Opponent News 19-20

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

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.  B-]

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.

[CU2007]

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

What a shame!

[billhoward]

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.

[Jim Hyla]

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.

[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.

::yark::

[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.

[scoop85]

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.

[marty]

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.

[Trotsky]

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[Trotsky]

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

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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



[billhoward]

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

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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.

[Trotsky]

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

Some jokes write themselves.

[ursusminor]

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.)

[Trotsky]

IMO, Neutral Zone overemphasizes quantity compared to quality.

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

[Scersk '97]

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.