Opponent News 19-20

Brent Brekke was named Head Coach of the the St Lawrence Men's Ice Hockey team today.... Congrats, Brent!!!

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redice
Brent Brekke was named Head Coach of the the St Lawrence Men's Ice Hockey team today.... Congrats, Brent!!!

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So we're basically colonizing the North Country. And we've already got Don Vaughan at Colgate, although his time as a Cornell assistant was long ago.

The bonus was St. Lawrence didn't have to pay relocation costs.

Watertown Daily Times
Brekke was already living in Canton while he worked at Clarkson, so he has the bonus of getting his first head coaching job without having to uproot his family to another town.

“I’ve gone through some head coaching interviews over the years, this was the first time I was able to sleep in my own bed the night before the interview,” Brekke said

I was about to say revolving-door tenure at St. Lawrence, three coaches in the last eight seasons. But that's Mark Morris 3 years, Greg Carvel 4 yeas, Joe Marsh in the last of his 26 years.

Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still… He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still… He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

I'm of the mindset that I don't prefer to see too many penalties called... Just enough to keep the game under control.. A LOT of penalties ruins the flow of the game and puts far too much emphasis on PK & PP..

That can wear down certain players. Teams like ours, which routinely rolls four lines, is better off staying away from penalty situations (PK or PP).

As I occasionally yell out to the on-ice officials: "I didn't come here to watch YOU!!!"

redice

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still… He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

I'm of the mindset that I don't prefer to see too many penalties called... Just enough to keep the game under control.. A LOT of penalties ruins the flow of the game and puts far too much emphasis on PK & PP..

That can wear down certain players. Teams like ours, which routinely rolls four lines, is better off staying away from penalty situations (PK or PP).

As I occasionally yell out to the on-ice officials: "I didn't come here to watch YOU!!!"

+1 on the last statement

Scersk '97

Jeff Hopkins '82

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

I would assume that means he won't be reffing ECAC games anymore? To be honest, that's kind of a loss. Better than most.

Still… He'll hopefully bring the rank-and-file back into line and get them to start calling penalties again.

Feola wasn't the worst, but he had a tendency to ref based on game situation. Don't expect a lot of whistles from him if you're winning.

Dafatone
Feola wasn't the worst, but he had a tendency to ref based on game situation. Don't expect a lot of whistles from him if you're winning.

A pet peeve. If it's a penalty when you're behind, it should also be a penalty when you're ahead; similarly, if it's a penalty in the first, it should also be a penalty in the third (or overtime).

To respond a bit upthread, I'd rather prefer to see a lot more penalties called. I think we're faster, more fluid, and more talented than most of the teams we play. The more penalties called, the more room, generally, there will be for us to show off those skills.

Reffing to the score and calling fewer penalties mostly benefits weaker teams.

Not knowing anything "insidery" I really like them picking an ECAC referee for that job. He's going to understand.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

You've been waiting to use this line?

billhoward

Jeff Hopkins '82

Jim Hyla
Not really an opponent, well sort of, Feola Named Director of Officiating

I don't know...he's often seemed like an opponent.

You've been waiting to use this line?

Nope. It just came to me spur of the moment.

Looks like team 61 is just a matter of time.

No NC$$ players in the first round. I don't recall that happening since the 1990s. I guess some (many?) of those USHL guys could be commits.

Edit: yep:

 5 Turcotte, Wisconsin
 9 Zegras, BU
12 Boldy, BC
13 Knight, BC
14 York, Michigan
15 Caulfield, Wisconsin
16 Newhook, BC
30 Beecher, Michigan
31 Johnson, Minnesota

Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

CU2007
Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

I spent most of my life in the Elmira area. I was deeply disappointed to hear that he chose Michigan. Perhaps Cornell was too educationally challenging.

redice

CU2007
Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

I spent most of my life in the Elmira area. I was deeply disappointed to hear that he chose Michigan. Perhaps Cornell was too educationally challenging.

Maybe he wanted to get outta Dodge.

Trotsky

redice

CU2007
Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

I spent most of my life in the Elmira area. I was deeply disappointed to hear that he chose Michigan. Perhaps Cornell was too educationally challenging.

Maybe he wanted to get outta Dodge.

You must have heard about Elmira. Most want to get out of that "Dodge". I did, but I remained close enough for Cornell Hockey. That's unlikely to change.

redice

CU2007
Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

I spent most of my life in the Elmira area. I was deeply disappointed to hear that he chose Michigan. Perhaps Cornell was too educationally challenging.

Maybe he found it too financially challenging, given that Michigan gives athletic scholarships.

Also, maybe we shouldn't feel too sorry for not having one of these first-rounders. It seems they don't start to add much value until they spend 2-3 years in the NC$$, at which point they jump to the pros. None of the schools on Trotsky's list even made the NC$$ tourney this year, whereas the only players on our team that went pro were three seniors. Most of this year's team will be back next fall, and hopefully our luck with injuries will be much better (regress towards the mean).

redice

CU2007
Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

I spent most of my life in the Elmira area. I was deeply disappointed to hear that he chose Michigan. Perhaps Cornell was too educationally challenging.

I did my time in Chem E. at both schools. There is nothing that is not challenging about U. M.'s school of engineering. I also felt the positive atmosphere there had a benefit vs. the cutthroat need to get to med school at any cost bullshit that underlied so many of my chemistry courses at Cornell. Michigan also has many grad programs that are considered top 10.

Poison Ivy 101.

marty

redice

CU2007
Looks like Beecher is from Elmira. Bummer

I spent most of my life in the Elmira area. I was deeply disappointed to hear that he chose Michigan. Perhaps Cornell was too educationally challenging.

I did my time in Chem E. at both schools. There is nothing that is not challenging about U. M.'s school of engineering. I also felt the positive atmosphere there had a benefit vs. the cutthroat need to get to med school at any cost bullshit that underlied so many of my chemistry courses at Cornell. Michigan also has many grad programs that are considered top 10.

Poison Ivy 101.

What's Beecher's major?

Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

Interesting decision. He was elected captain for this season and is a 3 time ECAC Hockey All-Academic selection.

It is a two way deal for 2 years.

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

Interesting decision. He was elected captain for this season and is a 3 time ECAC Hockey All-Academic selection.

It is a two way deal for 2 years.

His rights had just been traded. I assume his new team had more of a need and offered more.

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

On the USCHO Harvard thread they're already calling it a rebuilding year, and that thread is typically like a Redskins fan whose only question is how many points they'll win the NFC title game by.

I never trust Harvard to suck, but if they do that's one less thing to worry about.

Trotsky

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

On the USCHO Harvard thread they're already calling it a rebuilding year, and that thread is typically like a Redskins fan whose only question is how many points they'll win the NFC title game by.

I never trust Harvard to suck, but if they do that's one less thing to worry about.

Good news is they are guaranteed to finish no worse than 4th place in the 2020 Beanpot.

KenP

Trotsky

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

On the USCHO Harvard thread they're already calling it a rebuilding year, and that thread is typically like a Redskins fan whose only question is how many points they'll win the NFC title game by.

I never trust Harvard to suck, but if they do that's one less thing to worry about.

Good news is they are guaranteed to finish no worse than 4th place in the 2020 Beanpot.

3rd.

Harvard can always be depended upon in an consolation game.

KenP

Trotsky

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

On the USCHO Harvard thread they're already calling it a rebuilding year, and that thread is typically like a Redskins fan whose only question is how many points they'll win the NFC title game by.

I never trust Harvard to suck, but if they do that's one less thing to worry about.

Good news is they are guaranteed to finish no worse than 4th place in the 2020 Beanpot.

There’s a non-zero chance of another cheating/academic scandal (as in 2013) and enough players get kicked out this time to cancel the season.

A man can dream, can’t I?

RichH

KenP

Trotsky

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

On the USCHO Harvard thread they're already calling it a rebuilding year, and that thread is typically like a Redskins fan whose only question is how many points they'll win the NFC title game by.

I never trust Harvard to suck, but if they do that's one less thing to worry about.

Good news is they are guaranteed to finish no worse than 4th place in the 2020 Beanpot.

There’s a non-zero chance of another cheating/academic scandal (as in 2013) and enough players get kicked out this time to cancel the season.

A man can dream, can’t I?

You want scandal? It's not hockey, but take a look at the logo on Jeffrey Epstein's chest on today's (Aug 9) Huffington Post. I think it says something like Ve-Ri-Tas.

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

What a shame!

Jeff Hopkins '82
You want scandal? It's not hockey, but take a look at the logo on Jeffrey Epstein's chest on today's (Aug 9) Huffington Post. I think it says something like Ve-Ri-Tas.

It was a JDate profile photo and was supposed to say Ve-Ri-Tasty.

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

I assume you meant "They return a sophomore G, a freshman G, and a senior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

I think they're okay in starting goalie, Gornet is pretty good. But it seems back-up is the question.

With 5 returning D, they played a total of 76 games in the 33 games season. Walsh and Rathbone with 33 each. So combined 10 games for the other 3.

The 3 entering freshmen are all well thought of, but obviously they need to prove themselves at this level.

Only having 2 D with any reasonable experience will at least make a difficult early season.

With the young D, they have to hope that Gornet, whom I'd suspect would have to start in the beginning of the season, keeps them in the early games.

After that you never know how young players will evolve.

Edit: They still list Marino as a captain, along with Krusko. I'd assume they will pick 1 or 2 assistant captains.

billhoward

Jeff Hopkins '82
You want scandal? It's not hockey, but take a look at the logo on Jeffrey Epstein's chest on today's (Aug 9) Huffington Post. I think it says something like Ve-Ri-Tas.

It was a JDate profile photo and was supposed to say Ve-Ri-Tasty.

I assume you mis-typed Jr-date.

Or maybe it was Freshman-date.

After two seasons, Union’s Morgan leaves Dutchmen for pro deal with EIHL’s Giants

"Last season, Morgan scored 14 goals among 26 points in 38 games. He was set to be the top returning scorer for Union in 2019-20."

So this means they lose 5 of top 7 scorers from last year, who combined for 57/78 goals and 132/177 points. And another returning player, Adams, 10/22, tore both anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments this summer.

Looks like scoring may be tough, at least in early season.

Jim Hyla
After two seasons, Union’s Morgan leaves Dutchmen for pro deal with EIHL’s Giants

"Last season, Morgan scored 14 goals among 26 points in 38 games. He was set to be the top returning scorer for Union in 2019-20."

So this means they lose 5 of top 7 scorers from last year, who combined for 57/78 goals and 132/177 points. And another returning player, Adams, 10/22, tore both anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments this summer.

Looks like scoring may be tough, at least in early season.

Union posted their incoming class last week. On paper, not a great group.

scoop85

Jim Hyla
After two seasons, Union’s Morgan leaves Dutchmen for pro deal with EIHL’s Giants

"Last season, Morgan scored 14 goals among 26 points in 38 games. He was set to be the top returning scorer for Union in 2019-20."

So this means they lose 5 of top 7 scorers from last year, who combined for 57/78 goals and 132/177 points. And another returning player, Adams, 10/22, tore both anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments this summer.

Looks like scoring may be tough, at least in early season.

Union posted their incoming class last week. On paper, not a great group.

Not a great group with not a great coach at not a great rink. On paper I'm looking forward to holding up a newspaper at my next visit.

...

Neutral Zone's ranking of the ECAC incoming classes, average and number:

4.07  7 Harvard
3.82  7 Princeton
3.79  7 Yale
3.78 10 Quinnipiac
3.75  9 Cornell
3.71  7 Colgate
3.70 10 Brown
3.69  8 RPI
3.68  7 St. Lawrence
3.67  6 Clarkson
3.63 12 Union
3.50  6 Dartmouth

Trotsky
Neutral Zone's ranking of the ECAC incoming classes, average and number:

4.07  7 Harvard
3.82  7 Princeton
3.79  7 Yale
3.78 10 Quinnipiac
3.75  9 Cornell
3.71  7 Colgate
3.70 10 Brown
3.69  8 RPI
3.68  7 St. Lawrence
3.67  6 Clarkson
3.63 12 Union
3.50  6 Dartmouth

A 4.07 for Harvard freshmen. This calls for a punchline.

billhoward
A 4.07 for Harvard freshmen. This calls for a punchline.

Some jokes write themselves.

IMO, Neutral Zone overemphasizes quantity compared to quality. Also there are some errors in who is included although this has improved as the season progressed. E.g., for RPI, Simon Kjellberg is missing. For Cornell, they include Berard, B. Tupker, Malone, Stienburg, Muzyka, Malinski, Dirven, Mitchell, and Z. Tupker. (Ordered by given name.)

ursusminor
IMO, Neutral Zone overemphasizes quantity compared to quality.

That's why I re-ordered them by mean rating, not total points.

Jim Hyla

Scersk '97

Trotsky
Harvard loses a defenseman. They also lost recruits Ryan Del Monte and Cole Shepard who bolted to the CHL.

So, two senior D graduations, two junior D departures, and one senior (mostly starting) goalie graduation. They return a sophomore D, a freshman D, and a junior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

Going to be an interesting year in Alston, methinks.

I assume you meant "They return a sophomore G, a freshman G, and a senior backup (although probably pretty good) goaltender.

No, I meant what I wrote, but you got the gist.

billhoward

Trotsky
Neutral Zone's ranking of the ECAC incoming classes, average and number:

4.07  7 Harvard
3.82  7 Princeton
3.79  7 Yale
3.78 10 Quinnipiac
3.75  9 Cornell
3.71  7 Colgate
3.70 10 Brown
3.69  8 RPI
3.68  7 St. Lawrence
3.67  6 Clarkson
3.63 12 Union
3.50  6 Dartmouth

A 4.07 for Harvard freshmen. This calls for a punchline.

To help interpret these scores, note that BC has the highest average at 4.28. Harvard's score is closer to BC's than to ours. In fact, the rest of the ECACHL is pretty closely clustered between Princeton's 3.82 and Union's 3.63.

Swampy

billhoward

Trotsky
Neutral Zone's ranking of the ECAC incoming classes, average and number:

4.07  7 Harvard
3.82  7 Princeton
3.79  7 Yale
3.78 10 Quinnipiac
3.75  9 Cornell
3.71  7 Colgate
3.70 10 Brown
3.69  8 RPI
3.68  7 St. Lawrence
3.67  6 Clarkson
3.63 12 Union
3.50  6 Dartmouth

A 4.07 for Harvard freshmen. This calls for a punchline.

To help interpret these scores, note that BC has the highest average at 4.28. Harvard's score is closer to BC's than to ours. In fact, the rest of the ECACHL is pretty closely clustered between Princeton's 3.82 and Union's 3.63.

So statistically it probably means that it's a lousy system, since it doesn't differentiate the classes that well. Albeit I don't know the real stats of their system.

Jim Hyla

Swampy

billhoward

Trotsky
Neutral Zone's ranking of the ECAC incoming classes, average and number:

4.07  7 Harvard
3.82  7 Princeton
3.79  7 Yale
3.78 10 Quinnipiac
3.75  9 Cornell
3.71  7 Colgate
3.70 10 Brown
3.69  8 RPI
3.68  7 St. Lawrence
3.67  6 Clarkson
3.63 12 Union
3.50  6 Dartmouth

A 4.07 for Harvard freshmen. This calls for a punchline.

To help interpret these scores, note that BC has the highest average at 4.28. Harvard's score is closer to BC's than to ours. In fact, the rest of the ECACHL is pretty closely clustered between Princeton's 3.82 and Union's 3.63.

So statistically it probably means that it's a lousy system, since it doesn't differentiate the classes that well. Albeit I don't know the real stats of their system.

Or the ECAC tends to sit in the middle of a normal distribution of talent for D-1, which seems reasonable to me.

Trotsky

Jim Hyla

So statistically it probably means that it's a lousy system, since it doesn't differentiate the classes that well. Albeit I don't know the real stats of their system.

Or the ECAC tends to sit in the middle of a normal distribution of talent for D-1, which seems reasonable to me.

I would guess it tends to fall somewhere in the middle of those 2, just like it does in football or basketball rankings.

Trotsky

Jim Hyla

Swampy

billhoward

Trotsky
Neutral Zone's ranking of the ECAC incoming classes, average and number:

4.07  7 Harvard
3.82  7 Princeton
3.79  7 Yale
3.78 10 Quinnipiac
3.75  9 Cornell
3.71  7 Colgate
3.70 10 Brown
3.69  8 RPI
3.68  7 St. Lawrence
3.67  6 Clarkson
3.63 12 Union
3.50  6 Dartmouth

A 4.07 for Harvard freshmen. This calls for a punchline.

To help interpret these scores, note that BC has the highest average at 4.28. Harvard's score is closer to BC's than to ours. In fact, the rest of the ECACHL is pretty closely clustered between Princeton's 3.82 and Union's 3.63.

So statistically it probably means that it's a lousy system, since it doesn't differentiate the classes that well. Albeit I don't know the real stats of their system.

Or the ECAC tends to sit in the middle of a normal distribution of talent for D-1, which seems reasonable to me.

I'd hypothesize that the ECAC has its own normal distribution of talent, whose mean may differ from those of other conferences. Its variance seems rather narrow. Irrespective of what individual conference distributions are, the Central Limit Theorem implies that D-1 is also normally distributed. But without having more information, it's hard to tell where the ECAC lies compared to the rest of D-1.

Swampy
But without having more information, it's hard to tell where the ECAC lies compared to the rest of D-1.

The more information is the interconference records, which suggests the conference talent means are ordered NCHC, HE, B1G, ECAC, WCHA, AH.

Trotsky

Swampy
But without having more information, it's hard to tell where the ECAC lies compared to the rest of D-1.

The more information is the interconference records, which suggests the conference talent means are ordered NCHC, HE, B1G, ECAC, WCHA, AH.

Of course the issue of talent vs. ability comes into play in that the BC’s and BU’s of the world get multiple blue chip recruits who are 17 years old (and presumably top ranked) and then lose to a bunch of 23 years old mostly after thoughts on Quinnipiac.

CU2007

Trotsky

Swampy
But without having more information, it's hard to tell where the ECAC lies compared to the rest of D-1.

The more information is the interconference records, which suggests the conference talent means are ordered NCHC, HE, B1G, ECAC, WCHA, AH.

Of course the issue of talent vs. ability comes into play in that the BC’s and BU’s of the world get multiple blue chip recruits who are 17 years old (and presumably top ranked) and then lose to a bunch of 23 years old mostly after thoughts on Quinnipiac.

This is true. Also, prospect rankings are warped by statistical factors such as the Bostonian Head Firmly Inserted within Anus Transform, which translates all prospects from within 30 miles of Brookline High School one full star higher than they deserve.

So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

Trotsky
So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

are you sure he didn’t graduate?

Pirskie, listed at 5-11 and 192 pounds, finished with 116 career points (39 goals, 77 assists) in 154 collegiate games in four seasons and served as Quinnipiac’s captain in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

KenP

Trotsky
So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

are you sure he didn’t graduate?

Pirskie, listed at 5-11 and 192 pounds, finished with 116 career points (39 goals, 77 assists) in 154 collegiate games in four seasons and served as Quinnipiac’s captain in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

Priskie was a senior last year

scoop85

KenP

Trotsky
So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

are you sure he didn’t graduate?

Pirskie, listed at 5-11 and 192 pounds, finished with 116 career points (39 goals, 77 assists) in 154 collegiate games in four seasons and served as Quinnipiac’s captain in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

Priskie was a senior last year

Yes, but did he graduate?

marty

scoop85

KenP

Trotsky
So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

are you sure he didn’t graduate?

Pirskie, listed at 5-11 and 192 pounds, finished with 116 career points (39 goals, 77 assists) in 154 collegiate games in four seasons and served as Quinnipiac’s captain in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

Priskie was a senior last year

Yes, but did he graduate?

That I do not know, which is why I said only that he was a senior last year.

OK, thanks.

In any case, Morgan is the only non-frosh awardee to return.

The class of 2019 in the ECAC had a lot of great players, including guys that left early (like Angello and Donato). I've been meaning to look at the numbers of the more notable players but haven't gotten around to it.

scoop85

marty

scoop85

KenP

Trotsky
So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

are you sure he didn’t graduate?

Pirskie, listed at 5-11 and 192 pounds, finished with 116 career points (39 goals, 77 assists) in 154 collegiate games in four seasons and served as Quinnipiac’s captain in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

Priskie was a senior last year

Yes, but did he graduate?

That I do not know, which is why I said only that he was a senior last year.

I was kidding... but the graduation hurdle at Q is likely a bit lower than for the ECAC as a whole so my money says he made it.

marty

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Trotsky
So, I was beginning to write up my TBRW Predictions for 2019-20 and in doing the Returning Awardees I noticed that every one of the 9 ECAC Awardees (All-ECAC, POTY, ROTY) has either graduated or signed except for Morgan Barron, Harvard ROTY D Casey Dornbach, and Quinnipiac All-ECAC D Chase Priskie.

Just to make sure, I googled Priskie.

He signed yesterday.

are you sure he didn’t graduate?

Pirskie, listed at 5-11 and 192 pounds, finished with 116 career points (39 goals, 77 assists) in 154 collegiate games in four seasons and served as Quinnipiac’s captain in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.

Priskie was a senior last year

Yes, but did he graduate?

That I do not know, which is why I said only that he was a senior last year.

I was kidding... but the graduation hurdle at Q is likely a bit lower than for the ECAC as a whole so my money says he made it.

I believe it involves two fingers placed firmly on the inner wrist or just below the jaw line.

Colgate away tickets on sale.

Trotsky
Looks like team 61 is just a matter of time.

Chicago Tribune picks up the story

Tribune
Nationally, Illinois produces the fourth-most college hockey players behind Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts, but it is the only state among that group without a Division I program.

David Harding

Tribune
Nationally, Illinois produces the fourth-most college hockey players behind Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts, but it is the only state among that group without a Division I program.

That seems... really hard to believe. New York? Wisconsin?

Trotsky

David Harding

Tribune
Nationally, Illinois produces the fourth-most college hockey players behind Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts, but it is the only state among that group without a Division I program.

That seems... really hard to believe. New York? Wisconsin?

How many college hockey players have you seen from NYC? Upstate always has a few, but if I remember correctly, the Chicago area does a lot.

Jim Hyla

Trotsky

David Harding

Tribune
Nationally, Illinois produces the fourth-most college hockey players behind Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts, but it is the only state among that group without a Division I program.

That seems... really hard to believe. New York? Wisconsin?

How many college hockey players have you seen from NYC? Upstate always has a few, but if I remember correctly, the Chicago area does a lot.

Tons of good players from Long Island

Heresy perhaps, but is there a site which rates coaching staffs or coaches of D-1 ECAC men's hockey teams, something beyond W-L? Yeah, it would be quite subjective, just like rating hockey players.

Since sports ahem "journalism" is Access Journalism I doubt anybody in media would risk doing that. The relationship between sports media and the coaches, SIDs, and ADs is one of deep and continuous fellatio.

Trotsky
Since sports ahem "journalism" is Access Journalism I doubt anybody in media would risk doing that. The relationship between sports media and the coaches, SIDs, and ADs is one of deep and continuous fellatio.

What a sexist comment!

There are female ADs and coaches (probably).

Trotsky
Since sports ahem "journalism" is Access Journalism I doubt anybody in media would risk doing that. The relationship between sports media and the coaches, SIDs, and ADs is one of deep and continuous fellatio &/or cunnilingus.

FYP

Swampy

Trotsky
Since sports ahem "journalism" is Access Journalism I doubt anybody in media would risk doing that. The relationship between sports media and the coaches, SIDs, and ADs is one of deep and continuous fellatio &/or cunnilingus.

FYP

Thanks. I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates that.

Trotsky

Swampy

Trotsky
Since sports ahem "journalism" is Access Journalism I doubt anybody in media would risk doing that. The relationship between sports media and the coaches, SIDs, and ADs is one of deep and continuous fellatio &/or cunnilingus.

FYP

Thanks. I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates that.

Much better!

RPI plays Brock University this weekend. I thought that some posters might find this Rensselaer-Brock history interesting. I do wonder what RPI's coach who is Canadian and the Canadian players will think.

ursusminor
RPI plays Brock University this weekend. I thought that some posters might find this Rensselaer-Brock history interesting. I do wonder what RPI's coach who is Canadian and the Canadian players will think.

Rensselaer-Brock History
He (Van Rensselaer) labored under several handicaps, notably the fact that some of the regular army officers under his command...simply refused to cooperate with him. Even worse, when the initial attack faltered and the commander tried to send reinforcements, many of the militia troops under his command refused to obey... based on the ground that the Constitution only required them to defend the territory within the boundaries of the United States, not to cross the boundary and take action on the other side.

Perhaps this explains oft missing-in-action offense of the Engineers.

Ned Harkness managed to muster a decent offense at RPI?

osorojo
Ned Harkness managed to muster a decent offense at RPI?

Well there's the Mike Adessa story too, but neither was a fan of history AFAIK. AIDNKAARPI.

Harvard gets commitment from ‘world-class player,’ NTDP standout Beniers

It's for next year and he does need to show that he can do it in college, but if he stays for more than 1 year, it could be bad for the rest of us.

Harvard's been able to do this sporadically. Donato has never shown the ability to get the most out of these players, so if he winds up expending quality ice time on a guy who leaves after a couple years and thus thwarts the development of the rest of his guys, great.

Give me 3 6th rounders over 1 first rounder.

Jim Hyla
Harvard gets commitment from ‘world-class player,’ NTDP standout Beniers

It's for next year and he does need to show that he can do it in college, but if he stays for more than 1 year, it could be bad for the rest of us.

“He’s got a chance to be a world-class player, not just a good player,’’ says Seth Appert,

Fun stat on how far behind the Ivies start with the late start. Providence's Jack Dugan, who got an assist in our NC$$ QF last year, already has 14 points this season.

Jim Hyla
Harvard gets commitment from ‘world-class player,’ NTDP standout Beniers

It's for next year and he does need to show that he can do it in college, but if he stays for more than 1 year, it could be bad for the rest of us.

Jason mentioned on the USNDT pregame that both Berniers' parents went to Cornell.

Looking at the Ticketmaster page for Red Hot Hockey, it appears as though BU has barely sold a ticket on their side of the arena. There’s a map function where you can pick specific seats and there are thousands and thousands available. Strange considering the BU games at MSG have all been very well attended by both fan bases in the past.

Comment by a Union fan during their game sums up their season so far:

I don't think you are supposed to do a line change when the puck is in your own end

St. Lawrence Pushes Back Return to Appleton to January

Apparently Harvard goalie Mitchell Gibson was injured in tonight's game.

Two Union sophomores are leaving the team.

[www.collegehockeynews.com]

Trotsky
Apparently Harvard goalie Mitchell Gibson was injured in tonight's game.

It looked like a simple butterfly move to make a save. He did look in pain as he was helped off the ice.

marty

Trotsky
Apparently Harvard goalie Mitchell Gibson was injured in tonight's game.

It looked like a simple butterfly move to make a save. He did look in pain as he was helped off the ice.

Sounds like a groin. Not good for him.

Anybody remember when UVM left the ECAC to improve their program?

Trotsky
Anybody remember when UVM left the ECAC to improve their program?

yes. and I remember that line Perrin, Reid(?) and St. Louis. they were so damn quick.
and they there was the hazing scandal.......

Soon the Cambridge-Boston streets & roads will devolve into a permanent Gordian Gridlock and Boston-area athletes will have to walk to the airport carrying their hockey gear. The armada of corporate helicopters will preclude escape by air for lowly college-level athletes. Wait and see.

Trotsky
Anybody remember when UVM left the ECAC to improve their program?

An elephant never forgets.

French Rage

Trotsky
Anybody remember when UVM left the ECAC to improve their program?

An elephant never forgets.

+1

Watched the last part of the QU-Colgate game tonight. Colgate’s got some jam on offense.

Quinnipiac? Best chances came on the power play, particularly one after a dive in the early 3rd.

And Michigan State takes down #3 Notre Dame 3-2 today!!

Not opponents, but check out the #1 USCHO Play of the Week.

Jim Hyla
Not opponents, but check out the #1 USCHO Play of the Week.

Are you pointing this out because that goal was scored off a stick quite a bit higher than our 2003 frozen four no-goal?

I was thinking something very similar.

andyw2100

Jim Hyla
Not opponents, but check out the #1 USCHO Play of the Week.

Are you pointing this out because that goal was scored off a stick quite a bit higher than our 2003 frozen four no-goal?

If only......