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Colgate 2026-27

Fortunately I was spared additional pain and suffering (at least to some extent) by ESPN+ not streaming the game...more later but who exactly (other than maybe three players) is going to score goals for us...with the exception of Ohman exactly who in our freshman and sophomore classes is any offensive threat?
 
“These are the times that try men's souls…” was written by Thomas Paine in December of 1776 and it is equally apropos for this Colgate fan after our first two non-conference games of 2026-27 in Boston, Mass.
 
Okay, here we go again (now that I am safely back home in Owego, N.Y., after an all-day drive in hard rain today)...

I tell my college hockey friends that, "Colgate appears to have no offense, a poor defense, and Reid Dyck plays well, but he can only do so much."
Is that accurate? It sounds harsh, but I was at both Stonehill games.

I know that I sound like a broken record, but... we take too many penalties.
It isn't about PPG Against on those penalties as much as it is the fact that we are not playing Offense for those two minutes. They add up.
Of course, Jake Schneider may wish to contradict me, and I won't argue with him. he he he

Lastly, I chose to follow Colgate to Stonehill this weekend. Warrior Ice Arena was #156 for me, lifetime. I spent $260 on hotel rooms (Hampton Beaches, N.H.) for two nights and maybe another $140 on gas. Add in the hockey tickets and downtown Boston parking and it was likely a $500 weekend. But, overall, it was a lot of fun... despite the two losses. It was entertaining college hockey with entertaining college hockey fans at the Boston Bruins practice rink. Then, on the way home, I took in the Royal Military College of Canada at Army West Point (N.Y.) this afternoon. For whatever reason, the exhibition game was terrible. I left after the first period, when it was Army 17-3 SOG and 3-1 score. I got home to Owego (in hard driving rain) to see that it was Army West Point over RMC of Canada, 6-1. It just wasn't fun (nor entertaining). Bottom line? As bad as our NCAA non-conference weekend was, it was still better hockey (read that 'more skilled') than some other games that I have seen recently.

Lastly, New Hampshire is Colgate's next opponent, next weekend, at home. UNH has so far lost to Quinnipiac in non-conference, 10-2, and tied Merrimack in Hockey East, 2-2. Both games were on the road. This weekend should wrap-up our reciprocal agreement with UNH. Last year, we won 3-2 and lost 3-2 in Durham, N.H.
 
Its only 2 games into a 34 game regular season, but getting swept by a team that has just recently started playing D1 college hockey is a cause for concern.
That said, it's not how you start, it's how you finish. I'll wait until after this weekend's home games vs. UNH when it comes to any further evaluation of this team.
 
Shabby...the future does look bright for a very young Browns team...the offensive line is still a work in progress, but Watson is playing pretty well...I also have the Red Wing hanging around my neck...
 
It's a real s*** show in the Motor City since late spring...thank God for my beloved Cleveland Indians...BTW with Coach Lang settled in after years of craziness at RPI (including a President who seemed to almost dislike the men's hockey program) I think the Engineers have a good chance to finish in the top half of the league...hiring Lang after AIC sadly downgraded their program was a coup for RPI...he did great things at AIC with a budget that is one-half of the one in Hamilton...I wonder if we even interviewed him (or Jesse Winchester or Riley who left us several years ago and did a bang up job starting the LIU program in the middle of COVID)...just asking mind you...
 
Shabby and Coat, as a New York Jets fan, I feel your pain. In fact, I’ve been thinking lately about the similarities between Harder and Jet coach Aaron Glenn. Both were team legends during their playing days. Both seem like stand up, high character men. But as for their coaching? Although the future has yet to be written, I think the signs are inauspicious to say the least . . . .
 
I enjoyed being 3-1 and tied for first for a week. At least my Bruins are 5 and 2. We need to sweep this weekend or I'm afraid we're going nowhere.
 
Reid Dyck led Colgate out onto the ice for tonight’s pre-game warmup.
Michael Simpson did the same for New Hampshire.

Less than one minute in…
UNH 2, Colgate 0, SOG.
UNH 1, Colgate 0, score.

2:18 remaining in the period…
UNH 7, Colgate 3, SOG.
UNH 2, Colgate 0, score.

43.1 seconds remain…
Colgate (hooking) and UNH (embellishment) penalties.

UNH 9, Colgate 4, SOG after one.
UNH 2, Colgate 0, score after one.

3:16 into the second… UNH scored (again).

Finally… Colgate’s Isiah Norlin scored. Unassisted.

Easton Wainwright with a beaut. Tic-Tac-Toe.
From Tobias Ohman and Ryan Spinale.
UNH 18, Colgate 6, SOG, with 6:41 remaining in the second period.

UNH penalty (hooking) and Colgate and UNH penalties (roughing). UNH penalty killed.

UNH 22, Colgate 7, SOG after two.
UNH 3, Colgate 2, score after two.

Colgate penalty (high-sticking). Killed.

UNH goal. Looked sketchy but no challenge.

UNH penalty (slashing).
Reid Dyck pulled.
Colgate time-out.
6:41 remaining in regulation.

Reid Dyck pulled with three minutes remaining.
WTH moment in our end resulted in UNH ENG.

UNH 32, Colgate 19, SOG final.
UNH 5, Colgate 2, score final.
 
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By the end of this season I predict the women's program will be outdrawing the men's...with good reason...ESPN+ did provide a favor to the viewers...although I like John McGraw (he is going to suffer with the rest of us) having no audio for the last 15 minutes was actually a blessing...
 
I have been coming to games for the past 26 years (first colgate game was a Cornell colgate tilt in the now defunct Syracuse Invitational) . This is the first Colgate home game in that time that there was no stick salute. That worries me, seems like little passion.

And the mood on the bench after the 4th goal, fans asking for a review and harder doesn’t even talk to the ref to see what they saw. At least do it to show passion, then the team slept walked through the next 7 min.

Now I’m in section 11 so far away from that forth goal but looked close to interference
 
I am home, safe-n-sound (despite five deer sightings). I enjoyed tonight, as odd as it may sound, as Cornell Greg came over and we went to dinner (Rusch’s) and the game. We spent time with former Colgate coaches R. Braden Houston (1965-66 UNH captain) and Don Vaughan. I saw Patty, talked to “Red” in the hallway and visited with my Section 9 friends.

I think that is where I will find my joy this year… not from the on-ice action, but from the social aspects of the games. I also fear that criticizing this year’s team will come too easy, so the real challenge for ‘Gate fans will be to find the positives in each game… even if it is just one positive. I will start… tonight, down 3-0, we didn’t give up and we got back to 3-2. One positive.

As for Red’s comments, I think they are spot-on. At one point, Cornell Greg said to me, “I don’t know if Mike Harder is disgusted or is just giving up. He looked down the ice at his goalie, while the play was going up ice in the opposite direction.” Overall, the passion and the sense of urgency just didn’t seem to be there tonight. And, because of that, we find ourselves 0-3 to start the season.

Lastly, if you are Colgate’s coach, do you start Reid Dyck (0-3) or Jack Olson (0-0) in goal on Saturday night? I don’t know, but I will be back up there to find out in-person.
 
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I don't want to get into specifics but the aggregate recruiting effort over the past two years reminds me of an episode from The Three Stooges...I noticed that Walsh went back to his alma mater (Yale) to see if the Elis can turn around their moribund program...and I'd like to send out notes of condolence to both DV and Keith Allain for having to run men's hockey programs under the reign of Vicky Chun...if you run the numbers (assigning a reasonable time period between actual recruiting and a team's record) the drop in winning percentage for both coaches (especially Allain) during the respective time period was very significant...Colgate has not faced these "administrative issues" for many years, as opposed to Brett Riley at Ferris or Lang at RPI...hockey at Colgate remains "an emphasis sport"...DV left the cupboard in good shape...what has transpired since his recruits moved through our system is very worrisome...
 
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