NCAA Hockey - 2023/24 **Insert Witty Tagline**

[RaceBoarder]

The Daily Mining Gazette (the local Houghton fishwrap) appears to be remaining totally silent on the allegations against Shawhan. Meanwhile, it seems MTU has completed its review of the allegations, with no further comment thus far. The fan bloggers who run Tech Hockey Guide have decided that the story should be pursued by a professional journalist going forward, and I have been assured that this was their decision alone and not a result of any threat to access from the coach, program, or university. It wouldn't be the first time the school has flexed their legal muscle to try and suppress a negative story, so I had concerns, but I get it. The THG guys have jobs and lives outside of this and don't have the time to devote to pursuing the story in the responsible and ethical manner it deserves, nor do they have any insurance in the event of a defamation lawsuit.

At any rate, with no further information at this time, it's looking like this is all going to blow over despite the threatening audio. Maybe Marcinkevics really did just want to stir the pot after abruptly departing the program last month following an apparent dispute with Shawhan over his play and subsequent benching & removal from the team. However, Shawhan's recent history of gaffes and poor decision-making (i.e., the handshake fight) leaves him with zero benefit of the doubt from me, unless/until further evidence which exonerates him comes to light.

I think it's doubly complicated with Joe being a native Yooper. You don't dare mess with a native.

That seriously seems to be the narrative here. There is an NMU Fan Page on FaceBook and the people that run it have specifically barred any talk about it because they feel there are many people with direct relationships with Joe/the MTU Program and that having discussions about it will provide nothing. The U.P. can be an absurd echo chamber at times and it's frustrating as hell as someone who has a foot in reality.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

The Bowling Green Police Department released their report on the reported hazing incident. See the link below for the full report. Summary: Swankler filed a report alleging hazing violations. The police then interviewed Swankler and 7 freshmen and sophomores. Each denied hazing occurred, all activities were voluntary, no one felt any pressure, all felt it was a positive event. The stories from the freshmen were nearly identical including the response to the question "Why do you think Swankler would do this?" Their response: he stole shoes from the equipment room, got caught and decided to burn the place down rather than accept the consequences (there were quite a few references to Swankler being a lousy teammate). The BG police determined no hazing occurred and elected not to file charges. My take: Rookie Day is maybe not the best way to conduct a team building exercise.

Eigner was reinstated two weeks back, it looks like the final two players who were on suspension for violating the university code of conduct (providing alcohol to underage teammates) will be dressing this weekend.

https://bgfalconmedia.com/152896/unc...ey-team/#photo

[RaceBoarder]

The Bowling Green Police Department released their report on the reported hazing incident. See the link below for the full report. Summary: Swankler filed a report alleging hazing violations. The police then interviewed Swankler and 7 freshmen and sophomores. Each denied hazing occurred, all activities were voluntary, no one felt any pressure, all felt it was a positive event. The stories from the freshmen were nearly identical including the response to the question "Why do you think Swankler would do this?" Their response: he stole shoes from the equipment room, got caught and decided to burn the place down rather than accept the consequences (there were quite a few references to Swankler being a lousy teammate). The BG police determined no hazing occurred and elected not to file charges. My take: Rookie Day is maybe not the best way to conduct a team building exercise.

Eigner was reinstated two weeks back, it looks like the final two players who were on suspension for violating the university code of conduct (providing alcohol to underage teammates) will be dressing this weekend.

https://bgfalconmedia.com/152896/unc...ey-team/#photo

Now from that it just seems like Swankler caused a whole lot of fuss for his own mess.

Makes for a very interesting combo with what is going on currently up in Houghton...

[dxmnkd316]

The Daily Mining Gazette (the local Houghton fishwrap) appears to be remaining totally silent on the allegations against Shawhan. Meanwhile, it seems MTU has completed its review of the allegations, with no further comment thus far. The fan bloggers who run Tech Hockey Guide have decided that the story should be pursued by a professional journalist going forward, and I have been assured that this was their decision alone and not a result of any threat to access from the coach, program, or university. It wouldn't be the first time the school has flexed their legal muscle to try and suppress a negative story, so I had concerns, but I get it. The THG guys have jobs and lives outside of this and don't have the time to devote to pursuing the story in the responsible and ethical manner it deserves, nor do they have any insurance in the event of a defamation lawsuit.

At any rate, with no further information at this time, it's looking like this is all going to blow over despite the threatening audio. Maybe Marcinkevics really did just want to stir the pot after abruptly departing the program last month following an apparent dispute with Shawhan over his play and subsequent benching & removal from the team. However, Shawhan's recent history of gaffes and poor decision-making (i.e., the handshake fight) leaves him with zero benefit of the doubt from me, unless/until further evidence which exonerates him comes to light.

I know several THG writers quite well. They aren't stupid.

[St. Clown]

I’m willing to bet that we see some post-game penalties assessed in the UMD@SCSU game tonight. The last 6.7 seconds took about 10 minutes to finish.

[Jimjamesak]

UAA did a thing! Yay.

[Kepler]

The #8 Cornell women are playing 20 minutes from my house today against #4 Minnesota, and I just can't; do not have any interest.

I suck.

[St. Clown]

The #8 Cornell women are playing 20 minutes from my house today against #4 Minnesota, and I just can't do not have any interest.

I suck.

Yeah, you do. You especially suck when considering everything after that comma. It made my head hurt.

[Kepler]

Yeah, you do. You especially suck when considering everything after that comma. It made my head hurt.

My edits are bad (now fixed). I had initially written "I just can't get up the interest" and then thought maybe that's not the right wording.

[state of hockey]

The #8 Cornell women are playing 20 minutes from my house today against #4 Minnesota, and I just can't; do not have any interest.

I suck.

On YouTube as well.

https://www.youtube.com/live/0JCLlrQ...wIbSUEGprW3G0H

[Kepler]

Minny wins 5-1. Woof. But it was SRO so I don't feel bad for not going.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Big ten refs are something else. Not sure it matters what team you cheer for

[Jimjamesak]

Big ten refs are something else. Not sure it matters what team you cheer for

Could be worse. Could be an independent forced to use CCHA refs.

[Jimjamesak]

I didn’t realize the CCHA is having a rough year.

On one hand: Huh.
On the other hand: AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Kepler]

I didn’t realize the CCHA is having a rough year.

On one hand: Huh.
On the other hand: AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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