Opponents and Others, 2022-23

[Trotsky]

That is fascinating as the Q sub on USCHO was convinced Clark was going to be the #1.

[upprdeck]

Pretty easy to make kids leave those schools.. if you recruit more kids they have no chance to get a scholie so they try to jump where they might get one.

[dbilmes]

Speaking of goalies, Brown's excellent goalie Caron is transferring to BU, so we'll most likely see him again at MSG.

[nshapiro]

is it as bad as telling a kid that his scholarship is being pulled, or are kids jumping because they anticipate they will not get playing time?

[billhoward]

Want to know what sets Pecknold apart from other ECAC coaches? Zero loyalty to his own players. Q had three goalies on the roster this season, all underclassmen. Perets signs an NHL deal, so down to two goalies on next season's roster. But Q has a highly regarded goalie recruit coming in, so back up to three. Except, Pecknold isn't content to let his current/incoming goalies fight it out for the starting role. He goes to the transfer portal and adds BU's backup goalie. Now with four goalies slated to be on the roster next year, one of the existing goalies no longer has a spot. End result: Chase Clark, Capitals draft pick and backup Q goalie from this past season, has entered the transfer portal.

Lack of loyalty is a two-way street. The players are quick to jump to another team if they see advantage, even more so in basketball.

Nobody (well, under 70) yearns for the old days when a school could say with a straight face, "Pay the athletes? They're getting a first class education."

[kingpin248]

Don Vaughan retires.

(CHN story.)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Don Vaughan retires.

(CHN story.)

Going out on top, to some extent.

And for the record, he's about the same age as Schafer.

[George64]

Don Vaughan retires.

(CHN story.)

Interesting, but first Colgate needs to name a new Vice President and Director of Athletics.
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[coz]

One of Vaughan's most impressive achievements was leading the program to the ECAC Hockey tournament on a near-annual basis. In his three decades at the helm, Colgate made 27 appearances in the playoffs and reached the ECAC championship weekend on 14 occasions.

Not exactly the most impressive stat.

[ursusminor]

One of Vaughan's most impressive achievements was leading the program to the ECAC Hockey tournament on a near-annual basis. In his three decades at the helm, Colgate made 27 appearances in the playoffs and reached the ECAC championship weekend on 14 occasions.

Not exactly the most impressive stat.

I am too lazy to check, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was the lowest appearance percentage of the 12 coaches who were in the ECAC last season. :-O

[Give My Regards]

One of Vaughan's most impressive achievements was leading the program to the ECAC Hockey tournament on a near-annual basis. In his three decades at the helm, Colgate made 27 appearances in the playoffs and reached the ECAC championship weekend on 14 occasions.

Not exactly the most impressive stat.

Maybe it's a bit more "impressive", 'cause I think Vaughan got shorted here.  I can only find one non-playoff year (2001) during his tenure.

Vaughan is a member of a pretty exclusive club.  Only six Div. I coaches have put up more than 500 losses (according to this chart), and only Vaughan and Ferris State's Bob Daniels, who was hired the same year, have done so at one school.

[Trotsky]

Vaughan is a member of a pretty exclusive club.  Only six Div. I coaches have put up more than 500 losses (according to this chart), and only Vaughan and Ferris State's Bob Daniels, who was hired the same year, have done so at one school.

Gaudet got out just in time.

York has the most losses and the most games over .500.  Let that sink in.

Schafer is third among active coaches in winning percentage.  Pecker is second.

[billhoward]

One of Vaughan's most impressive achievements was leading the program to the ECAC Hockey tournament on a near-annual basis. In his three decades at the helm, Colgate made 27 appearances in the playoffs and reached the ECAC championship weekend on 14 occasions.

Not exactly the most impressive stat.

I'm still parsing the playoffs-percentage stat. Right now 100% of ECAC teams make the ECAC playoffs. Someone cruder would probably say this is the ECAC version of everybody-gets-a-ribbon.

[dbilmes]

Pecknold will now have the locker room named after him and his wife as a result of the largest alumni donation in history of Q athletics.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Pecknold will now have the locker room named after him and his wife as a result of the largest alumni donation in history of Q athletics.

The "Rand and Nikki Pecknold jock strap storage facility" does have a bit of a nice ring to it.