UNION Hockey National Champion's Off Season-U Believe it?

[Dutchman]

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Just a factoid ... in looking over the pictures of the ECAC team banners in Lake Placid I noticed that three ECAC teams have never won the ECAC Tournament ... can you guess who they are?

BROWN, DARTMOUTH and QU

This could be the year that one of them gets a number on their banner, 2015. I really liked Lake Placid .... hope the ECAC keeps its tournament here for a while.

History of the ECAC Tournament (my numbers may be off a little ... they were taken from the picture of the banners ... corrections are welcomed)

#1 CORNELL (11)
1967
1968
1969
1970
1973
1980
1986
1996
1997
2003
2010
#2 HARVARD (8)
1963
1971
1983
1987
1994
2002
2004
2006
ST. LAWRENCE (6)
1962
1988
1989
1992
2000
2001
#4 CLARKSON (5)
1966
1991
1993
1999
2007
#5. UNION TIED WITH RPI (3)
UNION (3)
2012
2013
2014
RPI (3)
1984
1985
1995
#6. YALE TIED WITH PRINCETON (2)
YALE (2)
2009
2011
PRINCETON (2)
1998
2008
#7. COLGATE (1)
1990
#8. BROWN, DARTMOUTH and QU (0)

Note
Providence 1981
NE 1982
BU 72, 74, 75, 76, 77,
BC 78
NH 79

[Kepler]

Re: UNION Hockey National Champion's Off Season-U Believe it?

History of the ECAC Tournament (my numbers may be off a little ... they were taken from the picture of the banners ... corrections are welcomed)

By Year

By Team

[Wholin1]

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The Garnet Blades Golf Tournament on May 30 at Stadium sold out out but there is still space for the reception and auction. There is a waiting list in case of cancellations. We are trying to set up on line auction capability, there are going to be some great items available with a link available soon.

[Dutchman]

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ECAC Hockey - What has changed?

The current makeup of the ECAC consists of 6 Ivy League Schools, 4 Liberty League (D-III) Schools, 1 Patriot League School and 1 MAAC conference school.

Over the past decade, the "average" ECAC team statistically has been as good as your "average" WCHA, CCHA, HE, (now including Big10 & NCHC) etc. Where the ECAC could not compete was against the perennial top powers, (Michigan, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Denver, BU, Boston College, .... etc.) and failed to go very far in the NCAA playoffs which means making it to the Frozen -4

Now the ECAC has shown that it may have 4-5 teams who have the potential to go deep into the NCAA Playoffs. Hopefully, after the past two years we can land at least one in the Frozen-4 each year. In the last three years, the ECAC is 15-6 in the NCAA Tournament Play. In the previous 12 years the ECAC only recorded 12 NCAA tournament wins. 2011 was tought because Union and Yale landed in a Regional with a great Minnnesota Duluth Team, who went on to win it all ..

NCAA PLAYOFF RECORD
YEAR ECAC teams (Won-Lost)
2000 1-2 St. Lawrence FF
2001 0-1
2002 2-2
2003 2-2 Cornell FF
2004 0-1
2005 2-2
2006 1-2
2007 0-2
2008 1-2
2009 1-3
2010 1-2
2011 1-2
2012 3-2 Union FF
2013 8-2 QU & Yale FF
2014 4-2 Union FF

[ADK11]

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The Garnet Blades Golf Tournament on May 30 at Stadium sold out out but there is still space for the reception and auction. There is a waiting list in case of cancellations. We are trying to set up on line auction capability, there are going to be some great items available with a link available soon.

So Wholin, is there any influence the Blades can have on what I think many of us consider the biggest off-season issue for the program.. which I will put in the form of a chant:

Clap-Clap-ClapClapClap We Want a NEW RINK!!!!
Clap-Clap-ClapClapClap We Want a NEW RINK!!!!

Let's face it, if momentum doesn't happen now when will it ever??

[Wholin1]

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So Wholin, is there any influence the Blades can have on what I think many of us consider the biggest off-season issue for the program.. which I will put in the form of a chant:

Clap-Clap-ClapClapClap We Want a NEW RINK!!!!
Clap-Clap-ClapClapClap We Want a NEW RINK!!!!

Let's face it, if momentum doesn't happen now when will it ever??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M

[QUAlum2004]

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Mike McMahon @MikeMcMahonCHN 1m
After speaking to several different schools, was told Fortunato was down to BU and Union as his final two.

Looks like Union was a finalist for his services but BU won out.

[Wholin1]

Looks like Union was a finalist for his services but BU won out.

Pretty sure his dad played for Union.

[Wholin1]

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Bob Prier has resigned as Princeton coach. Depending on which way Princeton goes in replacing him, there could be the usual ripple effect in the coaching ranks. Eventually, Joe Dumais and Jason Tapp are going to get a look to head up a program and are both deserving in my view, will it be this one?

[Dutchman]

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Bob Prier has resigned as Princeton coach. Depending on which way Princeton goes in replacing him, there could be the usual ripple effect in the coaching ranks. Eventually, Joe Dumais and Jason Tapp are going to get a look to head up a program and are both deserving in my view, will it be this one?

Joe and Jason have done an outstanding Job and another ECAC team would be an easy fit. However, I am not sure the Princeton Job is a "good move" for either of them. It could be a dead end job as it is not clear how important athletics, and especially mens' athletics, are at Princeton. The Ivys' often look to hire their own alumni in such slots because "winning" is a smaller piece of the success "quotient" than it might be elsewhere and the intangibles are more important for success. I think this would be especially true for an inbred school like Princeton. Both their new president and athletic directors are alumni. Wise counsel might be that they wait for a "leading role" opportunity on a different stage and one where strong support for athletics and for the program exists up through the schools boards.

Newly appointed athletic director Mollie Marcoux ’91 will face an early challenge in conducting a nationwide search for Prier’s successor.

Prier’s record through three seasons was 25-58-12, including a postseason mark of 2-6. His tenure is the program’s shortest since that of John Wilson, who stepped aside in 1967 after two seasons at Baker Rink.

Ford Family Director of Athletics Gary Walters ’67, who will retire at the end of the school year, offered the following words in the official release: “On behalf of the Princeton University, I’d like to best wish Bob Prier the best of luck in the next chapter of his career. Bob has represented Princeton with great energy and passion, and he had a great love for the Princeton hockey program. We wish him and his family well.”

[Dutchman]

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Nice Article in the New England Hockey Journal which many of you may have already seen
Dutchmen beat Minnesota for first national championship April 13, 2014

Long after the game, in the bowels of the arena, with the nets cut into dozens of pieces for players and staff, the confetti covering the ice surface, and the national championship trophy tucked safely in a box bound for upstate New York, senior Matt Hatch practically skipped through the bowels of the arena carrying a sandwich in his hand.

"Found the cheesesteaks!" Hatch said to a passerby.

Saturday night, despite the odds against a tiny school from a city whose name most people can't spell, with a star defenseman whose name nobody can pronounce, Union found the victory cheesesteaks – not to mention the national title.

Twitter: @A_Merritt
Email: amerritt@hockeyjournal.com

[C-H-C]

Brendan Collier, who was Mike Vecchione's former linemate at Malden Catholic High School, has been cut by BU.

[LTsatch]

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Not sure if you guys saw, but Qunnipiac has been replaced by UMass/Lowell at the Frozen Holiday Classic that Union is scheduled to play in December

[Wholin1]

Not sure if you guys saw, but Qunnipiac has been replaced by UMass/Lowell at the Frozen Holiday Classic that Union is scheduled to play in December

Nice catch Lt. I actually haven't seen the schedule yet but assume it will be out by the end of the month.

[Wholin1]

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Joe Dumais speculated as a possible candidate for Princeton position along with Ben Barr and Bill Riga as well as others. I think they'd all be great candidates. I'm not sure how great a job it is but Princeton has a new AD coming in, maybe the commitment to the hockey program will be reinvigorated. It's a pretty small fraternity so when an opening comes up, those interested in being a HC have to give it serious consideration IMO.

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2014...yopyk-ben-barr