Ncha 2021-22

[Tom Coughlin]

Having the national player of the year in Peter Bates last season helped push this issue off by a year, but I think taking the covid season off is really coming back to bite SNC.

[Sir Nubs]

Having the national player of the year in Peter Bates last season helped push this issue off by a year, but I think taking the covid season off is really coming back to bite SNC.

Not being able to close out games has nothing to do with the covid season. Being in the middle of the pack offensively and not putting teams away is likely the issue. More scoring and those late goals allowed aren't even a factor.

[Tom Coughlin]

Not being able to close out games has nothing to do with the covid season. Being in the middle of the pack offensively and not putting teams away is likely the issue. More scoring and those late goals allowed aren't even a factor.

I'm thinking about it from a lack of experience perspective. In terms of games played, SNC is a team full of Freshmen and Sophomores, plus a few Juniors.

Experience usually doesn't turn a 2 goal output into a 4 goal output, but it goes a long way towards closing out at least one of those games where they had a late lead.

[altazo]

I'm thinking about it from a lack of experience perspective. In terms of games played, SNC is a team full of Freshmen and Sophomores, plus a few Juniors.

Experience usually doesn't turn a 2 goal output into a 4 goal output, but it goes a long way towards closing out at least one of those games where they had a late lead.

Absolutely.

[Fishman'81]

Fishman trolling aside...MSOE has a 5-2 lead over Aurora after 2. If the current result holds, or the game goes to OT, SNC will grab the 2 seed.

Who trolls, again?

[Sir Nubs]

Who trolls, again?

Scroll back and find out for yourself about how the UCHC is loaded with patsies, even though it's not trolling because it's true.

[Tom Coughlin]

2022-23 Men’s NCHA All-Conference Team (alphabetical)
Forward: Garrett Hallford (Sr./ McKinney, Texas), Trine University
*2019 All-Freshman / *2019 Freshman of the Year
Forward: Jack Jaunich (Sr./ White Bear Lake, Minn.), Aurora University
Forward: Adam Keyes (Sr./ London, Ontario), Aurora University
*2021 All-League | *2020 All-League
Forward: Michael McCheseny (Sr./ Dickinson, N.D.), St. Norbert College
Forward: Sam Ruffin (Gr./ Westfield, Ind.), Adrian College
*2022 All-League
Forward: Matus Spodniak (Sr./ Kosice, Slovakia), Adrian College
Defense: Jaden Condotta (Fr./ Georgetown, Ontario), Aurora University
Defense: Matteas Derraugh (So./ Ithaca, N.Y.), Lake Forest College
*2022 All-Freshman
Defense: Brendan Mark (Sr./ Grand Rapids, Minn.), St. Norbert College
Defense: Chase Spencer (Jr./ Georgetown, Ontario), Adrian College
Goalie: Colby Muise (Sr./ Yarmouth, N.S.), Marian University
Goalie: Kolby Thornton (Fr./ Winnipeg, Manitoba), Aurora University



All-Freshman Team
F: Hassan Akl (Chestermere, Alberta), Aurora University
F: Colin Bella (Norwalk, Conn.), Lake Forest College
F: Gramm McCormack (Grand Rapids, Mich.), MSOE
D: Jaden Condotta (Georgetown, Ontario), Aurora University
D: Noah Pickart (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Marian University
G: Kyle Kozma (Vaughan, Ontario), Trine University

NCHA Player of the Year: Matus Spodniak, Adrian College
NCHA Freshman of the Year: Gramm McCormack, MSOE
NCHA Coach of the Year: Adam Krug, Adrian College

[Tom Coughlin]

Pretty impressive to see Pickart make the All-Freshman team. He didn't even have his last name on the back of his sweater when Marian played SNC in mid-January.

[Tom Coughlin]

And congrats to SNC Women's Head Coach/former SNC Men's Assistant A.J. Aitken on being named NCHA coach of the year.

[Tom Coughlin]

NCHA All-Conference teams announced:

https://nchahockey.org/news/2024/2/2...announced.aspx

No disrespect to Heintz and Shields, but a cursory glance at the conference stat leaderboard shows a more deserving pair of co-players of the year from SNC's top line.

[Adam_Krug#1]

NCHA All-Conference teams announced:

https://nchahockey.org/news/2024/2/2...announced.aspx

No disrespect to Heintz and Shields, but a cursory glance at the conference stat leaderboard shows a more deserving pair of co-players of the year from SNC's top line.

One of those pair is on the team that won the league title. The other isn't.

[Tom Coughlin]

One of those pair is on the team that won the league title. The other isn't.

I didn't realize that player of the year was a team award.

[Adam_Krug#1]

I didn't realize that player of the year was a team award.

No, but I doesn't hurt.
Do you think Krug was the best coach in the league this year, or did he win it becuase his team won the title?