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  • Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

    Time for a new thread for 2015-16.

    Offseason round-up (so far)

    2015-16 schedule announced

    Incoming recruiting class announced

    Babiak, Ridding leave Dutchwomen

    Toronto Junior Aeros forward Haley Shugart commits for 2016-17

  • #2
    Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

    Huh - starting next year with 2 freshman goalies. That should be interesting for them - at least they both look like they have solid backgrounds. Losing your only returning goalie and a senior forward who has been solid (if not spectacular) for you for 3 years is not a great start to the season.

    Lead story has Chris Cobb from Williams heading to Union next season as an assistant coach. Nice guy.

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    • #3
      Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

      Originally posted by HockeyEast33 View Post
      Lead story has Chris Cobb from Williams heading to Union next season as an assistant coach. Nice guy.
      And Liz Keady, who Cobb is replacing, has joined Harvard's staff.

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      • #4
        Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

        Sully and Jacyn solid players

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        • #5
          Originally posted by HockeyEast33 View Post
          Huh - starting next year with 2 freshman goalies. That should be interesting for them - at least they both look like they have solid backgrounds. Losing your only returning goalie and a senior forward who has been solid (if not spectacular) for you for 3 years is not a great start to the season.

          Lead story has Chris Cobb from Williams heading to Union next season as an assistant coach. Nice guy.
          Great get by Union.
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          • #6
            Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

            Two former Union players, Shenae Lundberg and Ashley Johnston, sign with the NWHL's NY Riveters.

            http://unionhockeyblog.blogspot.com/...-riveters.html

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            • #7
              Isn't that 2 goalies that leave in 2 years, both freshmen? One would expect that either Pincott or Ridding would have been the starter this year had they stayed. Strange.

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              • #8
                Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                Originally posted by Puckdrop14 View Post
                Isn't that 2 goalies that leave in 2 years, both freshmen? One would expect that either Pincott or Ridding would have been the starter this year had they stayed. Strange.
                Strange is pretty much always the word at Union, isn't it? Strange who they recruit, strange why they can't win more than a few games a season, strange why players and asst coaches seem to come and go, strange why Barcomb is still the head coach, .... just strange.

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                • #9
                  Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                  Originally posted by Puckdrop14 View Post
                  Isn't that 2 goalies that leave in 2 years, both freshmen? One would expect that either Pincott or Ridding would have been the starter this year had they stayed. Strange.
                  Three, actually. The third was Maddie Dahl, a pretty good goalie who had to retire after her sophomore year (2013-14) due to injury.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by rdf8585 View Post
                    Three, actually. The third was Maddie Dahl, a pretty good goalie who had to retire after her sophomore year (2013-14) due to injury.
                    Maddie is now playing for St. Cloud State.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                      Q&A with Sam Sigal, the new (and first-ever) play-by-play voice of the Union women's hockey team.

                      http://t.co/6OsryE0eXB

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                      • #12
                        Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                        Union's Melissa Black named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week -

                        https://t.co/rVmKD1KioK

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                        • #13
                          Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                          Originally posted by rdf8585 View Post
                          Union's Melissa Black named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week -

                          https://t.co/rVmKD1KioK
                          Union seems to have quite the pipeline for goalie recruits!

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                          • #14
                            Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                            Originally posted by hab View Post
                            Union seems to have quite the pipeline for goalie recruits!
                            Too bad their goalies over the years couldn't score goals for them too. Defense without offense is not a formula for success of any kind in this game. Seeing how close you can keep the score isn't fun for 4 years of a player's college life. "Oooh, we only lost to (team name) by 3 goals this year...we're making progress!" That gets really old really fast. It's the same thing year after year after year and they aren't the only program with that problem.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Union College Dutchwomen 2015-16 thread

                              Originally posted by shelfit View Post
                              Too bad their goalies over the years couldn't score goals for them too. Defense without offense is not a formula for success of any kind in this game. Seeing how close you can keep the score isn't fun for 4 years of a player's college life. "Oooh, we only lost to (team name) by 3 goals this year...we're making progress!" That gets really old really fast. It's the same thing year after year after year and they aren't the only program with that problem.
                              There have been scores of posts about the systemic problems with Union's program and I don't think that there is an easy fix (non-scholarship, non-Ivy etc. etc.). That's not the point. Without their undeniable success in recruiting competitive goalies over the years they would not have had nearly the success that they have had in keeping games close. And keeping games close is not nothing. Players have come and gone in this program over the years, received a good education, played in a lot of close, fun, competitive hockey games. Agreed that it is not the most positive environment imaginable, but it is far too easy for people to sit in their armchairs and cluck cluck about the lack of progress for this program. But this is not about you, it is about the players, and their experiences have been greatly enriched by the success the team has had in recruiting goalies. My post simply affirmed that they have had some great goalies...do you disagree?

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