Cadets pick up a big transfer

[Scott_TG]

Re: Cadets pick up a big transfer

Though with RIT gone, Charron leaving the conference greatly helps the Cards with the ECAC Women's West.

[spike]

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Though with RIT gone, Charron leaving the conference greatly helps the Cards with the ECAC Women's West.

With RIT gone and Elmira seemingly drifting back to the pack, perhaps the days of ECAC West getting 2-3 spots in the NCAA's are gone as well? It would seem that the ECAC West runner up is no longer the lock that they used to be.

[Scott_TG]

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With RIT gone and Elmira seemingly drifting back to the pack, perhaps the days of ECAC West getting 2-3 spots in the NCAA's are gone as well? It would seem that the ECAC West runner up is no longer the lock that they used to be.

I agree. Elmira is going to have to work much harder for a conference championship or at-large bid this year without Charron. But RIT being gone provides a great opportunity for the rest of the pack, particularly Oswego and Neumann in my estimation.

Hopefully this presses the ECAC West into giving Stevenson a better chance when they hopefully reapply for membership. That and they need to heavily go after Canton when they go D3. That and/or perhaps a successful Nazareth Men's Hockey program giving birth to a women's team, but this is all optimistic thinking.

[OneTimer]

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1) Plattsburgh
2) Elmira
3) Neumann/Utica
6) Potsdam/Oswego/Buffalo St
8) Buffalo St
9) Cortland
10) Chatham

[OnMAA]

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1) Plattsburgh
2) Elmira
3) Neumann/Utica
6) Potsdam/Oswego/Buffalo St
8) Buffalo St
9) Cortland
10) Chatham

Is this new math ?. Nine teams and Ten placings ?.

[OneTimer]

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Just an educated pre-season prediction.

[Cali]

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Is this new math ?. Nine teams and Ten placings ?.

I count 10 ...Buff State is just undecided...

[canadahockey26]

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Oswego will not be strong, everyone transfered out!

[OnMAA]

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I count 10 ...Buff State is just undecided...

Read again.......With the departure of RIT, there is only 9 teams left in the ECAC West.

How undecided is Buff State ?...So undecided they count for two. (If you look closely, you count ten teams cause Buff State is listed twice in OneTimers' list).

[OnMAA]

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Oswego will not be strong, everyone transfered out!

Was thinking the same.....Unless they can replenish equivalent caliber American Kids quickly, they may fall back to the lower tier in the short term.

[OneTimer]

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Read again.......With the departure of RIT, there is only 9 teams left in the ECAC West.

How undecided is Buff State ?...So undecided they count for two. (If you look closely, you count ten teams cause Buff State is listed twice in OneTimers' list).

OnMAA - you are absolutely correct. Revised;


1) Plattsburgh
2) Elmira
3) Neumann/Utica
5) Potsdam/Oswego
7) Buffalo St
8) Cortland
9) Chatham

Last seasons' standings - http://www.collegehockeystats.net/11...ndings/ecacw3w

Plattsburgh will be traditionally deep and talented and deserves to be at the top of this division. Elmira still has the talent to win a lot at the national level. They are getting an interesting recruit from Sweden. Neumann has a lot of new talent coming in and could be a huge surprise. Oswego has lost all of its' depth but still has talent in key spots and is getting a first rate transfer from Quinnipiac. Oswego will be losing because of lack of depth not lack of talent. Buffalo St always plays everyone hard and might finally make the jump to the playoffs. Potsdam should be able to keep the momentum going and make it to the playoffs again.

[canadahockey26]

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I think Potsdam will take #3.
They were really impressive towards the end of last season, and they hardly had 2 lines.

[Scott_TG]

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I think Potsdam will take #3.
They were really impressive towards the end of last season, and they hardly had 2 lines.

+1.

Potsdam was the most impressive ECAC West team to me simply because they managed to achieve the success they did with a really short bench.

[WIrinkrat]

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Will be interesting to see how well Potsdam overcomes the loss of Lewis and Roy. Those two really made things go for them as they could have played and excelled on any team in the conference. Roy in particular was a dynamic player on the back end, though on the positive side, with her gone they probably will have to kill about half as many penalties...

[OneTimer]

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The way rosters have changed this summer Plattsburgh and Elmira are now nearly untouchable. The middle of the pack will be a total cluster and anyone could be the #3 team. Oswego was poised to challenge for the #1 spot (and a national ranking) but now they will struggle just to make the playoffs. Neumann has the most potential to make the biggest jump.