UVM Off-Season Thread 2017

[GreenCat]

Looking past the jingoism, you realize for most schools hockey is a revenue sport right? That means your taxes arent going to athletic scholarships for hockey...

Most programs are breakeven at best. Didn't Lowell almost cut hockey in 07?

[TovarishchLisa]

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Most programs are breakeven at best. Didn't Lowell almost cut hockey in 07?

Pretty sure that was Amherst's doing

[GreenCat]

Looking past the jingoism, you realize for most schools hockey is a revenue sport right? That means your taxes arent going to athletic scholarships for hockey...

Jingoism...ha Cheetolini is wearing off on me😫. Seriously though those white middle class and upper middle class Canadians bring such a cultural diversity to ULowell!! And foods! Is it bacon or ham!! What is this Canadian bacon?? The maple tree and maple syrup. So rare and only found in Canada. And don't get me started on the unique pop music. Bieber time!! And those exotic blue jeans they wear!!! Did Canada invent the skinny jean??? I can't imagine the educational loss of that cultural loss without Canadian hockey players on campus!! Nothing against Canadians and we all need them or many of our schools would not have D1 programs but let's not make it something it is not.

[GreenCat]

Fun fact: Rob Hamilton's 10 goals this year was the first double-digit output by a UVM defender since [s]Matt Winnicki scored 15 in 83/84[/s].

EDIT: EliteProspects had Winnicki listed wrong, it's been brought to my attention he's a forward. Looks like that is the first double digit output by a defender since Louis Côté in the 70s.

He was one of the best players if not the best all season. Great year!

[GreenCat]

Jingoism...ha Cheetolini is wearing off on me��. Seriously though those white middle class and upper middle class Canadians bring such a cultural diversity to ULowell!! And foods! Is it bacon or ham!! What is this Canadian bacon?? The maple tree and maple syrup. So rare and only found in Canada. And don't get me started on the unique pop music. Bieber time!! And those exotic blue jeans they wear!!! Did Canada invent the skinny jean??? I can't imagine the educational loss of that cultural loss without Canadian hockey players on campus!! Nothing against Canadians and we all need them or many of our schools would not have D1 programs but let's not make it something it is not.

Fascinating. Two sides to everything. Interesting article from the Times: From The New York Times:

A Battle Across the Border in Recruiting

Canadian hockey players are increasingly considering playing N.C.A.A. hockey as recruiting efforts have been increased.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/s.../10hockey.html

[GreenCat]

Re: UVM Off-Season Thread 2017

Fascinating. Two sides to everything. Interesting article from the Times: From The New York Times:

A Battle Across the Border in Recruiting

Canadian hockey players are increasingly considering playing N.C.A.A. hockey as recruiting efforts have been increased.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/s.../10hockey.html

Fixed link below. I found this snippet interesting from the article and had no idea. You learn something everyday...:--)

"The number of Americans playing in Canada’s major junior leagues has been growing for years, and American colleges are increasingly fighting back by recruiting Canadian players."

[TovarishchLisa]

Re: UVM Off-Season Thread 2017

Brendan Bradley joins ECHL Adirondack on an ATO.

[jcarter7669]

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Also Vermont is not a "hockey" state that Mass likes to claim. You would think the State schools whose primary mission is to benefit the state of MA would make an effort. VT, that is a "ski" state, at least has 1/4 of the ski team from VT (7 of 29).

My overall summation was a momentary cynicism of all things college sports and what it has become not so much a dig at Lowell. Lowell just triggered it...:--)

You don't need to expain yourself to the whiney Lowell kids. Trust me, it isn't worth the headache.

[TovarishchLisa]

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Manchester has loaned Rob Hamilton to the AHL's Springfield Thunderbirds.

Speaking of Manchester, Mario Puskarich has been great for them so far. 7 points in 9 to start his pro career, not bad

[TovarishchLisa]

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Colorado College schedule is out. UVM hosts them on October 6 and 7.

[TovarishchLisa]

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Some news w/r/t season ticket prices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97jO...pKuQUfFF3eVd-6

[j24vt]

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Section 21 is a poverty section

[TovarishchLisa]

Re: UVM Off-Season Thread 2017

And I said it in the recruit thread but I'll repeat it here: a source tells me that Misley is 95% likely to be headed to UVM for this upcoming season (so a year early)

[TovarishchLisa]

Re: UVM Off-Season Thread 2017

UVM visits Union on October 15

[TovarishchLisa]

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Also, if anyone cares what happened to the second UVM cut from last season (Jake Kearley), he will be headed to UNLV to play club hockey, per the UVM ACHA Twitter page. Mitch Ferguson, the other cut, is with D-III SUNY-Geneseo.