2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

[QUAlum2004]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

The recruiting class is officially announced by the NH Register.

Tanner MacMaster
Landon Smith
Jonah Renouf
Nathan Renouf
Bo Pieper
Canon Pieper
Andrew Taverner
Nelson Gadoury
Kevin McKernan
Sean Lawrence



Also the two transfers that are eligible in Senior Justin Agosta and Sophomore K.J. Tiefenwerth.

http://www.nhregister.com/sports/201...alent-siblings



Lot's of good stuff in that article so read it if you have time.

[QUAlum2004]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Looks like Lemire is still here as of now.

Bill Riga @BillRiga May 11
Happy Birthday to Bobcat and former @juniorbruins fwd Matt Lemire. #MV #Bobcats

[QUAlum2004]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Also Quinnipiac will to continue to honor verbal commitments throughout college hockey.

Bill Riga @BillRiga May 9
Quinnipiac will continue to honor verbal commitments as well. @USCHO @chnews

[CanadaKen]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

The recruiting class is officially announced by the NH Register.

Tanner MacMaster
Landon Smith
Jonah Renouf
Nathan Renouf
Bo Pieper
Canon Pieper
Andrew Taverner
Nelson Gadoury
Kevin McKernan
Sean Lawrence

Also the two transfers that are eligible in Senior Justin Agosta and Sophomore K.J. Tiefenwerth.

Loaded with talent that's for sure. My gutt feeling is the Pieper's will do better than the Renouf's in their
freshman year. I think Canon Pieper is better than brother Bo right now.

I'm just worried about the Renouf's lack of size. I think 5'8" @ 155lb is shall we say "optimistic". :-)
There again, just like what's happening between the Bruins and the Habs, you have to catch them to
hit them.

What Landon Smith can do with talented line mates could be positively scary for opponents.

Ken

[QUAlum2004]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

With Lemire back looks like the team will have 29 players this coming season. 10 recruits plus Agosta as a transfer. Upwards of 9 scratches a night on the roster.

[BigAl]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Apologies for the Lemire rumor

[QUAlum2004]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Apologies for the Lemire rumor

No need to apologize. I am actually surprised he stayed since its pretty likely he is going to be scratched tonight. For him it might be about being part of a D1 program and getting a good education.

[herbst20]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

I would be cautiously optimistic about the numbers Landon Smith put up in the BCHL this year. It is an extremely offensive league. He never put up close to those numbers in 2 years with Cedar Rapids or Chicago. The USHL is much closer to the NCAA style of play than the BCHL.

Dont get me wrong Landon is highly skilled and lighting quick up the wing, but is a total perimeter player so don't set unreal expectations.

[BigAl]

I would be cautiously optimistic about the numbers Landon Smith put up in the BCHL this year. It is an extremely offensive league. He never put up close to those numbers in 2 years with Cedar Rapids or Chicago. The USHL is much closer to the NCAA style of play than the BCHL.

Dont get me wrong Landon is highly skilled and lighting quick up the wing, but is a total perimeter player so don't set unreal expectations.

Quinnipiac has the most BCHL players on it's roster in all of the NCAA so I'm confident Rand and Riga will put Landon in a spot where he's most likely to succeed. I don't expect him to lead the team but I think 30, 35 points is a fair expectation especially if he's with Peca and Anas on the first line

[QUAlum2004]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Quinnipiac has the most BCHL players on it's roster in all of the NCAA so I'm confident Rand and Riga will put Landon in a spot where he's most likely to succeed. I don't expect him to lead the team but I think 30, 35 points is a fair expectation especially if he's with Peca and Anas on the first line

I think that is fair numbers right there especially playing with those two. Wouldn't shock me if he put up more than that but 30-35 is a reasonable expectation.

[Ronnieb]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Quinnipiac has the most BCHL players on it's roster in all of the NCAA so I'm confident Rand and Riga will put Landon in a spot where he's most likely to succeed. I don't expect him to lead the team but I think 30, 35 points is a fair expectation especially if he's with Peca and Anas on the first line

Exactly and as a matter of fact the new level of thinking amongst coaches and scouts is that the USHL vs. the BCHL argument no longer exists. both leagues provide a great level of talent and both leagues produce college ready players. As far as a "style" of play that is all USHL marketing. The last time I checked the NCAA style of play was to score more goals than your opponent. A lot of over thinking going on.

[QUBobcats70]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Does anyone know why Quinnipiac just dropped out of the Frozen Ice Hockey Classic scheduled for December 2014?

[LTsatch]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Does anyone know why Quinnipiac just dropped out of the Frozen Ice Hockey Classic scheduled for December 2014?

Where did that info come from?

[QUBobcats70]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Hartford Courant, today, page C3 - "Quinnipiac Pulls Out of Tourney"

[LTsatch]

Re: 2014 Quinnipiac Bobcats off season

Hartford Courant, today, page C3 - "Quinnipiac Pulls Out of Tourney"

Interesting, there is no mention of it on the Courant or QU's website. Does the article state a reason?