BC had Minnesota on their schedule this year. At this point the big ten teams are the gold standard. I will look it up later but I’m curious how often BC is playing them. Can they say they are playing them every single year without fail in regular season? Particularly Minn, Ohio state and Wisconsin? I think that matters.
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Boston College Women's Hockey '25-'26: It's The Hope That Kills You
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Windchill22
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BC played Wisconsin in each of the previous two years, and over those four games they were outscored 31–6. They also had a rough outing against Minnesota this year. Playing those teams and posting consistently negative results is probably worse for recruiting than beneficial. Getting them on the schedule only goes so far—you also have to show you can be competitive, or recruits will notice the disparity.
Recruits will notice the disparity yes, but there’s not room for every kid to play on those 3 teams so maybe step one is being on the same ice as them annually and having a chance to knock them off? Not sure. I am just a nerd who likes talking about this stuff, no easy answers.
I appreciate the data Reggie is sharing. I keep waiting for the next big thing to happen to change women’s college hockey just for narrative purposes. Nothing really seems imminent.
reggiedunlap9
Active member
@Lindsay I don’t care if BC gets a new coach or not but it feels like you oversimplify things.
Sorry Lindsay but I have no idea what you are talking about
No one will ever convince me that BC doesn't have the resources to compete on the big stage with Wisco and Minnesota. Sorry I just don't believe it
I’m not trying to convince you of that. But I’m saying it will take more than a coaching change.
2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships rosters and college commitments
The 2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship is January 10-18 in Sydney and Membertou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. This post will be updated with jersey numbers and additional commitments as they become available. Canada # F/D/G Player College Commitment 1 G Maija St-Pierre St...
victorypress.org
According to this 65% of the committed players of the most recent USA u18 team chose B1G or other WCHA. 1 kid (4.3%) chose Hockey East. No one chose NEWHA or non Penn State AHA. 7 chose ECAC (mostly ivies).
reggiedunlap9
Active member
I understand that is the current situation but that will change. Trust me. With the right person BC can be competitive again in just a few years.I’m not trying to convince you of that. But I’m saying it will take more than a coaching change.
2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships rosters and college commitments
The 2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship is January 10-18 in Sydney and Membertou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. This post will be updated with jersey numbers and additional commitments as they become available. Canada # F/D/G Player College Commitment 1 G Maija St-Pierre St...
According to this 65% of the committed players of the most recent USA u18 team chose B1G or other WCHA. 1 kid (4.3%) chose Hockey East. No one chose NEWHA or non Penn State AHA. 7 chose ECAC (mostly ivies).
There is plenty of room for some very strong programs to emerge again in the east. Lots of very good players here. BC needs to be one of them
reggiedunlap9
Active member
Good Morning.
As I continue to do some more research on the total collapse of the BC Women's ice hockey program, I found another interesting data point to share this am that I thought was most relevant.
Last night the Northeastern Women's ice hockey team qualified for their 10th STRAIGHT Hockey East Championship game.
BC, on the other hand, has not played in a Hockey East Championship game since 2019.
This is not a typo.
@TonyTheTiger20 just wondering. Is that good ? Or are we still rebuilding ?
As I continue to do some more research on the total collapse of the BC Women's ice hockey program, I found another interesting data point to share this am that I thought was most relevant.
Last night the Northeastern Women's ice hockey team qualified for their 10th STRAIGHT Hockey East Championship game.
BC, on the other hand, has not played in a Hockey East Championship game since 2019.
This is not a typo.
@TonyTheTiger20 just wondering. Is that good ? Or are we still rebuilding ?
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
It's times like this that I remind myself that I am absolutely blessed to no longer be tasked with moderating the BCI comments. Having one Reggie is bad enough. Football and basketball have dozens of Reggies and it's really something to have to deal with it lol
TonyTheTiger20
#SOAR
.......damn lol
Reddington
Well-known member
BC just canned the Women's basketball coach.
That's going to fire some people up on here. Those points are all valid by Lindsay, but the elephant in the room is Northeastern.
That's going to fire some people up on here. Those points are all valid by Lindsay, but the elephant in the room is Northeastern.
Looked at that victory press article again. Another way to slice it: 19 out of 23 of the most recent US 18 chose B1G or Ivy. Both Penn State and OSU are relative new comers to being top choice, and the Ivies are maybe making a comeback. Everyone else needs to show some agility in their recruiting practices if they want to compete.