QUAlum2004
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Quinnipiac picks up a commitment from Jan Golicic a 6’5 200 pound defenseman playing in the Q. 4th round pick of the Lightning. Coming to Hamden this fall.
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Quinnipiac Bobcats 2026 Off-season
- Thread starter MarkEagleUSA
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QUAlum2004
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I think we are going to see Quinnipiac go more with the year to year recruiting method and less committing guys when they are 16 unless they are bigger talented guys. I have to think that at least a 1/3 or more of the players on my recruiting spreadsheet never make it to Hamden. This is based on what I’ve seen in the past year committing 6 players from the CHL for this years team. If commits don’t develop in juniors the way the program expects then I see QU pushing them back further until they decide switch their commitment elsewhere because the program can find plenty of talent available north of the border and many of them drafted by NHL teams.
MarkEagleUSA
C'mon Q!
I think all recruiting will drastically change for everyone if the NCAA passes the proposed 5 yr rule. It will dramatically affect D-I hockey.
ICECAT1811
Active member
HES OVERRATED BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE 186 NHL DRAFT PICKS ON THE ROSTER. SIT DOWN
ICECAT1811
Active member
No one is going to your site lol
QUAlum2004
Well-known member
Joey Macrina no longer committed to Quinnipiac. Nature of the business in upping the talent level via the CHL.
Was that his decision or based on his size/coaching staff needs for higher end talent? Seems like I read he scored some pretty big goals lately.
CornellFan13
Member
It's comical how you guys talk about your own players/recruits and how your coaching staff treats them. Miss on a player in recruiting? No problem, just force them to decommit. Player struggles his freshman year? Don't even try to develop them, simply cut them for a 20-year-old in the CHL. Zero loyalty to players or recruits. There's no honor in Hamden, but that's the way it's always been.
QUAlum2004
Well-known member
Game has changed in college hockey for all parties with NIL. There is no loyalty anywhere really unless maybe your the Ivy League and even players are leaving those schools for bigger better opportunities. I’d rather my team stay relevant and if they have to say goodbye to commits that don’t develop in juniors so be it. Quinnipiac is never going to fall back in the ECAC ever with the resources they have and the money they invest in the program and frankly I don’t give two shits what other fans in the ECAC think. They aren’t breaking any rules in college hockey. Take for example Nathan Tobey. They committed him when he was at the developmental program. He never developed there then played another year in the USHL and wasn’t very good there then went to the BCHL and wasn’t very good there either before landing in Tier II NAHL where he put up a decent stat line but against weak competition. That's a player Quinnipiac was smart to walk away from. He is not a division 1 player at this point. You can’t be right 100% of time when you commit them early. Moving on from a player like him is the right decision when college hockey is a business at this point.
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ZYanksRule
GO BOBCATS!!
The idea we don't develop players, by the way, is laughable. The amount of low-round or undrafted players we find, develop, and send to the NHL is higher than anyone else in the league.
techtodenver
Registered User
Don’t care for the Cornell post at all, but Cornell and a few of the ivies would surpass Quinnipiacs resources and do the same exact thing you’re talking about if they could touch even a bit of their own money. The Ivy League gets in it’s own way when talking about competing for titles.
Zach Metsa was a great example of a player that came in fighting for playing time and was developed over the years. Led team to Championship. He is now a legend in Hamden and playing in the NHL.
ZYanksRule
GO BOBCATS!!
Devon Toews is one of the best defensemen in the NHL and wasn't even drafted until after he got here.
ICECAT1811
Active member
Why don’t you have your own page? Lol that’s what’s comical
Too bad. You guys were doing a good job defending your program against arrogant and perhaps ill-informed attacks until you decided to adopt the same attitude. There's a reason Cornell doesn't have "its own page" here. It's because they were winning championships and selling out Lynah Rink long before most people had ever heard of QC (as it was know then) or USCHO. As a result, they developed their own communications methods, the most popular of which, eLynah, has far more traffic than the Bobcats' threads here. Clarkson also has its own site, thereby minimizing its presence here. You should revel in your success and recognize your good fortune in having an excellent coach that is happy staying in one place when he undoubtedly could have jumped for more money and even more resources. Keep building support for the program so it will be able to survive and even prosper whenevr he decides to move on. Ignore all the other noise.
MarkEagleUSA
C'mon Q!
Not all of us share that attitude...
That said, some of those arrogant ill-informed attacks are unwarranted. Whether or not you like the program or the staff, sometimes you just have to sit back and acknowledge what Pecknold has built at Quinnipiac. We will never be a blue blood but we probably don't want to be either. A perennial winning record, tourney appearances and kids that stick around until graduation is fine by most of us. In the ever changing world of D-I hockey everyone has to adopt to the fast changing landscape of the game. QU/Pecknold have done a fantastic job with that over the last decade and have laid a foundation of success.
Red Hockey
Member
He needs meds in the worst way
You guys post as if Quinnipiac plays in the AHL. The fact is you play in a conference where academics are relevant and where treating athletic teams like they are pro franchises will never happen. It's fine if you want to act that way but you should leave for a conference where other schools think and act the way you do. Then you have a level playing field. Look at what college football has become. It isn't a stretch to think that at some point, the ECAC is going to have that come to Jesus moment where some schools will decide it's not worth it anymore. And sure, we could dip into the wellspring of cash we sit on. And then face a university uproar from faculty and post docs who are shut out of grants and badly needed research dollars. I realize you could care less about that side of higher education but to some of us, it matters.Not all of us share that attitude...
That said, some of those arrogant ill-informed attacks are unwarranted. Whether or not you like the program or the staff, sometimes you just have to sit back and acknowledge what Pecknold has built at Quinnipiac. We will never be a blue blood but we probably don't want to be either. A perennial winning record, tourney appearances and kids that stick around until graduation is fine by most of us. In the ever changing world of D-I hockey everyone has to adopt to the fast changing landscape of the game. QU/Pecknold have done a fantastic job with that over the last decade and have laid a foundation of success.