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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    I also wonder how much of an influence their FF run had on McKenna’s decision to head to Happy Valley. To my recollection he did not commit until last summer (so after their playoff success). If they bowed out earlier in the playoffs, does he choose to go elsewhere? Perhaps Michigan or another...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    I agree with 2013 here. Additionally I imagine it is nearly impossible to quantify McKenna’s impact on ticket sales for Penn State last year. How many people simply went just to see him, regardless of their college hockey fandom? Fairly early on he was pegged as at least a top 3 draft pick and...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Congrats to Borek on his newest contract extension with Merrimack. …perhaps this provides a solid idea for MS7 to earn his own contract extension. Win HEA and get a nice payday. Ive only read it is a “multi-year” extension. I presume it is 3, but perhaps 5? Borek isn’t getting any younger, so...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    my guess is the initial advantage is given to Simpson, given his professional experience and (albeit limited) experience playing for a superior DI team. I do hope that there is a bit more of a rotation than what we have seen in past years, where it is almost 90:10 one guy over the other…
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    I was thinking it would be Fitzgerald paired with someone. My initial thought would be Vass, but maybe Souza pairs the experienced Fitzy with one of the freshmen (perhaps PvR). I think de Haro anchors the 3rd line. Just my thought though. I wouldn’t be opposed if Carr/Philbrick takes the 1st...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Saw earlier Crookshank got traded with Markstrom to Florida in exchange for Rodrigues, Boqvist, and Steeves. Not sure how much playing time will be available for him down there… hopefully more than he was getting for New Jersey. Best of luck to him!
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    I agree on Marty with the C, and Fitzy and Turner with the A. In the recent past they have gone with a sophomore or Junior with an A, and I wouldn’t be surprised if an underclassmen grabs one of the assistant roles. My bet would be Philbrick, a NH native and likely anchor on the 2nd D line...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    That’s a good point - didn’t think about that. Hopefully it will raise the level of competition across D1 hockey. I’ll be curious to see if (eventually) teams like Denver, BU, BC, etc turn into having 85-90% of their players as draft picks, and if they rarely have any players stay for more than...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Congrats to “PvR” on being drafted by the Penguins! The fact they traded up for him seems that, despite being drafted in the 4th round, the Penguins certainly see something in him they like. You mentioned our old friend Conmy as a similar draft range comp. I imagine many of us would be more...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Appreciate your comments, Chuck. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can chime in regarding his obligation to UNH and the impact of returning to juniors for another year. Another piece of this is that he is a bit older than others in the draft (20 years old) so perhaps the drafting team feels...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Very interesting comment. It would certainly be a huge blow to UNH if he chooses to delay his arrival by one year. It may have lasting impact on MS7’s future at his Alma mater… It would also speak volumes for how NHL teams view UNH as a “developer” of talent. There haven’t been many success...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Building off of this a bit. The SUNY system (largest public school system in the country at 64 schools) also generally has huge discrepancies between in state and out of state tuitions. When I was in grad school (not too long ago) the in state rate for undergrads where I went was less than $10k...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Today being the summer solstice is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. After today, the days will slowly get shorter. While I do enjoy summer, I always look forward to the return of fall. Before you know it, we will start to feel a bit of “bite” in the evening air. The leaves...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    I imagine there will be more hockey chatter within the next few weeks/month, as the draft begins in 10 days (curious to see where Tournas goes). I imagine we will also likely hear some updates regarding the AD search within the next 4ish weeks (at least I hope…) We didn’t discuss the schedule...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Thanks for sharing! Cronin really seems to have found something in the summer between his Junior and Senior season. Going from 33 pts in 94 games his first 3 years (~0.35 pts/game) to nearly matching that point total as a senior (28 in 35, ~0.8 pts/game) and then a similar ~0.78 pts/game in his...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    You beat me by about 5 seconds haha!
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    In other news, UNH released their schedule today! Nice to have it released earlier this year! Hopefully this link works - copied from FB https://unh.short.gy/MHOCSchedule From a quick glance: 1.) 7 of their first 9 games are on the road. That’s a tough start! Gotta get the road warriors...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Thanks for sharing! They mention the last day to submit an application is June 12th. I’d be curious how many applicants they get, and how many are internal vs. external. My guess is they take about a month to get a set of finalist (perhaps 3) and then another 3-4 weeks to officially hire the...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Agreed thank you very much for sharing! Being in the bottom 20% on this list, and dead last amongst public schools in HEA is sad… I agree the drop from 2024 to 2025 is also fairly concerning - coming off of a winning season in 2024. One would think that would lead to a funding increase vs...
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    Thanks for sharing this info, Chuck! Certainly another name to keep an eye on should Souza falter in his contract year. The only concern I would have is age - as you mentioned he’s in his late 50s. This isn’t unprecedented though, as Borek is in his mid 60s now and was hired at Merrimack at a...
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