the first to leave early under Keith Allain.

[www.nhregister.com]

Trotsky
According to USCHO, SLU loses junior Christian Horn to the pros. I had never heard of him. He was 4-9-13 in 30 GP of SLU's 37.

Must be more to that story, leaving college voluntarily to play in the SPHL doesn't add up.

CU2007

Trotsky
According to USCHO, SLU loses junior Christian Horn to the pros. I had never heard of him. He was 4-9-13 in 30 GP of SLU's 37.

Must be more to that story, leaving college voluntarily to play in the SPHL doesn't add up.

The more probably has to do with Carvel leaving.

gjp84
Alex Lyon apparently not returning for his senior year at Yale. I really had no idea he'll be the first to leave early under Keith Allain.

[www.nhregister.com]

Can anybody name a goaltender who made an immediate impact in the NHL other than Ken Dryden? All the collegiate greats, Belfour, Robb Stauber, Tim Thomas, Ryan Miller, Jimmy Howard, Brian Elliott, Yann Danis...all of them took at least 2-3 years after college in the minors to have any staying power at the NHL level. Lyon is solid, but I doubt we'll see him in the NHL before 2018, if at all. I mean, just two years ago, I saw an AHL game where David LeNeveu faced off against Dov Grumet-Morris.

Good ol' nutjob Tim Thomas. Who said at the end of his Vermont days that he was ready to go take over for Patrick Roy in Colorado, but then made his NHL debut 6 years later. He didn't become a regular starter in the NHL until nearly a decade after graduating.


And this is a fine place to take what should be my annual shot at how ridiculous it is that the NATIONAL goaltender award is named for Mike Richter. His two years at Wisconsin were pretty weak, and doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the above list of collegiate goaltenders.

In conclusion and in summary, all college goaltending awards should be named after Dryden, the end.

RichH

gjp84
Alex Lyon apparently not returning for his senior year at Yale. I really had no idea he'll be the first to leave early under Keith Allain.

[www.nhregister.com]

Can anybody name a goaltender who made an immediate impact in the NHL other than Ken Dryden

Scratch Dryden's name from that list, as well... He graduated in 1969..... And didn't impact the NHL until the 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs.....

Quick comes to mind recently. He made it faster than most I think. Not quite immediate though.

redice

RichH

gjp84
Alex Lyon apparently not returning for his senior year at Yale. I really had no idea he'll be the first to leave early under Keith Allain.

[www.nhregister.com]

Can anybody name a goaltender who made an immediate impact in the NHL other than Ken Dryden

Scratch Dryden's name from that list, as well... He graduated in 1969..... And didn't impact the NHL until the 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs.....

I'm probably wrong with this, but wasn't that because he chose to do something else first? Law school, I think.

Swampy
I'm probably wrong with this, but wasn't that because he chose to do something else first? Law school, I think.

I thought Law School was why he took a hiatus in the middle of his NHL career.

redice
Scratch Dryden's name from that list, as well... He graduated in 1969

That's impossible. ESPN has been telling me all these years he was goaltender for the undefeated 1970 national championship team...

Chris '03
Quick comes to mind recently. He made it faster than most I think. Not quite immediate though.

Good call. Quick left UMass after 2006-07, and was up in the NHL for good by mid-December 2008. That's a season and a half, and about the quickest (sorry) I've found in the current era.

Our own Darren Eliot '83 spent a year on Team Canada for the Olympics before landing a part-time role in LA for 1984-85.
Brian Hayward '82 split the 82-83 season between AHL and NHL.

Trotsky

Swampy
I'm probably wrong with this, but wasn't that because he chose to do something else first? Law school, I think.

I thought Law School was why he took a hiatus in the middle of his NHL career.

+1

And he did play a little AHL hockey.. I recall seeing a newspaper article about a Rochester Amerks game against Montreal's AHL team, where Dryden had 60+ saves in a 6-6 tie... Real sketchy on this memory.. But it was an extraordinary number of saves for Dryden. And, he played for the Canadian National Team 1969-70..

Trotsky

redice
Scratch Dryden's name from that list, as well... He graduated in 1969

That's impossible. ESPN has been telling me all these years he was goaltender for the undefeated 1970 national championship team...

And we all know that ESPN is never wrong...

Trotsky

redice
Scratch Dryden's name from that list, as well... He graduated in 1969

That's impossible. ESPN has been telling me all these years he was goaltender for the undefeated 1970 national championship team...

Also, the in-game PA announcer for neutral site games, often. I'm pretty sure it was also in a trivia question on the jumbotron at an NCAA game out west.

redice

Trotsky

Swampy
I'm probably wrong with this, but wasn't that because he chose to do something else first? Law school, I think.

I thought Law School was why he took a hiatus in the middle of his NHL career.

+1

And he did play a little AHL hockey.. I recall seeing a newspaper article about a Rochester Amerks game against Montreal's AHL team, where Dryden had 60+ saves in a 6-6 tie... Real sketchy on this memory.. But it was an extraordinary number of saves for Dryden. And, he played for the Canadian National Team 1969-70..

After the 1969 NCAAs he joined the Canadian National Team in Stockholm. However that team was disbanded in early 1970, I think because pros were then allowed to play international competition. As an amateur, with the National Team in the fall of 1970, I always assumed he started law school then. But I don't know that for sure. It would make sense since he finished his law requirements in the year off. He played in the AHL 1970-71 till he got called up for that wonderful post-season run.

Jim Hyla

redice

Trotsky

Swampy
I'm probably wrong with this, but wasn't that because he chose to do something else first? Law school, I think.

I thought Law School was why he took a hiatus in the middle of his NHL career.

+1

And he did play a little AHL hockey.. I recall seeing a newspaper article about a Rochester Amerks game against Montreal's AHL team, where Dryden had 60+ saves in a 6-6 tie... Real sketchy on this memory.. But it was an extraordinary number of saves for Dryden. And, he played for the Canadian National Team 1969-70..

After the 1969 NCAAs he joined the Canadian National Team in Stockholm. However that team was disbanded in early 1970, I think because pros were then allowed to play international competition. As an amateur, with the National Team in the fall of 1970, I always assumed he started law school then. But I don't know that for sure. It would make sense since he finished his law requirements in the year off. He played in the AHL 1970-71 till he got called up for that wonderful post-season run.

In '70-'71 Ken attending McGill Law School while also playing for the AHL Nova Scotia Voyageurs. The Habs let him work his AHL schedule so he largely played the weekend games, so he could attend law school. Then he got called up, playing six games at the end of the season and then all 20 playoff games.

gjp84
Alex Lyon apparently not returning for his senior year at Yale. I really had no idea he'll be the first to leave early under Keith Allain.

[www.nhregister.com]

Lyon signs with Flyers, gives up final season at Yale

And from Yale Daily News:

According to Lyon, earning a degree remains a priority, and he plans to graduate from Yale in the future. Though no official plan has been detailed, this will most likely come through summer classes this year and a combination of summer classes and online classes in the future to obtain the additional necessary credits.

Meanwhile, Lyon will finish up classes at Yale this semester until he receives more definite plans from Philadelphia.

And:

Head coach Keith Allain ’80, who is seeing a player leave his team early to turn pro for the first time in his 10-year tenure at Yale, expressed nothing but pride and excitement following the news.

Quinnipiac’s Pecknold gets Spencer Penrose Award as top Division I men’s coach

Jim Hyla
Quinnipiac’s Pecknold gets Spencer Penrose Award as top Division I men’s coach

That's 3 ECAC coaches (Leaman, Bennett) out of the last 6, after a 10 year dry spell.

Mike had his shot in '03 but he was beaten out by Bob Daniels of Ferris, who has since gone on to win it again.

To some of us, it's just the name of a Trophy:

ECAC Mourns the Loss of Legendary Commissioner, Scotty Whitelaw

Looks like Kasdorf starting for the Sabres tonight.

Look who's trying to get the SLU head coaching position.

Other favorites for the job include ..... former Clarkson head coach Mark Morris, who is currently coaching with the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL and is known to have applied;

That would be fun.

Jim Hyla
That would be fun.

If by "fun" you mean SLU likely entering a period of dominating the league…

What ousted Morris at Clarkson was never made completely clear. There was, of course, the altercation with a player at the end of a practice, the details of which remained somewhat in dispute, if I remember correctly. But one got the sense that dissatisfaction, perhaps both ways, had been brewing for some time.

Whoever Morris might be as a coach or as a person, he got results.

Scersk '97

Jim Hyla
That would be fun.

If by "fun" you mean SLU likely entering a period of dominating the league…

What ousted Morris at Clarkson was never made completely clear. There was, of course, the altercation with a player at the end of a practice, the details of which remained somewhat in dispute, if I remember correctly. But one got the sense that dissatisfaction, perhaps both ways, had been brewing for some time.

Whoever Morris might be as a coach or as a person, he got results.

I was more thinking Clarkson-SLU fun.

Jim Hyla

Scersk '97

Jim Hyla
That would be fun.

If by "fun" you mean SLU likely entering a period of dominating the league…

What ousted Morris at Clarkson was never made completely clear. There was, of course, the altercation with a player at the end of a practice, the details of which remained somewhat in dispute, if I remember correctly. But one got the sense that dissatisfaction, perhaps both ways, had been brewing for some time.

Whoever Morris might be as a coach or as a person, he got results.

I was more thinking Clarkson-SLU fun.

And we're off:

Expecting announcement this week that Checkers coach Mark Morris will leave to be head coach at St. Lawrence University.

— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) May 3, 2016

Dogs and cats living together...

Trotsky
Dogs and cats living together...

I thought it was a matter of elephants.

marty

Trotsky
Dogs and cats living together...

I thought it was a matter of elephants.

Were there elephants in Potsdam, too? I thought that was just a UVM thing.

And here it is:

ECAC article on his hire.

n addition to the AHL, Morris' experience includes coaching positions for teams in the NHL and NCAA Division I. He holds the unique distinction of being the only coach to have won 300 college games and over 300 professional games. He is the seventh all-time winningest coach in the AHL and has the third highest win total among active AHL coaches. In the NHL, Morris earned two Stanley Cup rings while developing players for the Los Angeles Kings and also served as an assistant coach for the Florida Panthers.

While coaching in the ECAC, Morris has won five regular season championships and three tournament championships. Morris' teams had appeared in nine NCAA tournaments including 3 quarterfinals and one Frozen Four. During that time he coached 12 future NHL players, nine All-Americans, five Olympians, and three Hobey Baker finalists. Morris earned ECAC Coach of the Year honors two times.

Morris is not the only member of his family with a passion for hockey. His oldest son, Michael, played men's hockey at SUNY-Geneseo. His daughter Emily played four years at University of Wisconsin, serving as team captain during her senior year and won two Women's NCAA Frozen Four National Championships. His daughter Leah played goal at The Taft School and earned a Fine Arts degree at Boston University. His youngest son, Kevin, is finishing up his senior year and fourth-year of playing for Miami University of Ohio, where the rink is named after St. Lawrence alumnus Steve Cady '75.

CHN

Morris rehabilitated his career at Northwood and in the AHL, where he won over 300 games, becoming the only coach ever to reach that mark in both the NCAA and the professional ranks. He got a boost when he coached then-Los Angeles Kings assistant general manager Ron Hextall's son, Brett, at Northwood. Hextall then helped Morris land the job with Manchester. Coincidentally, Brett went on to play at North Dakota under Dave Hakstol, while Ron Hextall went on to become general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. Hextall then hired Hakstol to coach the Flyers last year.

"To be a classy person, to do everything to represent yourself, your family and your institution the best you can, those are the ideals I stand for," Morris said. "I want to make sure everybody understands that you're a part of something way bigger."

USCHO

You have to think that this allows SLU to continue to shine.

This is a great interview with Morris:

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

I thought this was the most interesting part:

CHN: Having been away from the college game, and obviously the sport has evolved with the Big Ten and other factors, but what do you see as the biggest changes in college hockey since you left Clarkson?

Morris: Well, I'm learning quickly. The one thing I find frightening is how competitive it is from a recruiting standpoint. I think that's probably the biggest difference. The game is the same, but how coaches have respect for one another from a recruiting standpoint and how that all plays out is something that's different. It's extremely competitive, but the one thing about hockey that I've always held near and dear is the respect factor. If that doesn't exist, then shame on us.

We, as a coaching body, we need to get back to where we have ethical behavior in the way we bring these kids into the game and how we respect one another and the programs we run.

Huh. One can read volumes between the lines of Morris' statement about recruiting.

Schafer should write a book after he retires and just tell all the "do not ever tell" stories.

Or just get drunk and tell me. That's really all I care about.

Trotsky
Huh. One can read volumes between the lines of Morris' statement about recruiting.

Schafer should write a book after he retires and just tell all the "do not ever tell" stories.

Or just get drunk and tell me. That's really all I care about.

Maybe you should just get drunk. Then you might not care about what he would tell you.

Men's ECAC All-Academic Teams announced.

Here's the women's link.

Jim Hyla
Men's ECAC All-Academic Teams announced.

A guide to the gut majors at each school.

According to some of my ears, Baker Rink has had some significant flooding issues recently. I wonder if some renovations are in order for that place. Of course, the building is ancient.

Trotsky

Jim Hyla
Men's ECAC All-Academic Teams announced.

A guide to the gut majors at each school.

At Dartmouth and Yale, it is "Undeclared".