Opponent and other news and results 2025-2026

[stereax]

Not the worst night for the NPI given BC and Providence lost and Dartmouth tied Yale. Looking like 55.00 NPI is gonna be about the cutoff for an at-large bid.

Considering we dropped a fair bit, good that most of the others "in the thick of it" sputtered too. Not crisis mode, yet. But we really can't afford to lose/tie many more of these "easy" games.

[ugarte]

wild night in the ECAC. If that Union team shows up again we better get our scoring skates on or we're going to need another night of a goalie standing on his head.

[adamw]

It's true that without football, certain schools won't have as much revenue, so at the end of the day, football or no football, a school like Providence or Denver will have the same "hockey budget" as, say, Michigan. However, without the runaway costs of football, and need to feed that beast, it may make giving hockey teams a certain budget more palatable. I suspect Denver's "hockey budget" will be about $1 million in rev share at the end of the day. I may know more soon on that.

That would be a massive number for an athletic department that loses money on ~every sport and has to try to compete in basketball.

I know you like to keep doubting this, and apparently no amount of me trying to convince you will help - even though I talk to coaches and ADs regularly who all tell me the same thing. Mike McMahon discusses this as well in his latest column for us today

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2026/02/13_This-Week-in-College-Hockey.php

Just about every school loses money on sports. It doesn't stop them from spending on it. I'm not sure why you think it's a factor that Denver "loses money on sports" ... overall, maybe they do - but it always has. It won't stop them. They'll just come up with the money in more creative ways. As will anyone else who wants to compete.

And yes McKenna is getting $700,000 -- however, it's not necessarily from the school. Much of that is NIL - though I don't know the breakdown. Also not sure if his recent issues will cause any problems there.

Players are regularly getting $50,000 left and right to transfer from smaller schools to bigger ones. Just for one example. This is the new reality. Doubting it or denying it is silly at this point.

You and McMahon say this all the time, yes, but neither of you have yet to provide a single specific example, with the exception of Mckenna getting $700K (which I've seen disputed, including by his own coach).

There's nothing about specific teams, or specific players. Nothing about how the money is getting paid, or how it's allocated amongst the roster. The reporting is totally vague and wishy-washy.

Quoting for example the link you posted, we can see just how unspecific any of this is:

"On the high end, some programs are already operating in the $700,000 range for combined revenue sharing and NIL."

So, $700K combined revenue share and NIL is the "high end" "range." How many programs is this? Which ones? Also, does that mean Penn State is giving $0 to everyone else on their team combined, given McMahon previously reported one guy is getting 700K?

"If you're competing in the NCHC, Big Ten, or Hockey East, you likely need to be closer to $250,000 just to stay competitive — and even that won't put you near the top of the spending curve."

So you "likely" need to spend "closer" to $250,000 "just to stay competitive." I have absolutely no idea what that even means. By the way, $250,000 is less than $10,000 per roster spot.

"Within five years, it wouldn't be surprising to see the top programs pushing toward $1 million annually."

So "within five years" (which is forever), it "wouldn't surprise" McMahon to see "top programs" "pushing toward" $1 million.

Man, I'm sorry, but none of this even means anything.

I appreciate McMahon's coverage but on this topic it's completely lacking in specificity. There's nothing to go off of. Be specific, cite sources (no, you don't have to reveal the specific source). Please stop with the conjecture. By the way, ask the Cornell coaches what they think the state of NIL is right now in college  hockey and you'll get a different answer.

It's not conjecture. But if you it helps you sleep at night to think so - have a blast.

Quote from one of 5 people who verified to me the McKenna number: "Right after that when Michigan State got Martone for 350, I called up Nightingale and said 'You got the better deal.'"

Am I going to tell you who said that, or who the 5 people are? No. The only people denying these kind of dollar figures, are the B10 schools doing it.

[Jim Hyla]

Man, I'm sorry, but none of this even means anything.

I appreciate McMahon's coverage but on this topic it's completely lacking in specificity. There's nothing to go off of. Be specific, cite sources (no, you don't have to reveal the specific source). Please stop with the conjecture. By the way, ask the Cornell coaches what they think the state of NIL is right now in college  hockey and you'll get a different answer.

There's conjecture in sports forums? Horrors!

Oh wait, you post conjecture all the time.

And guess what, so do I.

But the difference is that after all these years, I put more faith in Adam's reporting than I do in yours or mine.

Even after all my years watching college hockey, he probably knows a lot more about it than I do!

You tell Adam to be specific, cite sources, but not revealing the specific source. That's hard to do, although Adam did the best he could in his follow up post.

But then you say "By the way, ask the Cornell coaches what they think the state of NIL is right now in college  hockey and you'll get a different answer."

Yes, citing your post, What's your source for that statement?

Look, please just slow down. When you don't seem against everything (Adam, our recruiting, etc.) you can have some informative thoughts. But then you go off again and you lose me.

[Trotsky]

As a fool who gets carried away, it has been humbling to watch a fool get carried away.  This keeps up I may learn something.

[Jim Hyla]

As a fool who gets carried away, it has been humbling to watch a fool get carried away.  This keeps up I may learn something.

Only if you listen to Adam. 

[BearLover]

As a fool who gets carried away, it has been humbling to watch a fool get carried away.  This keeps up I may learn something.

Not a nice thing to say about someone who runs one of the five most popular websites in a niche college sport

[stereax]

In other news, Brown is leading Dartmouth 3-2 with 11.46 in the 3rd. If this holds, that's big.

[stereax]

In other news, Brown is leading Dartmouth 3-2 with 11.46 in the 3rd. If this holds, that's big.

A Brown regulation win, if it happens (everyone text "26089" for Walsh or "26090" for Castagna to 844-623-9688 to manifest it ) drops Dart to 55.29, sending them to 11 in the NPI. Cornell regains 8.

[stereax]

In other news, Brown is leading Dartmouth 3-2 with 11.46 in the 3rd. If this holds, that's big.

A Brown regulation win, if it happens (everyone text "26089" for Walsh or "26090" for Castagna to 844-623-9688 to manifest it ) drops Dart to 55.29, sending them to 11 in the NPI. Cornell regains 8.

>Be Dartmouth
>Down 2-3 to Brown
>Get a PP with 4:30ish left
>Take a dumbass o-zone penalty halfway into the PP
>Brown takes another penalty 45 seconds later
>Empty net with 2 minutes left
>Brown gets the puck and 3 skaters are tangled up
>?!?
>Dartmouth scores.

[pjd8]

In other news, Brown is leading Dartmouth 3-2 with 11.46 in the 3rd. If this holds, that's big.

A Brown regulation win, if it happens (everyone text "26089" for Walsh or "26090" for Castagna to 844-623-9688 to manifest it ) drops Dart to 55.29, sending them to 11 in the NPI. Cornell regains 8.

>Be Dartmouth
>Down 2-3 to Brown
>Get a PP with 4:30ish left
>Take a dumbass o-zone penalty halfway into the PP
>Brown takes another penalty 45 seconds later
>Empty net with 2 minutes left
>Brown gets the puck and 3 skaters are tangled up
>?!?
>Dartmouth scores.

Brown scores!

[stereax]

In other news, Brown is leading Dartmouth 3-2 with 11.46 in the 3rd. If this holds, that's big.

A Brown regulation win, if it happens (everyone text "26089" for Walsh or "26090" for Castagna to 844-623-9688 to manifest it ) drops Dart to 55.29, sending them to 11 in the NPI. Cornell regains 8.

>Be Dartmouth
>Down 2-3 to Brown
>Get a PP with 4:30ish left
>Take a dumbass o-zone penalty halfway into the PP
>Brown takes another penalty 45 seconds later
>Empty net with 2 minutes left
>Brown gets the puck and 3 skaters are tangled up
>?!?
>Dartmouth scores.

>POITRAS SCORES LIKE 30 FUCKING SECONDS LATER WHAT THE FUCK THIS GAME IS ON ACID

[stereax]

FUCK YOU, DARTMOUTH!!!

[stereax]

Isn't this their coach's last game, too, or close enough?

[pjd8]

Isn't this their coach's last game, too, or close enough?

Yes. He looked really pleased with the send off.